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Great, Chris! I have a couple of memories of May of 1972, so this would be more enjoyable than usual for me.

Happy Birthday 2014 Big Wheel!

I've only ordered from them once - a group of Black Saint/Soul Note boxes. I was very pleased with the service.

Henoc Muamba has been offered contracts by New England, Minnesota and Indianapolis; so the Bombers released him today, a week before the free agency date, so that he could get on with his life. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=443067 http://cfl.ca/article/muamba-released-by-blue-bombers ***** Corey Chamblin was named Coach of the Year today. I thought it should have been Kent Austin. Does anyone know when the vote is taken? It seems like recently it has typically been given to the Grey Cup champion. I think the results would be different if the vote were taken immediately after the last game of the regular season. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=443076 http://cfl.ca/article/capping-it-off-chamblin-named-2013-coach-of-the-year http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/94467

sk, It's my attitude that I will scarf up any 4-CD pre-retirement Miles box of previously unreleased live material if it is reasonably priced. Sometimes it's not in my budget, but that's another matter!

Thanks, Craig! I'll listen to your Soundcloud items tomorrow.

RARE NOISE TO RELEASE TWO NEW RECORDINGS IN MARCH Bassists Lorenzo Feliciati & Colin Edwin Join Forces on Twinscapes Powerful Debut Release Scheduled for March on RareNoise AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE MARCH 3, 2014 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Lorenzo Feliciati fretted and fretless bass, fx Colin Edwin fretted and fretless bass, fx and Nils Petter Molvaer trumpet David Jackson saxophone Andi Pupato various percussion and metallics Roberto Gualdi drums ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist /arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com or https://www.rarenoiserecords.com/jukebox/twinscapes/twinscapes/ New York, February 3, 2014 - Two bassists from two different continents -- Italian Lorenzo Feliciati of the adventurous jazz-rock band Naked Truth and the intensely searching nu jazz group Berserk! and Australian Colin Edwin of the longstanding prog-rock band Porcupine Tree and the heavy-duty, experimental Metallic Taste of Blood as well as Ex-Wise Heads and Burnt Belief -- come together to make one potent statement on Twinscapes. With special guest appearances by acclaimed trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, saxophonist David Jackson (of Van der Graaf Generator), Swiss percussionist Andi Pupato (of Andreas Vollenweider and Nik Bartschʼs Ronin) and drummer Roberto Gualdi (of the Italian prog-rock band PFM), this bass-dominant project, which was mixed by renowned bassist-producer Bill Laswell, travels from ambient soundscapes to slamming funk workouts and kinetic grooves to cinematic-sounding pieces that defy easy categorization. And there are plenty of virtuosic fireworks along the way by all the principal soloists on this outstanding RareNoise release which is released on March 3rd on CD /vinyl and Hi- Res digital download. Feliciati and Edwin first got together for an impromptu one-off gig in London early in 2013, and they discovered an instant chemistry on the bandstand. As Colin recalls, "I was familiar with Lorenzoʼs band Naked Truth and also his solo album Frequent Flyer, and coincidentally had been toying with the idea of a dual-bass project with a bass player friend of mine. So I immediately thought it was something worth doing as an experiment, at least. And I knew that this project would lead us to explore other things you tend to do a lot less of in a regular band set-up, like using different effects, E-bows, have the bass playing melodies and so forth." In preparing for their session together, Feliciati and Edwin spent a few productive days in a studio in the English countryside, fleshing out compositions from the bones of each otherʼs sketches. Playing both fretted and fretless basses, the two kindred low-end spirits create a formidable undercurrent on the 11 powerful tracks from Twinscape while embellishing the open-ended pieces with freewheeling improvisation. "We had a very short time to plan what to do and only a small amount of rehearsal," says Edwin, "but even from our brief rehearsal, it certainly felt like we had a natural way of playing together. Without any real discussion we managed to find a way of fitting around each other, despite occupying the same frequency area. It requires a certain amount of intuition and sensitivity just to be able to do that, without stepping on each others toes and filling up the same space." That kind of complementary attitude permeates Twinscapes, though each of the bassists do step out with stunning solos from track to track. They kick off the proceedings with "Shaken," which begins with a calming, ambient drone before developing a thickly textured undercurrent from multiple overdubs laid down by the two bassists. As drummer Gualdi fuels the track with powerhouse backbeats, Edwin plays the fretless solo, the harmonic delays and the picked bass parts while they combine on the tight unison riffs. Feliciati adds false harmonics and octave bass lines on this dynamic opener. On the more lyrical "Alice," a piece written by Feliciati for his daughter and which appeared on his first-ever solo release in 2003, he plays the main bass part and the chordal part while Edwin covers the melody, the harmonic slides and the beautiful fretless bass work. Lorenzo provides the ambient wash with his bass pedals on "In Dreamland" and Colin contributes to that ethereal vibe by using the E-bow in conjunction with his bass. With Andi Pupato, Nils Petter Molvaer, David Jackson and Roberto Gualdi, Feliciati and Edwin have gathered a group of world-class musicians who bring this release to new creative heights. TRACKS Shaken Alice In Dreamland Breathsketch Transparent i-DEA Conspiracy Perfect Tool Sparse Yügen Solos FREE NELSON MANDOOMJAZZ Debuts on RareNoise with Double EP The Shape of Doomjazz to Come / Saxophone Giganticus AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE MARCH 3, 2014 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Rebecca Sneddon alto sax Colin Stewart bass Archibald drums ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com or https://www.rarenoiserecords.com/jukebox/fnmdj/2ep/ New York, February 3, 2014 - With a crunching sound that is as teeth-chatteringly heavy as metal icons like Slayer and Megadeth or ferocious grindcore groups like Napalm Death and Brutal Truth, yet is imbued with the freedom principle of such avant garde jazz icons as saxophonists Marshall Allen, Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzman, the formidable instrumental power trio from Scotland known as Free Nelson Mandoom Jazz debuts on the London-based RareNoise label with a provocative double EP that will confound jazz critics as it challenges the thrashmetal-grindcore community. Jointly named for the late South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela and the genre of fuzz-bass-inflected heavy-duty improvisation dubbed 'doomjazz', this renegade trio of bassist Colin Stewart, drummer Archibald and alto saxophonist Rebecca Sneddon rattles the very grey matter of your brain on their imposing Shape of Doomjazz to Come/Saxophone Giganticus. With a throbbing, slow-grooving undercurrent created by bassist Stewart and drummer Archibald, freewheeling saxophonist Sneddon wails with impunity in the altissimo register of her horn on doomjazz anthems like "Where My Soul Can Be Free," "The Mask of the Red Death" and "Black Sabbath." Their atmospheric "Nobody Fucking Posts to the UAE" takes a more deliberately melodic approach with Stewart's unaffected basslines doubling with Sneddon's alto sax on the head before she embarks on a searching solo. Midway through this more introspective piece, Stewart kicks on his fuzzbox and Archibald slams more emphatically as Sneddon builds to some cathartic blowing on her horn. "K54", inspired by Domenico Scarlatti's K54 sonata, introduces a swing element into the proceedings with Stewart's up-tempo walking basslines and Archibald's insistent ride cymbal work. The trio navigates through some intricate stop-time passages before Stewart once again stomps on his distortion pedal, a cue for Sneddon to head for the stratosphere with her emphatic overblowing on the alto sax. "Saxophone Giganticus" (the title a playful mutation of Sonny Rollin's "Saxophone Colossus") finds the trio in a more relaxed mode with Stewart's clean bass lines and didgeridoo combining to create a darkly insinuating undercurrent for Sneddon's sinewy sax lines. A little less than midway through, this kinder, gentler approach evaporates in the face of another formidable doomjazz excursion. And the closing track, "Black Sabbath," carries all the heavyweight underpinnings that name would imply while including some of Sneddon's most ferocious, take-no-prisoners approach to overblowing on the recording. These brand new recordings were mixed by renowned Italian sound sculptor Eraldo Bernocchi. A brand new album is currently being worked on and will be released later this year. TRACKS Where My Soul Can Be Free Into The Sky The Mask Of The Red Death No One Fucking Posts To The UAE K56 Saxophone Giganticus Black Sabbath

Monday the 17th will be a holiday in much of Canada - Family Day in most of the provinces that will have the day off. The league and the players union have decided to move the date of free agency up four days so that it will not interfere with the long weekend. So it will be Feb. 11 this year, not Feb. 15. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=443011

TSN's Farhan Lalji has tweeted..."Just landed in Ottawa to hear from source #RedBlacks paying Burris way over 400K and #Bombers weren't in ball park."

Surprise! Hank has signed with Ottawa. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442977 http://cfl.ca/article/report-burris-to-sign-with-redblacks So where does this leave the Bombers? Will they trade for Kevin Glenn?

The promo of this one arrived on Saturday, and I couldn't wait to open it up because I like so much the two Ian Carey releases I already had. I have four thoughts: 1) It's a great selection of songs. The are many people I would enjoy listening to doing these songs. 2) Ben Stolorow on piano is terrific. He's perfect for the album. I hope we hear more from him. 3) I expected that I would miss the bass and drums, but I don't. I usually prefer the typical quartet or quintet lineup, but this time I don't miss it. 4) For whatever reason, I don't think that Ian Carey had as good a day in the studio as usual. His playing is pretty good, but not as good as on the two previous albums of his that I have. By the way, this was recorded last June 15, only seven and a half months ago. That's a quick turnaround. Of course, I imagine there was little post-production work to do.

A word about yesterday's Super Bowl. I don't pay much attention to the NFL. I usually check the scores each Monday, and that's about it. I thought that there was a pretty good chance that Denver with Peyton Manning would win big. So the 43-8 final score doesn't surprise me. But it was the wrong team! This reminds me of the '86 Grey Cup, when Edmonton was expected to clobber Hamilton, but instead Hamilton clobbered Edmonton 39-15.

Ottawa has signed Leroy Blugh as their defensive line coach. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442895 http://cfl.ca/article/blugh-named-redblacks-defensive-line-coach

Happy Birthday, Thom!

Here are three very simple concepts which indicate that you are out of shape. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/02/02/3-fitness-tests-should-be-able-to-pass/?intcmp=trending

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in a New York City apartment Sunday from an apparent drug overdose, law enforcement sources tell FoxNews.com.

In Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the origin of the iPhone was explained. It occurred to Jobs that everyone carried a cell phone. The iPod was very popular, but he realized that he was asking everyone to carry with them two items. He felt that there would be many people who would want to carry only one item, and that would be a cell phone. So Jobs had his people invent a single item which was both a cell phone and an iPod. I think what's interesting about it now is that apparently the iPhone is used only 18% of the time to make phone calls. It is now primarily a portable computer.

Jim, you deleted your original response! What's up with that?

Here is a woman my age who has been selected to model lingerie. What do you think? I don't have any problem with the idea that older women get their turn, but I think that this one is unattractive, and I don't want to look at her. http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/american-apparel-older-model-62-year-old-141019000.html

Ray Guy has been elected to the Canton Hall of Fame. I think it's an injustice that Pete Gogolak isn't already in.

Korey Banks has his option year left on his contract. He told Wally he didn't want to return to the Lions, so Wally Friday traded him to the Bombers. The Bombers released Jason Boltus. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442668 http://cfl.ca/article/veteran-presence-bombers-acquire-banks-in-trade-with-lions ***** The Als have released Byron Parker. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4661948 http://cfl.ca/article/als-release-veteran-byron-parker-sign-stafford-matha ***** Rumors say that two NFL clubs have shown interest in hiring Jim Popp, but he won't name them. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442662

Lots of news in the past two days. Zach Collaros was set to become a free agent Feb. 15. The Argos did him a favor and released him early, yesterday. Today he signed with the Ticats. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442555 http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/94313 http://cfl.ca/article/dunk-collaros-a-perfect-fit-for-austins-ticats ***** So the Ticats released Henry. The Bombers immediately made him an offer. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442611 ***** The Eskimos today released Kerry Joseph. He is expected to sign a one-day contract and retire as a Roughrider. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4661511 http://cfl.ca/article/hanging-them-up-joseph-to-announce-retirement http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442583 ***** Korey Sheets worked out with Oakland Tuesday. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442478 ***** Weston Dressler is passing-a-physical away from signing with Kansas City, so the Riders released him today. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442593 http://cfl.ca/article/release-granted-riders-part-ways-with-dressler ***** Dmitry Tsoumpas retired yesterday. He is only 27. He will remain with the Stamps as a conditioning coach. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=442468 http://cfl.ca/article/three-time-all-star-dimitri-tsoumpas-retires

It's funny, Bev, but just yesterday I read a comment from an apparently young-adult male who mentioned that nobody has an iPod anymore. He and all of his friends use an iPhone.

That's interesting that you say that, ejp. I'm just fine with athletics at the small schools without scholarships. It's the situation at the big universities that I would like to see changed, because I think that many of their players are not students.

Some of the Amazon customer reviews indicate that the Creative GigaWorks T20s at $78.99 a pair are far superior to the T12s. http://www.amazon.com/Creative-GigaWorks-Multimedia-BasXPort-Technology/dp/B001RNOHDU/ref=pd_sim_e_7