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Ricky Ray hurt his knee in last week's game, and won't play Tuesday. Zach Collaros will get the start. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428648

Saskatchewan Roughriders 32....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4612327 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428607 The Ticats scored the first ten points, but after that the Riders pretty much had their way. Darian Durant's foot has been hurting the past two weeks, so Corey Chamblin gave him the day off and played Drew Willy instead. Kory Sheets has rushed for 100 yards all five games so far.

Happy Birthday 2013 Gary!

Calgary Stampeders 37....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4612146 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428531 Kevin Glenn's arm still hurt from last week, so the Stamps started their third stringer Bo Levi Mitchell. He looked good, so now the question is, who will be the one quarterback the Stamps protect in the Ottawa expansion draft? The Bombers made a game of it for a while, but the Stamps outscored them 10-0 in the third quarter, and the Bombers never caught up after that. Rene Parades set the record for most consecutive field goals, and is now up to I think 34. The Bombers started their second string QB Justin Goltz, and he didn't look bad.

This guy is a colleague of Rahsaan Barber. I'm looking forward to this one. Nashville Trumpeter/Composer Imer Santiago Debuts with "Hidden Journey" CD to Be Released August 27 by Rahsaan Barber's Jazz Music City Label CD Release Show to Take Place August 24 At Nashville Jazz Workshop July 26, 2013 Imer Santiago's musical journey, which began in his native Ohio with stops in New Orleans and Austin, took an important turn in 2007 when he relocated to Nashville. There the accomplished young trumpeter forged a close bond with saxophonist Rahsaan Barber, one of the local jazz scene's key players as well as the owner of Jazz Music City Records. On August 27, Jazz Music City will release Hidden Journey, Imer Santiago's impressive debut as a leader. "You may not associate Nashville with jazz or Latin jazz," says Santiago, now 36, "but Rahsaan has an open mind to what the future can be. And he's an entrepreneur. He's one of my best friends and truly a brother. All those things led me to ask him to produce this record." Santiago contributed most of the album's compositions and, with Barber, all of the album's arrangements. The core quintet heard on Hidden Journey, in addition to Santiago and Rahsaan Barber, is rounded out by pianist Bruce Dudley, whose The Solo Sessions was released by Jazz Music City last year; bassist Jon Estes, who also mixed and mastered the new CD and shot the striking cover photographs; and drummer Josh Hunt, currently touring with bluegrass great Alison Krauss, among other artists. Guest musicians include percussionist Giovanni Rodriguez, who co-leads the Latin-jazz fusion band El Movimiento with Santiago and Barber; El Movimiento guitarist James DaSilva; Imer's younger brother Ivan Santiago on electric bass; trombonist Roland Barber, Rahsaan's twin; and Jazz Music City artist Stephanie Adlington, who's featured vocally on "The Very Thought of You." Santiago plays "What a Wonderful World" as a lyrical homage to Louis Armstrong, taking the tune in waltz time instead of the usual 4/4. Armstrong had been one of Santiago's earliest favorites. While he was working on his master's degree at the University of New Orleans, Santiago's admiration grew even deeper when he discovered the profound respect New Orleans trumpet players had for the late jazz giant. Edwin Imer Santiago was born on October 26, 1976, in Lorain, Ohio, to parents originally from Puerto Rico. He took up trumpet while in the fifth grade, and grew up listening to church hymns and to African-American gospel songs that had been translated into Spanish. Remaining active in church music, he toured from 2004 to 2007 as a member of the prominent Austin-based Christian rock band Salvador, with whom he still plays occasional dates. After high school, where he played in the orchestra, marching band, and jazz band and discovered the music of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, Santiago spent five years at The Ohio State University, where trumpet-playing professor Pharez Whitted was a huge influence on his musical development. After earning bachelor's degrees in jazz studies and atmospheric sciences from Ohio State, Santiago received a master's of music degree in jazz studies in 2000 from the University of New Orleans, where his instructors included Ellis Marsalis, Wendell Brunious, Harold Battiste, and Clyde Kerr Jr. Initially drawn to Nashville because Salvador's management and record label were located there, Santiago began teaching middle school in 2007 and in August 2012 also began working part-time as an adjunct trumpet instructor at Tennessee State University. He will begin working in the fall of 2013 as the director of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools' ambitious new district-wide mariachi music program for students in grades 6 through 12. Besides playing with and co-leading El Movimiento, which grew out of a weekly jam session that he, Barber, and Rodriguez launched in 2008, Santiago does sessions in Nashville studios on an average of twice a month. One of his most interesting studio dates was a recent collaboration with musicians in Mumbai, India, on a dance tune titled "Battameez Dil." Santiago recorded his trumpet, along with a horn section in Nashville, while the producers in India communicated with them over Skype. "They could see and hear us," he says of the Mumbai musicians. A lively Bollywood-style video of the song can be viewed on YouTube. With the release of Hidden Journey, Imer Santiago steps out of the shadows as a trumpet stylist and composer to be reckoned with in the jazz world at large, and provides additional evidence of the exciting new jazz movement that's emerging in the country music capital. Santiago will be performing a CD release show at the Nashville Jazz Workshop on Saturday 8/24 with additional dates to be announced in several cities. Photography: Jon Estes Web Sites: www.imersantiago.com www.jazzmusiccity.com Follow Imer: Like Imer:

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The Ticats have removed Dave Stala from the nine game injured list early, and he will play tomorrow against the Riders. I didn't know that a player could be removed from the nine game list before the nine games were played. Since their salaries do not count against the cap, it would seem to me to be a place to stash players. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428494

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I didn't know that The Beatles were interested in Aleister Crowley. Do you think that was John's suggestion?

Montreal Alouettes 32....Edmonton Eskimos 27 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4611834 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428459 Great game! The Als dominated, but the Eskimos got it together in the second half, and took the lead in the fourth quarter. The Als took it back, and won the game on the last play by holding the Esks on a goal line stand.

The Cowboys announced today that their ballpark would be renamed AT&T Stadium. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cowboys-complex-renamed-att-stadium-19772952

Lowell Ullrich Week 5 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/07/25/week-5-in-the-cfl/

Tonight's Montreal-Edmonton game will be on ESPN2 at 7:30. ***** Chris O'Leary Week 5 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2013/07/esks-roster-updates-week-5-cfl-picks-and-a-live-chat-at-5-p-m/

This arrived in the mail today, and looks interesting. Boston-Based Jazz Vocalist Agachiko Debuts on CD July 9 With "Yes!" On Accurate Records Gabrielle Agachiko Backed by Russ Gershon, Tenor Saxophone & Arranger; Scott Getchell, Trumpet; Ken Field, Flute; Sam Davis, Guitar; Blake Newman, Bass; Phil Neighbors, Drums Appearing July 13, Accurate Records, Somerville, MA, & August 10, Somethin' Jazz, New York City June 21, 2013 Agachiko has been turning heads since 2008, when the septet led by Kenyan-born, Boston-based vocalist Gabrielle Agachiko was formed. On her debut album Yes!, to be released July 9 by Accurate Records, she brings an international sensibility to the incantatory spirit of Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. Whether gracefully delivering a pointed political message on "Words," soulfully crooning Buddy Johnson's love-struck blues ballad "Since I Fell for You" (complete with the rarely sung verse), investing Nina Simone's "Four Women" with empathy and anger, or adding lyrics to a new piece by Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke at his invitation, Agachiko is first and foremost a master storyteller. "I've loved these songs and styles since I was in my 20s, for their emotional depth and musical complexity," says the vocalist, who had a long and fruitful career in indie rock and Off-Broadway musical theater before circling back to jazz. "However, at 20-something, I didn't feel I had the life experience needed to truly convey the meaning. Like any important conversation, jazz must be engaged in at length in order to be well understood. Now, it seems the conversation of life has enabled me to fill these songs with what they deserve." By the album's title track closer, a wary but insistently upbeat affirmation, Agachiko leaves no doubt about her prowess as a jazz musician, her skills as a songwriter, and her vision as a bandleader who knows how to bring out the best in her collaborators. "I'm always listening to these guys having a conversation," she says. "When you add vocals, you have to make the words count. It has to be about something -- love, loss, pain, sorrow, or joy." Agachiko the band features guitarist Sam Davis, bassist Blake Newman of the Lizard Lounge poetry band, and drummer Phil Neighbors, as well as an unusual flute-trumpet-sax configuration comprised of Revolutionary Snake Ensemble flutist Ken Field, trumpeter Scott Getchell, and Either/Orchestra tenor saxophonist and founder Russ Gershon, who also wrote most of the album's arrangements. L. to r.: Sam Davis, g; Blake Newman, b; Scott Getchell, tpt; Agachiko; Phil Neighbors, d; Ken Field, fl; Russ Gershon, ts. "Gabrielle holds a universe of sound in her voice," Gershon says. "It's so rich and subtle and controlled. Her voice will just do anything, and she knows a gazillion songs. As an arranger who's very concerned with timbre, voicings, and the emotional content of intervals, I appreciate that she hears it all and can wrap around a chord sequence. It's very different from writing for a blues shouter who wants a lot of punch and Basie flourishes." Born in Nakuru, Kenya in 1958 to a Kenyan father and African-American mother from Georgia via New York City, Gabrielle Agachiko spent her childhood in East Africa and experienced the rush of optimism and energy following Kenya's independence in 1963. She grew up hearing her father play percussion along with Max Roach albums and her mother blast James Brown on the hi-fi, and felt called to the stage as a performer. At the age of 12 she moved to England to study, but spent several summers and two intermittent years in the U.S., culminating with a move to New York City at 17. Agachiko completed her studies at Juilliard as a voice student, and had the opportunity to spend several weeks singing with Steve Lacy in Paris. She found herself drawn to musical theater, realizing that acting helped her find her voice as a singer. In the early 1990s, while working with the Boston rock band Atom Said, she got to know Gershon, who was also active on the Boston rock scene. In fact, he didn't realize she had deep jazz roots until almost two decades later, when she resurfaced in Boston after several years away. Greatly impressed by the first incarnation of the band Agachiko, which was primarily a Nina Simone project, he realized that "she's not a jazz singer in the daughters-of-Ella mainstream. She wasn't singing the same 50 tunes as so many jazz vocalists. She's not working out of the same playbook." In celebration of Yes!, Agachiko brings her vibrant music to the stage this summer with performances at Accurate Records, Somerville MA (7/13) and Somethin' Jazz, New York City (8/10), and other dates to be announced. Photos: KellyDavidsonStudio.com Web Sites: www.agachiko.com www.accuraterecords.com www.allegro-music.com Follow Agachiko:

Brandon Isaac has signed with the Ticats. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428321 ***** Justin Goltz will start for the Bombers this week. Buck Pierce is hurt again. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428330 ***** Greg Xenakes Week 5 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4611472

I can understand the tourists' desire to see castles and the Tower of London, but I think that it is a stretch to suggest that that interest reflects favorably on the royal family of 2013.

Pius.

Happy Birthday 2013 Marcel!

The Ticats have released Markeith Knowlton. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428273 ***** The Argos have released Brandon Isaac. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428246

The Eskimos have released Burke Dales. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428174

Calgary Stampeders 38....Montreal Alouettes 27 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4610683 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428086 The Als scored the first 24 points. The Stamps scored the next 35. This set a record, coming back from being down 24 in the first quarter. The previous record was 20. Two years ago Paul McCallum set the record with 30 consecutive field goals. Rene Parades kicked four to move his streak to 29. Very, very late in the game, he attempted a 34-yarder to tie the record, but it was blocked. After the game, the league announced that because the ball never crossed the line of scrimmage, it is considered a fumble, so Parades' streak continues. ***** British Columbia Lions 31....Edmonton Eskimos 21 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4610709 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428097 The game started slowly, but BC gained the momentum in the second quarter and never looked back. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 37....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 0 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4610856 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428155 The Riders remain the league's only undefeated team. Shutouts are very rare in the CFL.

Happy Birthday 2013 Joel!

Happy Birthday 2013 BeBop!

Toronto Argonauts 35....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4610472 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=428027 The Argos took control early. Lots of injuries. Neither starting quarterback finished the game. Ricky Ray passed Danny McManus for third place in career completions.

Here's a good article about Cam Wake. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/68857/the-all-22-all-star-team-the-rebirth-of-cameron-wake