GA Russell

My first thought was that in George's day, the football players were required to take real college courses! Sept. 19 Billy Ward - 1921 Muhal Richard Abrams - 1930 Brook Benton - 1931 Brian Epstein - 1934 Bill Medley - 1940 Paul Williams - 1940 Sylvia Tyson - 1940 Cass Elliot - 1941 Freda Payne - 1942 David Bromberg - 1945 Lol Creme - 1947 Henry Kaiser - 1952 Nile Rodgers - 1952 Lita Ford - 1958 Trisha Yearwood - 1964 Candy Dulfer - 1969 ***** Abner Haynes - 1937 Twiggy - 1949 Jim Abbott - 1967

JD Souther has died at 79. RIP. JD Souther, Singer-Songwriter Behind Eagles Classics, Dead at 78 (msn.com)

Billy Edd Wheeler, the composer of The Reverend Mr. Black, Desert Pete, Coward of the County and other hits, has died at 91. RIP. Billy Edd Wheeler, the Mind Behind Johnny and June Carter Cash’s “Jackson,” Dead at 91 - American Songwriter

Ginza Samba!

In 1894, Hugh Duffy of the Boston Beaneaters became the first player to get 85 extra-base hits and steal 45 bases in a season. On Sunday, Ohtani became the second. Shohei Ohtani becomes first player in 130 years to rack up 85 extra-base hits and 45 steals | CNN

Sept. 18 Jimmie Rodgers - 1933 Frankie Avalon - 1940 Michael Franks - 1944 P.F. Sloan - 1945 Dee Dee Ramone - 1951 ***** June Foray - 1917

So Miley Cyrus won the Grammy for Song of the Year with Flowers. This is the Bruno Mars video When I Was Your Man. A lawsuit says that Bruno's song was plagiarized. I'll let you decide. Miley Cyrus Is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Flowers' | Billboard News (msn.com)

Power Rankings Look at this! They've got the Elks at #2, and the Ticats ahead of the Argos. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/17/amsoil-power-rankings-making-moves/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-power-rankings-week-15/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-power-rankings-week-16/ ***** Playoff Scenarios https://3downnation.com/2024/09/17/montreal-alouettes-can-clinch-home-playoff-game-with-win-or-toronto-argonauts-loss/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/17/111th-grey-cup-playoff-scenarios-als-target-home-date-redblacks-seek-playoff-berth/ ***** Week 16 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/17/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-16-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/17/weekly-predictor-edmonton-to-beat-winnipeg/ ***** Adarius Pickett hurt his Achilles tendon Saturday, and is out for the year. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/17/redblacks-adarius-pickett-out-for-season/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-lb-adarius-pickett-achilles-done-for-season-1.2175671 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/17/ottawa-redblacks-rule-star-defender-adarius-pickett-out-for-season/

I suspect that old George figured he got the last laugh on Professor Wall!

Week 15 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/16/cfl-plays-of-the-week-week-15-2024/ ***** Power Rankings https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-power-rankings-week-16/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/16/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-what-is-going-on/ ***** Week 15 reviews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/16/landrys-5-takeaways-from-week-15-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/16/mmqb-hamiltons-playoff-path-is-clear-but-difficult/ ***** Ryquell Armstead has signed with the Riders. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/16/riders-ink-rb-ryquell-armstead-lb-braxton-hill/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/16/saskatchewan-roughriders-sign-former-redblacks-rb-ryquell-armstead-one-other/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-sign-ryquell-armstead-braxton-hill-1.2175169 ***** Ben Fairbrother has died in a motorcycle accident at 51. RIP. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/15/former-riders-lions-offensive-lineman-ben-fairbrother-killed-in-motorcycle-accident/ ***** Paul McCallum and Glen Suitor have been named to the BC Football Hall of Fame. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/16/b-c-football-hall-of-fame-to-add-nine-inductees-including-paul-mccallum-glen-suitor-farhan-lalji/ ***** I failed to mention that with the Banjo Bowl win, Mike O'Shea became the Bombers' winningest head coach, passing Bud Grant with his 103rd win. https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/mike-oshea-becomes-bombers-winningest-coach/

Sept. 17 Hank Williams - 1923 Brother Jack McDuff - 1926 Bill Black - 1926 ***** George Blanda - 1927

Here is another comment on the CFL from Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson. https://x.com/UNCanada/status/1835724407374762350

I want to point out to you a play from yesterday's Montreal - Calgary game. The defensive tackle smothered the punt. It was a thing of beauty. The ball and the punter's foot drilled the defensive lineman in the chest. Absolutely perfect. But no. The rule was changed, so that the tackle was considered to be guilty of roughing the kicker. I will keep my eyes out for an explanation. Here is the link. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/recap-montreal-19-calgary-19/ The play starts at the 2:45 mark.

I mentioned the Lions' Punjabi broadcast. Here is a photo of Pinball Clemons making an appearance on it. https://x.com/BCLionsPunjabi/status/1834856734290059692

Here is an NCAA video. Loss of 87 on the play.

Sept. 15 Roy Acuff - 1903 Ram Ramirez - 1913 Bobby Short - 1924 Cannonball Adderley - 1928 Jessye Norman - 1945 ***** Norm Crosby - 1927

Unbelievable weekend. ***** Toronto 33....BC 17 The Argos' defense shut down Rourke and Adams. The Lions' first four possessions were two-and-outs. As predicted, the game was not interesting, but the wrong team won! https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/recap-toronto-33-bc-17/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/argos-play-complete-game-to-take-down-lions-in-vancouver/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/chad-kelly-leads-toronto-argonauts-past-bc-lions-as-nathan-rourke-is-benched-1.2174122 https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/vernon-adams-jr-returns-to-bc-lions-offence-replaces-nathan-rourke-1.2174107 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/14/argos-perfectly-built-to-beat-b-c-lions-12-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/14/b-c-lions-see-something-cant-say-anything-in-loss-to-argonauts-11-other-thoughts/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-toronto-argonauts-33-bc-lions-17-argos-dominate-lions-in-road-victory/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/3-stats-that-defined-torontos-week-15-win-over-bc/ ***** Hamilton 37....Ottawa 21 Both offenses did well, except that Ottawa four times turned the ball over when they got close to the goal line. Another big upset. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/recap-hamilton-37-ottawa-21/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/ticats-stop-redblacks-comeback-attempt-to-earn-fourth-win-in-24/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/mitchell-throws-two-td-passes-as-tiger-cats-earn-crucial-win-over-redblacks-1.2174307 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/3-stats-that-defined-hamiltons-week-15-win-over-ottawa/ ***** Calgary 19....Montreal 19 Calgary led the entire game, but Maltos tied it at 13 with a field goal on the last play of regulation. The teams then exchanged field goals in overtime. When I was growing up in the '60s watching the AFL and the NFL, I noticed that ties were never games between two evenly-matched teams. They always occurred when one team was heavily favored; so one team went away happy and the other team disappointed. That was the case here. The Stamps ended a four-game losing streak. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/recap-montreal-19-calgary-19/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/alouettes-and-stampeders-share-points-after-tightly-contested-affair/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-montreal-alouettes-battle-to-tie-1.2174394 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/3-stats-that-defined-montreals-week-15-tie-with-calgary/ ***** AC Leonard has signed with the Elks. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/14/elks-bring-back-all-cfl-defensive-lineman-a-c-leonard-sign-five-others/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-add-defensive-lineman-a-c-leonard-five-others-to-practice-roster-1.2174288 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/14/edmonton-elks-bring-back-veteran-de-a-c-leonard/ ***** The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was Friday night. You can see it here. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/11/cfhof-induction-ceremony/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/sj-green-canadian-football-hall-of-fame-2024-class-1.7323542

Disc 3 Juan-les-Pins July 27, 1963

Sept. 14 Maria Grever - 1885 Mae Boren Axton - 1914 Cachao - 1918 Guy Webster - 1939 Oliver Lake - 1942 Bowzer - 1947 Ed King - 1949 Paul Kossoff - 1950 Amy Winehouse - 1983 ***** Clayton Moore - 1914 Robert McCloskey - 1914

SOFT MACHINE is starting today the North American tour 2024. 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Although the personnel may have changed over the years, the commitment of those playing in Soft Machine today has remained consistent. Some of the very brightest stars in the British jazz firmament have served in the ranks of this revered musical institution. Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, Roy Babbington, Allan Holdsworth, John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, Andy Summers, Jack Bruce, Gary Husband, and many others, have all focussed their own unique musicality to help shape the band’s sound and personality. Just like those earlier configurations, since they began recording and working live in 2004 as Soft Machine Legacy and the arrival of Theo Travis in 2006, the current lineup continues to defy easy categorization For Theo Travis, there’s a rich combination of elements that combine to form what he believes to be Soft Machine’s appeal. “I like the freedom, I like the variety of colors, the band improvisation. The fact that it has such a strong catalogue of music going back over 50 years from which we dip into and play. With a lot of jazz stuff, you do it and people come up and say ‘good gig’ or whatever, but it's not like it means something in the same way as a band that has history and a cultural significance in the way that Soft Machine has. For me, it's a suitable combination of rock, jazz, improv, melody, risk-taking, textures, and experimental looping. It’s pretty much all the things I like to play in.” Their latest album, Other Doors, sees them move seamlessly between hardcore improvisation, pop-tinged ebullience, muscular rock, and visceral jazz along with shimmering electronica and ambient overtones. The album also signifies another change within the Softs’ roster, marking the first recording to feature new bassist Fred Baker, who had guested with the band on occasion dating back to 2008 but actually took over permanent live duties from Roy Babbington in 2021. Baker, a superb musician with connections to the whole of the extended Canterbury family tree that includes a long-established duo with Phil Miller and the band In Cahoots, has enjoyed touring with Soft Machine. “We recently played a large theatre in Istanbul and it was sold out. There were lots of young people and they were coming up after the gig wanting things signed which was fantastic.” Alongside the new compositions which Baker enjoys, is Soft Machine’s impressive back catalogue which is featured through their live shows. Giving people an opportunity to hear these compositions in a live setting is important, he believes. “My big thing with all this music is I see it like in a way that people used to look at, say classical music or early music. . . it’s keeping the music alive and in the present, enabling people to revisit music that they might only have heard on record. I’m so glad to be part of it.” The release of Other Doors in 2023 is also the end of an era as the last studio session with the legendary John Marshall, who first joined the group in 1972 and at the age of 81 has decided to retire. Marshall’s place has been taken by another good friend of the band, drummer and composer Asaf Sirkis. Lauded by Robert Wyatt who says of Sirkis, “there’s nothing he can’t do when he puts his mind to it,” Asaf had previously played with Soft Machine when Marshall was unable to tour due to ill health. However, a fan of the group since he first heard Softs’ 1975 album, Bundles, featuring Allan Holdsworth, the music of the group has been incredibly influential on his whole outlook and career. “It's very exciting for me especially because of my history. Obviously, I'm a relative latecomer compared to the others in Soft Machine but it's the music I grew up listening to and not just Soft Machine, but the music of all the various people that have played in the band over the years. So, it's really exciting, like the closing of a big, big circle for me.” Marshall’s departure from recording and performing now leaves John Etheridge, who joined the group in 1975, as the last surviving member of the group with roots in Soft Machine’s 1970s heyday. A highly respected player, Etheridge has performed in a variety of settings across his long and distinguished career but, he says Soft Machine feels like his spiritual home. “I definitely feel when I pick up the guitar and play under the banner of Soft Machine, I feel different to any of my other gigs. It's my favorite of all things I do by far. When I play with the Soft Machine, that is when I really feel like I'm contacting the player I want to be.” Whilst the primary focus is on new work and improvisation their ability to call up almost any part of the back catalogue is something all members relish. The latest album, Other Doors, includes Joy Of A Toy, which was first heard on 1968’s debut, The Soft Machine. This much-loved number, written by Kevin Ayers, has been included in the band’s recent live set for a while now. Putting it on the album seemed very natural, says Etheridge. “Of course, it’s long before my time and it wasn’t something I knew but it’s a great piece. Fred Baker transcribed the original with Kevin Ayers’ charming bass playing. it's got a sort of nice bounce about it. As a group, we are always, looking for variety, not for its own sake but to cover a broader territory. So, to be playing the second-ever Soft Machine single alongside brand-new compositions is something that's a really good approach. 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Week 15 picks https://3downnation.com/2024/09/13/3downnation-cfl-picks-do-the-ticats-have-another-home-upset-in-the-tank/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/13/from-the-editors-desk-kickers-are-people-too/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-picks-week-15/ ***** Toronto - BC previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-games-today-september-13th-2024-bc-lions-vs-toronto-argonauts-tv-channels-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/bc-lions-7-6-vs-toronto-argonauts-6-6-week-15-preview-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/toronto-argonauts-6-6-week-15-preview-vs-bc-lions-7-6-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ ***** Montreal - Calgary preview https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/calgary-stampeders-4-8-week-15-preview-vs-montreal-alouettes-10-2-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ ***** I mentioned in the spring that all of BC's games would be broadcast in Punjabi. If you would like to hear tonight's game's Punjabi broadcast, here is the link. https://listen.streamon.fm/ckspam *** Tomorrow night's Als - Stamps game will be broadcast in the Blackfoot language. Here is the link for that. https://cjwe.ca/ ***** And as you probably know, all of the Als and Redblacks games are broadcast in French. Here are the links for those. Als https://www.985fm.ca Redblacks https://www.fm1047.ca ***** GA Russell's Week 15 picks BC over Toronto (It's very possible that Kelly will have a good night, enough to overcome BC. But the Lions are on a roll, as Rourke improves each week.) Ottawa over Hamilton (The Redblacks are only 2-3 on the road, but a win will clinch a playoff spot. The Ticats are in last place, although not pathetic. If the Redblacks cannot clinch against the last-place team, they have problems.) Montreal over Calgary (I would not expect the Als to lose a second straight game against anybody. The Stampeders have problems, and may miss the playoffs for the first time since 2003. Jake Maier is taking much of the blame, and Matthew Shiltz may see some action.) ***** This thread's view count today is 405,700. That's an increase of 1,300 in the past 13 days.

That was my favorite record when I was in college!

I should have mentioned that most of Disc 2 was this album.