GA Russell

You win, Matthew!

Here is a Joao Donato cd at Amazon going for $99,999.99! http://www.amazon.com/Joao-Donato-Millennium/dp/B00005YKG7?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00005YKG7

That's terrific, TTK!

Rob Bagg has decided to go under the knife, so that means that he will miss the rest of the year. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401564

Toronto Argonauts 23....Montreal Alouettes 20 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401629 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4516660 What's the matter with the Als? They haven't shown much pizzazz this year so far.

Is a professor's tenure status primarily a money deal? Perhaps it would be easy to bar him from the campus and from teaching - and that the difficulty would be to cut him off financially.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23....Edmonton Eskimos 22 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401549 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4516466 Great game! A real nail biter. Two good defenses against two mediocre offenses. Edmonton had the ball and needed a field goal to go ahead in the final minute. Steven Jyles fumbled the ball on a quarterback draw on the Winnipeg 28. On the last play of the first half, Alex Brink heaved the ball forty yards downfield in desperation, and Chris Matthews caught it in the end zone. This was Winnipeg's first home game of the season, and also their first win. So far the home team has won 15 of 17 games.

This one? I think this might be his best solo recording! Love it! ubu This is on the Mosaic set, am I right? Cliff, that was on the Monk Black Lion box set as I recall.

Is this another Ozzy Osbourne photo?

Trivial, but I remember them well: 1) Tiny Tim's wedding. 2) The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I was home sick and watching television on CBS as I recall (I think the show was Monty Hall's Video Village) when Walter Cronkite came on to say that JFK had been shot. No word at that time that the wound was fatal. Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the lunar surface was the most important, but for some reason not the most interesting. I think I was very tired! In regard to politics, I remember Nixon's resignation speech; and also the three women from the office at the Clarence Thomas hearings, all of whom supported Clarence Thomas and opposed Anita Hill. My sisters remember Pinky Lee having a heart attack on the air. They say I was watching it with them, but I don't remember it.

Benny Hill?

Jon Stewart?

Correct Jim! My avatar is thirty years old, and that is a recent picture.

Pete, I have no problem with that priest serving his entire sentence. But I feel that he is a fall guy, not a decision maker. I think that it is the bishops who should most be fearing being sent up the river, not priests in their offices. Of course in this case the bishop is dead. The judge here said that the priest could have done more, but the article doesn't say what. Short of renouncing his vows and going public, it's not clear to me what the judge expected of him. That solution wouldn't bother me and I think nearly all Catholics as well, but if that is what the judge wanted she should have said so (the article doesn't say).

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is available at Spotify.

I see that Meridies is now available at Spotify.

I see that this Hailey Niswanger is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I can't tell whether the silence regarding the second woman in post #1286 is because no one wants to guess or because it is too obvious. Which is it? I will say that when I saw that photo, I immediately thought, That looks like Colleen Dewhurst.

I imagine that one current problem is that in these hard economic times people are not going to festivals they have already been to before.

This is a promo I received two months ago and never got around to. Rebecca Sullivan is from York, PA. I lived in York for three years, and my sister and her family have lived there for the past forty, so that piqued my curiosity. Sullivan has a very nice voice, but a little too high pitched for my preference. This is a very nice album with excellent song selection and playing, but it is not jazz. I suppose it should be categorized as cabaret because it is for adults and is urban-sophisticated. You can catch it on Spotify. Chicago Vocalist Rebecca Sullivan Debuts With "This Way, This Time," A Duo Session with Guitarist Mike Allemana Sullivan's Rhyme or Reason Records to Release CD June 12 Chicago CD Release Show with Allemana At Szold Hall/Old Town School of Folk Music Sunday, June 24 May 16, 2012 Rebecca Sullivan came into her own as a jazz vocalist in Chicago, where she's been based since 2006 and where she's frequently gigged with guitarist Mike Allemana. Their compelling musical chemistry is the main event on Sullivan's forthcoming debut recording, This Way, This Time, a duo session that will be released on Rhyme or Reason Records on June 12. "Rebecca has a lovely, liquid instrument, often evocative of Billie Holiday yet completely personal and unpretentious," says saxophonist Geof Bradfield, who produced the album. "Her delivery is so intimate, and it really works seamlessly with Mike's inspired colors and textures." On the new CD, Sullivan mixes affecting interpretations of infrequently heard standards by Johnny Mandel ("The Shining Sea"), Friedrich Hollaender ("Strange Enchantment"), and Hoagy Carmichael ("Ivy") with boldly personal versions of songs by the Beach Boys ("Wouldn't It Be Nice"), Nick Drake ("Blossom Friend"), and St. Vincent ("Human Racing"). She also contributes two originals (including the title track, co-written with Allemana), and closes the album with Dave Frishberg's poignant "You Are There." "Rebecca really gets inside the lyric," says Allemana. "Unlike many young singers, she never manipulates the melody or takes it out of context. She knows the composer wrote it that way for a reason." Mike Allemana and Rebecca Sullivan A native of York, Pennsylvania, Rebecca Sullivan grew up with several music traditions -- singing in her family's a cappella gospel group, studying classical piano (and winning competitions), steeping herself in American standards from the 1940s and '50s. As a student at Portland's Reed College, she performed folk music on open-mic nights, accompanying herself on guitar. But her first exposure to jazz came in the unlikely place of St. Petersburg, Russia, where in 2004 she spent a semester abroad studying Russian literature. There she had the opportunity to hear live jazz: "I had no idea songs could sound like that," she recalls of that epiphany. While in Russia, Sullivan put in serious listening time to recordings by Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Carmen McRae, and once she returned home she was already on her way to pursuing a career as a jazz vocalist. She relocated to Chicago in 2006 to study at the Bloom School of Jazz, and also began attending tenor saxophone legend Von Freeman's weekly jam session at the New Apartment Lounge. She made a deep impression on Mike Allemana, Freeman's longtime guitarist. "It's so refreshing to find a young singer who knows these beautiful old songs," he says. Before long Sullivan quit her day job (at the University of Chicago Press) to devote herself full-time to singing. "When I worked up the nerve to ask Mike if he would do a gig with me," she says, "I really felt like I was in over my head. But he said yes, it worked pretty well, and we ended up doing more gigs and eventually recording the album together." Come fall, Sullivan, now 29, will be starting the next chapter in her musical journey in Boston, where she plans to pursue a master's degree at the New England Conservatory. "I'll be studying with Dominique Eade, and then I'll have a separate improvisation teacher," she says. "I decided to go there because I want to be immersed in the intense musical learning environment they offer, as well as to improve as a musician and songwriter. Also, some great jazz musicians whom I really admire studied at NEC: Roberta Gambarini, Luciana Souza, Bill McHenry. And I can't wait to be back on the East Coast!" Rebecca Sullivan will be performing with Mike Allemana at a CD release show on Sunday 6/24, 8:00 pm, at Szold Hall (Old Town School of Folk Music), 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Tickets are $12 ($11 Old Town School members), and may be purchased online or by phone at 773-728-6000. Photos: Ingrid Karolewski www.rebeccasullivanjazz.com Follow: Like:

I see that both Things to Come and Lyrical, Vol. 1 are available at Spotify.

Matthew Scianitti Week 5 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/07/cfl-picks-week-5-winless-bombers-hope-for-better-luck-at-home/ ****** Al Cameron Week 5 picks and power rankings http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/07/my-picks-and-rankings-going-into-week-5/