GA Russell

Bobby, I'm flattered that you are interested in my opinion! Thank you! Here on this board, we refer to an old fashioned funk organ trio as greazy. I don't find your playing to be like that. I find the chords that you choose and the brittleness of your sound to be a terrific balance to what others are doing. My favorite example of that is Sonny Rollins' Vienne DVD. You were the perfect yin to the yang of the rest of that band. On Upper West Side Story there's no yang. There's no Clifford Anderson or Chris Foreman to provide the contrast that highlights your work and makes it so interesting. Your past records have had the appeal of sweet and sour pork, but that's not the case this time. In regard to dryness, one great that I have not heard enough of is Lennie Tristano. Perhaps you are aware of a song Chet Baker recorded with Richard Twardzik called The Girl from Greenland. I love that dry sound, and I love what you're doing too, but I think that one has to be in the proper mood for it when it's all by itself. Best wishes, and congratulations on your success thus far, Russell Moon

The Als are signing McMaster QB Kyle Quinlan. Last year the only Canadian QB to survive the cuts was Calgary's Brad Sinopoli. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/mcmaster-qb-quinlan-agrees-to-cfl-contract-report/article2425630/

The Jets are thinking about using Tim Tebow on special teams. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/jets-plan-to-use-tim-tebow-on-special-teams/article2424802/

Babe Ruth's Boston home is for sale. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/asking-price-for-babe-ruths-boston-home-more-than-he-made-in-his-entire-career/article2425052/

I got the promo copy of this one in the mail on Thursday, and opened it up right away. All nine songs were written by Broom. I find Broom to be very dry. When he is playing popular songs, he contributes to me a new perspective on familiar pieces, and I like it. When he is playing with the Deep Blue Organ Trio, I find that his dryness goes well with the soulfulness of Chris Foreman's organ. Same with his recordings with Sonny Rollins. But here, with just the guitar, bass and drums and original compositions, the result is dryness without something to balance it out. The songs are good and the playing is good, but the result is more extreme than any other Broom album I have. I'm sure I'll be listening to this often, but I wouldn't want a library full of records like this. You've got to be in the mood for this one.

Thanks for verifying my hazy recollection, TTK! As I vaguely recall, I got two 99 cent Nelson Riddle cassettes, both Capitol/EMI issues, about the same time around 1990. One of them was called something like "Nelson Riddle Plays Classic TV Themes", so I'm betting that that was the one it was on.

The Orioles beat the Red Sox today 9-6. This was the first game since 1925 in which both teams had a position player pitch. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/designated-hitter-chris-davis-pitches-orioles-to-extra-innings-victory/article2424495/

It's a standard, something like "Somewhere in the Night". I have Nelson Riddle doing it on a 99 cent cassette tape I got twenty years ago.

The Bombers have released Joe Lobendahn. He tore his ACL last year, so he is probably through. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=395256 ***** The Als have released Kerry Carter. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=395150 ***** If you click on the photo, you can see the Eskimos' new look road jerseys. (Upper right, wearing #4) http://www.tsn.ca/wi...gallery/?id=530

Dave, the link takes me to the photobucket home page.

Cam Wake has signed an extension with the Dolphins with $20 million guaranteed. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/dolphins-lock-up-cameron-wake/article2424291/

You know the saying "The great ones make it look easy"? Willie Mays made everything look easy!

Jim McCrary was the staff photographer of A&M Records for seven years, and shot 300 album covers, including Tapestry. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jim-mccrary-20120506,0,1555697.story http://www.jimmccrary.com/

Happy Birthday ASNL!

Here's a summary of the first two rounds of the draft. http://www.canada.com/sports/football/cfl/cfl/6561645/story.html

The draft is going on right now. Here is a link to live streaming and a list of those already taken. As you can see, six of the seven men taken in the first round were linemen. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=57277

You may have seen the headline about Marilu Henner on Drudge yesterday. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/seen-at-11-rare-mental-condition-gives-actress-henner-super-human-memory/

Happy Birthday Alexander!

Weaver no-hits Twins. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/angels-weaver-throws-no-hitter-against-twins/article2421001/

Draft Day is tomorrow. Here's the best article I've found about it. The NFL drafted three guys who were eligible for the CFL draft, and signed another two undrafted players immediately after. So their stock will decline in the draft. When a player is drafted, that CFL team owns his rights forever, I believe. There have been so many CFL first rounders who didn't pan out that I don't care too much about the draft. If I were a GM, I'd probably go with linemen. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/roughriders-have-tough-decision-to-make/article2420680/

My first thought is that maybe Wayne's signing with EMI tells us more about the current policies of Universal than it does about EMI.

Lots of news today. Mike Morreale has succeeded Stu Laird as the head of the players union. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cflpa-gets-a-new-boss/article2420157/ http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394843 ***** The league has been revealing over the past couple of days the new uniforms. They are tight and moisture-wicking. Should be harder to grab. The only new design I've noticed is the Bombers', who will have gold sweaters instead of white ones. The Ticats are returning to their look or a few years ago. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394726 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cfl-clubs-unveil-re-engineered-uniforms/article2418888/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cfl-teams-unveil-new-jerseys/article2418920/ ***** After four years of kicking around the NFL, Sam Giguere has signed with the Ticats. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394844 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/ticats-bolster-receiving-corps-with-samuel-giguere/article2420175/ ***** The Ottawa expansion team has hired Rick Worman to be its lead scout and first football employee. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394796 ***** The Argos have sacked their head of American scouting, Mike Hagen. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394822 ***** Now the Bombers are saying that their new stadium won't be ready until September. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394842 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/bombers-stadium-project-faces-more-delays/article2420143/

Congrats Jeff! It's something for the resume!

Where do you get a buck and a half? It's $5 for the first item, which isn't bad at all. "and .99 GBP for each item"

The Beach Boys played here in Raleigh Sunday. Here is the review: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/30/2033493/beach-boys-bring-out-young-and.html