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medjuck and Bill, that's what I've always assumed LTD stands for. Evan, you were one of the few I thought might know it! Paging conn!

Is anyone familiar with a site called FileShare? They are apparently a leading site for music, and they have, I gather, stopped all sharing. I read that now only the person who uploaded the song can download it.

Nope, not Cindy!

While we're waiting for sidewinder to give a clue, here's one you're not likely to get. She is the daughter of someone famous, and she is likely to be seen on ESPN in the next couple of weeks. Whose daughter is she?

I had forgotten all about Lawrence Tynes, who won the NFC Championship Game with an OT field goal today. I guess he turned out to be the Renegades' most successful player!

Thanks Spontooneous! I don't know Stuffy Turkey either!

Didn't Edgar Rice Burroughs write stories about life on Venus?

I'm not familiar with the title Stuffy. Is that common? I know it as Rifftide.

The Colts decided to hire someone other than Jim Popp. Here's a TSN roundup of players looking to sign with the NFL, or otherwise explore free agency. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385704

Just to follow up...I didn't get nearly as much money for Christmas to spend on a computer as I had hoped for. As a result, I've been unable to follow your suggestions. I settled on a refurb from Newegg which I believe is three years old. They would not add more memory for me, but I expect that won't be a problem down the road. There are two programs I want to buy, both requiring 1 meg memory, and this should do the trick for them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883155189 Thanks again for your thoughtful suggestions.

The LA Times obit discusses how she spent most of her life in Los Angeles. Because so many of her records were for Chess, I had always associated her with Chicago. RIP.

Vice-President Biden went to a fundraiser in San Francisco yesterday, and predicted that the Giants would win! When everyone laughed and booed, he said that he was thinking about the San Francisco Giants.

Noj, I need a clue! Definitely British, right?

The Riders have released Ryan Dinwiddie. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385488

I've been listening to this one. Here's the deal: Wetmore plays the electric piano throughout this one. The album sounds very much mid-seventies. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it much more then than I do now. It's not a bad album; I just feel like I've heard it all before, and I can't get excited about it. If you're too young to have been listening to jazz in the seventies, you will probably like it more because it should sound more fresh to you. By the way, IMO they front-loaded the album with the worst songs. It gets better as it goes along.

Adam Rita has landed a coaching gig in Prague! I had no idea that Dave Ritchie is in Switzerland. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/adam-rita-returns-to-gridiron-sidelines-in-europe/article2305943/ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385259 ***** Calgary news: They have signed Chris Bauman. And DeVone Claybrooks has retired to become an assistant coach with them. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385415 ***** Als defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar has left to take the same position at Purdue. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385400 ***** Jonathan Himebauch, who a month ago agreed to be the Argos' offensive coordinator, has decided to coach at Wake Forest instead. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385401 ***** Edmonton has released Jason Armstead. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385429 ***** Dylan Barker, the first pick in the 2008 draft, has retired due to injuries. He is going to go back to school to study to become a dentist. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385405

Wish I could be there! February West Coast Tour for Bobby Broom's Deep Blue Organ Trio Begins in San Francisco Feb. 4 & Also Hits Santa Cruz, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Phoenix January 18, 2012 Chicago's acclaimed Deep Blue Organ Trio -- guitarist Bobby Broom, B-3 organist Chris Foreman, and drummer Greg Rockingham -- are heading west next month for the first West Coast tour in the group's 12-year history. The six-city tour begins at Yoshi's San Francisco 2/4 (10pm), then proceeds to Kuumbwa Jazz, Santa Cruz 2/6; Jazz Alley, Seattle 2/7-8; Jimmy Mak's, Portland 2/9; Dazzle, Denver 2/10; and the Rhythm Room, Phoenix 2/11. Fresh from a successful year-end week of performances at the Umbria Winter Jazz Festival in Italy, Deep Blue is looking forward to playing for West Coast audiences and plans to feature material from their latest CD Wonderful!, a tribute to Stevie Wonder. Their deeply informed, strongly felt versions of nine Wonder songs from the 1970s made a big impact on jazz radio last year. The disc was the most played jazz title in North America late last summer, coming in at #1 on both the JazzWeek Top 50 Jazz Album Chart and the CMJ Jazz Top 40 Chart. Wonderful! finished at #15 on the JazzWeek Top 100 chart for 2011. (L. to r.: Rockingham, Foreman, Broom.) "The group is thrilled to be getting this kind of attention," states Broom, who produced and arranged Wonderful!, the trio's fourth CD and second for Origin. "It means that what we're doing is being heard and felt, and in that way we're successful." Broom, Foreman, and Rockingham -- who first played together in 1992, and formed Deep Blue Organ Trio in 2000 -- have emerged as prominent purveyors of the jazz organ trio tradition. Prior to Wonderful!, the band recorded two albums for Delmark (2004's Deep Blue Bruise and 2006's Goin' to Town: Live at the Green Mill), and 2007's Folk Music for Origin. For the past decade, when not on tour, they've held down Tuesday nights at the famed Chicago jazz club, the Green Mill. Harlem native Bobby Broom has played with such notables as tenor saxophone titan Sonny Rollins (early- to mid-1980s, and again from 2005 to 2010), organ maestro Charles Earland, and the iconic pianist-vocalist Dr. John. He has 10 albums under his name, most recently Bobby Broom Plays for Monk (Origin, 2009). Greg Rockingham, from Waukegan, Illinois, has been on bandstands since he was a pre-teen, including a decade spent working with Earland. Chris Foreman, born blind in Chicago, has played with such marquee artists as bluesman Albert Collins and the Mighty Blues Kings. National and international performance opportunities have been coming the trio's way in recent years. Since 2008, Deep Blue has opened numerous concert dates for "jazz-pop ambassadors" Steely Dan in the U.S. and Canada. They performed at Jazz Alley in Seattle in 2008, and at the Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival in Massachusetts in 2010. Their long-overdue New York City debut took place last August, at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. In addition to his work with Deep Blue Organ Trio, Bobby Broom has lately been in the studio recording a follow-up CD with trumpeter and close colleague Pharez Whitted and is currently completing a new album with his other long-standing trio (bassist Dennis Carroll, drummer Kobie Watkins). "After the success of my Monk record and now Wonderful!, I'm excited about my new Bobby Broom Trio offering," says the guitarist. "I'm looking forward to trying to keep things fresh and interesting for the listeners who are with me." Press reaction to Wonderful!: "In the hands of guitarist Bobby Broom, organist Chris Foreman, and drummer Greg Rockingham, Wonder's songbook fits a groove-jazz trio as comfortably as does Jimmy Smith's music." --Steve Greenlee, Boston Globe "Combine the artistry of Stevie Wonder's music with talented musicians who grew up with its pervasive influence, playing it with feeling and true appreciation, and you have a joyous musical experience. . . . This is the kind of album that you can leave on your CD player and play over and over. It just doesn't get old listening to this music." --Ralph Miriello, Notes on Jazz "Solid and exhilarating. . . They give nine of Wonder's songs a new life by approaching the material from surprising directions. . . . Every track offers a new, exciting take on material that was great to begin with." --Marc Myers, JazzWax.com "So infectious are these tracks that the recording has a natural thrust -- one great tune ends and you're anticipating the next hit. . . . Broom is in sterling form here, as good as he was on his recent Monk tribute record, and he plays with a Wes Montgomery-like facility and grace." --Nick Bewsey, Icon "This trio is a paragon of taste and style, avoiding exhibitionism in favor of a more soulful worldview, and this particular outlook serves the music well at every turn." --Dan Bilawsky, AllAboutJazz.com "At its best, the jazz organ trio is the epitome of hard-driving, soulful swing. The groove is intoxicating. And that's the case with this Chicago-based outfit. . . . This is one to treasure." --Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes Deep Blue Organ Trio Web Site: www.deepblueorgantrio.com

The Colts are interested in the CFL, it seems. Today they signed Jerrell Freeman, the Riders' nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385275 ESPN is reporting that they are considering Marc Trestman to be their next head coach. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385366

That's a great price! I got it for Christmas. It cost me $17 plus $3 shipping.

Happy Birthday 2012 Blue Trane!

Happy Birthday 2012 vajerzy!

The Lions have re-signed Khalif Mitchell. They have also released Tad Kornegay. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=385215 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/khalif-mitchell-inks-new-deal-with-bc-lions/article2304172/

Every year I hope that the Super Bowl is a 1959 NFL team against a 1963 AFL team.

Happy Birthday 2012 S-A-R!

Happy Birthday 2012 HBJ!