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Thanks wag! There was an article in yesterday's USA Today about spotify and its competitors, and it mentioned something that I was unaware of. This deal of listening to spotify as much as you want for free with loads of commercials is for six months only. After six months, you will be limited to 10 hours per month if you don't pay up.

If I may be the party pooper here, I remember the '64 Phillies, though the '51 Dodgers were before my time. But back in the day a late season swoon meant losing the league championship. That was a big deal. Now with the Red Sox the press is getting excited about a second place team dropping to third place. That's no big deal in my book.

Well, on the one hand, this is just the sort of album I enjoy listening to on a quiet Sunday in the fall and winter. There's not a bad song, and the music is consistently peaceful and pleasant. On the other hand, there's not much here to get excited about. If you want to sit down and concentrate on the music, this isn't the album for you. Very nice, but not very inspired.

ejp, my understanding is that you have to use it before midnight tomorrow night. I take it to mean buying some music before then.

Correct marcello! Steve Marcus was my favorite when I was in college. That was the heyday of jazz rock. Yesterday I spent my sonnymax Amazon $2 MP3 credit on the bulk of his Count's Rock Band album.

Here's one.

That was interesting TTK! Sort of a 1968 Bananarama.

I see on another board that it expires Sept. 30 night.

I think you guys are being a little too hard on the album. I hadn't listened to it since the week it came out (which I figured said something right there). So I put it on today, and had it on in the background. From that perspective, I thought it was fine. I enjoyed their last album Folk Music a lot more, so in comparison this one is a little disappointing. But as background music I think it is just right, and there are many times when background music is what I need.

Big news from Amazon today. They announced a new tablet called the Fire, which was expected, and three new Kindles, which was a surprise. The Kindles start at $79.00.

Greg Xenakes Week 14 picks http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4440028

Dave Naylor Week 13 wrapup http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=376870 ***** The Bombers are bringing back Michael Bishop. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=376957

Thanks sonnymax! Do you know when it expires?

Amazon has a grey market import box of Miles Davis called Twenty Classic Albums for $18.98. It also has: Sonny Rollins - Eight Classic Albums - $13.40 Jimmy Smith - Eight Classic Albums - $13.52 Hank Mobley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.01 Lou Donaldson - Eight Classic Albums - $8.07 Kenny Dorham - Eight Classic Albums - $7.28 Cannonball Adderley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.13 Red Garland - Eight Classic Albums - $7.34 Thelonious Monk - Eight Classic Albums - $7.64 John Coltrane - Eight Classic Albums - $7.26 Charles Mingus - Eight Classic Albums - $8.17 Modern Jazz Quartet - Eight Classic Albums - $11.43

Correct, Dave!

I'm going to bequeath Chuck a bottle of scotch. And after he is finished with it, he can sprinkle it from head to foot!

I read just the other day that spotify pays the artist $0.004 each time a song is played. The entire CD is 4 cents. The article didn't say how much the record companies are paid.

OK, so who was his brother?

This Sunday's show will be Andy Rooney's last appearance on 60 Minutes. He will continue to have an office where he will write books. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/andy-rooney-to-end-regular-60-minutes-appearances_b89348

Ray Mariuz has come out of retirement to rejoin the Ticats. We'll see if there is any gas left in his tank. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=376880 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/ray-mariuz-comes-out-of-retirement-to-rejoin-ticats/article2181680/

The Bombers are in big trouble. They lost both Fred Reid and his backup Carl Volny for the year due to ACL injuries in Saturday's game against the Argos. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=376808 ***** For the second week in a row, lots of changes in TSN's power rankings. Without a running game, I expect the Bombers to drop like a rock next week. [1] Winnipeg: Despite loss to lowly Argos, retain top spot[2] Montreal: Character win over Eskimos in Edmonton[3] B.C.: The meteoric rise in the win column continues[4] Edmonton: Loss to Alouettes at home costs them two spots[5] Hamilton: Offensive explosion in Moncton is promising[6] Calgary: Defensive breakdowns means drop of three spots[7] Saskatchewan: Embarrassing loss to Lions at home unexpected[8] Toronto: Despite win over Blue Bombers, more work to do http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=376798

Correct Valerie!

I got the promo of this one early, and have really been enjoying it. Pedicin reminds me of Charles Lloyd. Barry Miles does a fine job. There is nothing here that reminds me of his work of the 70s. It's all straight ahead piano.

Apparently Evan has forgotten to give us a hint or two! In the meantime...