GA Russell

I remember that Steve Allen had a running gag of reading like poetry the lyrics to rock 'n' roll hits. You-oo-oo-oo send me...

Were the Moms Mabley records "Not licensed for airplay" like the Foxxes were?

Remember when Al Capp gave a title to each of his Sunday Lil Abners? I remember one was "Lasagna's ended, but the malady lingers on."

As I understand it, there was a period of about 35 years, maybe from Show Boat ca. 1928 to Camelot ca. 1962, when Broadway provided a lot of good songs that became hits, even when the shows were flops. In the nearly fifty years since then, Broadway has produced few songs people remember, and many of those have been the product of Andrew Lloyd Weber. And throughout those fifty years, Sondheim has been considered the king of the Broadway hill. So if Sondheim's opinion is worth quoting, why hasn't the public taken to his songs the way it took to his predecessors? I think that Sondheim is treated by the media as more important than he really is.

The finalists for the CFL Awards have been announced. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=340723 My picks are: Calvillo Fantuz Owens Knowlton Elimimian Archibald A couple could go either way! ***** Matt Flowers East report http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4354907.htm ***** Gregg Xenakes Semi-Finals picks http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4354927

Happy Birthday 2010 Weizie!

Another reminder to pull out my Mose records!

Matt Flowers West report http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4354741

This may seem trivial, but I grew up with Chris Montez's hit, and I recommend that you listen to it for its joie de vivre.

The two Division All-Star teams were announced today. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=33075

Other than the recent threads about the Bill Evans and Red Garland boxes, I don't recall much conversation here about mainstream jazz box sets on sale. I see that the Coltrane Prestige boxes can still be had fairly cheaply. Any other bargains that I don't know about?

Conrad, why do you know what is on CNN's website?????

The 2010 final stats are up: http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/statistics/

Here are the final 2010 standings: http://stats.sports.theglobeandmail.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=globeandmail&page=cfl/stand/standingAJ.htm

Happy Birthday Conn!

Happy Birthday Jeff!

British Columbia Lions 23....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 http://scoreboards.c.../final/W901.htm Good game. The Ticats led the entire game until Paul McCallum kicked the winning FG with 1:40 left in the game. BC's win meant that the Eskimos needed to win to make the playoffs. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 31....Edmonton Eskimos 23 http://scoreboards.c.../final/W902.htm Edmonton was game, but the Riders were the better team. The Riders needed to win this game too, because if they didn't they would have entered the playoffs on a five-game losing streak. Ricky Ray was back for the Eskimos. ***** Toronto Argonauts 30....Montreal Alouettes 4 http://scoreboards.c.../final/W903.htm Meaningless game played mostly with subs like a pre-season game. Danny Brannigan became the first Canadian QB to take a snap since Giulio Caravatta in '96. ***** Andy Fantuz won the receiving title. He is the first Canadian to do that since Dave Sapunjis. ***** Next week's Semi-Finals games will both be played on Sunday: Toronto at Hamilton and BC at Saskatchewan. ***** Jesse Lumsden tore his ACL. I've got to think that no one will take a chance on him again. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=340300

RCA issued a cd and double LP ca. '87 called Short Stops which is a favorite of mine. I think that it is long out of print.

I like some of his radio shows, such as Pat Novak for Hire. They were all hard-boiled. The Dragnet radio shows were terrific too!

Happy Birthday Paul!

The liner notes of the If album I got yesterday for my birthday (Europe '72) say that Futterman was If's manager, and that the name of the band was his idea.

Happy Birthday ISBY!

Happy Birthday Porcy!

Happy Birthday GS!