GA Russell

My sisters used to watch. Wasn't Bob married to Lisa?

MG, by coincidence, I've listened to my cassette of Jessica twice in the past month, for the first time in nearly four years. I like it a lot, but I think that Wilson's PJ material is his best. I gather that he is now more popular than ever before. You should have no trouble find one of his recent Mack Avenue albums.

Bill, this is the first time I've heard more than one song of Raeburn's. I like him. The bio stated that his music was too modern for the major record labels, but to 2010 ears it doesn't sound experimental.

Lala: Boyd Raeburn - Jewells (I've been unable to log onto lala for the past two days until now. It stops loading before there are any buttons to click.)

I picked up from Your Music an EMI/Blue Note Best of compilation. Today would be a good day to open it up.

It's got a good beat. It's easy to dance to.

RIP "He'll know because I'll tell him."

I have decided to offer these Mosaics on eBay.

HBJ, are you being quite witty with a good pun (in which case I congratulate you!), or do you not realize that the line went "The names have been changed to protect the innocent." Mark VII! Dum de dum dum:)

I have decided to place my Mosaics and various LPs on eBay. Does anyone know where I can order shipping boxes for them?

The Bombers have decided to name Joe Mack as their new VP of Football Operations. He has been in the NFL for the last 22 years, but prior to that he was the Bombers' Player Personnel Director. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bombers-to-hire-joe-mack/article1439244/

The Riders have decided to name Brendan Taman to replace Eric Tillman as General Manager. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/roughriders-promoting-taman-to-gm/article1438182/ ***** The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Marc Trestman is on the list of Oakland Raiders head coach candidates. However, Tom Cable is still the head coach for now. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/19/SPN11BKHK0.DTL

Martell Mallett has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/lions-lose-mallett-to-nfl/article1436890/

I've just learned about a singer relatively new on the scene named Gail Pettis. She has a new album out, her second, called Here in the Moment. Pettis was an orthodontist in Seattle who decided to change careers. I didn't expect much before hearing the album, but it is way better than I imagined. She reminds me some of Diane Reeves. I haven't seen the new album yet on lala, but here is a link to her first album called May I Come In? http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138431688606/Gail_Pettis/May_I_Come_In%3F

The Stampeders today hired Lyle Bauer to be their President and CEO. Under his ten years of leadership, the Bombers became financially sound again, but they never won the Grey Cup. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/stampeders-hire-lyle-bauer/article1435515/

Happy Birthday 2010 Jeff!

Happy Birthday vajerzy!

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featured mostly eBook readers and 3-D televisions. But here's an LA Times article about companies displaying the latest in turntables. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/01/ces-vinyl.html

Lala: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Goes to Junior College

Lala: Miles Davis - The Musings of Miles

LOL thanks for that MG!

Happy Birthday HBJ!

I received this second email from our nurse parishioner this morning. "Thanks for the support. We are out of most supplies and have cleared or transfered all of our patients. Damage was light here. No team casualties. We lost five children and two adults. I think around ten more will not survive in Haitian hospitals. We tried to evacuate today. It was a fiasco. The American consulate has lied to us as to what and how we needed to do to evacuate. They left at least three hundred US citizens on asphault all day in the sun without support. We will probably try to evacuate out through the Dominican Republic tomorrow morning. We will be out of contact until we return to the US. Please keep praying."

I'm very sorry to hear this, Soul Stream. I recommend that you keep in mind that you are not alone in your suffering. Our culture presents to the public people who seem to have it all in life. They never seem to suffer. So when your life goes from bad to worse, it seems like you are the only person who is suffering. But in fact there are many people suffering, and probably most don't have an effective way to deal with their problems. St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote that it is better to suffer one hundred years on earth than one hour in Purgatory. I keep telling myself that!

I had no idea that See You Later Alligator and Walking to New Orleans were written by the same guy. RIP.