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I've just listened to Rabo De Nube tonight for the first time in a very long time, and I liked it more than ever. I agree with the above comments that Jason Moran's piano work make the album.

Paul McCallum broke his wrist the first game of the season, and the Lions put him on the nine game injured list. His replacement Sean Whyte has done a great job, so the Lions have given McCallum permission to seek a trade. http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Vete...6323/story.html ***** Here's a good article with a number of news items: The Als have signed a 20-year lease with Percival Molson Stadium. Dario Romero is out for the year, so the Eskimos have signed Jerome Haywood. The Sept. 20 Eskimos-Riders game had the biggest TV audience ever for a league regular season game. Ben Cahoon (who in my opinion is the best player ever to have never received the Most Outstanding Player Award) is closing in on some league records. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/New...183126-sun.html

Ray Nettles died today of cancer. He was about my age. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/200...1195261-cp.html ***** The Eskimos have signed Anthony Malbrough. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...1188981-cp.html

The little girl after whom the song was named has died of lupus. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,1635062.story

The Argos gave away Byron Parker, one of their best players, to the Eskimos today. The veterans don't seem to think much of Bart Andrus. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/park...article1304369/

Her appeal has always been a mystery to me. Too nasal most of the time.

Montreal Alouettes 42....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../AJN4256319.htm A real dud. The Ticats didn't show up. I turned it off during the second quarter. ***** Calgary Stampeders 27....British Columbia Lions 18 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4256357 Decent game. The Lions faded in the stretch. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 23....Edmonton Eskimos 20 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4256545 Lots of fun. I think there were seven lead changes. History was made as a league record 62,517 attended. ***** Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29....Toronto Argonauts 24 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4256649 The Bombers had a 29-9 lead after three, and almost blew it. Michael Bishop had his best game of the season. Apparently Mike Kelly no longer has much of a hand in the offense. The Argos have a pretty tough schedule the rest of the way, and it is difficult to see how they can make the playoffs.

With five minutes to go the score was tied at 67. Geelong won the game with a goal with two and a half minutes left. At the very end Geelong scored an uncontested goal to win by 12. This was the first time in history for a team to trail after each of the first three periods, and come back and win it in the fourth. Geelong has been in the Grand Final the past three years. They won two years ago. St. Kilda has not won since 1966.

At halftime, St. Kilda leads by one goal (six points). Geelong had the early momentum and scored the first three goals. But St. Kilda dominated for a while and took the lead. Geelong came back with two goals, then St. Kilda tied the game at 31. Then Geelong scored two goals in 45 seconds and it looked good for them. But St. Kilda scored three goals in the last minute of the half! I have to wonder if that's ever been done before.

It's great to see you back MG!

Tonight's the night! The game is scheduled to start at 12:30 am eastern, 9:30 pm pacific. I am going to use the link above to see if that still works. This year the Geelong Cats return to face the St. Kilda Saints. I remember when Australian rules football was on ESPN every week, St. Kilda was the worst team in the league. But that was a long time ago.

David Naylor Week 13 preview http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/week...article1300733/ Gregg Xenakes Week 13 preview http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4256014

The Eskimos have signed Reggie Hunt. We'll see if he has any gas left in the tank. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/eski...article1300106/

My first jazz album (1966) was Hang On Ramsey by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. It included their hit single of Hard Day's Night.

Thanks Michael! That Minute Maid commercial is great! To me he will always be Elfego Baca.

Happy Birthday 2009 Ron!

Anybody else remember the 50s tv show The Last of the Mohicans? I remember it well. I have always thought of Lon Chaney, Jr., as Chingachcook rather than as the Wolfman. Anyway, John Hart, the actor who played Hawkeye, has died. He also played the Lone Ranger for a year, but I don't remember that. And the obit says that he was married for 52 years to the woman he married ten days after meeting her! http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,2845778.story

Happy Birthday 2009 gdogus, wherever you are!

The league ruled today that the Bombers may not put Barrin Simpson on the nine-game injured list. That means that his salary will count against the cap. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/simp...article1297219/

You can now listen to Dresden at lala.com here: http://www.lala.com/#album/432627041169188196

At present Mose and Georgie are my two favorites. Two weeks ago I opened up disc 2 of Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco in which Georgie plays a major role. He even sings a solo on Jumpin' with Symphony Sid. It appeared to me that Georgie was Van's musical director then (1993), but I could be wrong.

The Lions have signed Casey Printers! No word yet on how much they are paying him. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/prin...article1295483/ **** The Bombers today traded Riall Johnson and Shawn Mayne to the Als for one of their backup QBs, Ricky Santos. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1296115/

I do too. This is new with giving the coach the power to call a time out. And what makes it worse, he can say to the ref, "We don't want to take a time out right this moment. We want to take a time out when there are four seconds left on the play clock." Both the CFL and the NFL should scotch that rule IMO.

Alexander, I might suggest that you ask your doctor or do some googling about pipe smoking and lip cancer. I don't smoke a pipe very often, and it is my impression that lip cancer is a real possibility for those who do.

Lala: Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Cal Tjader - Monterey Concerts Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia