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Lala: Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

Jan Shapiro - Back to Basics http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/SmFuIFNoYXBpcm8%3d/0 John Vance - Dreamsville http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/Sm9obiBWYW5jZQ%3d%3d/0 Janice Friedman - Swingin' for the Ride http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/SmFuaWNlIEZyaWVkbWFu/0 Mort Weiss - The B3 and Me http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/TW9ydCBXZWlzcw%3d%3d/0

I don't' know much about the Vikings. It seems to me, in a general way, that a team good enough to play in the conference championship game should be good enough to keep its quarterback safe. Usually it's the bad teams whose quarterbacks get beat up, isn't it?

Lala: Cannonball Adderley (with Sergio Mendes) - Cannonball's Bossa Nova

Thanks guys! I'll check out your suggestions.

Pernell Roberts has died of cancer. I always think of him as Adam Cartwright, but I imagine a greater number think of him from Trapper John, MD. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/01/pernell-roberts-adam-cartwright-on-bonanza-dead-at-81.html

Isn't there another player that is generally considered to be the best, and to be relatively inexpensive? Maybe something by SanDisk? Obviously this is a topic I know little about, but I've read a few times that people who investigate with an open mind don't choose the iPod or the Zune.

I was vacillating between the TV and the radio. The fumbles that I saw were good strips rather than the result of careless handling of the ball. Obviously you can't plan to win if you fumble that many times, but I didn't see the fumbles to be the result of obvious incompetence on the Vikings' part. I support the idea that a call must be obviously bad for it to be overturned with the replay. Still, the Saints were given all the close calls at the end, and that leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I grew up in New Orleans, but the Saints didn't start until my senior year in high school, so I didn't grow up rooting for them. Still, I have pulled for them over the years, and I'll be rooting for them in the Super Bowl. But I think that Peyton and the Colts are going to clobber them. The Colts should have tried to go for the undefeated season. I think that they could have done it. By the way, how good is the Colts defense? Are the Colts so good because of the offense, or is their defense better than just about everyone else's too? I have read that the Saints are only as good as the kind of a day Brees is having, so maybe the Super Bowl will be one in which they shoot out the lights.

Kenny they weren't booing. The presentation was made by a former Saints hero named Deuce McAlister, and they were shouting "Deuce!" It is common for American fans to shout the names of ballplayers whose names rhyme with "boo". Anyone named "Moose", for example.

Lala: Various Artists - Jazz at Ronnie Scott's http://www.lala.com/#album/937030197521745713/Various_Artists/Jazz_At_Ronnie_Scott%27s

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/