GA Russell

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.

A man from my church (and a fellow Knights of Columbus member) is a nurse. Monday he and his wife went down to Haiti to help out for two weeks. On Tuesday the earthquake struck. I received his email today: "Many thanks for your prayers and concerns. The situation here is grim. Our team is ok with only minor scrapes. Many civilian casualties and several deaths so far. We are running short on supplies. Phones are down and our internet connection is our only link out. The local civilians are suffering horribly. Please continue to pray for Haiti."

mj, what is a credit worth?

Sony signed with eMusic last year. Now Warner has come on board. eMusic will not be given the new hits, however. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357979,00.asp

Amen! College coaching is a scandal.

The player contracts expire Feb. 16. Here's a list of the top names who are set to become free agents. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bowman-chiu-headline-list-of-potential-free-agents-for-als/article1427316/

David, yes. Lala is a cloud computing operation. For 36 cents you "own" the album as long as lala remains in business, and can stream it as often as you like.

Happy Birthday 2010 Andy!

Spontooneous, I don't know anything about the record label. But I know that lala.com is owned by Apple. I can't believe that Steve Jobs would let it sell merchandise it didn't have the legal right to.

I spent much of yesterday listening to lala. Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Cal Tjader - Latin Kick Cal Tjader - Monterey Concerts Bud Shank - Live at the Haig Ray Bryant - Gotta Travel On (my second jazz lp!) Chet Baker - Stairway to the Stars

Happy Birthday 2010 7/4!

John Chick has signed with the Indianapolis Colts. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cfl-players-on-move-to-nfl/article1425186/

Lala: Art Pepper - Road Game Highly recommended, and it's only 36 cents!

Art Pepper's Road Game was released as an OJC in 1993. A label called A Riff Supreme has very recently made it available on Lala for only 36 cents! It's a terrific album! http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138340707159/Art_Pepper/Road_Game http://www.amazon.com/Roadgame-Art-Pepper/dp/B000000YZ3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1263016003&sr=1-1

Monday was the first day that CFL players could sign with the NFL. So far six have done so, three of note: Larry Taylor - New York Jets Jonathan Heffney - Detroit Lions Ryan Grice-Mullen - Miami Dolphins http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/from-the-sidelines/cflers-continue-to-migrate-south/article1423317/

Happy Birthday 2010 Clifford!

Apparently Vonski Speaks has awakened Sirius to Von Freeman. I never heard him on Sirius before, and now this morning I heard his recording of Brother George.