GA Russell

The Als cut Reggie Hunt and former Heisman runner-up Brad Banks. Hunt is likely to land somewhere. They also "disabled" Mike Imho, which surprises me. By retaining rights to him, they may get something for him in a trade. Word has it that JuJuan Armour is likely to end up in Montreal. http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Bank...3121/story.html ***** Here is the Canadian Press's league preview: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/cfl-...article1199801/

Happy Birthday 2009 PHILLYQ!

It's my recollection that he admitted to sleeping with young boys. He just denied molesting them when he was in bed with them. That's enough to make me disregard whatever talent he had, and whatever music he created.

Also Quincy Jones, I heard Mark Ruffin say on Sirius today.

Remember that blockbuster trade last season - Joe Smith for Charles Roberts? Well, the Lions cut Roberts during the offseason, and today the Bombers have cut Smith! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/smit...article1197662/ ***** The Ticats today put Kenton Keith on the nine game disabled list. He didn't play during the preseason. They were saying that he was progressing well from his knee injury on the first day of camp, but nine games is a long time. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/keit...article1197197/ ***** After missing all of last year, Tyler Ebell has failed in his comeback attempt. The Argos cut him today. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ebel...article1197086/ ***** Here's a rundown of today's cuts. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/New...9937016-cp.html

I love the pre-season analyses that get printed the week before the regular season begins. There were some good ones at the start of training camp, so we'll see if the papers print any more. Here's an article about the BC Lions who made the cut. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1196047/

I got this one today. As the title suggests, most of the songs are ones recorded by Coltrane. I can easily see some of them being played on Sirius, which is very rare for ECM. Like Sonny, for one. Except for Keith Jarrett's albums, this is as mainstream as ECM gets. I like Kuhn. I think the album would have been better if the entire spotlight had been on him, and Joe Lovano (whom I like) weren't on it. Between the occasional promos I receive and listening to Sirius, I haven't heard too much that has excited me in 2009. In other years, this album might not be so popular. But this year, I can see it being a best seller, and getting more than a few votes in the Downbeat Readers Poll for Album of the Year.

The Sclavis is meant to be quite rocky, based on the Odyssey. I've been listening to the Louis Sclavis record a number of times for the past week. I would have really liked it in the 70s. It reminds me of that time's European fusion, with a rock beat and electric instruments. I'm not really into that sort of thing now. Maybe my metabolism has slowed down! But if that sort of thing is what you are looking for, it's good.

Same as here - GA Russell. Any idea what the points deal is all about? I assume you get free music if enough people listen to songs on your playlists, but I don't understand the procedure.

Edmonton 31....BC 19 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/tris...article1194581/ Calgary 27....Saskatchewan 19 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/stam...article1194577/

Four more games tonight. This ends the exhibition season. The regular season begins next Wednesday July 1, which is Dominion Day aka Canada Day. Toronto 27....Hamilton 17 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/quar...article1194491/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/from-...article1194449/ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...9906121-cp.html Montreal 31....Winnipeg 27 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...9906101-cp.html

Do you think that should be "Mel Torme Verve"?

Nancy Pelosi's husband is funding a new developmental league called the United Football League which will begin play this fall. We talked about this earlier when Raleigh was in the running for a franchise. It is not clear whether the league will continue to be a developmental league. Mark Cuban is still involved on the periphery, and you know that he won't sit idly by with a minor league team. The Wikipedia article says that the plan is to give give NFL players a place to play if the current labor contract expires without an agreement reached. The league is going to outbid the CFL for its players. It had its first draft over the weekend. The only name I have heard of (not that that means anything) is JP Losman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Footba...eague_(planned) http://www.ufl-football.com/ http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20090...PORTS/906210319 ***** The Stamps have released JuJuan Armour for undisciplined (read rough) play at camp. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/stam...article1192409/

Happy Birthday 2009 Rosco!

Happy Birthday 2009 Parkertown!

Happy Birthday 2009, paps!

Lala: Joe Locke and David Hazeltine - Mutual Admiration Society 2 The Righteous Brothers - The Very Best of... (Unchained Melody)

If I read it right, they are saying that for the price of two albums a month, you can download as much music as you want from the entire Universal catalogue. That sounds like eMusic from a couple of years ago with OJCs.

The LA Times has published a second obituary of Bob Bogle. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,4769304.story Bob Bogle dies at 75; co-founded rock band the Ventures Email Picture Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times Bob Bogle, left, co-founded the Ventures with Don Wilson in 1959, when the two were working as bricklayers. The influential band's hits included 'Walk -- Don't Run' and the theme from 'Hawaii Five-O.' By Dennis McLellan June 17, 2009 Bob Bogle, the co-founder and original lead guitarist of the Ventures, the influential instrumental rock band whose hits included "Walk -- Don't Run" and the "Hawaii Five-0" TV theme, has died. He was 75. Bogle, a resident of Vancouver, Wash., who suffered from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, died Sunday in a local hospital, said Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle. The Ventures "His last four years have not been pleasant at all; it's kind of a blessing he doesn't have to endure that pain anymore," Wilson said. "I never had a brother, but he's the brother I never had. But he was much more than a brother to me. He was one of the kindest men I ever met." Bogle and Wilson, who first met in Seattle in 1958, were doing masonry work together in 1959 when they formed their band. The original members of the Ventures included Bogle on lead guitar, Wilson on rhythm guitar, Nokie Edwards on bass and Skip Moore, who was soon replaced by Howie Johnson on drums. Renowned for their "big guitar sound," the Ventures first hit the Billboard singles chart in 1960 with "Walk — Don't Run," which peaked at No. 2. "That song started a whole new movement in rock 'n' roll," said John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival in 2008. "The sound of it became 'surf music' and the audacity of it empowered guitarists everywhere." Said Wilson: "Any guitar player would tell you, Bob isthe most unique-sounding guitar player ever. The way he used to do the whammy bar -- that vibrato bar. He kept his little finger on it while he played it all the time. He'd make it sound, like at the end of a chord, Wow-wow. We were the first ones to ever get recognized for doing anything like that. "When you heard him play, you knew it was him." The Ventures returned to the top 10 in 1964 with a new version of "Walk -- Don't Run," "Walk -- Don't Run '64," with Bogle having earlier switched to bass and Edwards to lead guitar. The Ventures' only other top 10 hit was the theme, which peaked at No. 4 in 1969. But between 1960 and 1972, the Ventures charted 37 albums in the Billboard top 200. "We got pegged as a surfing band because there was a scene then with the Beach Boys, the Chantays ['Pipeline'] and so on," Bogle told the Buffalo News in 1998. "But before we got to L.A., we'd never even heard the phrase 'surfing music.' We were doing weddings, house parties and night-job gigs for a year before we recorded. So we had a pretty broad base." Guitar Player magazine once called the Ventures "the quintessential guitar combo of the pre-Beatles era, [who] influenced not only styles, but also a generation's choice of instruments." "The Ventures, like the Beatles in a way, made an entire generation of people pick up guitars," Howard Kramer, curatorial director at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, told The Times on Tuesday. "But more to the point is they literally instructed you in how to play a guitar." Indeed, the Ventures recorded a number of guitar instructional albums, each of which hit the top 100 charts. "You could play along with them," Kramer said. "Not merely did these guys possess tremendous technical expertise, they made these appealing smash hit records that also inspired people to pick up instruments." The Ventures continue to record two or three albums a year for Japan, where they've had 20 No. 1 hits, Wilson said. They leave for a three-month tour of Japan in July. Bogle, who was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Wagoner, Okla., was working as a bricklayer in 1958 when he walked into a Seattle used car lot where Wilson was a salesman. "I said, 'Can you get me a job?' " recalled Wilson. "I was working on commission, and I wasn't doing very well and wanted a weekly paying job." Wilson quit the car lot to work as a hod carrier for Bogle. About a month after they started working together, the two discovered they had both once owned guitars and could play a few chords. They bought two guitars at a Tacoma pawnshop and, while learning to play, began entering talent contests together. After four or five talent shows, they started winning. Perseverance, more than anything, led to their success, Wilson said. "You've got to want it," he said. "We really wanted it. We wanted to pick up nothing heavier than a guitar and make a living at it." They kept their day jobs, however. "Even when 'Walk -- Don't Run' was on the radio, we were still doing brick work," Wilson said. Bogle toured with the band until about four years ago, although he continued to record until about two years ago. He is survived by his wife, Yumi; his children, Gary, Mike, Paul, Kathy, Randy and Brandon; his brothers, Clarence, Dennis and Curtis; his sister, Sybil; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A private funeral will be held Friday.

Great news, Phil! I'm looking forward to it!

Happy Birthday CJ!

BClug, I'm a little surprised to hear that, because wasn't Steve Buratto the offensive coordinator during Printers' days with the club? He hasn't been with them in years. I would have thought that in the three years that Printers has been away, the Lions' system would have changed. ***** Wednesday I was able to verify the websites of all eight flagship stations for the teams' radio broadcasts. As in the past, you can listen to the games at no charge. Remember, in order to listen you must first download Windows Media Player. So without further ado... Montreal Alouettes http://www.cjad.com/ Toronto Argonauts http://www.fan590.com/ Hamilton Tiger-Cats http://www.900chml.com/ Winnipeg Blue Bombers http://www.cjob.com/ Saskatchewan Roughriders http://www.620ckrm.com/ Calgary Stampeders http://www.am770chqr.com/ Edmonton Eskimos http://www.630ched.com/ British Columbia Lions http://www.team1040.ca/

I didn't know that, Lon. Which would you recommend?

I don't know, BClug. What do you think? My guess is that nobody wants him because he has the reputation of not getting along with his teammates. However, you can be sure that the Bombers would have preferred to start him over Ryan Dinwiddie in the Grey Cup! So my thinking is that the first team that has a big injury problem at the QB position (except Hamilton) will sign him if he agrees to a low price. If he holds out for big money, I don't think he will catch on with anybody.

Edmonton 45....Saskatchewan 12 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...838111-sun.html Calgary 37....BC 30 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...838011-sun.html