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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

Alexander, for pipe tobacco I recommend Mark Ryan at D&R Tobacco, who is a friend of mine. He was the leading independent maker of roll-your-own cigarette tobaccos until the recent change in the law forced him to switch the way his blends are cut from cigarette to pipe tobacco. I currently enjoy Picayune, but it is probably too strong for a beginner. You might like Vengeur. Give them a call and Patsy can make a recommendation. Here is their website: http://www.smoke-n-chew.com/

Montreal Alouettes 33....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4255254 Pretty boring. The Bombers scored first with a TD, and after that it was all Alouettes. ***** Immediately after the game, the Bombers traded Romby Bryant and Arjei Franklin to the Stampeders. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4255294 ***** Edmonton Eskimos 31....Saskatchewan Roughriders 27 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4255323 Great game! The Eskimos slowly scored a TD on all three of their first half possessions, but the Riders fought back to take the lead. History was made when Omarr Morgan set a league record for a fumble return to score a TD. At the time, the announcers said it was 106 yards, but later they said 105. I see that the above link lists it as 108. The Eskimos scored the winning TD with 1:09 left to go in the game on a 68 yard pass from Ray to Maurice Mann. The Riders moved all the way down the field in the final minute. On the last play of the game from the 17, the pass fell incomplete in the end zone.

I'm so sorry I don't meet your high standards, Larry.

Jan Garbarek has a new 2 CD album coming out called Dresden. It was recorded live in concert there. I've listened to the first CD a number of times. It has an early 70s feel. I've tried to like Garbarek over the years, but generally found what I have heard to be uninteresting. In that light, I find Dresden to be the most interesting thing of his that I've heard yet. It's not the best album ECM has put out this year, but it's good enough to be in my rotation for a while.

We had a thread on Quartet San Francisco's last album here. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;hl=Francisco It was nominated for a Grammy. Apparently it didn't win, because I expect the thread would have mentioned it if it had. I see that lala.com now has it available for listening. http://www.lala.com/#album/2810527642572314527 Well the group has a new album out that I like much, much more than the last one. This one is called QSF Plays Brubeck. QSF is a string quartet playing chamber music. This new Brubeck album is not jazz. It is a classical group playing jazz standards! Many of the songs are from Time Out, and I was unfamiliar with only one or two of the 12 songs. If the idea of jazz standards played by a string quartet appeals to you, check this out! Unfortunately, lala.com does not yet have this one up to listen to.

Bobby Broom's drummer Kobie Watkins released an album a few months ago called Involved. It has been getting some airplay on Sirius. I've been enjoying it for the past six weeks. It's nothing special, just real good mainstream jazz. There are 10 songs recorded on three dates with different personnel, so the album doesn't sound unified. Broom makes an appearance, and I like his work here more than on his own albums that I've heard. I recommend that you go over to lala.com and hear for yourself. As happens from time to time, this is another one of those albums where I think that the first song is the worst, so I usually skip over it. http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138420814570

British Columbia Lions 23....Toronto Argonauts 17 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4255139 Strange game, but good. The Argos O showed absolutely nothing. The Lions took a 14-0 lead when it should have been more like double that. The Argos then scored 17 straight to take the lead, but the Lions came back, dominating the entire game although trailing for a while in the third. Wally set the record for coaching wins.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24....Calgary Stampeders 17 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4254809 Solid game. The Stamps got off to a quick 14-0 lead due to Ticat mistakes. But the Hamilton D shut down the Calgary O, and the Ticats were slowly able to get back in the game and pull it out.

Shorty Rogers is spoken for, pending payment.

Stan Getz (and Charlie Byrd) became household names with Jazz Samba, which was a few years later. I think that would trump Concert by the Sea, don't you?

David Naylor Week 12 preview http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/week...article1292170/ Gregg Xenakes Week 12 preview http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4254442 ***** Jarious Jackson is out 3-5 weeks with a rotator cuff injury, so Buck Pierce will start for the Lions this week. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4254609 ***** Barrin Simpson has objected to being placed on the 9-game injured list. The issue isn't settled. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1290312/

I was never a fan of Peter, Paul and Mary. Many of their songs were way too political for me, and Puff the Magic Dragon was over the top treacly. But they were much bigger stars than many of those we've honored here, so I thought I would provide the link to her LA Times obituary. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-mary-tra...0,1224459.story