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Lala: John Coltrane - Side Steps, disc 3

Fifteen years ago there was a used record shop in Norcross, GA (suburban Atlanta), called Eat More Records.

Happy Birthday 2009 maren, wherever you are!

"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." Dave, I guess you watched the video one time too many!

Soupy Sales was one of my favorites. I'll never forget White Fang and Black Tooth! I seem to recall reading here that he was quite a jazz fan too, and had jazz musicians on his show. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,1662687.story

David Naylor Week 17 preview http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/week...article1333322/

Lala: John Coltrane - Side Steps, disc 2

Happy Birthday 2009 Matthew!

Montreal Alouettes 41....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../AJN4260832.htm The Als clinched first place last week, so they have nothing to play for for the rest of the regular season. It's difficult to get too interested in games like this at the end of the season because you don't know how hard a team is trying to win. So I didn't bother to tune in until the end of the second quarter. Due to his good play last week, Kevin Glenn got the start and had a good game. Anthony Calvillo started for the Als, but gave way early in the third quarter to Adrian McPherson. It was a good game, but as I say, you don't know how hard the Als were trying. ***** British Columbia Lions 24....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4260851 Michael Bishop looked good in the first quarter, and thanks to three turnovers the Bombers took a 14-0 lead. But Bishop threw interceptions the rest of the game, and the Lions were able to pull it out. Buck Pierce injured his shoulder in the first quarter and was out for the game. Jarious Jackson was already on the injured list, so that took the Lions down to 3rd stringer Travis Lulay. (Where was Casey Printers?, you might ask, as might I.) Lulay did a surprisingly good job. Bombers punter Renaud was injured last week, so they had Alexis Serna do both the placekicking and the punting. Perhaps as a result, he missed two FGs. ***** I have been paying attention to the CFL on a weekly basis since 1975, and I don't think that I have ever seen the standings this close. After 15 games, the Als have clinched first place and the Argos have been eliminated from playoff contention. Saskatchewan, Calgary and BC have 8 wins, Edmonton has 7 wins, and Hamilton and Winnipeg have 6 wins. ***** This is true: Because of Serna's problems this week, the Bombers have brought back Troy Westwood despite the bridges he burned when he left the club. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1329550/ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...473256-sun.html ***** It looks like Casey Printers is going to start this week against the Riders. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/prin...article1333057/ ***** Gregg Xenakes Week 17 preview http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4261367

I'm ready for bed. I'm listening to Coltrane's Side Steps on lala, and I'm just waiting for the disc to end.

Lala: Kenny Rankin - Silver Morning John Coltrane - Side Steps, disc 1

Lala added six Kenny Rankin albums today.

The new Egberto Gismonti album called Saudacoes can now be heard at lala.com here: http://www.lala.com/#album/432627039264013...a%C3%A7%C3%B5es It's very rare that I hear an ECM track on Sirius/XM, and I'm guessing that ECM is putting its new releases onto lala promptly because they're not getting much airplay. But that's just a guess. Thanks be for lala, I say.

I love to see all the teams wear their throwback uniforms. Especially the Patriots because I hate their blue uniforms. Let me say, if anybody cares, that as far as I've seen, the other AFL teams are wearing 1960 uniforms, but the Patriots are wearing 1962 uniforms. In 1960 the jersey was solid red. In 1961 they added the UCLA stripes, two whites surrounding a blue. In 1962 they changed the stripes to make it two blues surrounding a white.

While we're talking about wrestling, I have a wrestling story for you. In 1985 there was a young lady at work (named Theda) who was a wrestling fan. That year I went to the Grey Cup and met Angelo Mosca. I had his bubble gum card in 1959 when he was a defensive tackle for the Ticats. I'm pretty sure that he is now in the Canadian league Hall of Fame. After he retired from football, he spent many years wrestling. I believe that in Canada he was a good guy, but I'm sure that in the US he was a bad guy. In the US he dropped the "Angelo", and just went by "Mosca". So I asked for his autograph made out to Theda, and I told him that Theda had never heard of "Angelo Mosca", but I'm sure that she is very familiar with "Mosca". So he made it out something like "To Theda, Best wishes, Mosca". So I brought back my little present to her, and being the true wrestling fan that she was, she was really put off by it! She just couldn't believe that a bad guy would be the kind of person whose autograph you would want!

How 'bout dem Saints! Yeah, you right!

16-0? You mean 18-1?

I have two Lou Albano stories, if you will. 1) About the time that the Lauper video was out and wrestling enjoyed a comeback, I saw Albano on Nightline with Ted Koppel and some college professor. It was supposed to be an intelligent discussion about pro wrestling, but every once in a while Albano would slip into character and start ranting. The other two would just smile, and the college professor said, "He's doing it again!" 2) About ten years ago Albano was the credited author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling, which I read. The book was quite informative about its history, which was that it arose from six-hour long wrestling matches staged at carnivals.

I don't think that the Steelers are very good this year.

Happy Birthday 2009 Chris!

Saskatchewan Roughriders 44....Calgary Stampeders 44 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1328176/ The two teams tied for first place in the West played to a tie. I was unable to listen to the second and third quarters, but did hear the Sask broadcast at home and the Calgary broadcast in the car on Sirius. Both sets of announcers were talking about what a great game it was. The score was tied at 30 at the end of regulation. It looked like the Riders were going to win it in the first overtime when the ref made a very questionable call that gave the Stampeders a first down and new life.

Edmonton Eskimos 22....Toronto Argonauts 19 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/foot...article1327708/ The loss eliminated the Argos from playoff contention. We're talking about two bad ballclubs here. The Eskimos won because they scored two TDs on big plays. The Argos had the better of them on the stats. That's not to say that the Argos looked good! The win keeps the Eskimos in contention not only for the crossover playoff spot but also for a Western spot. Sask and Calgary have 8 wins, and BC and now Edmonton have 7 wins. PS - Late in the fourth quarter the Argos got their first TD pass in seven games!

Congratulations to both you and "Ophelia" Jim! When there is a birth in my family, I always recommend that the parents buy copies of newspapers of both the date of birth and also the following day. The following day's issue tells what happened on the day of birth, and years from now I'm sure the baby will enjoy seeing it.

Happy Birthday 2009 HG!

Rumor has it that Lions owner David Braley wants to buy the Argos. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Tor...404406-sun.html ***** David Naylor Week 17 preview http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/week...article1324189/