GA Russell

Here's a Hamilton Spectator article that lists each team in the league, how each did against the Ticats last year, when each is scheduled to play the Ticats this year, and finally the league's 2009 schedule as a whole. http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/591245

I heard on the radio today that nobody is sure if he had a will. Can you imagine someone that wealthy whose financial advisors did not insist that he have a will?

Dan Ralph off-season summary http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/New...9974471-cp.html BC Lions http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/BC/...9972576-cp.html Dan Ralph - Calgary Stampeders and the league in general http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/New...9974296-cp.html Montreal Alouettes http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Mon...9974326-cp.html

Done.

Canadian Press league preview http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/591283

marcello, I listened to this in November a couple of times and it didn't move me, so I put it away and forgot about it. Seeing your post, I decided to revisit the album over the weekend, and I found that this is another album whose first track I don't like, and that colored my view of the entire album. Yesterday I tried it skipping the first track, and I loved it! So here's a big thumbs up.

Wasn't Terry Moore one of Howard Hughes's girlfriends?

The Globe & Mail's league preview http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/west...article1200188/

More previews for you. Chow down! Winnipeg Blue Bombers http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/fo...n-49334517.html Hamilton Spectator - CFL East http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/590589 Sun writers' Grey Cup predictions http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/200...961886-sun.html Winnipeg Blue Bombers http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...9963686-cp.html Calgary Stampeders http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...9962986-cp.html Toronto Argonauts http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Tor...961926-sun.html

RDK, I too thought of Billy May. I am familiar with the old Oxyclean commercials, but had no idea what the fellow's name was.

Happy Birthday Stefan!

I put this aside for a long while. I've listened to a few times over the past few days, and I'm liking it more now than ever. There is one song I don't like, so maybe I'll burn a copy without it. I think this was available from Your Music. Those of you who subscribe ought to pick it up!

Here are some more previews for your Sunday reading: Winnipeg Blue Bombers (very good) http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...955021-sun.html Hamilton Tiger-Cats http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/tabb...article1199799/ Edmonton Eskimos http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/eski...article1199800/ Toronto Argonauts http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/argo...article1199798/ Saskatchewan Roughriders http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Sas...9947306-cp.html

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"?