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Happy Birthday paps!

Here's a lengthy CP article on today's cuts. Most notable were Keith Stokes, William Loftus and Ron McClendon by the Eskimos and O'Neill Wilson by the Bombers. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

This is the woman who did the famous Mother Goose artwork! It looks like she was an original back-to-the-lander. Here's her LA Times obituary: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,1766105.story Tasha Tudor, 92; children's book illustrator and author known for delicate artwork Richard Brown / Associated PressTudor's lifestyle came from "nostalgia for a day and time that was more peaceful and slow," she said in 1991. When she went to town, her children "were very careful to walk a good 10 or 12 feet behind me so that they wouldn't be associated with . . . a rather different-looking woman." Her 1944 edition of 'Mother Goose' was so successful it enabled her to buy a New Hampshire farm and create a lifestyle rooted in the early 19th century. By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 20, 2008 Tasha Tudor, a children's book illustrator and author whose delicate and dreamy artwork was featured in about 80 books, including a 1944 edition of "Mother Goose" that was so successful it enabled her to buy a farm and create a lifestyle rooted in the early 19th century, has died. She was 92. Tudor died Wednesday of complications related to old age at her home in Marlboro, Vt., her family announced. Long admired for their charm, her books were filled with sentimental yet realistic illustrations of quaint New England settings, intricate floral borders and often-barefoot children whose clothes reflected the 1830s, her favorite time period. After publishing her first book, "Pumpkin Moonshine" in 1938, Tudor illustrated a number of classics, including 1962 editions of "The Secret Garden" and "The Night Before Christmas." Her final book, "Corgiville Christmas," published in 2003, reflected her passion for the Welsh corgi dogs she surrounded herself with and also featured in the book that was her favorite -- "Corgiville Fair" (1971). Twice, she was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal, in 1945 for her artwork in "Mother Goose" and in 1957 for "1 is One," her book of verse. With the royalties from "Mother Goose," Tudor purchased a rundown house from the 1790s in New Hampshire that had no electricity or running water. On 450 acres, she raised four children, who sometimes posed for illustrations in period garb. Her chosen lifestyle came from "nostalgia for a day and time that was more peaceful and slow," Tudor told the Chicago Tribune in 1991. When she went to town, her children "were very careful to walk a good 10 or 12 feet behind me so that they wouldn't be associated with . . . a rather different-looking woman." Later, she figured she must have done something right when three of her children adopted her lifestyle as adults. She credited the commercialism of her art to the need to earn a living after divorcing her husband, Thomas L. McCready, whom she married in 1938. An author and suburbanite, he was not cut out for such a rural existence. "If I had married a man who could have supported me I would have ended up making paper dolls and gardening. But the wolf at the door is very good for people," Tudor said in the Tribune. The nearly 40 books she illustrated for others often featured popular fairy tales, nursery rhymes, prayers and Scripture. Her artwork also appeared in books written by her former husband and in others by a daughter, Efner. Reviewers often praised the 44 books Tudor wrote and illustrated for evoking the beauty and ideals of an era long past. Often working in watercolor and pen and ink, she had a style that critics called peaceful, that showed an appreciation for family life, animals and nature. Painting at her kitchen table, she wore handmade, ankle-length dresses that were fashionable in the early 1800s. In 1971, she moved to Vermont and lived in a replica of a house from the mid-1700s that was built with hand tools by her son Seth, who lived next door. "I ask people how old they think it is, and they always guess 150 years, if not more," Tudor said in the Boston Globe in 1994. "It's lots of fun to fool them." She grew most of what she ate, kept a menagerie of animals, and spun and wove flax into fabrics. Her main concessions to modern convenience were a telephone and a car. In the early 1990s, Tudor announced that she was quitting public appearances, partly because it was hard to find someone who could watch the house and knew how to milk a goat. Unconventionality was a hallmark of her life. She was born Starling Burgess on Aug. 28, 1915, in Boston, the daughter of yacht designer William Starling Burgess and portrait painter Rosamond Tudor. Her father called her Natasha, after a favorite literary heroine. She later legally changed her name to Tasha Tudor. After her parents divorced when she was 9, her mother opened an art studio in New York but didn't want to raise her daughter there. Tudor was sent to Redding, Conn., to live with close friends, a rambunctious family that emphasized imaginative play, Tudor later recalled. Her formal education ended in eighth grade, but she had already begun selling small drawings to classmates for 25 cents apiece. Over the years, Tudor created hundreds of Christmas cards for the Irene Dash Greeting Card Co. that became collectibles. Several of her books showcased her gardening, crafts-making and cooking. Her work has been shown in museums, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Colonial Williamsburg and the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Va. After the first of three coffee table books about her -- "The Private Life of Tasha Tudor" -- was published in 1992, interest in her books increased. People realized her art was not fiction but came from her life. "I believe in moderation in all things," Tudor once said, "except gardening and antique collecting." Tudor's survivors include her four children, Bethany Wheelock, Seth Tudor, Thomas Strong and Efner Strong Tudor Holmes; and her grandchildren.

Here's his LA Times obituary: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,5483341.story June 20, 2008 <h2 style="">Esbjorn Svensson</h2>Swedish pianist an innovator in jazz Esbjorn Svensson, 44, a Swedish jazz pianist whose fusion of lyrical melodies and rock-inspired electronics broke fresh ground in modern jazz, died Saturday in a diving accident off a small island near Stockholm. Esbjorn Svensson Anne C. Martindell Police will conduct a routine investigation of the accident, said Burkhard Hopper, manager of the musician's band, the Esbjorn Svensson Trio. Svensson and his band won worldwide critical acclaim and several awards, including the Guinness Jazz in Europe Award, for their 2002 album "Strange Place for Snow." The group was also named best international artist in the 2003 BBC Jazz Awards. The band, also known as E.S.T., released "When Everyone Has Gone" in 1993 and had its international breakthrough with the 1999 album "From Gagarin's Point of View." Hopper said the band had just finished its 12th album, "Leukocyte," to be released in September.

You can listen to the games for free on these websites. Seven are the same URLs as last year. Calgary's is different, although it is the same radio station. 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/index.aspx Edmonton Eskimos http://www.630ched.com/ British Columbia Lions http://www.team1040.ca/

OK, since everyone is listing which ones he has, here are mine: Michael Brecker- Michael Brecker- Imoulse 1987 Kollektief à Paris, summer music-Willem Breuker, Marge 1978 Once upon a summertime- Blossom Dearie, Verve 1958 Turkish woman at the bath- Pete La Roca, Douglas/Fresh Sounds Records 1967 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of breath, RCA 1971 Sings- Mark Murphy, Muse 1975 Art Pepper meets the rythm section- Art Pepper, Contemporary 1957 Mercy, mercy- Buddy Rich, Blue Note 1968 The cat and the hat- Ben Sidran, A&M 1980 Thanks for your efforts VB!

I believe I recall seeing her sing Downtown on the Ed Sullivan Show. I can only imagine what Strangers in the Night sounded like!

Thanks Chris! I had pictured in my mind the tape recorder to be upright. I guess that shows how little I know!

Tomorrow is cut-down day. All four of this week's pre-season games were played last night. They play for real next week. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28....Toronto Argonauts 21 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5930416-cp.html ***** Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19....Montreal Alouettes 16 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5930671-cp.html ***** Edmonton Eskimos 37....Saskatchewan Roughriders 7 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5931071-cp.html ***** British Columbia Lions 39....Calgary Stampeders 35 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5931501-cp.html

That bumps me up to 9.

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7/4, I thought I had 2.0.

Phineas Newborn, Jr. I had always pronounced Phineas with a short i, as in Phineas T. Bluster. But yesterday I heard Rhonda Hamilton on Sirius pronounce it with a long i. She is married to Michael Carvin, and she mentioned that she had once met Newborn, so I suppose she ought to know. Anybody certain?

I find the Organize Bookmarks set up more difficult to comprehend than the old one.

I also saw Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers sing one song on Shindig, and was very impressed. I never saw a record of theirs in the stores, and I never heard a song of theirs on the radio.

When my car's CD player blew out, I bought a new one with a Sirius receiver. Believe it or not, I have never used the CD player. Rarely the radio. 99% Sirius.

Sounds Incorporated! They were a favorite of mine. I saw them on Shindig (a US TV show from '64 to early '66). I spent the summer of '67 in Europe (mostly Spain), and during my three days in London I bought both of their albums. Great memories, MG!

Here's an interesting two-page article fom The Times of London about the selling of oldies CDs in Britain via television commericals. The CDs are making the Top Ten over there. Maybe MG, Sidewinder and the other Brits know all about this. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle4121943.ece

The Bombers cut Troy Westwood today. Some guys are just unable to retire with dignity. Well, he had a great career. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Very sorry to read this. I enjoy Strange Place for Snow. I picked it up from BMG after reading about it at AAJ. I thought that its music was different from the sort of thing BMG normally carries, but perhaps their carrying it was due to Sony/Columbia's marketing of it.

I remember once reading that Barney Kessel would frequently argue that whatever it was that Django played, it wasn't jazz. But the article I am referring to didn't mention what it is/was about jazz that Kessel felt that Django did not incorporate. If we are going to limit the discussion to Europeans who did not relocate to the USA, how about Francy Boland?

My favorite sports announcer has died. In 1961 I watched the San Diego Chargers games each week, and Charlie Jones was the play-by-play announcer for ABC. In 1965 when the AFL games moved to NBC, Jones and the other AFL announcers moved to NBC too. I liked Jones because he always sounded like he was glad to be there. He always thought that the game was exciting. Of course, with Sid Gillman coaching and Jackie Kemp throwing, the games were exciting! Here's his LA Times obituary: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,4069058.story Charlie Jones, 77; veteran sportscaster won an Emmy for documentary NBCMULTIFACETED: Charlie Jones, left, in 1989 with Merlin Olsen, one of his many broadcast analyst partners on pro football telecasts. In 1997, Jones received the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. An author, he also won an Emmy for his work as writer, producer and host of the documentary “Is Winning the Name of the Game?” By Larry Stewart, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 14, 2008 Charlie Jones, a veteran sportscaster best known for his pro football play calling in a 38-year network career, died Thursday night at his home in La Jolla after suffering a heart attack. He was 77. Jones was getting dressed to go to dinner with friends at Torrey Pines Lodge when he was stricken, said his longtime agent, Martin Mandel. The U.S. Open is underway this week at Torrey Pines. The versatile Jones' first network assignment, on Sept. 10, 1960, was calling a game at the Coliseum between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs of the old American Football League for ABC. Jones also contributed extensively to ABC's "Wide World of Sports" before switching to NBC in 1965 after that network picked up the AFL contract. He was a mainstay at NBC through the 1997 NFL season. "All of us at NBC are saddened at the passing of one of the great pioneers of NBC Sports," Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, said Friday. "His work in particular on the NFL, golf and the Olympics left a lasting legacy." While at NBC, Jones announced 28 sports, including golf, Wimbledon tennis, baseball, figure skating and numerous events for the network's "SportsWorld." He called the track-and-field and diving events at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; swimming, diving and water polo at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; and rowing, flat-water canoeing and kayaking at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. During his career, Jones worked more than 25 college football bowl games, including the 1987 Fiesta Bowl national championship game. He also announced the 1986 World Cup soccer tournament from Mexico City and the 1987 World Championships of Track and Field in Rome. Jones started his broadcasting career full time in 1956 as sports director at KNAC-TV in his hometown of Fort Smith, Ark. From 1957 to 1959, he held the same post with KFPW radio in Fort Smith. He became an announcer for the AFL's Dallas Texans in 1960. Jones provided the play-by-play on Cincinnati Reds baseball telecasts in 1973 and 1974, and for the Colorado Rockies from their first season in 1993 to 1995. In 1997, he was honored with the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Jones won a 1973 Emmy Award for his work as writer, producer and host of the documentary "Is Winning the Name of the Game?" He also wrote "What Makes Winners Win" (1997) and co-wrote a number of books with Kim Doren, including "You Go Girl! Winning the Woman's Way" (2000), "Be the Ball: A Golf Instruction Book for the Mind" (2000) and "Heaven Can Wait: Surviving Cancer" (2003). Jones had his own battle with prostate cancer, beginning in December 2001. He co-wrote, co-produced and co-hosted the award-winning PBS series "The American Frontier" with Merlin Olsen, one of his many broadcast analyst partners on pro football telecasts. Jones, who was born Nov. 9, 1930, in Fort Smith, attended USC and played tennis there. He served in the Air Force and earned a law degree at the University of Arkansas. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ann; a son, Chuck; a daughter, Julie; and three grandchildren. A celebration of Jones' life will be held Wednesday at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

TTK, make the first few songs really good. If they stink, I won't stick around! (JK!)

Calgary Stampeders 39....Edmonton Eskimos 14 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5874346-cp.html ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 33....British Columbia Lions 13 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5874776-cp.html I always enjoy listening to the Riders games because they have a unique flavor - most of the sponsors are agricultural products, such as tractors and combines, the wheat pool and hybrid canola seed. Perhaps there are US college teams with similar situations but I am unaware of them. I imagine that many of the Sirius subscribers who heard last night's Sask broadcast got a kick out of that.

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