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For the first time, I have logged in and found no one else here. Where are the Europeans?

Roughriders over Lions 24-15 I listened to the first half of this game on the internet. Sask's Andy Fantuz had a good game. I still don't like Sask's quarterbacks. Sask's Yo Murphy announced this week that this will be his last year. The announcer said that BC feels that backup Buck Pierce is the league's fourth best QB. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...4264998-cp.html ***** Stamps over Esks 28-3 Akili Smith looked good for Calgary. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...4265068-cp.html

Ticats over Bombers 35-23. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...4261924-cp.html You're not going to believe this, but I stumbled upon CHML and the game while in my car tonight. I had no idea that CHML could under any circumstances reach North Carolina. Former Tulane star QB Shawn King started for the Ticats. Young QB Tim Chang had a better game. Former Georgia star receiver Terrence Edwards has joined the Bombers and had a good game. Both teams left their best players home. The same teams play again next week in Hamilton.

I received this press release today: Sonny Rollins to Appear at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, September 18, Marking the 50th Anniversary Of His Carnegie Debut Special Trio with Roy Haynes & Christian McBride Will Open Concert To Reprise Rollins's 1957 Trio Performances at Carnegie The Entire Concert, Also Featuring Rollins's Regular Group, Will Be Recorded for 2008 Release on the Saxophonist's Doxy Label; CD to Include 1957 Trio Material June 14, 2007 On the evening of November 29, 1957, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, then 27 years old, took to the stage of Carnegie Hall for the first time. Sharing the bill that night with Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and the Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring John Coltrane, Rollins played three songs -- "Moritat," "Sonnymoon for Two," and "Some Enchanted Evening" -- with bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Kenny Dennis. Come September 18, 2007, Rollins will mark the 50th anniversary of that milestone in his legendary career by revisiting the same repertoire in the same trio format -- with special guests Roy Haynes on drums and Christian McBride on acoustic bass. Sonny's own Oleo Productions will present the concert, which will also feature a set with his working band of Clifton Anderson, Bobby Broom, Bob Cranshaw, and Kimati Dinizulu. "We're making a statement with this event," says Rollins. "First of all, the concert is being produced in-house by the musicians, and being recorded for my own label [Doxy]. It's also a validation of the contemporaries that Roy and I played with, and an affirmation of the music we've been involved with all our lives." A Long-Standing New York Tradition For a 25-year period beginning in the 1970s, Rollins's special-guest concerts -- produced by Julie Lokin's New Audiences, and usually held at Carnegie Hall (but occasionally at Town Hall or the Beacon Theater instead) -- were perennial highlights of the jazz calendar. Among the musicians to appear as Sonny's guests were old friends and young lions: Terence Blanchard, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Branford Marsalis, Tony Williams, Jim Hall, Grover Washington Jr., Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis. The last such event took place at the Beacon, where Sonny hosted Percy Heath, Walter Bishop Jr., Jackie McLean, Gil Coggins, and Wallace Roney way back in November 1995. That 12-year hiatus is now over. "Let's take it to the bridge," Roy Haynes says of the September concert. "I can't wait!" Tickets go on sale Monday, July 30, online at www.carnegiehall.org; by phone (CarnegieCharge) at 212-247-7800; or at the box office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. The concert recording, to be released in spring 2008 by Doxy Records, will also include the 1957 trio material, a 20-minute tape recently made available to Rollins by the Library of Congress. Roy Haynes and Sonny Rollins had a number of opportunities to work together early in the tenor saxophonist's career. (Haynes, 82, remembers that the younger Rollins "used to come to my house, but I didn't even know he played an instrument then.") Their first professional encounter was also Rollins's first time in the recording studio, on an April 1949 Babs Gonzales session. Soon to follow were dates with Bud Powell in August 1949, Miles Davis in January 1951, and Sonny's own debut as a leader in that same 1951 session. Haynes was the drummer for Rollins's first Riverside recording, The Sound of Sonny, in June 1957, and for a 1958 Newport Jazz Festival appearance with bassist Henry Grimes. Their final meeting on record came in July 1958, for Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (MGM). "The great Roy Haynes," says Rollins, "one of the top drummers in jazz history, has been my buddy and friend for many years -- all the way back to the Hill [sugar Hill, in Harlem]. I am so lucky to have him this night at Carnegie Hall." Christian McBride, 35, was brought to the project on a recommendation from Haynes, with whom he had toured and recorded on several occasions. "When a musician is highly praised by all of his fellows," Rollins says, "it means something. I am looking forward to having this opportunity to play with Christian." On the International Stage Less than a week after the Carnegie Hall concert -- on September 23 -- Sonny Rollins will perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which is celebrating its own 50th anniversary. Sonny appeared at the very first Monterey festival, in 1957. Rollins, who (along with Steve Reich) received the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm last month and gave a concert while there, will be returning to Europe for a seven-city tour this fall. His itinerary for the remainder of 2007 includes the following concerts, in addition to Carnegie Hall and Monterey: 6/22 Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC; 6/24 Jazzfest International, Royal Theater, Victoria, BC; 7/14 Perugia (Italy) Jazz Festival; 7/27 Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM; 7/29 Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM; 8/11 Jazz in Marciac (France); 9/21 Schnitzer Auditorium, Portland, OR; 10/13 Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit; 11/16 Palau de la Musica, Barcelona; 11/19 Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville; 11/21 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; 11/24 Barbican Theatre, London; 11/26 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; 11/29 Opera Rainier, Monte Carlo; 12/1 Salle Pleyel, Paris.

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That's a new name to me. Who is he, what did he do, and why was he valuable to the company?

Good luck and best wishes, Garth!

I remember Mr. Wizard with great fondness. I thought he died years ago. RIP

The league has jettisoned the ball it used last year, and has returned to the old ball. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...253967-sun.html ***** Here's a copy of the schedule, times listed eastern: B 2 Thu Jun 14 Hamilton 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 - 0 B 3 Fri Jun 15 Edmonton 0 Calgary 0 09:30 - 0 B 4 Fri Jun 15 Saskatchewan 0 BC 0 10:30 - 0 C 5 Thu Jun 21 Toronto 0 Montreal 0 07:00 - 0 C 6 Thu Jun 21 BC 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 - 0 C 7 Fri Jun 22 Winnipeg 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 - 0 C 8 Fri Jun 22 Calgary 0 Saskatchewan 0 09:00 - 0 1 9 Thu Jun 28 BC 0 Toronto 0 06:30 TSN 0 1 10 Thu Jun 28 Winnipeg 0 Edmonton 0 09:30 TSN 0 1 11 Fri Jun 29 Saskatchewan 0 Montreal 0 07:30 TSN / RDS 0 1 12 Sat Jun 30 Hamilton 0 Calgary 0 10:00 CBC 0 2 13 Thu Jul 05 Montreal 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN / RDS 0 2 14 Fri Jul 06 Edmonton 0 BC 0 10:30 TSN 0 2 15 Sat Jul 07 Toronto 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 CBC 0 2 16 Sun Jul 08 Calgary 0 Saskatchewan 0 07:00 TSN 0 3 17 Thu Jul 12 Calgary 0 Toronto 0 07:00 TSN 0 3 18 Fri Jul 13 Edmonton 0 Winnipeg 0 07:00 TSN 0 3 19 Fri Jul 13 BC 0 Saskatchewan 0 10:00 TSN 0 3 20 Sat Jul 14 Montreal 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 TSN / RDS 0 4 21 Thu Jul 19 Winnipeg 0 Montreal 0 07:30 TSN / RDS 0 4 22 Thu Jul 19 Hamilton 0 BC 0 10:30 TSN 0 4 23 Fri Jul 20 Saskatchewan 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 TSN 0 4 24 Sat Jul 21 Toronto 0 Calgary 0 07:00 CBC 0 5 25 Thu Jul 26 Montreal 0 Toronto 0 07:00 TSN / RDS 0 5 26 Fri Jul 27 Hamilton 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN 0 5 27 Sat Jul 28 Edmonton 0 Saskatchewan 0 03:30 TSN 0 5 28 Sat Jul 28 BC 0 Calgary 0 07:00 CBC 0 6 29 Thu Aug 02 Toronto 0 Montreal 0 07:30 TSN / RDS 0 6 30 Thu Aug 02 Saskatchewan 0 BC 0 10:30 TSN 0 6 31 Fri Aug 03 Winnipeg 0 Hamilton 0 07:30 TSN 0 6 32 Sat Aug 04 Calgary 0 Edmonton 0 07:00 CBC 0 7 33 Thu Aug 09 Calgary 0 Montreal 0 07:30 TSN / RDS 0 7 34 Fri Aug 10 Saskatchewan 0 Toronto 0 07:30 TSN 0 7 35 Fri Aug 10 Winnipeg 0 BC 0 10:30 TSN 0 7 36 Sat Aug 11 Hamilton 0 Edmonton 0 09:30 CBC 0 8 37 Fri Aug 17 BC 0 Calgary 0 10:00 TSN 0 8 38 Sat Aug 18 Edmonton 0 Saskatchewan 0 10:00 CBC 0 9 39 Fri Aug 24 Toronto 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN 0 9 40 Sat Aug 25 Hamilton 0 Montreal 0 07:00 CBC / RDS 0 10 41 Fri Aug 31 Montreal 0 BC 0 10:30 TSN / RDS 0 10 42 Sun Sep 02 Winnipeg 0 Saskatchewan 0 04:00 TSN 0 10 43 Mon Sep 03 Toronto 0 Hamilton 0 01:00 CBC 0 10 44 Mon Sep 03 Edmonton 0 Calgary 0 04:00 CBC 0 11 45 Fri Sep 07 Calgary 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 TSN 0 11 46 Sat Sep 08 Hamilton 0 Toronto 0 03:00 CBC 0 11 47 Sun Sep 09 BC 0 Montreal 0 01:00 TSN / RDS 0 11 48 Sun Sep 09 Saskatchewan 0 Winnipeg 0 04:00 TSN 0 12 49 Fri Sep 14 Montreal 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 TSN / RDS 0 12 50 Sat Sep 15 Saskatchewan 0 Calgary 0 04:00 TSN 0 12 51 Sat Sep 15 Winnipeg 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 TSN 0 12 52 Sat Sep 15 Toronto 0 BC 0 10:00 CBC 0 13 53 Fri Sep 21 Calgary 0 Hamilton 0 07:30 TSN 0 13 54 Sat Sep 22 BC 0 Saskatchewan 0 07:00 CBC 0 13 55 Sun Sep 23 Edmonton 0 Montreal 0 01:00 TSN / RDS 0 13 56 Sun Sep 23 Winnipeg 0 Toronto 0 04:00 TSN 0 14 57 Fri Sep 28 Toronto 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 TSN 0 14 58 Sat Sep 29 Montreal 0 Saskatchewan 0 03:00 CBC 0 14 59 Sat Sep 29 Hamilton 0 Winnipeg 0 07:00 CBC 0 14 60 Sat Sep 29 Calgary 0 BC 0 10:00 CBC 0 15 61 Fri Oct 05 BC 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN 0 15 62 Sat Oct 06 Edmonton 0 Toronto 0 03:00 TSN 0 15 63 Mon Oct 08 Hamilton 0 Montreal 0 01:00 CBC / RDS 0 15 64 Mon Oct 08 Saskatchewan 0 Calgary 0 04:00 CBC 0 16 65 Fri Oct 12 Montreal 0 Toronto 0 07:30 TSN / RDS 0 16 66 Sat Oct 13 BC 0 Edmonton 0 03:00 CBC 0 16 67 Sun Oct 14 Saskatchewan 0 Hamilton 0 01:00 TSN 0 16 68 Sun Oct 14 Winnipeg 0 Calgary 0 04:00 TSN 0 17 69 Fri Oct 19 Calgary 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN 0 17 70 Sat Oct 20 Toronto 0 Montreal 0 03:00 CBC / RDS 0 17 71 Sat Oct 20 Edmonton 0 BC 0 10:00 TSN 0 17 72 Sun Oct 21 Hamilton 0 Saskatchewan 0 03:00 TSN 0 18 73 Fri Oct 26 BC 0 Hamilton 0 06:30 TSN 0 18 74 Fri Oct 26 Saskatchewan 0 Edmonton 0 09:30 TSN 0 18 75 Sat Oct 27 Winnipeg 0 Toronto 0 03:00 CBC 0 18 76 Sat Oct 27 Montreal 0 Calgary 0 07:00 TSN 0 19 77 Fri Nov 02 Montreal 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 TSN / RDS 0 19 78 Sat Nov 03 Toronto 0 Saskatchewan 0 04:00 CBC 0 19 79 Sat Nov 03 Edmonton 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 TSN 0 19 80 Sat Nov 03 Calgary 0 BC 0 10:00 TSN 0 Scotiabank East Semi-Final P1 81 Sun Nov 11 N/A 0 N/A 0 - 0 Scotiabank West Semi-Final P1 82 Sun Nov 11 N/A 0 N/A 0 - 0 Scotiabank East Championship P2 83 Sun Nov 18 N/A 0 N/A 0 - 0 Scotiabank West Championship P2 84 Sun Nov 18 N/A 0 N/A 0 - 0 Grey Cup GC 85 Sun Nov 25 N/A 0 N/A 0 - 0

Happy Birthday!

Having only dial up at home, when I go to the library I usually take a a few minutes out to watch a few things on YouTube. Yesterday I saw an amusing clip of Manfred Mann from 1965. They were on a British Shindig-like show, lip-synching to Come Tomorrow. Two of the teenage girls were putting their hands all over Paul Jones and wouldn't leave him alone!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Here's a list (with links) of the 25 most popular blogs on the internet. I've heard of a few of them. http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/popular-blogs.html

I'm thinking Stan Getz bossa nova and Paul Desmond with Jim Hall. They both go down pretty easy.

Apparently I misread the press release. I guess that is The Source's second album on ECM. I don't listen to Sangam very often, but I enjoy it whenever I do. I've got it on now. Very mellow, just right for a Sunday night. PS - I now see that I am repeating myself from January 13!

Alexander, the LP you mention was a British album, not available in the US. Capitol in the US was not allowed to release such an album.

Guys, I am not referring to the classic spacy ECM sound. What I have in mind is the dryness of the compositions, and maybe his touch on the keyboard. Maybe you can think of another label you think Iyer would be more at home at.

The pre-season has begun. The Argos beat the Als 27-13, with Michael Bishop looking good. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

I opened it up tonight. It was a Your Music queue selection from some time ago. I like it, but I'm going to need a little time for it to grow on me. I'll agree with the AMG statement quoted above that Iyer is unique. I can't think of anyone he reminds me of, although generally this is something I might expect to find on the ECM label. I like the sax player Rudresh Mahanthappa. I wish he had a larger role.

Thanks Unk! http://www.downbeat.com/ I'll give it some thought before I cast my vote. I think this year has been better than last year.

You may be interested to learn that for decades the Beatles refused to allow Capitol in the US to release compilations. You mean, apart from (at least): The Beatles 1962-66 (released 1973) The Beatles 1967-70 (released 1973) Rock n Roll music (released 1976) Love songs (released 1977) Rarities (released 1980) Reel music (released 1982) 20 greatest hits (released 1982) Past masters vols 1 & 2 (released 1988) Anthology 1, 2 & 3 (released 1995 & 96) ? MG Well you've proven me wrong, MG. I didn't realize that the compilations started as early as 1973. I do remember reading plenty of times in the 60s that Capitol in the US wanted to release a Greatest Hits record and the group wouldn't allow it. edit for typo

Happy Birthday Bertrand!

You may be interested to learn that for decades the Beatles refused to allow Capitol in the US to release compilations.

Sidewinder, I consider that one to be a classic! I got it in college, and it has a lot of sentimental value for me. I played it a few months ago for the first time in years, and I still enjoy it. Hope you dig it.

NS, that's my favorite Red Garland album (not that I've heard a whole lot of them). Hope you enjoy it.