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1 hour ago, JSngry said:
So if you want to operate on the premise that they can't be enforced because they don't exist, go ahead and make my day.
Jim, I don't know what your problem is. This is the second time you have suggested that I have a bad attitude or am a troublemaker or something, and I don't know where you are coming from.
I would like to read the rules to refresh my recollection of them. Whatever they are, I am happy to abide by them.
There have been vague accusations that some of my posts have violated the rules, but nothing specific, nothing falsifiable.
Maybe Jim A has a copy of the rules, and would post them again.
By the way, in regard to specific items...
In the Film Corner thread, I posted without comment 2000 Mules and its trailer. No comment, no endorsement, no condemnation. If the mods want no mention at all of politics, that's OK with me. But if someone were to post without comment in the Currently Reading thread that he had just finished Michelle Obama's book, I would expect that to be censored as well.
In the News of the Day thread, I stated what I believed to be a newsworthy fact (the Amazon and Meta stock declines), and cited my source. The response was sneers, which of course are not falsifiable. Why have my posts been censored, but the sneers have not?
By the way, you in particular might be interested to learn that both Robert Malone and Peter McCullough have endorsed The Epoch Times' coverage of the Covid-19 story.
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56 minutes ago, JSngry said:
Board rules prevent me from linking...
Jim, I'm glad you brought this up! Are the rules posted anywhere?
If so, please post a link. I'd like to refresh my recollection.
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5 hours ago, JSngry said:
https://fortune.com/2022/10/28/amazon-meta-earnings-horror-show-lost-160-billion-market-cap/
The sky is not falling, unless you want/need it to.
Amazon and Meta are two fundamentally different companies.
Jim, it seems to me that because "Amazon and Meta are two fundamentally different companies," the fact that both should suffer a severe decline in revenue at the same time should be a greater cause for concern.
Thanks for the link.
10 hours ago, JSngry said:But WHOOP there it is.
What are you referring to?
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Happy Birthday Guy!
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And so now with one week left, the final standings are set.
https://www.cfl.ca/standings/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/hamilton-tiger-cats-clinch-final-cfl-playoff-berth-as-saskatchewan-roughriders-officially-eliminated/*****
All of the playoff games will be played on Sundays.
https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2022/*****
After 19 years as a pro, Jon Ryan has retired.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/father-time-finally-got-me-former-nfl-riders-punter-jon-ryan-confirms-retirement-following-elks-season-finale/*****
Power Rankings
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/24/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-stampeders-run-over-the-competition/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/24/power-rankings-table-runners-and-trail-blazers/*****
QB Index
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/qb-index-rest-rust-risk-and-reward/*****
3 Down Nation has nominated its 100% Canadian all-star team.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/25/presenting-the-2022-cfl-all-canadian-team/*****
Edmonton has the bye this week; their season is over. Here are their upcoming free agents.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/the-edmonton-elks-potential-2023-free-agent-list/*****
The league has announced each team's nominees for the CFL Awards.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/most-outstanding-cfl-teams-announce-award-winners/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/talk-of-the-town-2022-team-award-winners-announced/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/who-i-chose-on-my-hamilton-tiger-cats-awards-ballot-and-why/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/rourke-nominated-for-2-cfl-individual-awards-1.6632696*****
Sports Tourism Canada claims that this year's Touchdown Atlantic game generated C$12.7 million for Nova Scotia.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-touchdown-atlantic-nova-scotia-economy-1.6631471
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/new-study-finds-touchdown-atlantic-generated-12-7-million-in-economic-impact-to-nova-scotia/*****
The league has announced the names of the nine nominees for the Jake Gaudaur Award.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/riders-centre-dan-clark-headlines-list-of-nominees-for-prestigious-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/nine-players-nominated-for-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/*****
Analyses & Picks
(With the final standings established, we can expect to see the back-ups seeing most of the action.)https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-nathan-rourke-to-start-bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-1.1868517
https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/10/27/cfl-beat-171/
http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/10/26/cfl-week-21-preview/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/weekly-predictor-taking-the-ottawa-redblacks/https://3downnation.com/2022/10/28/3downnation-cfl-picks-which-backups-will-stake-their-case-for-the-future/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-21-picks/*****
Week 21 Checking Down
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-21/*****
Week 21 Game Notes
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-21/*****
Friday's result
Winnipeg 24....BC 9
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6288/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/29/winnerpeg-blue-bombers-set-franchise-record-with-win-over-b-c-lions-11-other-thoughts/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-cfl-recap-oct-28-1.6633224The Bombers set a team record with their 15th win.
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Week 20 results
Hamilton 30....Ottawa 27
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6284/ottawa-redblacks-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats-ottawa-redblacks-cfl-recap-oct-21-1.6625895
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/chronic-issues-prove-fatal-for-redblacks-11-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-ticats/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/learning-how-to-win-15-thoughts-on-hamiltons-30-27-victory-over-the-ottawa-redblacks/Great game! With the loss, the Redblacks are eliminated.
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BC 31....Edmonton 14
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6285/bc-lions-vs-edmonton-elks/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-edmonton-elks-cfl-recap-oct-21-1.6625901
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/2022-marks-elks-second-straight-season-winless-at-home-and-chris-jones-is-tired-of-talking-about/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/james-butlers-grand-performance-secures-lions-home-playoff-game-and-nine-other-thoughts-on-beating-the-elks/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/quietly-into-the-sunset-11-thoughts-on-the-elks-dropping-their-season-finale-to-the-lions/With the win, BC clinch second place.
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Toronto 24....Montreal 23
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/23/recap-toronto-24-montreal-23-2/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-toronto-argonauts-montreal-alouettes-recap-oct-22-1.6626371
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/the-argos-live-la-vie-en-rouge-and-11-other-thoughts-on-clinching-first-in-the-east-division/With the win, the Argos clinch first place.
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Calgary 32....Sask 21
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6287/calgary-stampeders-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-calgary-stampeders-saskatchewan-roughriders-recap-oct-22-1.6626377With the loss, the Riders are eliminated, and thus the Ticats clinch third place.
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Week 20 Plays of the Week
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/24/amazing-grabs-shine-in-the-week-20-plays-of-the-week/ -
Did Amazon stock lose 20% in one day? Did Meta stock lose 24.5% in one day?
If so, why? What are the implications?
Let's try to avoid thread drift.
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30 minutes ago, JSngry said:
I do know a few people who do, though.
Please ask your friends what they think. Could this be the first shoe to drop?
What is a worst case scenario?
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There is more.
The shares of Meta (the new name of Facebook) lost 24.5% today.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/100-billion-zuck-bucks-eviscerated-meta-bet-bombs
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Does anybody here truly understand stocks and bonds?
Amazon's stock fell 20% today. That can't be good.
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Ramsey Lewis
Celebrates the Music of the
Fab Four
With the Posthumous Release of
"The Beatles Songbook,"
Due January 6 from Steele Records
First Ever Solo Piano Recording
By the Legendary Pianist in His Seven-Decade Career,
With Exciting New Interpretations of 12 Lennon-McCartney Songs
October 24, 2022
The late, legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis offers an intimate, familiar affair with his solo piano recording The Beatles Songbook: The Saturday Salon Series, Volume One, to be released January 6 on Steele Records. This selection of tunes by the iconic songwriting duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, approved for release by Lewis, is also a surprising DIY project, created during livestreamed sessions in Lewis’s own Chicago home.
Lewis, of course, is no stranger to covering of postwar pop music. He had a smash 1965 hit with his cover of Dobie Gray’s “The In Crowd,” which he followed up with a successful version of “Hang on Sloopy.” He has even assayed the Beatles’ catalog before, scoring a minor hit with “A Hard Day’s Night” and even releasing Mother Nature’s Son, an homage to the Beatles’ White Album, in 1968.
He was a latecomer, however, to unaccompanied piano performance. Until recent years, Lewis had almost never performed as a soloist. But the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to perform any other way, and during the lockdowns Lewis initiated a series of monthly webcasts called “The Saturday Salon.” Always an artist with a populist touch, Lewis included the Beatles’ songs in his webcasts because it was music that, like his own, had demonstrated universal appeal.
“They have a catalog of songs that can stand up as standards that are fun to play and fun to solo on,” he said. “Their music has been recorded by symphonies and orchestras, rock bands, jazz bands. I don’t know any other pop act whose music has been recorded across the board like this.”
Even with their exhaustive coverage, Lewis is able to unlock new secrets and breathe new life into the tunes. His “And I Love Her” explores the possibilities of both the song’s harmonies and its famous four-note riff. “Rocky Raccoon” gets a beautiful reharmonization. Lewis plays up the gospel roots of “Hey Jude,” and in the ballads “Blackbird” and “Golden Slumbers” he finds previously unknown reservoirs of the blues.
Lifted directly from the 2020 livestream audio, The Beatles Songbook sounds like the home recording it is. But that sound is a feature, not a bug: It amplifies the intimacy of the performance, as if we were hearing a message from a friend, and reminds us that to the end, Lewis was able to work in any circumstances and create great art.
Ramsey Lewis was born May 27, 1935 in Chicago. He began playing piano at the age of four, learning classical from teachers, gospel from the church, and jazz from his father’s record collection. Through Wells High School and into Chicago Musical College he intended to become a concert classical pianist, but fate intervened: While working at a record store, Lewis met bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt, fellow jazz lovers who joined with him to form the Ramsey Lewis Trio.
In 1965, after a decade of working together both on bandstands and on Leonard and Phil Chess’s Argo Records, Lewis and the trio achieved a surprise top 10 pop hit with their version of “The In Crowd,” recorded live in Washington DC. The record made Lewis a star, which he compounded with subsequent hits “Hang on Sloopy,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “Wade in the Water.” After the trio disbanded, Lewis carried on with new ensembles and continued pursuing pop-jazz success, surfacing on the pop charts again with members of Earth, Wind & Fire on 1974’s Sun Goddess. His popular success continued into the 1980s and ‘90s, when he formed the popular crossover group Urban Knights.
In the 21st century, Lewis became a revered elder statesman of jazz, finding a career renaissance as a composer, broadcaster, educator, and artistic director of the Ravinia Jazz Festival. Lewis was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters fellowship in 2007. He spent his final year working with journalist Aaron Cohen on his memoir, Gentleman of Jazz (to be published May 2023 by Blackstone Publishing,) before passing away at his Chicago home on September 12, 2022.
Photography:Colin Boyle/Chicago Sun-Times
Ramsey Lewis on the Beatles Songbook
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On 10/20/2022 at 2:46 PM, ghost of miles said:
So Tommy's Jazz still has some of these available, and I'm definitely ordering the Stuttgart. I already have the Ronnie Scott's and the Croydon... any further recs for others on the list above? Particularly re volumes 7, 10 and 11?
My favorite is the one with Roger Kellaway.
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FORGOTTEN 60S: Now 100 Hits - $7.95
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/forgotten-60s-now-100-hits-compact-disc
I've never forgotten these songs. Maybe it's because I've never heard of half of them.
I want to point out one that the Brits here might remember from 1967 - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by The Alan Price Set. This song was the first music video I ever saw (not counting Rick Nelson at the end of Ozzie & Harriet episodes). Dick Clark showed it on American Bandstand.
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Break a leg, Michael!
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Look what I found!
Persistence - $6.95
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/michael-weiss-persistence-compact-disc
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MAYNARD FERGUSON: The Roulette Collection (8 LPs on 4 CDs) - $13.95
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/maynard-ferguson-the-roulette-collection-compact-disc
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Saturday results
Toronto 28....Edmonton 23
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6282/toronto-argonauts-vs-edmonton-elks/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-toronto-argonauts-edmonton-elks-recap-oct-15-1.6618259
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/argos-prove-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-meaningless-win-and-nine-other-thoughts-on-stunning-the-elks/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/sometimes-you-just-have-to-laugh-10-thoughts-on-the-elks-shattering-loss-to-toronto/The Argos took their first lead of the game with 27 seconds left.
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BC 40....Winnipeg 32
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6283/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-bc-lions/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-blue-bombers-bc-lions-recap-oct-15-1.6617901
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/dru-brown-plays-up-and-down-in-winnipegs-narrow-loss-to-b-c-lions-seven-other-thoughts/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/lions-show-that-its-dangerous-to-terry-and-eight-other-thoughts-on-b-c-beating-the-bombers/The Bombers have clinched first place, so they sat a number of starters including Collaros. Under those circumstances, they looked pretty good.
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Week 19 Plays of the Week
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/thrilling-finishes-in-the-week-19-plays-of-the-week/*****
Power Rankings
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/17/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-lions-stomp-into-second-place/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/power-rankings-making-last-minute-moves/*****
QB Index
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/qb-index-no-one-team-should-have-all-that-power/*****
Playoff Scenarios
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/playoff-scenarios-argos-look-to-host-ef-lions-eye-home-playoff-date/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/17/b-c-lions-can-clinch-second-place-in-west-division-with-win-over-edmonton-elks/
I didn't realize that Ottawa has not yet been eliminated!*****
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One of my favorites, SJ Green, will retire as an Alouette.
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/s-j-green-to-retire-as-a-member-of-the-alouettes/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/19/eight-time-east-division-all-star-s-j-green-to-officially-retire-as-member-of-montreal-alouettes/*****
There are only 9 teams, and 128 players are eligible to win the Most Outstanding Rookie Award. I have felt that the league has not yet recovered from taking 2020 off, and the influx of so many new players is probably why. You can bet the ranch that the Award will go to Winnipeg's Dalton Schoen.
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/18/128-players-eligible-to-be-named-cfls-most-outstanding-rookie/*****
Analyses and Picks
https://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-can-clinch-first-in-east-division-with-victory-over-montreal-alouettes-1.1864977
http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/10/19/cfl-week-20-preview/https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/18/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-20-picks/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/weekly-predictor-taking-the-bc-lions/*****
Week 20 Game Notes
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-20-2/*****
Week 20 Checking Down
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-20/ -
My interest in Evans has always been primarily the Riverside material.
I picked up the European box of Riverside/Milestone albums, and have always been pleased with it.
On 10/17/2022 at 6:09 AM, Big Beat Steve said:Doing one part of the box set with the master takes and then the other part with runs of the alternates, or in fact several runs with alternates (as long as they last, as not all of them have survived with the same number of alternate takes), etc. would be more customer-friendly.
One of my favorite sets was issued by Universal, I think in the late '80s. It was Chet Baker's complete Barclay recordings.
It was called Chet in Paris, and each of the four CDs was sold separately. The first three CDs were the masters, and the fourth was made up of alternates.
It would suit me if everybody put the alternates on a separate CD.
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Oct 28,29,30: Playing with Rufus Reid & Expedition at Dizzy's Jazz @ Lincoln Center Dear friends,
I'm thrilled that this incredible quintet led by the great Rufus Reid is playing together again. We'll have 3 nights in this terrific room with a beautiful piano and an inspiring view.
I hope to see you there!
Rufus Reid & Expedition
Rufus Reid - bass
Freddie Hendrix- trumpet
Roxy Coss - tenor saxophone
Roberta Piket – piano
Kenneth Salters – drums
Dizzy's Club - Jazz @ Lincoln CenterFriday Oct 28, Saturday Oct 29: sets at 7:30 & 9:30pm
Sunday Oct 30: sets at 5pm & 7:30pm
Reservations: https://2022.jazz.org/rufus-re...
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On 7/29/2022 at 10:11 PM, mjzee said:
Release date August 26:
Together with Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues, and Barracoon, two of JD Allen's previous Savant releases, Americana, Vol. 2 forms a trilogy of sorts, exploring and encapsulating a universal spirit based in roots and reflection. But despite the profound political, racial, financial and historic issues examined by Allen and company, at the central musical core of all three recordings is the underestimated but crucial role the blues has played in the history of jazz and how it continues to evolve and influence the art form today. On Americana, Vol. 2 Allen continues this investigation with his long-time colleagues Gregg August and Rudy Royston, but is now joined by guitarist Charlie Hunter, who shares not only Allen's interest in the blues and it's legacy, but they also share many similar life experiences. As Allen himself says, "(Charlie's) music brings light to me as a listener. When we met, we found out that we grew up in different areas of the country, but our experiences happen to be very similar. That's Americana right there. I wanted that on this record." Here the blues not only provides a welcome outlet for tension and gentle melodicism but it also gives us an unflinching look into deep-seated and long-lived injustices, particularly via the almost expressionistic utterances of three trio-only tracks. Once again JD Allen shows himself to be a player and composer as remarkable for his directness of communication as he is for the sometimes unforgiving sternness of his message.
JD Allen
Americana, Vol. 2
Impacting
October 17th, 2022Artist Title Time JD Allen Up South 06:30 JD Allen This World Is a Mean World 05:45 JD Allen The Werk Song 04:48 JD Allen Hammer and Hoe 04:21 JD Allen You Don't Know Me 05:05 JD Allen Jackie and Johnny 03:24 JD Allen Mickey and Mallory 03:28 JD Allen A Mouthful of Forevers 03:36 JD Allen The Battle of Blair Mountain 03:48 JD Allen Irene (Mother) 03:31 JD Allen Down South 03:51 New from JD Allen on Savant Records
JD Allen - Americana, Vol. 2
Savant Records SCD 2202
JD Allen, tenor saxophone
Charlie Hunter, guitar (except tracks 6, 7 & 8)
Gregg August, bass • Rudy Royston, drums
AIRPLAY STARTS NOW
SUGGESTED TRACKS
3. The Werk Song 4:47 • 4. Hammer and Hoe 4:21
5. You Don’t Know Me 5:05 • 9. The Battle of Blair Mountain 3:47
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Friday results
Montreal 34....Ottawa 30
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6280/montreal-alouettes-vs-ottawa-redblacks/#videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-montreal-alouettes-ottawa-redblacks-recap-oct-14-1.6617501
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/15/redblacks-deliver-entertainment-but-no-home-victory-nine-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-montreal/With the win, Montreal has clinched second place. Ottawa is much improved and has become competitive. This was a good game, but Montreal is the better team.
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Hamilton 35....Calgary 32
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6281/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/15/reversing-the-misery-at-mcmahon-16-thoughts-on-the-ticats-thrilling-35-32-victory-over-the-stamps/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-hamilton-tiger-cats-calgary-stampeders-recap-oct-14-1.6617542What a game! You have got to watch the video highlights of this one.
This was the Ticats' first win in Calgary since July of 2004.
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The Ticats are now tied with the Roughies at 6-10. Sask's last two games are against Calgary. Hamilton's last two games are against Ottawa.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/15/riders-playoff-odds-tumble-after-ticats-victory-in-friday-night-football-thriller/ -
2 hours ago, Late said:
Just listened to this album in its entirety. It'd been a while—much better than I remember, particularly Miles' playing. Coltrane is still getting it together it seems—the ideas are there, but not always the execution of those ideas.
That's my favorite of all of the first quintet albums, but I gather that it is the least known.
Are there any box bargains currently available?
in Mosaic and other box sets...
Posted · Edited by GA Russell
Darn, the Mayall box is now out of stock.
Thanks anyway, Lon!
PS - Correction. The $80 box sold by Deep Discount is now out of stock. Walmart has it for $300+.