I love the fact that the only people or media who thinks that the USA is in the group of death are the people from the USA. The one thing that is kinda of fucked up for the USA and in most tournaments this wouldn't be a problem , is that they will have to travel over 9000 miles for the the three gam...

In the context of the W.C. I could give a good fuck about it. Ask me in June and I'll probably say that I pick the Netherlands to win it. Brazil as the host country should be favorite , but I don't see it that way. Spain is getting long in the tooth and they look tired. Germany on the other hand are...

52 , thank you very much. What's funny to me ( not a haha funny ) is how true we've all remained to the things that we first posted about. Not to say that I haven't learned anything , music wise , because I have . Ostensibly , I've learned more about how poorly I spell , how sadly I communicate with...

Preface: This is my 3rd attempt to post on this thread , so if it comes out later that there are more then one please accept my redundancies. This bit of news has hit me hard. When I first ventured into the world of jazz it was Cedar and Billy Higgins who I followed and learned from. I learned from ...

Last night on Showtime they showed " Beware Of Mr. Baker. " It's all about the life and times of the first great Rock and Roll drummer , Ginger Baker. Not wanting to give away so much of this doc/auto flick , is that Baker would punch me for saying " Rock and Roll drummer ." It ...

Last night on Showtime they showed " Beware Of Mr. Baker. " It's all about the life and times of the first great Rock and Roll drummer , Ginger Baker. Not wanting to give away so much of this doc/auto flick , is that Baker would punch me for saying " Rock and Roll drummer ." It i...

I was very fortunate to have been introduced on my own free will. Later I was even more fortunate to have been , for lack of a better word , mentored , by a man who I drank with with by the name of Mike Shea. He was a cinema-tographer who was killed , with all the irony in the world, in a helicopter...

Having gone to countless jazz performances , I never really held it against the artist or band for being less then engaging. Depending on the venue and such , there was always , at least for me an expectation and truth be told , an excuse or a reason I could relate to it , happy or not. But I've pun...