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Some good points here. I realize that the Champions League is tremendously lucrative, a great stage and certainly a priority for many (Rafa Benítez, step forward) but are there enough English players getting regular Champions League action to make up a national squad? Somewhere along the line...

So OTM. Why is this really - coaches caving in to pressure from the tabloids? For a look at how it could (and should IMHO) be done, check Dunga's selections for the Brazil squad lately, including the one that thrashed a star-studded Argentina side at the Copa America final 3:0.

I think the German Bundesliga is a great example of how it should be done. Affordable tickets and rising attendance figures pretty much across the board. Man U might have more people at home games than top-ranked Borussia Dortmund, but a modest club like FC Nürnberg has a higher average...

Thanks hucks, that article is very good indeed - so all this money comes from TV rights then? That's crazy cash for "just being there"! I wonder what the new owners will do to get as much return on investment as the previous owners (who bought cheap and benefited from the TV bonanza) did? 05/06...

Alright hucks, It saddens me that these supremely insalubrious characters are buying their way into the EPL. I'm especially sorry for the average English fan, who I think is the most knowledgable football supporter in the world. I read a while back that Roman Abramovich said something about...

Just saw this, some good points here. I would've thought it must be agony to have your club bought and sold, packaged and branded like a product, and I was sure lots of people's loyalty would suffer as a result (enter the supporters' trusts, which I think are great), but then I read the...

Thanks polystyle, I wanted to write about these sad news here but then realized most of my Dissensus contributions are on RIP threads. Don't know what this says about my musical preferences :slanted: Fond memories of Joe Z, a real Urwiener who made it big in 'Amerika' but never forgot his roots...

I wish you the best, Freakaholic! I made the move to Mexico (I live up north in Monterrey, far from nice beaches) 2 years ago and I have not looked back. However, starting up was not easy, even as a native Spanish speaker with Latin America experience and lots of help from my Mexican girlfriend...

From his brilliantly titled last column Did I Cheat Mort Subite? at allaboutbeer.com: (MJ passes out at Denver airport, comes to in a hospital) When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed. It was just like it is in the movies. I was surrounded by people in white coats, one of whom asked me: "What...

Another great Mexican invention, on a par with color TV transmission and oral contraceptives.

So sorry to hear this (news travel slow in Mexico). RIP.

There's a bunch of those, I think, I don't know any titles offhand, but Mingus/Roach were especially fine on Money Jungle with Duke Ellington, Jazz at Massey Hall and several Bud Powell trio albums. 5 more stone-cold classic albums with Max Roach as a sideman which everyone should have...

Exactly 1 minute in there's a split second cut to Sein Qadhafi, who's grinning ear to ear...

That's an interesting point. Googled around awhile to see if I could find this and came across a short article entitled "Premature death in jazz musicians: fact or fiction?", where a Dr. Frederick Spencer asserts this is not the case: "Most of the 85 musicians in this study have survived the...

Percussion Bitter Sweet. A monster. Dolphy plays alto, bass clarinet and flute (wonderfully). Such superb musicianship and political clear-sightedness - I wonder who makes records like these nowadays? :slanted:

A great feature on Drummerworld here. This guy's CV is just incredible, he's played with just about everybody in the game. And his discography runs from 1943 to 2002! Nice pic, wonk_vitesse, happy days for Max Roach! Judging from the line-up, this must be 1955-56, just before Clifford Brown...

That's some pretty high-end stuff you're looking at, Chef! Is this for home use or for playing out? Don't know if I would take anything but my knackered Gemini battle mixer to the places I play. Never mind the spilled drinks, I don't want to get knifed for a piece of gear. :eek: For maximum...

It's Time. RIP. :(

Wicked mix! :D

Thanks claphands! run_time, you back yet? How'd you do? Loving some of the mad, great kuduro videos on Youtube. There's one of a recent Buraka Som Sistema performance at Fabric - good, but not a patch on the schoolkids and Discoteca Luanda clips.