Hamilton Saint

"Man of the World" was one of the first records I bought. It came out as a single in April, 1969. I also loved "Albatross", which was released in November, 1968. Green was probably the best lead guitarist during the British blues boom of the mid-to-late 60s. He had a great tone and beautiful finesse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtmW2ek7WkQ

Piano forte is Italian for soft loud. Unlike the harpsichord, which was unable to vary the volume of notes played (the strings were mechanically plucked), the pianoforte could be played soft or loud, depending on how hard you pressed the keys--activating small "hammers" (covered in cloth or leather) which struck the strings.

First half was horrendous. Too many changes in defence. Hojbjerg at RB was a disaster. If Ralph didn't want to play the regular RBs, then put in JWP, who has shown he can play there. Hojbjerg was marginally better in the second half and he had a couple of pretty good shots on target. But that time, near the end, when he passed straight to a Brighton player, and broke up a promising attack, was typical of how poor he was today. Vestergaard was a disaster waiting to happen. He seemed to think he was playing LB or left midfielder. He loped around in first gear, trying to show the nonchalance of a Van Dijk. As if. Then he had that screamer of a shot that hit the post, and later he "raced" back to stop a breakaway with a last-minute sliding tackle. Talk about a Jekyll & Hyde performance. Armstrong and Walker-Peters made a huge difference when they came on. Walker-Peters always seems to wriggle away from tackles; he gets down the wing effectively; and puts some good crosses into the box. Redmond was as frustrating as ever. While Ings seems to weave his way through a pack of players all the time, Redmond often runs around until he has two or three players blocking his path and has to pass backwards or loses the ball. And Ward-Prowse reverted to the constant sideways and backwards passing, instead of looking for an initiative to get forward. I hope we can get back to our best XI for the last two games and pick up a minimum of four points.

We deserved that point. Saints worked really hard and showed a lot of crisp, quick passing. Nice to see us get something, after the usual gushing adulation of the commentator for Man U--when they had their purple match in the first half. Pogba was mediocre today--good to see him robbed twice by Saints' high pressing. Saints have been one of the best teams since the restart. Hope to see at least seven points from the last three games!

Obvious sarcasm from Noodles.

Of course all abstract terms which attempt to describe social, political and historical relations are "invented". But that doesn't mean they cannot usefully characterise the nature of those relations. The notion of patriarchy is not vague at all; it's a simple one: a social system that is dominated by men to the extent that women are systematically discriminated against--excluded from positions of power, denied ownership of property (especially through inheritance), and ignored in the halls of opinion. The notion is not vague, but how the different elements of patriarchy play out in a particular social system can vary in scope and severity.

Good one! 😄

Thanks for all your work, Steve.

Here he is, live in 1973 doing "Lucille".

I loved the Bach album that Olafsson did so much that I recently bought his other two albums: one is called "Debussy - Rameau", and features solo piano pieces by Claude Debussy and Jean-Philippe Rameau; the other is called "Philip Glass- Piano Works" and features primarily a collection of Glass's piano etudes. Both albums are superb.

Excellent resource. Congrats. First player profile I checked was Ron Davies.

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I've been there. Lovely place--one of my favourite Greek islands.

The best album I've bought this past year is "Johann Sebastian Bach" by the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. It's a collection of solo piano pieces. Brilliant. If you like solo piano classical music, this is an album you'd love. Highly recommended. The album includes this set of variations--Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989. Here's a live performance of it:

John Prine died today aged 73. He was a great American singer-songwriter, who emerged on the music scene in the early 1970s. He was one of those songwriters who were much admired and covered. Favourite songs of mine: "Sam Stone", "Paradise", "Angel from Montgomery", "Dear Abby", and "Hello in There". Another victim of Covid-19. So sad.

A poem by Donald Trump [actually it's verbatim from a speech of his last December] I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I have studied it better than anybody else. It’s very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly. —Very few made here, almost none, but they are manufactured, tremendous —if you are into this— tremendous fumes. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint — fumes are spewing into the air. Right? Spewing. Whether it’s in China, Germany, it’s going into the air. It’s our air their air everything — right? A windmill will kill many bald eagles. After a certain number they make you turn the windmill off. That is true. —By the way they make you turn it off. And yet, if you killed one they put you in jail. That is OK. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday, you’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen in your life. ~ D. Trump 12/21/2019

Current: You need players willing to get stuck in (Romeu), with non-stop effort (Ward-Prowse), and who are able to put the ball in the net (Ings). All time: So many to choose from! Svensson, Paine, Lambert

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COYS!

I'm elated. Superb effort for the entire ninety minutes. Total team performance. Great work from Bertrand, Stephens, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, and Armstrong. Hope to see this continue.

Club website has announced a ten-man team!

I'd play either Ward or Prowse, but not both.

The word for this concept is contemporaneous.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! All the best to everyone, from southern Ontario. Have a good day! COYS!

Excellent effort from the entire team. Looked good in that 4-4-2 formation. We seem to have a more settled team now.