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How were they nb? While I'm here, a couple from Elvis Costello (and the attractions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhLztdvgpFY

The bowing was fast and furious ... just goes to show what happens to the batsmen when they have to face a multitude of quicks at 150klm plus. Their young bloke (Milne) looks a likely type too - nice action and swift. Starc just keeps getting better and better and Cummins is still learning ... he's got to know that Williamson was going to tee off but sometimes it's hard to think on your feet. I reckon he was trying for a yorker but just didn't execute well enough. Great finish all the same. As for the tournament, there seems to be great interest from an overseas point of view but we should be getting a lot more matches on free-to-air here ... CA should have worked out some sort of deal.

What a collapse! 6 wickets lost for 24 runs ... Watson, Warner, Smith, Maxwell, Marsh & Clarke all gone. Edit: Johnson goes ... now 8/106 after being 1/80 Edit (II) 9/106 now - diabolical.

Thanks for the offer nb but I've got a bit on this weekend On standby at work as well! Have a great night mate

Beck's latest album ... 'Morning Phase' won album of the year/best rock album at the recent Grammy's. The album has received a number of favourable reviews. To sample all of the tracks you can go here ... All Music's review of 'Morning Phase' (Beck) And here's one of the 4 singles that has subsequently been released from the album ...

... and there's more. The same crew who did the Breaking Bad podcasts are back doing podcasts about 'Better Call Saul' Here's the link ... Better Call Saul Podcasts p.s ... Stan TV is airing the show in Australia

Some terrific stuff there JJ ... really enjoyed those 2 tracks. Here's a couple from one of my favourite pianists ... the late, great Oscar Peterson playing 2 of Gershwin's classics ...

Continuing on the Aussie rock/blues theme, here's a couple of blasts from the past (the progressive rock era?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9LGIbXpeGE

With regards to the 9 commentary team ... most TV's these days have an audio capacity where one can increase the crowd noise and decrease the commentary 'noise' ... after that, I turn the volume down. Finchy is going great guns here ... could be a big big hundred (it's already a fair sized hundred) Edit: 2 balls later ... he's out. Top innings all the same and we do bat deep. .

Yep, saw them a couple of times ... as you said, a great pub band.

'Fortitude' (airs on the ABC - starts this Sunday 15th) A brand new drama that has received positive reviews (anything with Stanley Tucci in it is always worth a look)

While I think of it ... 2 from Paramore 'Ain't it Fun' won best rock song at yesterday's Grammys whilst 'Decode' is from a few years back ...

The Sentimental Bloke (now the Manninghan) was the place to get to as well - although the beer was so watered down you'd walk out sober. Went to a number of other places as well but a lot of us lived around Kew so it was often the Prozzie (so you could walk home and save the cab fare) From memory we saw Russell Morris & the Rubes, Sunnyboys, Models, the Mondo's, Max Merritt and a stack of other bands there ... it was always a good night. Great days. Here's a couple from RM&TR (they were fantastic live)

Some good reading there fella's ... I'm positive I saw The Sports a couple of times but it's all a bit hazy at the 'where' now ... might have been at the Prospect Hill hotel in Kew (the Prozzie) ... that was our main local haunt ... 78 Known Gigs for Prospect Hill Hotel (some of the dates ring a bell but I lived a bit of a 'different' lifestyle back then!) Pub rock ruled back in the day ... and a lot of the bands were way way better live Anyway ... here's a couple of their hits ...

Further news on 'Better Call Saul' ... looks like the show might be a winner if the first episode is any sort of example. Bob Odenkirk joins Andy Greenwald to discuss the premiere of 'Better Call Saul.'

No, but there seems to be an infinite amount of alternate bands around these days to catch up with ... I like the song though EH. The lead singer certainly has a unique style ... I watched the video and then just listened to the song separately. While I'm here ... here's some Eric Clapton (from his album 'E.C WAS HERE' ... 'Further On Up The Road')

I tend to agree Cards ... Frost/Nixon (the movie) was infinitely more entertaining than the actual interviews. Close enough is good enough is my motto when it comes to film. As long as you get the gist of it, that'll do. For those who like their sci-fi, here's a couple of recently made movies that I quite enjoyed ... I Origins & Predestination

I've always found it amazing the effect of the music that one listened to when aged 17-21 - it just stays with you. Not necessarily the bands or the songs but the style and the beat. My favourite style is funky jazz/rock but I can listen to and enjoy just about anything. Here's 'Conquistador' from Procul Harem followed by a funky number featuring Bruno Mars. A huge contrast but there's no accounting for taste! (especially when it comes to music)

As we all know the clock keeps ticking at the end of a completed 'inbounds' play (unless there's a time-out) and a team will often use up all their allotted time before snapping the ball (when given that opportunity) I guess it's feasible but I was still really surprised by the 12 minutes bit though - 4 hours put aside for just 12 minutes of actual game time - that's just wrong Couldn't find the youtube video but have a listen to the reaction of the Seahawks fans in the latest podcast of 'Highly Questionable' (about 15 minutes in) Intolerable cruelty I'd call it but it's hard not to laugh.

The first episode of 'Better Call Saul' airs in a few days in the States ... the show is a prequel to Breaking bad but also apparently skips in time on occasions to post Breaking Bad and maybe even during the time span of Breaking Bad ... the show has the same creator - Vince Gilligan Interview with Bob Odenkirk (Saul) re the show.

Footy as an overall sport might become more enjoyable again if our blokes can start getting in the winners circle ... when you perform as poorly as we have it's easy to switch off the sport. We need to be able to realistically compare ourselves to the better teams instead of looking at those teams with pure envy. As unambitious as this sounds, even if we were able to win 1 in 3 games on a regular basis, we'd probably be relatively pleased (more so as a first step) When Roos was appointed my main ambition for him was for him to build a proper list ... in the last 4 or 5 years I'd be usually ruling a line through a dozen players or so - not this year though. I can only find 3 or 4 this year - that's gotta be a good thing

Don't ya just love stats ... Apparently the Pats faced 6 rushes on the 1 yard line this season and allowed 5 TD's ... that's right 5 TD's (and none of them were from 'beast mode') I guess they were overdue to stop one Anyway, for a bit of lighthearted entertainment, here's this mornings episode of 'Highly Questionable' (with Dan Le Batard, his Dad & Bomani Jones) For the first 10-12 minutes they chat about the SB ('that' play is discussed with both sides of the story given fair hearing) They also go back in time and look at their over reaction to the Pats plight after their loss in KC (about 4 minutes in) ... Highly Questionable Podcast

The play they chose can probably be "explained" a hundred different ways but it's the play they chose not to use which will be talked about (for a long time I'm reckoning) You nearly always need to do what the opposition doesn't want you to do ... handing it off to Lynch was the play. 3rd & 4th down plays might have been a different story as they'd already used 2 of their time-outs (some are saying they used them needlessly) There's also talk that the Pats knew about the play that they did use. Malcolm Butler made mention that they'd been practicing that play in that exact type goal line situation. Belichick probably should be getting the credit if that is the case.

The Pats would have counted themselves unlucky to lose whilst Seattle would have been counting their lucky stars if they'd won (courtesy of a freak catch) However, Seattle still should have won ... they were gifted an opportunity and blew it

All the more reason to hand it to off to Lynch - he was overdue. Stats are often meaningless anyway - a coach often needs to go with his natural instincts, regardless of the plan of his OC. Lynch was having a top game and it was a no-brainer to hand it off to him in that situation. He'd already ran in a TD in from 6 or 7 yards. Seattle are often renowned for doing what they do in a fairly obvious manner and asking the opposition to beat them at it ... they went away from that thinking at a critical moment and it cost them a chance at a title. This is not hindsight stuff either - at the time it was happening, I, along with probably millions of others thought it was a no-brainer to hand it off to Lynch. Try anything else and live with the consequences. And they are going to have to live with the consequences of their decision.