zn wrote:

Herzog wrote:

“This is not America……”

every time I see your name I think of this song….anyone know whY?

David Bowie.

Song from The Falcon and the Snowman.

From off the net:

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DAVID BOWIE R.I.P. (from Pat)

https://www.facebook.com/PatMetheny/?fref=nf

Working with David Bowie on “This Is Not America” was an incredible experience. I had written the song as the main theme for the score for “The Falcon and the Snowman”. After traveling to Mexico City where the filming was taking place and watching Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton do a few scenes, I went back to my room and the whole piece came very quickly.
Later while in London recording the score, John Schlesinger, the director of the film, suggested a collaboration with David Bowie for a version of the song to go over the final credits. David came to a screening of the film and I sat near him as he saw the picture for the first time. He had a yellow legal pad on his lap and was writing constantly. At the end of the film, he had a list of maybe 30 (brilliant) song titles that he had thought of while watching. One of them was “This Is Not America”, a line from the film.
David took the music with him and a month later the core of my band and I traveled to Montreux, Switzerland to join him in his studio to record the single. In the meantime, David had taken my original demo, added an additional drum machine part and while keeping the form and big chunks of the original melody, added an additional vocal line on top of the “A” section to which he had written those haunting and evocative lyrics. To me his words make “This is Not America” one of the greatest protest songs ever.
Watching him do his vocal was something I will never forget. I can only say that it was masterful – kind of like the feeling I have had whenever I have had the chance to be around a great jazz musician who carried a one-of-a-kind type presence that filled every note that came out of them. He was really fast. He asked if any of us could sing (we couldn’t/can’t!), so he did all the background vocals himself, kind of transforming into what seemed to be two or three different people as he did each part.
Throughout the whole experience, he was kind, generous and contrary to so many aspects of his various public personas, very normal and straight-ahead. My main impression was that he was extremely professional about everything that he did, that he really wanted to do a great job with the tune and to get a great singing performance and track down as quickly and spontaneously as possible.
And it doesn’t surprise me at all that his last recording includes some of the best contemporary players in New York, especially the fantastic Donny McCaslin. During our time together he expressed a real appreciation and knowledge of this music and saxophone players in particular. He carried the kind of broad view of music and art that was inspiring to me as a collaborator and a fan. I feel very lucky to have had the chance to be around him.

Very cool!

That’s odd, both return specialists are from NFC teams. And four of the six quarterbacks are from NFC teams. I admit I haven’t watched the Pro Bowl in a long time, but don’t the AFC and NFC get an equal number of players at each position?

Maybe he could wear a wrist band like QBs do that says, “put left heel on the ground” and “be square to the LOS” and read it to himself before every play. 🙂

Well, I think we can and do assess the present value of the offensive line, and all personnel for that matter, in the present. Players are graded and evaluated after every game and probably based on practice too.

It is hard to predict the value of the offensive line based on what we see in the present. It is tough to project how good a player or unit of players will be three years from now for a number of reasons.

There’s a big party in Pierre tonight ! Party “West River” style !

Brown had to be taken off on a cart. Williams played the final five snaps with the injured wrist. By Sunday night, it was clear that both required surgery and will have to go on season-ending injured reserve.

“Coincidentally, it happened on the same play, both injuries happened on the interception return,” Fisher said. “So [Williams will] be lost for the remainder of the season as well.”

Maybe Fisher felt he had to change QBs just to keep Foles from getting his OL hurt defending his interceptions.

The totals yards aside, it shows how versatile he is and how valuable he is to the offense and special teams. He’s not nearly as good as Devin Hester was in returning kicks, but he is a better receiver and can run the ball too.

Nittany has the numbers on the Vikings. They have not beaten a “good” team this year, Bridgewater has almost been a non-factor and their offense goes through Peterson. Get pressure on B’water and he will throw the ball away or run and slide. Put a spy on Peterson in the first half, contain him, frustrate him, and force them into as many third downs as possible. Be mindful of their TE Rudolph in the red zone. their kicker has settled down but he was erratic in the first four games. Their DE Everson Griffen got dinged against the Bears so he is likely less than 100%.

Rams need to be unpredictable, but still get Gurley the ball often. Play with tempo, move Foles around and have him throw from outside the hash marks, make the Vikings DBs run around. Don’t throw anything stupid over the middle, their safety Harrison Smith is damn good on the ball and as a hitter. Bubble screens to Austin and see if he can make their corners miss.

Rams 27
Vikings 17

I would think that having good vision of what’s going on around you is important to being able to pick up stunts. Don’t bother double teaming the DT to your left if you lose sight of what is happening to your right.

Thank you Thank you!

I got what I wanted for my birthday – a win over the Cardinals!

zn wrote:

Is David Cobb the real deal?

As a fan of the Gophers I carry a bias on this one, but I think Cobb will be great. I’m excited to see him play. Obviously I am more excited about seeing Gurley play someday, but the Titans got a real gem in Cobb.

Aside from that I’d like to see good health for the Rams.

Hey Gopher fan! I live in Minnesota and watch/listen to the Gopher games. I agree with you that Cobb can be an excellent running back. The Gophers have a knack for producing quality RBs in the NFL.

Good stuff, thanks zn. I really like seeing that the comparisons of Havenstein to Runyan and others go beyond the physical measurements of height, weight, etc… Same demeanor, playing style, position, same OL coach.

RFL, I read somewhere that Foles would be a good fit for our offense because he is very good at selling play action and making accurate passes in short to medium routes. This might not be realized until the latter half of the season when Gurley is healthy enough to play regularly, but I hope it’s true.

Are the Rams are underestimated by other teams? Don’t see much respect despite tough play vs good teams, with a backup

I think the Rams have been chosen by many sportswriters and fans as the next “breakout” team for the last two years. Maybe they feel like they have been fooled and are taking a wait and see approach. Ehh. Preseason forecasts are just time fillers before training camp and preseason games begin.

On the bolded sentence, maybe it would be more honest to say, “This was done with the intent of providing extra motivation to our defense and we were not concerned if someone got injured.”