Hello Natalia and Kurt!
Just a brief executive summary, (Full field report to follow, as time allows!), note to thank you both, ever so much, for your more than generous, generous hospitality and alloggio stellare! The weekend was far too, too short, (I bemoan, as I'm sure do others, the lack of time to play any bridge but trust on another occasion, in the very near future, we will do so!), passing in a blur of truly remarkable food, unending cascades of hootch, outpourings of fine music, (with the slight exception of an overproduced album by some unknown), and scintillating conversations. (The fact that the NRBC selezione, The Nieces Nephews, was discussed, at all, on the Grand Patio, was, in and of itself, extraordinary!) It was a delight to meet you, Natalia, and thank you again for your warm welcome and the pleasure of your easy going personality, in marked and sharp contradistinction to that of the crusty, peevish, blustering, quarrelsome, chloeric Laird of Wrathslair, Il Duce di Nicotina.
Kurt, thanks again for hosting, and to Natalia as well. I enjoyed the company hanging out on your deck accomplishing nothing of any significance, and the food Natalia put together was superb. Guy
Bridge insult quotation: "if you are accused in a court of law of being able to play bridge I'll defend you for free." - source unknown.
sounds like a really nice time, but more importantly,
what is the next book (given the rarity of the Muddy Waters book)? Or
are we still undecided? VL
You should be very jealous! You missed an amazing weekend! Fortunately we were able to eat and drink your shares as well as our own, thereby ensuring that Kurt and Natalia weren't burdened by a fridge full of over-lefts... ^) 8^) cheers, Mark Thanks Mark for salting the wound. Moe
To Moe and all other non-attendees of the NRBC Naniamo Bridge Retreat and Food Fest! All's fair in love, literature and contract bridge. Whining about a missed opportunity, after the fact, is not to be entertained. Mean Streets. Hard Nose the Highway, Lads! Cheers, Patrizzio, Sole Distributor of Wreck Beach Salt!
Dear Zoo Keeper or Wildebeest or Great White or Spotted Prawn, I'm not sure which!
Glad to hear that you made it safely back to the game/tank enclosure! Just for your information, I had 83.4 K over 4:46:41, AVG 17.4 KPH, MAX 57.8 KPH, for the cumulative figures for Saturday and Sunday. Roughly 35-36 K to Horseshoe Bay from the Heartbreak Terrace, then about 4.1 K, (Il Duce's figure.), to Resedenza di Natalia from Departure Bay, to give approximately 40 K for one way trip. Figures are a bit more for me as they included some dipsy doodling until I was rescued on the fringes of Sherwood Forest and then again while I circled while you attempted to fix/re-inflate your tire. Hope we can manage another ride before we both take off on our respective hols. Let me know what might work over next week(s), or so and we'll plan accordingly! Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Pics: Thought I'd include some of your "art" shots as well as you outdoing me, talking with two hands, as opposed to my one gesticulating limb!
Thank you for your most generous, kind and thoughtful offer of pro bono publico representation for the NRBC members' bridge endeavours. Fortunately, only Whirlygig and I will be in need of your expert services. Il Duce di Nicotina and Marcus Aurelius will never be accused of being able to play bridge but will surely require a criminal lawyer as a fatal crime of passion, given their superheated exchanges this past Saturday, is inevitable. Thank you again, my Esteemed Sir. I remain, as ever and always, Patrizzio "Jacoby Transfer" Dunn! Pic: Il Sigaretta?
From 1967 until their breakup in 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival ("CCR") was a tour de force in the American music world. The band, lead by frontman John Fogerty, released seven studio albums, six of which received Platinum recognition from the Recording Industry Association of America. Nine of their singles hit the top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Down on the Corner." (Incredibly, five of their songs hit #2, but not one ever hit #1. That's the most #2 hits of any group to never have a #1 song.) When the group broke up at what seemed to be a bright future ahead of them, Fogerty himself started off on a solo career.
And got sued for sounding too much like himself. The CCR breakup wasn't all that friendly, to say the least. The band never reunited except for a set at band member (and John's brother) Tom Fogerty's wedding. But John Fogerty's bigger problems were with Fantasy, Inc., the band's label. For Fogerty and Fantasy -- and, more importantly, for Fogerty and Fantasy CEO Saul Zaentz -- breaking up was hard to do. On Fogerty's first notable solo album, Centerfield, the artist took two potshots at Zaentz by way of song, titling two of the eleven songs as "Zanz Kant Danz" and "Mr. Greed." Zaentz took exception to this and threatened a defamation suit against Fogerty; Fogerty changed the title of the first song to "Vanz Kant Danz" to reduce the threat. But another claim was on the way: copyright infringement.
Fantasy owned the rights to the CCR song "Run Through the Jungle", which the band released in April of 1970. Fogerty wrote and produced the song, and he was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist on it as well. One of the songs on Centerfield, titled "The Old Man in the Road" (here's the music video), sounded a lot like "Run Through the Jungle" -- at least to Zaentz and company. They filed a lawsuit claiming that the latter was a ripoff of the former -- "alleging that 'The Old Man in the Road' was just 'Run Through the Jungle' with different words," as a subsequent court decision would note. The jury disagreed. As mental_floss noted, Fogerty argued that "the two songs may have sounded somewhat similar, but they were both variations on his signature 'swamp rock' style. Simply put, of course two John Fogerty songs sounded the same."
The case made legal history for another reason as well. Fogerty's triumph came at a massive cost -- huge attorney's fees. But it was unclear whether Fantasy should be held responsible for Fogerty's legal bills. That question went to the Supreme Court, who decided by 9-0 decision that Fogerty (and his new label, Warner Bros.) were entitled to reimbursement. Bonus fact : Fogerty's song "Centerfield" (from the album of the same name) holds a unique distinction -- it's in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years after the song's release, Fogerty performed the song at the Hall's annual induction ceremony and donated the baseball bat-shaped guitar he used to record the song to the Hall. Per Wikipedia, the song now plays continuously at the Hall of Fame.
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