Paolo Maldini - Superman Retires!

Great article by Amy Lawrence on the impending retirement of Paulo Maldini.

The paragraph below really does put it in perspective.

Maldini the one and only bows out

A quarter of a century in the first team of any club is a staggering enough feat. To do it at one of the world's elite teams, sweeping up five European Cup medals and seven Serie A titles along the way, sets a benchmark that looks unmatchable. To put it into perspective, 35-year-old Ryan Giggs would have to play on for Manchester United for another seven years to equal Maldini's length of service. Real Madrid's Raúl, who turns 32 in the summer, will need to continue for another 10 years. This is a man who has won the European Cup in three different decades.

CVJFC Tournament2009 photos

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Photos from the recent tournament we hosted here in Catterick Village. Photos taken by Sandy Norrie of our U8s team - including Charlie.

CVJFC Tournament2009 - a set on Flickr.

Robert Fripp is 63 - nice collection of online videos

I noticed this nice colection of Fripp Videos on allaboutjazz.com to celebrate his 63rd birthday.

(Confession: I skipped through these videos - it's a lot of time if you play them all fully)

I first listened to Fripp on his contributions to Bowie's 'Heroes' - and on from there to his ongoing work with Eno and Talking Heads. He then contributed to some of David Sylvian's early solo work before they recorded and toured together. In fact, Sylvian & Fripp at the Royal Albert Hall in 1993 was the first gig Alison and I went to together (although as it was a "sitting down gig" I'm not sure if she would say it really counts).

Fripp has contributed to much of my very favourite rock/pop music and also led me to many other artists along the way.

Link: Jazz News: Sat Eye Candy: Robert Fripp.

"Guitarist extraordinaire and musical theoretician of the highest order, Robert Fripp has dipped his talented fingers into a lot of pies over the years. Besides the many and still-mutating configurations of King Crimson, he's worked with Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Steve Vai, David Bowie and numerous others, often steering his compatriots into cerebral spaces that stretch all involved. He is ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone's list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." JamBase wishes a very happy birthday to one of the thinking man's greats."