A fine outing for Edgar Ibarra.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Falling for Baseball: Games of 10/18
Michael Tonkin has a good outing.
October 19, 2012: They’re Out
No more Yankees, no more idiotic Girardi-ARod drama. Well, the latter's probably going to go on forever, but at least they're out of the playoffs.
Happy Birthday–October 19
Mordecai Brown (1876)
Fred Snodgrass (1887)
Bob O'Farrell (1896)
Al Brazle (1913)
Walt Bond (1937)
Sandy Alomar (1943)
Al Gallagher (1945)
David Palmer (1957)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972)
Horacio Estrada (1975)
Michael Young (1976)
Randy Ruiz (1977)
Jose Bautista (1980)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
Friday Music Day: Oct 19, 2012
I took a little excursion to Cheapo on Snelling Ave yesterday and scored a few CDs I'd been looking for, and some I didn't know I was looking for:
Shannon Stephens, Shannon Stephens (reissue)
Meat Puppets, Up on the Sun
Koko Taylor, Queen of the Blues
Steve Reich, Triple Quartet
Valgeir Sigurðsson, Ekvílibríum
Conway Twitty, Silver Anniversary Collection
and, best of all,
Black Dice, Beaches & Canyons. My collection of the Black Dice albums is now complete!
Not intentional, but that's pretty danged eclectic if you ask me. But! Shannon Stephens was covered by Bonnie Prince Billy, who is on the Sigurðsson album. Siggurðsson has also worked with Björk, who in turn has recorded with Kronos Quartet, who performed the title Piece on the Reich album. The Meat Puppets have covered Twitty. Black Dice has a song called "Kokomo" which isn't necessarily not about Ms. Taylor. Most people who buy Black Dice probably buy Conway Twitty at the same time, right?
The last CD I put back was Luomo's Paper Tigers, which is quite different than the rest of the above as well. Hmmm, Listening to that track again, I think I may have put the line too short.
Have a good weekend all, and share your random list, please!
Divine Fits – Would That Not Be Nice
Spoon's Britt Daniel and former Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs member Dan Boeckner formed this new band and released their first album this summer. Here's Daniel on the first one, and after the jump, Boeckner's "My Love Is Real".
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0abXMo1MME
Thursday games: ALCS/NLCS
lets hope for no rain delays
Dominican Daily: Games of 10/17
A huge day for Drew Butera.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 10/17
The only way to stop Chris Colabello is to postpone his team's game.
Venezuelan View: Games of 10/17
A solid outing for Angel Mata.