httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiObtL49uls
My Bloody Valentine has a new album out. You should buy it. Live from Japan 2008.
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I was reading a note about Jeff Burroughs the other day when it occurred to me that there have not been a whole lot of great ballplayers named "Jeff". So, with the help of baseball-reference.com, I put together my all-Jeff team.
Another one I'll probably miss most of. Dang.
For the sixth or seventh month in a row, I've seen very few movies. I had one in mind for this day but I'll be damned if I can remember what it is. I have, however, been all the heck over Netflix's House of Cards, a political drama based (somewhat loosely) on an '80s BBC drama of the same name. It's one of those shows that's so good, it doesn't matter that the backdrop does not, as a rule, interest me.
Oh, I remember the movie I was going to use. Comedian Mike Birbiglia starred in the movie Sleepwalker which I took in a few weeks ago. Watching relationships fall apart is a hell of a lot more interesting to me than watching them come together (this is largely due to the fact that Hollywood focuses so heavily on the latter), and this didn't disappoint me. It's funny enough and it's wrenching enough. Plus, it focuses a lot on his rise in comedy (it's not purely autobiographical, but he plays a comedian) so final feelings are somewhat mixed, as he's really made it in that business as the movie comes to a close.
I think I'm in the mood for more melancholy sorta-drama, sorta-comedy. Suggestions?
Or, hey, ignore all this and talk about blockbusters and porn. I'm down for whatever.
What have you seen?
My favorite people at work are almost all on vacation and I've got a schedule this week that isn't seeing-my-kids friendly. I need to get this iPad app made and successful so I can feel like I didn't miss their childhood.
Ray Ryan (1883)
George Mogridge (1889)
Sherry Smith (1891)
Jake Kline (1895)
Huck Betts (1897)
Joe Gordon (1915)
Herm Wehmeier (1927)
Frank House (1930)
Manny Mota (1938)
Dal Maxvill (1939)
Bob Miller (1939)
Jerry Morales (1949)
John Mayberry (1949)
Bruce Kison (1950)
Marc Hill (1952)
Rafael Ramirez (1958)
Kevin Tapani (1964)
John Valentin (1967)
Shawn Estes (1973)
Jamey Carroll (1974)
Chad Moeller (1975)
Ray Ryan was involved in minor league baseball for six decades. He had one baseball card, a part of the T206 tobacco series. This is the series that produced the famous Honus Wagner card.
Jake Kline was the baseball coach at Notre Dame from 1934-1975.
many, many thanks to sheenie for an awesome guest DJ week. to hang a coda on it, here's a nawlins institution: the honorable professor longhair.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSN7WOPkQ0
i really wish i could have found a performance of "misery", but this is essential the same song, though the words are a bit mushier.
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Pat Pieper (1886)
Nemo Leibold (1892)
Wally Pipp (1893)
Ed Brandt (1905)
Red Barber (1908)
Rod Dedeaux (1914)
Roger Craig (1930)
Cliff Gustafson (1931)
Dick Bosman (1944)
Dave Roberts (1951)
Jaime Easterley (1953)
Mike Hart (1958)
Michael Jordan (1963)
Scott Williamson (1976)
Juan Padilla (1977)
Josh Willingham (1979)
Pat Pieper was the public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs from 1916-1974. For the first sixteen of those years, he made the announcements with a megaphone.
Rod Dedeaux and Cliff Gustafson were highly successful college baseball coaches, Dedeaux with USC and Gustafson with Texas.
Already known as a basketball star, Michael Jordan played one year of minor league baseball for AA Birmingham in the White Sox organization before returning to the less-challenging sport.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMMLb39RJOQ
I end my week traveling up the Mississippi with local rap on The Current. Couldn't get more Minneapolis-ish than this, at least for me.
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