All posts by Rhubarb_Runner

King Huron – Wait by the River

Video August 15, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner

I don't know King Huron from Adam, but I like this song when it pops up on the radio. One of my song of the year nominations.

(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.

WGOM Videos

James Horner — Playing a Game of “Go”

Video August 14, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner

RIP James Horner -- would have been 65 today
From A Beautiful Mind soundtrack

(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.

WGOM Videos

Big Big Train — The Transit of Venus Across the Sun

Video August 14, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner

Not my favoritest neo-prog groups, but they have a lot of gems nonetheless.

(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)
You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.

WGOM Videos

Steely Dan — Kid Charlemagne

Video August 13, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner 2 Comments

Doing something different here; I love this series that Rick Beato has been doing, and he has filled YouTube with a crapton of music appreciation videos, interviews, rants, and teaching videos -- check them out sometime.

(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.

Cup of Coffee

August 7, 2018: They’re Ba-a-a-ck

August 7, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner 15 Comments

Venture Bros season 7 has hit the airwaves

2018 Twins Game Logs

Game 96: Joe Mauer’s Doubles vs. KC Ballplayers

July 21, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner 10 Comments

All your doubles are belong to Joe!

Cup of Coffee

January 24, 2018: The Farthest Shore

January 24, 2018 Rhubarb_Runner 11 Comments

RIP Ursula K. Le Guin

WGOM Videos

Weezer — Happy Hour

Video December 13, 2017 Rhubarb_Runner 2 Comments

Runner daughter informs me that she's a big Weezer fan, so I guess that means I'll have to move on now. (btw, she preferred "Feels like Summer")

Some of the others I considered from 2017 (in no order):

Jack Johnson "Big Sur"
Vusa Mkhaya "Schweinsbeuschel"
Dispatch "Only the Wild Ones"
Rebekah Del Rio "No Stars" (Twin Peaks: The Return soundtrack)

I'm just impressed that I'm "relevant" enough to know more than one song that came out this year.

(5 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.

Cup of Coffee

November 1, 2017: Uncompromised

November 1, 2017 Rhubarb_Runner 10 Comments

Looking back, this World Series Game 7 would have never happened had the two leagues been able to come to some compromise. What, too soon?

Cup of Coffee

September 3, 2017: Yes, I’m Positive!

September 3, 2017 Rhubarb_Runner 27 Comments

"I" being the Twins' run differential this season.

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.

In Response to Weekly Wild Whangdoodle: Week 2,
- hungry joe: or you could watch this: https://twitter.com/ bleacherreport/statu s/135280403797702246 6?s=21
- hungry joe: much better than the pups game. https://twitter.com/ cjzero/status/135281 7890161000448?s=21
- Daneekas Ghost: Last Saturday I pointed out to DK that Eriksson Ek was probably the Wild’s best center, but he just can’t...
In Response to FMD: Tom Jones Need Not Apply,
- Rhubarb_Runner: good one!
- Daneekas Ghost: Yes.
- Daneekas Ghost: I do like Jane’s Addiction.
- Zee German: https://youtu.be/3-U AKEJDOXw
- Algonad: https://youtu.be/Oyl Jq6L-Wd0
- Rhubarb_Runner: Did you leave this song off your list deliberately just to troll us? https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQU RMs
- hungry joe: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=-CUkqZez D-I (not NSFW)
- Daneekas Ghost: We did check out Cool for Cats and were too distracted by the singer’s hairdo.
- freealonzo: Also… Cool for Cats — Squeeze Mean Eyed Cat — Johnny Cash Cat Walk — Beat Happening Anything by Cat...
- freealonzo: How about Beth from Kiss as it was sung by Peter Criss — The Catman.
In Response to January 22, 2021: Memey,
- Twayn: Sad news. I’ve probably told this story here before, but the night Aaron hit 715 I was with my older brother and mother at...
- freealonzo: Oh yeah. It was such a big deal when he ended the season at 713. Talk about drama. The start of the season was so...
- sean: There’s also a new, more contagious variant. We will likely need enhancing our restrictions to account for its increase in...
- Philosofer: It actually is fairly low here. Its been more family-by-family than true community spread. For the most part people have...
- Rowsdower: I remember watching that, it was on Monday Night Baseball. My Dad had VFW meetings on Monday nights and I remember telling him...
- freealonzo: Hopefully you and your family fully recover. It’s a slog as I still have fatigue issue 3 months out. Do you think your...
- Philosofer: Well, the long incubation period finally came to fruition… I’ve had symptoms for about 4 or 5 days, and...
- E-6: All-Time MLB leader in RBI and total bases. I remember watching it at my friend Tom Helland’s house. https://youtu.be/...
- brianS: Watched it too. Both awesome and frightening, given the bigotry of the time. He always seemed like such a gentleman and a role...
- SBG: :'( I remember Hank ending the 1973 season with 713 HRs. I had a school binder with his career stats on it, showing him 1 HR short...
- Rhubarb_Runner: holy cr@p, I don’t like this.
- davidwatts: RIP Hank Aaron
In Response to Fleet Foxes – Can I Believe You,
- freealonzo: The most recent Fleet Foxes album did absolutely nothing for me and I was going to give this a 6 but the choir was pretty...
In Response to Happy Birthday–January 22,
- MagUidhir: Happy birthday to her
- Rhubarb_Runner: Good Lord — 30 years old
In Response to January 21, 2021: Happ-y,
- MagUidhir: This is the one I made https://twitter.com/ McGuire_GIS/status/1 352344058396635139
- brianS: This one is for Bootsy https://twitter.com/ CageyRant/status/135 2314284555055104?s=0 9
- bjhess: Thanks for all of the ideas, y’all!
- SBG: Yes I was.
- Rhubarb_Runner: I have a niece whose 21st birthday is today…the 21st day of 2021.
- The Dread Pirate: A World Undone by G.J. Meyer is also a good one volume history
- The Dread Pirate: That was going to be my starter suggestion. If you want a deep, deep dive into how the foreign policies of Germany and...
- freealonzo: This is considered one of the better WWI books by a real historian who though writes for a broader audience. 600 pages about,...
- freealonzo: Pretty sure stick was there too.
- Zee German: Tell him you’ve been perusing the CIA Factbook.
- hungry joe: Heh. Reminds me of when I was dating a Slovakian.
- spookymilk: Bingo
- bjhess: (I mean WRT Kenya, starting with the Wiki and the Britannica is probably an OK place to start.)
- Rhubarb_Runner: Back in college we studied from this book. I remember it as being pretty good (and depressing).
- bjhess: I should probably save for a book day, but let’s see if this works. I’m looking for a couple recommendations....
- Rhubarb_Runner: pretty sure the burn happened when removing a polyp
- Algonad: I was there. Left early and couldn’t even catch the end at home as the power was out.
- freealonzo: I also think a bunch of us were at that Twins-Braves game at the dome where the Twins rocked Greg Maddox in the first two...
- freealonzo: That is why I took the poop in the box route. Just completed my 8th out of 10 annual stool samples.
In Response to January 20, 2021: Changes,
- cheaptoy: My condolences. The last two games I’ve watched were Bucks-Nets and Bucks-Lakers, so in my short term memory basketball...
- E-6: I was not aware of that. My admiration grows.
- spookymilk: I finally “got” to watch a game last night. Mmhm.