These all-week meetings I'm going to are really, really fun. If these meetings were the job, I would always love going. Of course, if these meetings were the only part of the job, there would be no use for the meetings.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–December 6

December 6, 2012 Jeff A

Jocko Conlan (1899)
Tony Lazzeri (1903)
Stan Hack (1909)
Dan Dobbek (1934)
Tony Horton (1944)
Larry Bowa (1945)
Tim Foli (1950)
Chuck Baker (1952)
Gary Ward (1953)
Juan Carlos Oliva (1954)
Steve Bedrosian (1957)
Larry Sheets (1959)
Kevin Campbell (1964)
Kevin Appier (1967)
Jose Contreras (1971)
Chris Basak (1978)
Jason Bulger (1978)

The younger brother of Tony Oliva, Juan Carlos Oliva was a star pitcher in Cuba and later became a successful pitching coach there.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Three To Get Ready

Video December 6, 2012 hungry joe 5 Comments

obligatory...

that said, dave brubeck, in all his incarnations, is (not was) one of my favorite jazz musicians. he seemed to have this mad scientist approach to jazz; this strange mathematical deconstruction of the music. an innovator in key structure and time signatures (i'm still not 100% sure which time this is in... 6/8?), he deserves all the credit he received and will receive in the coming days.

here's a cut from the quintessential brubeck album time out. you will be missed.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPwLP8wGi4
1964

one of my favorite cuts after the jump...
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