Category Archives: Music
Poets Priests And Politicians
Sting turned sixty this month; one day before Dave Winfield did. I’m not sure how much they followed each others careers, but I followed both closely as a tween then teen. I got my first radio around 1980. It was … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, beisbol, Music, Uncategorized
Media Play
I haven’t written much about baseball lately. Truth be told, I haven’t watched much since the Red Sox collapsed. Maybe I will write a post-mortem on their season, but what can I add that hasn’t already been said? I have … Continue reading
Country And Westerns
George Jones was a hard drinking country singer. Don Imus used to use an excerpt from “The King Is Gone (And So Are You)” as bumper music. Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter That looks … Continue reading
Filed under Movies, Music, Pop Kultur
Bruin Station
It is now less than a week until Opening Day. Some folks think that pitchers and catchers reporting should be a national holiday, but that day pales in comparison to Opening Day. I’m excited and not just because the Red … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, basketball, beisbol, Hoops, Music
Orange WHIP
In The Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood Blues sang the old Spencer Davis Group hit “Gimme Some Lovin’” On the original, teenage Steve Winwood sang and played the Hammond B-3. Winwood would go on to Traffic and later Blind Faith. … Continue reading
Fire Wayne Hagin Already!
3) “Oh, I suppose you could do better?” No, I couldn’t. I’d be a lousy announcer, for sure. But I don’t need to know how to make a movie to know that Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is a … Continue reading
More Cowbell
Foghat and Blue Oyster Cult are coming to Enfield, CT next Saturday nite. I won’t be around for this show, but I’ve seen both bands over the years. Foghat played Finnegan’s in San Angelo, TX my last nite at Goodfellow … Continue reading
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Jimmy Dean 1928-2010
I loved the song “Big Bad John” as a kid. Let’s see one of these modern guys do a song like that. Maybe Steve Earle could, but I doubt he’d be up to starting a sausage empire afterwards.
Filed under Music, Pop Kultur
More on Garth Brooks
Wish I knew about this project when I was composing my Astroturf post.
Filed under Music, Pop Kultur
