Ramblings
December 27, 2006
2006 Soundtrack
Last year was the first year of my annual soundtrack project. Here's this year's CD:
- Pixies: "Where Is My Mind?"
- People Under The Stairs: "The Dig"
- Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy"
- Devo: "Turn Around"
- They Might Be Giants: "I Should Be Allowed To Think"
- Belle & Sebastian: "White Collar Boy"
- The Dubliners: "Irish Rover"
- Simple Minds: "The American"
- The Smiths: "What Difference Does It Make?"
- Man...or Astro-man?: "Lo batt"
- The Ventures: "Pedal Pusher"
- The Romantics: "When I Look in Your Eyes"
- The Alias Brothers: "Seven"
- Dangerdoom: "Old School"
- Beck: "Hell Yes"
- Bad Brains: "Big Takeover"
- Goodbye Harry: "They"
- Bad Religion: "American Jesus"
- Green Day: "Scattered"
- NOFX: "It’s My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite"
- Samiam: "Sunshine"
- Smashing Pumpkins: "Bodies"
- Rush: "Tom Sawyer"
- The Bad Plus: "And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation"
Labels: music, soundtrack
December 8, 2006
December 6, 2006
Baseball Player Answers Fan Mail 15 Years Late
Slate has a story about former Major League pitcher Don Carman answering his fan mail a decade-and-a-half late because he recently found a box of letters that were misplaced when he moved.
One thing that makes postgame interviews with baseball players useless are the cliche responses they give...which is why I found this part of the article funny:
One thing that makes postgame interviews with baseball players useless are the cliche responses they give...which is why I found this part of the article funny:
After enduring years worth of questions from benighted sports writers ("How'd it feel out there today, Don?"), Carman compiled a list of 37 suitably vapid answers that could be applied to almost any query. These included: "Baseball's a funny game"; "I just want to help the club any way I can"; "I didn't have my good stuff, but I battled 'em"; and, a personal favorite, "We have a different hero every day." Carman posted the list above his locker with a note that told writers, "You saw the game ... take what you need."Of course, what was a joke to Don Carman are legitimate answers for most players today. You can read his entire list of answers here.
Labels: baseball
December 4, 2006
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