Read about them a few weeks ago. Listened to some tracks on their MySpace and fell in love. Hard to believe, but they’re even better live.
How to describe their sound? Does a southern rock-tinged Jay Reatard make sense? Skynyrd meets the Ramones?
Bought two albums and introduced myself to Mike, the lead singer and guitarist, at the merch table after the show.
Someone please sign this band and make them famous, okay? Think Matador would be a great fit. Make it happen, people!
Just hanging out in the park on a beautiful fall morning.
The baseball offseason torments me. While I appreciate the postseason awards — congrats to Roy Halladay on his Cy Young Award — I find my thoughts turn to the likes of Ed Delahanty, Sam Thompson, Gavvy Cravath and Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Fortunately, I have company. My friend and coworker Dan McQuade of Philadelphia Will Do is loaning me an Ed Delahanty biography! Cannot wait to read about a troubled ballplayer who died at Niagara Falls. I’m fascinated by Big Ed’s story and I love thinking about the dead-ball era, when baseball was a grinding game of bunts, steals and dirty pitches, to say nothing of rogue leagues and labor strife.
I also nearly joined the Society for American Baseball Research yesterday. I told you it was getting bad!
Were you one of the poor souls spazzing out over Kanye’s 10.0 from Pitchfork? How perfectly 2002 of you. If you’re looking for more grist for the mill, look no further than Jeff Weiss’ excellent My Beautiful Dark Twisted Family roundtable, in which several critics offer their thoughts on what most people seem to believe is the album of the year. (I’m inclined to agree with most people.)
Not good enough? Jeff and his friends are really, really funny.
Just a fun fall day at our favorite park.