• The Khyber Post-Mortem

    I went to my fare share of shows at the Khy­ber while it last­ed. Was­n’t it great? The stretch they had was noth­ing short of amaz­ing now when I look back on some of the shows I saw there. Sure, there were your obscure psych rock artists like Ghost, city main­stays Bar­do Pond and the…

  • The Columbia Avenue Grounds

    As I’ve prob­a­bly men­tioned else­where, I often take my son Char­lie on dri­ves around our neigh­bor­hood to give mom a break and to get him to nap for about an hour or so. I fre­quent­ly dri­ve to the sites of old Philadel­phia ball­parks, most of which are just a short dri­ve from our home in…

  • Another Big Week for Bring Your A’s Game

    My friend and co-work­er Lee Rus­sakoff invit­ed me on his week­ly pod­cast, What’s Your 20, along with John­ny Good­times. You can lis­ten to it here. Some great issues were brought up and I love answer­ing them. There are so many con­tra­dic­tions in sports own­er­ship at this point, what with bank­rupt teams mak­ing big deals at…

  • I’m Living the Meme

    Is that a t‑shirt yet? I coined it this morn­ing, which feels like months in Inter­net time. The beat goes on for Bring Your A’s Game (I promise I’ll write about some­thing else here soon), notch­ing yet anoth­er friend­ly post from Philly guy Dan McQuade over at the hilar­i­ous, awe­some Walkoff Walk. I’ve got more…

  • How I’m Feeling Today

    I wish I were jok­ing when I said that this scene from Step Broth­ers was the inspi­ra­tion for Bring Your A’s Game. It’s been a pret­ty amaz­ing day for the project. Great write-ups at Geekadel­phia and Philebri­ty, great peo­ple reach­ing out, and even more peo­ple join­ing the cause on Facebook! I’m amazed at the lev­el…