Autumn Souvenir

Although rain pushed the Yankees' opener back one day, the 2008 baseball season is upon us. I'm the first to admit that many things about Major League Baseball turn me off: steroids, high ticket prices, greed, and imbalance amongst the teams, to name a few. However, no matter how hard I try to shake it, baseball is the one professional sport that I just can't see myself ever walking away from. I've been attending games at Yankee Stadium for close to 34 years. Of those years, I'd say that I've seen at least one game in probably 30 of 34 seasons. I've seen some historic games/events first-hand, including David Wells' perfect game, Tom Seaver's 300th win, the 1996 World Series finale, Game 4 of the 2001 Series against Arizona (Tino's HR) and many others. There's nothing like this game. The nuances. The intelligence that goes into it all. The statistics. The seemingly endless season. The luck. The grass. A sunny Sunday afternoon at the ballpark. ...

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The Traveling Wilburys : The Traveling Wilburys (Deluxe Edition) Rhino, 2007

If Senator Clinton wins the nomination, I am fairly certain that I will not vote in the 2008 presidential election. One of the main reasons I've been proud to be a democrat, in addition to siding with them on about 95% of the issues, has been the way that they've carried themselves over the years. Since the republican electorate generally has a much lower IQ than that of the democrats, it's deplorable, yet understandable, that the republicans often resort to dirty and moronic campaign tactics. That said, I have never seen a democratic candidate turn to such despicable tactics. Today Hillary Clinton, in a move of severe desperation, turned the conversation back to Reverend Wright. Barack Obama confronted his relationship with last week and delivered a very honest and powerful speech. Right when we thought that the party would finally turn back to the issues, Senator Clinton wouldn't let go. This is unforgiveable. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agree on about 99% of po...

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Fantastic set last night. Lekman is very similar to Josh Rouse live: great grooves/spirit, captivating stories, songs that just make you happy. His storytelling around the song "A Postcard To Nina" will likely end up being a major highlight of '08. It took me about a year to finally *get* Jens, but now that I do, I doubt that I'll ever miss another one of his stops through SF. Thanks, AM.