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Congratulations to fellow Jamootzer ‘Dangerous’ DJL for being mentioned in a story on espn.com on simulated baseball leagues.
I also belong to the Ohio Old Time Strat-o-matic League (as the Yankees, naturally), and it’s nice to see our little old timey league make the big time. It’s also nice to see something that djl worked so hard on get some recognition.
The league is fun and things like this make absorbing all the jokes from the peanut gallery of my life worth it.
How to win friends and influence people, RIAA style:
Step 1: Sue a bunch of random people on vague claims of copyright infringement.
Step 2: In the event that a defendant dies, file a motion for a 60-day extension in the case to give his or her family time to grieve.
Step 3: Out of a self-proclaimed “abundance of sensitivity,” drop the case.
Sometimes it feels like the recording industry is a goldmine for bad karma. As if past actions such as:
-suing customers
-abusing their copyright rights
-denying artists their creative rights
-keeping artists tied to unconsciable contracts
-and promoting crappy music nonstop at the expense of good music
weren’t enough, they go and do something like this. I suppose out of my own personal “abundance of sensitivity,” I should congratulate them for dropping the case, but I’m not a sensitive person.
For someone who’s been called an “obnixous Yankees fan,” I really don’t write much about baseball.
Well, I don’t know how much this post will be about actual baseball, but I can try.
One thing that really bugs me is off days. Nevermind the whole bunch of off-days between October and February. But this year, it feels like the Yankees have been hit with off days at the most inopportune times. First, there was the Thursday after the All Star game. Four days without a Yankees game. And the second one that comes to mind is obviously yesterday. The day of the trading deadline, right after the Yankees made a great trade, I have to wait to see the team in action.
It just doesn’t feel right.
I suppose I could have turned on the TV last night and watch some other team (which I did for a while), but it isn’t the same. I pay to let MLB kick my ass subscribe to the extra innings package on cable, and forgive me for being a Yankees snob, but all of the Fox regional sports broadcasts are unwatchable. You have the endless promos, the random local celebrities in the broadcast booth for an inning or two, and the in-the-stands reporter talking about anything but the game. I don’t know if it’s me, but it feels like YES doesn’t do that–or as much as the Fox clones do. Either way, I think it’s easier to watch your favorite team from the home team broadcasters, rather than the opposing team, or even a national broadcaster (and don’t get me started on Jon Miller and his over-enunciation of ethnic names).
So tonight, I’m just going to kick back, turn on the extra innings, and hope that they’re showing the YES feed. Otherwise, it could be a long night.
This afternoon, there was a gaggle of nutjobs conspiracy theorists misinformed people protesting outside my place of work.
I wanted to go outside, shake my fists and chant a few rounds of “Kill Whitey,” but I didn’t–it was like 100+ degrees F outside!
Well, it looks like the music media was wrong and weezer isn’t breaking up.
“I certainly don’t see them becoming Weezer songs.” This is a misquote. The writer unfortunately didn’t record my words exactly but rather paraphrased them according to his understanding–and sometimes misunderstanding. In this particular case, what I meant was that the soccer song, “Our Time will Come”, certainly won’t be on a Weezer album. The verses are about particular players and situations in US Soccer history and wouldn’t be appropriate for that purpose. I imagine it would be recorded by Weezer and given directly to the soccer federation. The rest of the songs, though, are definite contenders for a Weezer record.
People can stop telling me they’re sorry.
Ever since that infamous MTV interview first appeared two weeks ago, I’ve had a number of people I know (and some I don’t) tell me they’re sorry that weezer’s breaking up.
The condolences are nice, but unnecessary. =w= drummer (and the only member of the band I haven’t met)Pat Wilson posted an interesting response on his blog:
What is up with all the crazy bad journalism drawn from Rivers interview? I can assure you that =w= is fully intact. I know this because I am in Weezer. The glaring proof that today’s media is shallow reveals itself in this simple fact: not one person called me to ask my opinion. Which is cool cuz I would have made up some fantastic lie about becoming an Antarctic explorer.
Of course, if he had told some MTV “journalist” that, he’d be on the next airplane to the South Pole.
So I was in Chipolte for lunch today and I hear a Tejano version of Hall and Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That.”
I guess bad music knows no cultural boundaries.
Weezer fans are nervous after a recent mtv report hinting that the days of the weez may be over.
In the article, recently-married Rivers Cuomo says “Really, for the moment, we are done. I’m not certain we’ll make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one.”
While there is a hint of finality in that quote, it’s really nothing different from what he’s said in the past. In interviews from last fall and earlier this year, Rivers said he’s looking forward to taking some time off to enjoy married life. Not to mention, to take a lot of time meditating. This is no different from what he said months ago–he’s just choosing not to comment on the future.
Of course I don’t want to see the band call it quits. If this is the end, I think I’m fine with it. They’ve given a lot of great music (even though there’s more out there still unheard).
But I really don’t think this is the end. In the past, after other albums, the future of the band was always uncertain (except following the green album, when Rivers was in world domination mode), but they’ve always found their way back together. In the past two years, the band has been more creative and more unified than ever. And Make Believe has given the band its two highest-charting hits ever. I just don’t think this is it.
By the way, I love how everyone jumps on these stories, not caring at all about accuracy. I mean, “his move to Japan“? Do some freakin research sometime!
It’s been almost two months since the end of season five of 24.
This week, I believe marks the first time we’ve gotten any information about next season. And I’m not going to run down any casting rumor or plot rumor, but this one’s interesting.
Some news Web sites are reporting that Peter MacNicol has signed on for next season.
I didn’t recognize the name at first, until I checked him out on imdb. The role I was most familiar with of his was as the mentally disturbed art restorer in Ghostbusters II.
I think as long as he doesn’t worship a painting of Ira Gaines, speak with some weird Eastern European accent or get slimed, he’ll do fine.
Just got home.
Something different was in the air: silence.
The beep is gone. And I am happy at the prospect of a decent night’s sleep tonight.
Had the beep continued, I was considering giving my next blog entry the titualr line of “I Can’t Fight This Beeping Anymore” after the horrible, horrible song with a similar titular line.