Johnny E

I love this record. We Gotta Get You a Woman still make me laugh. Philly boy like me. Some of my older sisters friends went school with. He's got that Philly sound for sure. Love ya' Todd.

Man I wish I could be there. It must be really special to play with your pops. cheers! -j

Improvised Ecstasy

Naked Bikers Meet Art Noise

The Score Column by Christopher DeLaurenti The Stranger - 7.12.07 Sounds Outside In American Music in the Twentieth Century (Schirmer Books), composer and critic Kyle Gann asserts that "a creative culture is a triangle requiring three points: individual artists, a tradition to work within and against, and a public with an adequate amount of disposable attention." Gann's triangle should also include low-cost, innovative venues that reach out beyond that small, stalwart public who frequents obscure, out-of-the-way clubs. The Monktail Creative Music Concern's Sounds Outside concert series is a perfect example. Its central location—Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill—as well as all-points access, and price (free), abet the serendipitous, just stumbled-upon-it discovery so essential to acquainting everyone with the avant. I enjoyed the first of this three-concert series—featuring Degenerate Art Ensemble, Sunship, Seattle Harmonic Voices, and figeater—on a bright, sunny afternoon in June. The crowd was just the right size, with enough people to make people-watching worthwhile yet scattered enough to leave space for stretching out on the grass and listening. At first, I sat near the running water of the reservoir and listened at a distance; the turbulent hiss of running water, laughing children, the musicians onstage, and stray bits of nearby dialogue melded into a live musique concrète. Closer to the stage, the occasional (and thankfully remote) sirens and the chalky baritone sigh of airplanes aloft in the sky fit the music snugly. The July installment of Sounds Outside features cellist, composer, and visual artist Paul Rucker; improvising pianist Gust Burns, who brings along his battered collection of tape recorders; the Orkestar Zirkonium, which clatters like the joyous Balkan brass bands of yore; and the rowdy, out-jazz Monktail big band ensemble, Non Grata. It should be a grand time. Sounds Outside, Sat July 14, Cal Anderson Park, 1632 11th Ave, 684-4075, 2–8 pm, free. Source

I'm sorry, I'm just not a big time numbers guy. There is more to baseball than stats. And I know enough about the game to know when I'm watching one of the greatest players of the modern era. Sometimes a players' persona is just as important than tteir .OBP, their confidence as important than their Avg. It's about what you bring to the ballpark, in it's entirety, that counts.

Well maybe, but he uses an interpreter for interviews and, although he may be able to speak trash in English, he is far from being able to be the team's motivational speaker. 31 BB's, 35 SO's. With SO's that low, you know he's putting the ball in play. And with his speed he causes the other team to have throwing errors at least every third game. OK, you want the real stats? He has a .422 average with runners in scoring position, a .455 average with runners in scoring position and two outs, and is batting .667 with the bases loaded. source My bad. He has never been on the disabled list in 7 years and is one of the finest conditioned athletes I've ever seen. He'll be just as good in 5 years as he is now, trust me. Dan, with all due respect, all you doing is looking at numbers. I see the guy play day in and day out. He is one of the greatest players ever, period.

I can't disagree more. He is more than just a singles hitter who doesn't walk. Much more. He's one of the best defensive centerfielders in the game right now. Runners hardly ever take a chance on his arm. He hardly ever strikes out. He bats over .500 with runners in scoring position. And when it's a tie game in the late innings he pops it over the fence. He hardly ever gets caught stealing, and has a work ethic that is next to none - and believe me, it rubs off on the rest of the team. he's the leader of the team and he doesn't even speak English. He leads by example. 100 million is a bargain. believe me. I watch him play day in and day out.

Man he looks like George Sisler or somethin' Ichiro could make $100M in deal with Mariners SAN FRANCISCO -- Ichiro Suzuki is closing in on a contract extension with the Seattle Mariners -- and he showed his club why it would want to keep him around for the long haul. Suzuki hit the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history Tuesday night, winning MVP honors and helping the American League to a 5-4 victory. His go-ahead, two-run drive off San Diego's Chris Young took a crazy bounce off the right-field wall -- he's never hit one during the regular season. "It's one that I'll never forget," Suzuki said. "The past six years, I never had an All-Star that I really thought I gave it my all or was able to give it my all. So, I'm really happy. It was a fun All-Star Game." Meanwhile, multiple media outlets in Seattle are reporting that Suzuki and the Mariners are on the verge of a five-year contract extension. The Seattle Times says that the deal could be worth almost $100 million. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the terms could be made official on Thursday. Suzuki's agent, Tony Attanasio, would not confirm a deal. "We're still talking but we're not at the point where we have anything to announce," he said on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. At the All-Star Game in San Francisco, Suzuki would not say whether the sides were close to a contract. "Whatever happens, everybody will know in the future, whenever that might be," he said through an interpreter at his locker before taking the field for batting practice. "Maybe three hours from now, maybe after the season. I'm done for today [on the topic].'' Attanasio told the Post-Intelligencer that he was in San Diego, not in Seattle talking to the Mariners. "And I have appointments [Wednesday] down here, and I'm planning on being here," Attanasio said, according to the P-I. "But that doesn't mean something couldn't happen. If a phone call comes and a deal is out there to be had, then I'm going to get on the next plane." Suzuki's four-year, $41 million contract ends after this season, and with the Mariners struggling the past couple of years the two-time batting champion had indicated that he may test free agency. But the M's have rebounded this season. They have a 49-36 record at the All-Star break, and Suzuki has a lot to do with that resurgence. He is batting .359, has 128 hits and has stolen 23 bases in 25 attempts. The seven-time All-Star was making his sixth straight start in the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday. And Suzuki's inside-the-park homer was the talk of the night. "That was sweet," Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said. "That ball is a double and he turns it into more." By the sixth inning, Suzuki already had all three hits. While Barry Bonds was the talk of this All-Star Game, Suzuki's new deal in the works brought him some added attention on the AL side before the game. Then, the homer became one of the highlights in San Francisco's typically pitcher-friendly park. "Man, that was fun," AL teammate C.C. Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians said. "It was exciting to see." Seattle would be excited to see Suzuki stay. His willingness to remain in Seattle also might have become stronger since the abrupt resignation of manager Mike Hargrove on July 1. Hargrove said his "passion has begun to fade." The relationship between Suzuki and Hargrove was tenuous at times, but both insisted their differences were in the past. Hargrove insisted his decision to step down had nothing to do with any disputes with players or the front office. The Mariners promoted bench coach John McLaren for the rest of the year. He and Suzuki get along well and developed a strong relationship during Suzuki's rookie year in 2001. Seattle matched a major league record with an AL-best 116 wins that year, and Suzuki was named AL Rookie of the Year and MVP. This season marks the first time in his professional career -- either with Seattle or the Orix Blue Wave in Japan -- that Suzuki has played in the final season of a contract. In spring training, he sounded ready to test the market and see what his value would be to another team. "I've played 15 years of professional baseball and I have never filed for free agency. I have never had the choice, to choose for myself which road I want to take," Suzuki said in February. "So if you ask me is it possible that I will go to free agency, yes, it is possible. "But if you ask me what are my feelings toward it, at this point I cannot express it. I am not even sure myself. But what I can say is my mind is full of having the best season possible." Suzuki had a club-record 25-game hitting streak in June and hit safely in 55 of his last 59 games before the All-Star break. On Monday's media session leading into the All-Star Game, Suzuki was reveling in the Mariners' success of late. "The team is completely different than last year ... the mental state is different and how everyone is taking it is totally different than last year," he said. "There have been seasons in the past where the season would already be over at this point." This guy is the most amazing baseball player I've ever seen. And I seen 10 years of Griffey in his prime. He's like a throwback from a different era. He beats out routine ground balls to short regularly. He beats out routine ground balls to second occasionally. He smacks balls off the plate so they go way in the air and he beats that out. He's got a cannon arm, has 6 gold gloves, has hit well above .300 every year he's played in the majors and holds the single season record for hits. 100 million is a bargain when you think about what he's worth to the frachise.

This Saturday, July 14th Paul Rucker (6:30-7:30) Gust Burns (5pm-6-pm) Orkestar Zirkonium (3:30pm-4:30pm) Non Grata (2pm-3pm) It's summertime, it's free, it's outside, it's family friendly and it's uncompromising...what else do you want?!?! www.soundsoutside.com

Sorry, can't go there. Just can't. To me they're like parts of the best Beatles albums expanded into full albums. I see those albums more like Beatles records without Paul. John, George and Ringo are all over those records. No Paul though. He was to busy suing them at the time. All the songs on All Things Must Pass were written while the Beatles were still together. Some of them were even recorded by the Beatles. The final record is a masterpiece. Phil Specter did that shit up.

I do. I love that song and I love the Imagine album. I disagree. I think Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, All Things Must pass and Living in the Material World are all albums that stand side by side with the best Beatles albums. None of Paul's solo albums do.

How Do You Sleep? John Lennon So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise You better see right through that mother's eyes Those freaks was right when they said you was dead The one mistake you made was in your head Ah, how do you sleep? Ah, how do you sleep at night? You live with straights who tell you you was king Jump when your momma tell you anything The only thing you done was yesterday And since you're gone you're just another day Ah, how do you sleep? Ah, how do you sleep at night? Ah, how do you sleep? Ah, how do you sleep at night? A pretty face may last a year or two But pretty soon they'll see what you can do The sound you make is muzak to my ears You must have learned something in all those years Ah, how do you sleep? Ah, how do you sleep at night? That about sums it up right there. Don't get me wrong. I love the Beatles. I'm like one of these people that can't trust anyone who doesn't like the Beatles. But let's be frank, Paul is a lightweight. Without someone else to bounce ideas off of in order to give his tunes some edge (Lennon, Lane, Costello, etc.) he's no more than a Barry Manilow type. Great bass player, great voice, good song writer. But the minute he started believing that he was a genius and didn't need the Beatles anymore, that's when his music started to take a turn for the worst. And the way Paul sued everybody and left the Beatles was lame. Let us not forget, it wasn't Yoko that broke up the Beatles, it was Paul.

http://www.soundsoutside.com/

I was wondering when you were going to drop in! My condolenses on the Rangers. It sucks when your seasons over by June.

Go !!!

I found it strange. When Phil said that they should hit the top three guys, one of his associates mentioned Paulie and Phil said no, it's Bobby instead. Then the associate commented that Bobby was Junior Soprano's driver not long ago, but Phil insisted. Paulie had to know that Tony was mulling over whether to kill him on the boat ride a few episodes ago. Paulie was willing to go over to the Brooklyn family when Carmine was still alive. At the end of the episode, Tony invites Paulie to leave the hideout, but Paulie insists on staying. I think that you are on to something here. But then why wouldn't Paulie leave? If he was working with Phil, once he knew the local of the hideout you would think he would leave...unless Paulie is to be Tony's assasin?!?!?

Was it just me or did they set up the shot of Melfi closing the door on Tony in much the same way that the door gets closed on Kay in the Godfather? Long hallway shot of the door being shut. I don't know if it was accidental or intentional, but it was reminiscent to me.

The Degenerate Art Ensemble Painting by Cait Willis

Crawd, stage and skyline

Pictures from saturday's concert... It was sunny 80 degree day in Seattle. Estimates were that we had about 1000 people attended the event over the course of the day. Whne the headliner performed (The Degenrate Art Ensemble) I'd say there was between 200-300. I hope all my Orga board firends can come out to next months show, pictures below. Stewart Demster's Sunship Paintings by Cait Willis

Figeater is starting!!!! Go to Cal Anderson Park NOW!

Either I'm getting too old to understand...or this sentence makes no sense whatsoever. Of course it could be a combination thereof... Too bad=unfortunately, Johnny cakes= term of endearment for John (maybe a Sopranos reference), I got it=Chewy bought the Tapscott, and got it good=bought it with zeel, u no have now=CD belongs to chewy instead of john - who would have gone right out and snatched the CD up asap if chewy had told me where it was (Johnny=big Tapscott fan), u no have=chewy rubbing it in. Simple really. Most chewy posts are far more confusing than this.