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Three that immediately come to mind: Woody Allen John F. Kennedy Jr. A.C. Green

Has anyone mentioned Sonny Rollins? Having played with most of the giants (Monk, Trane, Miles, Brown and Roach), the guy is living history and probably the greatest living player. If you live in NYC, he's playing Carnegie Hall in September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first performance there in 1957. If you can get there, he's worth seeing.

Woody Allen must be bummed today. RIP.

When gymnastics and karate are fused, the combustion becomes an explosion... How could I have ever forgotten about Gymkata? Anyway, I'd go with Tai Chi. If it's good enough for Lou Reed, it's good enough for me.

The new issue of Filter has a pretty good feature on The State. An oral history of the show by the cast, etc. It's worth checking out.

I might be using wishful thinking with Ortiz too, but from the opposite side. I would love to see a less effective Ortiz, as opposed to the Ortiz who hits a HR at every important at bat against the Yankees. Nonetheless, the injuries that are plaguing him now and keeping the power numbers down could continue to hinder him in the future. Players do seem to get to a certain age and the injuries just don't ever fully go away. Who knows though? I'm just speculating (and hoping).

Good call with Ortiz. He's hitting for average this year, but the HR's and RBI's are down. He's on pace now to hit about 28 HR's and 105 RBI's for 2007. Not bad numbers, but a marked decline from the past few years. This year could be the start of the slide.

What is about Howard that makes you feel he's going to follow the Vaughn path? Body type? Work ethic? Just a general hunch? As a baseball fan I'm embarrassed to say this, but I haven't seen Howard play enough to get any feel about him. I know about the numbers and the awards, but I have rarely seen him actually play. I'm not trying to contest your point, he could very well fade like Mo, but I think its a tough comparison solely because I think Vaughn's decline was largely due to injuries. Unfortunately, injuries and a player's future health is impossible to predict. When Clemens pitched the o

My criticism of Schilling's comment is that its based only on emotion. Legal fact, logic, or context seem to be of no concern to him. I wonder if Schilling would be as outspoken as he would like Bonds to be if he faced charges as Bonds might. As Schilling himself has admitted, he turned reticent when he was under oath in front of Congress testifying about steroids. Under oath, Schilling became tight-lipped. It's easy to speak your mind when your blogging it or talking to HBO. It's another thing to speak your mind when you're sworn in or are under the threat of indictment. Schilling had his ch

That's it. The guy has a potential federal indictment hanging over his (over-sized) head. To say anything at all would be insane.

My favorite on SBS as well. "down the city streets, people are climbing the trees, they're finally up off their knees" I like those lines. I find them uplifting.

A reason not to sue is the legal standard Bonds would be up against as a public figure. Bonds would have to prove actual malice which is difficult to do. He could prove the authors' statements about him were false, and still not win a suit without proving the authors published with a reckless disregard for the truth. Again, this is very difficult. If I was him, I wouldn't bother suing either.

The animal theme is funny. He didn't include them here, but I know Tweedy has hyped another good "animal" band in the past: Deerhoof. Did Deerhoof ever open for Wilco? I thought they did, but I'm not certain.

The version in the trailer is the original by the Kinks. Tweedy covered it on the last Golden Smog album.

Another great Secretly Canadian artist. Because of the Bennett connection, I thought more people would be into this album. Then again, maybe that's why they are not.

I think Adams might be taking a shot at someone else's well-documented (scroll on CNN, etc.) recovery: "First of all, when I got clean and sober, I didn't really talk to anybody about it. It was something I did on my own time. I'm not a celebrity, so it didn't matter to me to have somebody call the news, or the AP, or whatever the fuck it is and say

I don't know if he wrote "protest" songs, but Curtis Mayfield wrote some superb topical/socially conscious songs. Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come" - protest or topical? I don't know, but it's great.

No official date, just "coming this fall" and "coming soon." It's like waiting for a Guns and Roses record. I'll believe it when I see it.

Wrestling? How about this music thing? This rock and roll thing. Hank Williams Buddy Holly Richie Valens Elvis John Lennon Stu Sutcliffe Jimi Hendrix Jim Morrison Janis Joplin Mama Cass Brian Jones Gram Parsons Keith Moon Dennis Wilson Richard Manuel Rick Danko Pig Pen Keith Godchaux John Bonham Skynrd

All good points, all true. I still think Bonds gets more criticism than he deserves, but, as has been noted, he's the one breaking the big record. My bottom line is that I don't see his record (when he inevitably gets it) as tainted. This is because the entire era he played in was tainted. Should we discount Ruth's 714 because he played in an era that was segregated? Ruth was kept from competing against the likes of Satchel Paige and others. We probably should consider this when evaluating Ruth's career, but we generally don't. We dismiss this as a product of the times. That's how I see

You're right. 756 HR's doesn't equal MVP or 500 or 600 HR's. I simply don't think Bonds deserves to stand alone in facing criticism as he has. Bonds is a product of his era and should be judged accordingly. When MVP's are juiced and when other players are accumulating traditonally Hall of Fame numbers using the stuff, I just can't get too crazy about Bonds breaking the HR record. I still can't forget either that Bonds was probably a HOF'er before a needle ever met his ass. People act like roids made Bonds. Roids have certainly helped him to get to 753 HR's, but the guy was great without them.

I think you can group Bonds with other players suspected of using steroids. Although none are going to break Aaron's record, some of these suspected (and a few admitted) users have accomplished quite a bit in the game: Jose Canseco - 1988 AL MVP Ken Caminiti - 1996 NL MVP Jason Giambi - 2000 AL MVP Rafael Palmeiro - 500 HR and 3,000 hit club (only 4 in history) Sammy Sosa - 600 HR club (5 in history) Mark McGwire - 70 HR season, 583 career HR's Not many players win the MVP, not many players hit 500 or 600 HR's. The only difference between Bonds and the players above is Bonds is better. Th

Did anyone see this? This has been getting local coverage. Talk about an a-hole fan. Fan recovering Falling man breaks tourist's neck at Yankee Stadium Posted: Saturday July 14, 2007 1:18PM; Updated: Saturday July 14, 2007 1:18PM NEW YORK (AP) -- A tourist who suffered a broken neck at Yankee Stadium when another fan fell on him is recovering from his injuries. Paul Robinson, 53, of Kirkland, Wash., was sitting in the stadium's steep upper deck with his wife and 13-year-old son last Sunday when an unidentified fan standing above him took a violent tumble down several rows of seats. "Hi

That's interesting. I'd like to see the Py. W/L proven correct. 3rd best team in the AL should be good enough for the Wild Card.