The High Heat

Now this is a cool story! http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/the_night_glen_hansard_met_van_morrison.html

I'll be in the second row at the Raleigh show.

To me, the song sounds perfect as it is.

How bad are the Marlins? Their cleanup hitter is Placido Polanco!!!! I see Stanton setting the new record for intentional walks and Polanco doing the same with the grounding into double plays mark. P.S. Brian Roberts blew a knee tendon last night. I'll give him credit. He lasted three games, that's two more than I thought he would.

Isn't this how we got stuck with Dr. Phil?

1999, after learning of Wilco through the first Mermaid Avenue album, I sought out their solo work. I chose to buy Being There over Summerteeth because it was a double CD for the same price as a single, plus I liked the cover. The intro to Misunderstood had me hooked, the first verse had me galvanized. That first minute of that great tune completely changed not only what kind of music I listen to, but also how I experience it.

...and Andrus was do to become a FA when Jeter's contract is up. Surely, Boras would rather have waited to have Yankee money involved in the process. The Bombers will have tax reduced by then and will be again handing out the $$$. There are two opt-out clauses for Elvis. He may not be a Ranger for life.

The Astros may give up several one hit games this year, with possibly only one or two regulars achieving more than 100 knocks for the entire season.

Also BBQ and iced tea!

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/04/jay-z-planning-to-become-certified-agent.html Jay-Z has started his own sports agency. Their first client is Robinson Cano, who has fired Scott Boras. Hmm...the star of the Yankees and an impending free agent at that...a smart choice for a first representation.

NC ~ Mountains on one side, Outer Banks on the other! What'd ya like?

He's 70 and been doing very hard labor for over thirty years.

Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Jeff Tweedy Elliott Smith Beck Hank Williams, Sr. Roy Orbison Jim Croce Ray LaMontagne Ryan Adams Rodriguez

Never thought I'd ever hear a really good cover of Like a Rolling Stone, but I like the relaxed Rodriguez style here, even if the verses are mixed up.

The Given Day is good literature. Mystic River is both good literature and top-notch mystery. His detective series has six books, four are really good for that genre, starting with A Drink Before the War.

I recently finished reading Nobody's Fool for the second time. No, there's been a several sightings that have proven fruitless. Either that dog is getting around or Massachusetts is teeming with stray beagles.

Richard Russo Dennis Lehane Michael Malone And since she only wrote one novel and that one novel happens to be the absolute best, I'd read Harper Lee's grocery list and check register if she'd publish them.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/scott-miller/21841054/mariano-rivera-to-the-mariners-almost-happened-in-spring-of-96 During Spring Training in 1996 George Steinbrenner, rest his soul, almost forced a '80's-Yankees-styled-trade of Mo Rivera to Seattle for the legendary Felix Fermin (whom the Mariners thought enough of to give up Omar Vizquel) because rookie Derek Jeter was struggling in pre-season games. If King George would have had Jeter sent to Columbus and Mo to Seattle, who most likely wouldn't have been smart enough to make him a closer, the amount of baseball history that would have

DY will be beast or bust at the plate, but if he acts up at all he'll be run out of South Philly faster than he can throw a bat at an umpire. Oh well, 3rd place means tickets won't be so hard to get for the first time in seven or eight years.

Try being a Phillies fan. They acquired both Michael AND Delmon Young, and they're going to play defense.

I can't remember the death of two legends happening so closely together. It's too much. The tiny little town in western Pennsylvania named Donora produced Ken Griffey, Sr., Ken Griffey, Jr., Stan Musial, and my Grandmother. All fine humans in my book.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130119&content_id=41036310&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb R.I.P. Earl Weaver. Truly a one-of-a-kind personality and great manager of the Orioles' glory days.

Couldn't schools install emergency exit doors in every classroom just the same as implementing armed protection? I'd be all for a federal fund to support keeping kids from trapped in a single-entrance room. Newly planned schools should also be required to provide emergency exits in every classroom.

Not the Aerosmith thread I was expecting.

I'm not a fan of guns, probably because I have no interest in them outside of a Clint Eastwood movie. Lost a nephew from being shot to death in the war in Afghanistan. Had a good friend end her own life with a shotgun. She was bi-polar. As much as I'd rather not have people toting around guns, I feel like I should be consistent. We should maintain the right to not only bear arms, but also stockpile them, in exactly the same way we should not move away from the Electoral College system. At our origins, these measures were put in place to provide a more level playing field for both individ