Sweet Papa Crimbo

It's a really scary time when Trump actually makes a Rockefeller Republican like me think Ted Cruz might not be so bad.

First time I've been here since the terrible spate deaths of beloved musician that we saw in January and February. Maybe after my own brush with mortality due to a terrible car crash, this has had me thinking about the artists that we have lost and will soon be losing. With the second generation of Rock Idols (Dylan, McCartney, Morrison, et al) in their mid to late-70's, the next couple of years will be tough. Circle of life and shit...

LOL...I was about to go apeshit...well played

One week until spring training games. Get your predictions in now.

Street Legal really benefitted from the Remix. Greil Marcus and Robert Christgau savaged the record back in the day. This record, like most of Dylan's catalogue, if plagued by his ADD and mercurial approach to his muse. The subtle religious overtones indicate what was to come over the next several years.

DRA still has a lot of butthurt over Tweedy's off hand dismissal of him 15 or so years ago (really more of a distancing from the Alt Country label...leaving it to Ryan Adams)

Bruce Springsteen --- Born to Run (the 1975-76 version with just him and Roy)

2016 has started off pretty crappily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRvnsj8G7QM&list=RDRRvnsj8G7QM

Now that the record (do you still call them records? I do.) has been out almost half a year, I can say the only thing I am not overly fond of is Jeff's doubled vocals.

Post of the year

The spouse who was a Human Resources Officer for a large, privately held Company that ran Child Care Centers used to give me hell when I said she was a personnel director for a chain of day care centers.

Jeff Bannister is officially the new mad scientist

A Ghost is Born is still the gold standard for me.

I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover And I'm a sinner Playin' my music in the sun I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a mid-night toker I get my lovin' on the run "Day Care"? Don't say that around "Child Care" workers.

iPod primarily and computer (somewhat rarely) Almost never listen to CDs (unless it's on the computer) and very, very rarely listen to my vinyl (when I do it is a major event..the fils and spouse listening with me) Interestingly, I used to mainly listen to XMMLB and XMPR when I had my truck (which dies a horrible, horrible death saving my life two weeks ago)

Ought to be a National Holiday...or at least a state holiday in New Jersey

Born to Run

How could I forget. She raised hell about it enough

Jon Landau has an entire rap about how the fan base hated the 'other' band because it was largely African American. I think many Springsteen fans hated the tour because it was inauthentic...it all felt contrived (the fuzzy dice coming out on Roll of the Dice, the pairing up of background singers with band members on Mans's Job). He took no risks (other than the racial makeup of the Band). It was an e street band without the e street band. The very fact he had crystal talifero playing Clarence's role as a foil (even playing the tenor sax on born to run) screamed midlife crisis. And if I never s

Human touch was bruce doing e street band material without the e street band. Crappy 80's production ruining some really good songs (listen to the Christic versions of Soul Driver and Real World).Bruce was so devoid of ideas that he shared writing credits with Roy bittan and did a half assed rewrite of a sonny boy Williamson song). Most notable for the worst song Bruce ever wrote (Real Man). Lucky Town is infinitely better in my opinion.

And on another topic, I guess it only took Ron Washington nine months to reconnect with his wife.

I hope to God the Mets actually make the playoffs...a fan base losing their Shit the way Mets fans do is not a pleasant thing to watch. And on another note, think the nationals would like a do over for 2012 and the decision to sit Strasburg?

And speaking of the flukiness of nohitters/perfect games, remember Phillip humber?

Fiers was the pitcher who broke Stanton' s jaw last year