Wednesday, October 31, 2007


Happy Halloween!!


Yes the last 25 are still coming......

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Pics form last night

Here's a few pictures from a little Halloween party last night.

A Banana & a Pineapple


Jeff as Captain Kirk & I as Bacchus

More to come later today as I have to stay up late to get back on night shift.

Friday, October 26, 2007

51 -75

  1. James - Laid - Loved it from the beginning.
  2. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner - The version with DNA not the album track
  3. Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of - I'm proud to day I was a Rage fan way ahead of everyone!
  4. Arlo Guthrie - City of new Orleans - Solid classic
  5. Pearl Jam - Evenflow - There may be better songs but this reminds me of senior year of HS and going to see them at Lollapalooza 2. Subsequent Lollapalooza concerts pale in comparison. Check out the bands.
  6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground - lots to choose here but the Mother's Milk album is my favorite
  7. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - Classic
  8. The Who - 5:15 - Anything from Quadrophenia is excellent
  9. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations - NPR did a story about this song as part of their top 100 back in 2001. It's quite the tale. I remember hearing the original broadcasts 6 years ago but looking over the list I find I have 6 of their 100 on my list and a few other singers too. Make the time to listen to this and some of the other interviews!! Oh, and send in your pledges too!
  10. Simon & Garfunkle - Kadochrome
  11. David Bowie - Heroes - Don't try do out sing Bowie on this.
  12. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - Same as above. Why do people insist on remakinging great songs when there are so many sucky ones you could remake better (see the leamonheads)
  13. Sheena Easton - Morning Train - You just can't help singing along
  14. Cheap Trick - Surrender - Live version only please. 70's stadium rock at its best!
  15. Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye - Fabulous song.... Currently my cell phone ringer.
  16. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Sometimes Always
  17. Barry White - Just the way you are - He does this better than Billy Joel. And he's cooler.
  18. Lemonheads - Luka - One of the best remakes EVER! You've never heard this song like this before.
  19. Ringo Starr - The No No Song - You would think there would be more rock songs centered on this theme. It Don't Come Easy is a close second
  20. Steely Dan - FM - Groovy Stuff
  21. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime - Otherwise known as the soundtrack to my life. Listen to the NPR story on this song too. Another hard time choosing just one song. If you don't have it, pick up the Sand in the Vaseline double CD. Awesome stuff.
  22. Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - Steal my Kisses - Wish he got more airplay.
  23. Phish - Cities - With all of the live stuff to choose from I pick this studio track for my favorite, even though it is a Talking Head cover. Or maybe because it is a Talking Heads cover.
  24. Hall & Oats - Rich Girl - The Hall & Oats greatest hits CD is AWESOME!
  25. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf - Another awesome greatest hits CD. The Old Spice commercial featuring the guy at the piano playing this song in hilarious!!


Gimme you comments

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

26 through 50

Here's the next installment.....
  1. Five for Fighting - Superman
  2. Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time - Great bluesy number, A classic.
  3. Jackson Brown - Doctor My Eyes - One of my favorites of his.
  4. Billy Idol - Dancin' With Myself - Great bar jukebox song.
  5. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Kicks - An oldie that never gets enough airplay
  6. The Ramones - Rock & Roll High School - Tough to pick a favorite but I like this one the best.
  7. Ac/DC - you shook me all night long - By far the best stripper song in the world, so I've heard.
  8. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven - By far the hardest choice so far.
  9. REM - Superman - Another tough one that never get any airplay.
  10. Sugarcubes - Birthday - I was searching for a Bjork song but I like this one better than her solo stuff.
  11. Buffalo Tom - I'm Allowed - Another great Boston band that never got more national exposure. Big Red Letter Day is an awesome album!
  12. The Killers - Mr. Brightside - Great newer band and the best of their stuff.
  13. Dave Brubeck - Take 5 - Jazz classic. I remember PBS used this tune for morning TV intermissions.
  14. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - I like the Bee Gees no matter what anyone says.
  15. The Violent Femmes - 36-24-36 - Tough call but my favorite.
  16. Mathew Sweet - Girlfriend - Good little hit, I wish he had more.
  17. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Drunks & Children - Or any other incarnation of the song. Best heard live.
  18. Prince - Kiss - Lots of choices but this is the cream of the crop
  19. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod - Great industrial type song, lots of fun too!
  20. Kiss - Rock & Roll All Night - A little cliche but it still rocks!
  21. U2 - One - Does anyone remember that there were 2 videos for this? I liked the one with the two cars with a man and a women painted on top searching for each other as they drive around town.
  22. James Taylor - Handyman - Another tough choice but this is my favorite JT. Awesome concerts too!
  23. Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back - My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun! nuff said!
  24. Frank Sinatra - In other words - A swinging classic.
  25. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - Another hard rocking alternative song. Love the lyrics too.
More to come soon.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Top 100 song shuffle

Okay, inspired by Mike P. I've been thinking of my own list of 100 songs for the iTunes shuffle. I'm doing mine a bit different. First off, my mind was awash with a flood of possibilities. Not only did I want to include some of my all time favorite songs but also some that you just NEVER hear anymore so when you do hear them it makes them even more fabulous. While at work I started putting together a list.... before I knew it I had 75 songs and that was before I got home to look over my cd collection or iTunes. It would be hard to whittle the world of music down to 100. Instead of having a maximum of 2 songs per artist (like Mike), I am limiting myself to one song. SO, when reading this realize that, say, my #2 song by the Clash my not be on the list, I still like it better than Sir Mix-a-lot, but I still want Baby Got Back in my shuffle. Make sense? Also, since I really do have a laundry list of home projects to do on my days off, I am going to break everything up into blocks of 25 to be posted over the next 3 days. And like mike, the numbers do not constitute rankings. Without further adieu, the first 25....

  1. Bare Naked Ladies - Life in a Nutshell - lots of good songs but I like this one best
  2. Weezer - The Sweater Song - this is the best breakup song ever!
  3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Back in the day this song shook the world when it came out. I'll admit I wasn't the biggest Nirvana fan in those days but I love this song much more now
  4. Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs - Just my favorite of his solo stuff, bee boppin' fun stuff
  5. John Lennon - Watching the Wheels - I think it sums up post Beatle John Lennon perfectly
  6. Van Halen - Hot for Teacher - One of the first cassette tapes I ever had! The drums rule & the video is a teenage boy's dream!
  7. Entrain - Tarbosh (Dancin' in the Light) If you live in New England and have never seen Entrain then go!!! Best live shows ever!
  8. Marvin Gay - What's Goin' on - Best part of SC radio is being able to get a Billy Dee Williams cool fix by just switching the station.
  9. The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man - Catchy tune, never knew why the Pixies didn't get more radio play.
  10. The Breeders - Cannonball - Love the bass here.
  11. Eric Clapton - Promises Tough to pick just one but this is his best songwriting
  12. Queen - Fat Bottom Girls - How can you not just sing along to this rockin' song!
  13. Rupert Holmes - Escape (the pina colada song) - A forgotten 70's song that is the butt of many jokes but I like it! I like three's company too!
  14. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - Just my favorite of his, especially live
  15. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock - A forgotten early hit that put them on the map as a hard rocking band.
  16. B-52's - Rock Lobster - I just can't convey how much I love this song, puts me in a great mood every time!
  17. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus - cool bass & rhythm. Love it!
  18. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? - I scream every time I hear a crappy remake. You cannot come close to the original!
  19. Blink 182 - All the Small Things - Brings me back to the fresh out of college work days.
  20. Lit - My own worst enemy - Looking back, this was the theme song of the Howard St. apt. Jeff & I lived in when I first moved to Columbia.
  21. Harry Chapin - Taxi - Love lost and then found, then life goes on....
  22. Greatful Dead - Good Lovin' - Tough choice but this is the perfect cover for this band, and they do a fabulous job. Look for the version on Dick's Picks v. 10.
  23. Cream - Sunshine of your love - bet you didn't know Clapton's solo start is the song Blue Moon. Don't believe me? Listen to it. For a kick look at them 40 years ago.
  24. Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Great underdog theme
  25. Dave Mathews Band - Crash - Love the whole album and this is my favorite song from it.
Let me know what you think...... more to come soon.....

You've never had it so good!

Old boy Dan hit it right on the head. These are the days of wine, women & song!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Attention Tito


Attention Terry Francona!! Your warning is now official. You are dangerously close to having a Grady Little moment. At the end of the season you put in Eric Gagne to hold a lead. The Yankees were close in the rear view mirror and after the game you told us that you needed to know what he was made of before the playoffs came. He blew it and you found out everything you needed to know about him. Fast forward to game 2 of the ALCS. Did you forget everything you saw that night in September? The ONLY time Gagne should be pitching is when the Sox have a HUGE lead with less than 3 outs left to get. I thought you got it during game 1?!?! Even in game 1 Gagne felt to need to load the bases and get Pappelbon warmed up before finally getting that 3rd out. You are on notice Tito!! Grady Little knew damn well 100 pitches was Pedro's limit, but he kept him in anyway. Look where that got him. Eric Gagne should not be pitching in a close game situation, end of story!!! We are grateful for your leadership over the past years but if you refuse to acknowledge this truth, your fate will be the same!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Seed Saving & Swapping

I just came inside from a morning out in the Victory Garden. In case you're wondering, the cabbage and cauliflower I planted a few weeks ago seem to be growing well. I am a bit worried about cabbage worms since they destroyed the plants I had this spring. I really don't want to have to use any insecticide so I hope they don't like the cool weather.

About mid summer when my cilantro had gone to seed and became coriander, I decided to just bury the plant seed heads where they were and see what happens. Well, I forgot about them for a few months and now just noticed they started to sprout again! I hope I can get some good cilantro out of them before it frosts. I also saw that the last of the summer plants were going to seed also. I picked some of the last peppers and also some basil seeds. I planted half of the basil seeds in a pot to bring inside and the other half I buried right where they were like the cilantro. The peppers I'm drying out to save their seeds.

Which brings me to the point of this post.

I'm looking for some other people to save and swap seeds with. Right now I have some hot banana peppers, Anaheim peppers, dragon's tongue beans, basil and my monster marigolds (they grow 3 feet tall!). I'm looking for some tomatoes, cucumbers, beans & squash. Garlic would be fabulous too! I really dig any heirloom varieties too, the stranger & older the better! If you don't have any seeds to swap with but want some of mine, just let me know & I'll pay it forward and send you off some.

So spread the word to your friends & neighbors and hopefully we can all swap some good stuff in time for planting season. If you're unfamiliar with the benefits and process of seed saving, here's a few links.
Seed saving tips from the University of West Virginia

The hows and whys of seed saving along with a seed saving resource

Great practical tips for gardening in order to save seeds

A website I like to buy organic & heirloom seeds & plants

I hope to hear form you soon!

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Monday, October 08, 2007

Sportscaster Role Reversal

So here I am, the first day of baseball playoffs..... excited to see the Red Sox whoop it up on the Angels (yet again). It was earlier in the afternoon, the Sox didn't start until 6:30pm. I figured I would watch a bit of the Rockies/Phillies game while doing other stuff around the house in order to clear my schedule for the Sox later on. After a few minutes something is bugging me.... that voice! I know that voice! Who is it? Actually at first I thought it was Sean McDounough since he has no regular gig any more, right Mike? Then I realized it was Don Orsillo! For the uninitiated, Don is the play by play guy for the NESN broadcasts of the Red Sox. And now he's doing a National League playoff game when the Red Sox are supposed to start in a few hours! Who scheduled this? After a few minutes I come to my senses and realize that I'm being too much of a homer fan to expect the lords that be to allow Don Orsillo to broadcast the Sox games on TBS. It will be enough for the Red Sox to win the World Series and it just isn't the same to have Don without Jerry Remy. I confess, after the first game I continued to watch the Rockies/Phillies just to see Don as much as to see the Rockies continue their streak.

But here is the real twist!!!! The next day, I'm watching the Indians/Yankees game and I have deja vu all over again..... That voice! I know that voice! It's Chip Carey, the voice of the Atlanta Braves. Living here in the south, the Braves are the big team and since they are in the National League and Boston has no NL team, they're my home NL team and I can root for them up until they meet the Sox in the World Series. The Braves are also on cable TV everywhere on TBS. I've seen the Red Sox play the Braves 3 times in Atlanta. And have actually met Chip Carey doing a live broadcast before a game there. And here he is doing an American League game. Oh the irony!

Why do this? Why are the baseball broadcasting gods playing Mr. Potatohead with these guys? Wouldn't it make more sense to have Chip Carey do the NL game since he knows the game and players better. Or have Don do the Indians/Yankees game if he can't do the Sox/Angels. Well maybe that wouldn't be a great idea. Anyway, I did like the contrast of the mix up. Chip Carey actually took a dig a Jeter in game 1 when he was batting with runners at 1st & 2nd with none out. Chip said "In the NL, Jeter would be bunting here to move the runners to 2nd & 3rd with 1 out." He implies that Jeter is a selfish hitter that would rather get the Sportscenter RBI with the big hit than a quick productive out that puts the team in a better spot to score runs. Of course he is right about everything. The fat guy is Tony Gwynn enjoying the HOF buffett.



I wonder who the broadcasters for the league championships will be.....