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Pre-Twins/Cardinals Random 10:
“Settled Land” – Echolyn, “As the World“
“So Sincere” – Gentle Giant, “The Power and the Glory“
“Peg” – Steely Dan, “Aja“
“Mudd’s Women: Three Venuses/Meet Mr. Mudd/Hello Girls/Venus Aboard/Mudd Laffs” – Fred Steiner, “Star Trek TV Soundtrack, Vol. 1“
“Siren Song” - Alan Parsons, “Try Anything Once“
“Love Will Find a Way” – Pablo Cruise, “Worlds Away“
“Parca Güell” – Eric Woolfson, “Gaudi“
“Dead Already” – Thomas Newman, “American Beauty soundtrack“
“The Sahara of the Snow, Pt. 1? – Bill Bruford, “One of a Kind“
“The Pearl” – Harold Budd & Brian Eno, “The Pearl“
Bonus Track: “The Boxer” – Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water“
There you have it. Go Twins!!
I've not heard of most of your music this week, but I have been to Parc Guell in Barcelona. It's a pretty sweet place. It should definitely be on anyone's list who's planning a trip there.
That is probably one of my 10 favorite places in the world. So far, at least.
In Parca Güell a dragon sleeps with eyes that watch the sea
And dreams of battles won and lost
And those as yet to be.
And all the bells of Christendom
Won't stop this reverie.
And eyes of mine will never see a place more beautiful to me.
In Parca Güell an old man sits beneath a willow tree
And in the sand he writes the name of Antonio Gaudi.
And all the streets were paved with gold
And wine was flowing free.
And eyes of mine will never see a place more beautiful to me.
Parca Güell, Parca Güell, Parca Güell, so beautiful to me.
I must have missed the free-flowing wine part.
10 favorite places in the world
I think we need a list. I don't think I have 10 yet, but my list starts with Iguazu Falls, Toronto, the Rhine River underneath the cathedral in Köln, and sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Yeah, it was more of a rhetorical device, but mine would start with the aforementioned Parc Guell (Barcelona as a whole, really), the Charles Bridge in Prague, Punta Islita in Costa Rica (middle of nowhere - awesome), and Grand Marais (we used to spend a couple of weeks up there every summer when I was a kid).
sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
I found the Jefferson Memorial more impressive than Lincoln's, and I also found the Korean War Memorial left more of an impression than the Vietnam Wall. Maybe because I wasn't as familiar with them prior to visiting DC.
Lincoln is much better for people watching, Jefferson is much better for taking in the view across the tidal basin. I too prefer Jefferson.
Visiting the Korean War Memorial at night is a unique experience for all of the DC monuments.
Looking up the Mall from Lincoln, the history of it all is kind of overwhelming.
I found that walking down into the Vietnam Vet's Memorial wall was an almost overwhelmingly emotional experience.
I was just out there... it really is pretty amazing how emotional it still is for some people, how much stuff people still leave behind - family photos, letters, etc - going on 40 years after the fact now.
Yes, but Lincoln is where Sheenie and I would hang out a few times a year in the evening eating ice cream.
10 favorite places in the world
I think we need a list.
DC and Barcelona would be on my list too. New Orleans is still by favorite city in the universe, regardless of the fact that the last time I was there I was nearly mugged ... by a girl ... at least I think it was a girl. Key West was an amazing place 15 years ago when I was there, although I understand it's been Disney-fied since. The Taj Mahal is even more amazing in person than it is in photographs, particularly at sunset. I met my wife in London, so that has to be there. And everyone should go to Paris with a girl, not with your brother, buddy or cousin. It doesn't even matter whether the two of you are married, serious, dating or whatever the kids say these days. By the time you leave Paris, you will be crazy about her.
If Only Your Eyes Could Like -- Aaron Tippin
It Only Hurts When I Try To Smile -- Tony Orlando
I Want Your Sex -- George Michael
Never Been To Spain -- Three Dog Night
I'll Be There For You -- The Rembrandts
Cocaine -- Eric Clapton
Your Love Amazes Me -- John Berry
Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart -- Gene Pitney
Wishing It Was -- Eagle-Eye Cherry & Santana
Driving Me Out Of Your Mind -- Tracy Byrd
I'll Be There For You -- The Rembrandts
Clapclapclapclap
If Dad hears "Friends" on the TV, wherever he is in the house, he'll come running into the living room, clap along, then go back to whatever he was doing. He does this solely to annoy the crap out of my sister, and it works too.
Dads have to do that. Personally, I sing "we built the pyramids!" nice and loud when those lyrics come up on "Big Bang Theory" theme.
That's solid. BBT is one of Dad's favorite shows (mine as well, as we're both huge dorks). I'll pass this along.
Speaking of dorks, the family was watching Wipeout last night on DVR and one of the women on there was a self-described "dork" and the Johns (the announcers both named John) went the whole show talking about her like she was a geek (nerdy genius is the best way to describe it) and I couldn't come up with a good way to tell my wife the difference between a geek and a dork. Anyone got any ideas?
I want to help, but the word "geek" comes from the drunks in circuses who would degrade themselves in any way for a taste of liquor, so I'm not sure how "geek" even came to mean whatever it's supposed to mean now.
How about this: a geek is more introspective and possibly self-conscious about his or her nerdery, while a dork totally embraces it and lives loudly, image be damned.
dorks are geek poseurs.
Bill Gates is a geek. Flounder from Animal House was a dork.
Real Genius -- geeks. Weird Science -- dorks.
So, geeks are embarrassed by themselves or at least have self-esteem issues and dorks embarrass those around them (friends, family, etc.)?
I'd gladly go with that, but certainly, this is open to interpretation.
So, John Bonnes is embarrassed and has self-esteem issues?
I've never found that geeks are embarassed of themselves and have self-esteem issues. That would be nerds.
Real Genius -- geeks. Weird Science -- dorks.
I like that one.
I think Geeks - Smart = Dorks.
I feel strongly that we should trust the guy with Cletus as his icon on this one. Cletus is sub-dork, sub-geek and sub-nerd for sure.
A distinct music legends tilt to this list...
1. Shine A Light - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
2. Make It Funky, Parts 1, 2, 3 & 3 - James Brown - Make It Funky - The Big Payback 1971-1975
3. Under the Red Sky - Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Vol. 3
4. Erie Canal - Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
5. Betterman - Pearl Jam - live somewhere
6. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed - Transformer
7. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad - Three Dog Night - Three Dog Night
8. Mannish Boy - The Band w/ Muddy Waters - The Last Waltz
9. I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
10. Sofa Song - The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
This-list-goes-to-11-special tribute: I Can't Quit Your Love - The Jackson 5 - Motown Legends: Never Can Say Goodbye
But why not just make 10 louder?
[stares blankly]
Correct answer: Because this one goes to 11.
How much more black could this list be? And the answer is none. None more black.
There's a fine line between clever and stupid.
Nigel: Don't touch it.
Marty: Well uh I wasn't, I wasn't gonna touch it. I was just pointing at it...I....
Nigel: Well don't point, even.
Marty: Don't even point?
Nigel: No. It can't be played...never...
Marty: Can I look at it?
Nigel: No....no.
I can't remember, did Lick My Love Pump ever hit the U.S. charts?
So, the Pacers drafted Hansbrough, because if it's anything Indiana has ever been short on, it's white guys.
Birthday list:
Topsy Hartsel (1874)
Babe Herman (1903)
Debs Garms (1907)
Willard Brown (1915)
Howie Pollet (1921)
Bill Robinson (1943)
Mike Myers (1969)
Derek Jeter (1974)
Jason Kendall (1974)
Jetes AND Kendall? That's explains some things...
Everyone do yourselves a favor and DO NOT go looking up Kendall's ankle injury to see if it's as bad as you remember. It is. Trust me.
Who was that Twins minor leaguer who stepped on first base badly and almost (did?) bent his ankle completely the wrong way? Still makes me sick to this day
Mike Myers?
+one mask, five sequels and an endless body count.
Music list:
It's All Your Fault--The Blasters
With A Little Help From My Friends--The Beatles
Red-eyed And Blue--Wilco
Tell God--The Swan Silvertones
See Through--Guana Batz
Meet With Me--Ten Shekel Shirt
Photograph--Def Leppard
Another Saturday Night--Sam Cooke
Pleasant Valley Sunday--The Monkees
My Blue Heaven--Fats Domino
Another Saturday Night--Sam Cooke
I've always loved that song.
i randomly d/led it one day by accident. i gave it a listensee and found it to be quite decent. gotta love some sam cooke.
I like happy-sounding sad songs.
Fan of "Last Kiss?"
I am! But only J. Frankie's version. I also loved it at Chuck E. Cheese when the bear would sing Teen Angel.
Sam Cooke is probably responsible for the early success of my relationship with Mrs. CH.
Hell – Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
Split Myself in Two – Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
Almost Cut My Hair – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Deja Vu
Enough Space – Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
Sun Will Set – Zoe Keating – One Cello x 16: Natoma
Tissue No. 2 – Wendy Sutter – Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (composed by Philip Glass, from the Naqoyqatsi soundtrack)
Miranda That Ghost Isn’t Holy Anymore – The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute
Song III – Wendy Sutter – Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (composed by Philip Glass)
90 Hour Sleep – Dredg – Live at the Fillmore
Weenie Beenie – Foo Fighters – (self-titled)
A nice cello interlude there to break up all the Foo Fighters.
I had a hat trick of Foo Fighters last week -"Free Me", "Resolve", and "Summer's End"
Hinder - "Better Than Me" Extreme Behavior
Coldplay - "Amsterdam" A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Finger Eleven - "Other Light" Finger Eleven
50 Cent - "Poor Little Rich" Get Rich or Die Tryin'
LaFayette Gilchrist - "Assume The Position" The Wire Soundtrack (Embedded Below)
Justin Timberlake - "My Love" FutureSex/LoveSounds
Seether with Amy Lee - "Broken" The Punisher Soundtrack
Peter Bjorn & John " Up Against The Wall" Writer's Block
The Doobie Brothers - "Without You" Best of The Doobies
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "If" Stadium Arcadium
Shitty list. My favorite song on there is JT. Though the LaFayette Gilchrist is pretty good..
That's gritty. Thanks for the link. I will most definitely be on the lookout for that soundtrack.
Last night, Miss SBG "achieved" a new first. She got out of bed and came downstairs after I put her to bed. She was so enamored of this maneuver that she repeated it about 4 times. Dad was not pleased. Eventually, I had to rock her to sleep to a point of nearly asleep. We had gone about 14 months with her sleeping great. But, now it appears she's going to test us on this front once again. We'll see if it repeats itself tonight. I'm hoping not.
Mine has woken up (angry!) between midnight and 2 each of the past 4 nights after months of uninterrupted sleeping-through-the-night bliss. I'm not always the most understanding parent at that time of night.
Miss SBG will do that occasionally. I find that once I go in there, she immediately calms down and goes to sleep. I will pick her up and rock her for a minute or two just to seal the deal.
I was perturbed last night, because she was disobeying. When I told her to get back into bed, she immediately turned around and marched right into bed. But, five minutes later, she would be out until I had enough and rocked her to sleep. While I rocked her, she kept saying that she wanted to go back into the "Big Girl Bed" but I informed her that she couldn't because she kept getting out. I hope she understood and won't do it tonight. I don't want to have to fight her every night.
My first daughter did that one night, and I thought it was going to begin a pattern, but she's only done it once since. No worries, yet, man...but if she pulls the stunt again tonight, all bets are off.
Someone needs to touch a light to the Countdown Timer...
Electric Guitars - Prefab Sprout
Rio - Michael Nesmith
There Is No Time - Lou Reed
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
I Hate Rock N Roll - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Police & Thieves - The Clash
Take a Giant Step - The Monkees
Such a Night - Dr. John
She's Not There - The Zombies
10th spot empty as a tribute to the King of Pop?
Mostly an inability to count and type at the same time.
Dr. John's playing the Dakota next week.
BTO - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" - Guitar Rock (Time-Life)
Coldplay - "Swallowed in the Sea" - X&Y
Soundgarden - "Limo Wreck" - Super Unknown
The Call - "In The River" - The Woods
Jayhawks - "Trouble" - Live at Cat's Cradle
Monster Magnet - "Goliath and the Vampires" - Powertripping
Jayhawks - "Let the Last Night be the Longest" - Bunkhouse EP
Tina & the B-Side Movement - "Long Way Home" - Young Americans
Faith No More - "The Real Thing" - The Real Thing
Bob Dylan - "To Ramona" - Lovesick
For some reason I find it real funny that Tina and the B-side Movement shows up on the same list as BTO, Soundgarden and Faith No More. Nice.
agreed. also, i don't remember what possessed me to do it, but i felt it was time to pull superunknown off the shelf and throw it on the old ipod. i have many pleasant memories of listening to the album.
I used to be able to listen to Badmotorfinger in my head by just reading the lyric sheet.
Didn't quite get to that stage with Superunknown. I should pull that album out for next week Saturday.
The fricken T-Pups got Rubio, wow. I really hope that the comments from his father are nothing more than a negotiating ploy.
With a few million dollars you can buy a lot of warm clothing.
Yeah, man. "It's cold there" is always a handy, lame excuse for recently-drafted players who want to say "I'd rather play for a team that's winning now."
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing - Revolver
Dizzy Gillespie with Jon Faddis and Milt Jackson - Girl of My Dreams - Live @ Montreaux '77
Nick Payton - The Peanut Vendor - Dear Louis
What Are Friends For - Reel Big Fish - Cheer Up!
Sweet Georgia Brown/Dig - The Hornheads - 5 Heads are Better than 1
Tell It Like It Is - Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Medicated Magic
Arioso of King Rene from Iolanthe - Randy Hawes & Kathryn Goodson - Melodrama
Libertango - Alison Balsom - Caprice
Lost Mind - Diana Krall - Love Scenes
Us - Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Big Band - Consummation
I love And Your Bird Can Sing. It's not on the U.S. version of Revolver. Apparently John hated that song.
It's one of those songs that I love to sing along to, but I don't like just listening to it.
I feel that way about most of The Beatles' catalog, but especially that song, yes.
Coincidentally, Revolver is the only disc of theirs I own. That song's on my version.
I'd just like to personally thank you for not saying "ironically."
"Ironic" and "unique" have to be the most misunderstood English words (though anyone who sees this post can suggest others; I love word nerdery/geekery/dorkery). It's funny that I still have to fight the instinct to type "ironic" simply because it's misused so widely.
Yeah, anytime someone says, "very unique," I cringe.
So, is "most uniquest" okay then?
Correct. See, the English language ain't so hard!
"You've Had It With You" Paul Westerberg Eventually
"Easy Love" Badly Drawn Boy One Plus One Is One
"Nineteen" Old 97's Fight Songs
"Let Me Go" Cake Prolonging The Magic
"Chameleon" Brandon Canning Something For All Of Us...
"Incident On 57th Street" Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent, The E Street Shuffle
"Hello Resolven" Beulah The Coast Is Never Clear
"She Takes Her Clothes Off" Stereophonics Performance and Cocktails
"Down Baby" Lightning Hopkins The Complete Aladdin Recordings
"Turn Up The Sun" Oasis Don't Believe The Truth
"Incident on 57th Street" is 10 minutes of pure magic.
1. 'Sweetest Thing' - U2 The Best of 1980–1990
2. 'Reptilia' - The Strokes Room on Fire
3. 'I Bet You Look Good on the Danceloor' - Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
4. 'Dangerous Type' - The Cars Complete Greatest Hits
5. 'Beaten to the Punch' - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Get Happy!
6. 'Banditos' - The Refreshments
7. 'Barbara Ann' - The Beach Boys
8. 'Cowboy Song' - Think Lizzy Jailbreak
9. 'Man in a Suitcase' - The Police Zenyatta Mondatta
10. 'Murder City' - Green Day 21st Century Breakdown
Barbara Ann! I haven't heard that song in 10 years, at least. Good choice.
The Who played a cover of that...I don't know if it's on any recording, but they show it on The Kids are Alright. Keith Moon sings in a putrid falsetto. It's hilarious.
i'm trying to find the extended version of "barbara ann" by the beach boys. sounds like they're all pretty wasted after a long recording session...
speaking of The Kids Are Alright, this past Wednesday marked 30 year release date. I wish I had a record player so I could play my vinyl double album
Coldplay, "Amsterdam", A Rush of Blood to the Head
U2, "Vertigo", How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2, "Exit", The Joshua Tree
Lifehouse, "We'll Never Know", Lifehouse
Flogging Molly, "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon", Within a Mile of Home
U2, "Love and Peace or Else", How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Silverchair, "Emotion Sickness", Neon Ballroom
Maroon 5, "Shiver", Songs About Jane
Nirvana, "Territorial Pissings", Nevermind
Flogging Molly, "Far Away Boys", Swagger
Not a bad list today, all things considered. I think this is my first list with a true duplicate, too!
Flogging Molly, "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon", Within a Mile of Home
one of my favorites from that album
I think that it's a tossup between this and "With a Wonder and a Wild Desire" for me.
1. Lafayette - Lucinda Williams
2. Forgotten Works - Klaxons
3. Infected - Bad Religion
4. Secondary Modern - Elvis Costello
5. Talking in the Dark - Elvis Costello
6. Down There by the Train - Tom Waits
7. Down on Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
8. If My Heart Was a Car - Old 97's
9. Two Rooms - The Feelies
10. Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Bonus: Radio Cure - Wilco
You have a song "Lafayette" and I have an artist LaFayette. *Convoluted Coincidence High Five*
did tom waits actually record that? i thought he just wrote it for johnny cash. hmm, gonna have to check out that version.
It's on Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards a 56-song magnum opus of all things Tom Waits.
1. Solomon's Wish - Waterfall - A Wise Man's Tragedy
2. Jars of Clay - Surprise - Good Monsters
3. Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori - Floodgate: Dread Intrusion - Halo 3
4. El-P - Smithereens (Stop Crying) - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
5. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City - War Child: Heroes
6. The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress - Stay Positive
7. Chris Rice - Welcom to Our World - Deep Enough to Dream
8. Eli - Unqualified - Second Hand Clothing
9. The Music - So Low - Freedom Fighters Single
10. Oasis - Where Did It All Go Wrong? - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Not a big fan of this mix. Too many CCM carryovers, and a boring Oasis song.
The Hold Steady kicks it, though.
The Shoulders of Giants is one of Oasis' worst albums, right down there with Heathen Chemistry.
It's the worse of the two awful Oasis CDs. Other than 3 songs, the entire CD is trash.
“love rollercoaster” – ohio players – honey
“nothing but sunshine” – atmosphere – lucy ford: the atmosphere eps
“jenny” – i’m from barcelona – let me introduce my friends
“didn’t i?” – darondo – let my people go
“as” – stevie wonder – songs in the key of life
“(nice dream)” – radiohead – the bends
“subway” – walt mink – bareback ride
“the gunner’s dream” – pink floyd – the final cut
“mr. goldfinger” – vietnam – vietnam
“starla” – smashing pumpkins – pisces iscariot
bonus: “wanna be startin’ somethin’” – michael jackson – thriller
(as my friend put it in a facebook status, "goodbye michael. i'll remember you for your music, and not that whole child molestation thing.")
Rollercoaster of love (Say What!?) Great tune--the OP had a mess of 'em.
My Jackson 5 Greatest Hits record is all the Michael I'll ever need.
heh! love that line
of course i love the ohio players' version, but i must say that the RHCP version is pretty badass too.
I'm with you on that, '-6. I would imagine that the year of Thriller was as tough on you as me (try as I might, I cannot get away from it!). But, hey, the second most popular record that year was Syncronicity, so you had that going for you.
I didn't listen to the radio (or even own a TV) in 1984, and that damn record was still inescapable.
do you know that twice in 1983, Synchronicity topped Thriller as the #1 album in all of the land (Thriller was the #1 album 4 seperate times that year. What a monster album.)
Rollercoaster of Love! (Say what?) ftw
I still have MJ's opening five synch power chords from Thriller going through my head today...
uh, make that "synth"
1. "Ashtray Heart" Captain Beefheart Doc at the Radar Station
2. "Calling Sarah" Jellyfish Bellybutton
3. "Passat Dream" Pavement Live in Amsterdam '97
4. "Heroes and Villains" (live) The Beach Boys Endless Harmony
5. "Most Of Us Are Prizefighters" AC Newman The Slow Wonder
6. "Yer Blues" The Beatles The White Album
7. "Figure" Richard Buckner Devotion + Doubt
8. "Third Stone From The Sun" Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced?
9. "Strange" Built to Spill Ancient Melodies of the Future
10. "I Get Along" The Libertines Up The Bracket
The Beach Boys and Old '97s getting some respect this week...
Nice to see some Capt Beefheart. I had Doc while I was in college, it confused the hell out of my roommates. Always loved the line "Somebody's had too much to think."
1. Cold War Kids – Robbers And Cowards: “Red Wine, Success!”
2. Band of Horses – The OC Mix 6: “The End’s Not Near”
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way: “Can’t Stop”
4. The Strokes – Is This It: “Barely Legal”
5. Cold War Kids – Loyalty To Loyalty: “Mexican Dogs”
6. Blink 182 – Blink 182: “Down”
7. Spoon – Gimme Fiction: “I Summon You”
8. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan: “The Denial Twist”
9. Box Car Racer – Box Car Racer: “There Is”
10. Yellowcard – Paper Walls: “Shrink The World”
Wolves draft recap:
Chad Ford:
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Fox Sports:
NBA.COM
I'm not convinced that Rubio will ever wear a T-Wolves jersey in an NBA game. His buyout situation is sticky, so he may stay in Spain for a year, or even two. I absolutely don't like the idea of playing two #1s who can't shoot together. So, we've got 2 #1s (assuming Rubio comes here), no decent #2, a marginal #3 (Gomes), 2 #4s, and no #5. I get just bringing in what you think are the best players available, but it looks like next season will be more of the same. If the Wolves are a legitimate playoff contender in 5 years, that would be cool. Right now, though, we are still wandering in the wilderness.
The other problem is, and I'm sure this got mentioned last night in the thread I haven't read, that Johnny Flynn is, um, not good.
Aaron Gleeman disagrees.
Does Rubio staying in Spain affect our claim to his rights? I feel like there's still a degree of US basketball snobbery involved with the idea that Rubio playing in Spain would be really bad for him. When college kids stay in college, they are often praised for learning as much as possible at that level and being more mature and NBA-ready when they leave college. Would the pundits complain as much if Rubio was property of the Wolves but playing full-time at UNC for the next two years instead of part-time duty for a really bad NBA team?
I can see the disappointment in terms of near-term impact, but when you draft an 18-year-old guy, you're not really going to get an immediate impact. Even KG and Kobe didn't play full-time until they were 20.
We retain his rights. I don't think there's snobbery like you think. Teams are in effect stashing 2nd round picks over there all the time. (Drafting players under contract over there and retaining their rights while they play over there.) The deal here is that Rubio is believed to be ready -- we spent a first round pick on him -- a top 5 pick. I don't think there's anyone saying that it's bad for him to stay over there, it could be bad for the Wolves, though. They are missing out on someone who is believed to be capable of walking in and starting for them right now. There's no mechanism for having players remain in college after being drafted, so that's a strawman.
In other words, if Rubio is playing in Spain, he's selling zero tickets in Minneapolis.
Isn't the long-term quality of the team on the court more important than some ticket sales this year? It seems like a lot of players that age don't get much playing time in their first season and could benefit more from consistent playing time.
I personally don't believe that Rubio would be a 35-40-minute starter for the Wolves (how many players have done that before age 20 in the history of the NBA?) and his impact on ticket sales would be really minimal--some more interested fans in the first quarter of the season would give you a slight uptick, but he's not going to make a huge impact right away (it's not like we drafted LBJ) and once people realize that, they'll be buying tickets just as they would without Rubio. Maybe I'm underrating the kid, though.
There's no mechanism for having players remain in college after being drafted, so that's a strawman.
It's not a strawman, it's just a hypothetical. In baseball and hockey, teams spend top picks on guys who go to the minors (or even to college in the case of hockey) all the time. Now, I don't know what Kahn's real plan is or what his motivations are, but I think it would make a lot of sense from a player development standpoint to delay the release of Ricky Rubio into the NBA.
I don't think there's snobbery like you think. Teams are in effect stashing 2nd round picks over there all the time.
I didn't realize this happened so often. Why don't teams send these guys to the NBDL instead?
I didn't realize this happened so often. Why don't teams send these guys to the NBDL instead?
Two reasons, I think. One, the European leagues are better basketball. Two, they control the players but they don't have to pay them. So, yeah, if Rubio plays two more years in Europe, he's going to still be just 20. Just so he doesn't sign another contract and stay over there.
By the way, there used to be a mechanism in place for teams to draft "junior eligible players", and let them go back to college for one more year. Players that were junior eligible were four years out from graduating from high school. The players did not have to declare for the draft. The teams had one year to sign them. Some team drafted an erstwhile garbage truck operator under that rule and waited a year before signing him. After that, the rule was changed. It seems to me that there was a period about ten years ago that allowed players to go back to college if they weren't happy with where they were picked, but the drafting team retained their rights. But, in that case, a player had to declare for the draft. So, the NBA has had the mechanism in place for this kind of thing at least twice before.
I don't know, honestly, if foreign players have to declare themselves eligible for the draft. Interestingly enough, Rubio would not be eligible if he were an American -- he's too young. That stinks, in my book. Why can he play in the NBA at 18 simply because he's not from here?
I thought it was a great day for the NBA. You had Shaq being dealt to the Cavs, Vince Carter being dealt to the Magic, a fair amount of intrigue in the draft, the Knicks fans booing their draft selection, and Minny drafting every guard available.
Baseball used to have the draft-and-follow too (for juco players).
I should note that point guard #4 (that the Wolves traded to Dallas, why?) has already signed a contract to play in Europe. So, they could have stashed him over there for nothing. Instead, they shipped his rights to Dallas and took some of Mark Cuban's money. Probably a Meeeeeeelyon Dollars.
I don't pay attention to basketball, so forgive me: If there is a salary cap, what is the point of getting cash from another team? Is it for non salary related costs?
I think it was half a meeeeeelyon.
The point of getting cash from another team is for making profits.
It's also a soft cap and there are huge disparities between the largest and smallest budgets in the league. It would probably be a bigger disparity without the cap, but the soft cap only slows down the big spenders so much.
I think the Wolves drafted some big European dude last year in the second round, and he is still playing there while we retain his rights. Canuis Hoopus had updates on the throughout the regular season
That is correct, although it might have been the year before, I'm not sure.
Man, CH is a good blog. They steered me wrong on Ellington getting traded last night (causing me to get verklempt for a while), but otherwise, they are a gold mine of information.
indeed they are. I was a basketball fan growing up (watching some horrible T-Wolves teams but the broadcasts were awesome with Kevin Harlem) then after the big Playoff year and the team got rid of Flip, I pretty much jumped off the bandwagon. But this past year I was back watching a few games on TV because I found that blog. I still dont care about them more than the Twins (or Vikes for that matter), but I am rooting for them and maybe actually go to a game next year
Loukas Mavrokefalidis, 2nd round in 2006. He was in the Greek League at the time, but since has played in Italy, Spain and back to the Greek League.
I can't seem to find any stats for him. Probably because I was distracted by the graphics on his team's website:
Having thought about this for a while, I'm more optimistic about Rubio playing in Minneapolis. Two years ago, Yi Jianlin was absolutely not going to sign in Milwaukee, until he did.
I think I heard that Rubio and Yi Jianlin have the same agent, too.
ESPN reports that they are both represented by Dan Fegan:
Remember when the Bucks drafted Yi Jianlian, and there was much bellyaching about whether not the Chinese player would report to Milwaukee? A year later, Yi was later traded to a team more to his liking, in New Jersey. His hard-bargaining agent was Dan Fegan -- who also represents Rubio.
Right. But, I don't think that it was agent pressure necessarily that forced Milwaukee's hand on Yi. They made a run at Richard Jefferson, and I think they thought that Yi was expendable (and I agree that he was). So yeah, it makes for a good story and adds intrigue, but I don't think that Fegan got Yi out of Milwaukee. I think the Bucks got Yi out of Milwaukee.
The Decemberists - "The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)" - The Hazards of Love
Common - "Misunderstood" - Finding Forever
Gomez - "Woman! Man!" - How We Operate
Paul Simon - "Graceland" - Graceland
Bruce Springsteen - "Froggie Went a Courtin'" - We Shall Overcome
Counting Crows - "1492" - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Michael Franti - "Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong" - All Rebel Rockers
Johnny Cash - "One Piece at a Time"
The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" - Yoshimi Wins: Live Radio Sessions
The Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations" - Boys and Girls in America
Johnny Cash - "One Piece at a Time"
that's one of the songs that got me into johnny cash.
I did it karaoke once.
"Negatory on the cost of this mo-chine there, Red Rider."
Common is one of my favorite rappers, but I have to say I liked Be better than Finding Forever.
*Of his recent stuff, that is.
so, i ended up with an advanced copy of the album. i've only gone through it once, while doing other stuff at the time, and i can't say i was blown away. it's got a very 70s type sound going on. however, i'm reserving judgment until i go through it a few more times. sky blue sky took me a long time to get into. i really disliked it at first, but eventually grew a strong appreciation for it. by the way, i'm guessing "wilco (the song)" started as a joke in practice sessions, but then they went ahead with it anyway.
I just pre-ordered my copy yesterday. I've given it a few listens on imeem, and it's grown on me a bit.
In other music news, I got Camera Obscura yesterday and it f**king rocks.
I don't have an iPod, so here are some things my eyes fell on as I glanced over at my collection:
1. The Corrs - "So Young" - Best of the Corrs
2. Regina Spektor - "The Ghost of Corporate Future" - Soviet Kitsch
3. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" - Long Walk to Freedom
4. The Indigo Girls - "The Wood Song" - Swamp Ophelia
5. G. Love and Special Sauce - "Cold Beverage" - G. Love and Special Sauce
6. Phish - "The Divided Sky" - Junta
7. The Senate - "Space Shanty" - Live
8. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android" - OK Computer
9. Andrea Echeverri - "A Eme O" - Andrea Echeverri
10. The Jackson Five - "Maybe Tomorrow" - Greatest Hits
Cold Beverage and Barbara Ann are the co-leaders for songs I want to listen to while driving around in the truck on this hot summer day.
If you ever get a chance to see G. Love and Special Sauce live, by God, do it. I have never seen more energy contained in a single hour, and G. Love is an awesome, charismatic, and giving bandleader. I can't put the experience into words.
Agreed. And he manages to do all that sitting down. Watching G. Love play is the only time I have ever seen knees flail.
i've seen g. love on several occasions, and it's always a good show. there's always one small problem though. g. love shows as bring out the ladies, usually on the higher end of the hottest scale. doesn't do any good to even look at them though, as you are hopelessly outmatched: g. love is in the same room. you don't have a chance.
Yes! My wife was with me, and she remarked on how much fun I must be having just looking around. That show and Tool had the hottest audiences I've ever seen (though, yes, the dress style was wildly different).
You lookin' at my wife?
Leaving for a week's vacation in a few minutes...
1. Black Moth Super Rainbow "Twin of Myself" Eating Us
2. Modern Heads "Gliding (Original Mix)" (House)
3. Koko Taylor "Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Eyes Open" Royal Blue
4. Two FIngers f/ Stray "Straw Men" Two Fingers
5. Sonic Youth "Calming the Snake" The Eternal
6. Current 93 "Poppyskins"* Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain
7. Calvin Harris "I'm Not Alone"
8. Gui Boratto "Opus 17" Take My Breath Away (House)
9. Koko Taylor "I'm a Woman" Deluxe Edition
10. Current 93 f/ Shirley Collins "Idumea" Black Ships Ate the Sky
*IIRC, this features James Blackshaw on 12-string guitar
Wow, look at all that Koko Taylor!
Did you ever see her perform in or around Minneapolis?
I mentioned right after her death that I once saw her in New Ulm, at the short-lived "Minnesota Blues Festival."
I had never listened to her records before she died (I hadn't really thought of her since probably 2000), but i downloaded her greatest hits and two most recent albums that week, and they haven't been taken off my iPod since.
"I'm a Woman" is probably my favorite. Her voice rumbles and croaks, and then she sings.
Ah, I didn't realize it was you who made that comment.
I kept meaning to check out more of her stuff, and sadly, I too didn't really think to do it until she was gone and therefore fresh in my head.
I should really check out Son Seals' records before he passes. (Crap, he's dead too... 2004 at 62 years old, at least Koko was in her 80's, and she was still performing a month before her death.)
Seals was the headliner for the festival the other year. Before they realized that New Ulm isn't funky enough, and they had to move on...
Seems like one look at the Scandinavian architecture is all it should take to let one know that New Ulm is a decidedly unfunky town.
Hey, just so you know, Scandinavian architecture can be pretty damn funky!
Wolves introducing their new picks today at Target Center. A certain teenaged Spaniard will not be in attendance.
No time for links today, I'm on deadline.
01. Main Title and Calvera - Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven soundtrack)
02. I'm Frightened - John Barry (Body Heat soundtrack)
03. Get Ready - Rare Earth
04. Tush - ZZ Top
05. Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
06. Peter Gunn Theme - The Hellecasters
07. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
08. Hymn to Red October - Basi Poledouris (Hunt for Red October soundtrack)
09. Trouble in Mind - Willie Nelson & Leon Russell
10. Goodnight Irene - Ry Cooder
11. Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
i love that version of "little wing". stevie says, "no, no jimi, this is how you do it..."
That may be the one Hendrix cover that's better than the original.
i love that version of "little wing". stevie says, "no, no jimi, this is how you do it..."
I agree with you. I also think SRV's version of 'Voodoo Chile' is a little bit better than Hendrix's
Secret Asian Man!
Love the Poledouris, 'specially when it breaks into The Navy Hymn ("Eternal Father, Strong to Save") at the end.
I'm pretty partial to the Magnificent Seven theme. It always makes me want to ride off and save a Mexican village from Eli Wallach.
Absolutely. I feel the same about The Big Country theme. Except not a Mexican village. And not Eli Wallach.
I listened to the commentary on that movie not long ago. It was great how Coburn and Wallach were both just slightly dancing around the fact that nobody liked Yul Brynner.
I read that in all his scenes with Steve McQueen, Brynner wanted to make sure he was taller, so he'd make mounds of dirt to stand on. Every time McQueen saw one, he'd go over and kick the dirt around until it was level again.
Yes! Amazing that Brynner was so self-conscious, too...at that point, Steve McQueen wasn't even Steve McQueen yet, really.
True dat. McQueen was doing Wanted: Dead or Alive on TV when the movie came out. In '63 he did The Great Escape, then The Cincinnati Kid in '65 and The Sand Pebbles in '66. By then he was Steve McQueen, I think, and he would still go on to do The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Reivers, and Papillon, among others.
01. Dr. John - Gris Gris Gumbo Ya [Gris-Gris]
02. The Bill Dixon Orchestra - Voices [Intents and Purposes]
03. Jackie Gleason - From Russia With Love [The Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason]
04. Porter Wagoner - Shopworn [The Rubber Room]
05. Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan - Sari Galin [Endless Vision]
06. Dexter Gordon - Scrapple from the Apple [Our Man in Paris]
07. Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal [Scott 4]
08. Green Day / The Eagles - Wake Me Up When September Ends / Lyin' Eyes mash-up
09. John Zorn - Shanghai: Port of Last Resort [The Best of Film Works]
10. The Estonian Defense Forces Orchestra & the Estonian National Male Choir - Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm [Estonian National Anthem]
My mom used to watch the old Porter Wagoner show every week. I can still clearly recall the night I was watching with her (I think I was about 12) and realized that Dolly Parton had huge....tracts of land.
Man, I was subjected to Porter Wagoner all the time! And you're right. Dolly had hee-yuge wigs.
What....the curtains ?
+ 1 castle that doesn't sink into the swamp.
Was that the show that always opened with a closeup of cowboy boots walking from backstage onto the stage? That would be the extent of what I watched.
I don't really recall the opening. I was blinded by Porter's rhinestones and Dolly's attributes.
Say Boss, is August 1 set as the date for the convention? Because I might actually get to attend this year. We already have tickets for the game, but I'm looking forward to the picnic.
Yep. Aug. 1 it is.
European Oils, Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Baby on My Arm, The Broken West, I Can't Go On I'll Go On
Saved by Old Times, Deerhunter, Microcastle
The Stand Ins, One, Okkervil River, The Stand Ins (lame)
Crucifixion Cruise, The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (obligatory?)
There She Goes, John Prine, Bruised Orange
Eddie's Ragga, Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Fast Blood, Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight
Down in the Valley, The Broken West, I Can't Go On I'll Go On
Carolina, Josh Rouse, Nashville
Bonus Track: Billie Jean, because, along with Kiss by Prince, they are the only tunes that are guaranteed to get my skinny butt out on the dance floor. And, no, it isn't pretty.
Brother Ali - Picket Fence - Shadows on the Sun
The Go! Team - Panther Dash - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Answer Me - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Blue Scholars - The Long March - The Long March EP
Jay-Z - Song Cry - The Blueprint
Ghostface Killah - We Made It - Supreme Clientele
David Bowie - Heroes - Changesbowie
Life Without Buildings - The Leanover - Live at the Annandale Hotel
The Hives - Numbers - A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
Alice Smith - Secrets - For Lovers Dreamers and Me
I like this list very much. We Made It is one of the greatest Ghostface songs.
Sharon Jones is the bomb.
1. “Slaughter of the Soul” by At the Gates
2. “Scythe, Rage, and Roses” by Dark Tranquillity
3. “The Odyssey” by Symphony X
4. “Cry of the Blackbirds” by Amon Amarth
5. “Zodijackyl Light” by Dark Tranquillity
6. “Guiding the North Star” by Light This City
7. “Deal with the Devil” by Judas Priest
8. “Doorway to Survive” by Brainstorm
9. “Natashead Overdrive” by Crown
10. “The Soulforged” by Blind Guardian
Mel Brown/ Home James (from Chicken Fat)
The White Stripes/ As Ugly As I Seem (Live in Glasgow)
Duke Ellington/ Bonga (Afro-Bossa)
The Faces/ Love in Vain (Sounds for Saturday - BBC Live)
Barrington Levy/ Here I Come (DJ Kicks - Daddy G)
Sigur Ros/ Gong (Takk...)
Zapata/ Do Your Thing (Texas Funk: Black Gold from the Lone Star State)
Peace Orchestra/ Domination (Peace Orchestra)
Harlem River Drive/ Seeds of Life (What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves)
Art Blakey/ Johnny's Blue (Complete 1960 Jazz Messengers on Blue Note)
Hey old friend! Make sure you stop by at least every Friday with your list. Always welcome, of course.
Thanks, SBG. I'll see what I can do--but I'm about to become a whole lot busier again within the next few weeks.
No worries, the light is always on here.
I bet Flynn and Ellington wear their jerseys tonight. Both seemed like good kids in the presser, funny and not ego maniacs.
1. "Kamera" - Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. "You're an Ocean" - Fastball The Harsh Light of Day
3. "Solid Gold" - Eagles of Death Metal Death By Sexy
4. "The First Song" - Band of Horses Everything All the Time
5. "Spanish Castle Magic" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love
6. "Arizona" - Constantines Constantines
7. "Was It You?" - Spoon Gimme Fiction
8. "You Won't Be Fooled By This" - Albert Hammond, Jr. ¿Cómo Te Llama?
9. "Down in a Hole" - Ryan Adams & the Cardinals Follow the Lights
10. "Idiot Heart" - Sunset Rubdown Dragonslayer
Somebody's eyesight is getting bad.
Marvin Harrison to the Vikes? I heard this rumor and immediately knew what the source must be. I was not disappointed.
I saw "Charley Walters" at the top of my browser and just closed it before it finished loading. Much easier that way.
Reusse tweets:
He later shouted at Kevin with instructions to vacate his lawn.
Reusse seems to forget that Love will only be successful in his job if he has good co-workers, and Reusse's job is safe either way. I don't know whether or not to bitch about this draft, but if anyone's entitled, it's the current players.
At this point, just take the lot of Strib sports columnists and throw them overboard. They've crossed over from slightly annoying to embarrassingly out of touch.
I think Reusse's a pretty good writer at times, I just have to accept that he's a cranky old man and adjust accordingly.
As far as writing talents go, he's the cream of the crop. But at some point, the strange wrong-headed sentiments and the goofy obsessions just got to me.
I have to say that he will frustrate me with some of his ideas, but he's still got a lot more positives than negatives.
Part of the problem is that I no longer go out of my way to see his writing, and 90% of what I see with his name on it is only being relayed to me because of how bad it is. If I read his work on a regular basis, the positives would probably outweigh the negatives for me too.
Russo seems to me to be pretty decent. He had been calling out the previous management for quite some time now and he appears to have a good relationship with players.
Russo is the best the Strib sports section has got, no question.
I look forward to pulling out this graphic during the NBA season:
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
Did you read Bill Simmons take on the draft... he beat you to the punch with the Star Trek reference.
Hedo Turkoglu is opting out of his contract with the Magic. That was expected, but the Magic trading for Vinsanity was not. Now what? Who has cap space and would be willing to bid against the Magic for Brother Hedo's services??
Hedo turns 30 next season. For his career, he is a 38.5 pct shooter from 3pt range. His best season was 2007-08: 19.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 5 apg in 36.9 min/g. Numbers were a bit off this year, but he was integral to getting the Magic to the Finals. A nice complementary player.
Sid Ponson tested positive for a stimulate during WBC testing. A weight loss supplement . heh.
I read this on a blog somewhere, hardballtimes or something:
"Someone obviously spiked his urine sample, because there's no way Sidney Ponson has ever been on an appetite suppressant in his life. Stimulants also cause increased physical activity, and there's no evidence of that with him either.
The only non-natural substances in Ponson's pee-pee are Yoo-Hoo and failure. If I were him, I'd demand an investigation immediately."