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Tomorrow, it will be exactly three months until the Pitchfork Music Festival. While the lineup hasn’t been fully announced, what do you make of those scheduled to perform?
Friday
All Tomorrow’s Parties/Don’t Look Back – Sonic Youth performs Daydream Nation in its entirety.
Saturday
Cat Power, Clipse, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Battles, Fujiya & Miyagi, Oxford Collapse, Dan Deacon, Beach House, Professor Murder, and Ken Vandermark’s Powerhouse Sound
Sunday
The New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, Menomena, Klaxons, The Ponys, Deerhunter, and Craig Taborn’s Junk Magic
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Snow, Rain, and Sludge.
Update: The Cubs game against the Astros has been cancelled due to SNOW!
Ouch! Tonight’s game was a heartbreaker! Despite an impressive outing from pitcher Jon Garland through 7 innings and having the lead since the 5th, the Sox give up three hits in the bottom of the 9th from relief pitcher Bobby Jenks and take a loss. We even missed Andrew Bird on Letterman to watch the dreadful end. So, I shall do my best to give you my comments:
1. I made homemade pizza tonight but since the game didn’t start until 9pm CST I didn’t get to enjoy it with the game.
2. The WGN commentators for the away games are less enthusiastic for the real “home” team.
3. Apryl started watching the game with me but fell asleep around the 4th inning. She would wake up towards the end of the game.
4. No homeruns for tonight’s game. However, Juan Uribe does get the RBI in the 5th for the Sox’s only score.
5. Despite having the highest batting average on the home team, even hitting a homer the night before helping the Sox beat the A’s, Steve Podsednik gets very little love from the Sox fans. It didn’t help that the game winning hit in the 9th wasn’t caught by Pods, but instead bounced off his head.
6. Being a Grizzlies fan (and heck, a U of M Tigers fan), I understand heartbreak losses. When they happen you question why you even torture yourself following these game so closely. Then, of couse, the good guys come through and make you proud again.
7. Favorite quote from an expletively littered South Side Sox blog tonight, “Terrible way to end the night. Sleep is not going to be easy.”
8. Apryl really doesn’t like the intentional walk. Whenever it happens, she likes to utter, “There is no honor in this game. No dignity.”
9. Apryl’s sisters are coming to town on Thursday night, so I might be skipping out on TV Game #5 (Sox vs. Indians).
(Eva watching the Good Guys.)
After a five year absence, Louisville’s King Kong is back with their very own blend of funk and general absurdness. I like to describe the Kong as the party band no one hired but no one dared pull the plug. My first introduction to the Kong was in high school when I picked up a cassette of their album Funny Farm. Back in the day, I just didn’t get it. How could I take a band like this serious? Of course, my questioning was part of the problem. King Kong aren’t a band to be analyzed but one to chuggle at and dance to. I mean a sample of their song titles include “To Love A Yak,” “Scooba Dooba Diver,” and “Dance of the Ducks”.
Last night, King Kong headlined another one of the Empty Bottle’s free Monday nights. While less of a crowd than for Headache City, there were definitely loyal Kong fans up front and center singing and dancing. I assume that there is probably a larger fan base here than other cities because King Kong are on the Chicago label, Drag City. The majority of the set came from the new album, Buncha Beans, which doesn’t deviate too much from the sound of Kong five years ago. Older tunes I recalled hearing where “Uh-Oh,” “Bad Cat Blues,” “Funky Monkey,” and, of couse, the classic “Funny Farm”.
(King Kong funk at the Empy Bottle.)
Well, the Sox lost their first televised game (at least on basic cable) against the Twins. I didn’t even realize that today’s game was being broadcasted until I turned on the TV and happened to catch the first pitch. Anyway, here we go:
1. Today’s matchup: The Sox vs. Santana… Johan Santana that is, one of the best pitchers right now in baseball.
2. The starting pitcher for the Sox was John Danks who was making his major league debut. Other than the 3 runs he gave up in the 4th inning, he was quite impressive.
3. For several innings after the 4th, the WGN scoreboard going into commericals stated that the score was 0 – 0.
4. On a full count, it’s always amusing when a batter watches the last pitch, assuming that it’s a ball, yet the plate umpire calls it a strike. Embarrassing. Even more embarrassing when there are two outs, and the batter is already trying to take their base, while the defense is running towards the bullben.
5. I’m starting to recognize several routines from Sox batters when they’re up to bat. Before each pitch, Thome likes to extend his bat from his body, pointing it towards center field. Konerko spits into the palms of his gloves and rubs them together for extra friction.
6. The camera angle for close up’s on right-handed batters showed two girls that held up small, hand-written signs. One of them said: Happy Easter. The other: Hello Sarah. After nine innings, I think Sarah’s got the message.
7. The Easter bunny entertained the crowd with the Robot Dance.
8. A ten year old sings “God Bless America” during the 7th inning stretch.
9. The second televised Sox homer is once again provided by Juan Uribe.
(A freezing cameraman does his best to keep the shot steady.)
Despite the bitter cold temperatures, the Sox get things done with a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Twins. So here we go, my 9 comments:
Okay, I know I said that I would only be posting about the Sox on TV games days, but this was just too funny. Tonight’s game against the Minnesota Twins has been cancelled because… it’s too cold to play baseball! With 22 degree weather and a 0 wind chill factor, I suppose the deciding factor was actually that no one would bother to show up (even though frigid weather has never stopped Da Bears fans). Tomorrow’s game is suppose to go on as scheduled at 1pm.
Update: Looks like the Cubs are going to get their first win of the year against the Brewers. And since Milwaukee is only an hour and a half away from Chicago, a large majority of the fans are Cubbies (which is evident on the WGN broadcast). Note to self: must make a day trip to the “Brew City”!
Have any of you (particularly our Memphis friends) seen this new website, Memphis Crime Stories? It’s connected with the Commerical Appeal and allows you to check crime reports through a series of categories: Crime Type, Street, Date, Police District, and ZIP code. Here’s a report on my old street Clark.
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