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Mike Watt Home Safely to "America's Port"

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Our man Mike Watt‘s home safe and sound after a blast around the world as bassist for Iggy and the Stooges. Along the way, while helping to power the legendary band with his playing, he suffered a “knee-pop,” his term for a torn ACL/MCL and a harrowing episode at the Finnish Sonisphere festival. Now the […]

Bob Sheppard, 1910-2010

Bob Sheppard's booth in Yankee Stadium

The great announcer Bob Sheppard has died, but I hope the “dignity of the Yankees” that Reggie Jackson refers to in the video (below) continues. He was a really great part of being a fan of the team, and as a New Yorker who lived in California for […]

HBO's Treme Doesn't Miss A Beat

The weathered walls of the Crescent City color Treme

Gumbo has many elements in small amounts, right? HBO’s Treme, a drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, which just completed its first season, used music to bring authenticity to the show, and it did so in JazzFest-sized amounts (huge/never enough). It seems people from the […]

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I told you baseball season was getting interesting. Here’s Cubs Manager, Lou Piniella, who I have been a fan of since was a great player on the Yankees in the 70s, a manager in the 80s and then with the Reds, Mariners, Rays and Cubs. As he points out in the interview below, he has […]

"The Waiting is Over"

The first African World Cup has begun (actually the first game is at 10am NY time on Friday – South Africa vs. Mexico). For more info on when the games are on in your time zone, check out FIFA’s page here.

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Mike Watt Home Safely to "America's Port"

Bob Sheppard, 1910-2010

HBO's Treme Doesn't Miss A Beat

Looooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuu

"The Waiting is Over"

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