Friday, July 15, 2005

I saw Wilco a few weeks back

Jim James of My Morning Jacket doing his best Tenacious D JB face.

There's Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.

Reviews coming soon...

This week I also saw Tweedy's ex Uncle Tupelo bandmate Jay Farrar with his band Son Volt. Nice show but let's just say there's a reason why these pictures are up and there's no rush on the Farrar.

Check Out Thrasher's collection of rave reviews of this show

Tonight I saw another old time band but this time together and reconciled in grunge pioneers Dinosaur Jr. along with the amazing 12 member Broken Social Scene, and radio 4 all in central park. Full review will be up later, but Broken Social Scene was engaging and amazing. Dino then came in and blew out the ear drums of a new generation.

Till another day...

This is Guts. What else can I say?

Monday, July 11, 2005

The Real All-Star Game

Some people think the All-Star Game is on Tuesday. I am a big baseball fan and on Tuesday I will be in the Bowery ballroom seeing Son Volt (thanks to winning New York's Q104.3). Even if I wasn't going to the show, I would not be watching that overbearing boring love fest where 70 players play a couple innings in a game that now stupidly decides which League will have home field advantage in the World Series. "This one counts" is the phrase Fox uses. Well it doesn't count. What counts is the Home Run Derby!!

In post-Steriod ridden baseball, there are new collection of real ball players not including freaks of nature like Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire whosadly were the bearersof baseball's torch for the past 5 years or so. But MLB figured out a way to stupefy the viewers again. In an attempt to promote the World Cup of Baseball to be played next March. Each country was given a representative. What this did was allow players like Jason Bay and Hee-Sop Choi a chance to embarrass themselves. Jason Bay, the great Pittsburgh Pirates star, got ten outs before one home run.

Sum 41 - ESPN's Derby Coverage

The American rep was of course from the Texas Rangers, he team of the Bush family. Like the fans, Texeira was a waste and a bust.

But Jeter is not in the all-star game and that's all that matters... Here's to the Yanks not making the playoffs.