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4.17.2004

1918

In honor of a really shitty Yankees/Red Sox series (by which I mean "one in which A-Rod and Jeter combined are batting 2-18") here's a fun link to the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, which has a list of the 2003 Muzzle Awards. These are awards for the people or groups which have done the most to restrict freedom of expression in America in the past year. I expect the FCC to be on the list for 2004, what with the whole Janet Jackson / Howard Stern/ being complete fascist bastards thing they have going on now.

Excerpt:
"...The [Baseball] Hall of Fame's Director, Dale Petroskey, learned that Robbins and Sarandon had both recently made public statements critical of the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq. He notified the two film stars by Federal Express that he had decided to cancel the planned celebration, solely because they had spoken out against the planned military campaign."

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# Posted by Rachel on 9:56 PM

stripes

4.16.2004

he's late for the jr. prom

On the eve of a four-game Yankees/Red Sox series here in Boston, Yankees.com has an article about Aaron Boone, Hero of the ALCS. Somewhere, Becky is swooning and crossing her fingers for his return to 2nd base.

"I see some Red Sox fans every now and then. Most of it has been good-natured ribbing," Boone said. "Nothing where I had to throw down or anything."
I will pay cash money to see Aaron Boone "throw down."
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# Posted by Rachel on 4:25 PM

stripes

4.15.2004

historical note

Happy Jackie Robinson Day, y'all.
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# Posted by Becky on 1:18 AM

stripes

4.14.2004

whoo-hoo!

I wish I lived in England, like Susanna. In England, Graham Coxon is allowed to be a headliner at a summer festival. Plus, he'll be playing there with The Darkness, so how much fun will that show be?

I can never get over the fact that, in America, Blur is just "the whoo-hoo band." Generally people tell me that they have no idea what a blur is, and then I say "what about Song 2?" and they say "What's a song 2?" and I say "You know, whoo-hoo!" and they say "Oh! Them. Right." In extreme cases they'll know Boys & Girls, or Parklife, but it's rare.

In England, Blur are huge, huge stars. Damon's sex life has always been front page news, whether he was dating Justine from Elastica, or getting his new girlfriend pregnant. Pictures of him and his baby daughter Missy are regularly in the tabloids. Parklife (the album) was huuuuuuuge. British music magazines refer to nerdy-looking boys as being "like Graham Coxon," pretty boys are "like Damon," who's a one-name celebrity over there. And the whole Blur/Oasis rivalry puts our 50 Cent/ Ja Rule nonsense to shame.

Damon and Graham had a major falling out (the millionth since they met) and Graham quit the band, which is why he's headlining by himself, now. Damon's been busy writing Gorillaz albums, and doing charity work with musicians in Mali. (It's so good! Go listen to it!!)

That's the History of Blur in 3 Minutes Or Less. Maybe we should do theme months. May can be Sloan month, in honor of the concert in Boston. When there's no new news to post, we can be obnoxious and educatory, and lecture about Why Bands Are Great.

Becky, would you like to run with this and explain why everyone must listen to Blur?
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# Posted by Rachel on 9:32 PM

stripes

4.12.2004

the only sport I watch

Sars presents some reasons to enjoy baseball. I personally subscribe to numbers 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8. (9 is good too, but that's not why I like baseball.) My corresponding arguments:

1) I live in Boston and root for the Yankees. Enough said.

2) Josh Beckett. Hate!!! So much hate!!! And the thing is, I mostly just hate his facial hair. GRRRRRRR!

5) I don't find it boring, personally, because I make a huge soapy drama out of the whole thing, but I also get a lot of work done during games. Baseball makes me productive.

6) I have a great time talking with customers (or students) about baseball. As soon as I properly identify something from a recent game, and they realize I know what I'm talking about (kind of) we have some long-ass chats. It rocks.

8) There was this moment, in the playoffs last season, when Aaron Boone went to catch a ball and it rolled up his chest, bounced off his chin, and sailed up in to the air over his head. And the look on his face... Hee. Oh, hee hee hee. Becky's been talking all week about seeing Jeter dive for a ball and fall flat on his face. Hee!


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# Posted by Rachel on 9:28 PM

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