Epic Weekend Awesome Thread
by Rev Halofan on Jan 20, 2012 7:36 PM PST
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Friday Night. Home. Your Assignment:
Fill out this form in the comments section. Name Your...
One Favorite Musical Group
Two Favorite Television Shows
Three Favorite 20th Century Angels players
Four Favorite Books (assuming you have read four here, Dr. Seuss counts if you gotta go back that far)
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The Smiths
Bewitched and Curb Your Enthusiasm
Brian Downing, Wally Joyner, Gary Pettis
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger , Post Office by Charles Bukowski, And The Band Played On (nonfiction) by Randy Shilts, Heaven Knows What by Grant Lewi
mad props on this list rev
Bukowski is one of my favorite poets…. “How is your heart” got me through many a hangovers
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Jan 21, 2012 5:24 AM PST up reply actions
The Smiths?
Nice!… but for some reason I never pegged you as a Smiths fan. More like a late 80s So Cal punk kinda dude…which you may very well be too, I guess.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
And The Band Played On
Tears just thinking about it. Thanks, Rev.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Depeche Mode, Queensryche, NWA and George Strait
CHiPs
Brian Downing and Don Baylor
“Apathy and Other Small Victories”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 20, 2012 7:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
And I can’t count or follow rules
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 20, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Well very wide assortment of musical choices.
You've been Bourjos'd!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
My bro Andy Lane= Cubs Bullpen catcher!
by WillGoAngels27 on Jan 20, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
Here goes...
1. Marc Broussard
2. 24, Arrested Development.
3. Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Vladamir Guerrero
4. The Gunslinger series by Stephen King, The acts of Caine by Mathew Stover, The mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, and Old Mans War by John Scalzi.
Right you are sir.
Somehow I once i started thinking of past players i liked I just threw him in automatically =p.
Replace him with Bobby Grich then ;-).
Grich was at the tail end of his career when I was a kid...
But he did hit the first home run I ever saw in person back in 83 ;-).
Foster the People
Arrested Devlopment, Its Always sunny in Philly-Parks and Rec
Timmy Salmon, Percy, Vladdy.
Since college has made my life miserable, i do not accept that final question.
You've been Bourjos'd!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
My bro Andy Lane= Cubs Bullpen catcher!
FTP too mainstream.
"Baseball is beautiful. It is the only sport in which you can fail 70% of the time and still be considered the greatest player"
by Halos2011champs on Jan 20, 2012 8:12 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Here goes
The Cure
Boardwalk Empire, It’s Always Sunny
Wally Joyner, Bob Boone, Rod Carew
The Great Gatsby, The Kite Runner, Once They Were Angels, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
by JeffJoiner on Jan 20, 2012 7:52 PM PST via mobile reply actions
1. The Beatles
2. I’m going with shows that are currently on. comedy: Parks & Recreation. drama: Breaking Bad
3. Wally Joyner, Tim Salmon, Jim Edmonds
4. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut, Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, The last 4 books in the Harry Potter series
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
but Breaking Bad isn't technically currently on.
Great show though.
by BrentSchmidt on Jan 20, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
you're getting a little too technical there buddy
although it is in-between seasons, the show is still running. there will be new episodes coming out. Walt’s de-evolution as a person is not over.
besides, who are you to judge? after looking at your answer I noticed that on topics 1-3 you went over the allotted number requested, and then on topic 4 you went under. plus, either you were REALLY impressed with the 7 games and 22 PA Jeff DaVanon played as a Halo in the 20th century, or you miffed that answer as well.
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Jan 20, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
Jason Mraz
Private Practice, Survivor
Tim Salmon, Jim Abbott, Frank Tanana
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Harry Potter (any or all 7) by JK Rowling
Gayest list ever.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 12:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Survivor is a good show
I jsut have a hard time watching it knowing how filthy and smelly everyone is. It’s a weird thing, I know, but it drives me nuts.
Two seasons ago, watching Boston Rob play the game the way he did was a real treat, though. That was the perfect game.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
close.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Ever.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
If you happened to be a dude then, yeah, ever.
But considering that you are a chick, it is NOT the gayest list ever. Mad props for having the courage to go all-in for the sisterhood with this audience!
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
DITTO!
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Bastard
1. Stones, circa ‘68-74.
2. Deadwood, and my memories of St. Elsewhere.
3. Grich, Tanana, Salmon
4. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, Homage to Catalonia, Vaclav Havel’s Open Letters, The Long Goodbye.
I love, love, love fear and loathing on the campaign trail
great choice matt
by TheQuestforMerlin on Jan 21, 2012 8:01 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Homage to Catalonia...
wow, what a selection!
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
Hieroglyphics, Dylan
Dexter, The Wire
GA, Grich, Abbot
Howard Zinn, A people’s History Of The United States
mushmouth
No one ever thinks Zinn is the best book ever
unless your a history teacher
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
King Crimson or Brian Eno, either one
Seinfeld and BBC Top Gear
Bobby Grich, Brian Downing, and Tim Salmon
Dawkins’ The Ancestor’s Tale, Lindbergh’s The Spirit of St. Louis, Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely, and Greene’s The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos (tied).
Interesting assortment of books
Gotta love the Chandler
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Jan 21, 2012 5:46 AM PST up reply actions
Cool.
1) Miles Davis Quintet 1962-1968…
2) The West Wing and Seinfeld…
3) Reggie, Mike Witt and Chuck Finley…
4) Moneyball, 9/11 Commission Report, Dude, Where’s My Country (Michael Moore), Fair Ball (Bob Costas)…
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Jan 20, 2012 8:10 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Radiohead is right there with the MDQ.
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Jan 20, 2012 8:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ha.
No, I dig In A Silent Way, etc., but one group? It has to have Tony Williams and Herbie…
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I heard IN A SILENT WAY today
at Starbucks.
It was weird. Let’s just say the lights are always much lower when that song is playing in my room.
Ha!!!
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
TMI
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 20, 2012 9:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Next time those lights go down low...
I hope the first thing you think about isn’t a double mocha frappucino!
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
Reggie Willits didn't play in the 20th century
pssshhhh…
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
1) radiohead
2) Hawaii 5-O (Jack Lord version); Venture Bros.
3) Ryan; Moore; DEVOn
4) Dune; Hitchhikers Trilogy; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Public Works Trilogy: Sewer, Gas, and Electric; Breakfast of Champions
Hitchhikers trilogy?
the last two fell upon your deaf ears?
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Jan 21, 2012 5:47 AM PST up reply actions
it was a good read while in high school
had fun reading it, and remember it that way. so nyaa.
by eyespy on Jan 21, 2012 10:52 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
If I remember correctly, the fourth and fifth books made light of that.
“The fourth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s trilogy”, or something to that effect.
by TheKingfish on Jan 21, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, all five books are part of the Hitchhiker's Trilogy.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
You guys are completely right.
I completely forgot about Douglas Adam’s sense of humor with regards to the term trilogy
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Jan 21, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
1. bad religion
2. its always sunny.. (complete johnny-come-lately to that show, never realized how awesome it is)
3. salmon , percy, joyner
4. catch 22
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
There was a boy who had too many toys...
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Jan 21, 2012 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
Here is mine:
1. Jason Aldean
2. Hell on Wheels & CSI
3. Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad, Scott Spiezio
4. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck, The Teammates by David Halberstam, Pujols More than the Game by Scott Lamb & Tim Ellsworth
HOW is awesome
Captain, there are doubt''s...
by Match Day 5 on Jan 21, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
1. The Beatles
2. Thrillbillies, Friday Night Lights
3. Salmon, Anderson, Glaus
4. “Geek Love” by Catherine Dunn, “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote, “Member of the Wedding” by Carson McCullers, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
Hmm..
Blink 182 (yeah, I know, but I still dig ’em)
How I met your mother, Friday Night Lights (greatest show every, imop
Salmon, GA, Percy
The Dark Tower series (all 7 books), The Talisman, The Black House, The Shining (all by Stephen King, I didn’t have much variety in my life early on, and I’ve spent the last 6 years reading nothing but books for my classes.)
Faith Focus Finish
by b0rd3rline on Jan 20, 2012 8:36 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Seems I am not the only one to have read Talisman & Black House.
2 Very well co-written books.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
That's right, Peter Schaub co-wrote both with King
The Talisman was the first Stephen King book I ever read, but my dad wouldn’t let me read The Black House until I read the first 4 books of the Dark Tower series, so that I would understand things a little bit better.
Faith Focus Finish
The Black House wraps up the Talisman nicely. The DJ in the Black House rocks, by the way.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
Was is Schaub or Straub?
I don’t rightly remember. I do remember that the books were excellent reads.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
No worries.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
Loved the Dark Tower series!
You probably know this already, but there is a new Dark Tower book coming out in April. Can’t wait!
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
I bought the first DT book a few months back and have yet to read it
been slowly getting through the 3 other books I was in the middle of at the time, 2 down, 1 to go. was planning on reading it after finishing them, but after watching Game of Thrones recently I think I may have to get into those books first.
one great thing about books is you can buy one and put it on your shelf where it will sit until you’re ready for it. there’s really no rush, and their story rarely gets spoiled by the outside world.
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Jan 20, 2012 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
I completely agree. Books sitting on the shelf are a treat that keep well until you're ready to enjoy them
Coincidentally, I have A Game of Thrones sitting on my shelf until I finish a few of the things I’m reading.
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
I read the first DT book.
It was kinda odd. Good, but odd.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Idk if you've heard
but Ron Howard (director of “A Beautiful Mind”) is working on a Dark Tower movie/TV series. The idea is a big screen trilogy, with a mini TV series that carries on between each of the 3 movies. It’ll either be the most epic thing ever, or a total flop. I’m holding out hope that Howard brings it to life.
It’ll also be interesting to see where King goes in this new book, but I’ll definitely be getting it..
Faith Focus Finish
I heard that got canceled.
Did they find another studio?
by TheTypingFiend on Jan 20, 2012 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I'm behind
I was just looking online for updates, and I didn’t notice before that Universal dropped the project. It does sound like Ron Howard and his team are still working on it, but they still need to find a different studio to pick it up. Hopefully it still gets finished, I was SO excited when I heard about it originally..
Faith Focus Finish
I had not heard. But you have definitely perked my ears up.
I agree, the project sounds both really intriguing and potentially cringe worthy depending on how it’s handled.
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Joanie Loves Chachie
Lamest spinoff show ever, closely followed by Roscoe’s Dukes of Hazzard spinoff
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 21, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Don't you ever be ashamed of #1, ever
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Jan 21, 2012 1:03 AM PST up reply actions
OT: has anybody read either of these books by Dirk Hayhurst......
“Out of My League” or “Bullpen Gospels”? If so are they any good?
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
I read Bullpen Gospels and enjoyed it a lot.
Think Ball Four lite with more conscious introspection.
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
Loved The Bullpen Gospels
I read it on a flight to Philly. Laughed out loud a few times, which annoyed those sitting around me. Portions of it take place in the Cal League, and I’ve been to many of the places he mentions in the book.
Out of My League is schedule for release next month, but it’s already been pre-ordered from Amazon.
I also recommend following Dirk Hayhurst (@TheGarfoose) on Twitter. He’s very funny, especially when he and other ballplayers start ripping each other.
Loved Bullpen Gospels.
I think Hayhurst has a chapter from Out of My League up on his site. Oh hey, look at that link. Sounds like Grandma’s back.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
My list:
1) Metallica
2) Big Bang Theory, Fringe
3) Nolan Ryan, Rod Carew, Jim Abbott
4) Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card), Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), Number of the Beast (Robert A Heinlein), The Talisman (Stephen King & Peter Straub)
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
Inhale.....
Thrice
Law and Order SVU, Ax Men
Wally Joyner, Tim Salmon, Jim Abbott
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas), Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut), The Door to December (Dean Koontz), The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis).
…..Exhale.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 20, 2012 8:49 PM PST via mobile reply actions
1.Against Me!
2.The Office and Mr. Bean
3.Erstad, Percy, and Salmon
4.The Hobbit, Game of Thrones (Really the whole A Song of Ice and Fire series), 1984, The Road
You Have Excellent Taste
I cheated with Song of Ice and Fire, calling the whole saga, but Storm of Swords was my favorite of them.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Not a bad assignment for a Friday night:
1) Toughie but let’s go with Jethro Tull. I’ve seen them in concert the most times.
2) Hell on Wheels, Castle (and Grimm too. Sorry, breaking the rules. ;) )
3) Nolan Ryan, Tim Salmon, Jim Abbott
4) Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein, Ball Four by Jim Bouton, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neill Gaimen, and A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
1) Brooks and Dunn
2) Top Shot and Bitchin Kitchen(okay that’s just a current infatuation)
3) Ryan and Bengie Molina(he slid in before the turn of the century) and Rod Carew.
4) The Dragon Rises, The Fountainhead, Cryptonomicon, and The Joy of Homebrewing
Points for being the only one to drop a country-western band so far...
even though i’m totally not a fan, that’s some balls on your part.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
George Strait in the 2nd post says "how-doo?"
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 21, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Ah missed that.
God, George Strait is terrible. I like some of the old country western dudes….but man Strait is just cheeseball central.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
don't put any divots into my ball of well-roundedness
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 21, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
George Strait is a class act. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You need glasses.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
by angelslogic on Jan 22, 2012 5:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
1. All-time? Finch as of late Jimmy Eat World
2. Currently: Southland, Parks And Rec, Revenge, Criminal Minds, The Office
3: Tim Salmon, Chili Davis, Gary DiSarcina, GA, Jeff DaVannon (cause he looked like Mortimer Mouse)
4. Mice Tales, Tick Tock…. ehhhh yup.
what it is to burn
Such an amazing song
me and the wonder dog got high!
by YOUknowulovetheIE on Jan 21, 2012 9:47 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
mine..
1) Black Sabbath
2) Married with Children, The Simpsons
3) Wally, Percy, and J.T.
4) Cosmic Banditos, In Search of Captain Zero Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 PM PST via mobile reply actions
1. The Clash
2. Deadwood, King of the Hill
3. GA, Salmon and Chuck Finley
4. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Black Hole by Charles Burns, The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, It Could Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Tough list. First question could have a handful of valid answers for me.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Okay, I promise I'll stop after this one... Again...
This is why I voted for you.
Blood Meridian? The Moviegoer? Are you my brother from another mother?
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
What can we say? We're just awesome.
Are you also a Virgo?
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 20, 2012 9:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Just saw that. A thousand thank yous, buddy.
I’m on my cell right now. Will screw around with that tomorrow fo sho.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 20, 2012 9:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
me too....when's yours?
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Almost got to see Joe Strummer and the Mescalleroes in Tokyo, at one of his last concerts
But thems was dark times, I quit smoking the next day.
Fav Clash song: Hate and War
That was a sound that they carried all the way till the end, and Mick Jones took it with him to BAD.
My list
1. The Pixies
2. American Dad! and The Wire
3. I’m not gonna front. I started following the Halos in 2008. My father-in-law struck out Wally Joyner once, though.
4. V. by Thomas Pynchon; 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
Eric King
That’s my guess, but only because his middle name is Steven. But if I were him I wouldn’t brag about striking out Wally as it happened on a passed ball where Joyner reached first base safely. On top of which, he faced four batters, recorded zero outs and gave up the only three runs the Angels scored in that game in support of Chuck Finley who’d come in to replace Don Sutton. But I suppose that if you walked away from that experience saying “I struck out Wally Joyner” then you have a heck of an optimistic attitude.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Seriously??
Seriously????
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Sweet!
Wait, is that better or worse than being the Grandson of a TV clown?
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
Depends. Did the TV clown also give up Ken Griffey Jr.'s first MLB HR?
Also, Steven King.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Nope.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
Good thing I didn't go play Megabucks last night.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Too many good bands/artists to just choose one but
1) Zapp and Roger (never gets old)
2) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, House, The First 48, etc…
3) Tim Salmon, Jim Abbott (secretly one of my favorite bcuz he made me feel like I can play sports with my messed up right hand), G.A. I’d name more but I’m only 23. How about 21st century player now? Lol
4) Considering I’m not a reader:
Brewing Up a Business
God, No!
Catcher in the Rye
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Jan 20, 2012 9:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Roger Troutman was one of the coolest guys I ever met
Sincerely nice guy. I met him when I worked in radio and they played our Spring Jam. He put on a good set.
by JeffJoiner on Jan 20, 2012 11:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
WOW! Zapp and Roger??!
That’s an awesome pick. Is that was your handle “maze88” refers to? Maze has some crazy coked out music videos.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
Mine
Favorite Musical Group: Pye Corner Audio
Favorite (Current) TV Shows: Parks & Recreation, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Fringe, Louie
Favorite 20th Century Angel: Troy Percival (we’re both from Riverside, and we both went to UCR, so…)
Favorite Books: Neil Stephenson’s Anathem, Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series, Joyce’s Finnegans Wake
Anathem is a fantastic read
But your list otherwise fails: It’s one band, two TV shows, three Angels, and four books.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Have you read the The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series?
It is by Stephen Donaldson and is a fun read if you are into fantasy at all. Some like it, some loath it, but I would say at least give it a try. It just might stick with you.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 2:00 AM PST up reply actions
Count me in the LOATHE column.
I wanted to burn the first book when I finished it. Merely throwing it into the garbage can felt too respectful.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Jan 21, 2012 10:04 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I went to Percy's high school
That’s about the only good thing I can say about it. And even then he was the catcher, so it’s not like they knew what they had.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Friday Night Lonely
1 Group: LCD Soundsystem
2 Shows: Community, Parks & Rec
3 Players: Darin Erstad, Chuck Finley, Garret Anderson
4 Books: Everything Matters! (Currie), The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), The Beak of the Finch (Weiner), The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
1 Counting Crows
2 Firefly, The Office
3 David Eckstein, Darin Erstad, Tim Salmon
4 The Sum of All Men (Farland), Enders Game (Card), Cryptonomicon (Stephenson’s), Snow Crash (Stephenson’s)
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Loved Firefly!
If I’d thought to include shows that weren’t currenty on, that would have been one of mine. But wine and interpreting instructions don’t really mix for me.
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Grrrrr
Firefly and the live-action version of The Tick with Patrick Warburton are the two one-season shows I get most worked about over their cancellation
by JohnBonhamRocks on Jan 20, 2012 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
The Tick was a good one too!
I’m rather used to the idea that my liking a series is the kiss of death to it. Firefly, the Tick, Rome…at least Deadwood lasted 3 seasons, but it ended so abruptly that it kind of fits the pattern too. :)
by blithescribe on Jan 20, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
At least we got John from Cincinnatti
You know, that terrible show so terrible that even HBO hated it and then we never got the “proper” Deadwood ending?
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Eckstein did not play for the Angels in the 20th century
by Rev Halofan on Jan 20, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Ouch. Well, he was picked up by the Angels in the 20th century, do I get half credit?
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
man that is a wasted footnoted astrisk of a pick then...
But you did post that on Eck’s 37th birthday.
by Rev Halofan on Jan 21, 2012 12:03 AM PST up reply actions
Another Ender's Game fan.
Woot! That book made me rethink my views about “us” and “them” and just who is “right” and “wrong.” I recommend that book to everyone that asks me “what book should I read?”
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'm reading Speaker for the Dead right now
its much different than EG
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Jan 21, 2012 12:55 AM PST up reply actions
Yup.
Different, good, just not as epic in my opinion. Card’s Mormonism creeps in more and more as the series went on. Not a terrible thing, it just became more noticeable is all. If you like the Ender books, try the Alvin Maker series. It is a good series of reads as well.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:07 AM PST up reply actions
I thought he did a good job with other religions especially in SFtD...
But I don’t strongly remember the later books so I believe what you say about his Mormonism.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
The exploration of religion is what I liked about Speaker.
Very interesting to contemplate.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, there's only marginal connections with Ender's Game.
Even so, I love the Speaker series more than the Shadow series. It really explores some interesting ideas.
The Alvin Maker series is another interesting concept, but it became too sprawling and meandering for me late in the series and I kind of game up on it.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
The Shadow series of books seemed unnecessary to me.
They almost take out of the original Ender books what made them have so much impact. Not bad books, just perhaps not 100% necessary to read.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:17 AM PST up reply actions
Currently
1. RHCP
2. How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory
3. Jim Edmonds, Mike James, Darin Erstad
4. Anything by Dean Koontz
"I was at a Del Taco, on the phone with Alex Anthopoulos, When the Drugs began to take hold…"
-- No Bologna Polonia
mike James...
Nice.
The score dictated they pass
by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 20, 2012 10:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He was Scot Shields before Scot Shields.
Good pick. Him, Lou Pote, Pep Harris, DeLucia and Percy in the same pen wasn’t awful…
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Jan 21, 2012 3:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Mike James
first major league with a pierced tongue.
by Rev Halofan on Jan 20, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
mine
1. Zero 7
2. I.T. Crowd and Futurama
3. Erstad, Eckstein, Percy
4. Slaughterhouse Five and any other three by Kurt Vonnegut
by JohnBonhamRocks on Jan 20, 2012 10:11 PM PST reply actions
Read that one only once in the 80's
Don’t remember disliking it, but my memory ain’t what it used to be. Did you not like that one?
by JohnBonhamRocks on Jan 20, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
i cannot believe that JOHNBONHAMROCKS
mentions a band other than the Mighty Led Zep as his favorite band
by Rev Halofan on Jan 20, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
Haha
I still love Zep, but am much more into other things now. I’m a Venture Brothers fan, and the handle is the password of one of the main characters.
by JohnBonhamRocks on Jan 20, 2012 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
here goes nothing
1. Daughtry
2. Survivor, Judge Judy
3. Tim Salmon, Ersty, Chuck Finley
4. Arnold – education of a bodybuilder, Rex Ryan’s – Play it like you mean it, The Good Earth, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Yeah im odd
The score dictated they pass
by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 20, 2012 10:39 PM PST via mobile reply actions
To Kill A Mockingbird is on my "to read" list.
I just picked it up last week.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Boo!
Radley, that is.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
by AlanFalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
A very good jest indeed, Sir!
Well played.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
One of the best "school required" books I've ever read
Up there with “Black Boy”.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Somehow I missed it in school.
Read it a few months ago; still plenty powerful.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
"Daughtry"
That takes guts right there. Good for you.
Captain, there are doubt''s...
by Match Day 5 on Jan 21, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Some of my favorite subjects
Radiohead.
Six Feet Under, Shameless
Garrett Anderson, Chili Davis, Jim Abbott
Post Office, A Catcher in the Rye, In Watermelon Sugar, Odd Man Out
One more reason to dust the attic
One Great Band: Led Zeppelin
Two Favorite TV Shows: Batman. And Nova.
Three 20th Century Angels Players: Steve Bilko, Rich Reichardt, Darin Erstad
Four Favorite Books: Dune, The Red Badge of Courage, The Maker of Universes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Aaaahhh. Warm, fuzzy memories for a rainy weekend…thanks.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
But...
Morgan Freeman’s Through The Wormhole is on the telly at the moment. I highly recommend those episodes dealing with the concept of time. When scientists break down and become religious. Or astrologers. Totally mind-bending stuff.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Then here is some pretty damned good news:
Scientists at Rutgers University published a peer-reviewed paper that documented research wherein it was shown to a statistically significant variation beyond mere random chance, that human beings have the ability to see beyond the present and into the future when the subject matter is porn.
One theory behind this is that it is an evolutionary advantage, allowing those able to predict their better sex partners to be more likely to create more offspring and pass their genes on to the next generation.
You just can’t make this stuff up. Even with animation.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
And an order for a package delivery.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
i am one step ahead of Morgan Freeman then
I recommended the astrology book that got me laid the most times.
by Rev Halofan on Jan 20, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
Stick with what works, eh Rev?
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 20, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
i should teach a class.
the 6,000 year old science to having the bra-straps voluntarily undone for you.
by Rev Halofan on Jan 21, 2012 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like a winner to me.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
Gotta know...
Which incarnation of Batman? The bulk of your list would indicate its the Adam West classics, but it wouldn’t surprise me if you were hip to the damn-good animated series from the 90s.
Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Vincent Price
and Yvonne Craig (rrrrrr….)
Although, yes, I did catch snippets of the 90’s animated series as promoted by my two sons. So I have respect for that series, too.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Adam West ruined it for me when I saw him in a porn movie
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Not that you watch porn, or anything...
Adam West, “The Cornflake”, in porn? Just one more reason why that series was so awesome!!!
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
it was a LONG time ago. More soft porn
story: a friend was obsessed with Adam Ant and invited a bunch of us girls over for some concert on MTV (back when MTV played music videos) and after a few libations, someone put in the movie and POW!
or at least I think it was Adam West. Maybe it was some other TV superhero. I tried googling it and couldn’t find anything in the 70’s/80’s that he was in. He was in an “erotic” film in the early 2000’s.
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Yeppers. That was Adam West.
I seen that on Cinemax, or Showtime, back in ’85ish
Played a doctor/ scientist really didn’t pay that much attention. I like to read.
How can anybody deny that this was The Awesome?!?
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
LP? Really.
George lopez?
I’m not trying to be judgmental here, but I’m being judgmental.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 12:52 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i actually enjoy the sitcom...whats wrong with that? and LP...i just choose them because
they prolly the only band i can actually stand….im more of a rap/hip hop person
J5? NWA? The Roots? Tribe?
There were some options.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
1. Pixies
2. Sopranos, Any BBC nature programme involving Sir David Attenborough
3. Chili Davis, Chuck Finley, Wally Joyner
4. The Dice Man by Luke Rheinhard, The Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, The Culture novels by Iain M Banks
I see red people
by The Limey on Jan 21, 2012 12:41 AM PST via mobile reply actions
1. Pixies (saw them in Eugene a while back, rocked my socks off.)
2. Breaking Bad, Arrested Development
3. Salmon, Davis, Langston (who looks like Bowie now)
4. Moral Man, Immoral Society, The Great Gasby, Tom Sawyer
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
So ecstatic the Pixies decided to regroup
I was a bit too young to see them when they were around but I’ve seen them like 5 times in the last few years. No bullshit reunion with them, they OWNED every one of those shows. La la love them.
Same here.
I discovered them just out of high school, like 01, 02. Never thought it’d happen.
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
1.) Murder City Devils, and The Eagles, (when I've been drinking).
2.) Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Frontline, Arrested Dev., Portlandia, Keeping Up Appearances, Golden Girls, Oz, The Wire, and Cops!
3.) Peter Bourjos.
4.) East of Eden, Catcher in the Rye, Raise High the Roof beam Carpenters, The Nick Adams Stories, Islands in the Stream, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch, Old man and the sea, anything by David Sedaris-I’ve met him and he’s awesome, Crime and Punishment, Hashish-A Smuggler’s Tale by Henry de Monfreid, any books regarding the flora and fauna of Big Sur and Northern California, The Seawolf by Jack London, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and I really can’t continue naming books because I’d be here all day. I just love the gift of literature and what it has to offer
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
HHGG is a fantastic choice.
There often seems to be a copy lying around at used book stores, or on clearance at the big book stores, and I always want to buy the copy so I own like 12 of them.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
At least you have a copy to lend then, rigt?
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
My great uncle gave me the full collection before he died.
I was in high school still. Adams opened my eyes to the world with this silly collection of stories and I’ll always owe him for that.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:26 AM PST up reply actions
I recommend tracking down Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King.
It is a short story anthology composed of stories that can only be described as Twilight Zone-esqe stories without the redeeming end twist. Pretty out there, but if you like dark stories it should right up your alley.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
Right on, I'll keep an eye out for it,
thanks for the heads up.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:24 AM PST up reply actions
David Sedaris
He is awesome. If you get a chance to see him speak, then do it: funny and personable.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 1:28 AM PST up reply actions
For sure. I had the opportunity to see him speak in Santa Rosa last year.
Great show. And equally great dinner at Zazu beforehand.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:33 AM PST up reply actions
Not always a fan
But his burst onto the scene moment, that Christmas Elf story, is an all-time story great.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Great book list! If you haven't read it already, might I suggest Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair?
The best way to describe his series is Hitchhiker’s for lit fiends.
by blithescribe on Jan 21, 2012 2:11 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks for the rec. I'll definitely check it out.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 2:21 AM PST up reply actions
CommNate's Profile
1) Blink (especially before the “182”); tied with Bad Religion
2) South Park; followed by Deep Space Nine and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
3) Tim Salmon, Garrett Anderson, Chuck Finely, JT Snow.
4) “All Quiet on the Western Front”; “Animal Farm”; “Homage to Catalonia”; The entire “Redwall” series.
WIN
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
Some people should listen to some Feist.
… Because they seem to have trouble counting 1 to 4. :-)
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Blink opened my horizon to the World of punk,
so I owe them a lot. Also, All Quiet is fantastic. I wish I could list all the books that are of this caliber but the list would be ostentatious.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:24 AM PST up reply actions
listy list
1. Jets to Brazil
2. The Wire and Twin Peaks
3. Tim Salmon, Chuck Finely, and Chili Davis
4. The Idiot (Dostoevsky), Cloud Atlas (Mitchell), Dune (Herbert), East of Eden (Steinbeck)
My list has a crush on your list.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:27 AM PST up reply actions
East of Eden is epic
The wire may be the best drama and David Sedaris is funny. I also would have listed It’s Always Sunny, Arrested Development and a crapload more music, especially The National and Damien Jurado.
oh and The Smiths.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 1:33 AM PST up reply actions
:D
Go to our next HH meetup and I’ll buy you a beer or three.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:39 AM PST up reply actions
Nor Cal now.
Moved up to San Francisco a few years ago and don’t make it down to often any longer. I go to a lot of the Angels vs. A’ss games though. I’ll try to make the HH meet up there this year.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 1:48 AM PST up reply actions
I've been in SF for the last 7 years,
I live in San Jose now until May and then I’m back in SF.
I’ll be watching the Niners game this Sunday in noe valley, I might wear my Angels hat.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 2:15 AM PST up reply actions
I live close to Noe
I bartend at Palomino during the weeknights, so if you’re ever in need of a well made cocktail, or a shitty one come by. Hopefully The City goes bananas tomorrow and we win. I’ll be in Alameda tossing a few back while watching the game too. Pujols lands in Oakland 5/21. I’ll be going.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Right on.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Dostoevsky is always an interesting read.
I have not yet read The Idiot, but will put it on my “to read” list.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:39 AM PST up reply actions
I'm liking C&P but it's a thick read,
not exactly a stroll in the literary park. I’ve had to read pages a few times to really get what’s being said.
Nevertheless, I’m committed to finishing it and reading the Idiot afterward.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 1:41 AM PST up reply actions
C&P
I found this the toughest of the three that I’ve read to keep straight too. I often mistook actions of one character for another and such.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 1:46 AM PST up reply actions
Please do
It’s one of those books that defines people from an era so well you’ll leave it feeling like you walked through their lives. I also recommend The Brothers Karamazov before spending time on Crime and Punishment.
by stereoscopic on Jan 21, 2012 1:44 AM PST up reply actions
Thick reads are not a problem.
In fact, I see them as a challenge and relish finishing them.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
Wasn't Cloud Atlas great?
I just started Ghostwritten and I’m loving it so far.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
This Just Ain't The Punk Rock Blog of legend
anymore.
Sniff Sniff. Did I set a bad tone when I picked the Smiths instead of the Germs.
just depends on peoples moods...
… when asked to pick 1 favorite, I just went with something closer to what I’ve been listening to lately. I almost went with Rudimentary Peni.
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 21, 2012 8:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
That's what made this game so great
Anyone here can list ten bands of the top of their head, but you’ve asked us to narrow it down to one. If you asked me in high school, I probably would have said the Descendents. My 20’s plus a whole lot of pot have made me a pretty mixed bag with regards to music.
If you didn't pick the Smiths, then you would be lying
And you know the internets is for the truth, the hole truth, and nothing butt truth.
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Liar.jpg
Slayer
The wonder years and californication
Tim Salmon, Garett Anderson, JT Snow
The hellbound heart by clive barker, the watchman by robert crais, the forgotten man by robert crais, monster by jonathan kellerman
by Halo15 on Jan 21, 2012 2:15 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Am I too late?
1. Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin
2. Californication, Lost, West Wing, Family Guy
3. Ryan, Grich, Downing
4. Player Piano – Vonnegut, If I never Get Back – Darryl Brock, A Flame of Pure Fire – Roger Kahn, Ball Four – Jim Bouton
Wow, am I a vanilla ice cream kinda guy, or what?
Steely Dan is always good music to chill to
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
A little late but
Bruce and the E-street
Trailer Park Boys and South Park
Salmon, GA and Finley
Babylon Revisited- Fitzgerald, A Movable Feast- Hemingway, Book of Illusions- Paul Auster, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (gonna Poon out and take all 5)- Douglas Adams
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
TPB and Paul Auster
nice.
Captain, there are doubt''s...
by Match Day 5 on Jan 21, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Tough choices
Boston
The Mentalist – NCI Los Angeles
Jim Fregosi – Nolan Ryan – Bobby Grich
Master of the Game, by Sidney Sheldon – Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy
The Walking Drum, by Louis L’Amour – The Door to December by Dean Koontz
by MiHaloFan on Jan 21, 2012 5:34 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, The Hunt For Red October is a great read.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I've read all the Clancys
I thing Red Storm Rising was the best of them all, maybe because it was the first one I read.
I'm really liked Executive Orders
Mainly because I love the concept of building a government on the fly and off the cuff. Although I liked Hunt for Red October the best, since I read that one first.
Without Remorse was also great.
Door to December
One of favorites too.
"I was at a Del Taco, on the phone with Alex Anthopoulos, When the Drugs began to take hold…"
-- No Bologna Polonia
Here We Go
The Smashing Pumpkins (really just Billy Corgan and whatever he’s doing is #1)
Sports Nite and Community
Tim Salmon, Mark Langston, and Garret Anderson
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie, and Stardust by Neil Gaiman
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
I'm a fool and a moron
I knew I picked the wrong shows. FUTURAMA and the first 9 or 10 seasons of The Simpsons should be there.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
I was gonna give you props for Sports Nite
Great Show, I wish I had been in my sports fan days when it aired, the jokes would make more sense. I love the one with the unending Agassi Sampras match
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Jan 21, 2012 5:53 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Sports Night is great
I have the series on DVD and have watched the whole thing more times than I feel comfortable admitting.
If only it hadn't added TWO known show-killers
In Paula Marshall and Ted McGinley. I will always list my second occupation as cartoon choreographer.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
I had heard good things about Sports Night, so I decided to check it put on Netflix.
I’m being totally honest: I couldn’t tell if that show was supposed to be funny or not. I swore people told me it was, bit I was getting it.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 7:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
More excellent book choices. Love Gaimen and thought Best Served Cold was Abercrombie's best so far.
I’m in the middle of the Heroes right now. I still need to get around to George RR Martin.
by blithescribe on Jan 21, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Have you read The Graveyard Book?
Think The Jungle Book, but set in a graveyard.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
I did and I loved it! Silas especially.
It’s hard to pick a favorite Gaiman but that’s up there for me with American Gods and Stardust.
by blithescribe on Jan 21, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
Coraline is creepy as hell from an adult perspective.
From a kid’s perspective, I’m sure she is brave beyond all measure.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't read Coraline yet but it is on my shelf waiting for the mood to strike.
I’m reading The Heroes now, as I mentioned, and the last book in Guillermo del Toro’s Dracula inspired series (which is very clever and imaginative in my opinion) and David Liss’ new book is next on the list. Then, who knows? That’s half the fun. :)
by blithescribe on Jan 22, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Have you read Koontz's Frankenstein books?
The first 3 are set in New Orleans and are an interesting twist on an old story. I have yet to read book 4 or 5, but have them on my “wait list.” If you like the Classic movie monsters, you just might like it.
My current read is the newly re-published version of The Servants of Twilight by (surprise) Dean Koontz. It has a new afterword tacked onto the end. I am enjoying it very much.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 22, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
I like your choice in literature
I’ve been meaning to pick up the 4th & 5th book, but all the book stores around me have gone belly up lately.
"I was at a Del Taco, on the phone with Alex Anthopoulos, When the Drugs began to take hold…"
-- No Bologna Polonia
I got my copies used off Amazon.
I found no hassle doing it that way and hey, book recycling.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 23, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Showing my age:
The Seekers
The Fugitive, Green Acres
Tim Salmon, Ken McMullen, Bobby Grich
Can’t list these – They are all political books published in the past 10 years and they will start a political argument.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
I go...
Operation Ivy
Dexter and Always Sunny
Salmon, Grich, and Wally World
Anything with my little one…Dr. Seuss, Berenstein Bears, etc.
Op Ivy
All it took was one album and they had me hook, line and sinker.
Sometimes I wish a follow up had materialized. Most times, the perfect storm followed by a quick implosion makes for the best legends.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 21, 2012 7:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Their short career was kinda a bummer, but I always thought Rancid' first few albums (especially "...Wolves") made for a nice epilogue.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 7:51 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Journey to the End of the East Bay
I agree. Rancid is great but Op Ivy was an electric combination. Scary good and unfortunately too much to handle for a bunch of young punks.
The short career was for the bettr...
can you imagine those dudes trying to make a career out of ska-punk? It would undoubtedly get ugly real quick.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
We're all in agreement here
That album was an instant classic and will hold up as long as people still dig brash, fun punk rock. The problem is punk is so “go go go!”, where can any of these bands go without starting to sound stale? Either take a sharp left turn (Black Keys come to mind) or just write shitty pop songs and hope for commercial success.
When I lament their short career, its not because they didn't stick around for a decade or two.
Its because they only made one proper LP. Pretend I said “short discography.”
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 10:22 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
word.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Music is supposed to be fun.
An interview with Tim and Matt said the writing and recording of the second album was anything but.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 21, 2012 12:31 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I can see that.
Then again, some great albums have been made when bands were in the midst of inner turmoil to the point where they wanted to kill each other.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hard to pick just one band, impossible really
1. The Damned (because they are still playing, Dead Boys, Magazine, Gen X)
2. Get Smart, 24 (Archer is really strong though)
3 GA, Salmon, McCaskill
4. Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
The Damned! Nice selection...
though, I feel like your reasoning is kinda off. All those punk bands still touring is kinda just pathetic to me.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
The Damned are the only ones still touring and releasing new material
Captain Sensible still brings it. Stiv Bators passed away so no Dead Boys reunion, Billy Idol does solo stuff while Tony James is in Sig Sig Sputnik so no Generation X reunion, Howard Devoto: I have no clue what he is doing but I don’t see a Magazine reunion on the horizon, the Buzzcocks still tour now and then, have not seen Siouxie and the Banshees tour in quite a long time.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
Here goes:
The Smiths
Shameless, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Brian Downing
The Outsiders, Of Mice and Men,Davinci Code, To Kill a Mockingbird
Here's a funny fact about me:
All the discussion of race, religion and politics that has ever occurred on this site barely raises an eyebrow with me, as far as me wanting to get into an argument. But THIS stuff? Shit, it’s taking all of my restraint to keep my opinions to myself.
This is serious business, guys.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 8:05 AM PST via mobile reply actions
We all have our religion, Mayhem. Unleash the BEAST!
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
OK, don't hurt me...
1. Charles Lloyd (ie; Athens Concert but it could be Clash, London Calling depending on mood).
2. Dexter – or most anything I can get on the iPad while traveling.
3. Grich, Salmon, Percival
4. The Magus (John Fowles), A Passage to India’ (E. M. Forster), The Path Between the Seas (David McCullough), 1Q84 (Haruki Murakami), Is That a Fish in Your Ear? (David Bellos).
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." ~Dave Barry
I like how hella people did this wrong. Just pick some, don't think too hard.
The Replacements
Father Ted, Falty Towers (love those UK sitcoms)
Bryan Harvey (duh), Chili Davis, Tim Salmon
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe), Day of the Locust (Nathaniel West), Moby Dick (Melville), Speak, Memory (Nabokov)
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 8:19 AM PST reply actions
I agree
I think anyone who finds in impossible to narrow it down to one band is really just insecure about who that one band really is.
I feel so insecure
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
UK sitcoms
If you haven’t already – The Inbetweeners and Blackadder (any series EXCEPT the first), and more recently Rev
I see red people
i like the show "My Hero"
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Nobody has picked Monty Python's Flying Circus?
45 episodes of groundbreaking genius versus Fawlty Towers at only 12?
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
It's like a band that only drops one or two albums...
less chance of a mistake and a flop.
And as much as I love Monty Python…there were PLENTY of skits that were flops.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Blazing trails into uncharted territory will involve some trial and error...
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Indeed....
Agreed.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks Limey!
Will check ’em out.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Blackadder series 3 & 4 will be a particular joy/surpise...
…for anyone who loves House. You can see Hugh Laurie in all his comedic splendour, before he got packed of the the States and turned serious.
I see red people
Saxondale is probably my all time favorite. I've watched every episode numerous times.
I’d kill for a movie or just a few new episodes.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
Steve Coogan who did Saxondale...
…just wrote an ‘autobiography’ for his Alan Partridge character (and if you haven’t seen any of that you should get it immediately). It’s called “I Partridge, we need to talk about Alan” and the audiobook, all of which is read in character is comedy gold
I see red people
I loved I'm Alan Partridge. It was either that or 24 Hour Party People that made me fall in love with the guy.
I saw both around the same time, not sure which one I saw first. But Partridge is hilarious. Didn’t know about the book, thanks for the tip!
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 23, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
Matt Berry and his work in Snuff Box with Rich Fulcher
That is some funny shit, and also this from IT Crowd, which is a damn funny show itself.
Pink Floyd
Californication, Family Guy
Wally Joiner, Chuck Finley, Jim Abbott
A Farewell to Arms, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Illusions, & The Celestine Prophecy.
by Persi W on Jan 21, 2012 8:45 AM PST via mobile reply actions
1. Pavement
2. The Wire, Park and Rec
3. Salmon, Carew, Mark Mclemore
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Jungle, Catch-22, Things Fall Apart
by Northwest on Jan 21, 2012 9:35 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Tough to Narrow Down
1. Talking Heads
2. Get Smart, Police Squad, When Things Were Rotton, Dexter
3. Nolan Ryan, Brian Downing, Darin Erstad
4. The Bullpen Gospels, Cannery Row (hell, anything by Steinbeck is great), The Great Gatsby
Once upon a time when things were rotten
Not just food but oh yes kings were rotten!
(I am ashamed of myself for knowing that)
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes
by johnnyangel101 on Jan 21, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Talking Heads
Mad Men, Saturday Night Live (through good and bad)
Rod Carew, Chuck Finley, Darin Erstad
Americana by Don DeLillo, Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller, McTeague by Frank Norris, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
No films?
I'm doing FIVE films anyway
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Shop Around the Corner
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Ghost World
Yeah I’m pretentious and want people to see my awesome taste.
Sierra Madre is great
everything else sucks
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Oh but Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson
as cute little indie rock girls makes this one of my favorite movies. I can barely remember what it was about, though.
glengarry glen ross does NOT suck.
Do you need to re-watch Alec Baldwin’s monologue again for proof of that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
None of those suck. DOV's trippin.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 12:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
1) the used/Tbs/finch/blink and angels and airwaves
2) first 48 and the price is right
3) chuck finley, salmon, and chad Curtis
4) all the goosebumps by R.L. Stein
me and the wonder dog got high!
by YOUknowulovetheIE on Jan 21, 2012 9:58 AM PST via mobile reply actions
goosebumps?
are you 12 years old?
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
lol
11 1/2
me and the wonder dog got high!
by YOUknowulovetheIE on Jan 21, 2012 10:29 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously Impossible to choose a favorite band
I Love Music too much to have a single favorite band!
Unless it’s educational, tv puts me to sleep.
Bobby Grich, Nolan Ryan, Chili Davis
Wayne Dyer books
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 10:01 AM PST reply actions
C'mon, name three if you have to
Your official post is done, anyways.
Michael Bolton, Justin Bieber and N Sync eh?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jan 21, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Sade, Richie Spice, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley, Rush, Steely Dan, Gregory Isaacs, Collie Buddz
Simply Red, Van Halen, Spearhead, Thievery Corporation, Black Crowes, Hall & Oats, Gene Loves Jezebel, Santana, Gilberto Gil, Bad Company, Bebel Gilberto, Cateano Veloso, Steel Pulse, Sublime, Tesla, Bill Withers, Simple Minds, Ronny Jordan, Maxi Priest, La Ley, Steely Dan, Sean Paul, Gyptian, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Isaak………………..
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
damn.....got me
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Going off of your list(with some exceptions), you strike me as the type of dude who puts his feet in the air whilst getting a BJ.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
mmmm....maybe
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
there are alot good vibes out there disquised as music
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
My brother was in Chris Isaak's band.
He played guitar and did the well known guitar rift on ’Wicked Game"
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
cool brother you've got. dig mr. isaak, seems like a pretty cool cat.
my older brother was a roadie for Motley Crue during the early years. it was very amuzing being around those guys.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 22, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Wayne Dyer
Led Zeppelin was totally into Doctor Wayne Dyer. They even named a song after him, D’YER MAK’R…
My Zeppelin nut friend in high school told me that song stood for something else...
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 21, 2012 5:47 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
No one likes me
1) ELO
2) Always sunny and Eastbound and down
3) GA, Vlad, Webber
4) Tucker Max, ASOIAF, World War Z, and Animal Farm
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
You like Tucker Max.
You are hereby not allowed to knock other people’s taste in anything.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 10:25 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
yes i like his book
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Hey Smarty...
20th century. Vlad don’t count.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jan 21, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
ELO! nice.
"Why [pitcher wins] should be taken as a record of the pitcher's ability is a conundrum to which no one has as yet vouchsafed an answer." M.G. Lloyd; Baseball Magazine - 1908
by Nathan Aderhold on Jan 21, 2012 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Just heard some today while picking up some Italian take out
Must’uv been 10+ years since I listening to Strange Magic.
Wow. I am shallow. And boring. But I'm happy.
Music – The Beatles
TV – College football. Anybody. Anytime. Yes, even the bad teams.
Players – Nolan Ryan, Mickey Rivers, Tim Salmon
Books – I don’t read fiction. Seriously. But here you go – Ball Four, (Michael Gerber) The E-myth Revisited, (Lavell Edwards) Winning Football With the Forward Pass, (John T. Reed) Football Clock Management.
This is why women won’t have sex with me.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes
by johnnyangel101 on Jan 21, 2012 10:11 AM PST reply actions
Test.
who played in the MAC championship and what was the score
great game
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I missed the game - NIU over Ohio - last minute FG I think
But Ball State vs NIU a couple of weeks before was also entertaining.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes
by johnnyangel101 on Jan 21, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
those midweek MAC games and ConUSA games make the week liveable
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
My wife and kids watch all the reality TV shows. I watch true reality TV!
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes
by johnnyangel101 on Jan 21, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Many to choose from, but if I was stranded on a deserted island, I would pick...
Rancid
Cheers
Family Guy
Note: Since I’m on this island, I wouldn’t pick Lost because it would freak me out.
Brian Downing
Tim Salmon
Troy Percival
I guess they would have to be on the island with me. I would put Percy in charge of camp security. I guess BD would build us a ranch or something, and the Kingfish would keep our spirits up.
The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
Watership Down – Richard Adams
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 21, 2012 10:25 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
The things they carried
had to read that in high school
changed everyhting
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
was it your inspiration to reproduce at a level never before seen on this planet?
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Jan 21, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
have you read the book it is nothing close to that
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 21, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I second your second.
I also second your list. Awesome choices, my friend.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
My List (a day late)
Band: Oingo Boingo
TV Shows: The West Wing, Friends
Players: Rod Carew, Brian Downing, Bob Boone
Books: (ok, 4 is far too few, but off the top of my head) NY Trilogy (Auster), Divine Comedy (Dante), Neuromancer (Gibson), and, because her birthday is Tuesday, Age of Innocence (Wharton).
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Walden
by matthiasstephan on Jan 21, 2012 11:14 AM PST reply actions
I miss Oingo Boingo, especially come Halloween.
The holiday just isn’t the same without a Boingo concert.
by blithescribe on Jan 22, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Well, Elfman couldn't keep singing like that.
That would ruin anyone’s voice after 20 years.
I think Vatos does reunion concerts every year though. Look for those :)
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Walden
by matthiasstephan on Jan 22, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Rev, can I see your post?
Band: The Cure (I’m stuck in the 80’s alternative world)
TV: House, foodie ones (Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef etc), The Good Wife
Players: Salmon, Percy, Erstad
Books: anything by Koontz, J & F Kellerman, Ann Rule with Cornwell, Gerritsen following
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
how could I have forgotten Doctor Who? oh yeah, they are on hiatus
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
and Burn Notice?
me loves Bruce Campbell
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
I know, I was going for those nostalgic high school memories
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
by ladybug on Jan 21, 2012 7:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
nothing quite like
copying in a test when the class is ETHICS. (RIP Dan Jiru in case you had not heard)
yep, I heard :-((
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Sat morning
1.) PHISH, Neil Young, The Mars Volta and more
2.) Daily Show, Arrested Development
3.) Edmonds, Salmon, Percival
4.) Been on a non-fiction kick lately. Searching for the Sound by Phil Lesh, Terence McKenna’s work, Waiting for Fidel by Christopher Hunt…fiction wise I guess I read a lot of HP Lovecraft and Ken Kesey. Crichton too.
Poo hole
by TheAngelsAngels on Jan 21, 2012 12:23 PM PST via mobile reply actions
The Mars Volta
Finally gave me something after At The Drive In. Great band, even if my friends think they are unlistenable.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 21, 2012 12:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They've become unlistenable
I’ll hold the first three albums close tho. Then of course, there is their live shows. Always a peak experience.
Cheers to the ATD-I reunion. I hope they play someplace cool like the Wiltern for their warm up show.
Poo hole
by TheAngelsAngels on Jan 21, 2012 3:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I hope they actually do a tour.
It’s a bit of a hike for me to go to Coachella these days.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 21, 2012 4:08 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I'll try to throw out some stuff that hasn't been mentioned (I could do a hundred of these)
Minutemen, The
M*A*S*H, Kids in The Hall, The
Wallace Keith Joyner (he’d be on every list), Chad Curtis, Mark Langston
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Azerrad, Power Broker by Caro, Stranger, The by Camus (I know, pretentious, but others mentioned Dostoyevsky and I could’ve gone with Nietszche so thhhtttppttt), Watchmen, The by Moore
Captain, there are doubt''s...
F---K Nietszche
Something I never thought I would say on a baseball blog.
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
You can have them both.
This is the most literate sports blog in history.
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
"You would not enjoy Nietzche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound"
R. Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Arsenal FC ~ Middlesex CCC ~ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
We are missing representation in a music genre of the 80s
I see no ABC, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Culture Club, Pet Shop Boys, Haircut 100, etc.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
Nobody is on enough blow to list those bands.
At least that I know of. Some people haven’t checked in yet.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 2:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
years ago this internet hoochie was stalking me
I had a CD of Culture Club’s greatest hits playing.
in between songs I hear her voice outside my door
“You’re losing lotsa punk rock points playing Boy George”
I seen a Culture Club concert in Japan during the summer
90 degrees 90+% Humidity. Boy George having, what looked like, withdraws. It was a mess, he was a mess.
My list
Dylan, Merle Haggard, Neil Young
Frazier, Northern Exposure, Upstairs Downstairs
Nolan Ryan,Troy Percival, Tim Salmon
Independence Day by Richard Ford, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann, Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Beisbol Dominicano is entertaining.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
Still in bed. Hungover. My list.
blink 182
Dexter and workaholics
Darin erstad, Tim salmon and Nolan Ryan
Once they were angels, odd man out, da Vinci code, hunger games
We're still gonna fly flags
by Sorbo182 on Jan 21, 2012 2:39 PM PST via mobile reply actions
go out and getcha some of Dexter's hot sauce
Gringo Bandito. good heat and easy on the culo.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
One of the most interesting books I've read
Matt McCarthy is the author for anyone interested.
We're still gonna fly flags
by Sorbo182 on Jan 21, 2012 6:23 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
required reading for AHlos Heaven
the cameo by Stephen Smith of Future Angels is a thing of legend… made me realize for all of us,,, if you post here, they read you or their family reads you and tells them.
Made my list
I think I read it in three days. And I’m not exactly an avid reader. Probably isn’t really one of my four favorites but it came to mind and seemed relevant here. If any of the regulars here haven’t picked it up yet, it is an absolute must.
At Work Today
1. METALLICA
2. AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, Gold Rush
3. Kingfish, Bobby Grich, Jim Edmonds
4. Of Mice And Men, A Brave New World, Lord Of The Flies, The Old Man And The Sea.
Just woke up
Give me a bit to get food and I’ll get the new thread up. Ugh.
"DOV all the way
Just compare the signature lines. Phi’s is terrible, just like his skidmark…errr…"mohawk". "
by PhiSlamma on Jan 21, 2012 3:35 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Great day to hit some of San Diego's craft breweries in San Diego
who’s down?
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
Per your music choices above,
I think you should check out Rebelution.
Also, Pizza Port kicks ass.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
grrrrrracias senor stash.
I must see them the next time they roll thru my hood.
dig pizza port. ended up hitting mother earth & aztec tonight. did the vista thing.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
I saw them live in santa rosa,
great show.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
I'm up in Sactown this weekend...
But I’ll join you next time.
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 21, 2012 5:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I'm not afraid.
let’s do it.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 21, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
I'll get in on this
Thrice
Fear Factor, Friends (don’t judge me)
Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad and Chili Davis
Doctrine by Mark Driscoll, Crazy Love by Francis Chan, The Purpose of Man by A.W. Tozer, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Another Thrice rep.
Thrice opened me up to C.S Lewis. Is it the same for you?
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 21, 2012 9:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I had read some Lewis before Thrice
but Dustin’s lyrics definitely got me more curious and interested
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Jan 21, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm
My second grade teacher opened me up to CS Lewis. I haven’t heard Thrice since high school. I just remember emotional screaming and metal riffs. Not my bag, for sure.
It's not the same now.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 22, 2012 2:07 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
late entry
Beatles
30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Grich, Baylor, Downing
Goldman’s Once They were Angels, Duncan’s A River Why, Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Russo’s Straight Man.
In 2012, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Angel's First World Championship
OK, I'll bite.
1. Thrice (Going to their farewell show here in sunny London in April. Absolutely psyched.)
2. Dexter and Jeopardy
3. Chuck Finley, Chili Davis, Tim Salmon
4. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, A Separate Peace by John Knowles and The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
"Why [pitcher wins] should be taken as a record of the pitcher's ability is a conundrum to which no one has as yet vouchsafed an answer." M.G. Lloyd; Baseball Magazine - 1908
by Nathan Aderhold on Jan 21, 2012 5:37 PM PST reply actions
I dig it.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Thrice at the HOB in Anaheim a few months ago
if they play anything close to the same setlist, you sir, are in for a treat. one of the best shows I’ve seen, especially from them
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Jan 21, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
My brother was there.
He specifically used the word “epic.”
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Jan 22, 2012 9:05 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
definitely the word to describe it
so, so good
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Jan 23, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Capote had something for that one guy that did the murders
you can tell in the books just strange
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Here's some of my music, for anyone interested/bored/brave. One's punk. One's country-ish.
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 21, 2012 5:53 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Go Die was pretty sick.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
Since we're sharing...
This was my band, if anyone even still has a myspace account:
One that I did not list under books was "Watchmen" by Alan Moore.
I didn’t list it as it is technically a comic, though it has been released as a bound volume containing all issues. Still, an interesting read.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
Hey Rev.
If you end up putting together an HH gig during the Padres series, they have buses you can rent to do craft brewery tours down here. Think of the debachery of hitting up a few good breweries before the Halos/Padres game at Petco. Awww hell, there’s the gaslamp district right out front of the ballpark. Decisions decisions, Almighty One. And plenty of healthy outdor alternatives too.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
Beer tour and baseball?
Sign me the hell up for that meet up.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
me too. Make it so
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Late-breaking
Beastie Boys
Dexter, My So-Called Life
Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Wally Joyner
And the Band Played On; The Sun Also Rises; Eat, Pray, Love (challenging LB for gayest list?); four-way tie among the AP Stylebook; Slaughterhouse-Five; A Prayer for Owen Meany; and The Year of Magical Thinking (and anything by Kingsolver or Allende) (this was the hardest part of the list)(I can’t wait to read some of the other fave books! /geek).
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Whoa, apparently I'm interested in reading about death.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Sure, the books may be death-related.
However, Death is a common topic in literature. I still like ya.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
That *did* occur to me,
but I don’t tend to seek out “literature,” or think of common threads when looking at/for books. That’s why this boiled-down list was a little eye-opening.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Search patterns for reading may not be a conscious process,
Who knows why we like what we do.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in trouble. I love true crime/murder/detective crap
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
Nothing wrong with that.
As long as YOU don’t become a study in a book, I think you’ll be fine.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 22, 2012 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
John Irving ... it's been awhile
Garp, Cider House, Owen Meany, Water Method Man, Circus.
I forgot about them. read Most of his stuff in the year before I met my wife to be. Then I quit reading for a bit or five years or more.
I love him,
then picked up “Last Night in Twisted River” last time I flew somewhere. It wasn’t as good as I expected it to be, and felt almost like a caricature of an Irving book. Bummer. Glad the rest still stands up. :)
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Aside from Cider House, I can't get into John Irving. He kinda seems like a weenie.
I feel like if I was hanging with him at a bar and the shit hit the fan he wouldn’t have my back.
My boys Steinbeck and Hemingway though, would totally throw down.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ernie, and John, would grab some unopened bottles, some chips, and a couple of glasses,
then casually walk through the melee, out the front door.
Stop ruining my dreams.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 21, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
Love Steinbeck, too.
Travels With Charley shoulda been on my list.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
I love that book.
Im surprised I forgot to list it.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 7:41 AM PST up reply actions
What did you think of The Pearl?
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 22, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
Accepted with pleasure.
I love it, even when I disagree with the arbiters.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
When I move into a field that uses Turabian,
no doubt it’ll make my list. :)
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
I do not know what happened there.
One of those was meant to read continue with, “no doubt it’ll make my list.” Weird. I even got a pop-up box on the bottom right telling me I had commented. Bugs in the intertubes today…
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Props for listing the AP Stylebook
I don’t know that I would call it one of my favorites, but it’s easily one of the most helpful and often used books in my house.
by blithescribe on Jan 22, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Question?
Who here adds voices to the books they read? Yes. I also will start a book over when I change the voice.
I've never noticed whether I do or not.
Huh.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
I read both Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn aloud to myself.
The way the words play off each other, it was impossible not to.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
When I was three
My older brother(#3 of 4 I’m the baby) used to hit me when I read aloud, or moved my lips while reading. So I have voices in my head now … while reading. So yes. You all kindda’ have voices, mostly some of the time. Like a noisy party in my cranium, but only … yes only … when I read.
what voice should i hear when i read your posts?
DANO
or
JACK LORD
by Rev Halofan on Jan 21, 2012 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
That's a Joke, Son!!
I say a Joke!!!!
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Jan 21, 2012 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
I do...often actor's voices, unintentionally.
So it amuses me to no end when that actor winds up playing the character in the movie.
by blithescribe on Jan 22, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Ever? The Stone Roses; Echo and the Bunnymen.
Currently? The Walkmen; the Thermals; super furry animals
TV: Angels Baseball; Kings hockey; Illinois bastball; Top Chef
Brian Downing; Tim Salmon
You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting; the Reggie Jackson biography by Dayn Perry, but only because Dayn is a good friend who will go out and drink with me.
Kings looked brutal last night
No spark beyond the Kopi, Brown and Williams line.
The Electric Light Orchestra
The Sopranos, Arrested Development
Troy Percival, Tony Phillips, Tim Salmon
Foucault’s Pendulum (Eco), Sword of Honour Trilogy (Waugh), Primary Colors (Anonymous), Koba the Dread (Amis)
Arsenal FC ~ Middlesex CCC ~ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
New on site...
- Blasters (Socal band)
- Simpsons, and Madmen
- Nolan Ryan (made me a fan), Wally Joyner, and Garret Anderson
- “A River Runs Through It”, “Out of Africa”, “100 Years of Solitude”, “Undaunted Courage”
by Angelsangles on Jan 22, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Out of Africa!
Haven’t thought of that in forever. i remember really disliking it when my class read it in high school, but I think the drawn-out viewing of the associated film is what ruined it for me. I’ll put in on my list to revisit. “100 Years of Solitude” is so great, too!
I love Halos Heaven.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Blasters used to practice in Garden Grove at the Bazz-Houston Company
in the upstairs employee breakroom in the late 70s early 80s, used to see them all the time along with another band that practiced there.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
Long-time reader, first post
Bettie Serveert
Seinfeld, LOST
Rod Carew, Devon White, Chuck Finley
Gilead (Robinson), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bryson), Jayber Crow (Berry), The End of the Affair (Greene)
welcome to the madness
"I was at a Del Taco, on the phone with Alex Anthopoulos, When the Drugs began to take hold…"
-- No Bologna Polonia
We are Devon
"We are the JeDi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
I'm the only person I know who likes Bettie
They come to the states about every two years. Still rockin hard.
by Pancakes on Jan 22, 2012 7:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I love Bettie Serveert. Always doing things their way. Gotta respect that.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
ASHONE is a good read.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
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