Current Music Obsession
10 years ago
4.26.2007
My Grandma is a baller
I try to chat with my 83 year-old grandmother about twice a week, but when the playoffs come round every April, I can hardly get a word in. Today's conversation:
Me: "I don't know grandma, I don't think that Phoenix can get past Dallas in the West."
Grandma: "That's crazy talk, Dallas only has one good player and if Amare Stoudemire steps up his "D" then they can keep him from hitting his oustside jumper."
Me: "What about Nash, do you think he should win the MVP again even though he has never won a title?"
Grandma: "He is due this year, I told you last year that this would be their year. Look at how they have shut down Kobe the first two games. Once Kobe is taken off his game, then Phoenix can 'shoot threes like mad.'"
Me: "Love you Grandma"
Grandma: "Love you too, kiss Sully for me"
If you ever meet my grandma, one word of caution: do not mention Charles Barkley, she hates him and will rant for 20 minutes...
Me: "I don't know grandma, I don't think that Phoenix can get past Dallas in the West."
Grandma: "That's crazy talk, Dallas only has one good player and if Amare Stoudemire steps up his "D" then they can keep him from hitting his oustside jumper."
Me: "What about Nash, do you think he should win the MVP again even though he has never won a title?"
Grandma: "He is due this year, I told you last year that this would be their year. Look at how they have shut down Kobe the first two games. Once Kobe is taken off his game, then Phoenix can 'shoot threes like mad.'"
Me: "Love you Grandma"
Grandma: "Love you too, kiss Sully for me"
If you ever meet my grandma, one word of caution: do not mention Charles Barkley, she hates him and will rant for 20 minutes...
4.25.2007
Junkie, not Burroughs
I recently visited my favorite Carbon Neutral site to see how I can off-set my massive communte. After searching through the site and answering a number of questions I realized my footprint is now bigger than ever...meaning that they basically, in so many words, drew me a picture of a group of spider monkeys orbiting the Earth while throwing massive amounts of poo into the atmosphere, hovering blue and beautiful below. Then an arrow popped up with my name attatched to it as it pointed to one of the monkeys with the biggest handful of fecal matter. I got the point.
So what do I do to occupy my two hours of daily driving time? Here is a list of some of the best political/news/green podcasts that I listen to every day:
501c3Cast for Nonprofits
America the Green Podcast
Best of the Left
Carnegie Council Podcast
Grist
Global Voices Online
KCRW's Left, Right & Center
National Geographic News
NBC Meet the Press
NORML Daily Audio Stash
NPR: It's All Politics
NPR: Environment
NPR: Wait! Wait! ...Don't Tell Me! (My fav right now)
NPR: Intelligence Squared
Practical Green Living
Ring of Fire with RFK Jr.
Shrink Your Ecological Footprint
Surfrider Foundation
This American Life
Sean Hannity (Know Thine Enemy)
TreeHugger Radio
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
U.S. Senator Barak Obama Podcast
United Nations Radio features
Washington Week Podcast
World View
They are all available for free in the iTunes store..
So what do I do to occupy my two hours of daily driving time? Here is a list of some of the best political/news/green podcasts that I listen to every day:
501c3Cast for Nonprofits
America the Green Podcast
Best of the Left
Carnegie Council Podcast
Grist
Global Voices Online
KCRW's Left, Right & Center
National Geographic News
NBC Meet the Press
NORML Daily Audio Stash
NPR: It's All Politics
NPR: Environment
NPR: Wait! Wait! ...Don't Tell Me! (My fav right now)
NPR: Intelligence Squared
Practical Green Living
Ring of Fire with RFK Jr.
Shrink Your Ecological Footprint
Surfrider Foundation
This American Life
Sean Hannity (Know Thine Enemy)
TreeHugger Radio
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
U.S. Senator Barak Obama Podcast
United Nations Radio features
Washington Week Podcast
World View
They are all available for free in the iTunes store..
4.23.2007
4.19.2007
Thanks Chris Pearson
I have seen a few rock shows in my time on our green earth. I have watched Doug Martsch play tracks from Keep it Like a Secret 2 years before it was released in his basement in Boise while his wife made us chocolate chip cookies. 
I watched the original Lollapalooza line-up when Pearl Jam was still wearing flannel (the whole band). I even sat through the Smashing Pumpkins and listened to Billy Corgan whine about why the Beatie Boys were better than him, just him. Tim and I swam in the mineral springs in Rucker Park on a 95 degree Saturday while listening to Arcade Fire. Blah, blah, blah...just a list to demonstrate why this weekend I saw the best 1..2 punch ever. It started with the Long Winters.
It was a show that had everything; rock talk, kazoos, Aerosmith covers, guesst appearances by what is left of the Seattle indie-elite (Dr. Ben Gibbard and such) and to top it off...I made it back stage after the show. While The Long Winters were setting up, I started chatting it up with the front man from the opening band, The Broken West...Ross something or other. They are from LA, so of course I name dropped Chris and it turns out the this Ross dude loves Gran Ronde and tries to get to any of their shows. He then slipped me a pass to go backstage after the show and meet the crew...good times.
The next show was Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Tuesday, one of the top three best live shows ever...nuff said. Finally a band that is good enough for Jesus to play in. (Thanks Matty)
Thanks Chris for your years of devotion to the Silverlake scene.
BTW..True to the Indie Straight to the OC express, The Long Winters track "New Girl" from When I Pretend to Fall is now on the soundtrack for the uber-chick-flik "In the Land of Women" starring the dark-haired kid from the OC, whatshisname.
I watched the original Lollapalooza line-up when Pearl Jam was still wearing flannel (the whole band). I even sat through the Smashing Pumpkins and listened to Billy Corgan whine about why the Beatie Boys were better than him, just him. Tim and I swam in the mineral springs in Rucker Park on a 95 degree Saturday while listening to Arcade Fire. Blah, blah, blah...just a list to demonstrate why this weekend I saw the best 1..2 punch ever. It started with the Long Winters.
It was a show that had everything; rock talk, kazoos, Aerosmith covers, guesst appearances by what is left of the Seattle indie-elite (Dr. Ben Gibbard and such) and to top it off...I made it back stage after the show. While The Long Winters were setting up, I started chatting it up with the front man from the opening band, The Broken West...Ross something or other. They are from LA, so of course I name dropped Chris and it turns out the this Ross dude loves Gran Ronde and tries to get to any of their shows. He then slipped me a pass to go backstage after the show and meet the crew...good times.
The next show was Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Tuesday, one of the top three best live shows ever...nuff said. Finally a band that is good enough for Jesus to play in. (Thanks Matty)
Thanks Chris for your years of devotion to the Silverlake scene.
BTW..True to the Indie Straight to the OC express, The Long Winters track "New Girl" from When I Pretend to Fall is now on the soundtrack for the uber-chick-flik "In the Land of Women" starring the dark-haired kid from the OC, whatshisname.
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