Would that this was only the Onion

Old Song I really like

Wow , this is 28 years old.



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Josh Rouse Download

It may be something already available as a free download but just in case

Old 97s show

I saw the Old 97s again last Thursday as a new venue, Union Transfer. I was concerned that they were downgrading to a smaller place but I was pleasantly surprised at the size and the general atmosphere. There were easily 1500 people there and unlike the other venues in Philly they didn't charge extortionate prices for food and drinks. As is current vogue with acts who have been around awhile, they played an older album from start to finish. They did Too Far to care from 1997 which contains one of my favorite songs, Big Brown Eyes and a number of great sing along ones too like Barrier Reef, Time Bomb and Four Leaf Clover. There were no seats so we stood about 30 feet from the stage. I was a little annoyed when a couple stood in front of me, the guy encroaching on my personal space with his bald head and slight body odor. I figured that I would drive him away by singing along very loudly in his ear and whooping in a high pitched way after each song. It worked about halfway through the show. (Talk about passive aggression. LQTM.) After Too Far, they played another set of their crowd favorites. (I can't call them hits as they have never come close to having one.) Rhett opened by playing 5 songs, four from his solos, a Wilco Billy Bragg song and The Wreck of the Old 97, whence they got their name.

Rhett solo:
Lost Without You
Holy Cross
California Stars
I Need to Know Where I Stand
Out of Love
Wreck of the Old 97

Old 97's:
Too Far to Care start to finish
Mama Tried
The Grand Theatre
Perfume
Won't Be Home No More
Oppenheimer
Question- with a verse translated into French.
White Port
Victoria
I'm a Train Wreck
Every Night Is Friday Night
Rollerskate Skinny
Doreen
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Encores

Valentine
Murder or a Heart Attack
Timebomb

Hilarious new site

What are they rioting for in the Middle East? :-)

Jesus Everywhere

I love this album!

Definitely worth the free download. She is in Philly so I may go, by myself, of course.

Worth Listening to

Funny and profound too.

Josh Rouse Live Stream

Live from Joe's Pub in NYC tonight

Free Rhett Miller

Onion again

Funny



Woman Sets Record For Longest Amount Of Time Spent Talking About Oneself

The Roosters

I discovered this song while looking at the obit for Don Grady who was Robby in My Three Sons. He had a band called The Yellow Balloon. While searching for that song on YouTube, this one showed up too. Very cool. I am auditioning for a new band so if I get in it, I will suggest we do this song.

My new yoga studio

I have been doing yoga regularly at my gym. It is just okay because the teachers aren't that great. Or I should say, the ones who teach the 6:30 am class are not particularly good. The teachers who are later in the day are better. But I go because the time is good for me. It's kind of an andro-class too: mostly guys. I just started going to a new one because there was a Groupon: 10 classes for $25. It is a much more serious studio with more emphasis on form, breathing and the obligatory AUM at the end. I have been going there twice a week and enjoy it. I am going to buy a 10 pack so that I can drop in. With any luck I will be able to fit in twice a week so I will be doing yoga 5 days a week. I am finding I get a lot of satisfaction by pushing myself physically.

Looking forward to Season 5 on July 15

I just finished watching Season 4 on demand Saturday night. It was quite a surprise ending and could very well have been a final episode considering what happened. Season 5 is supposed to be the last and considering how crazy it has become, it has to be. Unlike the Wire which could have continued on for more seasons, BB has gotten to the point where it would become too unrealistic were it to continue beyond this season.

WTF

Very true. I especially like the frame on for profit schools.

My Favorite Picture so far

Free Josh Rouse Song

Nice little ditty available here

Fashion Item for Long Distance Runner

Nothing feels quite so good as wearing these stylish stockings after a run  especially if you have the whitest legs ever seen.

The disadvantages of strenuous exercise

Maybe it's good that some people don't exercise that strenuously. A coworker told me of a harrowing experience she had with her daughter. The daughter went out for a short 2 mile run last month. After returning, she felt light-headed and her vision was whiting out. She stiffened and went into shock. She was only saved because the coworker had an Epi-pen to inject into her. It helped but they still rushed her to the hospital. Her blood pressure at one point was 70/30 which is very close to death. The attending said it was Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis. The daughter had nut allergies which is why she had the Epi-pens around the house. Fortunately, she is all recovered.I found the part about the whiting out vision scary as mine was whiting out for about 30 minutes after my run. I didn't feel like I was passing out or have any other symptoms. But I guess if I am going to go, it might as well be doing something I like.

Player of the Year

All of Clint Dempsey's goals in 2011-2012. I find it curious that he has started to bless himself after scoring which is more of a Catholic thing not Baptist/ Born again.

Success!

Or should I say, "survival!" I completed the marathon in 4 hours and 10 minutes. It was a very pleasant day, starting off in the mid 50 and ending up in the low 70s by 11 AM when I was approaching the finish line. It was a little overcast so no direct sun. It was a very nice route for the most part:  flat with just a few low hills. There were lots of spectators which is always motivating. I enjoyed myself for the first 30km of the race-- it was 42K in total. The half marathon was a breeze. I felt like I was still going strong . After 30 km though, we went through a park which had no shade. Emerging from the park, I was completely drained. I got to 37 km and my legs stopped. My calves were aching. I walked for about 5 minutes and then forced myself to start again. It was sheer willpower at the end. The crowd was amazingly supportive. They'd see a name on the race bib and yell out encouragement to the runner. My son ran with me so someone saw our names and  yelled out "Go James Brothers." When I was done, I was feeling very faint. Everything in my field of vision looked white for the next 30 minutes.

Interesting coincidence

My marathon will be 10 years to the day after I broke my hip riding a bike . I didn't think that would happen as I lay on my back waiting for the rescue squad to come. I was in yoga today in lotus position. We were supposed to lean forward to stretch out the hips. As I was doing it, I thought, "Maybe I should back off. I'd hate to have it crack on me." So I sat up straight and waited until we did something else.

The marathon route narrated with cheesy music.

Just a week till my first marathon

I am feeling good about the marathon. Most of my aches and pains which were bothering me a few weeks ago are gone. I attribute it to the yoga. I have been going 4 times a week and really focusing on doing Warrior position which is perfect for my hips. I am also learning to appreciate recovery after I accelerate while running.  So if I power up a hill, (a phrase I use loosely at my age,) it really feels good when I slow down after reaching the top and  coast down hill. Back in college, I thought that I would start a movement which was based on appreciating the pleasure that basic bodily functions give me. I would add "recovery" to the list which includes some of the obvious ones.

 

The Onion again

Very funny . I especially like the poll at the end.



Romney Courts Hispanic Vote With Animated Sombrero-Wearing Parrot

Back to Yoga

I was traveling so much this spring that I stopped going to my 6.30 am yoga class. It was probably a bad idea as I also started my marathon training.  I am running 5 days and between 30-40  miles a week. I recently started getting pain in my left hip flexor on my long runs. I needed to stop periodically during them to stretch out. By 16 miles the stretching wasn't helping. Amazingly, going back to yoga has minimized the flexor pain. It never occurred to me how much the yoga poses did for those muscles. I have my 20 miler this Sunday so I am hoping that it is not an issue. I will just have to deal with the sheer exhaustion from running that distance. Three weeks until the race.

My Newest Music Purchase

This is such a cool song. Listen to this preacher railing against the evils of rock and roll in a way which rocks harder than any rock and roll ever did.

Second Purchase Upon Winning a Lottery

Well, I don't play lotteries so it probably won't happen. However, this ham is the best in the world.  It was my favorite lunch in Spain: fresh bread with olive oil, crushed tomato and several slices of jamon iberico. Perfect while sitting in the Andalusian sun!




Here is the first purchase upon winning a lottery: a jamonero to cut my jamon in

My New favorite Web Site

Fan Chants  I found it when I read this article in the NY Times.

Soccer’s Sound of Team Spirit

This is very helpful as I can never figure out what is being sung when I watch games on TV. I heard this one live at Craven Cottage when we visited London in 2005. Papa Diop

I was determined to kill myself, pt 2

....on Saturday.

I am training for a marathon and run my long run on Saturdays. This week I was doing 14 miles with my son which was the longest I have ever run in my life. I was a little tired when I entered town but was feeling good running just a little under a 9 minute mile. We were running on the sidewalk and as I approached a curb, I landed a little funny. I lost my balance slightly but recovered. As we approached the next curb I was trying to show my son how I landed on the last one. This time I missed it entirely falling directly onto the sidewalk face first. My front crown broke off and my lip, nose and forehead took the full force of the fall. I was dazed for a bit but after a few minutes was able to run the rest of the way home, bleeding from my mashed up lip and abraded , lacerated nose. I made 13.67 instead of 14. I went to the emergency room to see if I needed stitches. They just needed to glue a spot on my nose. I looked even worse than I normally do with the missing tooth a la Alfred Newman and the face that looked like truck ran over it. Luckily the dentist was able to rebuild the broken tooth this morning. I even went for a 4 mile run this afternoon.