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1982 Cardinals

So I just returned from a 24-hour road trip to Saint Louis so I could attend the Cardinals’ Opening Day and enjoy the festivities surrounding the opening of Busch Stadium III – Revenge of the Swill*.

In keeping with their out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new theme, the first pitch ceremony featured last year’s Cy Young and MVP, Chris Carpenter and Albert Pujols, simultaneously throwing out first pitches to past Cy Young and MVP, Bob Gibson and Willie McGee. It was like a big juicy baseball sandwich – a wonderful, spring afternoon filled with drinking overpriced beer out of wax cups in standing room only smushed in between two 5+ hour slices of tooling down Interstate 70.

Seeing Willie McGee out there got me to reminiscing during my drive home. During Willie’s first year in the majors, he hit two home runs in the third game of the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers and made a several outstanding plays in the field. That was 1982, the last time the Cardinals won the Series, but it was also one of the last times they would have a theme song.

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Mates of State & Bagheera

Because yesterday I posted some tracks from Work Clothes, it got me thinking about some of the other husband and wife teams that I’ve been listening to lately: Mates of State, since their new album just came out a couple of weeks ago, and Bagheera, who are working on their 2nd LP.

Mates of State
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Work Clothes

Lee and Jenny Waters of Work Clothes

Maybe it’s my mood, lately. Maybe it’s aging. But I’ve been listening to quite a few bands lately who make soothing music. Music that’s easy to listen to before drifting off to sleep, or the perfect panacea for the difficulties of the morning, or that which just goes well with digestion. And the dreamiest of CDs I’ve bought recently is the debut LP from Carrboro, North Carolina group Work Clothes.

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What About the Voice of Geddy Lee?

Geddy Lee

The Onion’s A.V. Club doles out the Straight Dope on the factual and logical accuracy of some popular hit songs.

For example, on Young MC’s “Bust a Move”, the writer notes that:

Why would your best friend’s brother choose you as best man over his own flesh and blood? Is Harry just going to be a run-of-the-mill usher at his brother’s wedding while you’re toasting and keeping track of the rings? Also, why would Larry inform you of his family-shaking decision a mere five days before the wedding? It doesn’t make sense.

Why indeed. The list spans 3 decades of pop songs, but what about indie songs? Who’s going to serve as our fact-checkin’ cuz here?

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Elbow on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic

Okay so it took me a little longer to upload just these two tracks. I'm sorry. But I included the two best from Elbow's live thing on KCRW Friday morning. Download Mexican Standoff Download Fugitive Motel If you'd like one…

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