Driver2165tag:www.driver2165.com,2008://12008-10-09T18:53:32ZMovable Type 3.33Mix Thirty Six, better than the Cubstag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.17032008-10-09T18:51:00Z2008-10-09T18:53:32ZGo Dodgers! The Dead Science - Make Mine Marvel Calexico - The News About William Black Moth Super Rainbow - Black Yogurt [With Mike Watt] Don Caballero - lord krepelka David Vandervelde - Lyin' In Bed Ane Brun - Armour...
Go Dodgers!
# The Dead Science - Make Mine Marvel
# Calexico - The News About William
# Black Moth Super Rainbow - Black Yogurt [With Mike Watt]
# Don Caballero - lord krepelka
# David Vandervelde - Lyin' In Bed
# Ane Brun - Armour
# Mirah - Location Temporary
# Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
# The Baseball Project - Ted Fucking Williams
# Wye Oak - Please Concrete
# Marching Band - Markeup Artist
# Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow & Blue
# Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
# Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance
# Emiliana Torrini - Birds
# Lambchop - Slipped Dissolved And Loosed
# Doveman - Holding Out For A Hero
# What Laura Says Thinks And Feels - Dot Dot Dot
# The Cotton Jones Basket Ride - I Was 17 (Starflyer 59 Cover)
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix36.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #35, September '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/09/september_mix.php
Playoffstag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.17002008-10-02T15:58:30Z2008-10-02T16:19:42Z I know I'm a day late and a quarter short (or is that Twin Cities transit passengers?), but I keep putting off my playoff picks. The Twins put me in a bit of a foul mood. Since that Thursday...
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I know I'm a day late and a quarter short (or is that Twin Cities transit "passengers":http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2008/09/metro_transit_f.php?), but I keep putting off my playoff picks. The Twins put me in a bit of a foul mood. Since that Thursday game where we sat in the second to last row in the upper deck directly behind the plate (not terrible seats, plus they were free, thanks to Bethany's boss) that they came back from a 6-1 defecit to win 7-6 in extra innings to take first place, they've been absolutely terrible offensively.
I'm going with LA, Boston, Tampa, and Philly. The World Series will be LA against Boston, and will be one of the most exciting series ever.
I'm not just being a homer with LA, I really think the Cubs aren't as good as people think. The Dodgers had the pitching, top of the rotation and bullpen, and dropping Manny in the middle of the lineup improves it exponentially. And we can't forget Casey Blake, who is a nice player to have batting eighth. He may be a Twin next year, and he'd probably bat fifth for us. Or even fourth if Gardy (I agree with "Posnanski":http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/07/10/gardys-a-genius-take-394/ here, Gardy is one of the better managers in the game. My other favorite? Ozzie Guillen with a bullet) gets smart and bats Mauer second, behind Span, sends Gomez to the minors, and publicly apologizes for pitching Brian Bass so much in games closer than five runs. The Dodgers got Furcal back too. If I told you your team could take Angel Berroa's career .305 OBP out of your lineup in favor of Rafael Furcal's .352, is that something that you'd be interested in?
September Mixtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16892008-09-05T17:51:49Z2008-09-05T22:40:21ZIt's suddenly fall here. Coincidentally there was a lot of good fall music I heard last month (although it seemed like it was 90 degrees every day in August), but just in time for the cool weather, they're on a...
It's suddenly fall here. Coincidentally there was a lot of good fall music I heard last month (although it seemed like it was 90 degrees every day in August), but just in time for the cool weather, they're on a mix.
Everything I heard about St Paul during the convention was that it was a tomb. I guess even if you add a crowd of people larger than the town in which Sarah Palin was mayor to downtown St Paul, it still feels like a ghost town. With idiot protesters. And tear gas. Is it a coincidence that will all of the republicans in town that I couldn't step into a crosswalk in St Paul without twice nearly getting run over by an SUV? (It's normally only once).
Anyways, this Sarah Palin thing is absolutely fantastic. Who's McCain planning on having as his Secretary of State? The mayor of Hayward, WI? Is his UPS guy going to run the Department of Defense? Maybe Harriet Miers can be Attorney General. This whole thing is making Obama look like Henry Kissinger. My favorite spin is the one where she's qualified because she has more executive experience than McCain.
# Lackthereof - Ask Permission
# Bowerbirds - La Denigración
# Paper Airplanes - An Account Of Surprising Accuracy, Given The Messenger
# Death Vessel - Block My Eye
# Laura Marling - Failure
# Conor Oberst - Milk Thistle
# Elephant9 - Dodovoodoo
# The Sea and Cake - Window Sills
# Parenthetical Girls - Four Words
# Clare & The Reasons - Nothing-Nowhere
# Randy Newman - Potholes
# Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine
# The New Year - Folios
# Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - You Swan, Go On
# Inara George & Van Dyke Parks - Idaho
# A Weather - Shirley Road Shirley
# Dilla Ghost Doom - Murder Goons feat. Ghostface Killah
# Stereolab - Self Portrait with Electric Brain
# Talkdemonic - Civilian
# Nana Grizol - Circles 'Round The Moon
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix35.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #34, August '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/07/august_mix.php
August Mixtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16782008-07-31T03:11:59Z2008-07-31T03:14:31ZEliot fell asleep while eating pizza today. She was chewing in her sleep. When she ran out of slice, she kept chewing nothing. One Day As A Lion - If You Fear Dying Why? - As I Went Out One...
Eliot fell asleep while eating pizza today. She was chewing in her sleep. When she ran out of slice, she kept chewing nothing.
# One Day As A Lion - If You Fear Dying
# Why? - As I Went Out One Morning (Bob Dylan Cover)
# The Walkmen - Canadian Girl
# Damien Jurado - Sheets
# Red Sparowes - We Left The Apes To Rot, But Find The Fang Grows Within
# Beck - Modern Guilt
# Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - flaming home
# Aimee Mann - Medicine Wheel
# Josephine Foster - The Garden of Earthly Delights
# Okkervil River - Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979
# Meso Meso - frost
# The Mars Volta - 05 Goliath
# Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope
# Peter Broderick - A Beginning
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix34.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #33, July '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/07/july_mix.php
Shocker: Local newscast tries to fill timetag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16702008-07-22T04:22:24Z2008-07-27T04:31:13ZI don't know about this. It sounds kind of like a sweeping generalization of a lot of people based on a small sample. I pretty much keep my mouth shut at work unless somebody asks me a question, which I...
I don't know about "this":http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7024112&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1. It sounds kind of like a sweeping generalization of a lot of people based on a small sample.
I pretty much keep my mouth shut at work unless somebody asks me a question, which I always answer as helpfully as possible. I don't enforce any of the company's stupid stroller rules (contrary to the video, the company's policy when they first told us about the damn stroller thing was pretty much what the guy did, presumably with less lip). I only say anything at all to the 10% of riders who even bother look at the driver for a greeting. The only rule I really enforce now that those wienie walkie talkie phones went out of fashion (that fad didn't last long) is the no eating rule. Have you ever noticed how a sack of food from McDonalds smells like a sack of monkey buttholes? I can't believe people go near that stuff. I still get about 15-20 bogus complaints per year. I imagine if I had a big mouth like these two, I'd get more. A hundred and whatever is a lot, but how many of them are bogus? The only examples they have are a guy getting mad because people run out in front of the bus, one guy enforcing the first version of a relatively new company policy, a number of people that call to complain, and two guys with big mouths, one of whom doesn't work for the company any more. There's not much to work with, they should be commended for making a whole story with what they had.
The lady in the glasses, by the way, who said something about us leaving her in second was on my bus last week. She was waiting in a stop at 38th St station that was clearly marked for a different route. My route's stop was about 80 feet behind this stop. After I made my stop, waited three minutes for the train, and pulled away, she ran out in front of me as I passed the other route's stop waving her arms. Nice guy that I am (I've never had a real commendation call either - my only two are also bogus), I stop in the middle of the street to let her on. She screamed at me for trying to leave without her. I think that one is a little nuts anyway. She yells at a lot of people.
Anyway, it's Fox 9. What do you really expect from them anyway? It's basically a blog with money.
July Mixtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16642008-07-02T16:53:06Z2008-07-02T17:05:30Z Welcome to the squad, Mr Dunn. If you've got 20 dingers left in that bat, I'll be very happy. Make me proud. It's short, but it's good. I'm particularly enjoying the first two tracks lately, but it's a solid...
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Welcome to the squad, Mr Dunn. If you've got 20 dingers left in that bat, I'll be very happy. Make me proud.
It's short, but it's good. I'm particularly enjoying the first two tracks lately, but it's a solid mix. There some good local music, and an all-time classic at the end.
# Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
# Dr. Dog - The Breeze
# Ben Sollee - A Change is Gonna Come
# Ghosty - Like a Bad Lie
# Haley Bonar - Better Half
# Pivot - Sweet Memory (Clark Remix)
# The Battle of Land and Sea - Saltwater Queen
# Eef Barzelay - Lose Big
# Lucinda Black Bear - Kites
# Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix33.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #32, June '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/06/june_maybe_delmon_young_will_h.php
How unbelievably Dodger of themtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16592008-06-29T07:53:30Z2008-06-29T08:02:23Z My man Matt Kemp reached on an error, stole second, reached third on another error, and scored on a sac fly. That's quality baseball. Kind of reminds me of the Dodger offense in Sandy's perfect game. That hit didn't...
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My man Matt Kemp "reached on an error":http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=Ambkt6zg5_OrmZBdjuX20d2pu7YF?gid=280628119, stole second, reached third on another error, and scored on a sac fly. That's quality baseball.
Kind of reminds me of the Dodger offense in Sandy's "perfect game":http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09091965.shtml. That hit didn't come until after the run scored.
:otag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16562008-06-08T03:22:32Z2008-06-08T03:26:27ZDelmon hit one out today....
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June: Maybe Delmon Young will hit a home run this monthtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16552008-06-04T18:49:10Z2008-07-02T17:01:22Z That's not a picture of Delmon Young sliding, he's actually doing a belly flop in the outfield. "Barack Obama outdrew the Twins on Tuesday night, which figures. Obama held a rally. The Twins didn't." - Phil Miller, Pioneer Press...
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That's not a picture of Delmon Young sliding, he's actually doing a belly flop in the outfield.
"Barack Obama outdrew the Twins on Tuesday night, which figures. Obama held a rally. The Twins didn't." - "Phil Miller, Pioneer Press":http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_9470925?nclick_check=1&forced=true
Quality writing.
# The Morning Benders - Damnit Anna
# The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress
# Nat Baldwin - Enter The Light Out
# FlyamSAM - The Offbeat
# Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual
# Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - For Every Field There's A Mole
# Joan Of Arc - A Tell-Tale Penis
# Vetiver - To Baby
# Dosh - Hit And Pearle
# CocoRosie - God Has A Voice, She Speaks Through Me
# Shearwater - Lost Boys
# Chris Bathgate - Casual Way
# The Botticellis - Tongue Is Blue
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix32.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #31, May '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/05/may.php
Dragonslayertag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16542008-06-04T14:26:17Z2008-06-06T14:59:05Z Only one dragon left. Hillary turned from Mike Huckabee into Ron Paul last night. [Update: Sounds like she might only be Mike Huckabee. Nice legacy, Hill]....
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Only one dragon left.
Hillary turned from Mike Huckabee into Ron Paul last night. [Update: Sounds like she might only be Mike Huckabee. Nice legacy, Hill].
Biz's Beat Pizza of the Daytag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16522008-06-03T18:52:33Z2008-06-03T19:29:34Z We went down to Home Depot a few weeks back to get some unglazed tile to use as a pizza stone. We're very happy with the results we've been getting using the no-knead recipe with a shorter rise, more...
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We went down to Home Depot a few weeks back to get some unglazed tile to use as a pizza stone. We're very happy with the results we've been getting using the no-knead recipe with a shorter rise, more yeast, and olive oil mixed in.
I saw "this":http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/breakfast/recipe-breakfast-pizza-050708 at the Kitchn, so we decided to do one. The unset yolk is the greatest thing to happen to pizza since "mashed potatoes":http://pizzaluce.com/. We made ours with ricotta, fresh tomato, basil, thyme, bacon (from Clancey's - the best), and two eggs on top. There was going to be 3 eggs, but one side of the pizza was sloped and the egg kept sliding off. Now we have egg+ashes all over the bottom of the oven.
There oughta be a mix in the next few days.
Greasy Kid Stufftag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16462008-05-22T15:28:26Z2008-05-22T15:34:21ZGreasy Kid Stuff now has a podcast. Now Yo Gabba Gabba just needs to let us pay for downloads and we'll be all set. Some kid that befriended Eliot yesterday waited until she trusted this kid enough that she could...
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Maytag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16422008-05-05T06:20:15Z2008-05-05T06:44:56ZThat Twins sweep of the Tigers this weekend was awesome. Carlos Gomez is amazing getting hits, but like the rest of the team, seems incapable of taking a walk. It seems there might be a place in Minnesota for OBP...
That Twins sweep of the Tigers this weekend was awesome. Carlos Gomez is amazing getting hits, but like the rest of the team, seems incapable of taking a walk. It seems there might be a place in Minnesota for OBP guys like Wilkerson or MN native Dan Johnson. It's really just been a bunch of luck, but I have to admit, I'm liking Blackburn more and more. He's starting to remind me of a Jeff Suppan / Brad Radke type, that is, very useful. If he can harness the BABIP like Bannister and keep his walks down, he could give us a year like that bizarrely dominant Carlos Silva year.
I know this is pretty similar to what that great local "beacon of mediocrity":http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/ has been playing this month, but it's the best I've heard. This is almost a third local. We're having fish tacos tomorrow. I didn't even realize it was Cinco de Mayo until just a few minutes ago.
# The Plastic Constellations - Disastrophe
# The Morning Benders - Shedding My Skin
# Tokyo Police Club - Sixties Remake
# Man Man - Big Trouble
# The Black Keys - So He Won't Break
# Adem - Unravel
# Atmosphere - The Waitress
# Dom Mino - Scarlett
# Weezer - Pork and Beans
# "Cepia":http://cepiamusic.com - Ithica
# Camphor - Confidences Shattered
# Kayo Dot - Clelia Walking
# Kid Dakota - Port Authority
"Download link":http://driver2165.com/tracker/2165torrents/mix31.torrent [ "?":http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/ ]
Previously: "Mix #30, Apr '08":http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/archpost2007/2008/04/hooray_for_baseball.php
Another sandwichtag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16372008-04-26T19:16:00Z2008-04-26T19:26:51ZHalf a no knead bread loaf Olive oil Sherry vinegar Onions Arugula Dates Honey Pepperoncinis...
Half a no knead bread loaf
Olive oil
Sherry vinegar
Onions
Arugula
Dates
Honey
Pepperoncinis
Five MLB matchups I find more compelling than Sox/Yankstag:www.driver2165.com,2008://1.16352008-04-22T00:17:24Z2008-04-22T01:11:22Z Getty Images 1) Mets Phillies This is a tough one for me to pick sides. I really like both teams right now. I just got a Phillie hat for my birthday yesterday, but I asked for Phillies or Pirates...
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1) Mets Phillies
This is a tough one for me to pick sides. I really like both teams right now. I just got a Phillie hat for my birthday yesterday, but I asked for Phillies or Pirates mainly because of the P. I want to be like Snoop Dogg. What's not to like about this matchup. You've got some of the most exciting young players on both sides with Howard and Utley with Philly and Reyes and Wright with New York. You've got your star veterans in Rollins & Burrell matched up with Delgado and Beltran. The starting pitching is as good as it gets with Santana and Hamels, Brett Myers and Oliver Perez, The bullpens are terrible enough that the game is never over, but exciting enough with JC Romero's constant fidgeting and occasional dominance. This is really just as good as it gets right now.
2) Brewers Cubs
There's the historic rivalry that shows up next, and there is this one, really the second best matchup in baseball. The Cubs get all the media, especially this year, but the Brewers are a fun enough team by themselves, and still my pick to win the division. Unless Eric Gagne (aka "Fat Driver 2165) blows it.
3) Cubs Cards
Fans really get into this matchup, and you can't take that out of the equation. It's not as compelling as it has been, but it's still pretty good. You've gotta love the Rick Ankiel, too.
4) Dodgers Giants
This is as historic as anything else, just nobody knows about since it only happens when the rest of the country in in bed. Plus my Dodgers are ??killing?? those nasty Giants these days.
5) Twins Sox
Nobody's even sure what this is all about any more, but as long as AJ is there, they're the team that is the target of the eruption from Minnesota's feeling of being general athletically inadequate (we can't even win at the only sport that makes climatic sense in hockey, and why aren't the Mighty Ducks from Minnesota again?). Neither team is any good anymore (Minny is obviously saving up for 2010), but I think the real Minnesota angst is based on an inferiority complex vis-à-vis the City of Chicago, which is enforced by the White Sox high-payroll low-performance way, topped with jealousy stemming from Jim Thome playing there. The best part is that not only does Chicago not care about the "rivalry", but I'm pretty Chicago isn't even aware that Minneapolis exists (that is, until a Chicagoan needs to leave the state for whatever reason and is looking for a nearby place to live). If the teams were Simpsons characters, the White Sox would be Nelson and the Twins would be Milhouse.
a few more: Cubs/Pirates, Cubs/Reds
I didn't realize this, but as much as I love going to Wrigley and getting Cubs games on TV, there are 4 teams ??in their own division?? that I would root for over them. Interesting.
Is it just me or is Lou Piniella what George Clooney is going to look like when he's 80?