Baseball and Rock and Roll
I tried to watch Game 2, I really did. But, I petered out. Heard the Cubs won.
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#FreeStix! RPOTD. This one comes with a classic TedSpe reply.
With precious few exceptions there has been very little good rock music produced since about 1976. From ’64-76 classic after rockin classic dominated the airwaves. Something happened after that. For one thing the FCC told a bunch of radio stations that they didn’t want so much of that sex n drugs n rock n roll stuff over the airwaves. Another thing was that the spirit of the times simply changed.
If you weren’t around for the Sixties and the first half of the Seventies, you missed out on the glory years. As far as i’m concerned there was very little music from the 80’s which could be and was enjoyed by anyone who did not grow up during that dreadful decade. Unfortunately, the decline has continued. My tastes lately have been running to the Bluuz.
TedSpe said, on January 27, 2011 at 
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New wave and certainly punk was not ‘safe’ music. It was much more political than a lot of the 70 s hard rock. If anything it got a lot edgier in the late 70s and 80s.
70s was Ted Nugent and BOC. 80s was the Sex Pistols and the Clash.
Maybe they became more popular in the 80s but the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Ramones all started in the mid 70s. Hell, even the DKs started in the late 70s.
I love the TedSpe comment, although I admit I had to look up who Christopher Cross is.
Well that’s what I meant. The late 70s was about disaffection rather than the usual rock and roll drugs party ad stuff.
Highly recommend J Passan’s “The Arm”, in depth look at pitching nowadays and the rash of injuries/TJ surgeries, at all levels of baseball. What happens to younger guys is eye opening, and how common this procedure is today.
He quotes regularly from guys like Drs. Jobe and Kerlan. And basic premise is, tremendous lack of knowledge all around baseball about wear and tear on elbow/shoulder, despite all the $$$ spent on pitching these days.
Also that the ligament you are given at birth is the best one you’ll ever have.
I checked it out from the library a few days ago, but haven’t started it yet. Looking forward to it!
I wonder what the FCC thought about the 98.5 radio commercials from back in the 80’s: “Don’t touch that dial, there’s KOME on it!”
Ha! Friends of mine who have been around for a while, and share common musical tastes with me, regularly talk about that bit from KOME. Classic stuff!
Dennis Erectus on KOME was the man! The Erecter Set was always a great listen.
I love a little TedSpe mixed in to the Stix retro post!
Yeah, Dennis E was great. KSJO studio used to be right on Moorpark early70s and you could walk right in and see the DJ.
I remember hearing Bob McClay of KSAN reading a promo for the Cockettes and announcing they are performing “Journey to the Center of Uranus” and then cracking up and saying, “I can’t say that on the air.”
Early days of FM around here were very cool.
Flav a week ago mentioned KNBR callers going crazy over
Cespedes. Story is he’s opting out and turning down $47 mil over 2 yrs. Supposedly after 5 yrs, no idea how much coin.
Saw some blogposts that said he was lazy defender and prima donna type. Wonder what is East Coast take?
Well, Stix, bless his heart, has a spectacular lack of knowledge about music past the mid-1970s. Heck, Stix is living out songs like Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road,” and the Clash’s “Guns of Brixton,” and he probably doesn’t even know it.
The Guns of Brixton
When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?
When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row?
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you’ll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell
You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin’
At the end of the harder they come
You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you’ll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
A close second to Olivia Newton John with “Have You Ever Been Mellow”…
Maybe this was one of his “precious few exceptions?”
Could be! 🙂
I mentioned Copperhead Road soon after the news hit the blog. Steve Earle is just tremendous. 79ish Neil Young–Powderfinger–is relevant, too, although the guy with the rifle in that song is young.
And do not forget one of my favorite early punk bands – Social Distortion. They started in the late 70s and are still rocking it.
And I agree, Zume. Stix and I while we talked politics often, we also talked music. There has been a ton of good music, IMO, throughout the years. Of late, I would rattle off some of my favorites such as the Avett Brothers, Devil Makes Three, etc. There is good music out there if you listen…
Go Cubbies!
Five game series now with the next three in Chicago…
Got notification that my copy of Pawlie’s “Chasing Willie Mays” has been delayed. BOO! HISS!
The Who and the Clash show in 1980 (?) was one of my favorite shows I saw live.
The Ramines opening for the Tubes was another. Never saw social d. Always wanted to tho
Going way back, some friends were baked and decided to crash the KSJO studios at about midnight one nght and met the Lobster. Something about decorating their xmas tree or something. Funny dude. We hung out there for a couple hours.
Back then they didn’t censor songs and stations weren’t owned by giant corporations. 70s radio was excellent. KOME, KSJO, KSAN, KFOG, KMEL, KPIG, KFAT. Every other station was rock and roll of some kind.
Watch Airheads for a funny take on the dying days of independent radio.
“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
— Duke Ellington
The 60s did have some great stuff but IMO it also had a lot of schlock rock as well. Actually the way my tastes run I’d have to say the same thing going from the 20s to now. No matter the genre there is always some stuff that I can’t stand that others love and vise versa… I always hated Synthpop (still do I guess), there was this guy (Gary Newman?) that friends got me to go see a show at the Warfield(?), they loved the guy, yet I was looking for a bar to drown out what I thought was a load of shit.
The thing is, I don’t think anyone is wrong in their tastes of the arts but it may differ from mine…
Numan . . . and the Tubeway Army!
Olivia Newton-John’s grammy award winning “Physical” was banned on some stations. Can The Clash make a similar claim for any of their “dangerous” songs?
I actually saw ONJ do a greatest hits set a couple of years ago at a conference I attended in Utah. She was damn proud to introduce the song that got limited airtime, particularly in that state.
my memory may be playing tricks on me, but I thought the commercial stations in the USA boycotted all 6 sides of Sandinista!
Ha, yes, and to my discredit, I joined them and stuck to the earlier stuff.
I always liked how the lyric was “Have you never been mellow” as opposed to “Have you ever been mellow.”
Just sayin’.
I’ll bet that’s the way Bobby D would have written it, too.
“Ain’t” was extremely useful in countless songs.
How would “Isn’t any sunshine when she’s gone” sound?
Or “Isn’t any mountain high enough”
“Isn’t She Lovely” and “Isn’t It a Pity” would suffer a shift to “Ain’t” only slightly better.
Good point, James…
Are you expecting any major off-season moves for our favorite team?
I expect more Nori Aoki Casey McGehee Denard Span-like acquisition excitement. And the overpriced closer who will blow a key game or two late next year.
What I liked about the 60’s and early 70’s was the DJ’sgot to pick what they wanted to play, there was a little radio station in Santa Rosa that was only on from sunrise 🌅 to Sunset, the DJ played everything, blues, country, rock, jazz. That was the only way I got to hear all types of music. Now the DJ is handed a play list. Only one type of music!
This is all I have to be proud of:
djloo27 said, on September 8, 2016 at 6:44 pm (Edit)
Good, fuck them. Just get the Giants here at Citifield for the WC game and let me handle it…
I like this one that I found while looking for Stix’s pussy post:
DJLoo said, on March 6, 2014 at 9:05 pm
Sabean will live to regret Conor Gillaspie for Jeff Soptic…
great find. Thank God for free agency
I’d roll the dice. He can catch or play 1st base
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Former Rockie Wilin Rosario looking to return to MLB after big year in Korea. 33 HR, 120 RBI. Fit for team seeking RH power
Why wasn’t he in the majors last year?
Basically, because he’s feast or famine as a hitter and one of the worst defensive catchers I’ve ever seen . . . and no, he wasn’t much better at 1st. In short, Rockies gave up on him and that’s saying something.
Anybody remember M Dung on KFOG? I think he was later variety in late 80s or early 90s. Guy made me laugh out loud quite often….
Having a Racer 5 in pub, sorta looking at this Thurs night NFL. What horseshit sports. NFL sucks. College football is way better. Boring is not even close to describe how bad this is…
Has Cal played on a Saturday at all this season?
4 games have been on Saturday. Only one of the four in the afternoon (3 pm at Cal), the rest at 6 pm start or later. This last game v. Oregon ended just at midnight. Ridiculous…
From Baggarly:
“Defense wasn’t the reason the Giants came up short in the NL West. They finished the regular season with baseball’s top fielding percentage (.988) and their 72 errors was the fewest of any team. Only the Cubs and Astros had more defensive runs saved.”
Giants Gold Glove nominees: Crawford, Posey, Panik…