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Monthly Archives: October 2013
2013-14 NBA Preview
At the beginning of this football season, I explained that I’m actually a little bit of a fairweather football fan, and that my investment in any given season is directly proportional to how good the San Francisco 49ers are. This … Continue reading
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Niners Week Eight Awards
The Niners flew to London last weekend to play the worst team in the league, the Jacksonville Jaguars. It turned out they were actually playing the worst team I’ve ever seen. The Niners were giving the Jags 17 points, and … Continue reading
Posted in football, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, football, Kyle Williams, NFL, san francisco 49ers
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My Top 10 Album Closing Songs
Last week, Juan and I did our Top 10 album opening tracks. This week, I’m back with my 10 favorite album closers. The criteria, at least for me, is a little bit different here. While an opening track is a … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, jimi hendrix, music, Nirvana, Rock 'n' Roll, simon and garfunkel, The Beatles, the doors, The Rolling Stones
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Timmmaay Is Back, And I Am Irrationally Happy About It
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants announced that they were re-signing free agent pitcher Tim Lincecum to a two-year, $35 million contract (with a no-trade clause). The immediate analysis was predictable: That’s way too much money for a pitcher who … Continue reading
Niners Week Seven Awards
The Niners traveled to Nashville this past Sunday to play the Tennessee Titans, I’d originally hoped to go to Music City to see the game live (in part because Nashville is a really fun town), but that didn’t work out, … Continue reading
Posted in football, Sports
Tagged Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick, Justin Smith, san francisco 49ers
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My Top 10 Album Opening Songs
Remember when it was a big deal for a new album to drop? The street date was always Tuesday, and you’d walk to your local record store and pick up the CD/cassette/LP/whatever and listen to it straight through, see what … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, Guns 'n' Roses, jimi hendrix, Led Zeppelin, music, Rock 'n' Roll, ryan adams, ryan bingham, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Petty
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Niners Week Six Awards
I was back at Finnerty’s this Sunday for the Niners-Cardinals game. It was a rocky affair, way more stressful than I was expecting, but I was ultimately relieved by the 32-20 final score. On to the awards. The Jerry Rice … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona cardinals, carson palmer, eric reid, football, NFL, san francisco 49ers, vernon davis
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An Artist I Love: the everybodyfields
Yes, their name is all lowercase. Yes, it pained the copy editor in me to leave the headline like that. But I’m willing to overlook it because I love this band so much. How much? On Friday night, I got … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged americana, Jill Andrews, music, Sam Quinn, the everybodyfields
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Another Oakland A’s Choke Job
Yesterday afternoon, a friend called to ask if I was going to watch Game 5 between the A’s and Tigers. I said no, because I knew the A’s were going to lose. She asked, “Why?” I just laughed. Why? Because … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports
Tagged Baseball, Detroit TIgers, Justin Verlander, mlb playoffs, oakland a's
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Niners Week Five Awards
Editor’s Note: I was out of pocket last weekend at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, so I didn’t get to see the Niners game. But I didn’t want to leave my faithful readers (both of you) hanging, so I called in From … Continue reading
Posted in football, Guest Column, Sports
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, eric reid, football, houston texans, matt schaub, NFL, san francisco 49ers
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