Dodger Brew

Now, I would never call this man Princess

But was Fielder's outburst in excess.

Slaughter rules in professional sports are none

But games can be over before they are fully done.

There are unwritten rules in the M.L.B.

Knowing them is important see,

When your up 17-4 in the ninth inning

There is absolutely no need for a beaning.

Was Mota not listening to the Skip

And playing from his hip

If the above is true

Prince has every right to be blue.

But if this is from the Man-a-ger

Then this penalty is a ma-jor

This is just my two cents

on the Dodger-Brewers incidence.

S

LETTER FROM ADAM TO FANS- GET WELL MCA!

hey all, hope you are doing well. so i'm about a week and a half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering from it. i haven't taken any of the pain meds, which supposedly speeds along the healing process, or should i say, taking them slows it down. anyway, i spent 1 night at the hospital after the surgery. the hospital was too crazy to get any rest so i headed home to relax, have home cooked food and hang out with the family. i'm pretty well detoxed from the anesthesia that they pumped me up with to keep me under for all that time. that took several days to get out of my system. my neck and jaw are still pretty stiff from the surgery, but it gets better everyday. had the stitches out this past monday... so things are moving along.but no sooner am i on the mend from this first torture than are they lining up the next one. the next line of treatment will be radiation. that involves blasting you with some kind of beam for a few minutes a day, 5 days a week, for about 7 weeks. that will start in a few weeks...saw the jay-z cover of no sleep, and the coldplay one of fight for your right from APW on youtube. good shit. and i heard karen o wore a "get well MCA" armband, and that q-tip gave a shout out too..... very kind of them. just wanted to thank them and everyone else who sent positive thoughts my way. i do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well.much love back at all of you!

adam

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT!

Enjoy The Silence

Bad Sound, but you can get the jist...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-utfUWDY_Xg

Your Own...Personal...Jesus

I closed my eyes and it felt like I was back in Chicago at my house, early 90's listening to my sister who is ten years older than me singing to Personal Jesus. Nearly 20 years later- I find myself screaming the lyrics to Personal Jesus in a packed house. Not every band has this power.

Depeche Mode ROCKED OUT MSG last night. Took some friends: Setarah-Shrujal-B and I, maxin and relaxin to a suite all to ourselves reflecting on Depeche Mode as their opener: Peter Bjorn and John played. (Peter Bjorn and John= PBJ!!!) MSG may have been a bit massive for Peter Bjorn and John and lets be honest- people that were at this sold out show were there to enjoy the silence.

David Gahan strutted on stage as the set/lights/production took the crowd over. The last time they were at MSG was in 2005, so this was a special return for them. Gahan's swift moves combined with Martin Gore's sparkley bedazzled suit got everybody on their feet.

Gahan spun with his mic time after time to some of DM's newest stuff...however, the crowd and the band both knew why everybody was there last night. They played it all-- Its No Good, Strange Love, Personal Jesus-- you name it- we danced/screamed/cheered/clapped to it.

The filters/graphics/visuals/lights going on behind the band stayed true to DM's mysterious, slightly dark, erotica feel. It was a beautiful show. One moment in particular, the visual was a type writer writing out Daniel Ladinsky's "I have learned so much:"

I
Have
Learned
So much from God
That I can no longer
Call
Myself

A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim
A Buddhist, a Jew.

The Truth has shared so much of itself
With me

That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel
Or even pure
Soul.

Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me

Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.

******chilling*************

Martin Gore sang a few chilling ballads solo on the mic. His voice filled MSG and kept people on their feet bopping and dancing.

Thank you Depeche Mode to staying true. Sure, the electronica/keyboard/new wave feel brought me back a bit, but its powerful to see DM sound as fresh as they did in the 90's.

I definitely had a I love NYC moment last night sitting in a box- with some of my best friends listening to music where we could all sing the lyrics to. Hands down best MSG show I have attended yet.

-p (takin a ride with my best friend)

To see Jay Z's Beastie Boys tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6HOyJFeeEI

ALL POINTS WEST-We made it!

Have to say...OUTSTANDING Show

The National! 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

Vampire Weekend! 

Jay-z!

well worth the trip...

and, almost didn't make it out there due to our uncertainty about the weather

"lets just do it," I said to S as we peeked out the window to examine the clouds for the 100th time

life is an adventure, right?!  Live on the edge! This was one of my smaller ones...

took the G (a new G train now stops at 7th ave/9th street Park Slope...yippee)! to the R to reach lower Manhattan, then a $25/10 minute ferry ride to Liberty Park (which is technically NJ)

next thing on our agenda... still need to buy tickets!
Security was extremely high (we saw 2 men holding machine guns)
Oh, no are we gonna be able to scalp tickets, as planned??????

whew...scalper gave it to us for $80

started raining a bit and saw someone selling a poncho and asked "how much?"  "What??...$10 I said, ""how about 5?"  "no...it's 10"
decided not to buy it...why should I pay $10 for a piece of plastic "trash bag"!

continued on our way and finally reached the main stage to see The National play

started pouring...maybe I need a poncho now!
gave S a $20 bill to go on a search for a poncho.
"I went to 3 different places, " he said  "The last guy had only 1 left and asked for $20."

Then Vampire Weekend came on...
ANNOUNCEMENT by the lead singer...
"Friday tickets are now being honored for Saturday and Sunday shows now due to the weather!"
REALLY?

Can't be true we thought.  Must be a joke! 

 

Miraculously, the rain stopped and the sun started to come out...looked back at the NYC skyline...how beautiful!

"YEAH NJ and NY!"  said the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!  

saw people dancing in the mud, didn't seem like they cared though, they were just too into the music!

Time for the finale of the night...JAY-Z!

Came out singing the classic Beastie Boys song "No Sleep till Brooklyn".

sang it as a tribute to Beastie Boys band member, Adam Yauch recently diagnosed with cancer and had to cancel their show there

time to take the ferry back to NYC before the crowd

home now...have to shower and wash the mud off my feet...

-J