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4th of July stuff
Tune in to WYSO (91.3fm) tomorrow morning (Sunday, July 4) at 10:30 to hear my recent interview with Craig McDonald. Craig’s recent novel, Print the Legend (Minotaur) is a fascinating detective novel that is centered on the legendary final days of Ernest Hemingway.
And I have written a 4th of July review of a fabulous new book, Big Hair and Plastic Grass-a Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ‘70’s (Thomas Dunne) by Dan Epstein. To read my review click HERE:
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By downsized
July 4, 2010 5:24 PM | Link to this
Hope the music festival was a wonderful success. We eagerly await your review about one of our national pastimes funniest periods. I’ll never forget the blowing up disco records night at Ol’Comiskey Park. Hey, TRS I remember Charley’s antics back with the K.C. A’s in the 60’s. The Pennant Porch, the grassy knoll in right field with his Charley O mule, A’s banner bedecked sheep and fireworks after every home run with green & orange police lights, Luke Appling, Satchel Paige and ball basket Bugs Bunny to boot. Boy, were those wonderful days! Happy Dependence Day to all. God Bless America! (indepenence and liberty are long gone)
By Insider
July 4, 2010 4:04 PM | Link to this
Well, I’m in the attic and my air conditioner keeps going out, so as much as I hate to, I’ll have to go below to mingle. Hope your 4th is more celebratory than this …
By Max
July 4, 2010 12:14 PM | Link to this
Vick, ‘sorry I missed the interview. I was forceably required to stay awake late last night watching the amateur ‘incoming’ of fireworks through 3 a.m. which had some of the features of things I saw 40-clicks east of Kabul….My garden hose was at the ready. I guess I’ll have to do it again tonight and until the boys and girls run out of ammo or go inside to participate in other forms of pyrotechniques. But….I’m re-reading W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Razor’s Edge” which I view as a companion piece to the Mukhya Upanishads which is a nice break from the Judeo-Christian- Democracy based stuff which tend to have closed ended candy coated, resolutions to the traps of trivium many find themselves either baiting or being baited for reporting to the next dinner party of the comfortably erudite. Noticeably absent from 4th of July parades is the music of Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass….Oh, well,….POP! goes the culture and the fireworks…..
By Insider
July 4, 2010 11:13 AM | Link to this
He gave good interview. Thanks.
By Insider
July 3, 2010 4:21 PM | Link to this
I never have understood sports. Fishing, was about the only one I ever engaged in because it seemed to make sense to me. You used to be able to eat them, but now with so many environmental disasters…(it is a different ballgame) Again, have a pleasant holiday, Vick.
By TRS
July 3, 2010 4:12 PM | Link to this
I was in northern California in the ‘70 - went to an Oakland A’s game - remember Charley Finley? He had entertainment going on between innings much like we see at Dragons games today - he was ahead of his time. Always remember the batting circle doubled as a baseball storage cage. Between innings, the circle would rise out of the ground about 3 feet revealing a cage full of baseballs, the home plate ump would reload and then the cage would be lowered and to become the batting circle again. Mutton chop sideburns, paisey bell bottoms and tye died t-shirts, guess we shouldn’t complain about “pants on the ground”.