Mr. Mick Taylor

You're Usain

The closest man's come to flying with nothing but spikes. Unreal.

he never betrays what he thinks

Ed Vedder escorts Pearl Jam to the stage at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion to wage war with thine eardrums.

Mike McCready loses his mind and Jeff Ament divines John Entwistle.

thanks fellas. enjoy "The Real Me"

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had enough for another

the illing Dave Grohl is a professional rocker and it's not in his nature to call in sick. as if the incendiary "Young Man Blues" wasn't enough, the Foo Fighters cover The Who's "Bargain" with vocal assist by Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes. Watch out...

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no more to give

vh1 rock honors the who opened with an ill Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters covering The Who's "Young Man Blues" with reckless abandon. He gave it everything his body and soul could muster. "When a young man was a strong man"

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I'm all sixes and sevens and nines

When I was two years old these guys were out doing their thing in the south of France. And why not? Their debauchery is our debauchery some 36 years later. Thank goodness for Nellcôte. Thank goodness for British tax laws. Thank goodness for chef boyardee.

Well, funnily enough, this year I've listened to (Stones albums) more than ever, because they all came out on CD... (T)he ones that impressed me were the ones I always thought were superior - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed. And Sticky Fingers. And Exile. There's so much stuff on Exile that even I'm surprised. I can't even remember all of it: Oh yeah. Did I write that? - Keith Richards, 1987, asked about his favorite Stones albums

and who are you?

"I play guitar for Pearl Jam"
"Oh cool"

who's fooling who? just cracked another mlic as prescribed...

right on

Take me down little Susie, take me down

Josh Hamilton of the MLB Texas Rangers, a former heroin addict and first round draft pick by the Tampa Bay Rays, just put chills down me spine. He stood at the plate as the last batter of the All Star Home Run Derby with 71 year old Clay Council( a volunteer who threw bp to a young Josh Hamilton) at the mound to throw pitches a 71 year old arm can throw.
Josh put 28 balls out of fabled Yankee Stadium. This is a Home Run Derby record. Cynics hint at methadone induced slugger power; Hamilton gives Jesus Christ His Savior as his tatted rippling forearm power, immaculate timing, and butter stroke. Regardless, the numbers speak like God to Moses. The Burning Bush by the numbers:

28 home runs.
445 feet average distance
518 feet longest distance
12,458 feet cumulative distance (2.359 miles)

the next best was 8 home runs...

He hit four home runs that nearly cleared those bleachers -- and one that bonked off the bottom of the distant Bank of America sign, 502 feet from where he was standing, sending 53,716 witnesses into complete apoplexy.

"He hit that sign," Rangers teammate Ian Kinsler said, "and that ball just disappeared. And it was like it was gone forever. I kept looking at that sign, and I was thinking, 'There's not a chance I could probably hit that thing from second base.'"

(editor's note: Hamilton did not win the HR Derby but who the Hades cares? He did however apply salve to the wounds of all recovering heroin addicts with dreams of big league comebacks)

roger you roundly

this post comes to you courtesy of the good folks at Great Lakes Feed & Grain

the name Fred Garvin popped into me head just moments ago and I felt it would behoove me to share his experience with you. so I says to myself, "Might as well be..."

Margot Kidder is Fred's huckleberry in this particular episode of "Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute". As it turns out, Margot Kidder is also bipolar and roundly crazy. Which is nice.

19.32 = jack straw from wichita

I recall hanging with the boys on Crescent Street intent on an evening on the town sure to be chock full of debauchery and whatnot on the evening of August 1, 1996 but having to wait for the mens 200 meter final race. You see, a certain Michael Johnson had much larger plans for his evening in Atlanta. We stood and watched in anticipation of the race. What we witnessed was "Beamonesque". (Johnson would say later: "I knew I had a shot at the record coming off the turn,'' he said. ''You can always tell coming off the turn and I felt at that point that I was running faster than I ever have in my life.")
Unforgettable.
Slack jawed and speechless, we made our way to the bars and, much like mister Johnson, made book on our evening...

enjoy... you may want to throw a sweater on as it gets a little chilly...
(apparently there's no licensed video in the vastness of the internet of this race which is shame on you nbc for your shortsightedness and so on; ergo, the grainy video. )

step brothers

it's utterly ridiculous. I can only imagine...

hitchens your wagon to a (godless) star...

A provocative talk between Christopher Hitchens and Charlie Rose as they discuss the Iraq War, religion, and Hitchins' book "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"...

bo baseball -- lest we forget his legend

On the day Bo signed [with the KC Royals], he asked whether he could take batting practice. Bo had not swung a bat in months. He hit the first pitch he saw off the base of the crown scoreboard in center field. It had to fly 450 feet. Avron Fogelman, who co-owned the Royals, shouted: "Get me that baseball." Bo promptly hit the second ball he saw to almost the exact same spot, off the base of the scoreboard.

"Get me that ball, too," Fogelman said.

and there's plenty more Bo baseball legends courtesy of Joe Posnanski here...

reviewing the 3rd round loop around torrey pines

I can honestly say I've never played a round as good as this...

I don't parlez french but...

it's ultimately irrelavent.
the blues are multicultural tones which speak to the soul says me. enjoy the bluesman from Dartford Kent as he tickles Robert Johnson's "3220 Blues. I can play it but I ain't gonna sing it 'cuz I've shot my voice"

who's fooling who

give it up for Dave Grohl (with a special shout out to RLS for the inspiration...)
remember to call and contribute to Jerry's EGR Basement Relief Fund!