Had a lot of fun out in Reading, PA, also known as Baseballtown, with my colleague Pat Gallen from Phillies Nation to check out the Eastern League All-Star Game. I caught up with first baseman Darin Ruf and shortstop Troy Hanzawa and got their thoughts on the AS Game, playing in front of their hometown crowd,…
What I’m Jamming To: Rock n Roll Love Letter
Really digging this power-pop anthem from 1974 from Temple-alum Tim Moore. Moore played drums in the first band to feature Todd Rundgren, Woody’s Truck Stop and played in a group called The Muffins before becoming a singer/songwriter. Moore’s “Rock N Roll Love Letter” would become his most well known song and the Bay City Roller’s…
Chobani’s Apple Cinnamon: Thumbs in the Middle
Chobani makes my favorite Greek yogurt out there. There is nothing better than a nice blueberry or strawberry banana Chobani. When I heard they had some new flavors, I was excited to try them. First on my list? Apple Cinnamon. The Good: Apple Cinnamon’s fruit-on-the-bottom is tremendous. Imagine the filling of a cinnamon Pop-Tart with…
Work Expectations – Using Great Albums as Framework
It is really easy to feel under-appreciated or under-utilized at work: even the most appreciated, advanced, well-regarded, and accomplished professional has this feeling sink in every once in a while. For young professionals, reconciling this feeling can be particularly daunting – the years of college and grunt-work in unpaid internships these days usually will be…
Martian Canals! 1911 NY Times Report Teaches Young Leaders Lessons
Woah nelly. This article really happened – in 1911, the New York Times Sunday Magazine printed a feature on two gigantic (1000 miles x 20 miles) canals that were built on Mars in just two years. The 105 million square foot canals would have easily been larger than anything ever built on Earth and, as…
How Punk’s “Missing Link” Can Help Find Your Passion
The Rods, or more famously known now as Eddie and the Rods, were an English pub band often credited for being somewhat of a missing link between rock and roll and punk during the evolution of music in the late 1970s. Their undisputed top, and perhaps only commercial, hit, “Do Anything You Wanna Do”, has…
Lessons Learned From Rob Base
Project planning is tough. But I Love Charts’ “Are You Rob Base?” flow chart has taught me a lot about simplicity.
What I’m Jamming To: April 25, 2012
Heard this tune today at Retro Fitness – North Wales. These guys are relatively local, from Westfield, NJ, and pack a powerful punch. Their major label debut “If You’re Young” was released last August and it’s gaining some traction, with some spins on MTV (it still exists) and satellite radio.
New at PN: “Take Back the Park” Has Intended Effect
New over at Phillies Nation: The Washington Nationals stirred up some publicity earlier this morning by beginning the sale of single-game tickets for one singular series, May 4-6 versus our beloved Fightin’ Phils. It wasn’t the odd practice of only releasing one series’ worth of tickets to the general public that caught headlines, it was…
What I’m Jamming To: July 19, 2011
Wally Bryson is one of my favorite guitarists ever. He’s got a great sense of timing and a terrific, whimsically-bright sound that can change on a dime to a much harder, driving edge. The way he navigates the guitar makes him perhaps the penultimate 70’s power pop guitarist. After the Raspberries dissolved, Bryson teamed up…
Live From the Lehigh Valley 