My favorite track of the album that strapped a rocket to AC/DC‘s rock and roll dreams and took them into the stratosphere, Highway to Hell, “If You Want Blood” features Bon Scott in fine screeching form and Angus Young delivering a great solo. Thing to keep an out for in the video: Angus Young keeps…
What I’m Jamming To: June 7, 2011
One of my guilty pleasure songs is “The Lion Sleeps Tonight“, originally written by South African Zulu musician Solomon Linda in 1939, turned into a US Billboard No. 1 by The Tokens in 1961, and turned into a song that reached immortality in the Disney cannon with its inclusion in the Lion King. I’m also…
This Week In Workout Playlists: June 7, 2011
Trying to keep the energy up this week with some 90’s alternative and dance hits, tossed lightly with 2000’s alternative jams. Not everything is genre specific, however. According to my iPod, here is what carried through some intense cardio and legs yesterday: The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – They Might Be Giants Hey Jessica…
Larry Greene is a big, young man who can run fast.
Shout out to T.R. Goyne over at Phour Score for posting this on his Twitter. That’s Phillies’ 2011 first pick (39th overall) Larry Greene, standing 6’1, 230 lb., hitting an inside-the-park home run and completing his journey around the basepaths in 15.28 seconds. Todd Zolecki believes Greene has indicated that he may bypass playing college…
Why You Need To Know Who Brian Gordon Is
As I type this, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs are up 3-0 at Charolette, with chance to extend their International League-best winning percentage to .631 and strengthen their odds at their first winning season and their first International League North Title. The Ryne Sandberg-led club is filled with capable MLB replacement-level position players like Pete…
What I’m Jamming To: June 6, 2011
If you are a dedicated follower of fashion, a fan of super groups, or fancy jangle-pop mixed with power pop, then you will really enjoy this one from Nick Lowe, “So It Goes“. Lowe is joined here in a clip from the Kenney Everett Video Show by on-again-off-again Rockpile band-mate Dave Edmunds in a mix…
What I’m Jamming To: June 5, 2011
This is a jam I completely missed out on the first time around. The song is “Nighttiming” off of Coconut Records‘ 2007 album of the same name. Coconut Records is actor/former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman‘s solo project on which he plays the majority of the instruments. There was no official video but I’m digging…
What I’m Jamming To: June 2, 2011
Is this the greatest song ever written by a 16 year old? It’s possible. It’s also quite possibly the best love song written by anybody, ever, with a back story that nobody can seem to nail down. Walk Away Renee was written by song-writer Tony Sansone and then 16-year-old-keyboardist Michael Lookofsky of the baroque-pop group…
What I’m Jamming To: June 13, 2011
“Here Comes My Girl” was a 1980 hit off the 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The tune reached #59 in the US.
Things I Forgot About the 2008 Phillies: Chris Coste Walk Off
The picture above is after Chris Coste hit a walk-off single to end a 13 inning marathon between the Phillies and Mets that put the Phillies ahead in the NL East. The box score is confusing, improbable, and mind-blowing; how did this group of Phillies end up winning the World Series in 2008? Jamie Moyer…
Live From the Lehigh Valley 