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Games 3 and 4: SFX Anderson 7, Legal Weed 0 and Legal Weed 9, SFX Anderson 6

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Neil deMause

Our second of umpteen doubleheaders dawned bright and early, with our first game in two years against a team from the St. Francis league, which had opted out in the fall so it could play flag football instead. Our opponents: … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Math Is Hard—but Vital for Understanding Vaccine Risks | FAIR

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Neil deMause

Readers of CNN’s website (4/15/21) saw an alarming headline: “So Far, 5,800 Fully Vaccinated People Have Caught Covid Anyway in US, CDC Says.” Nearly 6,000 so-called “breakthrough” infections—cases of Covid-19 contracted by people after they had been vaccinated against the coronavirus … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, Outbreaks

Games 1 and 2: Legal Weed 2, 78 Miller 1 and 78 Miller 8, Legal Weed 1

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Neil deMause

After last week’s rainout, it was nice and dry (if not quite as warm as the forecast) for today’s doubleheader of our as-yet-unnamed green team against Miller’s black-clad squad. Starting pitcher Dylan arrived just minutes before the scheduled game time, … Continue reading →

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Which Teams Will Be The First Lost To Climate Change? | Defector

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Neil deMause

Future generations, if there are any future generations, may one day look back at the Texas Rangers’ stadium as the first stadium designed for the Anthropocene epoch. Globe Life Field was built at a cost of $1.2 billion, nearly half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Sports

Sugarcubes

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Neil deMause

This one I remember clear as day, though the moment was more than 30 years ago. I was watching MTV, which wasn’t a thing I did often, but I had just graduated from college and didn’t have much to do … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Escaped My Uncertain Fate

Logan Whitehurst

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Neil deMause

Like the previously covered Cat Fight, Logan Whitehurst first came to my attention via the great Greasy Kid Stuff show on WFMU. The difference is that while Cat Fight I barely remember, Logan Whitehurst instantly became a treasured member of … Continue reading →

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Why MLB Declared War On The Minor Leagues | Defector

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Neil deMause

MLB’s year-long assault on its minor-league affiliates, first launched last fall, ended this month with unconditional surrender, as the nation’s farm teams fully capitulated to a plan that will see 43 franchises either get bumped to independent leagues, demoted to amateur leagues, or … Continue reading →

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Juliana Hatfield

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Neil deMause

I’m not often tempted to cheat and see if re-shuffling my iTunes library will serve up a different musician to write about than the one that the random number generator has landed on. Even when it’s a band I’ve barely … Continue reading →

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Game 12: Shiffman 10, Red Scare 4

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Neil deMause

The Red Scare’s season finale against Shiffman began like so many other games this season: With uncertainty whether we’d even be able to play. Once again, we were met with two large puddles on Parade Grounds Field 3, one next … Continue reading →

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Rodan

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Neil deMause

The One Rule of this project — let iTunes shuffle pick the band from my record collection, then I take it from there — sometimes provides lovely surprises where I’m reminded of performers I haven’t thought about in a while, … Continue reading →

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How I Escaped My Uncertain Fate

It’s fascinating to me how people are drawn to different slivers of our culture, whether music or film or whatever. To investigate this, I decided to start with my own record collection.

This is the story of my musical life, as curated by the iTunes shuffle function.

  • Sonic Youth
  • Chuck Prophet
  • De La Soul
  • Sugarcubes
  • Logan Whitehurst
  • Juliana Hatfield
  • Rodan
  • Care Bears On Fire
  • Antietam
  • Sloan
  • The Exiles
  • Cat Fight
  • Kate Jacobs
  • Trailer Bride
  • Queen
  • Bettie Serveert
  • Mac McCaughan
  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Breeders
  • Billy Bragg and Wilco
  • Patti Smith
  • 75 Dollar Bill
  • Jon Langford
  • The Handsome Family
  • The Kinks
  • Wild Carnation
  • Tom Petty
  • Talking Heads
  • Freakwater
  • Neil Young
  • Superchunk
  • Shonen Knife
  • Yo La Tengo
  • Television
  • The Mekons
  • The Feelies
  • The Beatles
  • They Might Be Giants
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