If you thought the Grateful Dead farewell shows in Chicago were a scam, you ain't seen nothing yet.
As bad as it was for the DEAD & Company to announce a fall tour while some suckers were still making their way home from the "Farewell" shows in Chicago......Pippins has them beat.
After a month long pilgrimage from loyal customers and folks who just had to be a part of something for FOMO reasons , Pippins announced on the eve of the shutdown, that they would be reopening ( can you call it reopening if you never really closed?) At a popup location on 91st and 3rd.
Glad I didn't save my receipts for memorabilia.... Or my ez pass charges........when reached at BarA for comment on Francessa Day....my head linesman Chaz Higgins suggested that we now had an opening paragraph for the SN 18 letter.
What did Duff know ?
And when did he know it ?
Stay tuned.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
a dark complexion
that was the description of the coward that shot a Houston Sheriff in the back as he pumped gas in uniform......if we are afraid to call criminals what they are......White, Black, Hispanic , Asian, Middle Eastern, whatever.......we are doomed..................a Dark Complexion........maybe he just came from a tanning bed....maybe his ancestors are from Sicily .......
when that jackoff dylan ruff shot those innocent folks in the prayer service the rush was on to condem the confederate Flag.....obviously the flag was the culprit.....lets go after Ruff and everyone kind of like ruff and hold their ancestory and upringing in contempt and put those things on trial.
what that jackoff bryce williams or dj flanagan or whatever his name is killed those innocent folks during a live TV station interview the rush was on the condem congress and the NRA for not agreeing on gun control.
if you thinks its bad now, imagine a world where law abiding folks have to surrender their guns and only the criminals with nothing to loose are carrying weapons.......i've never owned a gun and i probably never will.....i rely on law enforcement to keep me safe and i try my best to use common sense and avoid high crime areas whenever possible.....but i support 200% the rights of law abiding citizens to register and own guns........I also totally believe that the fact that Americans own their own weapons will prevent a President from ever trying to become a dictator...........certainly our politicans won't.....they will follow the pied piper of their own parties into hell if it means bigger bread crumbs along the way ( Thats both Dems and Repubs).......and we see already how a 2 term President can cripple and demoralize a once Strong and Proud Military.....imagine if he had a 3rd term ?
when that jackoff dylan ruff shot those innocent folks in the prayer service the rush was on to condem the confederate Flag.....obviously the flag was the culprit.....lets go after Ruff and everyone kind of like ruff and hold their ancestory and upringing in contempt and put those things on trial.
what that jackoff bryce williams or dj flanagan or whatever his name is killed those innocent folks during a live TV station interview the rush was on the condem congress and the NRA for not agreeing on gun control.
if you thinks its bad now, imagine a world where law abiding folks have to surrender their guns and only the criminals with nothing to loose are carrying weapons.......i've never owned a gun and i probably never will.....i rely on law enforcement to keep me safe and i try my best to use common sense and avoid high crime areas whenever possible.....but i support 200% the rights of law abiding citizens to register and own guns........I also totally believe that the fact that Americans own their own weapons will prevent a President from ever trying to become a dictator...........certainly our politicans won't.....they will follow the pied piper of their own parties into hell if it means bigger bread crumbs along the way ( Thats both Dems and Repubs).......and we see already how a 2 term President can cripple and demoralize a once Strong and Proud Military.....imagine if he had a 3rd term ?
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Like a raisin in the sun
Do me a favor, let's hold off on that congressional medal for Stevie Wonder for giving a "free" concert in Central Park.
To hear the local news reports this day, one might surmise that the aforementioned Mister wonder had found a cure for penicillin......when in fact. He used taxpayer dollars and central park to promote his upcoming tour ( Tix for that are not free).
He played for 40 minutes and talked about his upcoming shows.....he pulled the same stunt in Washington and filthadelphia earlier in the day......why not Baltimore ( where's dat?)
Every station in the tristate area picked up the story and ran clips from the concert.....he got more air time today than when he was a geust on the Bob Hope Christmas special.............. How much coverage would a traditional press conference have received ?
So he was very smart, very shrewd business and he probably enjoyed playing......I appluad that.........but he's not mother Theresa bringing free music to the ghetto.....si let's give it a rest.
Incidentally..... His new wife was in attendance...... Maron Ami.......have you ever seen this broad ? ? ?
Neither has he.
To hear the local news reports this day, one might surmise that the aforementioned Mister wonder had found a cure for penicillin......when in fact. He used taxpayer dollars and central park to promote his upcoming tour ( Tix for that are not free).
He played for 40 minutes and talked about his upcoming shows.....he pulled the same stunt in Washington and filthadelphia earlier in the day......why not Baltimore ( where's dat?)
Every station in the tristate area picked up the story and ran clips from the concert.....he got more air time today than when he was a geust on the Bob Hope Christmas special.............. How much coverage would a traditional press conference have received ?
So he was very smart, very shrewd business and he probably enjoyed playing......I appluad that.........but he's not mother Theresa bringing free music to the ghetto.....si let's give it a rest.
Incidentally..... His new wife was in attendance...... Maron Ami.......have you ever seen this broad ? ? ?
Neither has he.
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
The iceladies of lone ghislan
I stand behind my previous prediction that on the eve of the Season opener in the Barclay's center that the icefags will announce they are returning to a refurbished ad nauseum colisiem..... They milked their final season.... And bilked some morons into shelling out big bucks for the Barclay's prime seats, but in the end it will be one and done while the coliseum is renovated...... It was all a back room scam between Bettman Charlie Chan the new owners, Rattner and the officials in Nassau.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
Monday, August 03, 2015
Fingers crossed
Let's hope Ol' Country Joe Biden runs for President....... As long as he is in the race, Hilarry will have to tone down her lies and rhetoric..... She won't be able to rewrite history if there someone else from the administration in the race.....hopefully Joe calls her out on her bullshit as soon as she tries to distance herself from her disastrous term in the State Department.
Sunday, August 02, 2015
the cynical new yorker
so as i ripped my beloved mets for 48 hours at the trade deadline, even i had to ask myself WHY ?
why did i simultaneously express anger at both proposed deals and the lack thereof ?
why so much venom and vinegar being spewed in the direction of my favorite franchise, where did all this distrust, anger and angst get its genesis ? I may have a partial explanation.
I was 12 years old in the summer of 1977.......my name was Thomas and I was a Mets fan.....the years preceding my 12th birthday had been extremely good to this young mets fan.....i saw my team knockoff the big Red Machine in the NLCS....i even went to game 4 of that series, we had a chance to clinch.....the excitement and nervous feeling still seem fresh today......we went on the play the Swinging A's and came within 1 win of our 2nd World Series triumph, and the MAN that ruled the Roost....the Best pitcher in baseball, my idol and namesake ( George really, shh) Thomas "Tom Terrific" Seaver was a Met for life.....and so as a naive 12 year old i thought.............i should have known better.......less than 2 years prior my beloved Rangers 'WAIVED" the franchise netminder in a space clearing, money saving , heartless move.....Eddie, Eddie, Eddie Giacoman has been let go....only to return 2 nights later in the hated Redwings Jersey and admitted to crying throughout the game under his mask ( it's okay Wilmer) as the Garden faithful chanted his name throughout....EDDIE.....EDDIE....EDDIE........i cried that night as a 10 year old listening to Marv Albert describe the scene and i vowed to hate the Rangers till death.....that passed.....
fast forward 2 years to the spring and summer of 1977.....i read the scumbag Dick Youngs column everyday as he whined on and on about Seavers contract and how ungrateful the franchise pitcher was......we should have realized then that Young was on the mets secret payroll and was smeering our hero to soften the unfathomable upcoming blow........it didnt work of course........and on June 15th, Bayrdige...Brooklyn....New York,....the Tri state area...and the world were knocked for a loop when M. Donald Grant traded George Thomas Seaver to the Cincinatti Reds (theres that color again) for a package of players that all sucked........the franchise would sink to the bottom of the national league and become the laughing stock of baseball for years to come....
as painful as it was to see him in a Reds uniform.....to throw a No Hitter for somebody else while we still await our first ( santanA doesnt count)....the worst was yet to come........after the 1982 season we got him back........we greeted him with soldout exhuberance on opening day 1983 and all was right with universe...he even struckout that douchebag Pete Rose on opening day........and then after the 83 season......instead of a career ending long term deal.....they left him UNPROTECTED..........and he was stolen by the White Sox.....forced to wear that silly softball team uniform and win his 300th game in Yankee Stadium........
in the years to come we would sit in the upper deck and watch management dismantle the 86 Mets for financial and political reason, they again painted our heros as demons.....left them on the sidelines while Shea closed and Citifield opened...as if 86 never happened......
so there is a lot resentment and hatred i feel towards this franchise......but only because i care....because I love the Mets so much.....like Wilmer......like Zack Wheeler........we dont have to win the series......but please Wilpon....for the love of God....leave us some dignity.......
why did i simultaneously express anger at both proposed deals and the lack thereof ?
why so much venom and vinegar being spewed in the direction of my favorite franchise, where did all this distrust, anger and angst get its genesis ? I may have a partial explanation.
I was 12 years old in the summer of 1977.......my name was Thomas and I was a Mets fan.....the years preceding my 12th birthday had been extremely good to this young mets fan.....i saw my team knockoff the big Red Machine in the NLCS....i even went to game 4 of that series, we had a chance to clinch.....the excitement and nervous feeling still seem fresh today......we went on the play the Swinging A's and came within 1 win of our 2nd World Series triumph, and the MAN that ruled the Roost....the Best pitcher in baseball, my idol and namesake ( George really, shh) Thomas "Tom Terrific" Seaver was a Met for life.....and so as a naive 12 year old i thought.............i should have known better.......less than 2 years prior my beloved Rangers 'WAIVED" the franchise netminder in a space clearing, money saving , heartless move.....Eddie, Eddie, Eddie Giacoman has been let go....only to return 2 nights later in the hated Redwings Jersey and admitted to crying throughout the game under his mask ( it's okay Wilmer) as the Garden faithful chanted his name throughout....EDDIE.....EDDIE....EDDIE........i cried that night as a 10 year old listening to Marv Albert describe the scene and i vowed to hate the Rangers till death.....that passed.....
fast forward 2 years to the spring and summer of 1977.....i read the scumbag Dick Youngs column everyday as he whined on and on about Seavers contract and how ungrateful the franchise pitcher was......we should have realized then that Young was on the mets secret payroll and was smeering our hero to soften the unfathomable upcoming blow........it didnt work of course........and on June 15th, Bayrdige...Brooklyn....New York,....the Tri state area...and the world were knocked for a loop when M. Donald Grant traded George Thomas Seaver to the Cincinatti Reds (theres that color again) for a package of players that all sucked........the franchise would sink to the bottom of the national league and become the laughing stock of baseball for years to come....
as painful as it was to see him in a Reds uniform.....to throw a No Hitter for somebody else while we still await our first ( santanA doesnt count)....the worst was yet to come........after the 1982 season we got him back........we greeted him with soldout exhuberance on opening day 1983 and all was right with universe...he even struckout that douchebag Pete Rose on opening day........and then after the 83 season......instead of a career ending long term deal.....they left him UNPROTECTED..........and he was stolen by the White Sox.....forced to wear that silly softball team uniform and win his 300th game in Yankee Stadium........
in the years to come we would sit in the upper deck and watch management dismantle the 86 Mets for financial and political reason, they again painted our heros as demons.....left them on the sidelines while Shea closed and Citifield opened...as if 86 never happened......
so there is a lot resentment and hatred i feel towards this franchise......but only because i care....because I love the Mets so much.....like Wilmer......like Zack Wheeler........we dont have to win the series......but please Wilpon....for the love of God....leave us some dignity.......
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