October 2008
38 posts
September 2008
26 posts
Postseason Part I
“Everything is going to be fine. Everything is going to be fine. Ernie saves the day.”
I was walking back to my car after taking photos of the Tiger Stadium demolition this summer, when this guy started yelling at me as I made my way down the sidewalk. He was clutching a drink and white paper bag full of food.
“Excuse me?” I said.
“Ernie saved the day,” he said.
It took me a minute to register who Ernie was. Oh. Ernie Harwell the voice of the Tigers for 42 years. I had heard he was part of group working to save part of the stadium.
“They are going to fix this place up real nice,” he assured me.
I guess I had a look of concern. Either that or it was the three film cameras I had around me as I was walking down Trumbull Street.
I never attended a game there. I haven’t even been to a Tiger game. The stadium is not real pretty on the outside. It looks like a warehouse or some industrial building with that strange white siding all around it.
And yet, there was a bit of charm in the old place. As a baseball fan I knew it was home to many historic events since it opened in 1912 and was silenced in 2000 when the Tigers vacated for Comerica Park.
“You’ll see. They are going to fix this up real nice. Ernie, he saved the day.” he said.
“I sure hope so,” I replied.
“Yeah, Ernie he is great. But Kwame? Man, that guy is screwing the city up.” he said.
And with that we parted ways.
Posted September 28, 2008 - The last day of the regular season for Major League Baseball
See Parts II through VI:
Listen
The Sh*t Song
Tomorrow night (Sept. 26, 2008) if you have no plans you really should be in Ann Arbor, Michigan at The Ark attending the Loudon Wainwright III concert.
I wish I could be there.
If you can’t go either, hopefully listening to this song will satisfy you or at least peak your interest about attending the next time he tours to a town near you.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality.”
—John Lennon
Seen on the back of a t-shirt while paying a parking ticket at the courthouse.
Seen on the back of a t-shirt while paying a parking ticket at the courthouse.
Matt Damon on Sarah Palin
“I think there’s a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president, and I think that’s a really scary thing because I don’t know anything about her. I don’t think in eight weeks I’ll know anything about her.
I know that she was mayor of a really, really small town and she’s been governor of Alaska for less than two years. I think the pick was made for political purposes but in terms of governance its a disaster. If you do the actuary tables, there’s a 1 out of 3 chance - if not more - that McCain doesn’t survive his first term and it’ll be President Palin.
(You know) we were just talking about it earlier. Its like a really bad Disney movie. You know, the hockey mom (saying) “Oh, I’m just a hockey mom from Alaska!” And she’s the president! and its like, she’s facing down Vladimir Putin (using the) folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. Its just absurd. Its totally absurd and I don’t understand why more people aren’t talking about how absurd it is. Its a really terrifying possibility. The fact that we’ve gotten this far…and we’re that close to this becoming a reality…is ….crazy. Crazy.
I mean, did she, I mean I really need to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. That’s an important…I wanna know that, I really do. Because she’s gonna have the nuclear codes. You know, I wanna know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. Or if she banned books, or tried to ban books. I mean, this is…this is…we can’t have that.”
Listen
“Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There’s more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.
Out of the blue and into the black
You pay for this, but they give you that
And once you’re gone, you can’t come back
When you’re out of the blue and into the black.”
Be There - December 7, 2008 - Neil Young - Palace of Auburn Hills
