I admit I just assumed that Ripken was drafted high because he was the coach’s son. I didn’t take his prospects seriously until I was on an Amtrak train and found a discarded Boston newspaper sports section. It had an article raving about Ripken who was then at AA.
Month: May 2022
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 5/27/63
The Mothers of Invention – Absolutely Free released 5/26/67
Absolutely Free was the second Mothers of Invention album and is the most accessible album by the original lineup. The longest, most complex, and best track is “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”.
One of the songs is “Duke of Prunes”. Around that time, I was running for office in my junior high school and decided to give out prunes to students, inspired by the song. One of my friends and I were in the Acme supermarket looking at prune boxes trying to figure out how to get the most for my limited budget. An old lady passed by, pointed to a box, and said to us “This kind is the best”. I guess she thought we wanted a laxative.
“Uncle Bernie’s Farm” is about how toys embrace violence and has the great lines “We gotta send Santa Claus back to the Rescue Mission. Christmas don’t make it no more.”
New POLITICO/Morning Consult poll on guns – updated with more polls
There is no good reason for members of the public to have assault weapons yet Republicans will prevent them from being banned.
The second Ali – Liston fight 5/25/64
Pew Research thread on polls on guns
The Onion on mass shootings
Covers: Just Because (Nelstone’s Hawaiians song)
“Just Because” was first recorded in 1929. Elvis Presley is among the many artists who covered it. I thought of it because of this Instagram post.
Covers: The Thrill Is Gone
“The Thrill Is Gone” is well known from the 1969 B. B. King version but it was originally released by Roy Hawkins in 1951.
Sad! 