Ecch it’s last Saturday’s game all over again. #phillies

Acquired over the weekend. Sounds good! I got it more for the band than Mann himself, who is extremely erratic for me. Sonny Sharrock, Roy Ayers, Miroslav Vitouš…playing Donovan and Tim Hardin?? It works somehow. #jazzsky

Tonight’s listening. Recently acquired for a decent price. A poor recording of good music. Piano/bass/drums are hard to hear while Milt Jackson’s vibes sound like they are piercing my brain. Oh well. #jazzsky

Just got a rejection letter for a job I applied to in March. Thanks for closing the loop, guys. The 11 months of silence on your end may have appeared as writing on the wall for the doomers, but the optimist in me remained hopeful. Now I can finally exhale.

You can argue about all the pro sports people that went to my high school but the correct answer to this question is Paul Winter. He recorded a duet with a whale! The jocks aren’t going to top that.

texting with Mom

This has always been my favorite Catherine O’Hara character.

The juncos have been going bananas over the seed I put out this morning. Occasionally a big ol’ cardinal will pop in and bust things up.

I’ve been perusing old Archie comics as a way to zone out and I’m learning life lessons along the way.

Yep! You have to be born in Altoona (like me) to get in on that sweet natural immunity. You can’t just move there and get it, science doesn’t work that way!!!

Joe Henderson’s run as a sideman on Blue Note is hilariously incredible. Just causally popping up on the best known albums of their respective leaders. #jazzsky

Today’s youth face so many decisions. In my day, there was only one decision to make: skate…or DIE

Anise in baked goods rules I don’t care if that makes me 100 years old

Scaring the visiting kiddies tonight with…the finest avant garde jazz! youtu.be/u1lWpLFGhjE?...

This reminded me of the three times that Jesus fell while carrying the cross.

Every love song from the ‘70s has a verse about how the singer admits to having affairs but sticks around anyway and that if his woman ever decided to leave he’s not going to stop her.

A solemn vow: if I ever have serious money to burn I will waste it all to continue the legacy of writing and producing music like this. Profit is not the goal, only self satisfaction. #jazzsky youtu.be/2NUfE5PKhzw?...

The Sahara album was my introduction to McCoy Tyner as a kid. This is kind of a wild dedication to one’s wife (“Hey babe, me and the boys are gonna go apeshit for 9 minutes JUST FOR YOU.”) but it’s made a lifelong impression on me. Alphonse Mouzon on drums! #jazzsky youtu.be/MIrPWCQrg-8?...

I picked up this vinyl in a discount bin because it showed evidence of being a spiritual sister to Jerome Richardson’s Groove Merchant album. The lead off track is fun NYC jazz a la 1968. My favorite part is the brass breakdown that leads into Jerome’s flute solo. #jazzsky youtu.be/BqPCu6VnUt8?...

Blue Jays…listen carefully to my voice…you are getting sleepy…very sleepy. When I snap my fingers, you will wake up. Then you will get ready to play the YANKEES this Friday in the World Series. *snap*

Brewers please score some runs. Give it a shot. What could it hurt?

I am constantly getting spam emails about stun guns. My daily reception of them is how I know I’m still alive.

I fell asleep watching the Phillies game last night then woke up to pee in the 8th and finished watching it. Thanks, weak bladder!! Glad I didn’t miss out completely.

I picked this season to seriously get back into following baseball again after decades of tuning it out. Don’t know why…feeling nostalgic I guess. Good thing the Phillies are my team…they’ve made a lot of fun getting back into it.

sincerity is underrated

C’mon Phillies bring it back in the 9th! The ghost of JT’s nuts implores you!!!

I’m turning off the game for self care reasons #phillies

c’mon Phillies please I’m dying

Gonna start a thread of Watermelon Man ripoffs. First up, Hank Mobley. #jazzsky youtu.be/8_OTOL4hWBg?...

I can’t listen to the Phillies game because of some Eagles preseason crap?!

“We’re going to perpetually interview you for months until you eventually irk us for some unspoken reason then cut you loose.”

Just finished watching this movie . The story (or lack thereof) is weak but the ‘70s aesthetics are A+ youtu.be/0w8VOxDrSHU?...

@every80spopsong.bsky.social help me, CaseySkeetsEm! Lately I’ve been digging this song that Esther Satterfield performed on the original David Letterman show from 1980 (@41:56) but I can’t ID its source. Is it one of her songs? Is it a cover? The internet is failing me! youtu.be/6vCWhFGPMQY?...

I told my kids the story of how my 8th grade girlfriend dumped me and a few days later I was in a bad car accident. And how neither of those things were as bad as returning to school and enduring the hot gossip about the loser wearing a neck brace who got dumped.

One of my all-time favorite big band charts. The written flugelhorn solo in the middle was supposed be played by Woody on alto. I’ve always wondered why on this recording it is played by Bill Stapleton (who was subbing for road manager Bill Byrne). Throwing a bone perhaps? youtu.be/bR86oXCsrP0?...

Noooo!

Bumblebees going in and out of the hostas all day. Fun to watch them crawl in, disappear, then stumble out.

RIP Lalo. Out of all the incredible music he leaves behind, this song (and it’s arrangement) has influenced me the most. I especially love the repeated use of the “four over three” pattern and of course the bass trombone. youtu.be/d1o8_nh5OgE?...

Lotsa Christmas coffee mugs in the regular rotation. I’d say around 35%.

When I was a kid I thought these movies were related to each other somehow. Maybe one was a sequel to the other. Maybe they were both the same movie.

My introduction to Sly Stone’s music was this musical interlude from Pee Wee Herman’s stage show. Later as a teen, when I bought a Sly Stone greatest hits album and heard the originals, I was impressed by how well Pee Wee & company pulled off their medley. youtu.be/Hlieo6mM7rk?...

I sure as hell hope people are buying those Phillies branded playsets otherwise we’ve suffered through those endless radio ads for nothing.

MLB fun fact: all Tanners are pitchers but not all pitchers are Tanners #Phillies

Felt like the woman who cut my hair was ripping my neck apart with her clippers. Like someone using a box cutter to open a package. STAB….DRAG BLADE. Got home to take a look and damn she really carved me up. Big red slashes everywhere.

MLB fun fact: all Tanners are pitchers but not all pitchers are Tanners #Phillies

*donna fargo voice* FLESHY FACE

Zombified Phillies offense showing signs of life!

The house is firmly divided on these chips. No middle ground whatsoever. I like them enough but they are admittedly strange and not falsely advertised. They are literally a sweet and lemony flavored potato chip.