Today's entry comes from Northern Germany, where Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli clinched promotion to the Bundesliga after 13 years in the second division. The team is famously governed by explicitly leftwing principles - some if its fans remain angry that the club sells merchandise and participates in capitalist enterprises, an interesting if possibly self-defeating point of view. The club is also fiercely local and focused on its civic responsibilities, and boasts a 31 year-old American manager. Pauli is one we can get behind, as they'll be one of the most dogged of underdogs next season.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
More Joy
It's a great time of year if you're into watching throngs of people celebrate their local sporting club advancing to a higher level of competition. Technically, also true if you like watching fans suffer as their club's are relegated, but nobody's that much of a dick. [To be fair, if the Yankees were relegated, I'd do the Ren & Stimpy dance.]
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i will say that the cybertruck was fast as shit. entered a highway right in front of me and blasted off over the horizon lickity split. i assume the fiery conflagration i saw on the side of the road a few miles later was a coincidence.
the jon sciambi episode of pable torre finds out is excellent. and i don't just say that because several gheorghies once had beers in a dorm room with boog.
I accidentally wandered over to FB the other day and found a guy I grew up with posting photos of his new cybertruck. I neither commented nor read the comments, except for the ones in my own head.
I may be the inverse of Rob in my sports observation. I love to witness sports pain and despondence. I fell asleep listening to the Dallas-OKC game last night. Was bummed to have missed the hurt of the radio commentators, who always seem to care an inordinate amount.
pour some out for screamin' joe agee, a w&m icon of the old school.
Where are all the St. Pauli girls in their dirndls?
So I’m shipping up to Boston two weeks from tomorrow and taking in Madness with Dooger. Hell yes. Maybe a Sox game the night after. Hell yes. Work trips. Core principles.
madness coming for a summit with the murphys and the bosstones? solid.
Murphys and Irish rock in general, but penny whistles are an underrated accompaniment.
Bosstones are kaput. Dicky turned out to be just Dick.
guess he was right to be afraid of what he might find out
shoulda been tested. for dumbass.
if you happen to have the print wapo from sunday, my kidlet is pictured as part of a group of vcu students who walked out of commencement to protest glenn youngkin's policies. their big media debut!
Famous kid!
Squeaky tells me Fishbone is opening up for Madness at the show we’re seeing. Helllllll yes.
i saw fishbone at the tally ho here in leesburg. still got it.
Clearly, if they’re playing the Tally Ho
bands love the ho
Scott LaRock had em all.
richmond football leaving the caa to move to the patriot league. looks like the rest of spidey sports will stay in the a10. first domino for the tribe, or first rat off the sinking ship of the weird-ass caa football monstrosity?
Can it be both?
it was a trick question!
in the past two days, i've had calls with people in kathmandu, rome, johannesburg, and silver spring. this gig is really fascinating.
Fuggin Kommin Sandeeyaygo oveh heyeh.
Hello from beautiful Atlanta. No, really, it’s quite nice today. I’m staying about a half mile from Truist Park and the Braves are playing the Cubs tonight. Might grab a ticket, walk over and root against the Cubs.
headed out early tomorrow to start my denver to hays, ks to terre haute, in to leesburg, va roadie. will be on the lookout for reduced-price robbie avila merch in indiana. may buy enough to outfit all the gheorghies.
eastern colorado is flat as all hell. that john denver is full of shit.
Safe travels, robbie.
The thing about the Rockies, it's a pretty tricky climb, you know. Most of it's up until you reach the very very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply.
hays, kansas! probably doesn’t get an exclamation point all that often.
A belated RIP to David Sanborn. He did a great many things with the sax over scores of years, but I choose to celebrate his contribution to “Your Party,” one of my favorite Ween tunes of all time. Chef’s kiss doesn’t cover it.
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