10.30.22 to 11.2.22

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

Kind of a weird set, but overall good stuff.

Logical Song

Tusk (intro only)
>>A New Life
I Burn for you (Outro Only)
You Don't Love Me Like You Used To (1)
Graveyard Theme (2)
Linus and Lucy*
Deja Vu and The Sins of Science

Billy Boy (3)

P.G (4)

Mr. Bellamy

Be Still My Beating Heart

You're All I've Got Tonight

Oh Yeah

Twist and Shout

*Halloween version

1- Lone Bellow

2- Vince Guaraldi

3- Ramsey Lewis

4- New Cool Collective

10.26.22

Instant Karma

One You Should Have Let Go (1)

Falling (remix) (2)

Still Haven't Found

Bach Prelude

Some People

>>Hypnoculture

Tree to Grow (3)

That's Not My Name

Love & Blessings

Tu Vas Me Detruire

(Badman's Song)

Under The Skin

1,3- Lone Bellow

2- Chris Malinchak

10.19.22

Some old friends return!

Fall Sessions #1

Featured artists: Paul Simon and Ray Lamontagne

Forever My Friend

Diamonds on the Soles

Time (1)

Killer

Fighter

The Clock (2)

The Werewolf

Outside*

Julia

(Mr Bellamy outro)

>Head Over Heels

Everything In Its Right Place

Scream

This is Halloween (3)

Return to Sender

Keep Talking

1- Bandes

2- Paul Simon

3- Nightmare before Christmas soundtrack

*1011 Woodland version

10.12.22

Green Hill Zone
It's Alright

Prior Warning (1)

Revival

Could You Would You

Don't Cha Stop

Rien A Faire Ensemble

Heart and Soul*

Hug Point

Turquoise

Siler Woods, Pt. 1 (2)

Just Seen A Face

Thrills

Stuck On Your Mind

Burn For You

Urgent

1- Marcus Mumford

2- Monocled Man

*T'Pau

Regina Spektor- Home, Before and After

Overall, kind of a slog to get through. I just felt like there was too much production or instrumentation on this one. It made me question whether I need to listen to her future albums.

1 OK- a little overdone with instrumentation

2  very annoying, kind of repetitive

3 OK

4 OK

5 OK

Halftime note- do I need to listen to RS's new releases?

6 Wow another overdone song

7 a little too grandiose for me

8 ok

9 already knew this one was incredibly irritating- nonsensical. 

10- ok

10.5.22

Fast Freight

Last Train to Clarksville

Saint Agnes And the Burning Train

Yes

Not Enough Time

Better Angels (1)

Is This Love (Montmartre Remix) (2)

Spellbound

Vertigo

____________________

Dreams (3)

Hurts to Be Alone

Spanish Moss: Storms

Panorama

Iko Iko

You Ain't The Problem*

All Through The Night

1- Marcus Mumford

2- Bob Marley

3- Chloe Moriondo

*Shorter remix

Had this game on today- 2009-4-10 NYY at KC

 Box Score of Game played on Friday, April 10, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium (baseball-almanac.com)

September Movie Rankings

Movies watched:

The Card Counter

Jaws

Running Scared

Parasite

Rankings:

1) Parasite

I think for pure, moment-to-moment entertainment the choice is Parasite. There's so much that happens in almost every scene. It's funny, suspenseful and has sharp commentary on the difference between classes. There are some moments that just shocked me (like when the former housekeeper starts pounding frantically in the middle of the night or the birthday party rampage).

2) Jaws

Parasite over Jaws? Again, Parasite was just more consistently entertaining, although everything in the last half-hour on the boat was pretty gripping. 

3) The Card Counter

At the time, I kind of regretted watching this movie. It's bleak and repetitive, but there's an amazing performance by Oscar Isaac at the center.

4) Running Scared

I watched the wrong movie! I was looking for Midnight Run but chose this instead. It's not a bad movie, but ultimately was the weakest of the month. Hines and Crystal were good together, but it's kind of a shaggy movie.

'23 Mariners- it's the end!

 2023 season ends with the same record as '22- 84-78.

Overarching themes:

• There just wasn't that one difference-maker. Offense-wise, Julio Rodriguez was a star, but maybe it was too much to expect him to put a team on his back so young.
• On the pitching side, there was no real ace. Luis Castillo turned into a pumpkin before the pennant race, and Emerson Hancock was best following a starter and then lost to injury. Whitlock performed pretty well, but he isn't an ace. Logan Gilbert had a great final day but had a nightmare season.
• The offense just ran out of gas in the final weeks. They struggled against middle-of-the-road pitching.

Top 3 players:

• Julio Rodriguez
• Evan Marshall, for stablizing the bullpen and becoming a legit closer
• Emerson Hancock?

Bottom 3:

• Jesse Winker, who needed to be replaced as LF and struggled all year.
• The catcher position. The hitting never was good from there at all, almost an automatic out.
• Logan Gilbert/Luis Castillo. Castillo started well and fell of a cliff, and Gilbert just struggled everywhere.

That's the end! Decent season, but not enough to contend.