Xavier Nady's life: Imagine this: You're cruising along in your dream job, working upper management in a top-notch operation while living large on the coast. Then, without warning, you're transferred to a futile, nickel-and-dime company located inland. And -- now that we're knee-deep in this analogy -- imagine that the only reason this demotion occurred was because a fellow employee went on sick leave. How would you feel? That's basically what happened to Nady. He was traded from the NL's best team (the Mets) to the NL's worst team (the Pirates) because Mets reliever Duaner Sanchez suffered a season-ending injury in a taxicab crash, forcing New York to move Nady for bullpen help. Say a prayer for the X-Man.
Sadly, I thought the same thing. Man, does that move to Pittsburgh suck. And we all know Lasting Milledge is so not ready to be the everyday rightfielder. And, man does Gennaro look young or what. Since when do they let interns write articles at SI.Com?
Um, in the weird file, and no, I'm not talking about Johnny Mar joining Modest Mouse?!?
This story about former Lifetime bassist Linda Kay, who was arrested for having human body parts in her South Plainfield home. She performed on the original version of the band's album Background, but wasn't featured on the actual recording. Her photo does, however, appear in the disc's artwork. Man, that is some seriously screwed up stuff. Seriously! I'm thinking the guys who are on their reunion tour, don't want to comment on this. And man, was it weird to see all those kids that used to be straight-edge at the show last month, drinking beer!Listening Pile:
Check out Fires These guys are great, featuring old friend's Arty Sheppard and Adam Marino of Errortype:11 and Instruction fame.
Arty is one fantastic songwriter and I really like the slightly different sound he takes on these songs. A bit less aggro than Instruction, with more guitar dynamics and a little bit of shoegaze, plus Arty uses a slighly lower register when singing most stuff. Go here to check out a few tunes. Saw them a few weeks back at Pianos and they killed it live.Cursive is about to release their new album, Happy Hollow on August 22nd. Just got my copy in the mail yesterday and have only listened to it once. Not sure how I feel about it yet. No cello on this one though. I've been a huge fan for some time, and I wasn't overly impressed by their last album, The Ugly Organ . I sorta get that this one is a bit more timid and not as choppy and discordant as the early stuff. Go here to check out two new songs, and a flamboyant band photo!
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