"It was supposed to be the first new pitch since Bruce Sutter popularized the split-fingered fastball … which itself was nothing more than a new grip, providing a different break, on the already-used forkball. The novelty of the gyroball caught on in the U.S. as it had in Japan. Kids posted videos of themselves on YouTube trying to throw the gyroball."
And while we're on the subject of baseball,
I came across a great new blog, Bronx Comics. Done by Knuckles, AKA Matt, with a program called Comic Life, that came on his iMac. It's hilariously funny and he says what many of us Yankee and baseballs fans only think. The release of Jonny Greenwood is the Controller, marks the 40th anniversary of reggae's legendary label, Trojan Records, by bringing some of the greatest moments of the label's past in touch with the present. The Radiohead guitarist, gets his rocks off for reggae music by digging through Trojan's extensive back catalog and compiling his favorite tracks onto one disc.
After 6 months of endless listening(and possibly lots of ganja smoking?), Greenwood narrowed down his choices to 17 recordings. Due out on March 6th, this collection digs deep into rich Jamaican sounds and covers styles from classic Ska and Rocksteady to vintage Dub and Roots, including the likes of Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, Scientist & Jammy and many others. Hooray Beer! And, after his work on the Bodysong Soundtrack, I'm intrigued to hear this. He's a super guitar player and on the two occasions I got to meet him, he was extremely nice. Even taking the time to talk to my buddy about playing the viola. I came across this on the Vegan's site and it really saddened me. A couple really good bands now have to find new homes, Shout Out Louds and Soundteam. And even though I don't particularly like Kevin Devine, I've met him and he's a really nice guy and from the Strong Island scene. Also, the post linked to, by Jax one of the Capitol workers who was laid off blows. I feel bad for her, having been on the same end of that stick before ending up at the current job situation I'm at. Sometimes I guess it's better to have a bad job than no job, even though she's really taking it well in my opinion. She has a really great blog, writing about a lot of music stuff in LA. I think I want to move to LA. I'm sick of cold weather and tiny apartments. Well, at least today I am. But who am I kidding. I love NYC and not driving.
Listening Pile:
While former extreme metal legend, Justin K. Broadrick(Napalm Death, Godflesh), has just released his fine new disc Conqueror under the moniker, Jesu. Out on the Hydra Head label too. The band will not be able to appear on the first part of their tour with Isis due to work visa issues. Justin K. Broadrick and co. have just secured the visas and will make their U.S.
debut on March 5 in Orlando. Current band bassist, Diarmuid Dalton will not play with the band on any dates, instead, Dave Cochrane, who has worked with Broadrick previously in Ice, Head of David, Sweet Tooth, God, and Grey Machine will fill in, and Intronaut drummer Danny Walker will fill out the line-up. MP3: Jesu: Conqueror [from the Conqueror LP]
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