Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Recovering from Challis

The Father of the Reunion, Mr. Muzzie Braun. Thank You!


Braun Boys




cheap seats
Enjoyed the heck out of the gig up in the mountains over the weekend. The crowd was fun and ever expanding. The bands were genuinely into it and caught a clip of Robert Earl Keen, and several Mickey & the Motorcars songs.....

Video clips include
Lawyers Guns & Money
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Where I left you
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Somebody
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Carolina Morning
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Lost Found


Cross Canadian Ragweed also performed, video unavailable

Apologies for the quality of the video clips, as my digital camera does not have a mute button for booze-infused fans ( mine included), random shots of women who sat down in front of the omnipresent camera ( one was hot and the other one,,,,,not so much) or the ever blowing wind. That being said, I am sure some will get a kick out of the footage and maybe some these bands' fanatics will make the voyage up next summer around August 17 2008.

Robert Earl Keen mentioned this weird dude with a Macaw on his arm....dating is rough in Challis. Here is the encore song



Plus 2 puzzling video clips of this burnout from Humboldt County, Cali.
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Reckless Kelly hits the stage


Below- A local Patron enjoying the festivities & I see where his son, Smitty, acquired game/flow from....
Top- Smitty's Dad catnapping
Middle-Smitty's Dad dancing with Mrs. Smitty
Bottom- Smitty getting to know his fellow Idahoan...

On the way home...view of the Sawtooth Mountains from Stanley

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

A Possible Jake Plummer Sighting

Stopped by the Neurolux, (local low rent dive bar who has a kick ass owner that features live acts occasionally during the week) and enjoyed a 2 hour show involving Mickey & the Motorcars. Good times had by all, and lo and behold, there was Jake Plummer look alike there, standing next to me. The only thing I noticed, was that he shot down some local slumpbuster looking for a good time and that made me laugh. It was a noble effort however. If it was Jake, he had no entourage and was genuinely enjoying the music......

This weekend should entail plenty of fun and debauchery up in the mountains in Challis, Idaho where these local celebrity hometown kids join their Dad and Uncles for a fun time, The Braun Brothers Reunion.

*...From the Outfield Seats

Looks like I chose the wrong night to blog about the *. Mosh pit in the cheap seats (term used loosely) is impressive. Now it is over, thankfully.......Bleeping Mets Fan caught the ball. I guess the Queens native grabbed a ticket on a whim, while on his one day stay before heading to Aussie Land. Oi Oi Oi...enjoy the feeling and sell the ball already before it becomes obsolete.

Monday, August 6, 2007

The Live Blog- Barry Bonds 756* Chase

Only so much you can do in Sandy, Utah on a one night stay over. I would blame my work lifestyle but I can not really complain, considering that I get a night alone in a lovely Hampton Inn with a bunch of dancing gypsies outside my window (don't ask...) I will persevere and keep it going, no matter the inning. I will provide not-so-clever insight into the realm of a bored father of three and his hope that the tainted home run chases ends tonight

Who knows, maybe something wacky will be said by our ESPN commentators (Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe and Erin Andrews) or perhaps your host for this live blog, BUCK ROGERS.....

1102 Dmitri Young appears to hit the winning dinger and circles the bases with one flap UP...opposite of Scarface Leonard..awesome..he should get dotted for it...Go Have Yourself a Pork Chop, Dmitri

1027 have a good feeling about this
1 st pitch, nothing close, slow outside
2nd pitch faster but outside, not close to plate
3rd...................88mph lower outside corner of the plate..B*nds looks hungry
4th pitch...........even lower and more outside...3-1 count
5th pitch and probably a last pitch, B*nds swings from the heels, and misses the best pitch of the night

6th pitch, crowd is in a frenzy and he swings and missess......what do we do now, B*nds was straight struck out by the rookie, Lannan, who is straight dealin'

1025 witnessed a Ray King B*nds man-hug....big brothers right there...Winn is trying to continue the inning, with a runner on 1st...I can see it now, B*nds hits the winning 2 run dinger and all B*nds talks about is the team won due to the dinger....yeah right...he at least he is bumping to Dre and Snoop, Da Next Episode as he rolls up the Plate...word




1017 R Zim does not swing and draws a walk, followed by audio commentary by Erin, nothing visual, boo hiss...out of the inning by Chief Lincecum and B*nds is up 4th in the bottom of the 7th inning, 1-1 still

1008 Pedro Feliz should shave .....and that is saying something for this lazy ass blogger to make that statement

1003 bases loaded for the Nats and the pitcher, Lannan is hitting in a 1-1 game..not so sure about that decision but Manny Acta is the Manager of the Year according to SUT

955 Scott Ostler, local fishhack, is being interviewed by D.O'B and SUT,since Bud Selig is becoming weaker by the moment due to all his traveling and gallivanting, in order to stand up and keep his 10 fingers in his pockets..

953- hitting up, Live Metallica for a free download,



The Older and Sober James Hetfield...so sad
The fun days of Metal

948- the exuberance of the S.F. announcer is poorly understated, this is history here..give me a Barry, Barry, Barry Chant
1st- high outside, B*onds is locked in according to SUT and I happen to agree
2nd low and slow, 2-0 count
3rd pitch grounds into a twin killing ( D. O'Brien's usage of vocab).

next......



944 Alone in a hotel, without the wife...invited the Dancing Gypsies in and well,,Erin comes to my rescue, R-Zim goes down on a fastball that paints the outer black, poor kid is outmatched after being beaned and having the gusto to stay in the game....


923 Erin Andrews, oh Erin is saying something about concentration



918 When a bat goes into the stands, being released by a batter, is lack of Pine Tar to be blamed.....

914 B*nds arrives at the plate with Winn on first base
1st pitch- slow out of the zone curve ball, Bonds takes
2nd pitch- ditto
3rd pitch- ditto ( don't blame him)
4th pitch- high strike, taking all the way
5th pitch- low ball but not all that far off- walk is a walk...
B*nds daughter, Aisha ( misspelled by B*nds, weak) cutaway with some messy scribbling on her cheeks, "PITCH 2 Dad!"......was this written by Kimberly Bell?

912 lame Cal Ripken commercial, he deserves better but followed by a Craig McMurtry sighting

910 R Zim lives ...to ground into a inning ending double play

907 Sut reads B*nds and thinks he will swing very hard at the first pitch baseball..nice prediction

903 the hotel desk chair is uncomfortable, headed to the cumstained sofa...just placed a "clean" sheet before lying down....laptop in tow

859 walk off rbi by the Astros highlight.....Damn Cubbies, blew it again...followed by a "Multi-dimensional Lincecum" comment, and Chief Lincecum goes oppo and singles to left, SUT is happy with the pitcher getting the base knocked...okay this live blog stuff is boring but so is Sandy, Utah on a Monday night

858 Xavier "Nook/Pacifier" Logan just dropped the ball ...boo hiss

856 the first of many to come, RUSH HOUR 3 commercial


852 We are all due for a beautiful Erin Andrews report...get it on it.... as on cue, Erin brings up Nomar and his peripheral vision....and all of the camera-snapping guests at the ballpark..Thanks Erin for your insight and your beauty

847 SUT rips on Durham for having a slow bat...ho hum..but Sut gets a pass for having a brother in Boise, who coaches the local privileged kid Catholic School, Go Bishop Kelly Knights ( my momma's alma mater)...grab some pine, Ray, wait to earn the backwards k ...

845- snore, who cares until another 8 batters,,,, pitch some freakin strikes...my hotel room has become cold, that way I stay awake...and I see Mike Minter retired from the Carolina Panthers...Sail on Minter




843- low strike on the 1st pitch,

a slow out of the zone breaking ball low away brings the count to 1-1.........

89 mph down the middle, must have fooled B*nds

4th pitch and * misses awkwardly and fouls out near the 3b dugout, but R-Zim retaliates and says "screw you Chief Lincecum" and makes the tough running catch..

842- exchange the damn baseballs and give B*nds a pitch to hit

841 wtf, the history is in dount, who called the double steal, the giants are not playing for anything but 756* and they pull this junk, fire Alou or whoever is coaching the Giants nowadays, but oh no, great eye by Winn and now the Walk looks a lil likely



836- Only 4 batters away...yippee...history, tainted history, but history is history..and .....Rajai Davis ( Matt Morris trade bait) draws a walk...getting closer and this base on balls is making it more likely that Bonds will get a pitch to hit..uh oh, two men on when Vizquel ( Jose Mesa pen- pal) nails a 20 foot swinging bunt...wow

832pm Obligatory Offspring shot of B*nds- Nickolai

831- first shot of the Cove in the dirty body of water,,,I pick the guy in the Red Kayak to snag the *ball

827- R-Zim survives Chief "Bob Gibson" Lincecum brutal attack to the head, first HBP all year, yeah right that was not a purpose pitch
8:24- Sutcliffe has lost his freaking mind, naming Manny Acta his Manager of the Year...crack smoker for sure


822pm- M. Ali gave a public message over the Diamondvision...weird

8:20pm B*onds takes the field as the opposing pitcher is allegedly from Long Beach, NY.....Long Beach in the house....
- Dmitri just signed an extension for the NATS- what in the world is he thinking ( Thanking the GM for a taking a chance, I guess)

8:16PM Why are we watching meaningless highlights of other games.....don't they know Barry B*nds is about start...but wait Erin Andrews is on...awesome

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Scary sighting that even Stephen Colbert would be worried!


Caught in the act of "pumping up the crowd", this unknown individual/offender was recently spotted at a minor league game in the Boise area. Unknown if this is a hourly worker of the resident minor league team or simply an upstanding citizen in the city of trees ( Les Bois). Nonetheless, this is kinda creepy.

What more could you ask for than Jeff Samardzija Bobblehead Night?



Yes folks, I braved the 101 degrees while waiting patiently in line on the blacktop before the gates opened, to ensure my possession of a Bobblehead that will truly be cherished*. Forget the fact that my children disappeared into the Lil Hawks Inflatable slide play area and that I saw about 2 1/3 innings of action ( a bunch of runs, Hawks were up 9-5, consistent with any short season A minor league game). I have captured the missing link, the Jeff Samardzija Bobblehead . I am sure there is a website that wants people to send these highly valuable dolls but in this case, nothing would look finer on my Christmas Tree than a few #39's(oh yeah, I secured 4 Bobbleheads, but one will be broken with the next 24 hours once the kids get their grimy lil hands on it).


* cherished memories are always up for sale....$100 OBO for the damn Bobblehead, $50 just for the pure sweat unleashed during the wait of the freaking gates to open....