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Thu 14 Jul, 2005 05:55 pm
Who's familar with Bronson Arroyo on the Red Sox, and how he's releasing a new cd?
I'll start off by saying he's got a good voice, and I heard him play a couple songs live on the radio and he sounded pretty good. Not saying he sucks.
Here's what I find funny though: the media, radio, newspapers, and local tv, are absolutely blowing this guy like he's the next Led Zeppelin. During interviews, they keep asking him questions like "what do you think of yourself more as, a baseball player, or a musician?" or "wow, it's so amazing you're releasing a cd AND playing baseball!" Uh, yes, he's a much better musician than PRO baseball player because he can cover songs...stupid.
If you're from Boston and follow the Sox you know what I'm talking about. If you're not from here, you obviously don't hear the constant attention on the cd.
People...it's just f'n COVER SONGS! There's ONE reason this guy was able to release this cd: he's got the money to do it. He hired some very legit musicians to play on the album(including Mike Inez from Alice and Chains), and put it together in the studio. You could walk through Cambridge on any given night and find 20 people who are 10X the "musician" he is.
I will just leave you with this: he plays the Goo Goo Dolls on the cd. And Creed is in his top ten albums of all time.
Are we whipping any Yankee ass tonight?
I have been looking for that damn game. What the hell channel is it on Time Warner Cable? <grumble grumble> F*cking 800 channels and I can't find the goddammed one I want!
Find any sports event. Click open the channel guide, pick theme, one of the channels will be the game.
I think I will go try this myself.
Kicky, you will never believe what I am doing now on a daily basis.
J
I'm almost afraid to ask, but...
Hey, Joe, what are you doing on a daily basis now?
ESPN 2 Channel 29?? no
YES on Channel 30
It's 5-4 Boston
By the way, thanks for that tip. Worked like a charm.
must stay up with technology.
Screw you. Shut that off and go to bed!
Hahaha! Are you going to tell me what you are doing on a daily basis or not, you secretive son of a....?
I've started running again. It's the funniest thing people have ever seen on the streets of New York, this huge fat guy huffing along (I walk a twenty minute mile, I run a fifteen minute mile--- what a streak) Anyway, I'm up to about 5 miles one day, and two the next, with a one day rest every five days. Lost about six pounds so far.
dat's all.
Joe(Get out of the way!)Nation
Oh, thank god. I thought you were going to tell me you were doing something bad for you. It's good to know I'm still the most self-destructive member of A2K.
Keep it up, man.
P.S. Do you remember a guy named Jim Fixx? Big-time jogger. Had a heart attack WHILE running and died on the spot.
Just thought you might want to know the dangers.
He was a hero of mine back in the 70's. I was soccer ref then and reading Fixx's book, brilliantly titled RUNNING, taught me a lot about the way to jog, walk, run, jog, sprint, have fun, run. Players in the Oklahoma heat couldn't figure out how I could run for 90 minutes, but I was doing practice sessions for twice that long and then going for a ride on my bike.
(I never heard of a triathalon until I was over 30)
Joe(good way to go, lying flat-faced on a dirty sidewalk)Nation
Still tied. Some guy is bowling from the mound.
Haha! Good luck with the health kick. I'll double my intake of alcohol and cheese to even things out.
I love this Yankees/Bosox rivalry. Fun stuff.
Red Sox blew like a dude hanging out at a rest stop.
Welcome back to the bigs, Curt.
I have been watching this arroyo bull, sort of. I Came to the same conclusion (must be ok, but he's making it work with pro-baseball cash). But, I tell ya, the sappy eyebrow emotion in his pix makes me want to slap him.
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