Covered this week; Chicago Cubs Opening Day, Part 1… Buyer’s Guide that tells you when to buy Apple products… the genesis of the Panama Papers… Villanova wins the NCAA Championship… Dan Seraphine joining Chicago for their R n’ R Hall induction… 170 Beastie Boy references explained… Bernie talks policy… why all printers suck… the Glimmer Twins… Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Chicago, Steve Miller & N.W.A. enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… a look behind the curtain of the Trump campaign… a look at the Wrigley renovations fresh for the new season…
April 4, 2016
Opening Day 2016… for Cubs fans it has been a long winter after reaching the brink of the World Series last year only to be turned back by the New York Mets… but today, hope blooms eternal and the Chicago Cubs seem to be the odds-on bet to take it all… but that kinda talk just makes everyone around here nervous, especially when the next best 2 teams in baseball are in the same Division as we are… Fingers crossed, let’s enjoy the ride.
For those of you that purchase products from Apple, regardless of which kind of products… the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide is a fantastic resource that tracks product cycles and then offers recommendations on whether or not it’s currently a good time to buy… or it would be better to wait as an update is on the horizon… check it out.
The Panama Papers… that’s going to be a phrase the world hears a lot over the coming months… unfortunately, rich people suck… by any means necessary.
Villanova comes up big at the buzzer… With a 3-pointer from Kris Jenkins as time expired, the Wildcats topped North Carolina, 77-74, to secure their first championship since their memorable run as a No. 8 seed in 1985… and as ESPN notes, they’ve kept hope alive for the underdogs…
April 5, 2016
Great to hear that original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine will be re-joining the band he co-founded for induction into the R’n’R Hall of Fame later this month… for the requisite onstage performance, Danny will play double drums on two of three selections with Tris Imboden, who has been in the band for the past 25 years.
“Electric like Dick Hyman”: 170 Beastie Boys references explained…
April 6, 2016
Bernie talking policy with the New York Daily New…
…and here I was thinking that it was just me… why all printers suck…
April 7, 2016
After covering the Rolling Stones in the 1990s, Rich Cohen worked with Mick Jagger on what became the HBO series Vinyl. In an adaptation from his book on the Stones, he shares a close-up of the band, and the friendship behind it.
April 8, 2016
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, N.W.A. and Steve Miller in a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Friday Night… read Cheap Trick’s joyful Rock Hall induction speeches… Gene Simmons isn’t sayin’ that N.W.A isn’t good, he’s just sayin’ they ain’t rock n’ roll… and Steve Miller had a shitty time…
April 9, 2016
Operation Trump, inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history… as we’re still in primary season, still months off the general election run… this is an interesting look behind the curtain of the current state of the Trump ‘political machine’ by Gabriel Sherman for New York magazine…
April 10, 2016
A relatively glowing review for a work in progress… Blair Kamin covers the upgrades to Wrigley Field that will debut with the home opener tomorrow against the Reds…
