http://www.vodamusic.com/blog Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/286 "I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement." — Pete Rose http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/281 Look at these fucking hipsters... For the past five years, Ernie DiGiacomo has been able to count on parents to guarantee the $1,500 to $2,500 rents he charges for the 15 apartments he owns in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. When he called renters who had missed payments, he often heard, “My parents will ... http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/273 Like a cloud, his fingers explode. On the typewriter ribbon, a shadow grows. His heart's in a bowl behind the bank. And every evening, when he gets home to cook his dinner and eat it alone, his black shirt cries while his shoes get cold. One summer, a suicide. Another autumn, ... http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/263 The pursuit of quality presentation of our music, with more and more people wanting to hear it, has led us into larger and larger halls with an ever increasing array of equipment. St. Dilbert calls this process 'Urobouros'... The physics of sound projection dictate that any given increase in the size ... http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/244 [caption id="attachment_231" align="alignnone" width="228" caption="Mark Fidrych"][/caption] The son of an assistant school principal, he played baseball at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Massachusetts, and at Worcester Academy, an elite day and boarding school in Central Massachusetts. In the 1974 amateur draft, he was not selected until the 10th round, when ... http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/230 I'm looking to [redacted] to [redacted] to be [redacted] and I wonder if anyone out there knows of a [redacted] in [redacted]. I'm currently [redacted] at [redacted], but I wouldn't mind [redacted] the [redacted]. Thank you in advance for [redacted]! http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/211 Something might be gaining on you. "Age is a question of mind over matter," he said. "If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." "If Satch were white, of course he would have been in the majors 25 years earlier and the question would not have been before the house." - Bill Veeck, ... http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/186 Note: This is not Jeff. Or me. http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/179 Officer says he saw fatal attack Tenant slain outside home I have a recurring premonition of being stabbed to death in Worcester. I avoid it like the plague. The city needs a mass exorcism. Or like, some serious economic development or something. Something of Marshall Plan proportions. http://www.vodamusic.com/blog/archives/176