P-Boys times Two
As expected (and hoped), the Cat's Cradle has added a second Pressure Boys show - they're now scheduled for both Friday and Saturday nights, May 2nd and 3rd. And the Cradle website is now confirming The Sneakers as openers for both nights. I doubt we'll make both shows as we've got some things planned for early Sunday, but you never know.
Labels: Music
Kansas-Memphis
I'm sure Kansas fans are hearing from KState and Mizzou fans around them that Memphis gave them the game last night. Having heard that crap after Carolina's wins in 1982 and 1993, that's a load of baloney. Yes, the Tigers missed a bunch of free throws in the end - they missed a bunch of free throws all damn season, so nothing new there. Yes, the refs stopped play and changed a Memphis 3 to a 2 - hey, it was the correct call, so good for them! Bottom line is that KU hung tough even when they were down and Memphis was already breaking out the champaign and they took advantage of the opportunity.
ABC'ers (Anybody But Carolina, for you outlanders) remember Fred Brown throwing the ball away to James Worthy at the end of the 1982 game against Georgetown, but they tend to forget that there were around 12 seconds to go when that happened and UNC had the lead. All kinds of things could have happened in that 12 seconds and most of the most likely ones favored UNC. Those same anti-Carolina folks tend to remember Chris Webber's timeout-he-didn't-have instead of the obvious travel at the other end of the floor that wasn't called or the fact that the reason he called the timeout was that he was trapped on the sideline in a doubleteam with no one to pass to. At best he might have thrown the ball against one of the defenders and then tried to bring the ball in, but there are lots of more likely scenarios.
So Jayhawks, hold your heads high and don't listen to the doubters. I'm a believer now that Kansas was the best team in the country this year.
And no, Lex, that doesn't mean that Davidson was second-best - both Carolina and Kansas beat your Wildcats, so no dice. :-)
Labels: Sports
Color Me Excited!
It's not showing up on the Cat's Cradle website yet, but according to Dave Menconi's blog on the N&O, in addition to the Pressure Boys' first show in 20 years at the Cradle May 2, we also get the first show from the Sneakers (Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, and co) in about 30 years. How cool as that?
Not quite as cool as finding X on the Cradle schedule for May 27 and then finding out that it's the original lineup of Exene Cervanka, John Doe, DJ Bonebrake and Billy Zoom. The X show at the Pier in Raleigh 25 years ago that Lex and I saw was without a doubt the best club show I have yet to see. I am pumped! Jennyslash and I saw the Knitters last year (Exene, John and DJ plus Dave Alvin) and they put on a fine show but I absolutely can't wait to see the real, honest-to-God X!
Labels: Music
