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If you are waiting for the cattle, ranch hand, clouds to move, you will wait forever.

Baseball is here and so are the Red Sox

Good win to start the season against those clowns from New York.  Lets keep it rolling today.
This video was sent to me by Austin and it made my day.  Here it is, to make your day.  Does anything make you happier than seeing Dave Henderson jumping in the air after crushing a go ahead bomb on an awkward swing off of Donnie Moore?  The answer is no.

One Shining Moment - 1987

by: Mitch M.

One of my favorite tv moments of the year is ALWAYS 'One Shining Moment,'  showing all of the highlights from the March Madness tournament.  I get the chills every single time.  And with proper respect (I loved the UNLV teams) to Sunsets and the 1992 version...this is mine.  1987.  We all know the year and THE SHOT.

It takes a few minutes to start, but I don't think any of us will mind re-watching IU cutting down the nets as the credits roll.  Now, I am partial to Luther Vandross, but this is David Barrett's version, and I'm slowly changing my mind.  What I do know was that they completely butchered it with Jennifer Hudson's version last night.  Ugh.  I do not need to see her singing it in some studio.  I need all the highlights I can get.
I digress....

On to the video....pay close attention to two things:
1.  Bobby Cremins pounding his chest for the "beat of your heart" line.....same as the Loyala Maramount one below.  I think he did this every year on purpose.
and 2.  and more importantly, watch the General at around 3:05 giving business to the scorer's table.  My grandfather would be proud.  That could never happen now. 

anyway, on to some memories......

Guru of Go

I hope you had a chance to watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on Loyola Marymount and their 1990 tournament team called Guru of Go.  It aired on ABC a couple hours before the tip off of the Butler game.  Paul Westhead was the orchestrator of the fastest offense in the history of college basketball.  His teams at Marymount averaged 122 points a game at their best.  I will always remember Hank Gathers, Bo Kimble, Per Stumer, Jeff Fryer, and Tom Peabody as the most entertaining team I had ever seen.
The 86 Red Sox are my favorite team.  The '85-'86 Celtics are my second favorite.  My third is the 89'-90' Marymount team.  I remember staying up until 11pm just to watch a half of one of their games.  I stared at their box scores for hours trying to imagine what went on during those 40 minutes and how it was possible to score 140 points in a game. 
I remember the morning my dad woke me up and told me that Hank Gathers had died during a game.  My dad would usually give me a sports highlight from the night before as he was trying to get me out of bed.  I was completely stunned and saddened and I think I started crying.  Its weird to look back on that team I liked so much; I can't figure out why I did other thant he fact that even back then all I wanted to do in baseketball was jack up 3's.  There had to be other kids like me that were broken up by this.  Kids that disected these box scores for a team that was on the other side of the planet that only came on once a month at 11pm at night. 
At one point int he documentary they show 5 second clips of all these peoples reactions to an interview question about Hank Gathers' death.  A question asked about something that happened 20 years ago yeilded answers of silence and watery eyes.  Its pretty amazing. 
I think everyone knows the story by now, but if you don't it's a great one and you should try to check it out.  If you do know the story, its still pretty amazing to look back and remember how amazing it was.  There will never be another team like that LMU team.  Even without Hank Gathers you had a 30 ppg guy in Bo Kimble, two dead on three point shooters in Per Stumer and Jeff Fryer, and Tom Peabody who dove for every ball like it was a baby falling out of a third story window. 
To this day there has not been a better "one shining moment" then that one from 1990.  Here it is.

UNLV 1990 One Shining Moment

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I have a VHS tape of a couple of their games, but I don't know exactly where it is.  Last time I had it was at Dan Schnur's house.  It might still be in his basement.

Titus Andronicus-A More Perfect Union Video

I haven't listened to anything else since I bought Titus Andronicus' new album The Monitor a couple weeks ago.  I have no desire to listen to anything else and I am very aware that I am probably wearing these songs out to the point where I will not like them in the near future.  The entire album is great.  Filled with screaming and loud guitar playing and sing alongs at the end of almost every track.  I have mentioned this before but I feel it is necessary to reiterate these points.  Don't take my word for it, listen and watch the video for A More Perfect Union.

Some More BOH

by: Mitch Miggenburg

Oh boy, did Sunsets ever get me in the mood for some more Band of Horses.  I love when bands cover random, off-the-wall tracks.  I have been fortunate enough to see BOH many times, and they are king of the random cover.  Here is a video of one of my favorites.  Enjoy.

Band of Horses Compliments

We are looking forward to the arrival of this new album.  First song I have heard.  First video I have seen.  Ben Bridwell could sing chapters out of a Calculus book and we would love it.  First song called Compliments and here is the video accompaniment.
New Album Infinite Arms due out May 18.  Keep your eyes peeled.