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#MusicLingo 30- jam Absolute peak Leon Russell leading an all star band at the Concert for Bangladesh— youtu.be/azLolMcZKOI

#5CoverSongsSamples 5- Get A Hold - ATCQ Produced by J Dilla, the primary, spooky backing vocal is taken from the Cyrkle… second link is a short demo showing how it was mixed. youtu.be/nybfYilzHXE youtu.be/kpRVER75kzw

#Top20RoxyMusic 1 - ranked! I didn’t count down my list in order—and after about 11 it gets mooshy anyway. But this was always No. 1. Showcases all the weird, the emotive, and the ambition that makes Roxy special. The descending motif is among the greatest in popular music. youtu.be/fLlttedKNlo

I wrote a fantasy baseball article and included the YouTube link to Damaged Goods Thought the #MusicChallenge community might appreciate reaction from my 84 yr old dad — always had great music taste michaelcecchini.substack.com/p/damaged-go...

#MusicLingo 29- bop Lennon covers Gene Vincent, one of his early favorites. youtu.be/S8huF2Jgn4c

#Top20RoxyMusic 2- unranked #5CoverSongsSamples - 3 Amid the debut’s cacophony and audacious sonic experiments, Ferry’s ode to Bogart gave away his long game: debonair torch singer. Sax solo interprets As Time Goes By (play it again, Sam). youtu.be/UP2KwDWSAV0

Ah, Bailey Ober another 7 earned masterpiece SP blowups are rising since 2021 SP start allowing >= 6 ER, through 81 team gm: 2025: 44 2024: 44 2023: 42 2022: 36 2021: 33 2019: 29 Be careful, fellow #FantasyBaseball’ers

Aranda #FantasyBaseball ranks (before today): $14.8 No. 5 at 1B ($ .02 behind Vlad) No. 44 hitter adp: 328 (no. 32 1B) Went after Lowe, Croney, Vaughn, Jeimer x.com/RaysBaseball...

circling back: kris bubic's FF is 2nd (behind only cole ragans' FF) in implied miss distance, min. 200 thrown. if we limit further to 200 swings, bubic is 1st by a country mile pitchingbot thinks bubic's FF is above-avg to plus; stuff+ thinks it's average. is he lucky or are they missing something?

#5CoverSongsSamples 3 You knew there was something familiar as hell with the bass, later realizing- ah! That’s Fame! In classic Cube fashion also samples himself. youtu.be/-VrDXhp0KEA

#MusicLingo 28- banger If I’d properly ranked my #Top20RoxyMusic list, this diverse album closer—a boogie with country-flecked slide guitars and a heavy instrumental middle—should’ve made the cut. youtu.be/-HodaoqonBc

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 3- no rank A rolling, roiling train propelled by Gustafson and filled to the brim with sonic “thrills.” One of the best uses of Jobson. Low key great lyric too. youtu.be/cM8GG-DbvfI

#SFGiants Hayden Birdsong was bad yesterday But I also blame Knizner, who caught/called it First HR to Stowers: 4 straight sliders- despite hanging first two HR to Ramirez: 3 straight sliders - all up Both guys are bad vs sliders but you can’t do this—

They were “apart” for 28 months after both being convicted of bank fraud. ‪Random act of kindness for a fellow reality tv star? Or their daughter with the huge insta following got close to LLT and campaigned for DT out of nowhere after the parents’ sentencing ‬

#5CoverSongsSamples 2 Pretty incredible story behind this. The producer was barely 20 and made the beat in a projects apt. There’s a YouTube out there on the making of it- for years people wondered how he made the main motif (Hancock piano slowed waaayyyy down) youtu.be/yoYZf-lBF_U

#MusicLingo 27- gig I can’t find a video from the 2010 reunion show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley… a huge gig as I never saw them in the original incarnation. youtu.be/c9Ks0kvlxXw

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 4- unranked A couple opening pot boilers next, including a slightly less tilted, post Eno Roxy — but still pulsating with strange noises courtesy of Jobson. Ferry is almost rapping. What a year for Chris Thomas, who produced Paris 1919 earlier. youtu.be/o52frxSBt-I

More of the sustained and coordinated dismantling of Medicaid a Koch Bros operation via Cato and AFP for 20+ years The minority can do vast damage with enough money funneled into, inter alia, remaking the upper federal judiciary

Hey, babe, a new fielding metric just dropped, with a great point about needing to realize similar metrics are answering similar, not the same, questions. Would be cool to see aggregate team OAA and RDA runs. Would imply better/worse positioning teams. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Yes some people are terrible but having played fantasy baseball for 2+ decades, a small minority play for $ and an even tinier group would consider sending hateful messages to a player/family. Betting- by definition every bettor has $ at stake- and social media are higher on the blame totem here

Skenes overwhelming NL Cy Young favorite -200 vs +400 Wheeler You sure about that? - Wheels laps him in K% - Wheeler > Skenes by a half-run in SIERA and xFIP - Wheels +7% > in K-BB% - They’re ~tied in xERA, CSW At minimum odds should be much closer Sprinkle Wheeler @ 4-1 Data @fangraphs.com

If it feels like hit by pitches are up, they are More velocity, more pitch design, more sinkers and cutters inside Three news notes in a row- Schmitt, Schschmitt but what is the tipping point of stars broken wrists/hamates/forearms www.si.com/mlb/hit-by-p...

#MusicLingo 26- uptempo #5CoverSongsSamples Yeah yeah, everyone says Paul’s Boutique is the greatest sampling record etc etc.. It’s rare but sometimes everyone is right. youtu.be/H6nrmFdlXc0

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 5 / no rank It sounds like a great good time then you notice the morning sickness on Friday nights line youtu.be/lPbszMEI8C0

My Sean Burke deep sleeper pick looked bad through April Since May 1: 3.33 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 48 K in 54 IP Not amazing but 12 ER & 21 baserunners in 2 GS @ CHC, @ Hou 2 ER or fewer in 8 other starts I’d take him over Gallen ros ok, I’d take anyone over Gallen) #FantasyBaseball

Well at least their books are balanced

#MusicLingo 25- indie Two friends working off home demos, ☑️ Recorded on a 4 track, ☑️ Lo fi af, ☑️ Sold < 5k copies, ☑️ Inspired innumerable bands, ☑️ youtu.be/ivUIXDYA6fU

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 6- no rank If they hadn’t made it, I likely wouldn’t have given this entire album much of a chance. It is a brilliant coda of course, and we even get some falconry in the video. youtu.be/bpA_5a0miWk

Will the DNC learn anything from this? From the massive Bernie/AOC rallies? Probably not.

Denzel Clarke entered Tuesday 1-23 vs lefties So of course he homers off Skubal Skoobs’ avg velo is fine today but that pitch was 94 Has sat closer to 96 than 98 recently

They get right up to the main point Annnnd- time! Like a shot clock went off.

Working on a grand unified theory to explain the many successful soft tossing lefty starters we’ve seen this season Couple notes: Bubic, Abbott, Walter, Yarbrough, Cameron All sit sub-93.5 No 100+ Stuff+ All 50%+ AIR% All throw a changeup 21% of the time (ok, it’s 20% for No Cam)

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 7- unrank Like many Americans, the first Roxy I heard. While it and Siren signal a clear shift to a shinier, imo less interesting phase, I’m a sucker for a tough bass line—and it retains a few cheeky curlicues. youtu.be/L3rXKmugE9c

#MusicLingo 24- it’s got a good beat… The breakdown on this is still one of my favorite moments in recorded music. “Give us the beat, the beat is pumping Stomping and thumping Slamming and jumping” youtu.be/P9u2J4ECCvk

Worth remembering next time someone rolls out the boring ratings taking point. Yeah, no shit more people watch when Boston is involved. *** Game 7 of Thunder-Pacers was most-watched NBA Finals game since 2019

FEMA $ will be routes to FL to fund this m/w California can’t get fema support for wildfires ** Florida to Build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

Vlad has taken the lead at 1B in All Star voting - Goldy second Aranda: 160 wRC+ Vlad: 134 Goldy: 120 And people still love batting average: Jacob Wilson leads AL SS Witt and Pena lead in fWAR

#Top20RoxyMusic #MusicChallenge 8- unranked Manifesto youtu.be/nYeCn7deon0

#MusicLingo 23- sell out Show Business - ATCQ youtu.be/6vTn8qUYHEw

It’s not 2003 anymore anywhere in America except for CNN, Fox News, and the New York Times opinion page.