SB Nation User Blog: onlysoxfaninboston

Damon to White Sox?

onlysoxfaninboston — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:50:43 -0000

Damon to White Sox?

Am I da man? Isn't this guy like 40 something now?

Williams' head abused at facility

onlysoxfaninboston — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:01:51 -0000

Williams' head abused at facility

Good stuff: "Larry Johnson says in the book "Frozen: My Journey Into the World of Cryonics, Deception and Death" that he watched an Alcor official swing a monkey wrench at Williams' frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can stuck to it. The first swing accidentally struck the head, Johnson contends, and the second knocked the tuna can loose."

2009 Prospect Duds: Dayan Viciedo

onlysoxfaninboston — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:06:45 -0000

2009 Prospect Duds: Dayan Viciedo

Viciedo’s .692 OPS versus right-handed pitchers is cause for concern, as are the scouting reports that focused more and more on his lack of conditioning, which no doubt hindered him at the plate, as well as in the field. He showed worse range than Oakland’s Brett Wallace, widely considered to be a first baseman playing third base (especially based on his range). Unfortunately for Viciedo, he has yet to display enough power to be an asset at first base, and he lacks the mobility for even left field. The Cuban also performed poorly in a small sample size as the designated hitter in double-A, which could be a result of his focus issues.

"I'm not much for cards but I think these .45's beat a full house" : We're playing Bmore yo, it's time for another Wire thread!

onlysoxfaninboston — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:24:42 -0000

OM said some crazy shit the other day about Burrell being less intelligent than Rawls. The thread got shat on subsequently...well to prevent similar episodes this weekend, you can shit all you want about the Wire, but on this thread... proposed topics:

Weebay vs Chris

Jew lawyers

The Olsen twins

I'm off to Denmark for a 'real' vacation in several hours. If I see any racist political cartoons in the name of free speech, I'll post them on SSS and cause a riot in SBnation

OT music thread: indie rock, when it used to be the electric white boy blues

onlysoxfaninboston — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:13:58 -0000

I experienced another whoosh when MM posted a Mountain Goats reference that slipped by me...I've fallen behind the indie rock times...I've become old and crotchety and everybody's an asshole in my eyes. They just don't make indie music like they used to (big exception is No Age). And if there was a WCKG for indie rock, I would be the DJ playing "The Freed Pig" by Sebadoh at least 5x from 9-5, Monday through Friday.

Anyway, I recently made a mix that comprised the nuggets from the artists I used to listen to heavily from 1988 up to 1999. Neither is the time period nor the artists I chose were random. For example, I left out REM, the Replacements, the Smiths, Housemartins, Go-Betweens, most of the groundbreaking indie music from SST and Touch and Go. In proper order:

Tortoise - Gamera

Stereolab - Au grand jour

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

Heavenly - Tool

The Clean - I wait around

Teenage Fanclub - Everything flows

Pavement - Date with IKEA

Superchunk - It's so hard to fall in love

Dinosaur Jr - Just like heaven

Vaselines - Son of a gun

Guided by Voices - Teenage FBI (alternative version)

Belle and Sebastian - The state i'm in

Sea and Cake - Jacking the ball

Modest Mouse - Polar opposites

Pixies - Wave of mutilation (surf version)

Jesus and Mary Chain - Just like honey

Other notes: I'm holding back on the shows I'm seeing this fall because I'm saving up for a big move during the winter months, but I will see the Dirty Three and Os Mutantes (!!!) in September and October.

Cheers,

OSFIB

Donald Fehr set to leave as union head

onlysoxfaninboston — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:46 -0000

Donald Fehr set to leave as union head

Joe Sheehan provides a well balanced write-up on Fehr in BP.

Anonymous poll - Should Gordon Beckham be on our opening roster as starting second basemen?

onlysoxfaninboston — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:51:16 -0000

The purpose of this poll is to validate whether a debate truly exists in the SSS community about whether Gordon Beckham should and will be heading up North come April. If you haven't voiced your opinion on this topic, especially if you think he should start, participate in this anonymous poll and avoid the wrath of Larry.

The question is fairly specific based on a number of assumptions:

1. Alexei will play shortstop, non withstanding defensive concerns.

2. KW stated his preference that Beckham starts, i.e. gets regular at-bats, either at the minor or major league level.

Personally, I don't think Beckham should be on the opening roster. He's only played 14 games in the AFL, and needs to work on his craft more. Perhaps later as a September call-up assuming that Getz / Nix are playing below replacement level. There are very very few players who have succeeded at the Major League level with the number of minor league at-bats that Beckham has thus far accrued.

Poll

Should Gordon Beckham be the starting 2B for the White Sox ?

Yes

91 votes

No

183 votes

274 votes | Poll has closed

Goddamn music thread

onlysoxfaninboston — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:54:24 -0000

Aside from drinking several bottles of champagne last week after my defense, I hit Twisted Village and bought a few records:

Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 - excellent nigerian pop comp with hints of psych, blues, garage. I'm really digging this!

Faust - Faust - Now I have the first two records on vinyl. More krautrock please.

Godspeed You Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞ - I think I'm one of the few that likes this album better than Lift Your Skinny Fists...

Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound - I was looking for some old Caetano Veloso records and found this. The usual suspects including Tom Ze are on this.

What have you been listening too lately?

OT: Movies of the year, that means 2008 bitches

onlysoxfaninboston — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:11:41 -0000

It's a small city, but I think Boston is fantastic for seeing film of all kinds; there are several different venues that show films of the old/restored/art/foreign variety. I also miss the movie seeing experience in Chitown, particularly FACETS, Old Music Box, and the I.C.E in Lawndale (where I'd see the action flicks with bonus entertainment from the viewing audience). Anyway, here are several films I found most enjoyable, and that would make Larry's censored list for being too communist (in no particular order):

Dark knight
Milk
Slumdog millionaire
Chop shop
JCVD (rocks!!)
A portion of Berlin Alexanderplatz (recently restored version of Fassbinder's 16 hour epic)
Encounters at the end of the world (Herzog documentary)
The other side of the mirror (Dylan/Newport era documentary by Murray Lerner)

What were your favorites? Post away, but if I don't think you're list is worthy enough, I may have to flag you and make this an invite-only thread :p

Week After Jim's Weekly Music Thread: Best albums YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO (NOT NECESSARILY BEST ALBUMS OF NEW MUSIC RELEASED IN 2008 YOU GODDAMN KNUCKLEHEADS) IN '08? Edition

onlysoxfaninboston — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:44:10 -0000

It's been a while...so yeah. Let's move this one up.

Because the previous FanPost wasn't good enough for colin, I thought this would better satisfy his nerdy tendencies that we're all fond and sick of at the same time. Over the last few years, I find myself increasingly overwhelmed and consequently less aware of contemporary music, so if you find my list dated, to not include anything relevant to Sox offseason activities, and not be worthy for Pitchforkmedia or Now That's What I Call Music (i.e., Kenwo the kickboxer), feel free to flag.

In no particular order:

Velvet Underground - VU, a previous collection of unreleased recordings
TVOTR - Dear Science
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Lo Cor De Plana - Tant Deman
Sea and Cake - Car Alarm
Fred Anderson Quartet - Vol 1
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Fela Kuti - Original Sufferhead
Amon Duul II - Phallus De
Lucifer Rising sountrack for Kenneth Anger film
Goblin - Profondo Rosso sountrack for Dario Argento film
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription

The first snow just hit Boston, and I'm off to work on a friggin' Sunday to knock out a paper.

OSFIB