Showing posts with label Eddie Vedder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eddie Vedder. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2014

Quotes of the Month: July 2014

Quote of the Month: "My immediate thought was my two daughters. I've got to be around for them. There have been a lot of people who've said I'm courageous. I'm not. I'm scared. I've got to be around for them."


-Stewart Scott on cancer and his daughters
Stupid Quote of the Month: "The border is secure."


-Harry Reid
"I was a virgin to humiliation of that level."

-Monica Lewinsky


"So sue me."

-Barack Obama
"My wife can't run anything. She is beautiful, she is intelligent. But she can't

run these things. You think it's my ego?"


-Donald Sterling
"I was cautioning folks about email and how we have had several occasions where Congress has asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails—so we need to be cautious about what we say in emails."


-Lois Lerner
"War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on."


-Eddie Vedder


"You don't have a right to know everything in a separation-of-powers government,

my friend. That is the difference between a parliamentary government and a

separation-of-powers government."


-Eleanor Norton Smith
"What I’ve tried to employ the female members of my family — some of who you all met and talked to and what have you — is that ... let’s make sure we don’t do anything to provoke wrong actions, because if I come — or somebody else come, whether it’s law enforcement officials, your brother or the fellas that you know — if we come after somebody has put their hands on you, it doesn’t negate the fact that they already put their hands on you."


-Steven A Smith

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Ernie Banks: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1977

Born: January 31, 1931

1950: Graduated High School

1950: Signed with Kansas City Monarchs

1951-3: Korean War Service

1953: Back to Monarchs

1953: Sold to Chicago Cubs

Debut: September 17, 1953 (Cubs)

1955: Set HR record for shortstops

1958: NL MVP (.313, 47 HR, 129 RBI, .614 Slugging, .980 OPS, 379 TB)

1959: NL MVP (.304, 45 HR, 143 RBI, .970 OPS, .596 Slugging, 351 TB)

1961: Banks moved to the outfield (later first base)

1962: Three HR game after returning from a concussion received in a beaning

1962: Ran for Chicago Alderman, but lost

1963: Suffered from the mumps

1965: Hit 400th homerun

1967-71: Player/Coach

1967: Became first black owner of a Ford Dealership

1968: Lou Gehrig Award

1969: Cubs overtaken by Miracle Mets for the Pennant

1970: Hit 500th homerun

1971: Retired

1977: Elected to Hall of Fame (83.8% of the vote)

1982: Cubs retired his #14

1999: All Century Team

2008: Cubs unveil statue

2008: Eddie Vedder's song "All The Way" was a birthday gift to Banks

2009: Named Library of Congress Living Legend

2013: Presidential Medal of Freedom


Accomplishments:
14x All Star

2x MVP

1960 Gold Glove

895 Consecutive Games played

.274

512 home runs

1636 RBI

1305 runs

2583 hits

407 doubles

90 triples

.330 OBP

.500 Slugging

.830 OPS

4706 TB

100+ runs: 2x

30+ doubles: 2x

11 triples (1958)

20+ HR: 13x

30+ HR: 7x

40+ HR: 5x

100+ RBI: 8x

Hit .300: 2x

.500 slugging: 8x

.614 slugging (1958): Led league

300 TB: 6x

Led league in games played: 6x

Led league in HR: 2x

Led league in RBI: 2x

Led league in IBB: 2x

Led league in TB (379): 1958

Sunday, March 29, 2009

#63 Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is a classic rock band that formed out of the ashes of the now classic underground band, Mother Love Bone. They broke during the early 90s Alternative Revolution that spawned Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden. Their breakthrough album, Ten, has outsold Nirvana’s Nevermind, and is considered a classic.

Pearl Jam was never really an alternative band. Instead, they were a throwback to The Who, Neil Young, The Doors, and other classic rock bands. They were labeled alternative because they were not 80s hair metal and dealt with real issues as opposed to partying and getting drunk. The band struggled with success and continued to release hit albums. Lead singer Eddie Vedder is perhaps the last of the rock stars.

The band supports leftist causes and during the early 00s were castigated by fans for attacking President Bush. After a departure, they returned to their original sound in 2006 and in 2009 are reissuing Ten.

Rock n Roll Moment: Pearl Jam took on Ticketmaster over ticket prices and fees. They lost.

Essential Pearl Jam:

Ten (1991)
Vs. (1993)
Vitalogy (1994)
Pearl Jam (2006)

Pearl Jam’s Top 10:

Even Flow
Alive
Black
Jeremy
Daughter
Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town
Better Man
Corduroy
Nothing As It Seems
Do The Evolution