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Wak this way

My beloved Seattle Mariners today made Don Wakamastu the first Asian-American manager in Major League Baseball. As a baseball fan, I’m happy because I think the signing signals a positive new direction with the organization and it’s philosophy. From all reports I believe Don Wakamatsu will be in a good position to work with the

Dead Gods, These Things

I tire of blogging about dead gods. Today’s news of Mitch Mitchell’s death finds me in a weird place. As I put it on Facebook: “Sad news. Mitch was never as bombastic as his ‘Band of Gypsies’ replacement Buddy Miles, but man could Mitch play. Certainly not the greatest rock drummer of all times, but

Sum Total (a Eulogy for Tony Hillerman)

buried in the obituaries today I find a peculiar equation: some 20 novels most of which address multicultural issues + of race and identity —————————————————————————————- the career I dream every night addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drunkendumbshow.com%2F2008%2F10%2F27%2Fsum-total-a-eulogy-for-tony-hillerman%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Sum+Total+%28a+Eulogy+for+Tony+Hillerman%29′; addthis_pub = ‘dheretic’;

Beckumentary Lives!

Well, it’s been a month, but the Beckumentary is now up on the 94.7 fm website. I still don’t have the raw footage back, but at least there’s something there to see. It’s all pretty good: the 10 min interview with Beck, 3 songs from the show, and my backstage stuff, for a total of