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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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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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 some [...]