Granted it's not up there with Gary Hart bouncing Donna Rice on his lap aboard the Monkey Business but the video of Herman Cain crucifying John Lennon for the pleasure of the Omaha Press Association is still pretty shocking. Not so much for a lapse of morals, he's fullly clothed albeit in a creepy white robe, but for the assault on good taste. Cain, who made his fortune with a chain of Godfather Pizza franchises, recently said the Occupy Wall Street protestors "have only themselves to blame" for not being rich. Just the kind of economic sensitivity we need in these boom times. Speaking of our brothers in arms, the revolution will apparently be televised. MTV(remember them) will begin filming a reality show based on the protestors starting November 5. If they could somehow bring back Puck and convince Herman Cain to participate this would be the best Real World in quite some time.
Good news for MLB as Sundays Game 4 telecast of the Rangers/Cardinals beat NBC's Sunday Night Football Colts/Saints blowout in preliminary overnight ratings. This represents a minor coup for baseball but it was competing against a 62-7 trouncing by the Saints, a game that was essentially over early in the 2nd quarter. If you believe the hype, football passed baseball a long time ago to become Americas past time, a passing of the baton explained well by the great Frank Deford in a column for NPR. Many have posited that here in New England we are Red Sox fans but not necessarily fans of baseball. In fact my neighborhood local was showing a re-run of Extreme Makeover last week instead of the World Series until someone(me) asked them to change it. Is baseball becoming strictly regional like the NHL? For one, football is tailor made for gambling and doesn't require an appreciation of nuance(or energy drinks) that a 3 1/2 hour baseball game requires. Not that I think Dice K is a thing of nuanced beauty but shrinking attention spans have firmly placed the made for tv NFL in the wheel house of most Americans collective unconscious.
These pretzels are making me thirsty.....in beer news we have a new report that craft breweries are gaining market share on the suds barons of Big Swill. Encouraging news for lovers of good beer but it's a big mountain to climb as Steve Brody aka the Pour Fool details. Closer to home(as in around the corner) Oxbow Brewery in Newcastle has opened and are rolling out a Belgian style sour beer, according to my former colleague Samuel Baldwin in a recent article for The Lincoln County News. Oxbow Brewing currently has their Octoberfest on tap at the Newcastle Publick House and will be filling growlers every Friday afternoon at their headquarters on Rte 215.
Someone had the good sense(or proper legal clout) to post Beck's entire 34 minute set at this years Bridge School Benefit Concert in Mountain View, California. For those who don't know, the Bridge School is an innovative learning facility for children with severe physical impairments founded by Neil Young and his wife Pegi. Young, whose son suffers from a severe disability, has championed the use of augmentative and alternative communications to reach children who cannot speak. A great school and charity but I still can't forgive TRANS, the worst album by Shakey who unfortunately championed the use of augmentative and alternative communication for rock and roll.
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