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19 maja 2008
Furious Truckstop Waitresses 62 - VICE Squad 88
Well, all streaks must come to an end. Otherwise, things would get pretty darned boring.
Sloppy Flo showed why she is still the strongest jammer in the league. She was able to pile on points, but unfortunately for the Furious Truckstop Waitresses, Peaches Rodriguez was unable to find any seams in the VICE Squad pack. VICE seemed to be in control of just about every jam.
Toward the end of the bout, Rodriguez was able to score some points and prevented a blowout of thirty or fourty points.
VICE deserves a great deal of credit here. Last season, I thought they were too depedendent on Penny Tenchery. With her gone, their offense is a lot more three dimensional. They also learned FTW's method of building a big lead and killing the game off with a tight defense. FTW deserves credit for staying in this until the end.
Iron Curtain mascot Che had me take a couple of pictures of him early in the season. I had trouble getting them off of the camera. Here they are for his downloading and your amusement:
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
Sloppy Flo showed why she is still the strongest jammer in the league. She was able to pile on points, but unfortunately for the Furious Truckstop Waitresses, Peaches Rodriguez was unable to find any seams in the VICE Squad pack. VICE seemed to be in control of just about every jam.
Toward the end of the bout, Rodriguez was able to score some points and prevented a blowout of thirty or fourty points.
VICE deserves a great deal of credit here. Last season, I thought they were too depedendent on Penny Tenchery. With her gone, their offense is a lot more three dimensional. They also learned FTW's method of building a big lead and killing the game off with a tight defense. FTW deserves credit for staying in this until the end.
Iron Curtain mascot Che had me take a couple of pictures of him early in the season. I had trouble getting them off of the camera. Here they are for his downloading and your amusement:
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
12 maja 2008
Four Killer Flats at Plush
I caught the Four Killer Flats this weekend at Plush (not to be confused with the Flat Duo Jets). They recently came back from a bit of a hiatus, but they are still as strong as they ever were. Jim Cox has one of those voices that would be perfect for Nashville Country, and I don't mean that as an insult.For some reason, Jim Peeken's guitar strings kept breaking (it's that damn high E). The band was able to go on without him at various points while he furiously replaced the strings and got his guitar re-tuned. Heck, Tom Walbank wouldn't have bothered...
Which brings me to a coincidence that only a long time Tucson music geek like me would appreciate: Jim Peeken is refered to on the band's MySpace page as "Sloppy Guitar." Well, everyone knows that the Sloppy Guitarist is really Chris Morrison of the gone and lamented Lonely Trojans. Oddly, the Four Killer Flat's bass player is named Chriss Morrisson.
One of the openers was Cheepness, Randy McReynolds's latest outfit. The band has several other long time Tucson musicians including drummer Ernie Mendoza. Excellent.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
05 maja 2008
Stone Ave Two Way
Stone Avenue has been two-way for about a week now. Of course, I, your humble correspondent, has some thoughts.
It is actually weird going North on the street. I am getting a perspective on some of those buildings that no driver has gotten since the 1950's. Yeah, not up there with seeing North America from space, but hey.
My first ride down the two-way Stone was early on Saturday morning last week. The street was empty. I expected to see cops, especially since the main police station is right there. I found out later that the cops came out in force on Monday when the traffic was expected to be heavier.
I thought the traffic would be worse along Stone, since all the cars going South would now be squeezed into one lane. Hasn't seemed to have been a problem.
The only trouble has been crossing or turning on to Stone from one of the side streets. I'm still not used to the fact that they have repainted the stripes to allow for left turns. Heck, some of those streets were unpainted before.
I've only seen two folks drive the wrong way. On Saturday morning, there was a guy that slipped into the Northbound lane in an attempt to make a left. I think he did this more because the signs on the center lane telling us that this was now two-way traffic blocked the turn, so he had to make it a bit early.
Last night, a guy was headed right for me. He was going freakin' fast. I flashed my brights and he returned to the Southbound lane behind another car. He was driving a sportscar, and I think hated that he had to be behind someone.
It is actually weird going North on the street. I am getting a perspective on some of those buildings that no driver has gotten since the 1950's. Yeah, not up there with seeing North America from space, but hey.
My first ride down the two-way Stone was early on Saturday morning last week. The street was empty. I expected to see cops, especially since the main police station is right there. I found out later that the cops came out in force on Monday when the traffic was expected to be heavier.
I thought the traffic would be worse along Stone, since all the cars going South would now be squeezed into one lane. Hasn't seemed to have been a problem.
The only trouble has been crossing or turning on to Stone from one of the side streets. I'm still not used to the fact that they have repainted the stripes to allow for left turns. Heck, some of those streets were unpainted before.
I've only seen two folks drive the wrong way. On Saturday morning, there was a guy that slipped into the Northbound lane in an attempt to make a left. I think he did this more because the signs on the center lane telling us that this was now two-way traffic blocked the turn, so he had to make it a bit early.
Last night, a guy was headed right for me. He was going freakin' fast. I flashed my brights and he returned to the Southbound lane behind another car. He was driving a sportscar, and I think hated that he had to be behind someone.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
