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The best band in America…

Saturday night Wilco played the Tower Theater in Upper Darby. What an amazing show. The band played for two hours (wish it was more, but The Tower has an 11 p.m. curfew - union issue I guess). For those looking for some new music to add to their catalog, buy all of their albums and enjoy. Here’s a link where you can listen to some of their live stuff from their site:Wilco Roadcase.

 

Go see them (if you can get tickets), trust me.

 

 

 

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Anyone interested in previous post of USS Iowa, I found this video of the big guns being fired. Hold your ears…

 

 

 

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Brad Lidge surgery was a success. Report from High Cheese:

 

…the normal recovery time line for this type of operation is three to six weeks. Opening day is 34 days away, so if Lidge’s recovery falls closer to three weeks, he should be able to get some time on the mound in spring training.

 

“Basically, they went in and cleaned out 15 to 18 percent of (the meniscus) which leaves him about 80 percent of the meniscus left, which is nice” Sheridan said. “For us, it was really the best case scenario, that that was the only thing going on. His other side of the knee that the had repaired was fine.”

 

Wilco at the Tower on Saturday night. They remain, for me, the best American band playing today. I’ll post more tomorrow on that show (thanks for the reminder, MF)

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USS Iowa (B 61)
Summer 1987

Just going through some old files and I came across this shot. Taken onboard the Iowa, it was the first Navy ship that I’d ever ridden at sea. I was fortunate to spend two weeks onboard as an ROTC undergrad at GWU (that’s me wearing the Tom Cruise Ray Bans).

Here’s an aerial photo where all 9 - 16″ guns are fired in unison (a broadside).

The Iowa class battleship’s 16″ guns were the most powerful of any ship in the history of the world. At maximum range the projectile spends almost 1½ minutes in flight. Each gun can fire two rounds per minute and can travel a range of 25 miles. In terms of weight, a single ship, therefore, can fire the equivalent of 9 Toyota Corrolas at once, all of which would be in the air for up to 90 seconds before impact. A broadside was fired when I was onboard. It remains a life highlight, though my hearing has been suspect since that day.

Unfortunately, two years after I rode the ship, an explosion of undetermined cause ripped through her Number Two sixteen-inch gun turret killing 47 crewmen.

She was decommissioned in October 1990 and is currently part of the Navy Reserve fleet in San Francisco.If interested, more here: USS Iowa

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Brad Lidge threw one pitch for the Phillies before being shut down and requiring arthoscopic surgery.

He had surgery to repair cartilage in the same knee in October, but the righthander and the trainer both said today’s procedure is not nearly so major.

He may be ready in time for opening day on March 31st, but it doesn’t look good. We’re off to another wonderful start, Phils fans.

Story from today’s Inky:Lidge Requires Surgery

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For the Sea Isle City folks…Our Mayor, Lenny Desiderio, recently received a death threat. Hard to believe, but true. Story in The Atlantic City Press.

Additionally, embattled Police Chief William Kennedy, who also recently received a death threat, is expected to be terminated following a hearing in April. Story also in The AC Press.