Quiz Winner, Dolores, Gets Her Mickey
The winner of our Spring Training baseball quiz requested a Mickey Mantle portrait. This is as close as I could get. Thanks again, Dolores!
Author: Phil Fountain
Together Through Life: New Dylan Is Good & Old
Together Through Life/Bob Dylan, Columbia, Release date: April 28, 2009 If you pre-ordered the Bob Dylan album from his website, which I know you did, it arrived today. With it comes a little poster, a reproduction of the famous 1965… Continue Reading
He’s Our Man: Leonard Cohen at the Paramount, Oakland
Leonard Cohen The Paramount Theatre April 13, 2009 Now, in Vienna there are ten pretty women There’s a shoulder where Death comes to cry There’s a lobby with nine hundred windows There’s a tree where the doves love to die… Continue Reading
The Council At Work (A Quick Sketch)
Opening Day and Baseball Quiz Winner(s)
Did you hear that? The Big Umpire in the Sky has sounded the call to, “Play ball!” Yep, the 2009 baseball season, or NFL pre-season as Steve calls it, is officially under way. Actually, it started yesterday with the Atlanta… Continue Reading
Reader’s Cartoon Suggestion
I recently received this comment from Terry Husa (a funny guy) and thought I’d share… Hey Phil, cartoon for ya! picture this– Two “seniors” in bed–he in his pajama tops, and her in her curlers–he says–The “Use buy date is… Continue Reading
A Bridge Too Far, From Poughkeepsie
All right, my bracket is busted all to hell and my “baseball quiz” put readers into a somnambulant state. I’ve strayed from my normal course here on A News Cafe and was, rightly, devoured by the giant, gilled serpents that… Continue Reading
New, Abridged Baseball Quiz (and Answers)
OK, my little Ode to Spring Training Baseball Quiz turned out to be about as popular as a cold $6.50 hot dog and a warm $9 cup of beer. Except, unlike the Bleacher Bums at your favorite ballpark, nobody’s buyin’… Continue Reading
The Rites of Spring: Fungos, Bingles and The Infield-Fly-Rule
Greetings, Sports Fans! This is your old pal, Pops “Fungo” Bunion coming to you from Spring Training, U.S.A. Yep, we’re just a few short weeks from baseball’s Opening Day. In fact, Little Leaguers and school teams are taking infield and… Continue Reading
Daylight Savings Time, the Economic Crisis and Bullwinkle Moose
Rocky: Hey, Bullwinkle, we’re in real trouble now! Bullwinkle: Oh good, Rocky, I hate the artificial kind. It’s 7 a.m. and it’s still dark outside. Why is it still dark outside? Because we all agreed, despite the position of the… Continue Reading
