The Deported Live in the Canal

The Deported played an inpromptu show down in the canal on Hua Mei St Oct 30th, 2004. Taichung cops broke it up pretty quickly, around the 2:30 mark.
The only song they got off was "Cannibal Cafe", once for sound check then once more until the whistles started blowing. This vid was been re-edited for length...

Happy Halloween everybody!

The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service

I remember liking this poem a lot in high school.

As read by this old guy on youtube...

18 year old John Cool

John Cool in So Cal with Will Ferrell in the 80s... another nice one from Les Arthur...

more pics...

A couple of years ago a few of us went down to tainan to see a couple of games of the world university baseball championships... what a blast! there's nothing like an afternoon and then evening ball game complete with screaming multitudes, good friends and cold beer. looking forward to the taichung tourney...

here are a few pics from that day...

Taichung to host Intercontinental Cup

I got this email from John Cool last week, hope he doesn't mind me publishing it. Nobody read this stuff anyway... I notice it was sent to many others... sounds fun although I don't think the US or Mexico is coming... There's a new stadium in Taichung though!

howdy folks

next month in taichung there is

an international baseball touney

from Nov. 9th to the 20th

Mexico,Cuba,Japan,States,The Mighty Dutch, South korea,Taiwan

so on the 18th/19th

Im gonna try and

herd some of my baseball buddies

and some other Tainaners

and head north

to hang/watch baseball and laugh

id like to have a bbq/buffet/pot luck

in the afternoon then head to the game

in the evening

afterwards

maybe a game of cards

or i will try and get a hold of Mexican team

and see if they want to hit the town

looking for a host/hostess

bbq

.22 unplugged



those who live in the taichung

there will be some great baseball during the week

with nobody really rooting or going to see a mexico vs. s korea

cuba vs japan

it would be a great chance to go and chat with

players

and try get them to the Q

let me know,

ah fu

sideways water

Shrimp Running on Treadmill (video)

.22 live @ bollywood

.22 performs 'Huggy Bear' aka 'Dry Humpin'... Oct. 14th... Fresh video!!!

Invisibility Cloak Explained

(Video)

'Scientists create invisibility cloak'

Cool!

Double Curse in '86 Series?

Baseball and especially Mets and Red Sox fans remember the '86 Series for many reasons. The most common being Bill Buckner missing Mookie Wilson's grounder in the 10th to give the Mets the win... it's been 20 years since that fateful play- well, 20 years next week, the 25th to be exact... It's been beaten to death to say the least and Ol' Bill is no doubt sick of hearing about it.

However, Uni Watch reveals a startling bit of info...

Was Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner actually wearing a Chicago Cubs batting glove under his mitt? And if so, what the hell was he thinking?

Paul Lukas posits he never had a chance...

Trailer Park Boys:The Movie

Released last week. Nice review here.

Check out the trailer here. Looks funny. I'm pretty sure it'll never come to Taiwan.

Trailer Park Boys web site

Athletes who have died in plane crashes

Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle dies in plane crash

If you've been enjoying the demise of the Yanks this year, then this list is for you...

Top ten Yankee collapses.

Joe Kuhel

We were lucky enough to run into John Kuhel, grandson of major leaguer Joe Kuhel, the other day as he was passing through town. We talked about baseball. John's on a team in Tainan and is known to the locals as A-Fu. He says it's a blast.

We talked about the MLB playoffs. It's nice to see Wang Jian-min do well. Other than that we're not shedding any tears for the Yanks.
Watching those games you could just tell the Tigers wanted it more. Pitching is key in the playoffs and this year, the Yanks just didn't have it.
Too bad about the Dodgers, I thought they could have made more of a run.
The Mets are looking good offensively but I reckon their pitching will let 'em down in the end...
I'm calling Mets vs. Tigers in the Series. Tigers in 6.



John's grandfather played first base for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox from 1930 to 1947. A career .277 hitter, he played in over 2,000 major league games.

Here's a link to his career stats. John sent me his baseball card pic a while ago...

"Juuuuice!"

Ivo likes his juice in the morning.

this one's a little grainier... up early before breakfast...

Ivo

...got a new phone with a camera feature. this is the first one I took. Ivo went with me to pick it up.

ab-so-lute-ly!

from the fark wire, grab yer dame and throw on yer glad rags! it's slang from the 20's!

live action Simpsons intro...

These lists are arbitrary and debatable, but the stiffs at NPR put together a pretty decent one this time... the top 300 songs of the 20th century alphabetized...