At Saturday’s Pirates game, we may see a walkout of thousands of green-clad baseball fans after the third inning, a protest against a horrid years-long slump and management’s seeming indifference to the ongoing problems. (Actually, “see” may not be accurate — the team has instructed its television crew not to show footage of any protest;… Read More invitation.
Friday: Golf. Looking at houses. Sampling the beer at the open-for-just-four-days Marzoni’s on Route 8. Nice day. Saturday: Exercise. European beer fest at the Sharp Edge. Dinner there before the drunks started streaming inside. YEP show at Allegheny Landing — Sinead O’Connor and moe. “One more beer” at McFadden’s. A little more detail. Marzoni’s clearly… Read More to review.
Although I was very excited about last year’s free moe. show at the arts festival last summer — excited enough that I took a vacation day so we could catch the Sunday concert — I apparently didn’t write anything here about the fact that I was attending. The result of that oversight? An email from… Read More to be clear.
I feel better. I don’t feel better knowing that George Trosky is in charge of policing the entire east end of Pittsburgh — that’s still a little scary to me. But I was happy to find that I’m not the only one concerned about it. Check these out: PG editorial, which raises the excellent question… Read More even hotter.
Pittsburgh’s police department has a new police commander, one that Deadheads may actually remember from 18 years ago. Does the name George Trosky ring a bell? No? OK, think back to the “riot” show — April 3, 1989, when a bunch of tickletless dumbasses tried to break through glass doors at the Civic Arena to… Read More hot to trosky.
When I listed the lineup of free shows the Three Rivers Arts Festival was bringing to town this month, I kinda did a double-take after listening to a few songs by Black Moth Super Rainbow. I went to the trouble of adding them to the list after hearing some of their stuff; I also went… Read More super.
Uncle Crappy 