Since I’ve
been living in Rockville for almost 40 years, this is pretty much a no-brainer.
(I’ve left for vacations, but have always gone back.) And, unlike many early
R.E.M. songs, the lyrics are actually intelligible.
Friday, May 26, 2017
#147 Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) – Martha & The Vandellas (1965)
Martha &
The Vandellas made a name for themselves with upbeat, danceable tracks such as “Heat
Wave”, “Nowhere To Run”, and “Dancing In the Street”. This one, although one of
the finest ballads in the history of Motown, was buried as a B-side (to “You’ve
Been In Love Too Long”). Fortunately, although it only reached #70 on the
national charts, it did get quite a bit of airplay on some stations (including
WFEC in my birthplace of Harrisburg).
#146 Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse (2006)
Song-wise,
the late Amy Winehouse is best known for the unfortunately-appropriate “Rehab”,
but there’s a lot of other great material on her excellent breakthrough album Back To Black. This one tops them all,
with Winehouse’s melody and lyrics over the backing track from “Ain’t No
Mountain High Enough”. While a successful single in the UK, it never really
made it to radio on this side of the pond, which was definitely our loss.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
May 24, 2017 – Nats 5, Mariners 1 – Nationals Park
Attendance: 29,223
Game Time: 2:28
Weather: 64 degrees, overcast
Wind: 3 mph
Umpires: Home Plate - Todd Tichenor, First Base - Adam Hamari, Second
Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - Kerwin Danley
Highlights – Nats scored all the runs they needed off rookie Sam
Gaviglio in the bottom of the first … Trea reached on an error, stole second,
and scored on long flies by Harper and Zim … Rendon followed later in the
inning with a 3-run homer that scored Werth (who had walked earlier) and Murphy
(double) … added their final run in the second on Taylor’s bunt hit, Roark’s
sacrifice, and Turner’s RBI single … Tanner gave up a run in the top of the
first and was over 40 pitches at the end of the second, but prevented any
further damage through the 7th … Romero and Kelley held off Seattle
in the 8th, while newly-anointed closer Koda Glover added a 1-2-3 9th
Other – due to our early start and an uneventful ride down on Metro, we
were first in the LF gate season pass holder line for the Max Scherzer Snow
Globe giveaway … on a relatively chilly May evening, the wind gusts in our
seats for much of the game were much higher than the “3 mph” gametime reading
from the ESPN box score, although we were fortunate not to get any rain … Nats
played their second straight game in less than 2½ hours
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