https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/07/jay-monahan-pga-tour-liv/
Even Rory McIlroy decided to give up. Sigh.
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Cynthia Weil
Although Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were not nearly as well known as peers such as Gerry Goffin/Carole King and
Burt Bacharach/Hal David – the obituary in Variety quotes Weil as once
telling the Los Angeles Times that “Most people don’t know who we are,
[but they] know our songs” – they produced a body of work that was every bit as
notable as that of their contemporaries.
Most impressive to me is how Mann and Weil were able to
adapt to the changing times. Starting out with teen love songs for Spector-era
acts such as the Crystals and Ronettes, they added more than a touch of social
awareness with songs such as “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place,” “Magic Town,” “Home
Of The Brave,” and “Rock And Roll Lullaby.” They also successfully turned out
more rock-oriented material for Paul Revere & The Raiders (“Kicks” and “Hungry”)
and Max Frost & The Troopers.
The story of the lyrical changes to “Only In America,” which
was originally written for the Drifters, is especially interesting. It’s briefly
alluded to in the Variety story, but there’s much more detail at https://mcantil.com/song-of-the-day-jay-and-the-americans-only-in-america/.
As was the case with Gordon
Lightfoot’s recent death, both WXPN’s morning show and WOWD’s Tuesday Morning Mix program
paid tribute to Weil, with the latter devoting almost its entire two hours to her
songs. Once again, each of them started off with the same track, in this case
Dusty Springfield’s version of “Just A Little Lovin’.”
Favorite songs with lyrics with Cynthia Weil:
You’ve
Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – The Righteous Brothers
Rock
And Roll Lullaby – B.J. Thomas
Magic
Town – The Vogues
On Broadway – The Drifters
I’m Gonna Be Strong – Gene Pitney
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Animals
Only In America – Jay & The Americans
None Of Us Are Free – Solomon Burke
Walking In The Rain – The Ronettes
Kicks – Paul Revere & The Raiders
Uptown – The Crystals
He’s So Shy – The Pointer Sisters
Looking Through The Eyes Of Love – Gene Pitney
Shape Of Things To Come – Max Frost & The Troopers
Home Of The Brave – Jody Miller
Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters
Make Your Own Kind Of Music – Mama Cass Elliot
Brown Eyed Woman – Bill Medley
He’s Sure The Boy I Love – “The Crystals” (actually Darlene
Love & The Blossoms)
(You’re My) Soul And Inspiration – The Righteous Brothers
Monday, June 5, 2023
June 4, 2023 – Phillies 11, Nats 3
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202306040.shtml
Time: 2:57
Attendance: 29,546
Another way to put it: a win for the Phillies fans (like me)
who were there, and a loss for the Washington fans who continue to loudly boo
former Nat Bryce Harper. (Admittedly, Bryce wasn’t a big factor in Philadelphia’s
victory, although he did have a double and drew two walks.)
The game was close for the first five innings. Neither
starting pitcher managed a 1-2-3 inning, but both mostly managed to pitch out
of trouble. J.T. Realmuto kicked off the scoring with a 2nd-inning home run off
Washington starter Trevor Williams. Two innings later, the Nats tied things up
when Joey Meneses led off with a triple and scored two batters later on Stone
Garrett’s sac fly. The visitors answered right back when Drew Ellis, who was
just called up when Alec Bohm when on the IL, took Williams deep.
Things turned for good in the top of the sixth. After
fanning Realmuto, Williams issued a four-pitch walk to Brandon Marsh. He recovered
to strike out Kody Clemens, but Ellis beat out an infield single to put two men
on for leadoff hitter Kyle (“Mr. June”) Schwarber. With Williams at 101
pitches, Davey Martinez elected to go to the bullpen, although Williams had
struck Schwarber out in two of his previous three times up. Andrés Machado
came in, and Schwarber did what he does, putting the visitors on top 5-1.
It only got worse for the Nats from there. Philadelphia
added 3 more off Machado in the seventh, highlighted by Ellis’s third major
league home run (and second of the afternoon). Schwarber added an exclamation
point with another three-run shot in the top of the ninth. Meanwhile, Ranger
Suárez put together an efficient one-run, 7-inning outing to notch the win.
I took advantage of the absolutely perfect weather to stroll
down to Sweetgreen for lunch, then walked by the river to head to the park. I
also took a post-game walk to (successfully) avoid the peak post-game crowds on
Metro. The subway was also surprisingly empty on the way down, although I left
5-10 minutes earlier than usual.
And the escalator behind Section 301 was, to my amazement, working after the game! Quite an afternoon.
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