I was shocked to read that cable station TBS has decided not to use Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren as part of their broadcast team. Skip and Pete will still do broadcasts with Turner South which is seen in fewer homes than TBS, but Don Sutton and Joe Simpson will be doing the broadcasts on TBS. Pete and Skip will also be doing broadcasts on the radio.
This actually doesn't affect me very much. I live in Atlanta and can tune in WSB to get the Braves broadcast any time. However, Skip and Pete have more than a half century of Braves broadcasting experience between them, and it just seems like a slap in the face to them.
I hope that TBS and the Braves get a boatload of complaints so that these beloved broadcasters can continue to be heard across the country and around the world.
As with my Listened To article, I will be using this article to archive data about books which I have finished reading. I guess I should say, books which I have stopped reading. Occasionally that means that I've just stopped without finishing, but not often.
Finished: 3/1/2003
Archived: 3/10/2003
Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile by John Shelby Spong
I've decided to create this posting in order to track recordings that have been in my play rotation, both as a reference for when it moves back into rotation and as a history of what I've listened to. I anticipate that I will update this article rather than post new articles as recordings cycle out of the current play list so that I can have a single location where I can find these entries. Thus this article will see updates beyond routine blog maintenance. I may update its update date to push it to the top if I have no other articles worth featuring. I think I'll keep the bulk of the data in the extended message area, with the data moved most recently from my "Listening" area in the main portion of the article.
Shelved: 3/17/2003
maggie drennon by The Maggie Drennon Band
Chaos & Calm by Still on the Hill
Storming the Castle by Full Frontal Folk
Archived: 3/17/2003
Come A Little Closer" by Patchouli.
A four song sampler from the Pat Humphries Duo
Archived: 3/10/2003
Ghost Of Things To Come by Pat Haney, reminds me of John Prine (praise not lightly given)
Good Tar by David LaMotte
Monuments by Kate Campbell
The Song Inside by Sloan Wainwright
Vigil, N.Y. songs since 9/11 by various artists, compilation benefitting Windows Of Hope family relief fund, featuring Christine Lavin, Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega (producer), Wendy Beckerman, and many more