Peter Gammons has brain aneurysm

From espn.com:

Longtime ESPN Baseball analyst Peter Gammons is out of surgery and resting in intensive care after undergoing an operation to treat a brain aneurysm Tuesday. Gammons suffered the aneurysm Tuesday morning near his home on Cape Cod, Mass. He was airlifted to a Boston hospital, where the surgery was performed.

He should be back on his feet and drumming for R.E.M. in no time.

We like to make fun of Peter Gammons at our house especially close to the trade deadline. We suggest increasingly bizzare trade proposals that we "hear" from incredibly removed baseball sources and then say, "I'm Peter Gammons, ESPN." But we kid because we tolerate love. He's one of the best baseball journalists out there (despite working for ESPN) and I hope he recovers as soon as possible.

It's been a long time / Shouldn't have left you / Without a dope beat to step to

So, how have you been?

I've been, uh, busy. Yeah, that's right. Busy.

I've had several posts ready to go but I just never got around to posting them. So I'm doing this miscellaneous post to maybe jumpstart those others. There are 3 posts about concerts I've been to and 2 more Oscar posts. Maybe you'll see those soon. I really can't explain why I haven't posted them already.

I have really enjoyed two podcasts that I just recently subscribed to. The KEXP Song of the Day and KEXP Live Performances. Through both of these podcasts I've really gotten into Blue Scholars. They are a rap duo or hip hop duo. Whatever the kids like to call it. Anyway, there's also been a lot of other good stuff to come from these two podcasts in the short time I've listened to them: an extended interview with They Might Be Giants with some in-studio songs too, a live Billy Bragg performance from SXSW, a Magic Numbers performance with an interview, etc.

You might have noticed off to the right there that I watched Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies special. If you know me and lists, well, you know I probably found it irritating. See the list here and see how baffled you are.

More later.