Football

Americans’ Tolerance for World Cup Soccer: Low?
There’s been an absence of proper posts of late, for which I somewhat apologize. I’m busy editing a larger piece of work, the World Cup takes up every spare moment,...
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June 18, 2010

This one goes out to the one I love…
(I thought I had posted this on Sunday… looks like I only saved it as a draft. Hey, it’s never too late. Congrats to Crystal Palace for staying up. We...
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May 4, 2010

Great British Memories (Notes from a return home)
#1 THE HOLMESDALE FINDS ITS VOICE (AND TONY REDISCOVERS HIS PASSION) Living in the States, I can pretend I don’t really care about Crystal Palace FC any more. After all,...
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April 8, 2010

London 0, Hull 4
If I was a shopkeeper in a certain part of East Yorkshire, this is the album I would have in my window today. Arsenal, Spurs, Fulham and now West Ham....
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October 20, 2008

The Long Weekend
Great DJ set by Anthony Molina of Mercury Rev at the Bearsville Theater lounge Friday night. I’d forgotten how good “Ray of Light” sounds; I also need to dig out...
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May 28, 2008

The Memorial Day/Whitsun Holiday Hitlist
10) ALBUM JAMES – HEY MA 9) PODCAST A Brooklyn Life’s Dynamic Tension – mixed by Carrie Whitenoise Stream/download here 8) BOOK Black Postcards – Dean Wareham 7) BAND NAME...
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May 23, 2008

And I’m feeling…
Sad all over. Oh well, it was a great season while it went well. Congrats to Neal Warnock for turning the Palace team around. And here’s to next year. I’ll...
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May 13, 2008

…And I’m feeling…
From second to bottom to a play-off place in under five months. Congratulations to Neil Warnock for turning Palace around and, who knows, maybe taking us back to the Premiership....
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May 5, 2008