Posted in Springsteen on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, Bruce Springsteen actually did a press conference today. As Backstreets wrote:
“This is gonna be the shortest press conference you ever did– because I don’t know anything about it!” He went on to say, “I’ll date myself — when I hear ‘Steelers,’ I think Terry Bradshaw.”
He does share the mic [with the rest of the E Street Band], though — a fun, fairly laid-back 20 minutes of questions, with the band all chiming in. Watch it here.
Posted in Springsteen on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A nice job by the New Haven Register today profiling the QU Men’s Basketball team. One quote that made me happy:
“Geffen said that injuries have certainly taken their toll, but he and Moore both hinted that the return of Louis Brookins and Ed Zajac from concussions and Jeremy Baker from a separated shoulder are imminent.”
Posted in Springsteen on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some members of the E Street Band like to talk more than others. Guitarist (aka “The Godfather of the Guitar”) Nils Lofgren loves to talk, and in a new interview done by music journalist Gary Graff and posted on the Backstreets News page, Nils sheds light on a lot of things, including helping Charlie Giordano after joining the Magic tour in place of Danny Federici:
“Do any specific song memories stand out?
Well, one thing that comes to mind… Charlie Giordano is an amazing player and a great bandmate. He knows how to be in a band. For a while Bruce tried to stay true to 60 or 70 rotating (songs) out of respect to Charlie, who got thrown into this at the last minute and was completely overwhelmed but managed to totally do the job. But one night after Charlie had been playing a few weeks, you could tell Bruce was like, “Okay, Charlie’s got this down” and stopped worrying about it. So it wasn’t like he was trying to throw Charlie or anything, but one night he called “My Hometown.” We hadn’t played it yet (on the tour), and it wasn’t on the list for Charlie to learn, and Bruce is counting it off and Charlie’s looking at me ’cause I’m standing in front of him. So I got, “Yeah, we’re in A,” and he goes, “I’ve heard the song. What’s that bridge?” And I realized I don’t have to play the acoustic (guitar) rhythm ’til the second verse, so I rushed over and yelled at my tech to throw me a sharpie. I ripped off my set list from under my pedal steel and wrote the bridge chords out and was able to slap it down on the organ just before I jumped off the riser and started my acoustic guitar part. So Charlie at least had a road map for the bridge. It’s just that kind of teamwork that makes it so great. There’s just too many times where I’ll look at Steve, like, “What the hell’s coming up?” and he’ll give me the sign or something. It’s like the kind of great sports team that you don’t see that much anymore because of free agency. You don’t see guys that have played together for five, 10, 15 years, let alone 40. We’ve all brought that together now for a long, long time as the E Stret Band, and Bruce uses it well, and it makes for extraordinary shows bands simply can’t do without that history.”
Posted in Springsteen on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love reading press releases from ESPN, CBS and NBC. You learn a lot of stuff you would never hear anywhere else by reading those sites. And in the course of that I picked up this:
“BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Bruce Springsteen, who will be performing at halftime of Super Bowl XLIII, will be the subject of an exclusive sit-down during pregame with Bob Costas. Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, a native of the Jersey shore, is contributing an essay on his idol Springsteen in the pregame show.”
Posted in WQAQ on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you missed the special Super Bowl Preview Edition of Teeing It Up this afternoon on WQAQ, you can listen to it through:
the archive of Teeing It Up Shows
Enjoy.
Posted in Golf, PGA Tour Fantasy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The picks for the FBR Open:
A — Phil Mickelson (Backup: Stewart Cink)
B — J.B. Holmes (Backup: Brian Gay)
B — Steve Marino (Backup: Sean O’Hair)
C — Charles Howell III (Backup: George McNeill)
Posted in Golf on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is the loudest week all year on the PGA Tour, the fourth event of the season, the FBR Open from the TPC at Scottsdale just outside of Phoenix. Phil Mickelson is making his 2009 debut this week in the desert.
As I talked about yesterday, the 16th hole is a rock concert circus, and this year has become golf’s first stadium hole, completely enclosed by grandstands and bars…what a fun time.
And as a result, you get a lot of television coverage. Thursday & Friday coverage is on Golf Channel, Live, from 4-7:30pm ET with Kelly and Nick. There is also bonus Saturday-Sunday coverage, also Live, on Golf Channel from 1-2:30pm ET.
CBS then picks up the coverage, beginning their 59th year of covering golf, led by Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, from 3-6pm ET, Live, both days.
Posted in Golf on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend we have the Super Bowl that will feature a rock band performing a rock concert at the half.
But the PGA Tour also has a rock show going on this week. The 16th hole at the TPC at Scottsdale at the FBR Open is like nothing else on tour all year.
Read about it here — from golfchannel.com
Posted in Springsteen on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry about the lack of blogging, as I’ve been focused on a couple school-related things. But I had to come on today to say that the “Working on a Dream” Tour was announced today! From Shore Fire Media:
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27, 2009
Printable Version
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band To Launch 2009 US And European Tour
January 27, 2009
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a forthcoming world tour.
DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE DATE
Feb 1 Tampa, FL Super Bowl XLIII
Apr 1 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose Feb 2
Apr 3 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena Feb 2
Apr 5 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center Feb 7
Apr 7 Tulsa, OK BOK Center Feb 7
Apr 8 Houston, TX Toyota Center Feb 7
Apr 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Feb 2
Apr 15 Los Angeles, CA LA Memorial Sports Arena Feb 2
Apr 21 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb 2
Apr 22 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb 2
Apr 24 Hartford, CT XL Center Feb 2
Apr 26 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Feb 2
Apr 28 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum Feb 2
Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum Feb 2
May 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Feb 6
May 4 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Mem. Col. Feb 2
May 5 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Feb 2
May 7 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre Feb 6
May 8 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center Feb 2
May 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Feb 2
May 12 Chicago, IL United Center Feb 2
May 14 Albany, NY Times Union Center Feb 2
May 15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium Feb 2
May 18 Washington, DC Verizon Center Feb 2
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena Feb 2
May 21 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2
May 23 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2
May 30 Landgraaf, Holland Pink Pop Festival March 7
June 2 Tampere, Finland Ratinan Stadion ON SALE
June 4 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 5 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 7 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 9 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT
June 10 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT
July 2 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion ON SALE NOW
July 3 Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank Arena ON SALE NOW
July 5 Vienna, Austria Ernst Happel Stadion ON SALE NOW
July 8 Herning, Denmark Herning MCH ON SALE NOW
July 11 Dublin, Ireland RDS Jan 30
July 16 Carhaix, France Festival des Vielles Charrues Jan 30
July 19 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico ON SALE SOON
July 21 Turino, Italy Olimpico di Torino ON SALE SOON
July 23 Udine, Italy Stadio Friuli ON SALE SOON
July 26 Bilbao, Spain San Mames Stadium ON SALE SOON
July 28 Benidorm, Spain Estadio Municipal de Foietes ON SALE SOON
July 30 Sevilla, Spain La Cartuja Olympic Stadium ON SALE SOON
Aug 1 Valladolid, Spain Estadio Jose Zorrilla ON SALE SOON
Aug 2 Santiago, Spain Monte Del Gozo ON SALE SOON
http://www.brucespringsteen.net”
P.S. The album and DVD came out today — and it’s awesome!
Posted in Teeing It Up on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s right, we have some Breaking News here. I am doing a Teeing It Up Super Bowl Preview show LIVE Wednesday from 3-5pm ET/Noon-2 pm PT, getting you ready for Arizona-Pittsburgh and Bruce’s Halftime show.
To listen::
1) Go to www.wqaq.com.
2) Click on “New Online Radio Player”
3) You should start hearing the stream.
Enjoy everybody.
And to listen to past episodes of Teeing It Up from my college days, visit my 