This is the Big Announcement.
The tracks Chris and I have been working on are going up on iCompositons this month so please click on the badge on the right-hand side to 'Coelacanth' to check it out. I promise you it won' be much like anything else you've heard from us in the past... well some of it with lots of guitars might be indistinguishable from the rest of the guitar-gasmic mass we used to produce, but we're confident this one's far more listenable for a change.
Please check it out. :)
Buster Olney's Take - End Of The Dynasty
There was much to like about the 1996-2001 Yankees. So many home-grown players. More than I could dream of, really, and the future seemed bright. Then they traded them away for mid-season help that may or may not have been necessary. Then came the free-agent signings that just bloated out the payroll, and now there's this schizoid team that's hard to like. It's been 10 years of really interesting baseball-watching all of its own.
Buster Olney has a nice article here about the decline. It's a pretty good summation of what we've wtinessed since 2001. This bit covering last year's ALCS I guess, brings us up to date:
In the press conference after Game 6, Torre sounded angry as he told reporters he didn't know who his starter would be the next night. The Yankees had a staff loaded with All-Stars, a luxury afforded by the team's massive payroll, but the extra-inning games and a rainout had taxed their rotation. Torre was boxed into making a choice he almost certainly didn't want to make: His starter for Game 7, one of the most important games in club history, would not be a scion from the distinguished line of Yankee pitchers of recent years – not Pettitte or David Cone or Clemens; not even Wells. It would be Kevin Brown, the pitcher who had angered teammates by busting his hand six weeks before.
Six of the nine batters Brown faced reached base, and by the time Torre emerged from the dugout in the second inning to summon a reliever, the Yankees trailed 2-0 and Boston had the bases loaded. Torre took the ball from Brown without acknowledging the pitcher with words or a pat on the back; other Yankees treated Brown similarly as he passed through the dugout. Javier Vazquez, the Yankees' new pitcher, threw a fastball with his first pitch, and Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon blasted a grand slam.
Jeter singled home a run in the third, but it barely made a dent in the Red Sox lead. From first base, he turned, his face twisted, and shouted at Rodriguez, much in the same way Bulls guard Michael Jordan used to yell at backup center Will Perdue: C'mon, let's get it done. But Rodriguez grounded out to the pitcher, and as the Red Sox went on to a 10-3 rout, a crowd of Boston fans seemed to emerge from the darkest corners of Yankee Stadium and take over the place. The Yankees' collapse had been the worst in postseason history.
After the game, Jeter sat in front of his locker, still seething. "It's not the same team. I've said that before," Jeter said sharply. "It's not the same team."
Man, don't we know it, Jeets...
War Criminality
Pleiades sent this article in this morning covering the potential extent of alleged war crimes concerning war crimes in Iraq.
In his most detailed explanation yet of why he demanded an unequivocal assurance from lawyers that the war was legal, he said: 'I wanted to make sure that we had this anchor which has been signed by the government law officer ... 'It may not stop us from being charged, but, by God, it would make sure other people were brought into the frame as well.'
Pressed by The Observer on whether he meant the Prime Minister and the Attorney General, Boyce replied: 'Too bloody right.'
The admiral added that he had never been shown the crucial 7 March advice by Goldsmith that questioned whether the war was legal. He had only been given a later assurance of legality, which contained none of the caveats. It was only after he questioned Number 10 about legal 'top cover' that he was given Goldsmith's opinion.
Boyce has consistently said he believed the war was legal and morally justified. But, asked whether the government had provided him with the legal cover necessary to avoid prosecution for war crimes, he replied: 'No.'
This issue of war crimes gets this tricky even with a long-established democracy.
You wouldn't want to bet your farm on the legalities of war crimes I tell you.
- Art Neuro
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