Memories of Yoshi's

Read an article on the Downbeat magazine about the 40th anniversary of Yoshi's. I still remember going to its old location on Claremont Ave in Oakland. And that's where it got started! I guess I qualified as old-timer these days. The most interesting quote came from musician John Santos:

In 2010, we played a show on my birthday at the San Francisco location. That also happened to be the same day the San Francisco Giants won the World Series. The win came just before we went on, so I had the pleasure of announcing that the Giants has won. The crowd went berserk, and we had a party all night. To throw a little numerology in: I was born in 1955, I was turning 55, and my favorite Giants player, Tim Lincecum, was number 55. That night was in the stars. 

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Game 5: Giants vs Reds

I didn't start watching baseball until the heydays of the Cincinatti Reds were over. I like some of their players. I also thanked their current manager Dusty Bakers for the success he brought to the Giants when he managed them. However, when it comes to playoff time and playing against the Giants, my loyalty is obvious. This game got me a bit worried, especially with Mat Latos on the mount for the Reds. This pitcher has a long history disliking the Giants. I still remember he practically accused the 2012 Giants for buying the championship when his own team at the time, Padres, did some upgrades mid-season too. Glad to see him appears in the loser column today!

Parents Television Council's complaint

This sounds familiar: conservative groups in US complained about the more liberal creative people in the showbiz. I still remember many years ago a group led by Al Core's wife targeted the music industry and certain pop/rock musicians for performing indecent/violent lyrics. Of course I was not a parent back then and totally opposed to their campaign. This latest complaint is about the TV show 'American Dad.' The season premiere episode made fun of a Hummer-ish big SUV advertised as a 'C.O.K. Guzzler' (see the caption in this link) As if it's not obvious enough, one of the character suggested added a C to it.

Do I find this funny? No. Will I watch this with my kids? Nope. However, I won't be mad if they watched it. The PTC has made too big a deal of this, IMO.

Interestingly, FOX News also reported this but without the above details. And ironically, the show was shown on FOX. So, did it help defending Seth MacFarlane by omitting the details or not?

He is no less boring even with the help of Citi card

...... that's why I don't like this commercial:

Apparently I'm not the only one who criticized it.