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What cards on your desk..what's on your iPOD and whatcha reading?
It occurred to me that we all have at least old cardboard in common...what else do you suppose?
How about some fun posting your quick replies to these questions: What cards are on your desk : E96 McQuillan which I need to put with my others and 41PB Ott that I recently got from BST (thanks Stefan) What's on your iPOD : I Just listened to some REM and David Gray (Sail Away!) Whatcha reading: Thomas Boswell's "Heart of the Order", a compilation book of some of the great baseball writer's work. Very insightful! Have fun! |
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Right now I have a small stack of 1920's Exhibits, M101-6s and assorted 1930's premiums on my desk. I do not own an IPod but I have The Allman Brothers Live at The Fillmore East in the 8 track, make that CD player in my computer right now. Currently rereading Albert Goldman's, The Lives of John Lennon.
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What cards are on your desk :
T3 Waddell that I need to send to SGC What's on your iPOD : Tom Petty, Nirvana, Beach Boys Whatcha reading: "Why My Wife Thinks I'm An Idiot" by Mike Greenberg |
What cards are on your desk :
T206 Shaw (St. Louis) Sov 150, T212-2 Obak Delhi, Howard (LA), all Ebay buys that arrived Saturday What's on your iPOD : Not on my iPod, but WOXY.com is playing Whatcha reading: Who's got time to read? |
What's on my desk?
1. Stack of cards received from SGC yesterday (note bubble wrap in waste basket)
2. WFUV Big Broadcast - Pre-WW2 jazz radio-internet simulcast that I listen to every Sunday, Fred Astaire crooning "The Way You Look Tonight" at present moment. Mo' bettah no can get. 3. Obituary section of yesterday's Honolulu Advertiser - making sure I'm not in there. Episode 2 of The Pacific starts in, like, three minutes. I'm outta here. http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...e/DSC01270.JPG |
David,
Looks like a Diamond Start Al Lopez on there as well. Jeff |
1. No cards on the desk. Most recent purchase is already in the safety deposit box.
2. Grateful Dead - 7/15/71 Austin, TX (recent pick-up from Dead.net) 3. Resurrecting Candrakirti: Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prasangika (highly recommended - some of the best Indo-Tibetan intellectual history I have read in a while. :D ) JimB |
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Howdy there Jim B!
We just have to get together again for a coffe and a "show and tell". I will share my observations and insight from John Kruk's "I Ain't no Athlete, Lady, I'm a Ballplayer" while you explain your book to me...I ain't worthy! |
On the Desk: Approx 130 t206's to compare to Jim's scarcity of back order
In the CD Player: Crazyheart Soundtrack Reading: Fifty-Nine in 84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn Mike |
1. Billy Ripken 89 Fleer "FF" - lol, far from vintage but it's a great conversation piece, everybody remembers this card.
2. Devin the Dude 3. Memoirs of a Cavalier by Defoe - been reading all of Defoe's stuff lately, Moll Flanders is his best imo... |
Re : David Gray...
Brian - Nice change of pace post... You mentioned David Gray and guess what ? Sitting on my desk is 2 Tix to David Gray at the Ryman here in Nashville in a few weeks. (I am stoked!) Now onto your 3 questions :
What cards are on your desk : T210-8 Molesworth which is getting packaged up and on its way to Jim Rivera What's on your iPOD : CCR - Have you ever seen the rain ? (Just listened to it most recently) and of course 2,327 other songs! Whatcha reading: False Economy - Alan Beattie The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie (1908 Nashville Vols) - John Simpson |
1) An E103 Lajoie that I just picked up in a trade and T206s of Bresnahan and Willis that I just sold on eBay.
2) All kinds of stuff, but Stereolab, Bjork and The Arcade Fire were the last three groups to play during yesterday's workout shuffle. 3) Andrew Sullivan's "Daily Dish" blog on The Atlantic's website. |
1. Definitely not PreWWII - 2010 Topps Platinum Adam LaRoche.
2. Currently playing via iTunes: Mississippi Fred McDowell - "Write Me a Few of Your Lines." 3. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand |
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Another coffee and "show and tell" would be great. Let's figure it out. Jim |
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1) An Old Judge Mike Dorgan. One of those N172's that's supposed to look like an action shot, ie he's sliding, but really looks much more like he's lying on his stomach because he threw his back out (think Larry Bird 1992 playoffs).
2) Don't have an IPod, but I have rigged a Victrola with ropes and duct tape so I can listen to Gregorian chants when I jog. (As I write this I have The Violent Femmes "Add it Up" on the headphones). 3) "The First Tycoon," a biography about Cornelius Vanderbilt. Good read. Just finished a book about Teapot Dome by Laton McCartney, also a good read. |
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desk: cards next in line for the framery Fine Pen Wagner;T200 Detroit;E93 Wiltse; E97 Bradley; W516-2-2 Rousch. Waiting for their partners from B&L:E96 Mowrey and 'E254-2' Camnitz
music: too 'dinosaury' for an ipod --- CD of Turandot with Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma reading: Ethical issues in withdrawal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes by ault; Losing Mum and Pup by C. Buckley best, barry |
Cards on desk.. none, my wife would throw them out if i left them laying around... last ones i bought were UFC cards..... they would be out if possible
Ipod- right now i have Billboards #1 song since the beginning of the charts back inthe late 50's about 1200 songs i think, and then about 600 or so 80's hair metal songs (Ozzy, Motley Crue, stuff like that) New ludacris album I belong to a music board like this one, get anything i ever wanted via download. Reading- only thing i am reading right now is the classifieds cause i am looking for work, So if anyone buy Oilfield or hydraulic seals, let me know, i can help ya out! Otrher then that most of my reading is done online... Just read the Inside T206 centennial last night, done by one of the members with insight from Ted Z. Makes me feel really clueless about older cards. |
Cards on my desk:
A stack of about 40 cards from 1956 Topps that are about to be sent to a collector, and a taller stack of 1955 Bowman cards that are meant for yet another collector. Music on my iPod: I don't have an iPod (and my 11-year old daughter now owns my old MP3 player but I don't have any idea how that happened). However, my laptop is filled with songs from the 1970s -- about 2000 of them right now -- that I am using to help me write my weekly blog posts. What I'm reading: "One-Night Stands With American History" by Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger. A great book filled with interesting tidbits about U.S. History from Colonial times until today. |
T226 Donahoe; Cope's Dastillon; Cohen Weenen The Dixe Kid (#17 Black back variation); D311 Burrell; Motoscope "Is my face red?" (hubba, hubba).
What's an ipod ? Dyslexic, haven't read a book in 30 years. |
1) None
2) Leftover Crack, Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Psychedelic Furs, Gene Loves Jezebel, Black Flag, Discharge, Frederic Handel 3) Metaphysics (Oxford University Press anthology), though also looked through the last Legendary Auction catalog today. |
Nice idea for a thread!
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On my desk is this TYPE I photo that just arrived from Legendary...
Attachment 15894 A 62 song playlist of the Beatles. And I just started a new release by Bill Jenkinson who authored the terrific book entitled... "The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs" This one is "Baseball's Ultimate Power". Ranking the All-Time Greatest Distance Home Run Hitters. |
Jason Carota- I once met Mississippi Fred McDowell and sat with him for a while. If you email me I can tell you the story.
1) No cards on my desk, although I have a few scattered large cents 2) Don't own an Ipod, but listen to Q104.3 Classic Rock nearly all day 3) Mint Condition, by Dave Jamieson. Everybody should read this. |
My desk today
What cards are on your desk :
Set PSA graded 1938 bird paintings-trying to figure out why someone had the whole set graded What's on your iPOD : No Ipod, I listen to Sports talk 24/7 Whatcha reading: This weeks edition of Antiques Weekly |
What cards are on your desk :
M101-2 Ty Cobb (Thanks Steve F.) T206 Cobb Bat Off Uzit (I think it may be a reprint) ;) 1989 Topps Traded Ken Griffey, Jr. SGC 98 What's on your iPOD : Don't have one. Whatcha reading: Net54 |
Cards on desk: Stack of 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 that I just received back from SGC.
iPod: Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Brian Wilson Book: "The Silent Gondoliers" by William Goldman |
On my desk currently are: d359 Davis, 4 coupon type cards...3 of which are type I's...my t210 types, my cards 4 sale on the bst...and my new 1910 e-unc Jack Johnson from B & L.
On my Ipod is lots of reggae and the black eyed peas...going to the concert tonight...and I've had Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance on my nightstand for months!!! |
On my desk:
T216 Cy Young that I picked up via trade. On my Ipod (which I'm sure I'm probably the only one listening to this stuff on this board): E-Town Concrete, Nothingface, Lamb of God, DevilDriver, Cavalera Conspiracy, Dry Kill Logic, Five Finger Death Punch, Haste the Day, Mudvayne, and a few others on my work/gym playlist. Whatcha Reading: Why Net54 of course.....and looking at some chromatograms as the boss walks by. |
on my desk:
Earl Grace signed 1936 goudey reprint Fred merkle P2 ozzie Smith signed 1979 topps Egan/Mitchell T202 Joe Morrissey signed 1933 goudey on my ipod: THE ENTIRE BEACH BOYS CATALOG and every episode of THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW What I am reading: My name escapes me, the autobiography of Alec Guinness |
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Was T206 Tinker, Evers and Chance until I sold them on the B/S/T a couple of weeks ago. iPod: Ween and Robert Earl Keen (going to see REK in Tampa this Thursday.) Reading: Getting ready to start "Among the Thugs" by Bill Buford. An american's tale of running with some English soccer hooligans in the 80's. |
DRC,
Very interesting music and reading choices. JimB |
on my desk: None
IPOD- innings 1-6 of the Ken Burns Baseball, The Natural, Eight Men Out Reading - Golden Age of Baseball - Conlon |
Desk: 1958T Cal McLish (w/verrrrrry sharp corners), 1939 PB Lloyd Waner, & a few random pinbacks.
iPod: (of late) new Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Volta Sound, Spacemen 3's Out Of It Sessions, & a little Stereolab (nice Steve Y) Bedside Table: Atlas Shrugged + 3 fantasy baseball mags (draft is on Sun!) |
An E254 Honus beater that I need to ship out to a buyer
Podcast; NPR Car Talk with the Magliozzi Brothers Paradise Alley, I've been chipping away at for months. |
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Likewise on BJM. I trust you've seen "Dig!" If not, go do so immediately. |
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1934 Goudey Foxx, which I can't stop looking at. (Thanks again, Quan.) iPod: Grateful Dead at Englishtown, NJ, 9/3/77. Got me through a 15-mile run yesterday. Books: "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Just finished George Vecsey's highly enjoyable "Baseball." |
Steve.
I have seen "Dig"...more than once. I have tipped a few back with Dr. Newcombe...on a couple of occasions. He really is a sweetheart of a guy. Which 'Lab record is your go-to? |
Desk: Some pre-War randoms to be sent to SGC (one March special is 10 pre-1948 cards under $250 value apiece for $70...regular fee for this is $100)
Ipod: Band of Heathens, Parlor Mob, Alberta Cross Books: Two bios - Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train and Just a Big Kid (Rube Waddell) Cheers, Blair |
Desk - roughly 20 t206s, a George Brett Prime Cuts patch/bat card, two Felix Hernandez patch cards
Ipod - Peter, Bjorn and John, AIC, Rammstein, Sepultura, Mad Season, Django Reinhardt, Billie Holliday, Interpol, Belle & Sebastian and Leftfield (like my musical tastes) Books - ISO14001-Environmental Systems Handbook, The EU's Eco Management and Audit Scheme (both for my Masters), The Best American Sports Writing 2009 |
Two Ann Rynd choices and some F. Scott Fitzgerald? A well read group here!
I actually just ordered Altas Shrugged from half.com because I had never read an Rynd before. Looking forward to it. I went to Borders the other day to get it and they wanted $28 for the paperback... yikes. So half.com for $5 delivered was a better option. Last book I finished was "What the dog saw" by Malcolm Gladwell and my iPod is likely playing one of my recent running mixes that I'm making for a 10k next week. If anyone has any good "running" songs I'd like to hear it! |
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Mad Season
Is that the Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains hybrid?
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Yea, I thought that album they did back in 1995 was awesome.
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wasnt that Temple of the Dog?
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Cards: a rppc of a minor league team with a guy that kinda looks like Joe Jackson and a George Washington Rotograph. Ipod: Guns N' Roses entire collection. Reading: a Fantasy Baseball magazine (until that book that Barry suggested arrives).
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Hmmm...
Well, I can't always find the desk, so I try not to keep any cards on it.
The iPod - listening to alot of Lewis Black comedy albums lately...they help me cope. There are portions of his Carnegie Hall performance that are utterly brilliant in terms of his storytelling pace and tone... The books...well, I have one teed up for vacation: I'm pretty excited about finally getting around to Kinsella's Iowa Baseball Confederacy piece. Then I will be ordering that one that just recently discussed on the board by Barry, I think it was?... |
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didnt Mother Love Bone have something to do with Pearl Jam?? If i remember my music from the early 90's..... |
I think Jeff Ament (the bassist) and maybe another guy from Pearl Jam were originally in Mother Love Bone.
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Jim B- when it comes to the Dead, I'm more into the 1967-70 era. I think they sounded best when Tom Constanten played with them (albeit for only a year and a half).
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Cards-(well, posters): An OPC CFL poster, an OPC baseball pinup and an A&BC Footballer pin up, all from around 1970-I need some hard plastics so they are sitting in my inbox until I get some.
Music on the iPod: Leatherface's new album "The Stormy Petrel" (Northern England's post-hardcore masters are the best, son) Book: Kurt Vonnegut-"Look at the Birdie": Unpublished Short Fiction |
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Barry,
Did you happen to see any of the Filmore East shows from that era? JimB |
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Cheers, Blair |
Damn.... You guys are old....
Be well Brian |
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No cards on desk Ipod?????....what is that? Eric...you're not alone.....CDs in truck include----Dimmu Borgir, Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Hatebreed, Despised Icon and a few others... Barry----I have Grateful Deads 1st album....vinyl.... on Mono...the rarer copy..... Book??.....can't read....:D |
Jim- "Mountains of the Moon" is a wonderful acoustic piece. You can find Jerry playing it on youtube on an episode of Playboy After Dark.
Yes, I went to the Fillmore East pretty regularly, at least ten times I would think. But never saw the Dead there. I did see them at the Boston Tea Party in November 1969. Best groups I saw at the Fillmore: The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, Jethro Tull...and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few. |
Cards on desk: A stack of low grade '33 Goudeys
Music on ipod: Chet Baker Quartet live 1956 Books on desk: International League Year By Year Statistics 1884-1953 My Baseball Card project: www.infinitecardset.blogspot.com |
Cards on Desk:
-D322 TipTop Bread Forbes Field card -Autographed T206 Portrait Rube Marquard Both in SGC holders and sitting in stand-up frames. IPod: Billy Joel, Metallica, Aerosmith. Also some Baseball History Podcasts narrated by Bob Wright I found available on iTunes. Reading: Just published book called "Repeat Until Rich". Next will be "Mint Condition" which I just ordered from Amazon after reading about it here on N54. |
My turn
Desk - N2 indian chiefs
iPod - wolfgang amadeus Phoenix, Kenna, kooks book - A false spring; pat Jordan |
Daryle- I just checked my copy of "San Francisco's Grateful Dead" but it's in stereo.:( Mono is rarer, no doubt.
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On the desk:nothing worth mentioning....
Music:Fear Factory,NOFX,Angry Samoans,RKL,Toxic Holocaust,Johnny Cash,Social Distortion,Lamb of God(yup,me too),Behemoth,Iron Maiden(Piece of Mind)........ Reading currently:"Roar Of The Crowd" by James Corbett |
Bix lives (and Django, too)
Toxic Holocaust! :eek:, Cradle of Filth!! :eek:, Five Finger Death Punch!!! :eek:
If you young dudes are trying to spook out us senior citizens . . it's working. |
Sorry David.......I did throw Johnny Cash in there though........;)
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No worries, Clayton. My parents thought that Mick Jagger was the anti-Christ. Someday your grandkids will have tattoos on their livers and will roll their pierced eyeballs at whatever the hell it is y'all play in your boomcars today. Plus ça change . .
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I guess I should add that music is a mood thing for me.......I also love classic rock (Thin Lizzy,Mountain,Hendrix,Stones),,as well as Bluegrass & Classic Country,,,,,Silversun Pickups,,,The Cars,,,and even though I never considered myself a "Deadhead",I've been to about six Dead shows back in the day(space is something else,in the right state of mind:cool:)
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Silversun
Saw Silversun Pickups with Muse a couple weeks ago, one of the best shows I ever seen.
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They (Silversun) rip,,,,,,I'd love to see them!!Chick bass players are way cool too (remember White Zombie :D).......I just think they are an awesome band-they have a great vibe.
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I don't have a desk, but I have 5 cards pinned to a book shelf - Mark Fidrych, Brien Taylor (who wishes he had, at least, been Mark Fidrych), Rich Rowland, Dock Ellis and a fake Ted Williams card.
Today I bounced between listening to "The Angels" (an Australian rock band who's first album "Face To Face" is one of the best rock albums ever released), Dr. Hook and Danko Jones (another fantastic band, this one from Toronto, who not enough people have heard of). I just finished reading "The Original Curse" by Sean Deveney, and just started "A Ball Player's Career" by Cap Anson. |
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Wow, I wish I had seen some of those shows. I can only imagine. JimB |
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If this is referring to Barry and my conversation about the Grateful Dead shows from 1967-70, I am actually not that old. I just have an extensive collection of tapes of their concerts. In the years that I took a hiatus from card collecting, I took up taping and collecting Grateful Dead shows. JimB |
JimB
any professor of Buddhist studies is very,very old and most wise.
all the best, barry |
Doug
you will be happy to know i have seen Danko Jones in concert twice..... had a blast both times! |
All these types of threads do is reinforce in my mind what great taste I have how much lacking are the rest. I'm convinced some of you were raised by wolves-- or in Newark.
Of course I'm joking. I've never even been to Newark. |
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Hmmm, my favorite Stereolab album varies a bit, but Emperor Tomato Ketchup probably wears the crown most often. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements is another fave, thanks in large part to the epic "Jenny Ondioline." |
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Daryle and Clayton....I'm glad I'm not alone. I was beginning to wonder. I also have a bunch of Hatebreed and Fear Factory on my Ipod. ..........AND looking through my Ipod, not everything is hardcore/death metal. I do have some classics like Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica (only the "And Justice for All Album", Led Zeppelin, and The Who. I also have some more common late 90's stuff like Alice in Chains and some Rage Against the Machine. |
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