Jim Croce's home - Lyndell, Pennsylvania, and known as Highspire Corner, just outside Downingtown in Chester County, Pennsylvania. This is where he wrote "Time in a Bottle" in the early 1970's. Pennsylvania one of the most beautiful place I've ever lived.

Happy 99th birthday, Harold Bray, the last living survivor of the USS Indianapolis. Of 1,196 men who served with him, just 316 survived the sinking. He is the last breathing. See more substack.com/@alexkershaw

"Holidays In The Sun" - Sex Pistols

Irish Brigade monument at the Wheatfield, Gettysburg. 63rd, 69th and 88th NY Inf and 14th Battery. Irish wolfhound sleeping at the foot of the Celtic cross.

Let’s end the night with a real masterpiece 💙 🎼Tunnel of Love (solo)

Happy Monday! "No Way Out" - Social Distortion

When I saw this my mind started doing a compare and contrast of Bob’s original, Jimi’s studio version, Jimi doing it live, Grateful Dead’s version… Then…I saw two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl😉🤘 IYKYK

Niche Riff Sunday. "Bloodsport" - Killing Joke. Sloppy. Last Geordie clip for a while (I promise)

How jazz bassist Richard Davis helped shape Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks guitarworld.com/artists/bass…

I grew up less than a mile from MetLife Stadium. I've eaten Annabella's sandwiches for 20 years. You only have one hometown. This is what my World Cup experience looked like from the eyes of a local New Jerseyan trekking to the world's biggest game. nj.com/sports-news/2026/06/i…

"When you’re young you think that time moves forward. At 80 you know it doesn’t, it stands still. We’re the ones that move."

"Love Like Blood" - Killing Joke. I realize I've done this one a few times, but it's my go-to when dialing in a new guitar or amp

One of the last living links to the Wilt Chamberlain 100-point game.

This is the funniest, most rewatchable five minutes in the history of recorded comedy It is perfection and never gets old

We're south Jersey shore people !!! Gotta admit north Jersey shore Bradley Beach area is really nice !

62 years old. Started playing soccer around age 7 . Went to Cosmos games. Then college games. Dug in for '90 and '94 World Cups. Got involved with MLS startup. Fought to cover soccer at SI, ESPN The Mag. All a slow burn to what I watched the USNNT do last night. Buzzing.

Happy Friday Evening! "Change" - Killing Joke

“Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great…and suffered and sacrificed what I have…it would have been all right; every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment." -John Brown, 1859

Happy Friday! "Career Opportunities" - The Clash

When I was at UCLA, my roommate was only 5'6". But he hit the ball harder than almost everybody. I remember watching him thinking: How is this guy crushing baseballs? He wasn't the biggest. He wasn't the strongest. But balls absolutely jumped off his bat. One day I finally asked him: "Eddie, what do you do to hit the ball so hard?" He looked at me and said: "I use my wrists." To be honest... I had no idea what he meant. So he took me into the cage. He put a donut on my bat. Then he started flipping baseballs. Fast. As soon as I swung... Another ball was coming. There was barely enough time to get the barrel back. We did 3 rounds of 3 swings. That's it. Then he took the donut off. The difference was immediate. The barrel felt like it was flying through the zone. Everything felt faster. Quicker. More explosive. So I did it again the next day. And the next. A few days later we flew to play Pacific. That game I went 3-for-4 with 3 doubles. Now, was it all because of the drill? Maybe. Maybe not. But, it did feel like it helped me. So if you wanted to "boost" your swing speed tonight, try this: Put a donut on your bat. Have someone front toss baseballs rapidly. As soon as you swing, the next ball is coming. 3 swings. Rest. 3 swings. Rest. 3 swings. Rest. Now take the donut off. Hit 10 regular swings. Pay attention to how the barrel feels. Because here's what I learned from Eddie: A lot of players think power comes from getting bigger. Sometimes it comes from moving the barrel faster. Eddie wasn't bigger than everybody. He was faster than everybody. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. - If you enjoyed this and thought it was helpful, please share it. Plus, when you share it, it tells me you want more content like this.