Audio CDs

Thanks Bob, for pointing out:

Although it may seem that all we nourish ourselves with is music and pop culture … well, no, that’s about right. But hey sometimes artists help us with the tunnel vision and bring the national pasttime into focus, like when the the Hold Steady sang “Take Me Out To The Ballgame,” or when the Smithereens’ Pat Dinizio teamed up with Joan Jett and motherfucking Bob Uecker, and of course when we found out that Dylan knows baseball (he loves Cadillacs, too; bet he likes apple pie).
And it turns out music’s played a pretty big role in the Red Sox’ postseason run this year, thanks to Massachusetts band Dropkick Murphys. Dial it back to ‘04, when Boston was looking to beat the Curse of the Bambino. During that series, the working-class Quincy, MA band and longtime Sox fans did a cover of “Tessie,” a Broadway tune from when the Sox […]

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