[Editor’s Note: As part of the 2018 Ominous Seapods Reunion festivities, Jay went into the vault, and with the help of South Catherine Street Jug Band archivist Nate Pelton, released three more live archival recordings from the Golden Age of the Ominous Seapods under the “North Country Freakouts” series. Today, Volume 2: 06-17-94 Waterhole 3...
All year long for this? PATRIOTS-eagles?? Most of the country is shaking their head over this stinker of a Super Bowl. This one is like voting for President – you hold your nose, pull the lever, and hope for the best. If Ernesto had hands, he’d throw them up in frustration. As it is, he’s sticking his tongue out and hissing, partly because of the...
FAIRFAX, CA – Call it the Machu Picchu of golf. From far below, in the hippie town of Fairfax, one can look a thousand feet sheer up the cliff-side to the shallow, mountaintop bowl where the verdant fairways of Alister Mackenzie and Robert Hunter’s Meadow Club lie, serenely etched between fescue-clad rocky slopes. Indeed, the first time I saw Meadow Club...
It’s one of the greatest courses in the world, and a personal favorite of both myself and Tom Doak, (who did terrific work there, by the way). A HUGE thank you to Golf Course Trades for making my article on Garden City Golf Club look so good! From the article: “Garden City is one of those courses that materializes out of the mists of time like a reverie...
It was one of the greatest plays in NFL history. It was a bit of a fluke, to be sure – two defenders colliding when one decides to go airborne – but the Vikings will take it. After all, they were on the receiving end of that in 1975 when Roger Staubach and the Cowboys shattered their hopes with the original “Hail Mary,” also in the divisional...
Scott Bernstein and the good folks over at JamBase ran my guest article on the Ominous Seapods reunion shows. I drew the first night show, and my review is here. From the article: “These weren’t just reunion shows or a revival that Ominous Seapods threw down for a pair of nights at the Cohoes Music Hall outside their former hometown of Albany. They were a...
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Kansas City Chokes. There’s no other way to describe losing to a hapless bunch of dink and dunkers like Tennessee. Andy Reid’s crew did not come ready to play for 60 minutes, and that’s all there is under discussion. The Chiefs sent Ernesto the Prediction Iguana down with them – he went 2-2 last week, winning neither...
So, 2017 was a turbulent year in the world of sports, but we all weathered it quite well. Now that we have a minute between New Year’s champagne and golf on Hawaii, let’s take a look back at the best, worst and zaniest of the year, and not just in golf. PLAYER OF THE YEAR – JUSTIN THOMAS PGA Championship + FedEx Cup + Five Tour wins + Prez Cup hero...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana tread water through a 3-2-1 week, 1-2 in teasers after the Panthers barely got past the Bucs, the Bills get robbed by the refs (again in favor of the Cheatriots), and the Giants got blanked by a milquetoast Arizona team. That puts the season totals at 58-19-1, 22-17 in teasers. happily, Week 17 Ernesto saves up his energy for the...
“And then an angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, and they were frightened. But the angel said, “Fear not. For I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David, a savior is born.” And then suddenly a whole Heavenly host of angels appeared in the sky and sang “Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth, peace, good...
Erneesto’s return to the helm of our NFL Picks here at AWITP and GNN saw him tally a solid 5-1 week, 2-1 in tesaers. That swells the season totals to a sterling 55-17 overall, 21=15 in teasers. Of course one critical win was due to dumb luck – The Steelers beat the Patriots yesterday, but the Cheatriots beat the Steelers. The lone loss was the Chargers...
Golf Course Trades did a fantastic job with my Boston public golf article. Wow was Granite Links playing tough. The difference between John Snford’s greens here and at Ferry Point is the difference between the tornado and the breeze! Still, an incredibly fun day on top of a mountain overlooking downtown Boston on a gorgeous day. Next time – Boston Golf...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana returns from his yearly sabbatical to make this week’s NFL picks, but first we have to give a hearty congratulations to Faith the Prediction Cat whose 6-2 week, (2-2 in teasers) puts the GNN/AWITP tally at a solid 50-16 overall, 19-14 in teasers. She’d have been 7-1, 3-1 had the idiot Rams gone all “Stanford-Cal/Music...
The one and only Peter Kessler came on the Jay’s Plays show to wrap up this year, preview next year, and talk Tiger.
As always we covered a lot of ground. Stay tuned for our end of the year extravaganza!
It was another strong 5-1 week (2-1 in teasers) for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, the undisputed reigning champion of the Animal Sports Prognostication Kingdom. That swells the season totals to a sterling 28-8 overall, 12-6 in teasers! The only loss was the REDSKINS-Vikings as both defenses forgot to show up…or went to Landover by mistake or something. At...