Seattle resident Zachary Geballe joins the podcast to explain what makes his city tick, from a sports perspective. Among other topics, he explains how the tenor of fandom in the city changed when the SuperSonics left, and tries to describe precisely what it feels like to attend a Seahawks game at CenturyLink Field.
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Zach has written several guest posts on Creamy Middles. Notably, he predicted the rise of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and he described frustrations with sports news media following revelations that Manti Te'o's girlfriend did not exist.
Previously on the podcast, David and Jay discussed the Robinson Cano signing.
Here's a clip of fans doing the "Wilson" chant at a Phish concert as far back as 1996.
It may not be the exact clip Zach was referencing, but here's Charles Barkley calling out TNT for lumping together the Oklahoma City Thunder's franchise history with the Sonics'.
Just because: Last October, Ethan Sherwood Strauss wrote about watching tape of a 1993 NBA playoff series between the SuperSonics and Houston Rockets, and stumbled across something that could have been one of the most infamous in American pro sports history.
The Creamy Middles Podcast is a weekly discussion attacking the belly issues of sports -- ideas that go beyond wins and losses. Jay Cowit usually produces it, though David may occasionally step in. Music is either royalty-free, by J. Cowit and the Ruthless Orchestra, or 29 Sunset. Subscribe in iTunes or in another podcatcher with this RSS feed.
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
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16 December 2013
14 November 2012
Sports business affects your life -- Exhibit A: Miami Marlins
By DA |
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4:13 AM
If you read anything today, make sure it’s Neil deMause’s explanation of what just happened to the Miami Marlins. Even if you’re not a sports fan, sports business likely affects your life, mainly because local governments are so damn eager to throw away money on stadiums. Yes: throw away. The Marlins’ new stadium cost taxpayers somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 million, and even if they’d been a good team, most of that money wasn’t getting recouped.
UPDATE: Jonah Keri also weighs in, on Grantland.
Of course, baseball’s not the only sport with this problem. The Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn was built upon shady deals all the way around, and the Oklahoma City Thunder exist only because Seattle wouldn’t pay to replace a perfectly fine arena. (Oh, wait…)
And lest you think it’s only cities that have this problem: the Carolina Panthers are slowly getting around to asking for state money to renovate their 15-year-old stadium. Good times!
(Image cc-licensed: "Marlins Park" by verndogs)
10 October 2012
Macklemore: The Seattle rapper you're about to discover
By DA |
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4:38 AM
(Guest post by Zachary Geballe)
My 16-year-old sister has a crush on a musician. That, in and of itself, is pretty normal. What’s weird is that the musician is a 29-year-old rapper from Seattle who is simultaneously the biggest thing in the Seattle music scene right now and basically unknown outside of the Northwest and hardcore hip hop heads. It’s weirder when that guy feels a bit like extension of yourself.
Yesterday, The Heist, by Macklemore (née Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewis, was the number one album on iTunes. I have no idea how many copies that amounts to, or whether or not that’s even a meaningful place to look for whatever constitutes an album chart these days, but it’s still pretty damn cool, especially for two guys from Seattle making a hip hop album. The idea that great music could come out of Seattle isn’t exactly a new one, but things are different when it comes to hip hop: “Baby Got Back” is still the only song to originate from here that casual listeners have heard of.
The Heist might well change that. As mentioned above, I have a bit of an odd relationship with, or at least to, Macklemore. We’re both about the same age, from similar neighborhoods in Seattle, and over the last six or seven years I’ve heard him go through much of the early-mid-late 20s progression that I’ve undergone privately.
My 16-year-old sister has a crush on a musician. That, in and of itself, is pretty normal. What’s weird is that the musician is a 29-year-old rapper from Seattle who is simultaneously the biggest thing in the Seattle music scene right now and basically unknown outside of the Northwest and hardcore hip hop heads. It’s weirder when that guy feels a bit like extension of yourself.
Yesterday, The Heist, by Macklemore (née Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewis, was the number one album on iTunes. I have no idea how many copies that amounts to, or whether or not that’s even a meaningful place to look for whatever constitutes an album chart these days, but it’s still pretty damn cool, especially for two guys from Seattle making a hip hop album. The idea that great music could come out of Seattle isn’t exactly a new one, but things are different when it comes to hip hop: “Baby Got Back” is still the only song to originate from here that casual listeners have heard of.
The Heist might well change that. As mentioned above, I have a bit of an odd relationship with, or at least to, Macklemore. We’re both about the same age, from similar neighborhoods in Seattle, and over the last six or seven years I’ve heard him go through much of the early-mid-late 20s progression that I’ve undergone privately.
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