The water is snow on the roof and the smoke is coming out of the chimney. We are once again, for the fourth consecutive week, buried in Boston. I feel bad for people in the purple zone, with up to 24″ of new snow. We’re in the magenta zone, which is bad enough, with more than a foot added to the 4-5 feet we already have. The only upside is we won’t have to worry about a drought this summer, but the catch is the springtime melt will keep the sump pump busy.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is the Valentine’s edition of Andrew Sandoval’s “Come to the Sunshine” podcast.
And at this link you will find Little Steven’s Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre edition of the Underground Garage.
Miami Steve Van Zandt, aka Little Steven, has opened up the Underground Garage archives — login no longer required. I’m starting with the recent Lilyhammer show. If you aren’t watching “Lilyhammer” on Netflix, you should.
Back in the 80’s, when most of my music listening was still on LP, I was a big fan of Grado phono cartridges. Today, the Grado brand is known for its high-quality headphones with old-fashioned styling. Old Joe Grado, who founded the company that is now run by his nephew, has passed away.
One month after Veronica Rutledge was shot dead by her 2-year-old son in Idaho, a 3-year-old in Albuquerque managed to get his mother’s gun and shoot not only her, but his father as well. The only “accident” here is that, purely by luck, neither parent is seriously injured. “Gun safety” is a self-contradictory term.
What is it about field reporters on TV compulsively nodding like bobble heads when being introduced by the news anchor? Are they told to do that?
The Patriots, representing mostly Boston and not, despite their name, all of New England, have their balls inflated to the NFL-specified pressure, ready to play in the Super Bowl™. Here is Louis CK, who grew up next to Boston, in Newton, which is also Larissa Kelly’s hometown, explaining the infamous Boston accent.
