A shout out to friends old and new

(Crossposted here and on the monoblogue Myspace site.) 

I’m pretty much taking a night off from politics for some other stuff. Trust me, I have plenty of political items to delve into this week. And to true political junkies, the payoff comes at the end of the post, so bear with me.

I haven’t been out following the local music scene as much as I’d like to have been, for a host of reasons. But I did want to put in a word for my friends from Semiblind, who will be the subject of a local music show Tuesday night, 7:00, on X106.9, prior to their show at Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon in OC (with Pirate Radio.) Generally the subject band comes in for an hour and has some of their songs played. Not sure if they’ll be playing live in the studio or not. (The various members of Semiblind read the site sometimes, maybe Michelle, Jim, Asher, or Lynn can clue me in.)

If you go to their Myspace site I link to above, they have a nice blend of two originals and two covers on their little jukebox.

Perhaps someone in the know can also help me to find out if there’s any other outdoor venues in the Salisbury area. I know Brew River has a deck that bands play on – is that the only one in Salisbury? I like outdoor shows in the summer, although I’m thinking about making an exception next Monday for the hair metal group Skid Row – they’re coming to Seacrets in OC with opening act Baltimore-area rockers Skitzo Calypso.

And now for something completely different…

The other night I got to meet a guy whose cap I bought right off his head. Last Thursday the Friends of Lee Levis did a hat auction as the Shorebirds wore special red caps for the occasion. Turned out I was the high bidder for Kimera Bartee’s cap.

If you see me at the Shorebirds games, you know I wear my Detroit Tigers road cap to most of them. For parts of four seasons in the late 1990’s, Kimera Bartee patrolled center field in old Tiger Stadium. (He also played briefly with the Reds and Rockies in 2000-01.) Back in 1993 Bartee was an Orioles draftee, though, and he’s been involved in trades for a couple notable players – dealt to Minnesota by Baltimore for onetime O’s pitcher Scott Erickson and between the Rockies and Angels for current Angels infielder Chone Figgins. Now Bartee has come full circle and returned to his original baseball home.

So of course I was going to bid for his cap, and I’ll be sporting it for selected games the rest of the season. “KB” is a pretty nice guy and I sometimes see him with his kids prior to the games. He’s a good addition to the Delmarva area, and while you hope he can move up the ladder in his coaching career, you hate to lose a guy like him in the community.

Okay, one other Crisfield note as I slide back to politics for a little bit.

I got to meet a fellow blogger by the name of Mike Netherland along with his dad Bob. He’s a good guy, and he did a several-part video interview with First Congressional District hopeful Andy Harris on nuclear power, energy independence, health insurance, and on being a Republican. They’re all relatively short (less than a minute each) and worth seeing.

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