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Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord Imperial Stout - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub
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4.23/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to cosmicevan for sharing!
Decent looking, nothing special here though. Strong, smooth bourbon aroma takes over to blend with roasty malts and sugary sweetness.
The underlying taste is a more mature version of DL complimented by sweet, smooth, rounded bourbon. Not too much complexity here: just bourbon. Cognac DL was much more interesting, and a significantly better variant overall.
Still a great beer, but a big step down from the Cognac in my book. But then again, I'm not a bourbon lover.
Serving type: bottle
06-03-2012 02:25:57 | More by brystmar
4.35/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured Black with small tan head. Aroma is mostly deep, rich Dark fruit with some Cocoa and a hint of roasted malts. Flavor is as smooth as it gets with a hint of alcohol, Coffee, chocolate, sweet malts and thick heavy molasses that stained the glass with every sip. Several layers of flavor. This is a real good Imperial Stout, But just as good as what I can get around Ohio & PA. (Voodoo, Hoppin' Frog...) And I don't have to stand in line for those.
Serving type: bottle
11-26-2011 03:05:43 | More by beergod1
4.22/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
PVW bottle. Joan Jett black pour with a chocolate head. Huge bourbon aromas. This version, like the '10 DL in my opinion, is not thick and motor oil like as previous years. The taste was very sweet with lots of molasses, chocolate malts, vanilla, and very very muted bourbon flavors.
Serving type: bottle
07-25-2011 20:46:00 | More by dboon
4.58/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From old notes The beer is black, and it doesn't appear as viscous or syrupy as regular Dark Lord. The beer looks near.
The nose is unadulterated decadence. It's reminiscent of chocolate cookies, brown sugar, fudge, chocolate chips, and brownies. Oak isn't prominent, like I was expecting, but it is noticeable. I detect a little molasses and a whisper of vanilla. No oxidation in the nose? I'm astounded!
The flavor is fudge and chocolate cake with light vanilla and a little sugar. The chocolate is insanely rich. I detect a touch of astringency and subtle oak. So decadent. The finish is chocolate desert with a slight roast and a little heat. The mouthfeel is light and silky, not at all like the viscous and syrupy regular mouthfeel on Dark Lord. There's just a dash of oxidation in the flavor, but it's not detrimental. I was expecting this to suck, but it far exceeded my expectations.
Serving type: growler
07-23-2010 09:13:57 | More by HopHead84
4.65/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Courtesy of a generous trader served at a small tasting by an equally generous host into a tulip glass. This review is for the 2010 batch.
A: Pours nearly black with a motor oil quality with no head to speak of. This is a thick beer that looks quite syrupy and leaves nice legs on the inside of the glass. This was served along with Vanilla Bean Dark Lord and both looked pretty much identical.
S: The oak is really showcased in this and it is really nicely done. Notes of chocolate, molasses, roasted malts, vanilla, and booze.
T: The oak yet again is quite forward and coats the based beer beautifully and is never overpowering. Chocolate appears along with roasted malts, vanilla, and just a hint of alcohol.
M: Full-bodied and extremely thick with just a hint of carbonation. Nothing to complain about here.
D: If it weren't for the extreme richness of this Imperial Stout, I feel that I could drink this all day long.
Overall I must say that beer is absolutely fantastic and I am still shocked that I was able to try this! My Highest Recommendation.
Serving type: growler
06-15-2010 16:57:15 | More by Lunch
4.4/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
2010 vintage served in a tulip with the vanilla bean and 2009 DL. Beer is black and thick in the glass. Coats the wall and the swirl leaves legs of alcohol on the walls. There isn't a head or carbonation to speak of but it looks good.
The aroma is slightly hot, oaky, with a lot of roast and a nice smoothness to it. Very liquor. Hints of vanilla, very subtle.
Beer is full bodied and completely coats the mouth. Surprisingly smooth for such a high alcohol beer with such a strong aroma. The woodsiness of the beer mellows out the heat a lot. Lots of roast in the back palate. Drinkability good.
Serving type: growler
05-17-2010 18:07:49 | More by drabmuh
District of Columbia
4.97/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Thanks to Brad for sharing this at his tasting on Saturday!
2010 vintage, served side by side with Dark Lord and Vanilla Bean Dark Lord.
Oak Aged Dark Lord pours a near jet black, with hints of brown visible at the upper edges of the glass when held to the light. Head and lacing are somewhat subdued, but given the serving medium, I couldn't ask for more. A great big aroma of rich roasted malt and oak barrels. Wow. Dark Lord is one of my favorite beers, and I find the addition of oak barrels to be quite wonderful. There is a prominent licorice note in the taste. Someone described the feel as "oil slick in the gulf" and I have to agree. Thick and chewy, this beer leaves a coating of stout residue in your mouth that utterly blankets the palate. This is remarkably smooth, given the high alcohol (it is higher this year than previous vintages), and gives a nice, warm burn as it slides down. I really hope I can go to DLD next year and get some of this fresh from the tap.
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On tap at DLD 2011.
Simply delicious. Similar in some regards to Goose Island Bourbon County Rare. The beer is full of flavor and wonderfully smooth. Alcohol content hidden beautifully. Lingering aftertaste of delicious bourbon. Warming sensation as it goes down. World class.
Serving type: bottle
05-17-2010 17:05:40 | More by Huhzubendah
4.63/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Handbottle shared graciously by Chris. It was MUCH better than I remember it being when I tried it at DLD 08
Jet black, no head with dark brown highlights. Not as sludgy as the regular Dark Lord. A solid looking beer.
Holy fucking fuck, what a nose! Chocolate chip cookies with bourbon come right to mind. Just massive, intensely good. A ton of vanilla with a relatively low booze character, with bourbon noticeable. Not hot in the least, the vanilla character is actually quite tastefully done. Mildly raisiny with cocoa powder and chocolate fudge. Just over the top.
The palate isn't as exceptional, but opens with all the fantastic chocolate complexity with cocoa, dark chocolate and fudge. Plenty sweet with caramel, burnt sugar and an incredible accent of bourbon. The oak aging is most noticeable in the vanilla character of this beer, along with a mildly boozy character. Coffee isn't noticeable, though there's enough molasses and licorice to make an effort at countering the chocolate character. Mild dark fruit character is present with raisins soaked in sugar syrup. An incredibly long finish with a bit of booze, a lot of vanilla, mild roast and some chocolate. Thick and HUGE, this big beer has low carbonation and has a perfect body. My belief is reaffirmed, and I'm almost tempted to go to DLD next year and session this and the VB DL. Awesome stuff.
Serving type: growler
11-10-2009 23:57:59 | More by DefenCorps
4.75/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Got this one from stfun37. Brought this down to San Diego last week and shared it with HopHead84 and dyan. I think this exceeded all of our expectations.
Sludgy opaque black, no head forms from the pour - this is pretty much still. Plenty thick, but not as viscous as the regular Dark Lord, which can only be a good thing.
Huge aroma of chocolate, fudge, chocolate cake, chocolate syrup, vanilla and caramel. Inhaling anywhere near the vicinity of a glass of this is like walking into a chocolatier. Unbelievably sweet and decadent. Oak and bourbon are noticeable, but the chocolate/caramel/vanilla trifecta is dominant.
The taste is brimming with rich chocolate and vanilla, molasses, licorice and oaky tannins. Bourbon is there too, well-integrated and balanced with the base beer. The body is thick and viscous, carbonation non-existent. The finish is mildly tannic, roasty and semi-dry, coffee lingering on the palate.
It's amazing what a little -bal aging will do to a beer. While I'm not at all a fan of the regular Dark Lord, this iteration of it is incredible.
Serving type: growler
11-10-2009 22:58:46 | More by largadeer
5/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Hand bottle provided by gunhaver.
A: Pours as dark as night, flat pitch black with only a bubble or two for a head. The beer is thick, dense, it literally coats the glass.
S: Huge vanilla aromas, from the wood I guess. Nothing artifical about the vanilla though, it is like creamy buttery vanilla. The wood component is huge as well. Like fresh cut oak. Strong roasty notes are there along with hints of molasses and chocolate.
T: Holy Hell! There is nothing like this beer. It is the king of barrel aged beers in my mind without a doubt. Fudge like chocolate up front along with a big blast of roast. The oak component is huge and so enjoyable. Vanilla manages to push through with hints of bourbon. A slight milky coco puffs flavor can be picked up as well. Simple flavors that seem to just meld together perfectly. Really is a perfect beer.
M: Full bodied, lacks carbonation from the hand bottling, but it really don't suffer. I like lower levels of carbonation on RIS' anyway.
D: Wonderful, would love to drink all night until I pass out. Reason enough to make a trip to Dark Lord Day.
Serving type: bottle
09-04-2009 13:09:45 | More by tpd975
District of Columbia
3.18/5 rDev -30.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: Looks like DL, pitch black, oil slick, etc, etc
Smell: Only a hint of oak on the scent. Lots of roast malt and molasses.
Taste: Did they add sugar to this one as well? If so, why? Roast malt, molasses, brown sugar, milk chocolate, semi-sweet baking chocolate. The oak is huge on the taste, like a fresh oak barrel. Too much barrel actually. Much hasher than the regular DL or VB DL.
Mouthfeel: Great - thick, chewy, smooth, near perfect.
Drinkability: To much fresh, wet oak and I get some added sugar. Regular DL is better, but honestly none of the three is T-50 worthy in my opinion.
Serving type: growler
08-14-2009 02:28:37 | More by craytonic
4.5/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to a prior trader for hooking me up. Shenanigans ensued with the procurement/bottling of this beer, I'm sure.
Pours a dark black, some deep tan bubbling froth, and a bit of a foamy crust.
Smells like ... Dark Lord. I feel like cutting and pasting my review. Hmmm ... Chocolate, dark fruits, a roasted malt backing. So far, not much oak.
Well, the oak makes its appearance in the flavor, in a big ... kind of distracting way. Vanilla, bourbon-y oak, and the familiar chocolate, roasted malt, and velvety dark fruit of the base Dark Lord. They laid a heavy -bal aging on this beer. And yes, there's more than a bit of sherry to it. Thick, viscous, and creamy. Noticeable bourbon component.
Much better on my second sampling.
Serving type: growler
08-13-2009 09:38:31 | More by Overlord
4.5/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had this on tap at DLD 09.
Pitch black, motor oil, no highlights, and a thin but fluffy dark tan head that holds for a little bit and leaves some lacing that coats the side of the glass.
Aroma is quite impressive, dark fruits abounding, molasses, coffee but not too much coffee, chocolate, bread and alcohol. Oakiness and vanilla, perhaps some extra heat as compared to the regular version.
It is a very thick, oily beer as expected, complex, with coffee, bittersweet chocolate, sweet caramel, molasses, fruits, vanilla but some noticeable heat, brandy like, which does not blend perfectly.
This is an incredible beer, but IMHO, one step down from regular DL. The oak aging did not match perfectly. Still a fantastic beer.
Serving type: bottle
05-04-2009 02:34:39 | More by brdc
4.5/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
(Bottle, thanks to SQNfan) If Blursimarsi cannot come to Dark Lord Day, then Dark Lord Day has to come to Blursimarsi. Pours compact dark brown to black. The aroma is fat with oak/bourbon up front bringing tones of vanilla, coconut, light smoke and alcohol. In addition, lots of malt roasts with dark chocolate and chocolate ice cream as the most notable but there is also some room for coffee/espresso. Sweet sugary and dark fruity with tones of molasses, maple syrup, rum raisins and prunes. Hints of raspberries, nuts and celery. The flavour is medium to heavily sweet, light to medium bitter and medium to heavily roasted/burned. Bourbon, vanilla, coconut, dark chocolate, rum raisins, burned caramel, some coffee, mint-ish alcohol warmth, molasses and light smoke. The mouthfeel is extremely fat and oily yet smooth, soft and velvety with a balanced sticky ending. Aftertaste of bitter chocolate, coffee, bourbon hop dryness and molasses. Full bodied. Extreme but well balanced. Wow!
Serving type: bottle
10-04-2008 03:34:24 | More by Blursimarsi
4.5/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
bought this at the 2008 DLD and had both the vanilla bean and and oak aged versions.
overall i think they were better than the regular dark lord. the vanilla being alot better in taste with the vanilla blending in amazingly, however the nose of the vanilla bean aged was overpowered by the vanilla flavor. really creamy all over the place for both of them. the bourbon was much mor subtle on the nose, however also really good.
Serving type: bottle
04-27-2008 00:06:32 | More by Atron67
4.28/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
this was the 2006 woodford reserve barrel-aged version on cask at dl day. poured into a clear plastic solo cup, this was unlike any beer i have ever had. dark and thick like well-used motor oil. and i mean thick. this beer just left remnants of itself on the sides of the cup, turning the cup from clear to brown. brown head. the nose was absolutely huge, dominated by the whiskey notes along with chocolate, coffee, vanilla, smoke, toffee, and raisins. taste was a huge malt sweetness balanced a little by the 3f hops and roasty malts, but more to the malt/sweet side. mouthfeel was more viscous and thick than i have ever experienced. this had very little carbonation from the cask leaving it thickly sweet. long, long finish is ended by whiskey flavors and warming alcohol. still somehow smooth, though. this took a while just to drink a little bit and i probably could have just one of these in a sitting. a real sipper.
update: have had a few more of these, carbonation has been better, would add some serious charred fruit to the above. have enjoyed it more from the regular taps with the added Co2.
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Serving type: cask
05-05-2007 20:13:18 | More by MrMcGibblets
4.7/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Special filled hand bottle from an un-named source creating a raving mystery much like the Dark Lord itself...
Appears a dark black with a small tan head that fades into a a gentle tan collar.
Smell is of rich maple sweet vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon, oak, fresh brownie batter, and raisins.
Mouthfeel is heavy on the palate, warming, sweet, raisiny, and sticky with a mildly rich burn in the swallow.
Drinkability is pretty good on this despite the instant warming bourbon burn that makes it pretty intense with an alcohol presence. Nice!
Serving type: bottle
05-04-2006 17:07:33 | More by weeare138
4.35/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured for me at DL day for 6 bucks a shooter.
Black as hell. Just dark, and oily. The smell is coffee, caramel, nuts, hops (go figure) and acrid bitters. Hint of anise too.
The taste is rather balanced. Thick as hell too. A lot like Founders KBB in it's bourbon/coffee balance. I really thought this would have a lot more grip to it, but it is deadly smooth.
I cry knowing I have to wait a year to try this again.
Serving type: cask
04-30-2006 01:44:30 | More by murrayswine
Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord Imperial Stout from Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub
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Just wanted to remind all of here to still enjoy life, the "holidays", grab a Guinness (or if you don't drink O+2, then some green tea?), and still mix it up and live life, too....Sex and Purity ain't everything there is to life!?!
There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be. - The Irish -
I should be more in touch with my Irish roots. Our family coat of arms contains the phrase "more Irish than the Irish themselves" due to them emigrating before there was much intermarriage later. Never been much of a drinker, but I wore my green today! Its funny how every one is Irish on St. Patrick's day.
@eastcoast...I was talking to one of my customers yesterday, she said about her Irish husband: "He's Irish but he's not gonna celebrate. How 'bout you?" My reply: "I'm NOT Irish, but I'm gonna celebrate!"
P.S.--I went off the beaten path...didn't buy a Guinness this year, but a Murphy's...ring a bell? -
@alex13...never too late (well, maybe a week later is a wee late!)...thanks!
@becominwhole10 What week? I've heard the names but have only taken a couple sips of beer in my life. Too immature to develop that taste I guess.
@becominwhole10 So a month late is ok then :)
@alex13....take your time...well....maybe not :]
@eastcoast Nope! Not too late!
:-) Can I contribute another March "holiday"? March 16rh was St. Urho's Day
This is for a mythical Finnish-American hero - St. Urho. See http://www.sainturho.com/
(I'm Finnish - no, not "finished" but as in my relatives are from Finland.) -
No offense to John the Baptist's Day, but I'll celebrate St. Urho, instead.....I'll take the chocolate version?....a no-brainer....as long as it's dark chocolate...used to hate it, but now that I'm "older" I have grown more sophisticated when I eat my grasshoppers.
A nice Zinfandel with the main course will suffice.....mmmmm -
@alex13...just the name, "Dinosaur Day"...gotta thank you for just giving me a big laugh :] .....growing up I was partial to the Triceratops....any day for that classic?
@Feline99 and @becominwhole10 im very happy that i could make you both laugh.
@becoinwhole10 If i would have been a dinosaur i would have been allosaurus. -
@alex13....maybe I will be Spinosauraus, the "biggest, baddest, mutha...' shut yo mouth'"....check this out:
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@becominwhloe10 - that dinosauar is flipping scary.
Happy Extraterrestrial Abductions Day -
@alex13.....You can count me in on any ET/MonsterQuest/Bigfoot - oriented day, any day of the year....Keep me Posted!
( I was wondering why I woke up sore today!....oh, bad joke ) -
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@Becominwhole 1 it is go colts.duh. if i see any hoilday where et/monsterquest/bigfoot i will tell you.
@Eastcoast thatsept 19th just to let you know -
@alex13...there might be different days, respective or region:
Bigfoot Day or Sasquatch Day, then there's: Yeti Day .......plus, I like how it sounds :o -
@alex13...Did YETI DAY pass already for the year...had to be in the Winter :]
@feline99....At least you celebrated today...I didn't, because I am perfect 0:)
Nachos with melted cheese dip would be my choice
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@becominwhole10 - October 20. is the day that it should be on. in siberia it is nov the 11.
i think that i am going to chips and dip on my way to work to day it sound so good.
today also is never miss day
tomorrow will be chocolate covered raisins day -
@eastcoast yea some of these i think some one got bored. but is may really national masturbation month?
May is National Masturbation Month. The celebration of May as National Masturbation Month began in 1995 in San Francisco as a response to the forced resignation of then U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. http://www.examiner.com/sf-in-san-francisco/is-may-really-national-masturbation-month
Some religions don't celebrate it. -
If May is Masturbation Month, then April is White Knuckle Month
@alex13...Is there a Abductee Month? If so, then I'll be unavailable at that time :}
Does that mean that I should be extra "aware" of alcohol, as in I should experiment with mucho varieties of such? Hopefully, there isn't a Porn Awareness Month, then I'm screwed...not literally, but you know...in 2D. :}
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alexsel - 12:02 am on Aug 11, 2011 (gmt 0)
Are you sure about that? Even for a non-competitive keyword/keyword phrase? So you're saying the top 3 positions, in addition to a high-enough bid, must have a QS above 6?
- so even if it's the only ad that is displaying for a given search, the ad will appear on the right hand side? Which is technically position 4?
I'm sure you can find examples that disprove that assertion, but based on what I've seen, yes.
It does seem to depend on keyword volume but in general, if your QS is crappy, your ad rank is crappy and you'll be placed right hand side. You probably could combat, if you wanted to make a point, by exaggerated bidding but it wouldn't be in your best interest.


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If you are interested in Russian history and culture, this book is definitely worth reading. If you, like me, read every volume of classical Russian literature you can get your hands on, it will explain a lot of background facts and help you connect the dots. The book is written in a bold manner that might be viewed as controversial for the lack of focus (each chapter consists of several stories that are interwoven into each other), but it generally works very well for painting the big picture, and it is fun to read.
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This is an excellent book. Though it is arranged thematically rather than chronologically, timelines are not confusing. The great debates of Russian culture - between East and West, between peasant and aristocrat, between Orthodoxy and the Old Belief - are presented vividly and clearly. The countryside and cities come alive with characters, not just of the great figures of Russian literature and art but of the nameless millions and their beliefs, culture, attitudes and preoccupations. Natasha's Dance made me want to learn much more about Russia, its people, its history, its literature and art. And that, to me, is the measure of success of a cultural history such as this.
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Slavophiles and Westernizers,
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A superb account of the cultural history of Russia since the end of the 18th century, bringing most vividly alive the tension between slavophiles and westernizers. The last chapter, on the Russian émigrés during the Stalinist period, is the finest of the lot, and his account of how some of them returned to Russia from Khrushchev's time onwards is very moving. I learnt something new on almost every page of this 586 pages long book.
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A unique and brilliant book, a must read if you want to understand Russia,
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Natasha's Dance is in a class of its own. It is the only book that takes in the whole sweep of Russian culture and history, linking literature, theatre, dance, opera and more. Although I studied Russian language, literature and history and I was living in Moscow, there were many things that I just couldn't understand: why were Russians like they were? How did they be so boorish one moment but so cultured and romantic the next? What really happened when the Mongols invaded? Where did those matrioshka dolls come from? Why does Russian music sound different to western European music? What was life like in feudal peasant Russia? or in Siberian exile? How did one country produce peasants, communists, oligarchs, Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky and a whole lot of spies? In Russian literature, why was there so much about wet-nurses, religion, name days, icons, duelling, Decembrists, noble serfs and mystic fools? Who were the Cossacks? Did the entire Russian noble class really speak French to each other? Why didn't the peasants revolt earlier? And why did exiles harbour such a longing for their homeland, even though it was full of communists, corruption and subzero temperatures?
Natasha's Dance tells you all this and far more, much more than I can recall in one go. The name of the book, which is rather offputtingly esoteric, refers to a scene from War and Peace, which indicates what level of reader it is pitched at. This book is not a light read. There is so much information, you may find you need to stop to take a thinking break after every page just to take it all in. It is so rich that you may be overwhelmed if you haven't got at least a passing knowledge of Russia. If you're not vaguely familiar with at least a handful of names such as Tolstoy, Pushkin, Chekhov, Stravinsky or Akhmatova, you might find Natasha's Dance is a bit of an uphill struggle, and it might be better to start with a gentler climb, like Anna Karenina or Doctor Zhivago. But for those who know something about Russia and want to supercharge their understanding of the place and its people, this book is undeniably, uniquely, wonderful: a treasure trove.
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Interesting but would have been better with a good edit!,
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"Natasha's Dance" weaves a dense canvas of information round the average reader's ragbag of knowledge about Russia.
Figes begins with Peter the Great's attempt to drag Russia into the mainstream of European culture with the imposition of the classical style city of St. Petersburg on the marshlands of the River Neva. He contrasts this with Moscow and "Old Russia" based on the Eastern Orthodox Church, onion domes and icons, and the close ties with the land, and the sometimes romanticised simple life of the serfs. He traces the early attempts of some aristocrats, radicalised by fighting alongside their serfs against Napoleon, to introduce the democracy which Russia has never really been able to achieve. Then there is the strong influence of Asia, brought partly by the Tartars sweeping in across the vast steppes. The chapter I enjoyed most was "Russia through the Soviet lens" in which the authorities rejected "art for art's sake" and tried to use it as a tool to transform workers into efficient and compliant machines. The sense of loss of those who were forced into exile is moving, as is Stalin's crazy persecution of those who remained. Although I am very interested in the subject matter, I found this book hard going. It is quite longwinded and repetitious, as if the author himself sometimes loses sight of the wood for the trees in the vast amount of information he has gathered. There are too many overlong extracts from novels and romantic poems which now seem quite dated. However, I liked the inclusion of Akhmatova's poetry, perhaps because it conveys so vividly what it was like to live under the Soviet regime. Figes refers to a large number of lesser known writers and composers, no doubt in the interest of academic rigour but this is off-putting for the general reader - the names are hard to take in and we learn too little about them for it to be worth the effort. Perhaps this type of detail would have been better in a glossary at the end. Coverage of major figures is quite fragmented which can be confusing. The author's choice of whom to cover and in what depth seems quite arbitrary. I now have a much better appreciation of Stravinsky but Tchaikovsky gets far less mention than the female poet Tsetaeva who is no longer widely known. Although the book would have benefited from a thorough edit, on balance I recommend it for the wealth of fascinating anecdotes. To do it justice, it needs to be read a second time, possibly after a few months at least, to give time to absorb more of the detail - say to get a better grasp of the roles of Prokofiev as opposed to Shostakovitch.
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Figes is one of the most accessible and intelligent historians around,
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This is a cultural history of Russia over the past three centuries. Somehow Orlando Figes manages to draw together disparate concepts and unite them into a coherent view of a wonderfully unique culture. From peasant music and dance to classic literature and the affairs of the state, Figes delves into the heart of Russian culture to produce a work of supreme importance, both for students of Russian history, and those who wish to know more about the vivid, breathing entity that is culture. This is a readable but powerful work which seeks to create a lucid history of one of the biggest and most diverse countries in the world.
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This is one of the best books I have ever read. It is beautifully written, passionate, engaging, astonishingly well researched, but not in the slightest "academic" or dry in any sense. I have been to Russia once, but never knew a lot about the place, its literature, religions, or culture. Through Natasha's Dance I feel I have a handle on the place; now I would like to return there with this understanding and see it all again. Thank you Mr Figes for a real eye-opener and a marvellous page-turning read.
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Russian Identity; Asiatic Origins to European Aristocracy and Soviet Antipathy,
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Natascha's Dance by Orlando Figes's is a staggering and well researched panorama of the evolution of Russian culture as expressed in her literature, poetry, plays, music, and art over the centuries.
The book takes its title from a scene in Tolstoy's War and Peace in which the upper-class Natasha Rostov falls instinctively into the rhythms of a peasant dance. Figes employs this scene as a metaphor for his book's central theme which is the conflict between the European cultural ideals of the Aristocracy in St.Petersburg and an Asiatic Russianess as embodied in old Moscow, the rural traditions and the surviving folk styles of the peasantry. Figes's provides a remarkable exposition encompassing the changes from Holy Russia and The Old Believers schism, to the French influence as championed by Peter The Great's cultural revolution in the 18th century - his new European styled city of St.Petersburg and his demands that the Russian nobles speak French and drop their national costumery and beards, the conflict this gave rise to with old Moscow and the traditional expressions of Russian cultural identity. He explores the Mongolian and Tartar origins as rediscovered through Russian folk researchers into the arts and cultures of the Steepes, their uptake by the artists and musicians of the times - and moves on to the Soviet era with its Stalinist repressions of Art and individuality. Personally I found the last aspect of this study, the Stalinist repressions and the flight of the artistic emigre's, to be too intense and indepth for this book - I had wanted more of the earlier contextualization of what Russian identity and culture had been comprised of and how it had been expressed, shared and developed, before it was so dramatically destroyed. Despite my reservations over the latter aspect of this study, this book makes sense of an otherwise confusing array of diverse styles and cultural developments. A wonderful introduction to the developments and themes across Russia's cultural legacy. Recommended
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Well written,
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A very well written book but perhaps a bit narrow in scope. I thought that at times it perhaps focussed a bit too much on the author's personal tastes and I think some reviewers have said that there are some inaccuracies. Overall though I enjoyed reading it.
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Smit, 21, went 1-4 with 1 save and a 5.86 ERA in 18 appearances (8 starts) this season with Class A Fort Myers, including a 3.86 ERA in 10 games as a reliever (8er, 18.2ip). Last season with Class A Beloit, Smit went 7-2 with a 2.99 ERA in 34 appearances (13 starts). He was named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for August 7-13.
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Smit posted a 1.97 ERA in 2005. By Brad Weiss (Scout.com)
Posted Oct 16, 2005
Alexander Smit is the 2005 Elizabethton Twins Pitcher of the Year, as he was completely lights-out this past season. He was the main man in the Twins' bullpen, and the left-hander was basically untouchable the entire season. He is one of the main reasons why E-Town picked up the 2005 Appalachian League title.
Alexander Smit is the 2005 Elizabethton Twins Pitcher of the Year, as he was completely lights-out this past season. He was the main man in the Twins' bullpen, and the left-hander was basically untouchable the entire season. He is one of the main reasons why E-Town picked up the 2005 Appalachian League title.
Smit, who struggled as a member of the Beloit Snappers to begin the year, took his mid-season demotion in stride. He was mostly a starter for the Snappers, and his numbers were not very nice to look at. He went 1-7 in his ten starts before moving to the bullpen, where he went on to post a 1.50 ERA in four appearances.
He made his Elizabethton debut on June 21, and picked up the win in his 4.2 innings of relief. He struck out nine batters that day, and went on to strike out at least one batter in every single appearance for E-Town. His contributions to the team made him the number one option out of the pen.
He finished the year with a 6-1 record for the Twins, saving three games, and posting a 1.97 ERA in 21 appearances. He dominated Appalachian League hitters, striking out 86 of them in his 45.2 innings of work. He walked only 12 batters, while holding batters to a .157 batting average.
2005 was Smit's third season of professional ball, as he was used as mostly a starter throughout his first two seasons. He came into the year with a 4-1 professional record, posting a 1.76 ERA in his 14 appearances, including 12 starts. Last season, he was ranked the ninth best prospect in the Appalachian League by Baseball America.
At the end of the year, Smit was named to the league's post-season All-Star Team, making the team as the only Twins' player on the roster. Coming into the year, he was ranked the 20th best prospect in the organization by Baseball America, and should begin 2006 as a member of the Beloit Snappers once again.
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I will admit it. Until it became utterly ridiculous in its final season or two, I liked Sex and the City. (I never saw the movies.) Yes, it was crass and materialistic. Its female characters were mostly gays-manqués (well, it beats Albee, anyway). Kim Catrall has the range of an escargot. Etc. I won't bore you with all the caveats. That would take a while. But it was the sort of foofy, innocuous entertainment that plays well in the background when you're cooking or cleaning the house, and on occasion it even managed to be genuinely funny or genuinely sad. I mention this because Ross Douthat, one of the Times' stable of badly bearded homunculi, blithely used the show as an example of "the American entertainment industry"'s discomfort with abortion in a blithe column on "the unborn." It's worth noting that the entertainment industry is not so much uncomfortable with abortion as it is viciously opposed to women, which is why it spends so very much of its time kidnapping, raping, murdering, molesting, humiliating, and hating on them.
The storyline to which Douthat is referring involves Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), an attorney, getting pregnant by her at-the-time ex-lover and ultimately deciding to have the baby. On that brief description it does indeed seem to lend credence to Douthat's paltry thesis. She is a career woman, unmarried, not maternally inclined, and the pregnancy is an accident. Why, if the Industry weren't uncomfortable with abortion, she'd have had the little tumor extirpated ASAP! And indeed, in real life, a comparable, mid-career, unmarried, overworked, unmaternal partner in a Manhattan law firm probably would. Of course, in real life, the cheerleaders would not go padding about the house in their underwear without turning on the lights when a serial killer was on the loose. In other words, the nature of fiction is to have characters make decisions that advance a plot. Every sitcom, drama, and romantic comedy ever written would roll credits within ten seconds of the titles if characters behaved in the most expeditious, open, and honest manner. Narrative is a contrivance.
Miranda's fulfilled pregnancy and her eventual resumption of a relationship with the boy's father is a foil for a couple of other plots. Pertinently, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) has been trying without success to get pregnant with her husband, and Miranda's easy, accidental pregnancy is depicted in dramatic contrast--the inability of Charlotte to get what she so desperately wants is made more poignant. It's hard to stress enough how the demands of plot in serial writing drive these decisions and how little pertinence they have to the question of whether a stable of very gay, very traditionally liberal writers and producers are somehow uncomfortable with abortion. In fact, and this is the significant point, the writers use the occasion of this storyline to have Carrie and Samantha reveal that they have both had an abortion--Samantha at least two, if I remember correctly. Neither of them is especially troubled, although Carrie admits to some minor pang of regret at what might have been. "It was the right thing to do," both agree, matter-of-fact. What troubles Carrie is not that she has had an abortion, but that her boyfriend, if she tells him or if he otherwise finds out, will judge her harshly.
This is a good an unsubtle point about "discomfort" with abortion. What we really mean is that men hate female sexuality and are ever-eager to judge the sluts. Carrie is afraid that her boyfriend will consider her a whore, not that he will cite Catholic injunctions about the sacredness of the unborn. Douthat doesn't care or think deeply about the sacred potentiality of human life. The number of little sacred human potentialities ultimately frozen, discarded, and destroyed by the upper-class fertility industry employed by Melanie Thernstrom's "six failed in vitro cycles, an egg donor and two surrogate mothers, and an untold fortune in expenses" is immense, and yet it goes entirely unremarked and unnoticed, whereas an extracted blastocyst from a woman who, interesting interesting, happens to be poor and lacking "a script for sexual maturity," is definitely a daughter.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Infant Aside
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- Frederick said...
Murphy Brown
- ¯\(°_0)/¯ said...
I think last night's NFC West Championship game was the first nationally televised abortion.
- Anonymous said...
Further grist for your plot-argument mill. How would the alternative story go? A single, adult professional woman, presumably a liberal persuasion, with plenty of resources finds that she is pregnant and does not want to have a child. So, soon after finding out she is pregnant she has a no-muss-or-fuss 1 trimester abortion. BORING.
- Anonymous said...
I meant 1st trimester, not a one trimester long abortion.
- Anonymous said...
Is that what this is a picture of?
- LA Confidential Pantload said...
Au contraire, a one-trimester-long abortion would be a hell of a plot device.
- bish said...
"Knocked Up" is a perfect example of a movie that wouldn't exist if writers didn't create completely unbelievable character responses to a very commonplace situation. No way in hell a hard-charging LA(!)-based newsreporter would have a random's kid. That would be a fifteen-minute movie.
- Professor Coldheart said...
Meanwhile, the undocumented tragedy:
(1) Ross Douthat considers "Mad Men" a "libertine program," meaning he hasn't watched the last three seasons; and
(2) Aside from that, he has no more recent TV references than an HBO show that ended six years ago.
Someone buy the poor man a DirectTV dish. - 12:07 PM
- Happy Jack said...
Shorter Douthat : not enough white babies to adopt, segue into poetry corner.
- Anonymous said...
They're gonna kill that poor woman!
- fish said...
I think last night's NFC West Championship game was the first nationally televised abortion.
No truer words have ever been typed. - 12:38 PM
- mandt said...
'Catholic injunctions about the sacredness of the unborn"---- Far more interesting is Catholic injunctions about the undead, who comprise a gory act of real cannibalism, called transubstantiation. In pig Latin this term also means bring a pair of tennies to work even if wearing Manolo Blahniks---they're murder on fetuses.
- Anonymous said...
Dude, this sucks.
- K. Ron Silkwood said...
"one of the Times' stable of badly bearded homunculi"
The year is off to a good start. - 3:24 PM
- Inkberrow said...
I think I follow what Douthat's saying and agree with him for the most part, but I don't believe "discomfort" is the correct word to describe the entertainment biz attitude on abortion. "Comfort" is more like it, with the Cynthia Nixon "I'm Keeping It!" storyline a nod to supposed diversity, as if to remind us that the lifestyle/convenience calculus need not always end in abortion, Not That That's A Bad Thing.
Similarly, teevee writers these days will sometimes courageously let the black guy actually turn out to be the villain in the end, instead of the victim of Terrible Societal Assumptions. Once the social-engineeering default positions are well-established, exceptions are permitted to prove---and praise---the rule. - 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
If not for teevee shows, how will Inky's children ever be exposed to the idea of black men being criminals?
- Anonymous said...
meh. in think you read too much into ross doughheads ability to think. "the entertainment industry" (in a greater, more worthwhile, and infinately superior in every way-age it was called "show biz")cares nothing (as you point out) about "womens issues", which includes the Abortion one. They care ONLY about attracting the largest market share at "x" P.M. or A.M. If marketing data suggested that making the character agonize over the decision would attract more viewers, then so be it. If more viewers wanted her to do it with a can of pam and vaccum cleaner (if they can get it past the standards people)....voila. capitalism has no objective opinion on anything but profits.
- IOZ said...
There you're wrong, 3:57. The biz does care about prime time, and everyone wants to be number one in their time slot, but there is a powerful lot of money to be made in niches of all kinds.
- Anonymous said...
Yes,(and im not protesting that im probably wrong) but the marketing is done for each niche, in an attempt to capture the most total share. If they had wished to attract jackass/family guy niche, it would ahve been a slapstick coathanger joke. - 4:09 PM
- President Lando said...
How can you read Douthat? He's really, really creepy. Furthermore, he's not very bright. Why does the Times keep him around?
While I'm aware of the show, of course, I've never seen an episode of Sex in the City. How are moralistic conservatives so familiar with the show? And how about, "I saw an interesting program on MTV the other night."(!) The man is obsessed with sluts. - 6:56 PM
- zombie rotten mcdonald said...
Douthat doesn't care or think deeply.
Fixed it for ya. - 6:58 PM
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- Christopher said...
Prior to 1973, 20 percent of births to white, unmarried women (and 9 percent of unwed births over all) led to an adoption.
Really? Ross is just happy to throw that out there without saying a darn thing about the implications?
I liked this passage because not only is it a dishonest use of a statistic that can't actually prove Ross' thesis, it ALSO brings up some rather large unasked questions that distracted me from the rest of his column.
So, I go to an art school, and Ross really seems to use my system for writing papers, which is to ask "Does this fact support my thesis? Does my thesis even really make sense?" and then when the answer is "No and No" to just write the damn thing anyway and hope the TA doesn't read too closely.
I often wonder whether Ross is a genuine idiot, or just a guy trying to do the least work possible without getting fired. - 8:45 PM
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- Anonymous said...
Douthat is the most blatant closet case of his generation. I have a good feeling this will blow up in a hilarious way within ten years.
- Anonymous said...
IOZ, most of your commenters (dudes) seem really uncomfortable talkin' 'bout wimmin, and are apt to make posts about The Ladiez into posts about dudes. What are your thoughts? Mine involve castration fantasies and smug libertarian dipshits who hate women.
- The Mathmos said...
"It's worth noting that the entertainment industry is not so much uncomfortable with abortion as it is viciously opposed to women, which is why it spends so very much of its time kidnapping, raping, murdering, molesting, humiliating, and hating on them."
I'm straining to think up some alternate universe into which people go into places called "movie theaters" to watch something other than the things you've just listed.
Gender-equitable kidnapping, raping, murdering, molesting, humiliating, and hating? (I'd go for that.) - 12:29 AM
- Mr.Fundamental said...
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- Shlomo McCracken said...
In one part, you argue that the entertainment industry is anti-woman because of all the violence-on-female stories. In another part, you argument that the entertainment industry isn't squeamish on abortion because, c'mon, they're just stories.
You don't get. Either narratives tell us something about the underlying the writers' biases/squeamishness or they don't. Pick one. - 11:14 AM
- Mr.Fundamental said...
el oh el
shorter Dewthat: Hollywood has kinked itself a new fetish! an anti-abortion/pro-life fetish! he feels slighted, though doesn't realize it, then shows them - John Goodman style - WHAT AN ANTI-ABORTION/PRO-LIFE FETISH LOOKS LIKE!
mad lulz - 11:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
He's really, really creepy. Furthermore, he's not very bright. Why does the Times keep him around?
You've asked your question and answered it. See Thomas Friedman. - 11:56 AM
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Yesterday, we went over the top 20 shortstops for 2014 fantasy baseball and today we (hint: it's in the title) go over the top 20 3rd basemen for 2014 fantasy baseball. Now that we're knee deep in the 2014 fantasy baseball rankings we can get a better idea of how deep certain positions are. Martin Prado is 16th overall on the top 20 2nd basemen for 2014 fantasy baseball but 23rd here. Juan Francisco is 34th on the top 20 1st basemen for 2014 fantasy baseball, but 28th here. Quickly we can surmise that the 3rd basemen is shallower than the 1st basemen, but deeper than the 2nd basemen. Outfielders are obviously the deepest, and will be coming tomorrow, and, after that, positions rank from deepest to shallowest: 1st basemen, 3rd basemen, shortstops, 2nd basemen then catchers. Not much change from previous years, except for the flip-flop with the middle infielders. As always, my projections and tiers are noted. Oh, and if you don't believe the magic in my fingertips, here's the review of my rankings from last year. Anyway, here's the top 20 3rd basemen for 2014 fantasy baseball:
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Yesterday, it was the day of the pitcher. Since I started this blog, I can't remember a more pitcher dominated day. Did anyone get a hit yesterday in any game outside of Coors? Put on your long johns with the flap on the butt, the Dead-ball Era is back. Yesterday reminded me when I was in a heated battle for 1st place in my first fantasy league. The year was nineteen-naught-eight. Skeets Lincoln was a staunch racist, unlike his great-uncle, and I hated him for it, but my Gramsie said, "You're gonna get polio sitting on the radiator," and I realized how short life was so I grabbed Skeets and he went 1-for-4 with 4 steals (at that time there were seven bases between first and home). Yesterday, Kyle Lohse threw a gem, but, really, who didn't. He kept the Braves to two hits with no walks and five Ks. He ends the year with a 3.35 ERA and less Ks than a Klan rally as Skeets would've said. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Colicky Fuddruckers jumped three spots to become the third different overall leader in the last three weeks. They are running away with the title in Razz Canada, a league which includes Razzball writer Mike and yours truly. The Fuddruckers had the 6th pick in the draft and took Andrew McCutchen, followed by Adam Jones, Ryan Zimmerman, and B.J. Upton. 97 RBI from 5th round pick Allen Craig helped make up for those 3rd and 4th picks, as did the acquisition of Edwin Encarnacion for 7th and 8th picks Jonathan Papelbon and Jordan Zimmermann. With three weeks to go, the battle is heating up!
Please, blog, may I have some more?Avisail Garcia has been great the past few weeks, hasn't he? At this point in the season, I'm here to tell you that it's time to throw projections out the window (defenestration, yo!). This isn't to say that you should expect something completely unrealistic from a player, but it is ok to minimize any worry about regression. For example, can Avisail maintain the .800 OPS he's produced over the past month? Why not? And, am I allowed to answer a question with another question? This is my long way of saying that if a player is on a hot streak, it could absolutely continue for the rest of the season and doesn't "have to" regress. With that out of the way, I'll admit that I'm still deciding how I'll feel about Garcia for next year, but I believe he can be productive for the rest of 2013. Anyway, here are some players who can be better than expected in OPS leagues going forward:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Damn, the planets had all lined up for Jacoby Ellsbury to be overrated for 2014 fantasy baseball. 50+ bases and only four times caught (!). Some power (8 homers) and solid counting stats (89 runs; 52 RBIs). Seemingly repeatable numbers for 2014. All he needed to do was get through this season healthy so people would forget how he can't get through a season healthy. Then, he goes and injuring himself. Now when I say to avoid him next year, people are gonna think I actually have a point rather than being the cracked out of his mind guy who invented something this weekend that I will only share with you. It's really for our four girl readers, but since guys are likely to buy it for their women, here it is: a Segway vacuum cleaner. Think of it as a ride-along Roomba! Brilliant, I know. So, as of right now, Ellsbury's in a walking boot. That sounds terrific. Almost as good as Salvador Perez when a loved one is on their death bed. Ellsbury headed off to the Steadman Clinic for a second opinion — 'bout time he started bringing in some money for Oprah! — and Ellsbury was diagnosed with a compression fracture. Ellsbury's not going to be back until the playoffs, in the best case scenario. I'd absolutely drop him. In his place has been Jackie Bradley Jr., who can walk multiple times in one game! Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?The news is good, Allen Craig is in a walking boot and on crutches. Yay! Sorry, I should've said the news was good for people who don't own Allen Craig. *smacks forehead with palm of hand* Geez, I'm such a huckleberry! So, this means the new Cardinals first baseman is… Please, open door number one! Actually, all I see is his elbow. Could you open door number two, as well? Hmm, still missing his right side. Go ahead and open door number three, too. There he is… Matt Adams! I've teased Adams a lot about his girth and that ain't right, even if right and girth are anagrams. Adams isn't out of shape…if watermelon is a shape! The zaftig Madams will be playing first for as long as Craig can't and I'd grab Adams in all leagues where I needed power. He could hit five homers the rest of the way if Craig stays sidelined until the playoffs. As of right now, there's no word on how much time Craig will need. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?I remember reading the Cliff Notes for Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece and thinking, "From the moment Cliff Notes was invented, no one has actually read a classic novel. Therefore, ergo, henceforth, vis-a-vis, if I wrote a Cliff Notes book about a book that doesn't exist, I could invent a classic novel. I will call it 'Uncle Fritter' and have it take place during the 1908 World's Fair." These are the thoughts of someone who will one day run a fantasy baseball blog. Matt Dominguez is owned in 26% of ESPN leagues, which is absurd. Absurd, I tell ya! He has 19 homers and a .240 average. Look at Pablo Sandoval's stats, okay, now look at Dominguez's — now look at Sandoval — now Dominguez — Sandoval — Dominguez — dizzy yet? Look at Gyorko's ownership (86%) and his stats vs. Dominguez. Since we're all about the here and now at the end of the season, it doesn't really matter what Dominguez has done previously. It's about what he has done most recently — he has 4 homers in the last ten games and is hitting over .300 in the last week. If you're struggling for power, I'd absolutely grab him. Anyway, here's some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?The Pirates are in it to win it, y'all! Maybe too aggressive. Okay, the Pirates are in it to make it seem like they're in it to win it, y'all! Yeah, that's probably a closer approximation. If we're sitting here in October and saying the Pirates couldn't have won the World Series without the help of Marlon Byrd, I'll be a monkey's uncle and pay for my monkey nephew to go to college, which is a lot of money. Luckily, I think they can win it with or without Byrd, as a Nikki Dinki-hosted show would say. Thankfully, none of this matters for fantasy, so why are we even talking about it? I don't know, clunky expository question! Byrd will likely prop up the bottom of the Pirates lineup when he plays and prop himself onto the mascot's shoulder on off days. Byrd gains a tad bit of value with this move since the Mess offense was nothing to write home about unless you were locked up abroad and ran out of things to write on postcards, and 'Hitters Are Better Outside Of Metco' is a bumper sticker I don't own, but endorse. Also, going to the Pittsburgh Bucs is John Buck. Buck will change his New York nickname of "Midnight Cowboy" to "Swash," and steal some looks behind the plate from Martin. Going the other way is Dilson Herrera and a player to be named later. Unless that player is Andrew McCutchen, there's not a whole lot to talk about on the Mets receiving end. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Welcome into the Razzball Lounge, fantasy freaks. Here in the lounge we celebrated Razzball scribes like to kick back, relax, sketch Grey's mustache, debate Yasiel Puig and lament our fantasy baseball failures over a couple of scotch and sodas as we prepare for some football drafting here. What do you mean it's too early for scotch? It's 11 in the morning, Guru. Well, get me a Pop-Tart with it. On this lazy Sunday in the lounge we find Sky in a dark corner trying to decide where to rank Bilal Powell, "Isn't baseball season over yet? How many games do they play, like a 100?" Dropping his quarters into the jukebox is our resident bear or bull, JayWrong, "You guys should really pick up Jhoulys Chacin. Mind if I play Elvis Costello again?" *bottle smashes above head* Bellying up to the bar is our Podcast host and resident Canadian arguing with the bartender, "Whaddya mean you don't have Labatts? How am I gonna wash down this pickled egg, eh?" Meanwhile, in the ladies room we find the one and only Tehol mid fondle with a handsome honey he'll soon discover has an Adam's apple, "Uh, guys? GUUYYSS?!" And here at the pool table is your humble and almost as manly Guru preparing a list of ballers that are going to deliver you a fantasy baseball championship. *closes eye, takes aim, sinks eight ball in corner pocket, downs scotch* What are we doing here again? Oh yeah, it's time to jam it or cram it.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Because we don't like to leave anyone out here (yeah, right; I don't think 80% of the words I use would be made up if I wasn't trying to exclude anyone. I'm sure everyone that stumbles on the site is like, "Oh, yeah, he's a SAGNOF hot schmotato that was pulling a Kotchman with The Concusstador."), the title is referring to Phil Rizzuto commercials from the 80′s. I don't like to point out where anything comes from, to be honest, but Rudy thought it was necessary for non-NY'ers. I do like pointing out how I don't like pointing anything out, is that too meta for you? So, with that aside, um, aside, Scooter Gennett is calling a black man White and holy cow he's hot (hitting near .375 in the last week and over .400 in August with 3 homers). You know what Scooter is doing? He's playing hard in the dog days of the summer to prove he should have the starting job next year. From a fantasy perspective, I love that. If you can have a whole fantasy team of guys playing for a job, and playing well, you'll be okay during this time of year. Gennett also has some speed in his gams and won't hurt you on average. If you have a trouble area in the middle infield, I'd absolutely look at him. Anyway, here's some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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Baseball Cards In A Slump: Sales down 80 percent since 1991 (Fleer out of business)
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Re: Baseball Cards In A Slump: Sales down 80 percent since 1991 (Fleer out of business)
frankly, i am surprised Fleer and Donruss have lasted this long. whenever listing sets, both were "also rans" along with Score - in fact, Donruss was pretty much considered the laughing stock of the industry.
i think the industry has pretty much destroyed itself. way too many sets from too many companies, with too many "premium" sets. it was when Upper Deck came out that the days of the "One dollar and under" packs became extinct - even Donruss and Fleer charged high prices for their packs, which pailed in comparisson to Upper Deck and Topps.
myself, i still collect cards, but i focus on the older ones - though i do occassionally buy an Upper Deck Set, and have recently gone after some of the jersey and bat cards for Reds players. but the hobby will never reach the same magic is did from about '75-'84.
a thread a while back, i posted some images of my older cards. some day i hope to do the same again, though this time with some Reds cards of yesterdays gone.
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New York's Eating Scene Gets Cheap
Your answers in order might be: Yes, yes, and it was just too damn expensive.
Eating in New York is pricey, especially if you want to go for the complete experience at the high end. For the remainder of July, though, more than 200 of the city's restaurateurs will celebrate NYC Summer Restaurant Week by making their product more accessible to the hot-dog-cart-frequenting, subway-riding masses.
Meal prices are set at $24.07 for lunch and $35.00 for dinner. Sadly, that does not include beverages, tax, or tip.
The best aspect of Restaurant Week is that it is not confined to one neighborhood of the city or one type of cuisine. Diners can try funky fusion dishes at Vong's in Midtown, rub shoulders with New York tend-setters at the TriBeCa Grill, or swirl pasta on their forks at Centovini in SoHo.
It's probably best to get reservations at one of the many participating restaurants. That is unless you are prepared to pay a hefty bribe to the maitre d'.
Those who don't care for the heat of New York in summertime can wait for NYC Winter Restaurant Week, which is normally held in late January.
Photo via Flickr user Plate of the Day
Filed under: Festivals and Events, Food and Drink
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paul Jul 23rd 2008 1:12AM
I'm sorry, I thought the post title said it was getting cheap. $35 for a meal is cheap?


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A View To A Kill 0 comments
Feb 20, 2013 1:24 PMLet's recap the last Instablog EWA for this Grand Struggle between the bulls and the bears:
<- Weekly Bullish View: http://g14.picoodle.com/ltd/img14/5/1/7/aarc/f_141u_80f_ubk5c.png
<- Weekly Bearish View: http://g14.picoodle.com/ltd/img14/5/1/8/aarc/f_141u_24a_ubk5c.png
<- Daily EWA: http://g14.picoodle.com/ltd/img14/5/1/7/aarc/f_141u_469_ubk5c.png
For the bulls SnP500 is now starting to break above the Complex Continuation Inverted Head and Shoulders which has a nominal target of 1718 and is therefore the entry point for those who prefer to enter on breakout(s).
For the bears the expected 'false breakout' above the upper channel resistance started to happen yesterday and the expected breakdown started to happen today.
Who's going to win? Nobody knows for sure.
>> Weekly Bullish Chart: http://img15.imagefra.me/i52k/aarc/141u_163_ubk5c.png
>> Weekly Bearish Chart: http://img15.imagefra.me/i52k/aarc/141u_e41_ubk5c.png
>> Daily Chart: http://img15.imagefra.me/i52k/aarc/141u_3c4_ubk5c.png
Obviously, there is no winner yet. However, the impending Sequestration Fiscal Cliff will be in March 1, 2013 and so traders will expect a protective sell-off is going to happen before that date.
For trading purposes, this is the View for a Kill:
> Intraday Trading: http://img15.imagefra.me/i52k/aarc/141u_395_ubk5c.png
The Intraday 60min Chart clearly shows the Upper Wedge Resistance is the optimum entry for going short the SnP500. A breakdown below the Rising Wedge is considered another entry point for going short. For EW Analysis, it is better to wait for the b-wave up to make a short entry OR wait for a 1-2-3-4-5 run down to happen first then wait for an A-B-C pullback up to enter short.
For the bulls who might want to keep chasing this rally, an a-b-c down, preferably near the Lower Wedge Support can be used as an entry for going long but be sure to use very tight stops since a rising wedge is considered bearish by the majority of traders.
Trading Strategies:
There is no easy way to trade this Grand Struggle between the bulls and bears on the medium term but for the short-term basis the better course of action is to at least try shorting the markets with protective stop(s) above the Wedge Resistance and then let's see how it goes.
For me: I bought SSO last Jan 8, 2013 near the $62.38 bottom as indicated in the last Instablog of a shallow pullback down expectation with the gap up as a major support thus increasing my long positions from 115% to 120% with 90% as the Long-Term Portfolio with 30% short-term to medium-term trades. Right now, I am using a tight trailing stop for the 5% bought last Jan 8.
For the short-term basis I will try to go short ES once an a-b-c pullback up happens either today or tomorrow on lower time frames such as the 5min or 15min charts - to protect at least 1/3 of my long positions.
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