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Remember when Chris Cornell was cool and kind of awesome? Yeah, that was a long time ago. Since his days fronting alternative godfathers Soundgarden, Cornell's hair got gradually shorter and thus drained him like Samson of any of once compelling musical powers. He formed the forgettable Audioslave with the guys from Rage Against The Machine who aren't Zach De La Rocha and after that he embarked on an embarrassing and increasingly terrible solo career that culminated in his attempt to be Justin Timberlake with 2009's Scream produced by Timbaland. That's right, the guy who once sang "Jesus Christ Pose" was working with the guy who twiddled knobs for Pussycat Dolls. Anyway, Cornell is rebounding somewhat. He's back with the boys in Soundgarden and has begun making steps into writing music for movies, having penned "You Know My Name" for Casino Royale, which brings us to his latest work, "The Keeper" for "Machine Gun Preacher."
Relativity Media announced that the song from Marc Forster's upcoming Oscar hopeful has landed online today, and if you purchase the digital download in the next 24 hours at Cornell's site, proceeds will go to Sam Childers' Angels Of East Africa charity. From tomorrow onward, you can buy it at iTunes. So how does the song fare? Compared to what Cornell has done recently, it's the best thing he's done in a long, long time even though it's pretty lyrically on the nose, and a compositionally safe and familiar song. It kind of sounds like a song Eddie Vedder would have scrapped, but it's hardly offensive and does what it's supposed to.
If you did like what you hear and want the full "Machine Gun Preacher" experience, you can get the full soundtrack on Tuesday, September 20th featuring 15 pieces written for the film by Asche & Spencer performed by the 60-piece Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. If you live in New York and Los Angeles, the film opens on September 23rd and it will roll out to more cities in the weeks that follow. The film will premiere first at TIFF in September. Listen to Cornell's tune below.
WhiskeyRiver | March 12, 2013 1:49 PM
Ya know,..I dont get it.Ive been a fan of Chris Cornell's since I first heard him in Soundgarden,and I have enjoyed each of his different moves through the world of music.I dont get anti-Chris if he doesnt do another album in the exact same style either.It's his voice that I enjoy,and the song is just a bonus for me. Its his life,and if he wants to go this way or that,..fine by me.I like this song,and I also like the album Scream.
Why shit on someone else when you cant do what he doe,...and you cant.No one can.
The Playlist | September 28, 2011 3:58 AM
@ertugrul/peitero Is that Latin?
peitero | September 28, 2011 3:36 AM
and when he comes wit a new album, will s gonna rock ur world, you heathens'
ertugrul | September 28, 2011 3:30 AM
im telling all of you f..cking id...ts those who don't like his voice or music,
is there anyone who tells anthing about an artist that you love. the answers is no. so dont come here and write anything. go whereever u like.
there is no need for you to write any curse swear or fcked up words.
my word is not for the critisizers who do it in a positive way, for the rest
and soundgarden reunioned and gonna release an album in 2012 look at wiki
Ashtré | September 13, 2011 3:29 AM
This is what happens when you let a hipster run his mouth about music. FYI: Been a Cornell fan since Superunknown, and Scream DID suck, with the exception of Two Drink Minimum. Obviously he made the album in an effor to further his career as a sexer of women. But he's Chris Cornell, and he pisses excellence. So I forgive him. And yeah, this article is riddled with inaccuracies, and not just opinion based ones. The true fans know. Prattle on, hipster.
Cal | September 12, 2011 12:44 PM
Hang on there, Doc. The "opinion" which that reader said was "disgusting "was nothing to do with Chris Cornell. It was a reaction to Kevin Jagernauld's "I hate children" remark.
He probably wasn't serious, at least I hope he wasn't - but why make such a bad-taste joke when people were just trying to point out that the song benefits a children's charity? If caring about kids makes a man a cheeseball, go tell that to Sam Childers.
Doc Watson | September 11, 2011 12:56 PM
Haha wow, it looks like Cornell gained himself some truly moronic fans during the last few years. The guy is allowed an opinion you fascists. If someone doesn't like some shitty music that you like, suck it up and get on with your lives instead of attacking him like an ignorant mob
Doc Watson | September 11, 2011 3:11 AM
"Nobody was attacking this writer for his opinions"
"Then do us the favor to shut up and keep your disgusting heartless opinion private"
And there's about 20 other comments to that effect from other people who probably keep a signed photo of Chris under their pillow along with his nail clippings and a lock of hair dating back to the Scream tour
This kind of en masse attack always happens on any internet site where people are allowed to comment on a negative review and you people should probably treat this as a chance to become self-aware and quit being so dumb
The Playlist | September 11, 2011 1:51 AM
There's nothing to research. You guys were attacking his opinion, face it. You're super upset with the fact that he think Cornell is terrible now (and lord he is, a lot of people who loved Soundgarden now think this -- he's a total cheeseball).
The thing about his hair, is hilarious. Only a crazy fan would mention it. He's been away from movies for a few years, so that's accurate.
Jane | September 11, 2011 1:39 AM
Nobody was attacking this writer for his opinions - as far as I can see, most are most taking issue with this poorly researched article. To imply Cornell has "begun making steps into writing music for movies" as some sort of damage limitation exercise when in fact he's been writing mainstream film music for 20 years is the biggest inaccuracy I can see here, though there are several others.
Obviously the writer didn't enjoy Cornell's "Scream" album. But to use a brand new charity song as an excuse to write an article which aims rubbish an artist's career is churlish. And reacting to critical readers with such a lack of professionalism just makes matters worse.
Kimberly | September 8, 2011 9:14 AM
Wow, the immaturity of this blogger, Kevin Jagernauth is staggering. He only seems to write about superficial qualities, such as Chris' hair and misses the whole point of the song. But, his responses in the comments are completely unprofessional & juvenile and remove any doubt regarding the nonexistence of his professional standards. This is not a website worth visiting.
Cal | September 8, 2011 7:28 AM
I think the real problem here is that you think you're a cut above the general public, don't you, Kevin? Which is why you think it's A-OK to sit in judgement on others and raise your own scuzzy opinions to a level above everyone else's scuzzy opinions while typing tennage crap that would get you sent to the Principal if you were back in high school. Try being honest with yourself for a change. You don't like artists, you don't like their fans, and you don't like having your glib generalisations challenged.
Lene | September 8, 2011 6:06 AM
You find yourself very cryptic and wise, right?
Sorry to disappoint you but for me it looks like your living in your own illusory world with a huge loss of reality..
monkeybombs | September 8, 2011 2:05 AM
This review lost all credibility as soon as the length of the artist's hair was mentioned. Go work for TMZ.
I think The Keeper is a brilliant tribute to this movie and the storyline. I proudly donated to support both the artist and the charity. Thank you.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 11:30 AM
It's called.......INCEPTION.
Rose | September 7, 2011 11:20 AM
So now you begin to attack Chris Cornell fans....something tells me this was your true intention and maybe put up to do this! First thing first, if this is the only article you could find to attack Chris, then you were put up to it because this has been going on for years by jealous people and he has written songs for other causes and movies and you chose this one??? That right there says a lot. Your snide remarks are only proving to us who you really are. Yes this is an opinionated article, but the comments we leave are also are opinion! Did you think you were going to get positive feedback on this? You obviously didn't pay people enough or those that agree with you had better things to do than waste their time like I am doing right now. But see, here is the thing...if we let people like you rant your opinions without feedback, then people wouldn't know the true person Chris Cornell is with us responding! Some how I think you knew this was going to happen. Obviously you are lacking in the attention department. Try being nicer and if you don't have anything nice to say, especially about those in need of help just to live a decent life, then don't say anything at all. Didn't someone in your life ever say that to you? Enjoy this fame you are receiving right now....as for me, I would have rather not said anything....cause its the nice thing to do!
j.a.lindberg | September 7, 2011 9:56 AM
Hey, the Playlist- Hard to believe you would let any journalist use your "Guide" to spew his personal hatred of anyone. Is that what you're all about, or does it just look that way? He seems greatly intimidated by Chris Cornell. He obviously comes up short shall we say, in his own mind, because this WAS very personal. Nothing said about the situation, events, or film this song represents. He added insult to injury with the "Simpson's" cartoon, making light of the cruel and dangerous lives this children lead, and the man who's given himself to their cause. This was not only an insult to Chris Cornell, and to that cause but to the human heart. If this is the kind of critter use choose to represent you all, I won't be stopping here again.
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firstname.lastname@example.com | September 7, 2011 8:49 AM
Writing these scathing remarks about such an immense and beautiful talent, and generous heart, makes your piece sound like a personal vendetta rather than an intelligent critique. In your eagerness to insult Chris you have nothing to say about the enormously sad situation that inspired him to write this beautiful song. Unfortunately what you don't see here is that this article says so many unpleasant, and unattractive things about you, and and next to nothing about the very gracious Chris Cornell!
Lene | September 7, 2011 6:46 AM
Why is that important?
You bash against a song for a good cause from singer Chris Cornell.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 6:37 AM
This is a very serious question: are any of you Gerard Butler fans too?
Lene | September 7, 2011 6:20 AM
Then do us the favor to shut up and keep your disgusting heartless opinion private
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 6:12 AM
I hate children. Obviously.
Lene | September 7, 2011 6:11 AM
PLUS: How do you come to critize and bash against music for a good cause?
Its for innocent children whose parents are the poorest of the poor.
Who bashes against such a cause is an unrespectful person without a heart.
And with knowing that you even make JOKES about that makes my assumption that your without respect and heart even more evidenced.
Lene | September 7, 2011 5:55 AM
How I hate this comparison between Soundgarden, Audioslave and CCs solo work.
Damn not everybody has to love and adore everything CC does like I do but why always judge and talk it down?
Soundgarden isnt Audioslave and isnt CC solo work. Why isnt it allowed to like different styles of music and then MAKE different styles of music???
I just dont get it!!
Please explain!
mr. fact checker | September 7, 2011 5:49 AM
Dear The Playlist,
You make a very good point that your site is devoted to op-ed pieces, and that opinion cannot be inaccurate. Much of the article on Chris Cornell is opinion, but not all of it. There are, in fact, two inaccuracies which cannot hide behind the cloak of "opinion." To attempt to hide in that way only hurts your standing as a journalist. Though these inaccuracies are minor, there are inaccuracies:
1. "Since his days fronting alternative godfathers Soundgarden, Cornell's hair got gradually shorter..."
In fact, since fronting Soundgarden, his hair got longer, then shorter, then longer, then shorter, etc.
2. "He's back...and has begun making steps into writing music for movies"
In fact, as was pointed out by other commenters, he's been writing music for movies, pretty sporadically but consistently, for more than 20 years.
In short, don't sell your inaccuracies as opinions. It only cheapens your opinions.
jillsiepoo | September 7, 2011 5:36 AM
This article should have started like this: "Remember when dissing artists used to be cool and kind of awesome?" Mainly because those who do are usually armchair musicians or (even worse) cyber critics who don't have the energy or talent to create art themselves.
It's obvious by the posted cartoon and the hair comment that we are dealing with someone who got picked on in high school.
BTW, Cornell started writing for movies years ago and has continued to collaborate on many projects because his expertise and genius continue to be recognized.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 5:26 AM
Chris Cornell has ugly hair. I wonder if its a wig?
Cal | September 7, 2011 5:26 AM
Oo-er, love your idea of logic, Kevin. By that rule, lots of hits doesn't mean you have a quality article here. Just one that's attracting all the wrong sort of attention. Probably for the same reason as Lady Gaga's meat dress - because it stinks. Good one, though - you're doing a great job of showing yourself up as bitchy, shallow and arrogant.
warriorwoman25 | September 7, 2011 5:25 AM
My comment was buried in a link to the song so I'm reposting it here .... since comments are once again capable of being posted:
Beg to differ, but there are a few inaccuracies in this article.
You must not be all that familiar with Chris Cornell's solo contributions. You site only "The Keeper" and "You Know My Name" as tracks that Cornell has written for movies. Can I also point out that "Seasons" and "Sunshower" both Cornell classics from back-in-the-day, were also his contributions for the movies "Singles" and "Great Expectations". The song "Disappearing Act" was a contribution to the movie "Bugs". While I'm particularly fond of that song, the movie wasn't so great.
Having listened to "The Keeper", I have to say that my original thought was classing this song alongside both "Seasons" and "Sunshower". "The Keeper" has that same vibe. You need to check out YouTube videos of Cornell's accoustic "Songbook" solo tour from this last April/May. He was fantastic and all his shows were sold out. And as an add-on ..... have you seen Cornell's hair lately? It's past his shoulders.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 4:59 AM
Lady Gaga's tours sell out in 5 min. That means she is a much better musician and ARTIST than Cornell right?
You guys are hilariously delusional. Thanks for the hits though. Please share this link with your friends.
Julie | September 7, 2011 4:56 AM
Very sad that a great song for a great cause got lost in a pieceof shoddy journalism. Pretty decent at the back handed compliments Mr Author. Most of Cornells solo tours sold out in under 6 minutes. I would say that makes a statement loud and clear as to the man having quite a following of yes, both men and women. You might know that if you actually went to a Cornell concert, auduoslave concert or a Soundgarden show. Trash journalism at it's best here.
Ines M | September 7, 2011 4:49 AM
Sir you are a joke, you might as well delete your article along with the comments, the childish way you have chosen to respond to some of your readers shows how serious your job is to yourself. I read your article by chance so i am sure i won't be reading any others from you anytime soon but hopefully next time you'll take your time to research a little bit more and stick to topic.
Be nicer to your readers specially when they are right!
Cal | September 7, 2011 4:32 AM
I was one of those whose comments were deleted.
I still think you are talking out of your arse, sir. As you say, everyone's got one. Carry on sounding like one.
The Playlist | September 7, 2011 4:30 AM
"innacurate!" cried the babies. I CLOSED out the comments. Which would have meant no more comments. I admitted that they were accidentally deleted, what more do you want?
But feel free to call the Internet police if you like.
jillsiepoo | September 7, 2011 4:28 AM
BTW, this has got to be a first, pulling the comments because of annoyance.
That makes me feel, well, annoyed.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 4:23 AM
This is what I said specifically about the song: "It's the best thing he's done in a long, long time even though it's pretty lyrically on the nose, and a compositionally safe and familiar song. It kind of sounds like a song Eddie Vedder would have scrapped, but it's hardly offensive and does what it's supposed to."
Jane | September 7, 2011 4:20 AM
So, you are entitled to an opinion on this but others are not to express theirs? Isn't that contradictory?
I'm sure everyone would take your point about free speech, but my own point is this: I read more here about your personal opinions of Chris Cornell's past work than I did about the new song and the associated movie. This is especially inappropriate given the charitable context of the song, as others have also pointed out. I'm disappointed to see you seek to trivialise that aspect of the song, just as you have sought to trivialise Cornell's career as a musician and discredit the opinions of those who have disagreed with you.
Sorry, I just can't see how this is in any way appropriate or professional.
tonikaras | September 7, 2011 4:20 AM
Then please do command on the movie and the song! LOLYou wrote a page of old news boring to say the least and very little of todays news! And on your commands are u making fun of those children in need? What else can i think w the respond u send me!
jillsiepoo | September 7, 2011 4:10 AM
Chris Cornell's career is brilliant and has spanned two decades. He continues to write and perform with a passion and energy very few in his business have ever achieved at their peak. Of course the blog is subjective, but it is also misleading.
One of the crass comments that was deleted called anyone who liked his music a fangirl. That is demeaning and inaccurate as there are always just as many male fans in the audience or who buy his music as there are women.
The catalog Chris Cornell has acquired during his career has real masterpieces in every cd or collaboration he has contributed to. Don't dismiss that because it wasn't fully explored by the author.
ToniKaras | September 7, 2011 3:55 AM
Now we know what an eloquent journalist u are- - personal bashing and cartoons u just prove my point. Not to mention real journalist and press will never erase commands of their readers.I guess freedom of speech only pertains to you! Done waisting my time have a nice day!Feel free to erase anything i may have said that doesn't suit you!
The Playlist | September 7, 2011 3:50 AM
I closed out the comments because I was becoming annoyed with the feedback calling the article inaccurate, etc., that's our prerogative. In doing so I accidentally deleted all the comments on the page. Your Chris Cornell fanclub can continue all you want, but remember we reserve the right to close out the comments any time we wish.
There are zero inaccuracies in this article because it's an opinion piece and you may not agree with those opinions, but opinions are like assholes and everyone has them. If and when you run this site you can force us to have "objective reporting," until then we'll continue to provide what we've provided since day one which is op-ed like film news and movie coverage.
Jane | September 7, 2011 3:45 AM
Nice to see the comments form back on this page - but last time I looked there were many more comments pointing out the inaccuracies in your article. Why did you remove them? It would be nice to see some objective reporting on this topic rather than opinionated writing, most of which has nothing to do with the song in question.
Kevin Jagernauth | September 7, 2011 3:29 AM
tonikaras | September 7, 2011 3:27 AM
By attacking the children i meant hurting the cause Sorry for my English second language but my message to you i believe is loud and clear!
ToniKaras | September 7, 2011 3:21 AM
Have you thought in your unreasonable hatred against Chris Cornell you been attacking the children and a great cause?!! Have u been blinded so much by your hate that you do not see that? Same on you!!! This is not only an attack on Chris but on children who desperately need help!!!!!! Congratulations!!! You are the lowest of the low!!!!


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Cops are still on the rampage
Police in Houston Perform a body cavity search on two women in bikinis.
When does it end?
no protection from search and seizure
The 4th Amendment of the constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
when will we be here?
Alcohol used to be illegal and at that time pot was totally legal, now its the reverse. These things just go in and out of fashion I guess. (link)
WTF is going on in Istanbul? Here's a personal account. (link)
Liam Neeson hates kids. (link)
Isn't it weird that six corporations control 90% of the media in the U.S.? That means six companies control almost everything on television, radio, cable and everything on the news. We the people are either the slumbering giants or the lost sheep heading to the slaughter. (link)
You can't worship without an alter. (link)
I guess people don't want to get involved because no good deed goes unpunished. 1 in a 1000 people would die from the flu. Now 1 in a 1000 die from red meat. (link)
The New England Journal of Medicine takes a look at 200 years of patterns of permanent endings. (link)
When it rains this much, Subway rats start riding the trains. (link)
The answer. (link) What's the question?

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Sin City Fun
One of the pleasures of living in the City of Entertainment is all the, wait for it......Entertainment. Heath and I have enjoyed so many awesome shows and days of fun. I remember one of the first days we lived together officially he asked me, "Do you like roller coasters?". Ummmmm, obviously! We hopped in the car and rode the coaster at the New York, New York until we were sick. I've seen almost every CIrque show, tons of comedy and lots of good bands. One of the recent things Heath and did was sign up for Fillaseat. Basically you can see shows in Vegas for free because they want the audience to be full. It makes the people who paid feel like they got a better value.
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Bill Keller Resigns as NY Times Editor, Reporter Hails His 'Great Journalistic Distinction.' Really?
In a surprise announcement, Bill Keller is resigning as New York Times executive editor as of September 6. He will be replaced by Jill Abramson, the paper's managing editor, Jeremy Peters reported on nytimes.com Thursday morning.
Keller will still write for the paper: "As for Mr. Keller's plans, he said he was still working out the details of a column he will write for the paper's new Sunday opinion section, which will be introduced later this month."
Abramson will be the first woman to run the Times newsroom in the paper's 160-year history. For Abramson, the Times is holy writ:
Ms. Abramson said that as a born-and-raised New Yorker, she considered being named editor of The Times to be like "ascending to Valhalla."
"In my house growing up, The Times substituted for religion," she said. "If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth."
More about Abramson's views later.
Peters claimed Keller "ran the newsroom during eight years of great journalistic distinction but also declining revenue and cutbacks throughout the industry."
Really? That period (Keller took over from Howell Raines, of Jayson Blair infamy) has contained some obvious journalistic lowlights, like the paper's exposing and wrecking of two successful anti-terrorist programs, one of wiretapping terrorist suspects in the United States, in December 2005, the other of monitoring suspicious international banking transactions in June 2006, which even the paper's public editor eventually admitted was wrong.
Keller pompously defended his paper on the latter while throwing red meat to his paper's liberal readership: "...it's an election year, beating up on The New York Times is red meat for the conservative base....This is the most secretive White House we've had since the Nixon White House."
During the 2008 presidential campaign, the Times ran an unsubstantiated front-page hit piece on Republican candidate Sen. John McCain inferring he had an affair, a story so fact-free even fellow liberal media members criticized it. Vicki Iseman, the woman named by the Times, sued the paper, which ran a "Note to Readers" clarifying "The Times did not intend to conclude, that Ms. Iseman had engaged in a romantic affair with Senator McCain."
A now-notorious 5,000-word lead story in August 2006 took the side of local prosecutor Michael Nifong, who attempted to railroad three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a stripper Crystal Mangum. The players were officially declared innocent in April 2007, and Nifong went to jail.
More recently, there was the paper's disreputable tarring of Sarah Palin, anti-illegal-immigration activists, and conservatism in general as bearing blame for Jared Loughner's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson.
Times Watch has also compiled a few of Keller's personally less-than-stellar moments since he replaced Howell Raines as editor in June 2003:
In November 2007, Keller unleashed his liberalism on a friendly London audience, going to town on a Bush administration that "has subsidized propaganda at home and abroad...discouraged dissent," attacking "hate-mongering radio broadcasts," and declaring even after the troop surge that "We have a war going very badly in Iraq."
More recently, Keller defend his paper spilling on the front page U.S. diplomatic secrets via the leftist-anarchists at WikiLeaks.
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- "I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think of a more cynical slogan than 'Fair and Balanced'." -- From a speech on March 3, 2011.
- "Lunch at the Four Seasons is always a high point. Today it's my weekly tete-a-tete with Bill O'Reilly. He's really not the Neanderthal blowhard he plays on TV. He's totally in on the joke." -- From a January 30, 2009 "Q&A" session on nytimes.com.
- "Fox is an interesting question. There is a kind of unspoken non-aggression pact among media that they don't beat up on each other. Fox tends to be the exception in our business. You know, [L.A. Times executive editor] John Carroll...gave a speech in the spring, and most of which was devoted to Fox News. And in there he argued that what they do isn't really journalism, it's pseudo-journalism, and he defined a number of characteristics that meet his standard of what is journalism, including making a real effort to correct your mistakes when you are confronted with them. And he said that Fox doesn't meet that test. I have to say that, as somebody who watches Fox from time to time, I agree with him." -- Appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, September 1, 2004.
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Keller certainly made a name for himself.
Submitted by Boil It Down on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:56pm.
It's just not a name used in polite company. A newspaper of integrity would have uncerimoniously removed him long ago. Now, what will they do about the rest of the famous personel at the NY Times who shame and embarrass them on a daily basis? Yeah..... they'll be rewarded. -bidn-
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"In my house growing up...
Submitted by sherlock1 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:58pm.
"In my house growing up... If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth."
I wonder when her parents are going to tell her about Santa. They should really do that first.
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...or the Bible
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 1:17pm.
You ought to hear her speak sometime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RHWrCZlppw
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OMG. I thought that was a voice-over parody.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 2:50pm.
She makes Liz Taylor sound like a hillbilly.
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What happened to...
Submitted by Rukus on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 1:31pm.
"More about Abramson's views later." ?
Or did you mean in a later article? I'm confoozed!
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The "NEW" NYTs Slogan
Submitted by downstateinabluestate on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 2:42pm.
All the news we deem fit to publish.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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Bill Keller was my boss,,
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 2:49pm.
Yes, a man ALSO named Bill Keller was my boss, and an owner of a very successful furniture manufacturer in the Mid-West, a veteran, and a prouder American youd have a hard time finding. He passed away a few years ago, but I have a feeling this man is perpetually spinning in his grave watching a clown like this Bill Keller bashing Fox, America, and like his papers done, the troops!
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Jill Abramson
Submitted by Caringwhiteguy on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 3:12pm.
Jill Abramson - - A face for radio, a voice for print.
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Thats how I describe Joy Behar
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 5:08pm.
Cause if you print her crap in the NY Slimes, then you can chose not to read this rag sheet, just as millions have decided recently!
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Submitted by MoYo on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 3:34pm.
I guess swapping Abramson for Keller just means they decided to get a real woman to do the job.
In any case, will it now become sexist to refer to the rag as the 'Old Grey Lady?'
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The Absolute Worst
Submitted by Bourbeau on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 7:31pm.
Every field has it's absolute worst participant. As far as editors of major media conglomerates go, Bill Keller is it. He was dishonest with his readers; he was dishonest when interviewed; he was shamelessly biased in the Time's coverage; and was likely equally dishonest in any contribution he made to the ediortial board. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Keller ran NYT for eight
Submitted by jdhawk on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 12:27am.
Keller ran NYT for eight years. Eight years ago, the stock of the NYT was over $50. Today, it is about $7.50. Their sales have been cut in half over this period. They lost money 3 out of the last 5 years. They used to pay their stockholders a divident - no more.
When I see a NYT, I rush it to the trash bin. Where it belongs.
My hope for the NYT is that Abramson does to the NYT what Couric did to CBS . . . .
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Rovezzi's Ristorante-Sturbridge
- Address:
2 School St
Fiskdale, MA 01518Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
Rovezzi's Ristorante-Sturbridge
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.rovezzis.com/
- Phone: 5083470100x
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Tuesday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm,
Friday & Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm,
Sunday: 4:00 - 8:00pm
Available Mondays for functions and catering only
Our entire facility is available for daytime use as a company retreat or meeting space, with lunch and breakout service.
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean
- Executive Chef: Christopher Rovezzi
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wine
- Catering: Take the stress out of event planning by choosing Rovezzi's chefs to cater your next party. From business lunches and seminars to social events of all types, Rovezzi's staff will assist in planning your menu, expertly prepare your culinary selections and deliver everything you need to make your day a success.
- Private Party Facilities: Rovezzi's offers venues which can accommodate events and functions from 10 to 350 guests. Whether it's a rehearsal dinner, bridal or baby shower, weddings, award dinners, corporate meeting, presentation or a casual get-together, we have the right room for you.
Our venue in Sturbridge holds up to 50 people. Our new venue in Southbridge, LaSalle Hall, has 2 spaces. The newly renovated Tuscan Room holds up to 120 guests, the grand hall upstairs up to 250. Please allow us to cater your next event.
- Private Party Contact: Erica Foley 508 380 5181x
- Special Events: Wine dinners, Ladies Nights and other events will be posted to Facebook
A word from Rovezzi's Ristorante-Sturbridge
The Rovezzi family has been in the restaurant business for more than 40 years. We are proud to note Chef Chris Rovezzi is the winner of the 2012 Worcester Area Best Chef competition. Unrivaled attention to ingredients and flavor is what makes Rovezzi's the absolute favorite dining experience for many Central Massachusetts residents. Rovezzi's offers traditional Italian cuisine with an innovative and creative flair. And the majority of our service staff have been with us for many years, taking pride in the Rovezzi fare and striving to match Chef Chris' attention to ingredients and flavor with our attention to your experience as our guest.Continued
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Rovezzi's Ristorante-Sturbridge reviews from OpenTable diners
66 reviews since May 4, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.1
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (35)neighborhood gem (31)fit for foodies (30)romantic (25)notable wine list (19)good for groups (15)vibrant bar scene (9)hot spot (8)great for lunch (6)great for outdoor dining (2)great for brunch (2)late-night find (1)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/30/2014We have never been here before and we were pleasantly surprised at how good the food was!!! The portions were a little on the smaller side for anyone with a healthy appetite. We will definately be coming back and recommending to friends and family...........Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 8/30/2014Noisy but great service and food very good not sure what the complaints were about in past but did not see anySpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice placeAjb1Dined on 8/30/2014Great place to meet good food nice atmosphere. We are from Ma and we have met our friends from Ct here a few timesSpecial Features:
- Visit to Rovezzi's.TSLSVIPDined on 8/30/2014We visited Rovezzi's on a Saturday night. Food was very good The Caprese salad starter was very fresh and among the best I have ever had. Soup of the day choice seemed a little strange - corn chowder - would have liked a more Italian style soup as a choice. Gnocchi was very good as were the scallops carbonara style. Service was good until end of meal, took quite some time for dessert and check, but several large parties had been seated. Overall, a very good experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Big Thumbs upNYCOutlawDined on 8/22/2014Group of four, arriving late from NYC. Seated immediately. Stellar hostess. Stellar waitress. Made my day with a kicking no vodka xtini (signature cocktails). Found a new favorite drink. Friends had leftovers for lunch and still raved. In summary: Fabulous seasonal foods. Excellent pasta dishes. Excellent seafood. Nice bar.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/16/2014The most savory food and seasonings that we have tasted in a long time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Jennifer A.OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/16/2014Went for my fiancé's birthday and asked for a romantic spot, definitely got my way! Loved the family, yet high-class feel of the entire restaurant. Overall, delicious food, great atmosphere... You won't be disappointed!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a HitDavisDined on 8/16/2014We celebrated my husband's birthday by having dinner at Rovezzi's Saturday night. Friends told us about this restaurant 15 years ago when we moved to Tolland, Ct and we have been eating there ever since. We expect the food to be excellent and we are never disappointed. Occasionally we decide to eat there at the last minute. If it happens to be a weekend we know we will not get a table without a reservation so we sit at the bar. It is a very comfortable setting and usually results in conversations with the bartenders and other patrons who are also eating at the bar. We always leave feeling that we have been well taken care of.Special Features:
- Best in SturbridgeOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 8/9/2014Rovezzi's has it all. Great food paired with just the right wine suggestions, impeccable service, inviting atmosphere. There's nothing better in Sturbridge.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Rovezzislove2dinebynineDined on 8/9/2014We really love the Bruschetta, most of the italian things we'v had are very good...I ordered fish once and it was like a hunk of rubber. You couldn't even get a fork into it. It seems that your visit really depends on the server you get. We always ask for Tami or Shannon. Both extremely professional and friendly as well as efficient.Special Features:
- Great foodmichaelDined on 8/5/2014Dinner was fantastic . Service is good. Staff is knowledgeable . Looking forward to our next visit.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An underwhelming visit.UnderwhelmedDined on 8/2/2014My first visit to Rovezzi's proved to be underwhelming. After hearing wonderful reviews about the food I had some disappointing occurrences. First, my water glass had a lipstick mark on the edge. The edge of the wall was very dirty. Our appetizer was so spicy that we could not taste the cherry clams nor the mussels. My entree was good but 3 scallops for a $23 meal was not right! My dining partner had veal parmigiana that was just OK. It was far from outstanding - little on the dry side. For dessert we had the Creme Brûlée. Although it was tasty, it was not real custard. It appeared to be a pudding. I would have thought that a high-end restaurant would know how to bake a "real" custard. All in all my visit to Rovezzi's was disappointing.Special Features:
- Great Food and servicewineanddine915VIPDined on 7/29/2014Great Food. I had the Bruschetta for an appetizer and it's always delicious but this time was extraordinary due to the butter toasted side. Delicious.
- Excellent Food; Energetic Night OutDandPVIPDined on 7/26/2014Rovezzi's delivers great food from the amazing bread served with olive oil to novel and well prepared salads and entrees. Scallops were seasoned to perfection, served on an amazing puree of vegetables. Smashed potatoes excellent. A good place for small and larger parties. A lovely private room can be used as a function room for a not-too-large private party.Special Features:
- Service slowbostonbonnieDined on 7/26/2014On an only slightly busy Saturday night we found the service to be really slow. The food quality far exceeded the service level, particularly the innovative brussel sprout salad. Especially slow toward the end of service, dessert and the check took roughly 45 minutes and left us with a damper on our otherwise very good meal.Special Features:
- Night OutOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/29/2014I found the food to be very good but I found the prices were more than I wanted to spend. Very pricey.Special Features:
- YumDonnaDined on 6/29/2014The ever changing menu is one reason to return again and again to Rovezzi's. Each time I go I can can get something different and it is always special. My favorite is of course the house made pastas, but there is enough variety to make any taste bud happy. Our waitress was excellent... and the staff was always there and ready filling up water glasses and taking away empty plates. We had a wonderful evening.Special Features:
- Loved the fresh pasta!CraftyTchr75Dined on 6/28/2014The food here didn't disappoint. Loved the fresh pasta and had one of the best meatballs I'd ever had. It was a little loud with a screaming child, which was a little disappointing since we were there for our anniversary dinner at 7 pm. The biggest negative I would say is that it is a bit noisy upstairs and the tables are a little close for a quiet dinner out, but I would return for the food.Special Features:
- Best meal yetOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/27/2014We eat at Rovezzi's often, but this last Friday was one of the best yet! The scallops were amazing!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ReviewOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/25/2014The food was superb especially the antipasto and the veal. My husband couldn't finish the veal and had it the next day and said it was even better if that's possible. The service (Shannon was our waitress) was excellent and most friendly without overstepping her place. She suggested a particular cocktail that I had never had before and it was super - Strawberry Lemoncello. The place was fairly noisy but I guess most restaurants are that way nowadays. Chris, himself, came over to the table and made us most welcome. Will definitely go back this summer. The only problem, it's not closer to Worcester.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Awesomely DeliciousOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/5/2014Going out for dinner was a last minute decision and the place I chose was, Rovezzis. Whatever is ordered on the menu you can always ciunt on being delicious. Once you taste you food its very obvious it is fresh. If uou typically ho to the franchise/chain restaurants, treat yourself to great food you definitely will be very happy you did.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food was great!!!MikeCDined on 6/4/2014Great place to go for dinner! Make sure to go early to have a drink at the bar. The specialty drinks are excellent. The food is always great. One of my favorite restaurants.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Biscotti Codwineanddine915VIPDined on 5/28/2014This is the best cod I have ever had. Yum yum I do love fish and have tried many at your restaurant but I have to agree with Chris's wife this is a favorite.
- Always greatHJHryDined on 5/24/2014Meal outstanding as usual...... Waitress pre-occupied....and service slower than usual, especially since it wasn't busy! 2nd round of drinks sat made at the bar where we could see them and waitress too busy chatting with fellow worker...had to yell over to her to ask if drinks were ready when we knew they clearly were. But that usually isn't the norm..Special Features:
- Never Dissapointedwineanddine915VIPDined on 5/22/2014All the staff at Rovezzi's adds a personal touch every time. This makes us feel special and appreciated.
- NEVER AGAIN!RovezziVIPDined on 5/21/2014Took my family here last night. Waiter forgot our Drinks.... Had to remind him after 20 minutes. Then, he forgot or Salad. I told the owner about our experience and did not care. I wouldn't mind but for three people for $84 I expect service to be impeccable. He lost me and my family as customers. We wont be back if the food was for free. Worcester's best chef my a**.
- Business meetingOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/20/2014Central meeting place for a business dinner. Good food, nice inside and very nice and helpfully bar staff and waitstaff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Faverate PlaceBongoDined on 5/17/2014It is one of our faverate restaurants! Everything That is served is perfectly cooked and perfectly served. We go to Rovezzi's at least six times a year. The restaurant was very busy last Sat. evening and the noise level was a bit loud but we are just happy that the restaurant does such good business so we do not mind the noise.Special Features:
- niceynotDined on 5/16/2014Had a very nice meal and an even better evening. The cancel light was just right, the hifi was in the back ground and the wine was delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OutstandingCheersDined on 5/16/2014Outstanding: We dined at the bar & had a perfect evening. The food was delicious & the wine list was really up to par w/some of the best wines I have had. Would recommend for a special evening for 2 or a great spot for a party of friends. Even the valet attendees were really polite & sociable.Special Features:
- Amazing foodwineanddine915VIPDined on 5/15/2014As always the best dinner and the wine was excellent.
- IconsIconsDined on 5/14/2014We go to the Brimfield antique market 3 times a year. We never miss Roevezzi's Restaurant. Consistently excellent even when packed. Service exceptional. Great food and Teriffic wine list. Great wine value. A restaurant you should not missSpecial Features:
- Great dining experienceVerypleasedDined on 5/11/2014We had a wonderful dining experience, great service, great food and everyone is very friendly! Looking forward to going again and again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always good.samerDined on 5/11/2014You can count on the establishment to deliver every time.Special Features:
- A fair Mother's Day DinnerSatisfiedDined on 5/11/2014With high hopes for a memorable dinner we were left underwhelmed. Rovezzi's had been a favorite spot for special occasions but tonight's dinner was mediocre. The restaurant was busy and it seemed some of the staff were running a little ragged. Our appetizer came out astonishingly fast for a hot app leading us to believe it had been sitting for someone else as it was merely warm. All-in-all not a bad meal, just not what we were accustomed to.
- AmazingChrisfish51Dined on 5/10/2014Rovezzis is simply amazing! From the food, to the wait staff, and to the man himself Chef Chris. Everything about Rovezzis screams "done right!"Special Features:
- CrowdedDiner1VIPDined on 5/10/2014Very crowded. Unfriendly greeting at check in. Hostess busy and preoccupied. Manager helped things along, but inconsistent service. The food was as good or better than usual however and in the end that is why this place is a keeper.Special Features:
- 2nd and last timeOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 5/10/2014We arrived at the time of our reservation at 5:00. one family was ahead of us waiting to be seated. we waited over 5-10 minutes to be seated in an EMPTY restaurant. when they began seating people, a family that had showed up after us was seated, but that was understandable as they all hugged the server, clearly friends and family should get better treatment... I have never seen such a dysfunctional group of hosts attempting to seat people in an empty restaurant. We even got an awful attitude while being seated. At this point we were very close to leaving and its a shame we didn't. Our server was fine and the only thing that did not need improvement. The salads were not good and half of the party's of the meals were nothing special at all.
- ExcellentDedeDined on 5/6/2014There were 3 of us in the party. It was a work meeting. The food, wine and service were excellent. The people in my party enjoyed all. Best calimari I've ever had. Super wine list.Special Features:
- The following 489 reviews are from the Rovezzi's Ristorante-Sturbridge reviews archive.
- WonderfulLuv2EatDined on 5/3/2014The food was very good starting with the appetizer right thru to the entree. Our table was very wobbly and they move us right away. My only issue was the noise level, but it was Saturday nite and crowded. Will definetly be going backSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Martha Little is a well-known, award winning journalist. She has been the Senior Editor of the National Public Radio daily news programs "Day to Day" and "Marketplace". She was most recently the news director at WBUR here in Boston. She has also been the Editor for a variety of publications focusing on American business activity in the former Soviet Union.
Martha has had an outstanding career in journalism. She has received three national Edward R. Murrow awards for her editing work for WBUR, two national Public Radio News Directors Awards and numerous regional AP and RTDNA awards. While Senior Editor for "Marketplace", she shared in the prestigious Peabody Award (2000) for her work on the business news program. She received her second Peabody Award in 2006 for her work on "Day to Day", the NPR program presenting varied topics, interviews and commentaries, ranging from the War in Iraq, to politics, to Hollywood.
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Martha's journalism career has offered her many opportunities to work with experts in the field of journalism, business and national security. While working with NPR, Martha worked outside the US, reporting on such topics as "Climate Change" in Japan and executing a joint project with "The Economist" in London. In her earlier career with the Committee for National Security in Washington D.C., Martha organized media tours with arms control and security experts such as Condoleezza Rice and William Colby.
Martha became interested in journalism while she was a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at the University of Southern California. She began her journalism career as an Editor for "Russian Petroleum Investor" and "Intelnews". She then became the Managing Editor of "The Russian", a magazine devoted to covering American business activity in Russia. In 1998 she received a grant from the Ford Foundation for Combined Soviet/East European and International Security Studies, with a focus on nuclear arms control. Earlier she had received the Soviet Ministry Foreign Affairs Exchange Program Award and spent four months in Moscow reviewing the papers of Mikhail Gorbachev filed in the Soviet Ministry.
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5 Reasons the Climate Bill is Not Dead
by Heather Taylor-Miesle NRDC Action Fund, Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 05:55:01 PM EST
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Cross-posted from The Huffington Post
The Weekly Standard ran a cover story this week called, "In Denial: The Meltdown of the Climate Campaign." Despite the cute play on words about who is denying what, the article got it all wrong. Climate change legislation is not dead--not as long as publications like this keep putting it on its cover.
As one experienced senator recently told an NRDC trustee: "I have never seen an important piece of legislation get passed that wasn't declared dead several times before."
All the big bills flirt with death. Why? Because it is really, really hard to move legislation through Congress. I have seen the most straightforward bills--like the ones to name post offices--get slowed to a halt while hand wringing and horse trading goes on.
I have even seen the bills that uphold the status quo get bogged down. I worked on a bill to phase out the exportation of dangerous mercury. The federal government had already started phasing it out, private industry had done the same, and the House of Representatives passed the bill with ease. Yet still it sat on life support in the Senate for months. Everyone thought it was a goner--until it wasn't. It passed in 2008.
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Today, even most casual baseball fans know who Don Larsen is. No matter how inconsistent a career can be, a moment like that is embedded in the minds of fans forever. Unless someone throws another perfect game in World Series play, Larsen's gem in '56 should be remembered as the best-pitched game in the history of baseball, given the intensity of the Fall Classic. However, if fate had been just a little different, Larsen's perfect game would not have been the first no-hitter in World Series history.
Led by American League MVP Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees won the AL pennant in 1947 in a 12-game romp aided by a franchise-record 19-game winning streak in July. Although DiMaggio's .315/.391/.522 with a 154 OPS+ was best on the team, the offense was stellar in general--among the 11 players to have at least 175 plate apperances, the lowest OPS+ was second baseman Snuffy Stirnweiss's 96. It was a good-hitting ballclub that slugged over .400. On the pitching side, new manager Bucky Harris capably filled the departed Joe McCarthy's shoes by successfully guiding the staff to the best ERA and fewest runs allowed in the league (3.39 and 568, respectively). 10 players made at least five starts during the season, and a quiet man from Hubbard, Oregon made 23 of them, tied for second on the team behind Allie Reynolds with Frank "Spec" Shea. This man's name was Floyd "Bill" Bevens, and he was probably the least effective pitcher on the regular staff.
It took Bevens until he was 27 to make a major-league roster, and he needed World War II to deplete the talent pool to do so with the Yankees in 1944. He stayed in the rotation even after the regulars returned from overseas though, and his 2.23 ERA with a 154 ERA+ in '46 was fourth-best among AL pitchers. A season later, he had slumped to a 3.82 ERA and a 92 ERA+, both marks that ranked far behind his rotationmates Reynolds, Shea, "Spud" Chandler, and Bobo Newsom. However, a 2.61 ERA in the second half and a 1.42 ERA in September encouraged Harris to at least give him a World Series start in Game 4 against the crosstown rival Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees took the first two games at home behind Shea and Reynolds, but lost Game 3 at Ebbets Field when Newsom's former Dodger teammates knocked him out of the game in the second inning with a 5-0 deficit. Game 4 was crucial--if Bevens could come up with a win, the Dodgers would be on the brink of elimination. If he lost, the World Series would be tied and turn into a best-of-three.
The Dodgers sent their own surprising story to the mound in Harry Taylor, a 28-year-old rookie who came out of nowhere to pitch to a 3.11 ERA and 132 ERA+ in 162 innings for the NL champions. It was evident from the game's outset though that Taylor had nothing today. Stirnweiss and right fielder Tommy Henrich led off the first inning with singles, and rookie Yogi Berra reached on a botched fielder's choice that loaded the bases when normally-reliable Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese bobbled the throw to second. Taylor issued a bases-loaded walk to DiMaggio made the score 1-0, and manager Burt Shotton (who had filled in all year for the suspended Leo Durocher) had seen enough already. Not wanting to let this crucial game get away from Brooklyn, he chose Hal Gregg to make his second appearance of the series. Gregg struggled in the regular season, but he came up big here, escaping the bases-loaded, no-out jam without another run scoring thanks to a pop-up from dangerous first baseman George McQuinn and a 6-4-3 double play from Billy Johnson.
The Yankees blew an early opportunity to put a crooked number on the scoreboard, but Bevens held the slim margin up despite some horrid control. His 4.2 BB/9 in '47 had been a career-worst, and although he had not thrown a wild pitch all season, he was never known for good aim. Through three innings, he walked four and uncorked his first wild pitch of '47, but he kept the Dodgers both hitless and off the scoreboard. The Yankees missed another chance to score in the third when Yankee third-base coach Charlie Dressen waved DiMaggio (who had been on first) around third base on a wild throw to first by catcher Bruce Edwards after a slow grounder hit by McQuinn. Right fielder Dixie Walker backed up the play and threw DiMaggio out by 15 feet. The score remained 1-0, but a triple by Johnson to lead off the fourth led to him scoring on Johnny Lindell's RBI double against Gregg. There were no outs when Lindell hit the double, but the Yankees could not bring him home. Still, Bevens had some insurance at 2-0 now. He would need it.
Bevens embarrassingly walked the bottom two hitters in the Brooklyn lineup, third baseman John "Spider" Jorgensen and the pitcher Gregg, to start the fifth inning. Second baseman Eddie Stanky bunted them to second and third, where a run could score even without a hit. Reese obliged, sending a ground ball to deep shortstop, where Rizzuto had to let the score but could throw out Gregg at third (why the pitcher ran to third on a grounder to the left side is a mystery in itself). Reese stole second and moved to third when Berra fired the ball into center, but Bevens struck out the very first MLB Rookie of the Year, Jackie Robinson, to end the inning. The Dodgers were still hitless, but they only trailed 2-1 now; a solo homer would both break up the no-hitter and tie the game, and if Bevens continued to issue free passes, they could even take the lead.
The seventh walk of the game for Bevens led off the sixth, but Walker stayed at first after Bevens retired the side in order. He also walked veteran pinch-hitter Arky Vaughan with one out in the seventh, but the future Hall of Famer also failed to advance when Bevens induced a popout from Stanky and a grounder to first from Reese. Both Brooklyn reliever Hank Behrman and Bevens threw scoreless frames in the eighth, and Bevens's 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth sent his unlikely no-hit bid to the ninth, where no World Series game had ever been before in its 44-year history. The longest previous no-hit attempt was former Yankee Red Ruffing's 7.2 innings of no-hit ball against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the '42 World Series, but Bevens had surpassed Red's record.
The Yankees desperately hoped for insurance runs in the top of the ninth, and they had a chance to expand their one-run lead when they loaded the bases with one out against Behrman. Veteran Hugh Casey entered the game, seeking vengeance for the Yankees' unlikely rally against him in Game 4 of the '41 World Series. Facing Henrich, the very same hitter who struck out against him but reached on his wild pitch with two outs in the ninth six years ago, he got "Old Reliable" to hit a low curve back to him, and Casey turned a rally-killing 1-2-3 double play. The game went to the ninth at 2-1.
Bevens got to two outs in the bottom of the ninth by sandwiching a walk to center fielder Carl Furillo between fly balls from Edwards and Jorgensen. With Casey's spot now due up, Shotton tabbed veteran Pete Reiser, the '41 batting champion now reduced to a part-time role due to injuries, to pinch-hit for the pitcher. Additionally, he put outfielder Al Gionfriddo (who would have another incredible highlight two games later) in to pinch-run for Furillo, and though he stole just two bases all year, he dashed toward second base. Berra could not throw him out, and the Dodgers had the tying run in scoring position. Curiously, Harris elected to put the winning run on base by walking Reiser--he was a fine hitter, but Harris set himself up for second-guessing through this controversial decision. Eddie Miksis pinch-ran for the hobbling Reiser, and Shotton pinch-hit Harry "Cookie" Lavagetto for Stanky. He swung and missed Bevens's 136th pitch, but he sent the next one toward Henrich in deep right field. He leapt, but could not track it down--the ball went off the wall for a two-run double and suddenly, the game was over. The no-hitter was lost and the Yankees went from a 3-1 series lead to a tie in the blink of an eye.
It was an unforgettable moment for the Dodgers, but for Bevens, who had issued a record 10 walks in the game, it was a devastating punch in the gut. This passage in a game recap perfectly surmises what Bevens must have felt.
Bevens, after watching Lavagetto's blast hit the wall, turned dejectively and trudged off the field, a forlorn figure. He owned the distinction of having pitched more hitless innings than any man ever before in a World Series, but that was small recompense for the bauble which escaped his grasp.
He also later said, "I wasn't even thinking of the no-hitter. I knew it was riding but never mind about that. I'm trying to win. Those bases on balls sure kill you." Even one of his opponents, the future Hall of Famer Reese admitted to feeling sorry for Bevens after the game. It was a very difficult way to lose.
Fortunately for Bevens, the Yankees shook off the tough loss and won 2-1 in Game 5 thanks to Shea's four-hitter. They lost Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to send the series to a decisive Game 7, where they won 5-2. Bevens even helped out in the final victory, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings in relief of Shea, who the Dodgers knocked out of the game with a 2-0 deficit in the second inning. Bevens gave up two hits but walked only one this time, and he stemmed the tide until relief ace Joe Page came on to finish the rest of the game in the fifth inning. Bevens had a World Series ring, yet neither he, Lavagetto, or Gionfriddo would ever play in another major league game. The strange tale of Bevens's failed no-hit bid truly had a bizarre ending, as Bevens hurt his shoulder during Spring Training of '48 and never made it back to the major leagues.
Bevens's near-no-no occurred 65 years ago today.
Box score. Game recap. Radio call of the final play.
Further sources: Tan, Cecilia. The 50 Greatest Yankee Games. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.


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- The 48th Chicago International Film Festival is pleased to announce the juries for the various competitions of North America's longest-running competitive film festival, taking place October 11-25.
The International Feature Competition jury is comprised of Montreal World Film Festival general director
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Danièle Cauchard (Canada)
Danièle Cauchard has been involved in the field of cinema since she started programming at the Montreal Conservatory of Cinematographic Art in 1975. During the 24 years she spent as head programmer of this institution, until 1998, she organized a large number of retrospectives of films from all around the world. She has been simultaneously involved in the organization of the Montreal World Film Festival since its creation in 1977. In her capacity as General Director, she is in charge of the general organization of the Festival, including administrative responsibilities and programming. Presenting approximately 400 features and short films every year to professionals and the general public, the Festival is one of the most popular film festivals in the world.
Patrice Chéreau (France)
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(1975), starring Charlotte Rampling and Simone Signoret. Since then, his films have gone on to play and win awards at the Cannes Film Festival (
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Queen Margot
(1994, Jury Prize),
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Can Take the Train
(1998)), the Berlin International Film Festival (
(2001, Golden Bear) and
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(2005) and
(2009)) and the Chicago International Film Festival. He has also won Césars for
The Wounded Man
(Best Original Screenplay) and
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
(Best Director).
Alice Krige (South Africa / UK)
Alice Krige is a celebrated actor and producer. As an actor, she made her feature debut in the Academy Award®-winning
Chariots of Fire
as the singer Sybil Gordon. She has starred opposite some of Hollywood's finest, including Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (
Ghost Story
), Richard Gere (
King David
), Patrick Stewart (
Star Trek: First
), and Jeff Bridges (
See You in the Morning
) as well as in several remarkable art house films including the Quay Brothers'
Institute Benjamenta
; Renee Daalder's
Twilight of the
Ice Nymphs
by Guy Maddin;
by Hans Herbots,
Lonely Hearts
with John Travolta and Salma Hayek, and
with Sam Neill. Krige was a leading lady at The Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Cordelia in Gambon's
King Lear
, Miranda opposite Sir Derek Jacobi in
, and Roxanne, also with Sir Derek, in
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. She won the coveted Olivier Award and the Plays and Players Award as well as two Saturns. Krige produced
, featured in this year's Chicago International Film Festival, as well as
, which she co-wrote with Paul Schoolman and Gunter Singer and is currently in post-production.
Joe Maggio (USA)
Joe Maggio is an award-winning independent filmmaker. His debut feature,
Virgil Bliss
(2001) received two nominations from the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards, including the John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000. Maggio's second film,
Milk +
premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Atlanta Film Festival. His most recent feature,
The Last Rites of Joe May
, opened the 47th Chicago International Film Festival. Roger Ebert listed
Joe May
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The Fall
, produced by Alix Madigan and Anonymous Content, and
, his second collaboration with Larry Fessenden's Glasseye Pix. He also recently completed his second live radio drama,
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Amr Waked (Egypt)
Amr Waked majored in Economics and Drama at the American University in Cairo in 1994. He began working as a stock broker after graduating while also a member of the Temple Theatre Troupe. He made his film debut in 1999 in
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(2011), and
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
(2011). In 2005, he co-founded zad production with Salah Al Hanafy. Waked and Al Hanafy co-produced and star in
Winter of Discontent
, featured in this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
The 48th Chicago International Film Festival also announced the juries for its New Directors, Docufest, After Dark and Short Film Competitions.
The jury for the New Directors Competition consists of Dan Berger (USA), Rebeca Conget (USA), Jonathan Miller (USA) and John Russell Taylor (UK). The jury for the DOCUFEST Competition is Reiner Veit (Germany), Alicia Sams (USA) and Ruth Leitman (USA). The jury for the After Dark Competition features Americans Jayme Joyce, Steve Prokopy and Ray Pride. The jury for the Short Film Competition is comprised of Americans Melika Bass, Ronald Falzone
and Andrew Suprenant.
At the award ceremony October 19, the juries will present one outstanding film with the Gold Hugo in each category. Additional awards will be given in the categories of acting, directing and writing.
Tickets for the 48th Chicago International Film Festival are on sale and can be purchased online at the Festival Store:
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; by phone at 312-332-FILM (3456); or by visiting the Festival box office at AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.).
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She was born May 8, 1923, in Centerburg to the late John Harold and Florence (Beever) Shipley. A graduate of Centerburg High School and member of Centerburg United Methodist Church. Member of the Friendship Circle at the church, Alpha Club, Dogwood Blossoms Chapter of Sweet Adelines, Red Hatters and former member of Manila Chapter of OES. Retired school bus driver for Centerburg Schools, homemaker and farm wife. Member of the Heart of Ohio Grange and Farm Bureau Council.
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Survived by her son, Donald (Becky) Ramey of Centerburg; daughter, Sandra (Mark) Hankins of Centerburg; grandchildren, Kelley (John) Mead, Traci (Robert) Thomas, Gretchen Ramey, Zachariah (Heather) Hankins and Sheena (Travis Yoakam) Hankins; great-grandchildren, Dakota and Braxton Mead, Jacob and Aubrey Thomas; sister, Cathy (Ron) McMillen of Mount Vernon; and special friend, Bob Stewart.
Preceded in death by her husband, Donald Ramey, on Nov. 6, 2004; and great-grandson, Frank Thomas.
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