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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Breaking News: Keep An Eye On "NASCAR Now" (6PM - ESPN2)
Lots of email and links starting to come in about the rumors of Max Siegel buying Teresa Earnhardt completely out of DEI.
The very unofficial scoop is that she keeps the rights to the Dale Sr. name and logos and Siegel uses an outside investor to take-over the company. Earnhardt gets a generous income for life and out of the public eye. Interesting.
ESPN2 is currently scheduled for a big Richard Petty 50th anniversary NASCAR Now show from Petty Enterprises at 6PM. Shannon Spake is set to host this special and no doubt some plans are changing as we speak.
The weakness of ESPN is that they do not have a small studio or even an office on the ground in Mooresville, NC. They do have a company called ESPN Regional Television (ERT) down on the southside of Charlotte, but that is a long way from Mooresville, especially in traffic. ERT is the location most of the NASCAR Now Charlotte liveshots originate. There are no NASCAR reporters based at ERT.
Links to the story as it develops:
Captain Thunder - Updated
Dave Moody - Sirius Speedway
That's Racin blog - Mark Young
Virginian Pilot - Dustin Long
Update: Max says not right now - ESPN
Tonight's NASCAR Now should be a good one to record or watch as ESPN continues to become the source for NASCAR TV news on a daily basis. What a difference a year makes.
43 comments:
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
I was reading about this online overnight. Not surprised.(my opinion reading of the sponsor problems). But can you imagine what Dale Jr is thinking. And as I type this I am watching the 1996 Hanes 500 at Martinsville from 22 Sep 96 on MASN. I agree w/you JD, NASCAR Now is a must watch tonight. I have to say again. Can you imagine what Dale Jr is thinking. Still love your comment" Isn't TV fun". Thanks
- July 8, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
Can you keep us updated w/this column? It will make it easier for us. This is BIG. Well to me anyway. Thanks again.
- July 8, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
It is a unwritten rule in TV that, if you plan a 'special' show, somthing huge--and unrelated--will happen the same day.
I hope ESPN is up to handling this and doesn't just stick with the plan.
- July 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
Here we go. On ESPN news, bottom crawl. "DEI president denies reports company is for sale".
- July 8, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
JD- A couple of random thoughts & questions.
I believe MRN has moved their headquarters to the Charlotte area and have new studios. PRN has new "palatial" studios at Charlotte Motor Speedway and I thought I heard that NASCAR or ESPN had wired all the major team sites in the Charlotte area for remotes. With the availability of satellite trucks for hire, does ESPN really have a need for its own facility in the Charlotte/Mooresville area? Also, what about NASCAR Images, or whatever its named now?
An "outside investor" can be anyone - even a Jr.
- July 8, 2008 at 1:54 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
A couple of weeks ago I was up in Concord and did my Sirius Satellite segment from the MRN studios. They are right down the street from LMS and next to the Concord Airport if you want to Google.
ESPN decided not to wire the garages/shops and uses a variety of transmission pathways for their network interviews.
NASCAR Images is now part of the NASCAR Media Group. They have a fixed facility in Charlotte and will move downtown into the office building associated with the NASCAR Hall of Fame next summer.
ESPN is in the middle of an eight year commitment to NASCAR that features a daily news show. All the NASCAR news comes from the Charlotte/Mooresville area and none comes from Bristol, CT.
Many years ago, ESPN made the commitment to RPM2Night and opened a studio in Charlotte for that show. Funny thing was, NASCAR was only a slice of that show's content. With NASCAR Now, it is 100%.
ESPN was worried about the costs of HD and that technology is now so portable you can buy an HD handicam at Best Buy.
With SPEED on the verge of building a new facility only miles away from MRN and LMS, the time is now for ESPN to stop throwing money down the drain and build.
Would be nice to have drivers and owner and everyone just "stop by" NASCAR Now when they had something to say.
- July 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Lou, my first thoughts as I read this were also what must Jr be thinking? This has to hurt...actually it has to hurt all the kids.
Then I read Teresa wants out of the limelight due to the fall out of the NASCAR Nation after Jr split...man oh man. Jr and his sister have to be depressed over this one..they could not have it but a stranger can ?
- July 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
As I recall, Max Siegel is a lawyer. The quote I saw on ESPN.com from him left a lot of wiggle room.
I bet this might have just thrown all of Tony Stewart's planning right back up in the air - and I believe he and Jr. are partners in a race track in Ky.
- July 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- boyd said...
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- July 8, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- red said...
richard in n.c said:
. . . and I believe he (tony stewart) and Jr. are partners in a race track in Ky.
quick clarification: stewart, dale and ken schrader are all partners in the paducah racetrack in ky.
i'll keep my thoughts about the reality of all this to myself right now and focus on the media aspect. i had always assumed espn had a studio, with reporters/talent, in place, either in mooresville, concord or charlotte i hadn't connected that they only have a regional presence w/no nascar reporters in charlotte.
an 8 year committement is fairly substantial, especially when one of your competition is better placed and another is building its own studio presence. seems to me espn needs to figure out how to maximize its financial committment and get some sort of larger studio presence in the heart of the nascar world so that they can take advantage of stories like this one.
(and i simply can't resist this thought: could all this be a trial balloon being floated by dei? just wondering.)
on with the show,
- July 8, 2008 at 5:21 PM
- boyd said...
It will be interesting to see if ESPN will trot out David Newton or Terry Blount to cover this event, seeing that they usually break the tabloid type sensational stories.
In all my years of being a NASCAR fan, denied usually means that the papers haven't been singed yet.
- July 8, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Nothing like a show that refuses to throw out the rundown when the story of the day changes.
"A Very Special edition" designed for a slow NASCAR news day....but now that there IS news, that ought to be the focus of the show.
You can cover PE any time.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
There you go: 2:30 on the potential DEI sale. Great investigative journalism, there, ESPN.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:07 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Nicole does not look too happy to be there.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- red said...
nicole looks confused: keeps looking off-camera when they come back from the video, seems to be stumbling a bit. she certainly didn't seem to press newton beyond the expected questions.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- red said...
and i must say: newton using some variation of the word 'hate' (hateful? hate-filled? i couldn't quite catch it) to describe the relationship between dale and teresa seemed a bit harsh to me.
i'm liking this vintage footage, tho'! and seeing inman is a treat as well.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Seems like it should just be Nicole alone handling it. Shannon has asked the same question like three times.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- red said...
audio seems off at times: an echo happens for few seconds then gets straightened out. anyone have an explanation? it's happened at least 3 times so far.
boy, i hope they plan some sort of tour on camera! i'd like a good look at that stuff behind them.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Think they added Nicole at the last moment? My info had Shannon there but nothing about Nicole.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Where is Nicole? Did she say?
- July 8, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- red said...
daly planet editor said...
Think they added Nicole at the last moment? My info had Shannon there but nothing about Nicole.
i get that impression. maybe nicole is the "news" anchor, brought in to cover the #1 penalties and the dei rumor and shannon is the "soft" anchor? dunno.
(and there's chris economaki! woo-hoo!)
wow! what an awkward plug for espn sports century and the coming show isn't even on petty! whole thing seems disjointed to me. was this project a long time in th eplanning or a last moment decision?
hey jd? should we be having this discussion under the other column? i just realized we're posting under the dei rumor column . . .
- July 8, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
nah, this is the NASCAR Now page, its fine.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I love the live interview with Richard.
I don't understand the use of the SportsCentury video, though. While relevant, it is at least 2 or 3 years old.
This switching back and forth between Shannon and Nicole, with both saying basically the same thing, is confusing and redundant.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM
- red said...
didn't hear nicole say where she is but i think she had petty cars behind her so that reduces it to level cross or mooresville. maybe we'll see when she speaks with kyle after the break.
and it still feels confused to me right now. i'm disappointed.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
red said...
audio seems off at times: an echo happens for few seconds then gets straightened out. anyone have an explanation? it's happened at least 3 times so far.
I keep hearing that echo, also.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Another theoretical option would be to use a flashcam at WSOC-TV, if that were any closer than the ERT outfit.
Would be an option, except that the Nascar Now show airs during the local news block!
- July 8, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Kyle just rattled through a list of TNT announcers on ESPN. So much for one network not existing on another.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- red said...
that answers THAT question: nicole is on the other side of the museum.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Well, I am confused. Both anchors on-site in different sides of the same place and not Petty Enterprises, but Level Cross.
That museum is loaded with good stuff and the scenery of the old shop and the Petty home is great...wish we had seen them.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I was expecting something much different, I guess.
I'm really quite disappointed.
However, watching the pit crew wrestle with the old style tools was good.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
whew, swing and a miss on that one.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
What a letdown. The interview w/the King was the best part of the hour. What this show did not have was energy in it. Shannon, it seemed was outmatched. I was looking for more indepth questions I quess.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- red said...
well, that wasn't so much fun.
they closed with the same footage they'd used either in the show.
as texasracelady says, i also expected something different. there has to be a veritable wealth of images of the king available and any number of guys willing to talk about him on camera. i just have the sense that this could have been so much more interesting.
i like kyle and i appreciate his work on VJG but i thought the program was to be about the king? i would have rather heard more from kyle about being the king's son, maybe compare that experience to what dale jarrett or dale earnhardt jr experienced? and how about putting some more faces on camera from those great battles? we heard from pearson but what about a few of the others who are still around?
i also liked the piece with dj copp but it really didn't belong on this show. if you're going to do a tribute to the king, then do that. save the rest for another episode of NN.
all i can say is: i'm disappointed.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- red said...
sorry: ". . . the same footage they used EARLIER in the show", not "either."
- July 8, 2008 at 7:06 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Well,, this could have been better. should've had Nicole doing the interviews. Spake just sat there seeming lost and saying "um" a lot. Could've been better questions asked and thought they would ask Kyle about being the son of King as well.
Hmmm..course intermittently the screen when black for a second here on digital tvs...storms in the area...both tvs. Not exactly what I was expecting.
Heck, it was fun seeing King on QVC last week and I would've never caught that but my mom called me 10 minutes into that show.
The show did seem to have poor direction and I also heard the echo sometimes.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:20 PM
- Newracefan said...
ESPN might have been better served doing all this today and putting it together for airing on Wednesday. Might have flowed better especially if it could have been AB doing the interviewing. I also wonder if we would have seen a totally different show (I'm guessing yes) if it was just Shannon as first planned and the DEI/Truex stuff had not happened. I would have loved to see more of the "stuff" that is housed there instead of it just being used as a backdrop.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I haven't seen the show yet, but the Petty show is the type of event that Jerry Punch should have handled. He certainly would not have needed notes.
- July 8, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- PammH said...
Not impressed w/this show. As someone else said-seems very disjointed. Not what I expected at alllll!
- July 8, 2008 at 8:17 PM
- Vicky D said...
And the question Shannon asked to Richard & Dale was when was the first time they met and they are cousins so I thought that was a strange question.
- July 8, 2008 at 8:22 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I am glad you said that. She was really in over her head and having a tough time. I wonder why Nicole just did not handle this like she did the DEI show?
- July 8, 2008 at 8:52 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
There is a new post up for Tuesday's edition of NASCAR Now.
- July 8, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
I haven't watched my recording yet but Oh My Land! She really asked The King and Mr. Inman when they first met? I think I learned about their relationship I believe my first year watching. Sounds like I'll be doing the headshake when I do check it out.
- July 9, 2008 at 12:42 AM
- Karen said...
Vicky D said...
And the question Shannon asked to Richard & Dale was when was the first time they met and they are cousins so I thought that was a strange question.
I did not know they were cousins but Spake should have known it with a piece about their early years running on the same show.
- July 9, 2008 at 3:43 AM


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Friday, January 28, 2011
Tarte Attack!
45 comments:
Now thats what I call suffering for your Art. Bummer tho. Hope your doing better soon and out sketching again. Just remember to stretch as you sketch. :))ReplyDelete
So sorry to hear you too had a ride in an ambulance.
As I recall, probably not the fondest memories you might have, yet you seem to have handled it with considerable grace. Formidable!
We should do a "artistic injuries" joint blog.
Here's my entry from
two weeks ago...
- Anonymous5:16 PM
Oh, my! Well, at least the NYPD people were cute! Take care of yourself.ReplyDelete
For many years I had a problem sitting at a computer - would get phlebitis. I learned - and got a laptop. You will make necessary adjustments. You are a smart cookie.
Be a good girl, do what the doctor says, and get well.
What kind of ER Physician would let you go without prescribing something chocolate to ease the pain? Rest up; we are depending on you for our pastry fix!ReplyDelete
Hope your feeling better soon! What a saga just for those tarts. But your 'on site' sketches are really great! It enabled me to imagine exactly what was going on.ReplyDelete
Oh Carol! I am so sorry you are dealing with this. I know that pain all too well and rest will serve you well. I am sure the rehab will give you an extra boost as will all of this sketching.ReplyDelete
What a brilliant idea to always grab your sketchbook - even when 911 responds!
Feel better soon!
Dear Carol, Your blog is always the highlight of my morning. So sorry you are suffering for your art. I've had sciatic pain and muscles in spasm, and it's no fun. Rest first and then gentle releases -- Thai massage is wonderful, if you can find someone who does it, and Restorative Yoga or Feldenkreis for very gentle motions that relax the exertions of everyday life. Hope the right healers will come into your life so you can keep delivering joy to us every day.ReplyDelete
Hope ou are all better soon mon amis! You forget to easily that in Paris you must walk! Why do we walk? Because if we do not walk we will not be able to move at all! Too many tartes go to the thighs! OhMY! Althougt I know it is winter and we are stuck inside with this rediculous snow falling everyday! UGH! We have to at least stretch!NON?ReplyDelete
Hope your feeling better soon!
Hope ou are all better soon mon amis! You forget to easily that in Paris you must walk! Why do we walk? Because if we do not walk we will not be able to move at all! Too many tartes go to the thighs! OhMY! Althougt I know it is winter and we are stuck inside with this rediculous snow falling everyday! UGH! We have to at least stretch!NON?ReplyDelete
Hope your feeling better soon!
Poor you. I have same thing and I do the duck walk to help with the pain when I have it. Yoga helps tooReplyDelete
I bet the EMT guys loved your drawings. Feel better!!
Oh my goodness, Carol. I am so sorry to hear about your recent pains and trip to ER.ReplyDelete
Wonderful that you can still make art from this experience, but still....
I remember that drawing book. I lent my copy to someone, and it never was returned. Hope that someone is still drawing on some side of the brain.
Hoping also that you will be feeling better and better really soon.
Thank you also for the introductions to other blogs and books. xo
- Jill H11:26 PM
I'm so sorry about your injury, but I can totally relate! I was working so hard on the Sketchbook Project for the Brooklyn Art Library...the deadline was last Tuesday 1/18/11, and I was hunched over working on it for many days. On MLK day, I was off work and got up at 7 a.m. to utilize the day for art. While brushing my teeth, my back just went OUT, and I was immobile for the rest of the week. I think all those hours bent over my artwork produced the immobile back--I can so relate! I hope you feel better! I just love your artwork and blog.
Jill H
Get well soon Carol~~~big hugs~~ReplyDelete
I just discovered your lovely blog. I'm just new into blogging & have just finished off my own blog on fashion & interior design.ReplyDelete
I had a lot of fun putting it together maybe you would like to check it out if you have a spare minute.
- Anonymous9:32 AM
I recently came across your blog when researching my next trip to Paris. I am so glad I did! I am in awe of your talent and can't wait to purchase one of your prints! Feel better soon... I absolutely love reading about your adventures and your drawings...!!!! oy my!!! Thanks for brightening my day! Feel better soon!!!!ReplyDelete
THANK YOU!ReplyDelete
Your kind words mean a lot!!
It's soooo boring being stuck in bed endless hours. But I realized this morning I CAN PAINT IN BED!! Especially since my mattress is on the floor.
much more fun than doing 2010 taxes for sure...
Now I have to find out about:
Big MERCI!
Well dear Carol, I am honored that you took my advice about "Beginner's Mind," and humbled that you put my drawing up on PB. And as you well know, its' all about practice practice practice.ReplyDelete
Taking your sketchbook with you to the hospital reminds me of when I was rushed to the ER in NY with a burst appendix. Thank goodness I had my sketchbook, and those visits from you.
OMG, Carol--I missed this! So sorry--be careful! Your sketches of the EMT's are great. I love Bert Dodson's drawing book--Keys to Drawing. Good for you, and I totally agree with your cousin on this one--it's hard to feel so uncomfortable with new things, but he's so right. Your things here look fabulous to me. Hope you feel much better very soon! xoxoReplyDelete
SO sorry!ReplyDelete
The same thing happened to me last spring.
I was sitting and focusing on paintings for a commission and voila!
I awoke one morning in mucho pain in back and down my leg. Off to ER
and given the same diagnosis. PT helped but I still have nerve twinges in my leg.
'Senior yoga' helps too.
Those damn tartes!
Feel better!
OKay, first sorry you are in pain...second...ReplyDelete
LMAO...of course you drew them!!! That is so wonderful!! Love it. Poor Ms Agog...wishing you a speedy recovery. Revenge of the Tarte Sketch Crawl, I can see it coming..:)
Xo darlin'.. Take care.
Oh Good Grief !! Who woulda thunk it !!ReplyDelete
Topped by a Tart .. I am so sorry ! I have had tiny bits of sciatica , usually only at bedtime.. but I can imagine the pain when it is serious..
I love the sketches... way better than photos!
I like to do watercolors, my husband sketches beautifully .. I have to do it too.
Feel better, muchas besos !!
Sorry about your sciatica, Lydia has been having a touch of it too. Venice not an ideal place for crippled old gits, all those paving stones and bridges. I have visions of me giving piggy backs to both of you, café to café, bar to bar. Bacaro to bacaro, coffee, drawing, cake, drawing, ciccheti, drawing, spritz, drawing, wine, drawing, more cake, drawing, more wine, drawing, more wine!!!!! Rest and recuperate and feel better soon.ReplyDelete
Hope you feel better soon
Lyd sends her love
Sid XX
Oh Carol! And I was cranky to come home to a cold house covered in snow (ran out of fuel...French delivery people don't deliver on the weekend). I've had sciatica issues, and you are wonderfully upbeat, given the pain and discomfort.ReplyDelete
I did a teacher training with Judith Lasater in London a couple of years ago. She is the preeminent expert on restorative yoga. I can confirm that it would truly be worth your while to look into this type of yoga practice, which as you probably know by now involves a deep degree of relaxation (which in turn triggers some profound physical responses).
Ideally, you could meet with a restorative yoga teacher who would teach you poses specific to your issues. It's the kind of thing that really should be demonstrated, as you'd be using rolled-up towels and other such props. You can find a directory of yoga instructors who've trained in restorative yoga.
I wish you all the best in recovering--and mastering the art of the tart!
THANKS Tammy,ReplyDelete
This sounds terrific - so many excellent suggest to help heal myself ;)
It's most appreciated.
I will follow up once the pain is gone. There is Restorative Yoga in New York.
Kind regards,
Carol I hope you are doing better than when I first found you! I can tell you first hand when I saw her drawings I was absolutely astounded at how spot on they were! I am sorry I have not gotten around to this sooner, but having you as a patient was absolutely the highlight of my day! One of the best patients I ever had. I actually printed out the sketch and I am trying to show everyone I know at every opportunity!You are extremely talented and I wish you the best. I forget how many readers you told me you have... but add one more in me!ReplyDelete
Hi Carol! I'm a big fan -don't know if my last comment posted...so...ReplyDelete
I'm an artist, fellow glogger (bneibart.blogspot.com - come see: there's cartoon insects, great moments in art history, pathetic love affairs - almost everything you need to cheer you up!),
paris lover (I'm taking my son in april - it's been 19 years since my last visit)and sciatica sufferer. couldn't sit in the car, constant pain - I got up one night and right leg totally gave out - numb. Dr. gave me Voltaren (sic), said cause was arthritic changes.
When I started to work out (ab exercises), it completely went away.
I wish you all the best! I love getting your posts - your drawings/paintings are wonderful!


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Friday, November 4, 2011
TV Split-Shift At TMS Friday
The two remaining NASCAR TV partners at this time of the season, ESPN and SPEED, will split the Friday on-track action from the Texas Motor Speedway. ESPN2 will open the day with Nationwide Series practice at 11:30AM ET and then follow it with the Sprint Cup Series practice session at 1PM.
Marty Reid is finishing out this season as the voice of the Nationwide Series telecasts. He is up first with Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree for the early session. Allen Bestwick then comes along with Jarrett and Petree for the Cup practice.
ESPN has the usual cast of characters on pit road. Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Dave Burns and Vince Welch will handle the reporting duties. Tim Brewer and his car parts are over in the Tech Garage.
The ESPN day ends with NASCAR Now on ESPN2 at 2:30PM. Former TNT reporter and now ESPN anchor Lindsay Czarniak will host the show. Ricky Craven is the in-studio analyst this weekend while Marty Smith and Shannon Spake will report from TMS.
John Roberts picks up the hosting duties as SPEED begins the night shift with a 4PM version of NASCAR Live. Jeff Hammond will be alongside Roberts while Randy Pemberton will report from the garage area.
SPEED's two on-track sessions are at 4:30 and 6:30PM ET. Hermie Sadler joins Larry McReynolds and Steve Byrnes to call the Sprint Cup Series practice up first. Phil Parsons then stops by for the Nationwide Series session up next with Byrnes and McReynolds. Wendy Venturini and Bob Dillner will handle the reporting for both telecasts.
7:30PM starts the Camping World Trucks telecast with Krista Voda hosting the pre-race show. Rick Allen then comes along for the live race at 8PM with Parsons and Michael Waltrip along for the ride. Hermie Sadler and Ray Dunlap are the reporters.
The TV night ends with the "new look" version of Trackside. Rutledge Wood has transitioned over into the host role. He is joined on the stage by Kyle Petty and Jeff Hammond. Newcomer Marianela Pereyra is the reporter. Fans have very strong opinions about the recent changes to this classic TV series.
We will live blog the truck race, but please feel free to offer your TV-related comments right here on any of the Friday telecasts. We will also use this post to pass along any breaking news, as NASCAR silly season is in full swing and many other current and former NASCAR personalities are in the news this week. Thanks for stopping by.
34 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I will watch practice but just cannot take trackside anymore, has become too stupid. I want information not comedy.
So sad to hear about David Reutimann. Will see how bowyer does, maybe it is the equipment and not reutimann. Truex has not done much either. LS
- November 3, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Sophia said...
WOW, i didn't realize the good old hosts from trackside were gone for good!! I'd just caught bits & pieces of goofy games with Rutledge & Kyle.
WOW. The crazy fans drove me away from those shows last year, w yelling/drunks/waving signs annoyingly. But no Steve B, no Jeff, No Larry Mc...what the heck they talk about on that show now :(
New SPEED management just keeps gunking up the shows.
Least they are putting Wind Tunnel back to 9pm. I HATED 8pm showing.
I hope to find the old SPEED gang on tv Friday night to watch the stuff from Texas but will avoid Trackside itself. Wish N Performance had a permanent time slot, too, and not on raceday.
That's a good show done in studio & I like it's back to the original three guys, the rare times I've stumbled onto it again.
- November 4, 2011 at 12:08 AM
- BLING! said...
Looking forward to all coverage, but Trackside. The Rutledge and Marianela combo is not working for this NASCAR fan. Speed needs to rethink their strategy regarding this show. Thanks for the schedule information JD.
- November 4, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- Dot said...
I used to be a regular watcher of Trackside, but no more. I'm with Anon 11:55PM, Sophia (dear) and BLING!, it's just too stupid. Doesn't nascar care what this show does to their brand?
JD, do you know what the ratings are for Trackside now vs when it was watchable? I'm curious to know if they reflect what we have said so far.
- November 4, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
I stopped watching Trackside years ago. They were all poor,but the Friday night version was just plain fluff. No way would I ever watch Trackside.
- November 4, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Jonathan said...
Sweet cant wait for Friday action! Oh and JD what happened to the article you were going to write about the bad tv coverage still getting good ratings? You mentioned how your next post would be about that but never saw it???
- November 4, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Jon, that was replaced by the breaking stories of the Hendrick plane crash and Mr. Mayfield. It will appear next week.
- November 4, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
Great Job on the "Ratings vs. Production" Article Wednesday Night.
- November 4, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Trackside was once a great show. I cannot even turn it on anymore. What a shame Speed has destroyed it!
Have a great weekend everyone.
- November 4, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon, did you see my response to Jon? That column will appear next week.
- November 4, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- AncientRacer said...
Actual Rutledge Wood quote:
Q: How did you find your way into NASCAR?
RW: "I started with SPEED in February of '05 as the MC and DJ at the SPEED stage. It was a position through the marketing department and believe it or not, I actually saw the job listing on Craigslist. When I started, I didn't know much about NASCAR but I fell in love with it quickly. It's hard to believe I've been on the road with NASCAR that long, but it has flown by."
Dreams can come true ... It can happen to you....
In the meantime while I wait I am going to Tuscaloosa for this year's verion of "The Game of the Century"
- November 4, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- glenc1 said...
Sophia... JD has the handy dandy side bar with all the NASCAR program listings....you can usually check Fridays to see when NASCAR Performance is on. And thank you, JD for keeping it up there, I use it all the time. I know there are other sites out there where you can find it also. I think we have to remember that SPEED is a sports network that does carry live programming (not enough...) so it makes the scheduling require a bit more flexibility. That doesn't bother me.
I sometimes turn on Trackside, but usually when I am doing other tasks. I like Rutledge, I like Kyle...heck, I see nothing wrong with Marianela. But the show itself is awful. Last week they were *carving pumpkins*. Oy vey....
But I would also like to mention, who at SPEED is trying to turn Byrnes into a comedian on Racehub. The goofy weather outfits; who is making him do this schtick? I thought Spencer was the comic relief (who can be alternately funny & terribly unfunny in the same segment.)
- November 4, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
It's been very interesting to watch the on-air changes now happening at SPEED. IMHO there is a lot of FOX and David Hill stuff showing up. Just glad no Pizzi or Caliendo...yet.
- November 4, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
I refuse to watch any program with that villiage idiot Rutledge Wood. His bit had grown tiresome after day 1. I wish speed would only use people that had some sense of professionalism.
- November 4, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Vicky D said...
I really enjoy Rutledge & Kyle however I don't watch because of all those people with their stupid signs in the background. As for Marianela I can't stand her. I'm also curious about Reut and his prospects for 2012.
- November 4, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Gordon is supposed to be on trackside as a guest since he's giving away the corvette that was raffled off for the foundation.
That's the only reason I'll watch trackside at this point.
Rutledge does not amuse me.
I doubt that I'll catch practice either since I have other stuff to do
- November 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Roland said...
Trackside is dead to me. I wont watch it. I like some goofyness mixed in with great interviews. New show gives you none of that. Its Kyle and Rut being crazy and some woman in a bunker somewhere reading tweets for no reason. Remind me not to watch.
Nice to see Steve Byrnes calling the action today.
- November 4, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Michael Stoffel said...
Sorry this track bores me. I may watch some Sunday, but not during the Giants game. Otherwise, there's a lot of other things to do on a (rare) sunny warm fall weekend.
- November 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Steve L. said...
No Trackside for me! Haven't watched for some time now. Like everything else, someone has a 'better idea' and ends up ruining a good thing. Ratings will drop and it will be canceled like all the other past good shows we used to watch.
Here we are at years end again and one part of me wants the racing season to hurry up and end. Silly season just messes everything up for the 'core' fan in me. In the old days (showing my age) you could buy that jacket and know that next year, your driver would be there with the same sponsor, the same car number, same CC. But not now.
NASCAR has evolved to a series of change. Announcers, drivers, shows, sponsors, it's an never ending whirlwind of change. Some good, some bad.
I'm just getting tired of trying to keep up with it all.....
- November 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
With the announcement today that Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip will split the #00, they said MW will run both Talladega races, the summer Daytona race, and Kentucky.
The first Talladega race conflicts with his new NASCAR on FOX deal. Maybe they will let Hammond back in the trailer that weekend.
- November 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Steve L, I know what you mean about the discontinuity on who's driving where, for what make and sponsor. I have stopped buying souvenirs for the most part - I stick with either something from the track esp if I haven't been there before or something from Chevy racing.
- November 4, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- glenc1 said...
there used to be a sports store near here with a lot of NASCAR stuff...owner told me once the sponsor-changing stuff just killed his business. Other sports keep their logos, for the most part. Even Jeff Gordon's rainbow is gone....my friend has not yet bought a 'Drive to End Hunger' shirt.
I try to buy smaller, cheaper things. Stickers, pins, bandannas.
- November 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- Earl The Pearl said...
Gordo and Burton: Something about
a slight altercation during the
practice at Texas ?
And info on that ? thanks
- November 4, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- AncientRacer said...
Only hat I've bought lately is an M&M's hat. A Green M&M's hat with a Rinestone M and a pink underbrim.
Good conversation starter. Women are drawn to it.
- November 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM
- Jonathan said...
Danica will drive the 10 car in Sprint Cup next year! Daytona, Darlington, Bristol, Chicagoland, Texas, Phoenix, and a few others 10 races all together
saw it on Nascar.com
- November 4, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
As others have mentioned, I regret the loss of the long term sponsor affiliations. In the days of the "Tide Ride", you could identify the car without it being mentioned by an announcer. As long as it showed up in a camera shot, you could probably pick it out and know how the driver was doing. The special paint schemes used today also may have a purpose, but it makes it more difficult to identify a car. Combine that with rotating sponsors and the TV viewer has a tough job to identify and follow a car.
You would think that NASCAR and its TV broadcasters would be careful to make sure that all of the primary sponsors got some air time to justify their continued support. Instead, the networks and NASCAR seem determined to do just the opposite. NASCAR's chase results in focus on a few teams while ignoring the rest. And ESPN's hypertight camera coverage results in long periods of focus on a single car. That concentration not only angers fans who want to watch a race, it prevents air time to all the other primary sponsors.
I think that the concentration on a few cars and sponsors is slowly killing the economic foundation of the sport. When top tier teams like Roush and Childress have to eliminate a team because of lack of sponsorship, something is seriously wrong.
I used to think that ESPN was merely arrogant and stupid. That was sufficient reason to explain their personnel choices along with the producer and director decisions. After last week's failure to mention a serious injury to a crewman because he was not on a significant team, I am forced to conclude that ESPN is also callous and evil. They have had five years to relearn how to understand the fans and broadcast a race, and this is the best they can do?
I hope ESPN is not any part of the next NASCAR TV contract. If they go, I will celebrate their departure. I don't know how anybody else can be any worse.
- November 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Seeing Reutimann's picture on this article only makes me think less of the media and for sure MW. The media today says it is just business sure does let MW off the hook.
To not even take the extra time to talk to Reutimann in person makes MW look awful. You have someone with a contract through 2012 but do not make sure you tell them in person.
The media just passes over all this as if it is ok. Just like they pass over other things that makes NASCAR look bad. You would think they all work for NASCAR.
Will not pull for MWR at all. LS
- November 4, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
MW said he could not get in touch with reutimann Tuesday Because he was on a plane. I mean really?? If he cared at all for reutimann he could have delayed his announcement until he could talk to reutimann in person.
He at the very least owed him that.
- November 4, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- FloridaMatt said...
Reutimann's being pushed out puts a whole new perspective on all those AArons commercials where he wasn't allowed to be the spokesman. Wonder how quickly Aarons will pull them?
- November 4, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- NorCalFan said...
Anyone tried using PitComman for qualifying today?
Nascar.com says PitCommand and the radio broadcast are available for today's cup qualifying. I've tried several times to fire up both applications to no avail. A blank page for PitCommand and nothing when I click on the arrow to start the radio broadcast. I'm a paying customer for PitCommand.
JD, can you please wake up those yahoos at Turner and find out what the problem is? Thanks.
- November 4, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Aarons might should be worried about backlash because of the way reutimann was let go more than their commercials.
- November 4, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- Roland said...
During Sprint Cup Qualifying, they came back from break and showed a Jimmie Johnson highlight reel then went back live and they were halfway through Jeff Gordon's qualifying run. And not only that but they didnt even mention Jimmie after the promo thing. That didnt make no sense. Especially since Qualifying is taped so each car can get on TV, and they ignore Jeff for Jimmie. If it was JJ Yeley or someone I wouldnt care, but Jeff has a ton of fans. They deserved to see his whole run. Just didnt make sense to me.
- November 4, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- sue said...
Sorry to hear about Jeff not being shown but as a Tony Stewart fan we've dealt with stuff like that quite often. You don't get used to it. Just imagine if you were a fan of some top 20 driver as opposed to a top 10 driver. You'd be lucky to see your guy on tv.
- November 4, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
NorcalFan....no response at all! Not a good sign.
- November 4, 2011 at 7:15 PM


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I had to ask a week previous for a screener for the last entry, informing them at that time that I hadn't been getting any emails: including an invitation to a dinner for the jurists that took place earlier in the week, including a complete guest list, including any responses to my two queries about screeners for Chinese films and something called Fateless that I'd intended to cover. . . on and on.
I'm not arrogant enough to believe that the DFS are being vindictive because of two earlier blog pieces about the failings of this year's festival – so maybe it is as I was told, something wrong with the email system (probably mine) and nothing personal. I'm willing to forget that the only publicist who talked to me this year during the fest was from out of town and had worked with me in the past and had somehow not forgotten my cell phone number after a year of not using it (nor my work email, nor my home phone) to get in touch with me about coverage of her clients and so on. And I'm willing to believe that sometimes computers are weird and I might get all the festival daily PR pieces with no problem, but none of the internal memos that would have meant greater participation.
I'm going to go with the idea that since I made the mistake of declaring that we're not going to do much coverage this year of a subpar fest that I've fallen right off the call-back/follow-up list during the one time of the year that they would have anything to call me about. It's only fair, in all honesty, that if I've given up on them that they give up on me as well.
But anyway, the closing night, and this is a problem for me: Al Maysles is there to present the documentary award named after him and was introduced as, along with his brother David, the inventor of cinema verite. An assertion wrong and potentially insulting to a legendary documentary filmmaker, wouldn't you suppose? I think the term is "direct cinema" and, y'know, it ain't the same thing because among other things, one refers to fiction, and the other to non-fiction. We can talk about the slipperiness of that distinction, but we should make the distinction. Particularly with Mr. Maysles who makes the distinction so sharply.
It's not important to everyone, of course – to most it will appear to be picking nits – but it should be important in this setting, and in this company.
Okay, maybe we should put the egos on hold and start to talk about how to turn the ship around instead. Jesus, look at what I say when no one's asking – can you imagine if someone asked?
Brokeback Mountain is a disappointment, by the way. Middlebrow and squeamish – not in its sex scenes which are puzzlingly brutal – but in the way it puts an exclamation point behind every gay moment. If you're going to make a film about aliens, just make a science fiction piece – romances should be about people. At least it's better, a little, than Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha which, besides describing one character as a war hero for being injured in the Japanese occupation of Manchuria (the sort of thing that irks me if no one else except two billion other Chinamen), has Chinese woman Zhang Ziyi and Malaysian-born Michelle Yeoh cast as Japanese Geishas. It's the equivalent, not to put too fine a point on it, of a fine Jewish actress happily playing a heroic Nazi prostitute – bless Maggie Cheung for turning down the opportunity to sell out her culture. (And for what? Memoirs of a Freakin-Geisha? There's not even the question of subversion here.) At least they give Zhang a pair of blue contact lenses, right? Racial tensions aside, it's silly in an unfortunate po-mo way in that it could've been called "The Katie Holmes Story" for its tale of a little girl who idolizes a grown man and, after her breasts are no longer sore from growing, seduces and marries him! Hurray!
Biggest non-surprise: there's a voiceover narration. Biggest surprise: it's not Morgan Freeman doing it.
Four speaking engagements: the first, The Sixth Sense as part of a ghost series, shepherding in autumn to the Rockies. Gilpin County, I should mention, where I do a lot of these shows, is at an altitude of about 8,900 feet, meaning that I get really light-headed and confused sometimes. Even more so when I'm up there, even. A close scrutiny of the film, at times scene-by-scene, reveals an incredibly arrogant picture as well as an amateurishly-directed one. Lots of push-ins and over-scoring take on the burden of the emotionality of the piece, leaving the twist as all that's left to consider. Saving it on not-too-close looks at the mechanics of the picture are the performances of Willis, Osment, and especially Toni Collette. It can only be read in any case through the prism of a film about the sacred-ness and the need to protect the cult of childhood – but even that is betrayed by the bully humiliation at its conclusion: a devouring need by Shyamalan to appease as broad an audience as absolutely possible. My estimation of the picture has dropped precipitously after this engagement – but my fascination with its popularity at the epicenter of our most recent fin de siecles is stoked hotter.
Next, The Others - a beautifully-directed picture that uses negative space and the template of The Innocents to lovely effect. It's scarier than I remembered, as well, and Kidman – doing the film so soon after her divorce and a highly-publicized miscarriage – turns in the first of a series of courageous performances. Then, A Tale of Two Sisters: the culmination of all the films of the series (The Innocents, The Haunting, The Sixth Sense, and The Others) in its use of an isolated house used as a metaphor for a woman's psycho-sexual traumas and repressions; the oppression of children; striking use of color; cold spots; inciting events; on and on. And all of it skewed ever so subtly south of true by its distinctly Asian sensibility. Of course it doesn't hurt that it's one of the most tactile; flat out gorgeous pictures of the last several years.
Did a show, too, for the Denver branch, of Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain.
Before it, I realized that I had loaned out my copy and so went to the local video store in search of a copy. They had it, but only on a battered VHS copy – so I went to Blockbuster. . . to Blockbusters: all four of them that are within about a three-mile radius of where I am – not a one of them had it. One of them stocked it, but it was "lost" and it was an old issue of it in any case (though it would have done). None of the people in any of the Blockbusters seemed to have any idea what I was talking about when I asked for it. You know, I didn't know that that store only had categories for "Drama, Comedy, Action, Horror, Family, New Release," sometimes "Foreign" and then the inexplicable "Special Interest" which includes exercise videos and Errol Morris. There's a lot of talk lately about Blockbuster having to declare bankruptcy any day now – for all the harm that they've done catering to what people "want" (editing movies, putting indie video stores out of business, etc), they well and truly deserve everything that happens to them and their brand.
But the show itself: afterwards, a young woman with her young daughter contributed to the discussion by saying that her mother used to sing her Freed & Brown's songbook, a lot of it used in this picture (folks who diss Moulin Rouge! for mining top 40 – as if there aren't other things to diss the film for – look no farther than Singin' in the Rain for the template) – and that she wanted to experience (and share with her own daughter), and to understand what it was like to hear the tunes in a public setting with a group of others. ("And did you?" "Oh, yes.") Of the 60 or so in the audience (a surprisingly small number, but it did compete with the very popular festival – more tickets sold this year than ever crows the DFS! Meaning, of course, that it's good!) only one hadn't seen the film before. I don't think that it's a perfect film, but I do feel like every time Kelly performs in the puddles and on the lampposts of MGM's '50s backlot, that it's the first time. Ground zero of a landmark in our popular culture. Oh what a glorious feeling.
Saw a screening of Rent, packed with the public and theater geeks who knew every single word (and sang along! joy!), which did not prevent eight lucky walkouts. Because I'm guessing this was largely a theater-crowd, it was relatively well-behaved (save the sing-alongs, of course), but I should say that the kid taking tickets at the door to the Denver Pavilions was the rudest little punk I've ever had the misfortune of asking a question.
- Hi, I'm here for the screening of. . .
- Harry Potter? Get in line over there.
- No, Rent.
- Where's your ticket?
- I'm a member of the press.
- Stand over there. And you have to stand behind those people.
- Can I talk to your manager?
- You don't need to talk to the manager.
- Can I talk to the publicist?
- She's not here.
- But the show's starting, when will she be back?
- Don't know, don't care.
- What theater is it showing in?
- Don't know, don't care.
At which point I walked past him, asked his manager (who was about fifteen in a bad suit and didn't give a shit, either), and then went and watched the film. The creme? The little punk didn't care that I'd walked over to his manager. There are a lot of reasons that people don't go to the movies anymore. Here's another one. Customer service is non-fucking-existent at these places: they pay minimum wage to these little assholes and then they pay minimum wage plus a dollar to their managers – all of whom spend detention after school together and could give a fuck about customer retention and satisfaction. I've heard stories about this kid before: that he's still gainfully employed at this establishment tells me that there's a bad case of institutional rot going on here and why in heaven's name would anyone looking to have a nice evening out even think about going to the movies here?
And speaking of getting bent over a turnstile, Rent made most of my orifices bleed. Why is it that people with AIDS are canonized? I'm not assuming that they're not saints, see, but why must I be assured that they are? Between this and Brokeback Mountain, I'm still waiting to see a high-profile film that doesn't treat gayness as some kind of "neat" thing, something quaint and adorable, some sort of wondrous theme park ride instead of just a matter of banal fact. I've known a few gay gents and not a one of them struck me as particularly dazzled by the fact of homosexuality. I've been Chinese now for 32 years and not once has a mystical gong gone off when I've come into a room. I'm waiting, in other words, to see a gay movie that isn't just about being gay – can't gay men and women on film have relationships that are every bit as boring and dysfunctional as breeders? Or must they all end in disease and outrageously non-PC murder subsequent to hilarious sequences where they're walked in on by their friends and family? Catch a scene in Brokeback Mountain where you're encouraged to have a chuckle at the expense of a totally innocent character (who's later vilified again at the weirdest time for no reason at all). At least they're not helper elves in these pictures – or quirky best friends. Oh, wait. Rent. Never mind.
Still reading FitzGerald's astounding Way Out There in the Blue - here's this week's screen capture (2.3) - I believe the tally so far is Jack S. - 1 and Chad E. - 1:
Incidentally, Bill's long-awaited (by me and anyone else in the know) take on the first season of "Leave it to Beaver" is in the can and on the site. Just as he opened my eyes to John Hughes in the years that I've been familiar with his writing, he's opened my eyes to "Leave it to Beaver" - and there may be no more important work done on either than right here in our own, as they say, backyard. The review is well worth the wait.
And how much is left that you can say that about?
Hot off the Presses - November 23, 2005
Just in time for Walk the Line, Travis kicks La Bamba around for a while, but finds a little soul in The Buddy Holly Story before doing yeoman's work on Wim Wender's compromised noir, Hammett.
And then there was Rent. Kudos, by the way, to Caption Boy who has really outdone himself with the hilarious, and point-on "AIDS of Aquarius" line. That's really fucking brilliant - you can (and oughtta, probably) just skip the review body as these six syllables do all the slaying that needs to be done.
Hot off the Presses - November 24, 2005
We wrap up the 28th DIFF with a capsule of something Ebert calls "another Sundance gem" which, if it sounds backhanded, might only sound that way to a genuine asshole like me: Love, Ludlow. I had intended on wrapping with a review of Lars Von Trier's Manderlay or the Holocaust drama Fateless, but scheduling being what it was, missed both screenings. Our doing this picture is a testament to creative and persistent PR as not only did the team behind it send me a screener, but the publicist sent a personal note as follow-up and the screenwriter sent a handwritten, and personal again, postcard! Critics are sort of used to being reviled and ignored - when you get this kind of attention, it doesn't always get results, but it's always appreciated. I was glad that a combination of factors this year opened a slot for the picture. It's not great, but it's not awful, either, and I'm not sorry to have seen it.
Over in the other column, Hans Petter Moland's Malick-produced The Beautiful Country comes to DVD and, in a rare (for a reason: I suck at them) happening, I write up the DVD specs on the new, infernal, Cheaper by the Dozen: Baker's Dozen Edition.
Hot off the Presses - November 26, 2005
Travis continues his Jerry Lewis safari with The Bellboy and my interview with Lodge Kerrigan goes live.


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Check multiple names and also multiple indexes
15 July, 2011 at 5:36 pm 6 comments
I've written before about indexes whose titles suggest they are accessing the same records but in fact yield different results (see 'Multiple indexes are not all the same').
However, competition between subscription websites as well as freely available material means that sometimes we now have the luxury of choosing between more than one index to the same information. Especially when those indexes are separately created and not just duplicated, we have an increased chance of actually finding the record we are looking for.
I transcribed some of the 1901 London census and I am well aware how difficult it can be to read the writing. Sometimes I am almost surprised at the amount the indexers seem to have correct! Plus I hope that when researchers find an indexing error they will take the trouble to notify the webmaster (or database or index owner), so a correction can be made, and the general accuracy of the indexes will increase.
I had a reminder this week of the usefulness of multiple indexes. Dr Landsborough took a local census of the inhabitants of Stevenston in Ayrshire (Scotland) in 1819. (A version of this index can be seen on the ThreeTowners website).
We all know that Bill could be William. In Scotland Jessie was interchangeable with Jean, Jane or Janet. Morag becomes Sarah, and Donald could be Daniel.
A Scottish ancestor of mine was Grizel McKENZIE. Over the years I've looked for spelling variations of Grizel, but until this week I hadn't tried looking for the English version of the name 'Grizel' – which is 'Grace'. So the Grizel McKENZIE I was looking for seems to be the Grace McKENZIE who married Andrew SILLARS in Stevenston (Ayrshire) in 1833.
SILLARS is a name that seems to beg mis-spelling – SILLERS and SILAS are common, so when searching an online index I was trying SIL*S. The wildcard * (asterisk) can substitute for none, 1 or more characters. That picked up a number of spelling variations but not all.
That's when multiple indexes came in handy. For English censuses I might check both FindMyPast.co.uk as well as Ancestry.co.uk but for Scottish censuses I was looking at Ancestry as well as ScotlandsPeople. (You can do a fair bit of searching on ScotlandsPeople before you have to pay). Ancestry only has transcriptions of the Scottish censuses, rather than the full images of the records on ScotlandsPeople, but I have a subscription for Ancestry and so did not have to pay more to search. (Ancestry.com is also generally freely available at libraries.)
In the 1841 census on Ancestry I found my couple as 'Andrew and Gaiyle SILLARS' – I thought that Gaiyle might be a mis-reading of Grizle. But although knowing they were likely there somewhere, I could not find the same couple on ScotlandsPeople – I tried putting a wildcard on the *front* of the name and even that did not find them. In the end I abandoned looking for the surname at all. Fortunately their first names were uncommon so I tried looking for them by first name only, coupled with age and place – and finally I found them – as Andrew and Grizle LILLAY!
So 'Andrew and Gaiyle SILLARS' in one index were 'Andrew and Grizle LILLAY' in another. Here's a copy of the image – what do you think?
Entry filed under: Census, Research techniques, Scottish research. Tags: Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, Grizel, Names, ScotlandsPeople.
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Having looked at the entry, I would suggest that the "L" in Lallay might possibly be an "S"? Can you compare it to other samples of the census taker's "s'es"? Also to comfirm the family, do you have information on the children to compare names and dates with the "Lillay" family, or failing that, can you find birth registrations where the children's surname might in fact be recorded as Sillars? I love your posts.
Regards, Lorraine
It is totally understandable the indexer mistook Sillars with what I call a floating tail of the "S" for Lillays even though its capital L should have had the floating tail of the "L".
Read with interest, as always, making a mental note to play more on Scotlands People.
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Good morning. With three days until the official opener of the 2012 London Games, here's a summary of the news coming out of the Olympics:
- U.S. (and other) coaches will not be walking in Friday's Opening Ceremonies, because Olympic honchos wanted to shorten the ceremony. Some don't even have tickets.
- The Olympic torch had a big night. First, it rode on the London Underground. Then it passed through the set of long-running soap opera Eastenders.
- North Korea is negotiating for rights to broadcast the 2012 games, according to Voice of America. Seems a bit late, but I guess if a dictatorship doesn't let you set your own deadlines, what good is it?
- Brazil's soccer team won't have goalie Rafael for the games, after he ran into a practice dummy during practice. Out for three weeks with an elbow injury.
- The British government has deployed even more troops to help secure Olympic venues.
- And... London Mayor Boris Johnson recited a Pindaric ode in Greek and English at a gala last night.
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The resignation of veteran Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is an event causing ripples that go way beyond the island where the Scotsman spent his long and illustrious career.
Walk into a bar pretty much anywhere from Buenos Aires to Bangkok, mention Ferguson or his star-studded team of Red Devils, and you can be sure of a lively conversation — and perhaps a heated argument.
Ferguson's name is not always greeted with warmth, especially by supporters of rival English soccer teams whom he so often frustrated in the battle for trophies, of which he won an astounding 38 during his Manchester years.
He was a tough and highly competitive character in a notoriously ruthless business. In the English game, managers and coaches whose teams fail to perform tend to be sacked with unceremonious speed. It is a measure of Ferguson's remarkable success that he held his job for 27 years.
Ferguson's hard-nosed approach was particularly felt by soccer journalists. Those who upset him were banned from his press conferences. For seven years, Ferguson refused to be interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corp. because he was angry about a program it broadcast about him and one of his sons.
He could, at times, be abrasive and also outspoken: He knows how to get under the skin of opposition managers before a big game. He has a long record of lambasting referees for decisions he disliked — apparently undeterred by the resulting fines. In fact, his critics frequently accuse him of striking such fear in the heart of match officials that they become biased in favor of Manchester United players.
He could be a strict disciplinarian with his team and staff. "He was always falling out with people," Michael Crick, author of a book about Ferguson called The Boss, told the BBC. It is said that in Scotland, in the early stages of his managerial career, Ferguson once fined a player merely for having the gall to overtake his car while driving to the ground.
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News of Ferguson's decision to leave Manchester United at the end of this season is being greeted with a chorus of tributes from around the world, and a tsunami of statistics about his achievements: two European Champions League crowns, five FA Cups and five League Cups, and more. He leaves on a high — this year, for the 13th time on his watch, Manchester United won the highly prestigious English Premiership title.
In England, Ferguson's departure came as a surprise — and prompted a wave of emotional calls to radio phone-ins from Manchester United fans. But it has been the subject of discussion for years. There is speculation that his health perhaps played a part: He is reportedly due to have a hip operation soon.
Ferguson made the announcement with a statement saying that this is the "right time" to go, and paid tribute to the Florida-based Glazer family who own a controlling stake in Manchester United.
"The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about. It is the right time," Ferguson said. "It was important to me to leave an organization in the strongest possible shape, and I believe I have done so."
Ferguson leaves his post at 71, after a career that began in Scotland as a player (he was a forward at Glasgow Rangers in the late 1960s), and ended as the most successful manager in the history of British football. In his homeland, Scotland, he's still revered for a remarkably successful stint as manager of Aberdeen FC in the early 1980s.
A debate has now begun among sports fans over exactly how prominent will be the place that Ferguson occupies in the history of soccer. A general consensus is emerging, even among his foes, that he will surely be remembered as one of the greatest managers in the world, who transformed his club into a major brand — with fans across the planet.
Betting has begun, too, over who will be his successor. His job is one of the most prestigious and high-profile in sport — but filling his boots will not be at all easy for his successor.
On his home turf, the Old Trafford soccer stadium, Ferguson's looming presence is likely to continue to be felt, not least because he is staying on at Manchester United as a director and ambassador. He already has a statue outside the club's famous stadium.
More honors are sure to follow from the Red Devils' fans who, in the coming days, will likely flock to see Ferguson's two last remaining games at the helm of one of the world's most glamorous soccer teams.
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From Boston to Bangkok, every follower of soccer knows his face. They've seen it on TV for years. His nose glows red. His jaws pound on a wad of gum. His eyes hawkishly follow every play. Alex Ferguson is one of the most prominent figures in the world's most popular sport. He has been manager of Manchester United for more than a quarter of a century, and today, he announced he is retiring at the end of this season.
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PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: Soccer fans don't often agree, but on this, there's a general consensus. Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager in British football and one of the greatest in the game's history.
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REEVES: The season, Manchester United won the English premiership for the 13th time under Ferguson's stewardship. That trophy has gone into a cabinet stuffed with silverware - 38 trophies in all during Ferguson's nearly 27 years at the club.
Ferguson started out as a player in the rough world of Scottish soccer. Later, as a manager, he prove shrewd and ruthless. He's known for his mind games with opponents and for lambasting referees and players. Ferguson says flying off the handle is part of the game.
ALEX FERGUSON: There's nothing wrong with losing your temper if it's for the right reasons. I don't leave it till the next day. I don't believe in that.
MICHAEL CRICK: The thing about Ferguson, he had a number of personal attributes - huge intelligence, an amazing physical constitution, this ability to survive on three or four hours sleep a night, so it meant he'd be in the training ground first thing in the morning. He'd have all sorts of jobs done, work done before any of the players turned up.
REEVES: Michael Crick's author of a book about Ferguson called "The Boss." Crick says there's another side to Ferguson. Though he usually makes up in the end, Ferguson tends to fall out with people.
CRICK: And particularly, he was always falling out with journalists. He would ban people from his press conferences if they asked the mildest critical question.
REEVES: Manchester United is owned by the Florida-based Glazer family. Ferguson, who's 71, says he's leaving the club in the strongest possible shape. It's become one of world's most valuable sports franchises. Over the years, he's nurtured some of soccer's greatest players: Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, and more. That's why his resignation's caused dismay thousands of miles from Manchester to Ken Lai, of Manchester United Supporters' Club in Singapore.
KEN LAI: We wished that he stays on forever but it's not possible. We had hoped that the day would not be coming so fast, soon. But there's never a right time for this.
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