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An East Coast Update.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:54:12 +0000

So I’m sipping on some Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, and it’s quite lovely. That’s pretty much going to be the best part of this update, for some of you. I’m sitting in JFK, it’s snowing outside, it looks gorgeous. This is the second time I have been in New York in the past week. I head to Charlotte in an hour or so. Yesterday I was in California, the day before Maryland and Georgia. My life is kind of spinning right now.

For those of you who don’t know, I’m out on tour with William Tell and Jimmy Robbins. I have to tell you guys Jimmy is one of the best new things in my life, and William is one of the best old. We are a pretty great band of travelers.

So we started out in Boston, Cambridge proper for 2 days (including a great stop at Drink), and then Greyhound’d down to NYC. We crashed in Williamsburg the first night, then mid-town at the Pod Hotel (bunkbeds, with Eames patterned bedspreads). The show in NYC was at the Highline, and it had a great turnout. From there we went to Hoboken, NJ. Now let me tell you, I have said a lot of bad things about NJ, and quite a few about Hoboken (I mean it does start with Hobo, and Eli Manning lives there), but I take it all back. After 2 days I’m a fan. It’s a great town where you can still grab a slice at random hours of the night, but escapes the complete craziness over the river.

Sometime after that we finally got a car, drove to Baltimore, stalked the “Ace Of Cakes” place, and wandered Fell’s Point. I wound up buying hat’s and old screens (screen printing screens), and we even cheered for the Buffalo Sabers (I can’t really explain). The next day I headed to the airport for a flight to Newark and then Orange County, only to be greeted by a delayed flight which would have made me miss my connection. So then I was on a Delta flight to Atlanta, then Orange County. Yeah, so then a ground stop in Atlanta kept me at BWI another 2 hours (I had already waited 3). Did iI mention I was flying back for my Father’s wedding the next day?

So I was a bit concerned I would be stuck forever in Maryland or Georgia, but eventually I made it back to California. The wedding was great, very musical oriented, and out in the Angeles National Forest. That evening I got on a plane for here, JFK. I promptly passed out, and that flight is now known as the Best Redeye Ever. Soon I will be heading to North Carolina to meet up with William and Jimmy, who played Philly and Raleigh while I was gone.

If you want to be involved in my insane travels, I will soon be in Charlotte, Wilmington, Delray Beach (Ft. Lauderdale), Orlando and Tampa. If you have ways to get me and 2 others into Disneyworld for free, you are especially encouraged to reach out. I really recommend you come out to a show if you are around one of these cities, it’s a great chance to see wonderful music in it’s barest form performed at levels the likes you may never see. At least stop by and familiarize yourself with William Tell and Jimmy Robbins. I’ll see you all soon.

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Politics And Baseball.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:30:38 +0000

The baseball season is almost, finally over, maybe. One of my teams managed to not lose 100 games (barely), and the other finds itself in a tough playoff matchup with the Angels. I’m excited to see the BoSox battle the Angels (I typed this as “The Angles” the first time, and it made me laugh for 10 minutes, I think Dan may also laugh), it will be a great matchup and these fan bases have a great and healthy rivalry with each other (along with a shared hatred of the Yankees, so it’s fun for everyone).

To wrap up my thoughts on the baseball season, I thought we would go to Ralph Nader for a comment.

Ralph Nader, after he’d been told by Washington Post editors that the lack of coverage of his presidential campaign was because he had no chance of winning:

“Then why are you covering the Nationals?”

Best thing ever, thank you Ralph, thank you Nationals for losing 3 more games than the Padres.

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An Open Letter To Dawson Leery.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:15:20 +0000

Dear Dawson,
It always pissed me off how you screwed things up with Joey.
Sincerely,
Randall

P.S. Go to hell Pacey.

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Long Weekend Wrap-up.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:44:53 +0000

These are the things that owned my life this past weekend:

Happy Hour, The Summer Gin, Superbad Scrabble, Ice Cream Sandwiches, Honey Wheat Pancakes, Realising Every Better Than Ezra Song Is Trying To Be Another Band, PBR, 21-1 Pool Volleyball Games, Beach Boys, Burgers, Fireworks, Cool Runnings, Betting On Olympic Trials, Falling Asleep On Couches, Gin & Tonics, Breakfast Burritos, Red Sox v. Yankees, Poolside Days, Some Of The Best iPod Playlists Ever, Mai Tai’s, Fajitas, Jacuzzi, More Olympic Trials, Falling Asleep On Couches, Being Horrible At Video Games, Leftovers, F1 Races That Look More Like Rally Racing, Falling Asleep On Couches.

Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69

“Those were the best days of our lives.”

It’s pretty true, even in ’08.

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The Not-So-Prodigal Son Returns.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:38:21 +0000

I am home, I flew in this morning, I went to work, I went to a stellar show at the Troubador. We Shot The Moon, William Tell and Everybody Else all put on a rather great show, I only wish I wasn’t the guy leaving before 11 because I haven’t slept a whole lot. I am exhausted, I have never felt so alive.

Boston was amazing, I am fully in love with the concept of spending entire days sitting in the Commons with a book and without a care to the world. On the flight home something interesting happened, I intend to expand on it, a chapter in the book perhaps, but you will have to wait. It’s good, I promise.

While I was on the East Coast I decided I may just buy a boat, put it in a slip in some small New England town, and always have a place there. Maybe a Boatshare? Anyone want in?

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Boston, I Am Yours.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:16:40 +0000

It is official, I will be in the Commonwealth a week from today. You might be like… “Isn’t that kind of a late warning?” Yes, yes it is. I just purchased my tickets yesterday, so I really didn’t feel it was official until then.

I fly in on the redeye Thursday night, and have a quick stop in D.C (better than the layover at PVD Kyle was trying to propose, if you get this, you get this, I will not explain), so technically I can work in another Ben Gibbard reference if you would like. The District will sleep with me for an hour in the airport? I dunno. I am leaving the 27th, early and will be back in California in time for a day of work and a rock show that evening.

If you are in Boston and I know you, I would love to see your face. If you are in Boston and I don’t know you, shouldn’t you have introduced yourself by now? Let’s drink beers while we watch the Sox win, let’s talk Southie all weekend.

UPDATE: If anyone wants to rent out rooms in Long Beach on the dates of May 22-27th and June 4-17th please contact Kyle or myself. Kidding, sort of.

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Manny Ramirez Is My Favourite Ballplayer.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:24:03 +0000

The reasons why are far too numerous to list. Basically Manny is awesome, the whole Manny being Manny is the most entertaining thing in baseball these days. A few days back Manny was talking about how he could/should win a Gold Glove for how he plays the Monster. He really does play it well, and usually he doesn’t play other outfielders with nearly the same quality.

Last night Manny proved all the critics wrong once again. His play in left field in Baltimore is not something we will see again anytime soon.

Keep in mind, that wasn’t after a play, or after an inning, or after anything at all. That was during the play which continues to Manny rocketing the ball into his cut off man, DPeds, who throws Aubrey Huff out at first base. Manny claims he is simply campaigning for his All Star bid.

Manny Ramirez

“I think that’s how you get your All-Star vote, I’m pretty sure that guy’s going to vote for me. One at a time, that’s how it’s going to happen.”

Later in the game Manny continued his normal antics by calling himself safe seconds after he beat out a single, everyone in the place agreed with him, save the first base umpire. Manny play baseball with the kind of joie de vivre I wish every ballplayer had, it’s amazingly fun to watch a guy love what he does that much.

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Fenway Time Lapse

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:09:13 +0000

Lovely look at the crowd filing in, field being prepared, baseball being played, beer being drank, Manny being Manny, Red Sox winning, gorgeous day/night in Boston, crowd exiting in Time Lapse.

Video by Tom Guilmette.

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Triple Header, Dual Coast.

R.P. Jenkins, Esq. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:30:12 +0000

I use iCal to keep track of my schedule, and I also use it to subscribe to my favourite sport teams schedules. It’s a handy little feature available for almost any team, and having these calendars sync with my iPhone gives me a constant connection to what said teams are up to. I have these calendars not visible in iCal so it doesn’t clutter the daily events, so I rarely notice such jewels as what follows.

Apparently (and according to their subscribe-able calendar) on April 17th, the Boston Red Sox played 3 games… on 2 coasts. I guess that whole 4 season openers in/on; 4 cities, 4 coastlines, 3 countries thing wasn’t enough for them. Usually I think a doubleheader is tough enough, but the BoSox are better than that.

The (currently, though not on April 17) last place Padres could only muster up enough energy to play one game, which they probably lost, because no one on the team is aware that hitting the ball over the outfield fence automatically scores a run.

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