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call me crazy.

one day the cubs were playing the philadephia phillies and for some reason i was at the game.

i dont know why but i didnt hate pete rose. if anything i was on the fence about him because he had never hurt the cubs, and he beat the AL in the world series all the time i bet on him.

later in his career they moved him over to first base and in the first inning, after the cubs had made their last out on a ground out, Pete spiked the ball super hard in the grass and it rolled over to the mound

and everyone booed like crazy.

and i thought this is the greatest thing ever.

because you can get people to react when you get a hit or snare a line drive, or bowl over their catcher or injure their shortstop

but who knew you rile them up a second after the inning was over?

this, the game pretty boy Bryce Harper thinks is boring.

your obsession with hair care products are boring, Bryce, not the national pasttime.

there was never anything boring about Pete Rose, not when he was in the box, on the bases, or running off the field to a torrent of summertime chicago hate.

so of course he would autograph a baseball to Donald Trump.

for the right price he’ll autograph a baseball to you

and he’ll write anything youd like him to say

 

and run straight to the bank with that goofy smile of his

things start off great. in monopoly you get money, a car or a thimble or a hat, and you get to roll.

with me, i pretty much already love you. why? who knows, why do you get money in Monopoly? cuz you just do!

but as time goes by if you treat me poorly i will start not loving you. this can spiral.

but odds are i love you. this can increase if you make food for me, clean my apartment, treat me like a human, or let me put my hand on your thigh as we drive down PCH.

i’ll also love you if i just drank a bunch of Mexican Coke.

or if the Cubs just won a close game.

or if theres something good playing at the Vista.

or if someone just hands me a bowl of banana creme pudding.

or if theres something good on the radio.

or if the Muffs are about to play the Echoplex

or if the taco from the taco truck doesnt get me sick.

or if you text me nudes when i least expect it.

or if you let me put a washer dryer in my apartment after 15 years of having to go to the coin laundry.

or if you put Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame where he deserves to be.

or if you dress like a hooker and get me chinese food on my 30th birthday because im freaked that ive entered old age.

or if your band truly has a dual guitar attack.

or if you retweet my tweet instead of like it.

or if you legalize weed and stop the war on drugs.

or if you win the super bowl for walter payton.

or if you love the poor and give them good things.

or if you skateboard over a broken down car thats on fire.

or if you make a movie that gives me hope and has me singing the theme song in the parking lot.

but if you dick me over royally i’ll hold it against you forever even if it kills me first.

especially while wearing a Sweetness jersey.

im very excited for the beginning of the NFL season but i dont hate anyone.

i hate MLB for keeping Pete Rose out of the baseball Hall of Fame

i hate that Obama thinks its ok to spy on Americans and lie about it.

i hate that Uber doesn’t seem to care about its drivers.

i hate that time flies so quickly and i havent done half the things i wanna do yet.

i hate how cute my kittens are because it makes it hard to give them away.

other than that i pretty much love everything.

like you.

the only curses i believe exist in this world are in baseball.

i think that because the red sox traded babe ruth for the rights to a play,

they were jinxed from the world series for decades

i believe that when the cubs wouldnt let that dude bring his goat inside wrigley field,

that they’ve been cursed ever since

and i believe that when two and a half baseball commissioners refused to let pete rose

baseballs finest hitter, enter the hall of fame,

the hall became will cursed and will remain so until this is corrected.

sorry,  mike piazza.

therefore it’s not the major league baseball hall of fame that has to fix the baseball writers of america

its that the mlb hof needs to stop being hypocritical about who they let in and who they dont.

it is their terrible lead that is inspiring silly acts by the writers.

i have a suggestion: if the feats that took place counted on the field, then they should count off the field.

so if a guy miraculously racks up over 4,000 hits, and then retires and does dumb things while he’s no longer a player

and if all of those hits still count in the record book, then thats what should be rewarded and celebrated

and he, the man who did it, should also be rewarded and celebrated.

likewise if someone, even someone you dont like, hits more home runs than anyone.

regardless of if he worked out deals with the league office or didnt work out deals with the league office.

if those home runs counted in the games then it should count in the hall.

or else get used to the curse and the foulness and the incomplete feeling that your so called special thing has

and know this is your fault, hall of fame, and you who dont deserve them

and not the other way around.

how are the cure not in the rock and roll hall of fame?

this song is called Return. it’s off the Cure’s 10th album Wild Mood Swings (1996).

four singles were released from that album, this wasn’t any of them.

who is that prolific that they can give you 20 years of music leading up to their 10th album

and the so called fifth best song is something as joyful and wonderful and sweet and sassy

as Return?

if i was the commissioner of baseball i wouldnt start the 2014 season

until the rock hall honored robert smith for 38 years of beautiful pop tunes

Q. How did you get to where you are now in your career?

A. God, a great wife, a clean suit, perfect timing, and a few excellent speeches.

Q: Favorite non-WNBA athlete?

A: Takeru Kobayashi

Q: What’s the last thing you saw on stage that you really enjoyed?

A: Tom Waits sang in public for the first time in 5 years last night. I love when he does Tom Traubert’s Blues.

Q: What’s your favorite sports movie?

A: 300

Q: What did you learn from the worst boss you ever had?

A: When you’re being disrespected at work, that’s the angels telling you there’s something better over yonder.

Q: What is the guilty pleasure you could go broke buying?

A: Grillz

Q: What always surprises you about NYC?

A: How so many people afford to live there.

Q: Three things you can’t live without

A: Mom jeans, chewy chips ahoys, left handed scissors

Q: If you could shadow any designer for a day, who would it be?

A: Betsey Johnson

Q: Would you be a better center fielder for the Nats or point guard for the Wizards?

A: Hitting a baseball is nearly impossible at the professional level. That’s why we should forgive Pete Rose. I’d put him on the $3 bill if I could.

Q: How do you handle stressful situations and working under pressure?

A: The first job I ever had I got paid $3.35 an hour to mop puke (and worse) out of a McDonald’s bathroom. All jobs since then have paid more and were far more fun. Any time I feel stress at work I think this is still more fun than that.

Q: What was the first Grateful Dead song to really flip your wig?

A: I’ve always been fascinated by Friend of the Devil. It was playing in the car when i was little and my mom turned it off. Is it wicked? Is it super loving? Who knows? Recently I heard Tom Petty cover it in LA and I thought it was fantastic.

we are not all born with great strength, amazing physical capabilities, or even the smartest smarts

but theres one thing Pete Rose, Amazon, and Zippo all have in common

they hustle to make sure their customer is pleased.

customer service should be the easiest part of any company’s job, but it rarely is

when you think of businesses that treat their customers like the royalty they are

we can only think of a few: nordstrom, Saturn (RIP), Amazon, Zippo, and a scant few others

that shouldn’t be.

great customer service is usually cheap if not free, the word of mouth stories that follow it are priceless

and it is one sure fire way to beat the competition because odds are theyre not excelling in it.

say hello to your customers and mean it.

listen as if you life depends on it.

find the way that will delight them, not whats easiest for you.

do it with a smile on your face and good tidings in your heart.

and if you cant, quit immediately and work somewhere where you can love the people who support you.

the busblog loves you and is here (almost) every day with a smile on its face

and its aimed to please.

the comments will always be open for any and all.

except for terrible people.

terrible people should also quit that job and do something where you love stuff.

we are here for a very short period of time.

use it to love, hippies.

but at least i didnt get a terrible tattoo which was also misspelt.

this blog has always been staying positive despite whatever goes down.

a long time ago i got a fortune cookie that said

its not what happens, its how you handle it

and ive always tried to live my life from advice delivered by mass produced desserts.

some of the bad news was my buddy Dave from the KPCC Patt Morrison Show was being shown the door

so we took him out drinking last night

and all agreed that the radio station probably didnt need any more forward thinking creative funny

radio veterans

who’d produced people like Pete Rose, Dennis Miller, and Bob Forrest.

some times people just want challenges, i guess.

 

Bill: Now what?

I’ve been eating junk food and chocolate. Now I’m headed to Vegas for a few days. Maybe I’ll meet a blonde girl from Canada with a tongue pierce.

Andrea: What’s the best decision you ever made in the moment?

Starting this blog during a 15 minute break at work 10 years ago.

Tucsonan: if she asked, would you say yes?

ive been drinking this whiskey called Red Breast, i was gonna get everyone shots of Jameson but this dude was all, get Red Breast it’ll make Jameson feel like a dirty ho. So i went to the bar and ordered up a bunch and while the bartender was pouring it

and keep in mind this was a fancy place, no sneakers no cubs hats, the types of joints i dont regularly frequent.

classy like.

so i go so is this hootch any good?

and he looks up and says makes Jameson taste like spent jet trash.

and id say yes it is way smoother than Jameson, but it has this magical ability to just guide you to a happy place instead of rushing you there.

and once there my friend you’ll say yes to pretty much anything.

the Dems should break some out  in Congress.

Monkey: What do you do when the things that are supposed to be good for you are only presented by the universe in ways that are bad for you? 

the reason you should send your kids to party schools is the answer to this question.

lets say youre a college aged kid. someone lets say too young to drink legally. and youve got all these pressures on you, and youre broke, and you have a girlfriend but you realize youre in a party school surrounded by sexually awaking beautiful young cohorts. and almost at every party you discover something new in the categories of sex booze rock.

and lets say you are also learning from the masters about the masters in art war poetry science and red tape.

and then lets say something gnarly happens while youre out of your mind, not because youre drunk or anything, but because your heart just got broke for the first time and this is a downer that a good nights sleep after a barfing wont cure.

in the pit you discover certain truths.

and in the party they come to life.

and they usually revolve around one theme

rock rock n dont ever stop.

you’ll never learn that in dartmouth.

Wesley: tony do you listen to the only band that matters?

one of the Buddhas preached from a whorehouse. he argued that if enlightenment could be attained anywhere, then why waste time in a stuffy temple.

while i appreciate his idealism, i doubt you’ll ever find me in a place like that, but i think there can be spiritual moments from any band.

even bands with bad intentions or limited skills.

this morning im listening to the Smiths, MGMT, Titus Androgmafopdspoiao, Weezer, Gaga, and Pavement.

MGMT will not go down in history, but watching Rivers so contently dancing around to Kids reminds us

that we were invited to make a joyful noise.

xTx: Any regrets?

Although it was great to ask Hugh Hefner questions about Tiger Woods and Jesse James at the mansion,

and even though I loved interviewing Bruce Willis at the Roosevelt Hotel and asking him if his vodka takes off would he consider expanding to wine, and if he did would he come out with a Yippe Chianti;

my only regret is not interviewing more inanimate objects.

BiggMike: who will play Tony P in the Busblog movie?

If they can’t get Ad Rock or Tom Waits, I’d settle for Drew Barrymore.

Roseblue: Diamonds, or pearls?

Wasn’t Blood Diamond a great movie? And whats best, now I never have to buy diamonds :)

Karisa: any tips for making it through sunday? 

we’ll ive competed in a few half marathons. and this is how i made it past the first 10 miles, which to me are the hardest because theyre the easiest and it f’s up what the last few do to you.

i pretend theres an in n out burger at the finish line. a double double with cheese. and theres only one left on the planet

and if i eat it the aliens wont blow us up, indeed they will keep us around because no other universe was crazy enough to spend all that water to feed all those cows to produce something we’d market as hamburger.

do it for the kids, karisa.

by tony pierce

1. abraham lincoln, freed the slaves
2. chuck berry, invented rock and roll
3. elvis presley, embodied rock and roll
4. bob dylan, legitimized rock and roll
5. hugh hefner, embodied the american dream
6. martin luther king jr., legitimized america
7. muhammed ali, greatest of all times
8. benjamin franklin, did it all
9. jackie robinson, legitamized baseball
10. michael jordan, set the standard of excellence
11. charles bukowski, greatest american poet
12. j.d. salinger
13. frank sinatra
14. les paul
15. jimi hendrix
16. philo t. farnsworth
17. henry ford
18. bill gates
19. fdr
20. larry flynt
21. norman lear
22. harry caray
23. bill veeck
24. willie mays
25. mark twain
26. howard stern
27. hank williams sr.
28. johnny cash
29. john coltrane
30. john f kennedy
31. louis armstrong
32. magic johnson
33. charles mingus
34. charles r. drew
35. ted turner
36. jack daniels
37. eli whitney
38. pete rose
39. edward r. murrow
40. george hallas
41. william t. sherman
42. thomas jefferson
43. thomas edison
44. henry aaron
45. fredrick douglass
46. the wright bros
47. steven speilberg
48. benjamin banneker
49. timothy leary
50. jesse owens
51. matt groening
52. lenny bruce
53. richard pryor
54. sammy davis jr.
55. evil knievel
56. ron popeil
57. tiger woods
58. spike lee
59. kurt vonnegut
60. ernest hemingway
61. jerry garcia
62. steve dahl
63. tom dowd
64. walter payton
65. johnny carson
66. howard cosell
67. bill murray
68. n.w.a
69. bill clinton
70. babe ruth
71. miles davis
72. chris berman
73. lewis & clark
74. chick hearn
75. rick rubin
76. robert oppenheimer
77. the sugar hill gang
78. john belushi
79. col. harland sanders
80. charlie parker
81. thelonious monk
82. kurt cobain
83. berry gordy
84. mike royko
85. tom waits
86. quentin tarantino
87. al davis
88. pt barnum
89. duke ellington
90. andy warhol
91. buster keaton
92. doc ellis
93. mel blanc
94. hunter s. thompson
95. branch rickey
96. steve jobs
97. ev williams
98. eddie rickenbacher
99. william carlos williams
100. rodney bingheimer