MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Grungedown No. 12
No. 12. Nirvana, All Apologies. A behemoth, gargantuan, tender yet thundering epitaph to the career of Nirvana and its lead singer. All Apologies is best known as the closing performance of Nirvana‘s seminal Unplugged performance — its haunting melody exposed … Continue reading
Curiously …
There’s some news about the Tribune Company today, which has long been murmured to be in a little bit of financial trouble. Obviously, we Cub fans are giddy, at the prospect of a private owner or group (i.e. George Steinbrenner, … Continue reading
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Out of my lucky face
No more ranting about the Cubs. Am currently auditioning other teams to become the Official 2006 Favorite Club of Mr. Faded Glory, which — depending on the Cubs’ administration and/or upcoming (please!) housecleaning — may actually be permanent. I’m leaning … Continue reading
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You think it can’t get any worse?
And you’re wrong. Every time, with this gutless, pathetic, inept, arrogant organization. I want no part of any of this anymore. None. We’re all livid. We’re all pissed. We’re all fed up. All of us. Days on end. There’s no … Continue reading
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Grungedown No. 13
13. L7, Pretend We’re Dead. No pretenses today, as the strongest and most classic “riot grrrl” song of the early 1990s enters the grunge countdown. (God, ‘Riot Grrls‘ was a stupid name for a genre. Just when you thought ‘grunge’ … Continue reading
How many more times?
Okay, we’re going to break the Cubs boycott today for a short post. Obviously, it’s a lost season — even after false hope early in the year — for Chicago on so many levels. I’m not going to bother rehashing … Continue reading
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Grungedown
While I was tempted to install Life Wasted at No. 14 with a bullet, I thought that might cheapen the entire countdown. So, after you watch the video, here’s this week’s entry. And, be forewarned, it’s a gigantic behemoth of … Continue reading
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Vive Les Oilers
Here at Mr. Faded Glory, we’re no stranger to jumping on bandwagons. Suffice it to say we aren’t quite the mold of the typical chest-beating sports fan, who asserts his/her worthiness to their chosen team based on length of allegiance, … Continue reading
Sigh. G. F. A.
Are you ready for tonight? The landmark, two-hour, stop-in-your-tracks-and-remember-where-you-were-this-very-minute for-the-rest-of-your-life season finale of the block to end all blocks, a full, wall-to-wall, season finale explosion of the show you love more than your own spawn,Grey’s Anatomy. Yes, that’s right. We … Continue reading
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Bonds and the ridiculously wrong Ruth allegory
As you know, this site professes not to be a friend of Barry Bonds nor his entire public relations conglomerate that dominates each daily news cycle. However, the bizarre groundswell of attempted Babe Ruth-backlash recently is simply bizarre. Maybe it’s … Continue reading
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It’s Sad, and this loneliness is proof
It’s May 9, which marks the beginning of Pearl Jam’s latest tour — you know, the “Don’t come to Kansas City” Tour, which cleverly skips St. Louis, Dallas, Kansas City, all of Texas, North Carolina, and Florida, in an attempt … Continue reading
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Grungedown No. 16
I’m instilling a weeklong boycott of the Cubs. That’s it, no more for a week. I’m too depressed, despondent, infuriated, and self-pitying. With time freed up from this apparent exercise in futility, I should be able to finish my novel, … Continue reading
Fire him. Finally, seriously, please in the love of all that is holy.
I thought maybe this would be the chance for him to drag everyone down into the foxhole, and prove why the Cubs hired him in the first place. Nope. Double-switches all the time, a refusal to accept, assign, or even … Continue reading
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Babies and bathwater and everything else.
Someone once said (and I don’t know if they were wise or not) that “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” And that person clearly didn’t jump on the bandwagon with … Continue reading
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Red flags raise around Cubs
You may be wondering why there hasn’t been a Cubs update or thought in the last four days. You may, additionally, be assuming that I’ve been caught up in the returns of my two favorite bands. However, while that’s somewhatt … Continue reading
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