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Two different scheduled appearances by The Babies in Brooklyn were set up for Wednesday but just one went off and it was fantastic.\u00a0 Before a near-capacity crowd at Union Pool in Williamsburg, The Babies played a 40-minute set highlighted by a searing version of \u201cMoonlight Mile<\/a>,\u201d the first single off the band\u2019s much-anticipated forthcoming record.<\/p>\n

The Babies had planned to play a separate set earlier in the evening just down Union Street at McCarren Park as part of the weekly Summerscreen series organized by Todd P.\u00a0 A nasty succession of storms in three waves scrapped that event, however.\u00a0 A tweet sent by Todd P at 4:02 PM announced the cancellation.\u00a0 That was a good call.\u00a0 The storm that rumbled through two hours before The Babies were to go on flooded streets and flat spaces.\u00a0 A safe stage load-on would have been difficult.\u00a0 Turns out another heavy storm passed at the time The Babies were to be playing, making the decision to cancel a sound one.\u00a0 Considering the precious value of the instruments involved (not to mention their connection to electricity), some of these outdoor shows can expose acts to property and personal risk.\u00a0 While it\u2019s extra fun seeing a band outdoors, it\u2019s impossible to know ahead of time what the weather will be like.\u00a0 Unless of course, you\u2019re in Big Sur.<\/p>\n

I had never been to Union Pool for a show before.\u00a0 I had hung out with friends at the bar\u2019s heated outdoor deck on a cold fall night a few years ago but had not seen a band play there.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize the performance room was tucked away off a hallway connected to the outdoor area.\u00a0 Admission to the show was eight bucks.\u00a0 Twelve-ounce Bud cans at Union Pool\u2019s main bar are sold for $5 a pair.\u00a0 By the time I entered the music space, it was pretty full.\u00a0 A large open pocket of space up by the stage made it appear more crowded than it was.\u00a0 A couple minutes in, Kevin Morby of the Babies urged shy fans responsible for the void up front\u00a0 to step closer to the stage.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t work.\u00a0 Near the room\u2018s rear, I got stuck next to a guy wearing a backward ball cap who spoke loudly to his girlfriend during the first two-thirds of the show.\u00a0 It was only when the Babies played Moonlight Mile that the guy shut up.\u00a0 There was so much extra oomph in that song, the whole place seemed wowed.\u00a0 Even the guy in the backwards cap.<\/p>\n

Jarvis Taveniere of Woods filled in on bass for Brian Schleyer at this show.\u00a0 It was a pleasant surprise to see him up there.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m bad at predicting such things, but the new Babies record should be warmly received.\u00a0 Whoever or whatever helps propel success of a new release is a much narrower force these days.\u00a0 Pitchfork\u2019s review of the first record was hideously unfair.\u00a0 XMU is said to be spinning the new cut.\u00a0 WNYU will most certainly play songs from the new record.\u00a0 Crowd sizes at Babies gigs here in New York the last year or so have been pretty good.\u00a0 Who knows.<\/p>\n

I thought it was interesting that the band took exception to a New Yorker blurb that touted the band\u2019s July 25, 2012 show at Public Assembly.\u00a0 Appearing in the same issue as David Remnick\u2019s excellent profile of Bruce Springsteen, the New Yorker referred to the Babies as \u201can all-star side project.\u201d\u00a0 After five days on the newsstand, The Babies (presumably written by Cassie Ramone) issued a retort on\u00a0the band’s\u00a0Facebook page.\u00a0 \u201cWE ARE NOT A SIDE PROJECT,\u201d was the loud and clear statement that garnered \u201clikes\u201d by 187 fans and counting.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s show ended with the traditional closer \u201cCaroline.\u201d\u00a0 Jeremy Earl and Alex Bleeker were among those in attendance.\u00a0 The set\u2019s only glitch was a non-responsive effects pedal that Morby twice had to lean down and tinker with.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t stick around for the headliner Deep Time.\u00a0 When I entered the G train at Metropolitan, lots of people wearing Ecuadorian soccer jerseys\u00a0 were making the transfer to the Brooklyn-bound L.\u00a0 Ecuador\u2019s national team shut out Chile in Queens on Wednesday evening.\u00a0 An entertaining bluegrass duet played on the hot and smelly Brooklyn-bound G train platform.\u00a0 I was back home in no time using the G to the E.<\/p>\n

Because of the afternoon rainout of the park show, I was able to catch the final three innings of King Felix\u2019s perfecto.\u00a0 The MLB Network broke into coverage of Giants\/Nats and gave us the Mariners television feed of the final nine outs.\u00a0 I also listened to Rick Rizzs on KIRO-AM via satellite radio.\u00a0 His call of the final out can be heard by clicking below.<\/p>\n

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The game\u2019s home plate umpire Rob Drake has thirteen years in the bigs and had never been behind the dish for a no-hitter.\u00a0 His zone was wide the final three frames but not unreasonably so.\u00a0 With two out top seven, Drake called a strike on the first pitch to Tampa\u2019s Matt Joyce.\u00a0 It was a tad outside.\u00a0 Rays skipper Joe Maddon went nuts and got tossed.\u00a0 It appeared to be gamesmanship.\u00a0 Maddon lingered on the field for a solid three minutes before exiting.\u00a0 I thought the extended lull would mess with Felix\u2019s rhythm or mental state but it turned out he only got stronger.\u00a0 He struck out five of the game\u2019s final six batters.<\/p>\n

The television pictures were crisp thanks to bright sunshine in Seattle.\u00a0 There were tons of empty seats but fans filled a special \u201cKing\u2019s Court\u201d section near the left-field foul pole.\u00a0 Every time Felix pitches, section 150 is set aside as the King\u2019s Court and those seated in that section wear special yellow King t-shirts and hold up King placards.\u00a0 This looks like fun and may serve as a model for other clubs with star pitchers.<\/p>\n

-The owner of the great Woodside, Queens tavern Donovan\u2019s is looking to sell both the business and the building that houses it.\u00a0 Known city-wide for its hamburger, Donovan\u2019s has been a reliable place to get a cold beer or stiff drink.\u00a0 It\u2019s just steps away from the 61st<\/sup> St. 7 train stop.\u00a0 Pub manager Jack Donovan tells NY1\u2019s Jon Weinstein that his brother Joe wants to retire and free himself from the responsibility of running a business that\u2019s been open since 1966.\u00a0 The posted sale price on Donovan\u2019s according to Weinstein is\u00a0 $3.2 million.\u00a0 The obvious question here is whether the new owner would keep Donovan\u2019s in its current form or do something else with the property.<\/p>\n

-Joe Biden would be wise to avoid use of the \u201cchains\u201d metaphor in future attacks on Romney\/Ryan.\u00a0 I was pretty surprised President Obama didn\u2019t quickly renounce Biden\u2019s off-script slip.\u00a0 While Biden\u2019s delivery of a speech on topics he\u2019s passionate about is worthy of praise, there\u2019s obviously a problem with his restraint mechanism sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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