“The human heart plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.”

Proverbs 16:9

by Mike Moyers

Emmaus Road by Mike Moyers

Bryan and Ryan " Home Sweet Home"at "Sensorium" repost. While in the process of moving yet again, I curated fifteen empty lofts with Chi Essary, Rebecca Romani, and Tatiana Sizonenko, for Vanguard Culture's "Sensorium". The event was in a new development called IDEA1 in downtown San Diego’s East Village district. A big thanks to all of the artists and Vanguard Culture. Artists: Seagge L. Abella, Jason Acton, Dan Adams, ADillaTheGenius, Adrian Arancibia, Alanna Airitam, Eric Arnold, Siobhan Arnold & Meagan Shein (SIEN Collective), Farhad Bahrami, Stephanie Bedwell, Mike-David Bliss, Melissa Browder Beck, Nigel Brookes, Bryan & Ryan, John Burnett, Heloise C. Buntin, Larry Caveney, Randal Christopher, Lucas Coffin, Andrew “Swan” Coronado, Christian Dahmann, Crystal Daigle, Dornob (with Farhad), Stacy Ardis Dyson, Kristine Diekman & Tony Allard, Sheena Rae Dowling, Michelle Esbensen, Claudia Fernety, Arianna A. Feliz, Jeremy Field, Laurie C. Fisher, David Fobes, Grace Gray Adams, Janice Grissell, Becky Guttin, Kirsten Imani-Kasai, Haydeé Jiménez, Rachel Jimenez, Yasmin Kasem, Richard Keely, Neil Kendricks, Lamia Khorshid, Dana Kotler, Anqi Liu, Maldonado (Maldodanz), Adeeb Maki, Ted Meyer, Andrew Meyers, Teresa Mill, Mary Moreno, Colin J. Moyer, Tim Murdock, Edwin Nutting, Jeremy D. Orton, Erika Paniagua, Sara Parent-Ramos, Ratishma Petre, Michael Ruiz, Astha Saini, Devin & Jeanne Scott, Stay Strange, Veronica Santiago Moniello, Aiyana Sphere, Rich Stewart, Anna Stump, Perry Vasquez, Xavier Vasquez, Wendy Vasta, Victorio Villa, Javier Arreguin Villegas, Katie Ward, Chris Warren, James E. Watts, Alisa Wechsler, Gunner Williams, Molly Whittaker, Anna Zappoli, Tiange Zhou, Janice Grissell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #performanceart #athenaeumlajolla #galleryart #regenprojects #bergamotstation #artexhibition #sculptural #broadmuseum #hammermuseum #laartshow #artnow #onthewall #artcontemporary #juxtapoz #artoftheday #thethingsisee #frieze #beautifuldecay #ArtWatchers #artbasel #artlosangelescontemporary #artfairs #artspace #newart #sdai #gallery #emergingartist #americanartcollector #museumart #christies (at Art Basel Miami Beach)

Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized (hymn)

The music is by Nikolaus Herman, 1480-1561, a German Lutheran cantor.

Lyrics are by F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984).

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Art by Mike Moyers

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This is a beautiful 2-minute meditative reflection on the Gospel narrative of the Baptism of Jesus.

Thanks to Darrell for all 3 of these finds.

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Jon Hammond Show 0729

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 0729 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondShow0729 Jon Hammond Show 0729 Air time 01:30 AM on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Channel 1 on 07/29 - Music, Travel and Soft News First segment Lydia's Tune at Mothertone​ Mother of All Hangs Party first night - Big Shotz Nashville​ downtown Nashville, Tennessee​ during the Summer NAMM Show​. I wrote this tune in my hotel room in Paris, 1981 L'Hotel, rue des beaux arts, Paris​ - bossa nova, with Kayleigh Moyer​ drums, Chuggy Carter​ percussion, Joe Berger​ guitar, Jon Hammond​ organ - 3rd consecutive year at Michael Turner​'s very special Mothertone event every night during NAMM​ - special thanks for the nice mix Skylar Leigh Duval​, Dawn Moyer​ Kayleigh's Mom operated the video machine, merci beaucoup! - #Mothertone #SummerNAMM #NAMMShow #Nashville #HammondOrgan #BossaNova ©JON HAMMOND International http://www.HammondCast.com Chuggy Carter congas, Joe Berger guitar, Kayleigh Moyer drums, Jon Hammond Sk1 organ + bass Second segment Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209 "The Cable Car Murder" "Candy Matson Radio Play in action folks!" "A Gumshoe with GAMS!" "Candy Matson Yukon 2 - 8209 The Cable Car Murder" "See radio as it was... acted Live. Sit back, close your eyes and let your mind take you back to San Francisco in 1949 when a man mysteriously is found murdered on a San Francisco cable car. Don't miss this classic SF private eye story where our sassy no nonsense P. I. Candy Matson, played by Celeste Perry​, solves this baffling case. Directed by Peter Finch​ and featuring live organ music by Jon Hammond​ on the mighty electric Hammond organ. Also in the cast are some of your favorite Bay Area Radio personalities; Sam Van Zandt​, Michael Bennett, Hoyt Smith and Rosalie Howarth​ , Steve Kushman! Sound Effects design by Mikee Ewing​ with Live Sound mix by Dan Healy​. Written by Monty Masters CHRS Radio Dog Theater Players 2017 edition California Historical Radio Society Radio Day by the Bay 2017​ #CaliforniaHistoricalRadioSociety #CandyMatson #CableCar #HammondOrgan #SFX Identifier JonHammondShow0729 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 Photo by Mikee Ewing's Dad Michael Ewing : Radio Dog Theater Players 2017 edition group shot! "Candy Matson, Yukon 2 8209 The Cable Car Murder" https://hammondjazz.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/candy-matson-yukon-2-8209-the-cable-car-murder/ L to R Mikee Ewing, Peter Finch, Celeste Perry, Jon Hammond, Steve Kushman, Michael Bennett, Hoyt Smith, Rosalie Howarth, Sam Van Zandt Publication date 2017-07-26 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Cable Access TV, Music, Travel, Soft News, #0729 #Jazz #HammondOrgan #PublicAccess Language English

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MACKLEMORE FEAT LIL YACHTY - MARMALADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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DIRECTED BY Jason Koenig & Ben Haggerty

PRODUCED BY Honna Kimmerer

WRITTEN BY Ben Haggerty & Jason Koenig

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Jason Koenig & Johnny Valencia

FEATURING Mitchell Savitsky Dre’moni Watts Matteo “Teo” Angeles KraShane “Spinz” Sims

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Paul Dahlke

ART DIRECTOR John Lavin

STYLIST Therese Lefebvre

EDITED BY Jason Koenig, Johnny Valencia, Ben Haggerty

CAMERA DEPT Sam Nuttman – Specialty Camera Opp (motionstate.com) Ryan Brown -1st AC Conor McCarthy – 2nd AC Rick Wiley – Process Trailer

CASTING Anna Matuszewski Tami Wakasugi

ASSISTANT STYLIST Alex Nordstrom

HAIR & MAKEUP Jennifer Popochock Tanya Joseph

ART DEPT Set Decorator – Carrie Stacey Teo Shantz – Prop Master Petra Lavin – Assistant

CHOREOGRAPHY Anna Matuszewski

GRIP & ELECTRIC Vincent Klimek – Gaffer Collen Newberry – Key Grip Michael LePard – Best Boy Electric Isaac lane – Electric Mike Walker – Electric Greg Smith – Grip

PLAYBACK Tyler Dopps

SOUND DESIGN HEARby – John Buroker

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Antone Patterson Andrea Jewett Liam Cheskov-Dahlke Hannah Benson

CAR WRANGLER Corby Bartoli

SECURITY Seattle Police Department Seattle’s Finest Security

CAST: Macklemore, Lil Yachty, Marshawn Lynch, TV Johnny, C. Stone, Scarlet Parke, Sye Holland, James Ades, Elahna Ayson, Nicole Birce, Jayla Birge, Diane Bondoc, Xavier Borja, Coleman Cahill, Phoebe Cambell, Blair Coldrick, Amaris Cruz, Olu Dixon, Eyob Endris, Sanae Gates, Nyah Hickman, Jamal Hosn, Khaimah Jackson, Dalila Moyer, Dasia Sadorra, Sammie Tjeerds, Landon Tyler, Meka Vinmini, Sophia White, Jerome Welch, Scott Hameister, Oscar Valenzuela, Peter Lech, Mark Noguchi, Randie Brown, Kellen Florence, Dharma Martin, Tyler Roberts, Tre Watson, Luther Leonard, Saul Collins, Colin McArthur, William Bradt, Sean Brown, Morgen Johnson, Derrick, Cedric, Tony, Lexi Anthony, Alana Mikell, Jessica Turnansky, Abby Strand, Rusty the Dog

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Srilata Remala & The Remala Family, Dwayne Clark & Family, Dutch Brothers, Mitchell & Mandy Savitsky, Tommi Robinson, Brysen Angeles, Erin Sims, Coach K. Ron, Tricia Davis, Josh “Budo” Karp, Josh Dick, Zach Quillen, Ben Secord, Sadie Arnold, Mark Wondrack, Rebecca Stedman, Sheldon Cross & Kennedy H.S., Cherry Fellowship Hall, Jerry Raine & Turgeon-Raine Jewelers, Quick Stop the Chicken Shack, Taylor Durand-Skaggs & City of Seattle Office of Film & Music, Krys Karns & Washington Film Works, Heather Ryan & Key Arena, Moe & Mr. Grillz, MotionState, Koerner Camera, Joel Voelker, Amber Koniniec, Junus Khan, Lexi Anthony, Ryan McKinnon, Sharon and Jordan Alva, Jeff Gibberman, Cameron Sage, Anynago Arunga.

Macklemore managed by Zach Quillen & Josh Dick

Song Credits

Macklemore Marmalade feat. Lil Yachty

Performed by Macklemore and Lil Yachty Produced by Joshua “Budo” Karp and Tyler “Damn Dude” Dopps Additional Production by Ben Haggerty

Written by: B. Haggerty; M. McCollum; J. Karp; T. Andrews; T. Dopps; J. Rawlings

Lyrics by Ben Haggerty and Miles McCollum Piano by Joshua “Budo” Karp Bass by Tyler “Damn Dude” Dopps Drum Programming by Tyler “Damn Dude” Dopps Organ by Joshua Rawlings Background Vocals by Journey Pollard, Sinai Pollard, Jamaudray White, Larian Burney, Kimora Carson, Elizabeth Howell, Abbie Wright Additional Background Vocals by Gena Brooks, Tanisha Brooks, Josephine Howell, Dana Jackson, Karma Johnson, Maelu Strange ,Michael Allen, Deshe’ Brooks, Christopher Harris, Malaelupe Samifua

Mixed by Jon Castelli at The Gift Shop, DTLA Mastered by Dale Becker Engineered by Tyler Dopps Additional Engineering by Thomas Mann at Macklemore Studios Engineer for Mix Ingmar Carlson

Bengal Yucky (BMI) Boat Boys Publishing (BMI) Gutterfunk (ASCAP) Tyler Andrews (ASCAP) Dopps Tyler Matthews (BMI) Joshua Rawlings (ASCAP)

Lil Yachty appears courtesy of Quality Control Music, Motown Records and Capitol Records.

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(Music): Ascending From Ashes - ‘Enemy’

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Great stories take great storytellers. And if you’ve been to an Ascending From

Ashes show, you might feel like you’ve heard a few great ones. AFA, a

rock/metal quartet from New Jersey, bring tales of warfare and passion to life

with an adept mix of lush vocal harmony and guitar shred-wizardry. By fusing

strong songwriting sensibility with their energetic metal tact, Ascending From

Ashes broadcast an accessible array of musical journeys.

In the wake of a positive local reception, the band linked up with New York based manager, producer, and label owner Nick Vlachos. The Phoenix EP would be

AFA's first record, toting tracks like the hard-rock epic "Asphyxiation", and it

would take them all the way to Bamboozle in 2011.

Performing rigorously over the next year and a half for crowds of infinitely varying sizes, AFA honed their craft. Opening slots for bands like Taproot, Evans Blue, and Hed PE became the stepping stones on their ascent to their next big

venture: 2013's Phoenix Rising. It was seen fit to return to Cannon Found

Soundations, this time working with producer Jesse Cannon (Limp Bizkit,

Dillinger Escape Plan) and engineer Mike Oettinger. "Many metal bands only try

to impress you with technical precision and power. AFA not only does that, but

they also bring melody and pop sensibilities to their songs,” adds producer Jesse Cannon.

Shortly after the release of Phoenix Rising, the band would find themselves

working alongside metal icon John Moyer (Disturbed, Art of Anarchy), arranging

and tightening up their greatest venture yet: a full-length concept album. Glory,

weighing in at a 17 track total, explores the perils and pitfalls of leadership

through the narrative of a young prince and his ascension to the throne.

Recorded by Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob) and mixed by Jesse Cannon, the

album delivers a sonic landscape that soars as high and low as its emotional

peaks and valleys. With the release of Glory forthcoming, AFA continue to build

the foundation for a digital dynasty, introducing their excitingly produced live-

stream shows, which can be viewed on their Facebook and YouTube pages.

“We once had a conversation with (John) Moyer about our band name, asking if

he thinks we should change it, to which he responded ‘Maybe. But Ascending

From Ashes tells a story’,” guitarist Kevin Ricco recalls. “And I think our story is

only just beginning to emerge”.

Ascending From Ashes is:

Sean Collichio - Lead Vocals

David Ricco - Lead Guitar, Vocals

Kevin Ricco - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Sean Johnson - Drums

For booking, general inquiry, or management,

Rain Couldn’t Damp the Enthusiasm of Nearly 400 Drag Racers at the 2018 Meltdown Drags

After we flew five hours from Los Angeles to Chicago, news of a weather front moving through the Great Lakes Region wasn’t what we wanted to hear. Pressing forward up I-90 in afternoon traffic towards Byron, Illinois, to attend the Ninth Annual Meltdown Drags, our thoughts were with past Meltdown events and how much fun we’d had covering them. In today’s structured world of motorsports, the Meltdown Drags are something of a rarity. No eliminators, no record runs or qualifying brackets, no huge cash payouts or trophies. And above all, no whining. The basic premise is just go out there, be safe, and have fun!

Sanctioned by Vintage Drag Racing 101 and manned by such dedicated Midwestern gasser enthusiasts as Eric and Jeff Koopmeiners, Paul Zielsdorf, Art Zangerle, Tom Bucek, Steve Liberto, and “Smokey Moe” Petersen, the Meltdown Drags also features a car show, a swap meet, and Gasser Alley, where you may run across a vintage gasser or altered on display from the bygone era. Heck, there is even a pinup-girl contest, won this year by Cassandra Hicks.

The event also attracts its share of luminaries from back in the day, including featured guests Ed “the Cam Father” Iskenderian and gasser great Robert “Bones” Balogh, along with former Funny Car stars Arnie “Farmer” Beswick, Hawaiian and Chi-Town Hustler driver Ron Colson, Randy “Super Nova” Walls, ex-Ramchargers Top Fuel driver Merek Cherktow, and fuel altered star Gabby Bleeker.

This year, 390-plus entrants who braved the weather represented groups like the Scott Rods AA/Gassers, Great Lakes Gassers, Brew City Gassers, Nostalgia Gasser Racing Association, Southern Outlaw Gassers, Northern Indiana Gassers, Geezer Gassers, Southeast Gassers, Southern Gassers, Mid American Willys Club, Straight Axle Mafia, Twisted Pistons, Tin Butchers, Nostalgia Super Stocks, Border Bandits, Gopher State Timing Association, No Car Club, and others. Talk about a slice of vintage drag racing Americana!

Strip promoter and track owner B.J. Vangsness and his crew had to fight 3 inches of rain on Friday repeatedly prepping the track a whopping 12 times, but they were not to be deterred. As for the racing itself, it became necessary to shorten the measured distance from a quarter to an eighth of a mile on both Friday and Saturday for safety reasons (racing late into both nights). But none of the 10,374 spectators (which included visitors from Sweden, Australia, and Great Britain) seemed to mind, as the actual show itself was on the starting line. Then with a dry track surface, quarter-mile racing resumed on Sunday.

Meltdown 2018 was a rousing success in spite of Old Man Weather. If you like what you see here, start making plans to attend the 10th anniversary edition of the Meltdown Drags July 19-21, 2019.

On the Back Bumper The unofficial wheelstander award went to Don Moyer and his 401 AMC–powered, (that’s right) Rebel Reaper fiberglass B/Gas 1941 Willys coupe. He pulled bumper-dragging wheelies on every run.

(Not) the Pits Come hell or (almost literally) high water, the Meltdown Drags pits were bustling with activity throughout the weekend. More than 390 competitors participated in front of a record attendance of 10,374 spectators.

Off-Track Action The swap meet and car show areas at Meltdown 2018 also had plenty for the fans to see and buy.

Past Gas Minnesotan John Zechbauer rolled up with the restored Lutz & Lundberg 1941 Willys B/Gasser. This was L&L’s breakout car. In the early to mid 1960s, the famed gasser team also raced Anglias and a very weird and wonderful altered-wheelbase Oldsmobile Funny Car named 442 Much.

First Out Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada’s Gary Misko with his red 1937 Willys Americar two-door sedan, and the Long’s Garage 1967 SS396 El Camino, were the first ones down the track during Friday’s rain-delayed eighth-mile drag racing.

Living Legends For the third year in a row, special celebrity guests Ed Iskenderian (left) and Robert “Bones” Balogh signed autographs and sold drag racing memorabilia including hats, T-shirts, and posters.

Twisted Deuce Meltdown fans loved the starting-line gyrations of Gold Chain, the 1932 Ford C/Gasser belonging to Midland, Michigan’s Dave Gray. The coupe, powered by a small-block Chevy engine, ran in the low 10s.

Tailwind This is what it looks like when you are trying to do a respectable burnout with the wind at your back. The event director of Meltdown Drags, Paul Zielsdorf, took a little time out on Sunday to lay down a 10.46/129.00 run.

Off the Map Meltdown Drags board member and all round good guy “Smokey Moe” Petersen poses with some of the European visitors who routinely attend the event.

Street Driven Ex-Ramchargers Top Fuel driver Merek Cherktow warms up the tires on his street-legal, two-seat blown Chevrolet/Bantam. The car is capable of low 8s, although Cherktow struggled with the rain-washed track surface.

Big Beats Small Mark Benjamin, driving the Benjamin, Kasicki & Klink AA/GS 1933 Willys with blown small-block Chevy power, took on Scott Rods’ Al Borowski in a big-block Anglia. This particular heat was won by Borowski, recording a 5.62-second eighth-mile e.t.

Up, Up, and Away Muscle car collector Jim Paulson wheeled the ex–Candies & Hughes-Jake’s Speed Shop altered-wheelbase 1965 Plymouth Savoy past Wally Petersen and his 572-inch AWB 1965 Hemi Dodge Coronet. Paulson ran a best of 10.50/123.00, but since Petersen didn’t file a flight plan with the tower, no times were recorded!

Wheels-Up Chevy David Tanner’s blown small-block, chop-top 1932 AA/G Chevrolet coupe has been a regular at the Meltdown Drags. His wheels-up runs are always popular with the fans.

The Future These two small fries appear to be poised and ready to jump into Junior Dragsters and get with the program. Someday, dad, someday!

Wheelstand Battle The anticipated side-by-side wheelstand showdown between two of the Midwest’s Tri-5 wheelie kings, ex-Chicago police officer Mike Bilina and “Iron Man” Tony Shervino, failed to fully materialize. Timing between the two racers appeared to be the problem because it sure as heck wasn’t the cars.

Classical Gassers Nostalgia Gassers’ Steve Bacon and his Innocent Rascal 1941 Willys B/Gasser squared off against the Lost Wages 1956 Chevrolet B/Gasser of Robbie Roberson in a match that Bacon won.

Ford vs. Chevy Tommy Killingworth’s Miss Fit, a 1963 Ford Fairlane AA/GS running out of the Southern Outlaw Gassers group on pure Ford power, faced Randy Stone’s Bootlegger A/Gas 1955 Chevrolet shoebox, which won this particular heat.

Colson Stude Pitside attractions at Meltdown 2018 included the former Colson & Wood/Scott Hammack AA/Gas 1941 Studebaker coupe. A Pennzoil ad from the March 1963 HOT ROD, which was displayed with the car, extolled back-to-back class records: 11.64/118.42 at Oswego, Illinois, followed by 11.33/131.78 at Cordova. At the wheel was Ron Colson, who also earned fame driving the Chicago Patrol, Hawaiian, and Chi-Town Hustler Funny Car (among others).

Stead(y) vs. Crazy Marty Stead driving the Stead Speed Shop 1941 AA/Gas Willys went off against fellow Scott Rods circuit member Brian Spotts and It’s Crazy, his 1952 AA/G Anglia. Running on a 5.60 index, Stead posted a winning. 5.64 seconds in the eighth-mile.

Black Magic Check out Alex Case’s street-driven 1965 Dodge Coronet. It is powered by a Keith Black alloy Hemi with Stage V twin-plug Hemi heads, twin magnetos, a Danekas blower, and eight (count ’em!) Stromberg carburetors. Unbelievable!

Missing a Few Another oddity to be found in the Gasser Wars display was this blown Chevrolet Hemi V6. We’re not sure about the who, what, or why, but the pintsize Hemi sure drew a lot of attention.

Holeshot In round one of the Scott Rods show, Mike Kalinowski’s Un-Finished Business AA/Gas ’52 Austin took on Jeff Cryan and his wheelstanding 1933 AA/G Willys known as the Phenomenon. Can you guess who won?

Burnin’ and Churnin’ Nostalgia Super Stocks member John Grinwald and his Gold Digger 1965 AWB Dodge put on one heck of a show for Meltdown Drags fans Saturday with eighth-mile smoky burnouts.

Street-Legal Sprint Car Street-Legal Sprint Car: How many times have you seen an old Kurtis sprint car running around town? Well, if you live in the State of Illinois, you might run across this Ford flathead-engined single seater.

Dueling Hemis The ever popular two-car fuel duel: Jim Henry’s Big Iron injected nitro Hemi-powered 1964 Plymouth and Steve Moth’s Bad News 1964-1965 AWB nitro Hemi Dodge traded wins throughout the weekend.

Beating the Bully Rich Maier and his Blacktop Bully 1940 Chevrolet C/Gasser went up against the Mr. Quick’s Speed Shop–sponsored Moon Dust 1965 AWB Plymouth. The Hemi won.

Ultravintage Floyd Craig’s 21-stud, flat-motor-powered D/Altered Model A and Kevin Croise’s similarly powered Ornery Buzzard front-engine dragster are regulars at the Meltdown Drags and underscore the meaning of dragstalgia.

Free Booty A popular feature with Meltdown Drags participants is the prize booth. The racers’ ticket numbers are randomly drawn throughout the event, and they are allowed to select from a bevy of really cool items.

Sincerest Form Paul Brown decided that since he already owned a replica of Doug Thorley’s Chevy 2 Much, why not replicate the former Burgeois & Wade Doug’s Headers Logghe Chassis flip-top Corvair? A close inspection reveals that the car is expertly done, borrowing visual cues from both the B&W car and Thorley’s U.S. National–winning Corvair. Yes, there were two. That’s car owner Brown in the fire suit.

Chip off the Old Block Following in his dad Paul’s footsteps, 17-year-old David Zielsdorf jumped behind the wheel of the family’s 427 big-block 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne on Sunday and hammered out a 12.06/116.00, topping the old man’s personal best by a couple thousandths of a second.

Hot Track Seven-year-old Oliver Bucek mans the Mattel Hot Wheels race track, where every kid who participated got to choose and take home his own Mattel Hot Wheels die-cast miniature.

Broke as Hell According to the shoe polish on the windshield, the “world’s fastest outhouse” Model A runs in the 10s thanks to a 371-inch “Chevy/Olds” V8. Rick Neal’s Possum Killer Garage built the roadster pickup, which now belongs to T.K., Tug, Bo, and Trouble Thompson of the Broke as Hell Garage of Memphis.

Henry Battle Nostalgia Gassers member Tom Peter’s Drag Addict B/Gas 1951 Henry J went up against Nick Nampa’s No Quarter 1951 Henry J B/Gasser. Nampa took the win.

Quicker Than the Auto Club Whenever one of the contestants lost fire, the Meltdown Drags starting line crew was quick to remedy the situation.

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Olney: Why young players may increasingly jump at long-term offers - Buster Olney Blog

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Olney: Why young players may increasingly jump at long-term offers - Buster Olney Blog

The smallest adjustment can make an enormous difference for a Major League Baseball player, which is part of the game’s allure.

Trevor Hoffman frantically searched for a solution in the spring of 1995 after hurting his shoulder diving on the beach at 26 years old, and when he tried a changeup grip showed to him by teammate Donnie Elliott, he discovered the off-speed pitch that will propel him into the Hall of Fame later this year.

Jamie Moyer was within a few months of his 33rd birthday when the Orioles cut him in 1995, just as he felt he had started to make progress in the art of working inside. Moyer was 49 when he finally threw his last pitch in the majors.

That uncertainty about when a player’s breakthrough might occur is why some agents are reluctant to advise their clients to jump at a long-term offer of guaranteed money. Under certain circumstances, taking a team-friendly deal might feel a little like burning Powerball tickets before the numbers are drawn.

But after the brutally harsh conditions for free agents this winter, more players might reflexively grab guaranteed dollars when they are offered, because there have been too many examples of peers who left money behind. Mike Moustakas rejected a qualifying offer of $17.4 million last fall and then settled for $6.5 million this spring. Neil Walker turned down a $42 million, three-year proposal in the winter of 2016-17, and after making $17.2 million last summer, he took a one-year, $4 million deal with the Yankees.

Cautionary tales are swirling throughout baseball right now, and one agent said the other day he assumes that the spawn of “Moneyball” front offices will use the desperation against free agents next fall. “Those m—–f—ers just can’t wait to get into talks next fall, because they know there will be some players scared to wait and will jump at bad deals early,” the agent said.

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The tectonic shifts in baseball’s contractual landscape already seem to be occurring. In past years, the Cleveland Indians and then the Tampa Bay Rays spearheaded an effort to sign young prospects to long-term, team-friendly deals that created an early guarantee of millions of dollars — in return for a deferral of the players’ free agency by a year or two and cost certainty for the team. Jose Altuve, who had been told as a teenager to not bother showing up to one tryout camp, agreed to a contract like this with the Astros in 2013, guaranteeing himself $12.5 million for four years — and he has outperformed the terms of that deal by many tens of millions of dollars. (We’ll have more on his new contract below.)

In recent years, agents have said they’ve been encouraged to get more players into free agency, rather than take a contract like Altuve’s, to push salary ceilings higher. But over the last couple of winters, the free-agent market has been saturated with a higher number of available players, fueling a voluminous supply-and-demand problem that teams exploited. Of about 200 free agents — the players who weren’t tendered a contract last fall, in addition to all the players who hit the open market with six-plus years of service time — only four got deals of more than three years (Eric Hosmer, Yu Darvish, J.D. Martinez and Lorenzo Cain). Just 10 players landed three-year contracts. About 90 percent of the free agents got contracts of one or two years, or minor league contracts.

A question asked increasingly among agents, then, is if very young players offered long-term deals should consider them, rather than risk the current brutal conditions of free agency. Said one agent: “The lesson to be learned is that for a lot of players, if you get offered a fair deal when you’re young, you should take it — to make sure you get paid. Then, if you get to free agency later, that can be the bonus on top.”

Altuve’s initial deal of $12.5 million doesn’t sound like much in a world in which elite pitchers make more than $1 million per outing. Giancarlo Stanton’s $325 million seems like Monopoly money. But for first- or second-year players assured only of the MLB minimum of $545,000, a guaranteed of $12.5 million can seem like a mountain of money.

Some agents, however, continue to strongly believe that long-term deals don’t make sense for some players. If the player appears to be an upper-echelon talent — a Bryce Harper, or a Francisco Lindor, who reportedly turned down an offer in the range of $100 million last year — then it still makes sense to get to free agency, to foster a bidding war.

“But in a lot of cases, it could make a lot of sense,” said another agent. “That’s where you have to have some honesty between the agent and the client about what the player is, and how good he is.”

For example: If the player’s resume is built mostly on hitting home runs, then it might be wise to grab some early money, because those types of players have struggled. Chris Carter led the NL in homers and then was cut. Moustakas mashed a career-high 38 homers last season, but he found no takers in free agency.

Teams seem to be more willing to pay for defense perceived to be elite (Jason Heyward with the Cubs for $184 million, for example), but analytics indicate that for a lot of players, decline in glove work starts around age 28 to 29 — or when most players become free agents.

“You can’t put all of the players in one box,” one agent said. “Because you don’t know if they’re going to have a bust-out year.”

Hoffman and Moyer can testify to this. So can Jose Ramirez, who was never really regarded as a superstar prospect and got a five-year, $26 million deal after the 2016 season — and finished third in the AL MVP voting last year, in his age-24 season.

Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez, 26 years old, agreed to seven years that guarantee him $66 million, and even before the deal was finalized, some agents debated over the wisdom of the contract. “That guy is going to be a star, you wait and see,” said one agent. “If he waited, he could kill it [in free agency].”

Another agent noted that it was just a few years ago that Suarez was traded by Detroit in a deal far less than a blockbuster — he was swapped for veteran pitcher Alfredo Simon: “Look at his history. You have to take it.” And there’s the matter of his home/road splits, a problem which has historically undercut Colorado players in free agency — last year, Suarez had a Clark Kent-like .694 OPS on the road, versus .978 in cozy Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The winter storm that buried free agents in this most recent offseason may be only one in a wave of annual avalanches, with the future circumstances perhaps worsening — or, at the very least, remaining unchanged. The terms of the CBA won’t change for another three-and-a-half years, so some teams will continue to tank; the spawn of “Moneyball” will continue to veer away from risk like insurance salesmen; the next classes of free agents will continue to grow in size, fed by the turnover of players limited to one- and two-year deals. Additionally, union chief Tony Clark has repeatedly warned of a future labor war, and for some players, this might heighten an instinct for a money grab.

All of this ensures that more players — and their agents — will seriously weigh the first multiyear offers very differently than three or four years ago.

News from around the majors

Altuve has generated 26.2 WAR in his career, according to FanGraphs, and for his first six seasons, he has made less than $15 million. He’ll earn $6 million this year, then $6.5 million in 2019 — before the salaries of his new five-year, $151 million deal kick in. He was so productive early in his career that even if he never got another hit — and rest assured, there will be more high-end work from the 2017 AL MVP and three-time All-Star — the Astros will have more than justified their multiyear investments in him. Houston’s front office is noted for carefully extracting value, and so the Astros would not have agreed to this kind of extension 20 months before Altuve’s free agency unless they felt comfortable that the deal would be favorable for them.

Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez won the AL ERA title two seasons ago, and after a blister issue sabotaged his 2017 season, rival evaluators have raved about his work this spring. “Incredible,” one said. “He overpowered us.” Sanchez has declined to discuss how he’s working through this spring without a blister recurrence — this could be a bit of classic baseball superstition, to avoid mention of something going well — but the adjustments he has made have apparently worked. … If MLB awarded an MVP award for spring training, Braves superstar prospect Ronald Acuna Jr. might be the frontrunner. He has shown patience, power, speed — the whole thing. He is 20 years and 3 months old, and he may be on the same path to the big leagues as Harper, Mike Trout and Kris Bryant; he could spend a few weeks to a month in the minors before his promotion.

In meetings this spring, players privately say that union head Tony Clark has taken some hard questions from constituents unhappy about the winter market — about whether he stands by the terms of the 15-month-old collective bargaining agreement, about the qualifications needed to run a union. Agents report that players have discussed structural adjustments within the union, but it remains unclear whether this is a case of small pods of players complaining to each other or if the unhappiness will evolve into an organized movement for change.

Baseball Tonight podcast

Friday: Jessica Mendoza talks about what she saw in the camps of the Dodgers, Giants, Angels and Cubs; Karl Ravech plays buy or sell on narratives about Gary Sanchez, Manny Machado, the minor league pace-of-play initiatives, etc.; and Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times on the luckless spring of the Mariners.

Thursday: Cardinals center fielder Tommy Pham goes rapid-fire; David Schoenfield on Zack Greinke’s injury and Aaron Judge’s double-secret probation; and Sarah Langs on the Numbers Game.

Wednesday: Todd Frazier goes rapid-fire; Jerry Crasnick on Jake Arrieta’s first day with the Phillies and Alex Cobb’s future; Paul Hembekides on two breakout candidates.

Tuesday: Boog Sciambi on the Yankees’ cost-efficient signing of Neil Walker; Marly Rivera of ESPN Deportes on the Astros’ visit to the White House; and Langs plays the Numbers Game.

Monday: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo on the Washington bullpen, and the constant Arrieta rumors; Tim Kurkjian on Shohei Ohtani’s struggles; Todd Radom’s first uniform and logo quiz.

And today will be better than yesterday.

Operation: Mindcrime - The New Reality

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2. Wake Me Up

3. It Was Always You

4. The Fear

5. Under Control

6. The New Reality

7. My Eyes

8. A Guitar In Church?

9. All For What?

10. The Wave

11. Tidal Change

12. The Same Old Story

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Kelly Gray

John Moyer

Simon Wright

Scott Mercado

Scott Moughton

Brian Tichy

Mike Ferguson

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13" x 18" watercolour. Titled - "Forgotten Mill" on 140lb CP. By Mike Moyer of MJM Art Studio