{"id":913,"date":"2015-12-23T00:03:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T05:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/?p=913"},"modified":"2016-02-06T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:08:09","slug":"annotated-twitter-move-closer-to-your-walkup-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/2015\/12\/23\/annotated-twitter-move-closer-to-your-walkup-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Annotated Twitter: Move Closer To Your Walkup Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 3, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To handle the files &#8212; they have been as much as 700 KB in size &#8212; Ms. Lawson has invested $250,000 to upgrade her servers.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/616818842430517248\">July 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>700 KB. Imagine that. That line was from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB110358123102005205\">&#034;How an Artist Fell Into a Profitable Online Card Business&#034;<\/a>, a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> article from 2004 about Jacquie Lawson&#039;s email card empire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No raincheck???<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/616837934671486976\">July 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most of the time I remember what I meant by something. Not this time.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 6, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is Cliffside Malibu on Expedia?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/617914487971164161\">July 6, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I saw this commercial for the 800,001st time just the other night and thought to google them; this place, as you may or may not expect from its ubiquitous TV presence, is supergoddamn expensive, like $60,000 a month expensive.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 7, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">eHow?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/618629872592793600\">July 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If I were to write a novel, I&#039;d be very tempted to add a character named &#034;eHow,&#034; who embodied attributes including but not limited to earnestness, obviousness, guilelessness and hustle.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 9, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You don&#39;t really need your E-mail property .  .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/619011601904107520\">July 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I have a feeling this is related to some kind of Hotmail spam, though I&#039;m not totally certain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I did perceive that correctly: Zack Greinke&#39;s walkup music is &quot;Careless Whisper,&quot; that &quot;sultry jazz number&quot; (!) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bLVlvQgKzt\">http:\/\/t.co\/bLVlvQgKzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/619338189891874816\">July 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I have a soft spot for non-traditional walkup music. Speaking of which, I have some suggestions for up-and-coming sluggers.<\/p>\n<p>Led Zeppelin&#039;s &#034;Immigrant Song,&#034; with a soaring bird-like Robert Plant vocal at 0:07, is really underappreciated:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kEGuHdKn0Lc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Roger Miller&#039;s &#034;Dang Me&#034; is hot, though probably too close to home for a lot of big leaguers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lg7DcCI39GY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dinosaur Jr.&#039;s &#034;Little Fury Things&#034; swings for the fences in those first 30 seconds:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVPjcfGqs8Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Sonic Youth&#039;s &#034;Death Valley &#039;69&#034;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1zPOcllS9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Minutemen&#039;s &#034;Joe McCarthy&#039;s Ghost&#034; is unassailable:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BdkUWKdb1wQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Respectfully, I think Paula Abdul&#039;s &#034;Promise of a New Day&#034; works:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NzD6ORX2oU4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lightnin&#039; Hopkins&#039; &#034;Bring Me My Shotgun,&#034; because until about 0:45, it definitely works:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KCqEOboRctY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ABBA&#039;s &#034;Take a Chance on Me&#034; would be relevatory, especially in a pinch hitting situation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVAef8T7ewA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Joy Division&#039;s &#034;Disorder,&#034; because nothing strikes fear into an opposing pitcher like the cold, distant opening notes of <em>Unknown Pleasures<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fhCLalLXHP4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the Volcano Suns&#039; &#034;White Elephant,&#034; which, no joke, would seriously be the most brilliant walkup music in the history of walkup music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3ITwOLgLvM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 14, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Super thrilled to see the new summer 2015 menu from the local sushi place and very excited to see that all that has changed are the prices.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/621126947033235456\">July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not complaining or anything, but part of me is waiting with bated breath for something new and wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 15, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both Pete Rose and Iran rehabilitated on the same exact day.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/621169681773260800\">July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And of course, as usual, Charlie Hustle gets the short end of the stick. Clearly those Skecher ads were a little too flippant:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GYEGUzV-tOs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 16, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After listening a while to a panel discussion about &quot;craft beer&quot; and the &quot;craft beer movement&quot; I finally decided to hear &quot;craft&quot; as &quot;crap.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/621805206372749312\">July 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Do it and it will, never, ever cease to be hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 20, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will someone please clear up that &quot;Land of Nod&quot; is not related in any way, shape or form to drug use? I&#39;m scared to open up these catalogs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/622990739920846849\">July 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actually, it makes sense: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Land_of_Nod\">it&#039;s the place Cain was exiled to after murdering Abel<\/a>, a land of whimsy and bedding.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 21, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Somewhere Chris Connelly is probably smugly satisfied that his voiceover accompanies every fucking story that makes me tear up at 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623365429877174272\">July 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Olympic swimminer Michael Phelps gives a sick sixteen-year-old the day of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is there such a thing as a sci-fi book that ends on a bad note, or tragically, or anything approaching that?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623375836801069056\">July 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m sure we&#039;ve been reading the wrong books.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Son, I really don&#39;t care about your ideas regarding circadian rhythms; that light is going out. Right now. Right fucking now.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623384939040538624\">July 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s like &#034;Ooh, the dark, I&#039;m sooo scared of the dark; boo hoo . . .&#034;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do flies sleep?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623693873286660096\">July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An innocent query.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, it turns out that flies do sleep. That said, this particular fly must be some goddamn insomniac.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623694804841562112\">July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The kicker.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 22, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Connelly, I will leave this room before you make me tear up with another heart-wrenching story about some sick child meeting his hero.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/623728959017103360\">July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WWE wrestler John Cena gives a sick seven-year-old the day of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 23, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goddamn you, Chris Connelly. I can&#39;t even.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/624093233128341504\">July 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball star Andrew McCutchen gives a sick ten-year-old the day of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 24, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Connelly, seriously, I can&#39;t do this again tonight. Too much to do.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/624454905328181248\">July 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WNBA star Maya Moore gives a sick 14-year-old the day of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did I already mention that Seattle&#39;s Woodland Park Zoo owns &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VUvlLsOxvC\">http:\/\/t.co\/VUvlLsOxvC<\/a>&quot;? Did they invent the internet in Seattle or something?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/624458716088287232\">July 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, how on top of it is that?<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 27, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As wonderful as mussels are, it&#39;s that much more wonderful to rid the kitchen of any trace of them once dinner is over.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/625538730472947718\">July 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like with most good shellfish, afterward it mostly felt like you somehow got away with one.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 28, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"hu\" dir=\"ltr\">Gyznusz is<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/626012302983233536\">July 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Baby&#039;s first tweet.<\/p>\n<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 31, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Move Closer to Your World.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batclub\/status\/627321582503993344\">August 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So bombastic, so timeless:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fl4nIopWQ_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Move_Closer_to_Your_World\">apparently it used to mean &#034;news&#034;<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 3, 2015 To handle the files &#8212; they have been as much as 700 KB in size &#8212; Ms. Lawson has invested $250,000 to upgrade her servers. &mdash; Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) July 3, 2015 700 KB. 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