Alfred E. Neumann - Recording Star



Congratulations to Alfred E. Neumann for winning AI last night, as successfully predicted here prior to the show last night.
Alfred E. was one of the young people who I thought from way, way back was going to land a recording contract with someone. Score a point for me.




Alfred E. Neumann


If you don’t know who Alfred E. Neumann is, he is the main character from Mad Magazine. I am just happy that he was able to make this mid-life career change and have such great success with it.

 



Alfred E. McCreary



I had a great show in DuBois, PA last night. It was a 250 mile ride out there and I had to turn around and come right back because I didn’t have a doggie sitter. So I got home at 3 this morning and am a little beat.

The show was a senior high school dinner celebration. I found out a half an hour before show time that I was replacing a guy who had been doing that party for 24 years in a row.
So basically I was hired to try to replace a local legend.
This isn’t the first time that I have received this news shortly before a show. It adds a little pressure because of a natural tendency to compare acts. It meant that I had to find out the kind of things they had seen before with this guy and change my routine accordingly.
After the show I was told that I’ll be back next year.

So its cool that I am booking shows into 2012 already. It means that my show is getting better and people want to make sure that they are on my schedule as soon as possible. That’s very flattering. Now I just need to fill my summers some how. I have ONE “tentative” show for this July and August, while I have three lined up right now, is usually pretty slow also.

I was listening to the Philthies game on the radio last night on the way home as they were playing a 19 inning game against the Reds. Infielder Wilson Valdez pitched the 19^th inning for the Philths and ended up getting the win as the Philths scored in the bottom of the 19^th. Valdez had to face reigning MVP Joey Votto, Scott Rolen, Jay Bruce and the Reds pitcher. He got Votto to pop out, plunked Rolen (which the fans really enjoyed) popped out Bruce and the pitcher grounded out or something.
So Valdez, who started the game at a position, closed out the game on the mound and picked up the victory. That has not been done since Babe Ruth did it way back when.
It’s not a record or anything, but rather a fantastic addition to a baseball trivia book.

But the real reason I wanted to write something here today was so that I could say congratulations to Alfred E. Neumann and get those pictures posted here.

Done.