Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired 8 years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 38 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.
It was too nice of a day to go to the movies, so we drove out to LIU Post in Brookville to see their football team play for the third time this season. It was a battle of the defenses in the first half which ended with Merrimack was a 3-0 lead. Post scored 20 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a comfortable lead. They held on to win 27-24.
I wasn't thrilled as the Met game started at 9:45 PM last night to accommodate the national TV. I usually wake up at about 6:10 AM so by 11 PM I am ready to hit the sack. I saw Daniel Murphy hit a home run in the fourth inning, but by 11:30 I decided to go to sleep. I woke up at 12:30 and saw the end of the game as Jeurys Familia got a 4 out save as the Mets won 3-1. Tonight's game stars at 9:07 so hopefully I'll see the entire game after listening to Cousin Brucie for about an hour.
That is not Matt Jackson in the photo, but yours truly in my new Jeopardy t-shirt. We received a second one for Lee while Karen got a Jeopardy umbrella. Alex announced last week if you go to Jeopardy.com and click on Store you can buy merchandise.
Meanwhile Matt Jackson is becoming a Jeopardy superstar as he has won $289,000 in 10 appearances. Can he become the next Ken Jennings? There is such a luck factor as you never know the categories, daily doubles or the competition on each show. He has won most of his game decisively.
I was watching the Yankees play the Houston Astros in the wild card game and suprisingly I see a commercial with Bob Dylan and the IBM Watson Computer. This supercomputer who beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in Jeopardy was able to easily determine that two major themes of Bob Dylan's songs are time passes and love fades. I think this song qualifies:
Time passes slowly up here in the mountains We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream Time passes slowly when you’re lost in a dream
Once I had a sweetheart, she was fine and good-lookin’ We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin’ Stared out the window to the stars high above Time passes slowly when you’re searchin’ for love
Ain’t no reason to go in a wagon to town Ain’t no reason to go to the fair Ain’t no reason to go up, ain’t no reason to go down Ain’t no reason to go anywhere
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day Time passes slowly and fades away
I made my yearly donation to WFUV. I did it today since all donations up to $35,000 will be matched. As WCBS-FM has changed WFUV has become my #1 terrestrial station. 60s music is now rarely played as CBSFM is trying to appeal to an audience of 25-54 year olds. I don't mind listening to hits from the 70s and 80s, but I feel that their playlist is too tight. But 101.1 has been consistantly #2 in the ratings so they must be doing something right. I still would describe WFUV eclectic as they play music from different genres. They certainly play more Dylan music than any other FM station.
The New York Islanders announced the WNYE (91.5 FM) would be joining WRHU (Hofstra) and WRCN (eastern Long Island) in broadcasting their games. It is disappointing that a major NYC station did not pick up their games as this is their first season in the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.
It seems to be a tradition that we go to the last home game of the season. On paper this game was meaningless, but I did not want the Amazins to go into the playoffs with a 6 game losing streak. Jacob deGrom did not allow a hit in 4 innings, but taken out as Terry Collins wanted this outing as a tune-up for deGrom. He changed pitchers every inning to give each some work as the first game of th NLDS isn't until Friday. There was no score until the 8th inning when Curtis Granderson hit a home run. Jeurys Familia came in the 9th to get his 43rd save tying the team record. It wasn't easy as with 2 outs Bryce Harper hit a double. Jayson Werth hit a fly ball to end the game.
I met up with radio enthusiast friend Gary Fishbein who works in Food Services at Citifield. I finally met Ira Sonin whom I've known through Facebook. Including Lee there were 3 of my Facebook friends at the game. Karen just does not want to get on Facebook.
The Mets start the NLDS at Los Angeles on Friday. It is strange that both the Mets and Dodgers were no-hit twice this season yet won their respective divisions.
I dodged a couple of big delays on the #7 train this week. I just wish the MTA would get its act together. The excuse is that maintenance is lacking due to lack of funding.
I received my tickets for one game of the NLDS in the mail today. It will be on Friday October 9 or Monday October 12. The Met game was rained out today with a doubleheader against Washington scheduled for tomorrow, but the weather forecast is iffy. Will they have to extend the season to Monday to determine if the Mets or Dodgers get the extra home game?
I bought tickets for two NJ Devils games on November 6 and February 26. Perhaps I'll get tickets to one Islanders game at th Barclay Center.
