Mr. Oobir's Vocab Word, History Text, or Royalty-Free Music Track of the Day

[Timone]

Can't wait for the first royalty-free music track!

[Mr. Oobir]

Undercroft (n.): a vault or chamber under the ground, especially in a church.

"Feeling adventurous one day, Roger asked for permission to explore his rector's musty undercroft."

[Mr. Oobir]

Extirpate (v.): 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up.

"With the death-storms threatening to extirpate western Michigan, Glan took his final Spicy Italian into his storm shelter to await the end of all things."

[Glenn]

Want to extirpate local yokel TV weather dudes.

[Timone]

Extirpate (v.): 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up.

"With the death-storms threatening to extirpate western Michigan, Glan took his final Spicy Italian into his storm shelter to await the end of all things."

Oh no! What happened to Roger?!

[Mr. Oobir]

Wanna make "The Local Yokel" my forum title.

[Mr. Oobir]

Oh no! What happened to Roger?!

As for Roger...



you will have to wait and see!!!!!

[Timone]

!!!!

Sex change?

[Mr. Oobir]

Today's royalty-free music track: Lock Down

http://www.audionetwork.com/browse/m...ock-down_48620
"Leo Ihenacho, also known as Leo The Lion, sung on this track. He has also sung with many British acts including The Streets and Kano."

Composers: Dan Skinner/Adam Skinner/Dave James

Search words used to discover this track: driving soul
Other notable tracks discovered with these key words include Give Me a Sign, a mellow Doobie Brothers-esque song, and Mean Woman of Mine, a modern blues number.

My comments: This is certainly a rousing track! Catchy, too; I found myself humming the chorus after listening to it. It has a quality that I like in many royalty-free tracks: its composers have a clear conceit in mind and keep the lyrics on message at all times. It becomes harder to sell a song if the message changes in the middle, since marketers might pull from anywhere in the song for their advertisements. Also, I like the Amen break in the middle; it really sells the authenticity of the song.

Other links/videos:


iTunes link to album containing this song

[Mr. Oobir]

On this day in history! The other Jackie Robinson article I transcribed. (Pittsburgh Courier, 6/27/1947)

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Diamond Sidelights
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Goings-on in the Recent Four-Game Dodger-Cardinal Series at Sportsman's Park
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By KERMIT K. WHEELER

ST. LOUIS--Over ninety thousand fans attended the four-game Dodger-Cardinal series at Sportsman's Park from Friday, June 13, through Sunday, June 15. The attendance was as follows: Friday night, 25,000; Saturday, 29,653. Approximately thirty thousand Negro fans were included in the 90,000. Perhaps more would have attended had not the transportation difficulty arisen.

Jackie Robinson and Joe Garagiola kidded each other about their respective hitting ability each time Jackie came to the plate ... However Joe got three out of four Saturday night, including a home run, while Jackie only got one hit.

Friday night Jackie was robbed of at least a double by Kurowski when he knocked down his terrific liner and threw Stanky out at second for the force out ... Robinson was cross the bag, but Stanky was a wee bit too slow ... However, Sunday, Jackie got even with Kurowski when he pulled the bat back for a terrific swing, but quicker than the eye could see he pulled it in and bunted, catching Kurowski flat-footed ...Whitey didn't even make a throw ... Terry Moore, the Cardinal centerfielder, went back Saturday night and pulled down Jackie's long fly ... Only Terry Moore could have made the catch. Again Jackie hit into tough luck in Friday night's game when Enos Slaughter backed up against the leftfield wall, jumped, and pulled Jackie's high fly down. Had not the wind done a freak trick the ball, perhaps, would have gone into the bleachers for a home run.

Sepia fans are to be congratulated for their splendid behavior during the series ... Such behavior will make it possible for more of our men to get chances in the majors.

Some few "poor whites" persisted for awhile in calling Jackie "black n- - - - " ... However, neither their own people, nor sepia fans paid them any mind, so they then shut up and acted like real Americans.

"Red" Munger, Cardinal pitcher, for Friday night has the greatest of praise and respect for Jackie both as a player and as a hitter ... "Gabby" Street, whe announces over a local radio network, with Harry Caray, says Jackie is one of the best bunters in the game and has a pair of eyes that are perfect ... He says that's the reason Jackie seldom strikes out ... If the ball is over Jackie gives it a ride ... Strikes are called on him evidently because the pitch is not to his liking, but never a third strike ... Jackie commited his fourth error of the season in Friday night's contest.

Jackie and the Brooklyn Dodgers will not be back to Sportsmans[sic] Park until July 29, 30, and 31 ...The games for Tuesday and Wednesday, July 29 and 30, will be night games, starting at 8:30 P.M. and the 31st, Thursday, a day games, starting at 2:30 P.M.

Cardinal pitchers seem to be very effective against Jackie. In the recent series he made only four hits ...Of course other Brooklyn Dodgers didn't fare that well.

For some reason in the fifth inning, Harry Breechen, after fielding Jackie's grounder, dediced to make the put out unassisted ... He took the ball and blocked Jackie's path ... Of course Jackie could have driven into him and maybe make him drop the ball but instead he merely stopped short and was tagged out.

Fans are wondering why Branch Rickey was here for the series ... They are just wondering if something is in the air ... Sam Breadon, owner of the Cardinals, and Rickey were together Friday night just to the right of the Cardinal dugout ... Wonder if Jackie's big boss was just seeing for himself the reaction for or against Jackie ... From the crowd it couldn't have been anything but favorable.

While on the subject of being favorable, the fans certainly must be favorable to Jackie ... Both races walked miles just to see Jackie and the Dodgers ... He is not only a baseball player, he is a magnet.

All tickets that were not used by ticket holders during the recent series, June 13-15, may be exchanged at the Cardinal ticket office in the arcade Building for other games, or your money refunded. This gesture of good sportsmanship is being shown by the management because many couldn't attend due to the transportation tie-up.

A queer play took place in the eighth inning of the Sunday game between Brooklyn and St. Louis ... With Stankey, Gionfriddo and Robinson on base, Furrillo hit a high fly to right that looked like a home run but hit the top of the rightfield pavillion and fell back into the playing field for a doublem but for some reason Stankey and Gionfriddo with none down, waited on the bases ... Robinson at the crack of the bat broke for second, so after rounding second, three Brooklyn base runners were between second and third with Furrillo tearing for second ... Finally Stankey woke up and scored, but again Gionfriddo started back to third, then Schoendist, Cardinal second sacker, threw wild to the plate. Gionfriddo then decided to try to score ... In the meantime Robinson was forced to return to second but when the throw got away he broke for third, and was safe, but Gionfriddo was out at the plate, Rice to Pollettwho covered the plate ... Robinson scored a few minutes later on a fly to centerfiled ... At one time it looked as if every Brooklyn base runner was between second and third ... The play was really one for Ripley ... In the sixth inning of Sunday's game Robinson got the Dodger's first hit, a clean single to center.