Not Working This Morning

I think this or this probably was the "small Hilton" in Seattle where Bob Newhart, coming off The Bob Newhart Show, thought of Newhart, per this fun and interesting conversation with a skilled, unnamed interviewer with The Paley Center for Media ...

Here are a couple of facts I wrote down from a book I read that might well have been Great Quarterbacks of Pro Football by Steve and Rita Golden Gelman:

-- Len Dawson was a fifth-string quarterback as a sophomore for his high-school football team in Alliance, Ohio. He was the starter in his junior year.

-- At the half of Super Bowl I, the Packers lead the Chiefs 14-10, and Dawson has completed 11 of 15 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown. On his first pass of the second half, Dawson throws toward tight end Fred Arbanas under the duress of converging Green Bay linebackers Lee Roy Caffey and Dave Robinson. Packer safety Willie Wood intercepts and returns to the Kansas City 5. Dawson finishes the game 16-of-27 for 211 yards.

Super Wikipedia on prolific-children's-and-travel-writer Golden Gorman, originally of Bridgeport, Connecticut: "In 1987, on the verge of divorce, Gelman decided that it was time to live her dream of traveling the world and living among people in other cultures. It's been 24 years and she still has no permanent home; her new passion is to bring the concept of a 'Gap Year' to teens in the U.S. Her organization, Let's Get Global, is dedicated to encouraging and assisting recent high school graduates to have international experiences before they begin the next phase of their lives. The ultimate goal of LGG is to create a cultural norm in the United States that will make it a common practice to extend education beyond U.S. borders. Let's Get Global suggests that graduating high school seniors defer college or the job world for a year while they immerse themselves in other cultures and discover the common humanity of mankind."

April 17, 2006

Back at the Madisonville Community College, which I love. On the UK-blue couches in the student center, I’m listening to the pleasant, purposeful chatter of the snack-bar couple at work.

“What are you cooking?”

“We’re going to need more eggs.” 

And, “do you want me to toast your Pop Tarts?”

There’s also the low murmur of a Law & Order or some sort of crime-investigation drama rerun on TNT. On my left, a buzzcut in work boots reads over geometry text and nurses a 20-ounce Diet Mountain Dew. On my right, a 19-year-old piddles with a video game on a public-access PC.

Al Stewart is playing here Friday. And Saturday. 

COFFEEHOUSE PERFOMRANCE TWO NIGHTS! 
FOLK AND POP LEGEND KNOWN FOR HIS HITS

‘TIME PASSAGES’ AND ‘THE YEAR OF THE CAT 

There are two portraits of Stewart on the poster. Under a heading “Then …” is a black-and-white photo of Stewart in poofy, shoulder-length hair. He’s looking pensively away from the camera, wearing a paisley shirt and silver-studded leather jacket – hands lodged loosely in front dungaree pockets. Next to the heading “and now,” it’s Stewart in a white, collarless shirt and gray sport coat. His hair is short, thinning, wiry and brown. His hands are clutched around an acoustic guitar neck. 

“Now, we’re going to pull out their barbecue separate, right? … Great. … OK, I’m going for a smoke.”

Also among the Madisonville Community College student-center placards are handbills for First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Earlington:

We offer an old-fashioned style of worship in a relaxed manner. Dress as you desire. Some dress up in their ‘Sunday best.’ Others wear jeans and a tee shirt. God looks at the heart. So do we. … We are a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This means we partake of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday. Everyone is invited to participate. The only ‘requirement’ is a confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. You are encouraged to think for yourself. Nobody will tell you what to think. You are asked to give that same freedom to others.

Before I flush the last remnants of Christmas73 from my YouTube "Watch Later" feed, here are a couple of last gems ...

Phil Elderkin in the April 5, 1969, Sporting News offered in his Page 71 "NBA Basketball" column these well-earned observations about some of the league's coaches:

-- The Knicks' Red Holzman is "firm but soft sell" Strong on defense, teaching and matchups.

-- The 76ers' Jack Ramsey is a "very intense person who takes defeats home with him but never really seems discouraged." His gambling defense "requires a collegian dedication."

-- The Celtics' Bill Russell is "guilty of running soft practices," and sometimes the "crisis of the moment takes precedence over the whole picture."

-- The Bullets' Gene Shue is "expert at spotting a cold shooter quickly and hopefully replacing him with a hot one."

-- The Lakers' Bill van Breda Kolf is "outspoken, outgoing and often out of breath."

Rest in peace, Mr. Elderkin, newspaper journalist of 65 years, attendee at every Celtics playoff game 1957-69 and Baseball Writers' Association of America Member 5.

'Not One, Not Two, But Three Straight Class A State Titles for Pikeville'

Bravo, WYMT of Hazard, for this terrific report on the 1987, '88 and '89 Class A state-champion Pikeville Panthers football teams. 

Everything about this thing is fantastic. For example, we get some great footage of stadiums, like Pineville High's ("PINE is FINE") ...

Also, it's great seeing all of the helmets in the modern-day "Sports Overtime" studio ...

And, watching this report led me to reading about the great Wikipedia history of 1969-launched WKYH (for "KentuckY Hazard")/1985-renamed WYMT ("We're Your Mountain Television"). 

Hooray for Jay Crawford, Hillard Howard and his champion Panthers, the Pineville sign and press-box painters, the KHSAA championship organizers at U of L, the Wikipedia editors, Lauren Cash and the WYMT-studio helmet arrangers, Walter Camp and Philo Farnsworth and everyone else who in the last 46-plus years had some hand in bringing about this happy past 15 minutes this morning for me. Thank God for all of you.

Oh, Kentucky

Bon Appétit Appalachia!

Good jobs news from Henderson, London and Louisville.

Hiring in downtown Marion.

Ominous Christmas news from Shelbyville.

Starting bid is $1.99: "'The 'Broadway Mall' is the new look of Paducah. It presents a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere for downtown shoppers:"

The state police says traffic fatalities around the state were at their lowest since 1947 last year--and that they're projecting downward again for 2014.

TIME says Hopkins is the 631st most dangerous U.S. county in terms of safety from natural disaster.

CNN celebrates the entrepreneurship surge in Kentucky.

NPR investigates the pie-crust controversy at the state fair.

Estately assesses the commonwealth's love of Dallas, Dirty Dancing and Ronald Reagan.

Album Review: John Davidson by John Davidson

Here are some interesting moments in John Davidson's Wikipedia entry.

-- During an appearance on the game show Scrabble in 1987, he told the national TV audience that he appeared as an underwear model in the 1959 Sears catalogue; he would have been 17 at the time.

That's the first sentence in the "career" section of John Davidson's entry.

-- Davidson also guest hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 87 times.

Wow. That's a lot. I wonder if John Davidson felt ripped off like David Letterman did when Jay Leno got The Tonight Show.

-- Davidson made numerous appearances on the original Hollywood Squares, from the mid-1960s until its cancelation, and was known for his long-winded bluffs. No one was more convincing at getting contestants to believe his (often ridiculous) answers to questions posed by Peter Marshall. Most times, Marshall could barely conceal a grin as Davidson started in on some far-fetched but plausible explanations for his answers, often prefaced with something to the effect of: "I just read about that in the New England Journal of Medicine, it was a fascinating study, and it said that...". Davidson sold these preposterous stories with such sincerity that contestants were often duped more than once in the same show.

John Davidson's Numerous Appearances on the Original Hollywood Squares could be a great made-for-TV movie.

-- In 1977, Davidson was present at the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky. He was expected to appear onstage as the headline act of the evening when the fire broke out, killing 165 persons. Davidson helped others escape before fleeing through a back door. Davidson was not injured and later participated in a charity concert to raise funds for the families of fire victims. John Davidson's music director was among those who perished in the fire.

I had never heard John Davidson was there.

-- Davidson, appearing in Lake Tahoe in the 1970s once remarked to a dinner show crowd that the people in the audience the night before must have all been from Petaluma, California. "My God, I have never seen so many Simplicity patterns in my life," the singer quipped.

I had never heard of "Simplicity patterns."

To be fair, Wikipedia stamps this page with the following disclaimer: "This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards." I think that's a little harsh. But Wikipedia is awesome, and I understand why it would be so unflinching in its commitment to quality.

I've been listening to a 1969 John Davidson record the last couple of days, John Davidson. It's fine. His versions of "Both Sides Now" and "Suzanne" are my favorite male-vocalist versions of those two great songs. The album cover says that one can write to the John Davidson Fan Club at 8966 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Here's the Google Maps street-level picture of that address:

Album Review: Little Spark by Jessie Baylin

I found myself in one of those situations where I had about 16 hours of work to do and two days to do it. I was sitting in front of a computer staring away and needed some music to listen to. I essentially repeated this album over and over again for two days. For whatever reason this album just worked perfectly for me with what I was doing. It was probably three times through before I really started paying attention to the album and realized it's pretty good.

Now that I'm writing this review I'll be pulling it off my queue so who knows I may forget about the album, or come September I may wonder what I ever saw in it, but for three days in 2013 it was pretty much all I listened to.

The opening track and the single that she released off the album, "Hurry Hurry," is the song version of the old Brute commercial that all men of a certain age love so much.

Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 3 out of 5 stars for Pretty Good.

Back to the Future, Part Never

So the late night in July 1987 when, back home in Paducah the summer after my first year in college, I happened to catch this ...

... you might've gotten me to bet a couple hundred dollars that I would not, even 26 years later, be seeing the following.

Spring Tour! MAY- Paducah KY 27&28, JUNE-Duluth,MN 1, Minneapolis, MN 3&4, NYC Museum of Design 7&8, Kansas City, MO 11&12, Denver, CO 20&21
— Crispin Glover (@CrispinGlover) May 3, 2013

Indeed, on Monday night in Paducah, "Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show Part 2 and It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE! Actor/Director Crispin Glover comes to Maiden Alley Cinema with his Big Slideshow and films followed by a post-screening Q&A and book signing."

And then on Tuesday night, "Actor/Director Crispin Glover returns to Maiden Alley Cinema for his second evening with his Big Slideshow and films followed by a post-screening Q&A and book signing. WHAT IS IT? is a bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film from the visionary mind of Crispin Glover that tells the inner and outer struggles of a young man facing villains and demons on multiple planes."

So ... you know ... one never does.

Kentucky high-school football, Week 8

Here are some blowouts from Thursday night to get the freakin' weekend in KHSAA football rolling:

Fairview (No. 3 in the Associated Press poll for Class 3A) 68 at Paintsville 20

Louisville DeSales (AP 2A No. 6t) 54 at Louisville Shawnee 12

Monroe County (AP 3A No. 8) 41 at Bowling Green South Warren 0

Morgan County (AP 3A No. 10) 42 at Knott County Central 0

Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park (AP 6A No. 4) 53 at Louisville Seneca 18

Louisville Ballard 42 at Louisville Eastern (AP 6A No. 5) 21

Louisville Butler (AP 6A No. 7) 50 vs. Louisville Southern 0

And here are some notables from the rest of the weekend's games:

Webster County at West Paducah Heath--It's going to be a long, sad trip home from West Paducah tonight, Trojans fans, so you might as well have some fun on the way over. Leave now, and you'll have plenty of time to enjoy the western half of Kentucky's U.S. 60 yard sale.

Frankfort (AP A No. 2) at Paris--Roadtrip for Great-Great-Grandma.

Campbellsville at Williamsburg (AP A No. 4)

Bellevue at Beechwood (AP A No. 5)

Raceland-Worthington (AP A No. 6) at Nicholas County

Harlan (AP A No. 10) at Hazard (AP A No. 7)--Hazard, the defending state champ, is 2-3. And now, writes John Middleton in The Harlan Daily Enterprise: "The talented Harlan senior class has been aiming to knock Class A power Hazard from atop the district since their sophomore season. That group will get one final shot on Friday."

Louisville Holy Cross at Louisville Kentucky Country Day (AP A No. 9)

Hancock County at Owensboro Catholic (AP 2A No. 1)--The visitors were effectively ranked 11th in this week's AP 2A poll.

Somerset (AP 2A No. 3) at Danville (AP 2A No. 2)--Game of the night in Kentucky?

Murray (AP 2A No. 4) at Crittenden County

Bardstown (AP 2A No. 5) at Christian Academy of Louisville

Middlesboro at Lexington Christian (AP 2A No. 6t)

Erlanger Lloyd Memorial at Newport Central Catholic (AP 2A No. 8) on Saturday--NewCath, the 2010 state champ, is 2-4. And now, here come some 6-1 Juggernauts.

Elizabethtown at Louisville Central (AP 3A No. 1)--Central, winner of four of the last five 3A state championships, is 5-1 with its only loss at 6A St. X two weeks ago.

Clay County at Bell County (AP 3A No. 3)

Belfry (AP 3A No. 4) at Ashland Blazer (AP 4A No. 6)

Bourbon County (AP 3A No. 5) at Garrard County

Casey County at Wayne County (AP 3A No. 7)

Paducah Tilghman (AP 3A No. 9) at Trigg County--If Tilghman struggles in Cadiz anywhere along the lines as it did last week at Fort Campbell, the Blue Tornado (winner of that odd 3A title in the last five years that Central didn't win but currently 4-3) might be on its way out of the AP poll. Corbin, which rolled, 64-6, at Stearns McCreary Central on Thursday night, was the 11th team in this week's poll, but the Redhounds are only 3-4. No. 13 Trigg County would be 5-2 win a win tonight, as would No. 12 Russell, with a victory over Mason County.

Pendleton County at Fort Thomas Highlands (unanimous AP 4A No. 1)--Highlands, winner of the 4A state title last season, the four 5A crowns before that and a bunch of 3A and 2A championships before then, is amazing.

Lexington Catholic (AP 4A No. 2) at Taylor County

Greenup County at Paintsville Johnson Central (AP 4A No. 9)

Jeffersontown at Elizabethtown John Hardin (AP 5A No. 2)

Woodford County at Franklin County (AP 5A No. 4)

Owensboro Apollo at Christian County (AP 5A No. 5)

Anderson County (AP 5A No. 6) at Nicholasville West Jessamine

Union Larry A. Ryle at Hebron Conner (AP 5A No. 7)

Union Randall K. Cooper (AP 5A No. 8) at Crestwood South Oldham

Harlan County (AP 5A No. 10) at Letcher County Central

Louisville Trinity (unanimous AP 6A No. 1) at Louisville duPont Manual--Steadily roll the 'Rocks, winners of four of Kentucky's five 6A football titles.

Louisville Saint Xavier (AP 6A No. 2) at Louisville Male (AP 6A No. 6)--Meanwhile, way down in Bowling Green, ...

Lexington Henry Clay at Scott County (AP 6A No. 3)

Henderson County (AP 6A No. 8) at Daviess County--Henderson County coach Clay Clevenger, to Kevin Patton of The Gleaner: "It's one of those things, the more you talk about it the more the players start thinking about it. If we put the ball on the ground in practice, sometimes I might blow up about it, but other times I just act like I didn't see it."

Boone County at Independence Simon Kenton (AP 6A No. 9)

Lexington Bryan Station (AP 6A No. 10) at Lexington Paul Dunbar--The visitors replaced Louisville Ballard in this week's Class 6A Top 10, but then Ballard went out last night and got an upset win at No. 5 Eastern.

Reidland at Barlow Ballard Memorial

Owensboro at Calloway County--Calloway County star runner Stephen Treadaway to Jack Kees of the Murray Ledger & Times: "Since Owensboro beat Lone Oak, that put a whole new spin on things, as far as Lone Oak not being the glorified team and everything, and it’s just a whole new ballgame for everyone, everyone has a chance this year and we hope that we get it."

Fulton City at Gleason (Tenn.)

Ohio County at Graves County

Madisonville-North Hopkins at Mortons Gap Hopkins County Central--A couple of pictures from last week's CHS loss to visiting Calloway County. The nachos looked better than the game.

Muhlenberg County at Marshall County

Butler County at Todd County Central

Lots, too, idling this week, including Mayfield (AP A No. 1), Russellville (AP A No. 8), Glasgow (AP 2A No. 9), Caldwell County (AP 2A No. 10), Breathitt County (AP 3A No. 2), Fort Campbell (AP 3A No. 6), Covington Catholic (AP 4A No. 3), Russell County (AP 4A No. 4), Barbourville Knox Central (AP 4A No. 5), Bowling Green Warren East (AP 4A No. 7), Boyle County (AP 4A No. 8), Lone Oak (AP 4A No. 10), Bowling Green (AP 5A No. 1), Bowling Green Warren Central (AP 5A No. 3) and Bowling Green Greenwood (AP 5A No. 9).

Previous reports:

-- Week 1 roundup, western Kentucky results and the Lexington Herald-Leader's preseason rankings

-- Week 2 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 3 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 4 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 5 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 6 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 7 roundup

U.S. Open Wrap-Up: Round 1

Thanks so much to Eric, who did a great job covering the first round of the National Open from the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

This club has featured an odd collection of U.S. Opens. The first Open held here was in 1955. Ben Hogan finished with 287, and was widely believed to have won his fifth National Open. But Jack Fleck, a municipal-course pro from Iowa, played the last four holes in two under par to force a playoff. Fleck then beat Hogan 69-72 in the playoff. Hogan never won another major tournament.

The second Open here was in 1966. This time Arnold Palmer had a seven-shot lead with only nine holes left. Amazingly, Palmer blew the entire lead with bogeys on 10, 13, 15, 16, and 17, and just barely parred 18 to force a playoff with Billy Casper. In the playoff, Palmer had a two-shot lead at the turn. But he collapsed on the back nine, and lost 69-73 to Casper. Palmer never won another major tournament.

The third Open here was in 1987. This turned into a battle between Scott Simpson (who won 7 tournaments in his PGA career) and Tom Watson (who won 39). Watson had a one-shot lead with nine holes to go. But Simpson overtook him down the stretch to win by one shot. Watson never won another major tournament.

The fourth Open here was in 1998. After three holes on Sunday, Payne Stewart led Lee Janzen by seven shots. But he blew the entire lead and eventually lost to Janzen by one shot. Remarkably, Stewart came right back and won the 1999 U.S. Open. However, he died in a tragic accident a few months later.

So now, as we approach the fifth Open at Olympic, I'm a little nervous about what will happen to Tiger Woods. On the other hand, it may help that Woods is a native Californian, that he played his college golf at Stanford, and that he's already won two National Opens in California. Certainly he looked like his old self today. But it should be a great tournament. The leaderboard after the first round is filled with big names -- although I've never heard of the leader. Michael Thompson, is a virtual unknown who currently ranks 90th in the Fed Ex Cup. He did reach the final of the 2007 U.S. Amateur, which was played at Olympic, and that probably helped him today. We will see if it helps him tomorrow.

Before we do the leaderboard, here is how the World's Top Ten golfers are doing. You can write off Donald, McIlroy, Bubba, and Dustin Johnson, but the others have a good chance:

1. L. Donald (ENG): +9

2. R. McIlroy (NIR): +7

3. L. Westwood (ENG): +3

4. T. Woods: -1

5. B. Watson: +8

6. M. Kuchar: Even

7. J. Rose (ENG): -1

8. H. Mahan: +2

9. J. Dufner: +2

10. D. Johnson: +5

And here are your leaders after Round 1:

1. M. Thompson: -4 (66)

T2. G. McDowell (NIR): -1 (69)

T2. N. Watney: -1 (69)

T2. J. Rose (ENG): -1 (69)

T2. T. Woods: -1 (69)

T2. D. Toms: -1 (69)

T7. J. Furyk: Even (70)

T7. M. Kuchar: Even (70)

T7. I. Poulter (ENG): Even (70)

T7. Mr. Beau Hossler (a): Even (70)

T7. J. Bohn: Even (70)

T7. J.B. Park (KOR): Even (70)

T7. R. Karlsson (SWE): Even (70)

T7. A. Presnell (AUS): Even (70)

Note: Mr. Beau Hossler is a 17-year-old high school student from Orange County, California. He actually qualified for last year's Open at Congressional Country Club, but he missed the cut.

NBA Update

Facing elimination tonight in Boston, LeBron James scored 45 points and had 15 rebounds as the Heat blasted the Celtics 98-79 to force a Game 7 in Miami. Naturally, this will give all the folks on ESPN a chance to talk about LeBron's "will" and "effort," because from their perspective, that's all that matters in basketball. Actually, any Kentucky fan would have recognized tonight's game as what happens when a really athletic team is hitting jump shots, while the opponent that needs to shoot well from the outside is ice cold. Those games usually turn into blowouts for UK, and that's what happened to Boston tonight. The Celtics were only 1-14 from three-point range, while Miami went 7-16 from behind the arc. LeBron was also unusually dialed in with his mid-range shot, as he went 19-26 from the floor. Boston had no chance under those circumstances, so it is not surprising that Miami cruised to an easy win. And if Miami is red-hot and Boston is ice-cold on Saturday, the Heat will roll again. But my guess is that both teams will regress to the mean, and that Game 7 will be much more competitive.

Miami participated in the last Eastern Conference Final to go seven games back in 2005. They lost Game 7 at home, 88-82 to the Pistons. The next year the Heat won the championship.

Boston hasn't played in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final since May 30, 1987, when their legendary series again against the Detroit Pistons ended in Boston. The Celtics won that game 117-114, winning the East for the fourth year in a row -- but for the last time until 2008.

The Heat are going for their third trip to the NBA finals; the Celtics are trying for their 22d.

Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012)

When I think of Whitney Houston I always think of her first big hit video "Saving All My Love For You."  In that video Houston seems like such a sweet innocent woman with a beautiful voice and that's the image that I have carried with me for almost 30 years of Houston no matter what news reports said of her life. 

Because Houston took such a dramatic fall from the top it is hard now to even remember what a huge star she was, but in my lifetime she would have to be right there with Michael Jackson and Madonna when talking about biggest pop stars.   She produced 11 number one singles over a ten year period and then she simply fell off the face of the Earth. 

It would appear that like so many she fell into a life of drug addiction and no matter who you are drug addiction can be a path to destruction.  Back in 2009 Houston tried to make a bit of a comeback, but it all went for not as it became apparent from her performances that she no longer had a voice.  At 45 she was done.  After that she seemed to simply disappear. 

Hard to imagine that at 48, less that 30 years since she first burst onto the scene Whitney Houston is dead and has been out of the public's eye for so long that for an entire generation she never existed. 

Even now I still think of Houston and her first number 1 hit.

HP SPECIAL REPORT: Rest in Peace, Robert M. Rennick

This is a Heath Post Special Report ... The Kentucky desk was apparently so eaten up with the Micah Johnson watch back in August 2010 that it missed the news of Robert M. Rennick's passing. I regret the oversight.

The 1987 paperback edition of Mr. Rennick's Kentucky Place Names was not only formative in my Kentucky-love infancy but also helpful, as I used the map on pages vi and vii to help me cut up the state into driveable-in-one-day chunks (as well as to jot down a message from Lonnie of Lindseyville, in Edmonson County).


Twenty-five years later, I still hardly go more than six or eight days without reading and enjoying at least one paragraph in Kentucky Place Names. To me, that qualifies it as a heck of a good and important book (5 stars, highly recommended), and I am not alone in my high regard for Mr. Rennick's work.

I'm so thankful that this Brooklynite was so taken with Kentucky and that his spouse was so supportive of his passions. There's no greater fortune in this world than to find a spouse who is supportive of one's passions and/or to find a spouse whose passions one can genuinely support. Praise God that Mr. and Mrs. Rennick found each other, and happy Valentine's Day next week, R.

2011 from the Perspective of 1987

Here is a video Apple made about life in 2011 back in 1987. It's interesting to see how close they came to predicting the future.

Best of the 80's: Document by R.E.M.

In 1987 R.E.M. took the plunge into full pop mode with Document.  You could see R.E.M. moving in this direction with their previous album, but on Document they went all in with a new sound.  I was one of the R.E.M. fans that fell off with this album, but I also fully understand that for them to survive and grow as a band it was a direction they had to go. 

This album currently sits at number 57 on the Best of the 80's list.  To me this album is a bit too disjointed as they were still trying to figure out what they were doing with this new sound and so I'm not sure I understand why it would even make the top 100.  Still this album was an important step for R.E.M. and was another of the alternative bands moving into the mainstream.

This is a good road trip album.

Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 2 out of 5 stars for Not Bad.