Happy Birthday Damon!!!

This post goes out to you D! Hope you had a great birthday!!

Russ Martin

The People's Court
The Office
The Dodgers
Pomagranets
UFC
Bob Seger
Rachel Ray
Enchiladas

I Have No Words - Part II

Yeah, go ahead, Defend A-Rod all you want, but would you want him on your team? And, before you answer whole heartedly yes, take a look at the status of his previous teams. With all of his inflated numbers he has never been able to bring playoff success. You really want that? Well, you can have it. And I hope he opts out of his contract and you get it. Although I really don't think that will happen.

On to a long winter for me.

A-Rod/Yankees live to play another day....

The good news is that last night the Yankees finally got their bats going. Little Philly Hughes (pictured above) was the hero of the night with a stellar long relief performance. For another day, A-Rod escapes my ridicule, and I give him the benefit of the doubt once again. The game is on tonight at 5:30 my time, I'm working on my superstitions already.

Redemption?

Today is potentially A-Rod's last shot to redeem himself to New York Yankee fans. In an attempt to give him a fair shot to prove himself, I am taking down my photos. In the case that A-Rod continues to choke, I will re-post them. But, hopefully, I will be able to make a post celebrating a big Yankees win tonight.

"The Office" Friday

Getting back to my regular schedule: this is "The Office" Friday. And there is pleanty to catch up on:

• Kevin - As noticed in the season opener, Kevin is really coming into his own. What about him giving Ryan the Temp a noogie?
• Ryan the Temp - Douchebag. Thats all I have to say. But does anyone else have the distinct feeling that he is about to ruin Dunder Mifflin as we know it?
• Jim & Pam - How cute are they? We'll see how long this can go on before it starts becoming annoying. Also, how did Pam get this reputation as the office sluzy? Can you believe Phyllis?
• Toby - I think this episode was a clear message to fans like Gal who actually like Toby. He is a jerk, he is not supposed to be liked.
• Kelly telling Ryan the Temp that shes pregnant. Loved it.
• Dwight is getting just a little bit boring to me...I hope he gets back to his usual outlandish ways soon...anyone else?

Coming next week on "The Office":

LAUNCH PARTY 9/8c TV14 10.11.2007
THE WORLDWIDE WEB - The Dunder Mifflin Infinity website is launching and Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) is excited about going to the big launch party in New York while Angela (Angela Kinsey) plans a satellite party for the Scranton branch. Meanwhile, Dwight (Rainn Wilson) competes against the website to see who can sell the most paper in one day. John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Creed Bratton, and Craig Robinson also star.

This week on "The Office"

DUNDER MIFFLIN INFINITY 9/8c TV14 10.04.2007
THERE'S A NEW BOSS IN TOWN - Much to the dismay of Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and many of the employees, Ryan (B.J. Novak) returns to the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin to bring the company into the digital age. Angela (Angela Kinsey) is still upset about her cat. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson and Creed Bratton also star.

Whose Hat Are You Wearing?

This is the face of a man whose team did not make the playoffs. Note the confusion as he points to the team whose bandwagon he has climbed aboard. This man is SAD.

This is the face of a man who has lost his damn mind. His team is in the playoffs and he actually thinks that by making this scary face he can help his team win. This man is SAD.

We all have a story...Whose Hat Are You Wearing?

I didn't make it...but I did dress it up...

So we had another "Ladies of the Fieldhouse" function, and I was just too tired last night to actually try to make something. So I bought this Greek Chicken Salad from Costco and put it in my own cute serving bowl. Thats not really cheating right?

By the way....it was really good! I highly recommend it!

My Office Playlist

There have been some great new music releases over the past few months, so I thought it would be a good time for another edition of "My Office Playlist." Here are the albums playing constantly in my office right now, along with my favorite tracks from each:

Kanye West - Graduation
(Everything I Am, Homecoming, Flashing Lights)

Jill Scott - The Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol. 3
(The Real Thing, Hate On Me)

Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
(The Nature, Oh My Stars)

Calvin Richardson - 2:35 PM
(Keep On Pushin', I've Got To Move)

Will.I.Am - Songs About Girls
(Over, Heartbreaker)

Bruce Springsteen - Magic

Common - Finding Forever
(Drivin' Me Wild)

What are you listening to???

Pads/Rockies Play-In Game, Everything that is Right with Baseball

On the outside of it, tonight's tiebreaker play-in game between the Rockies and the Padres was nothing that I was especially interested in. National League baseball...two teams I really couldn't care much less about. But what it ended up being was something pretty amazing. This is everything that October baseball is about. Two teams battling it out into the 13th inning. Matt Holliday securing himself as the NL batting champ in his very last at bat of the game (Sorry Chipper) and scoring the game's winning run. Sheesh. With the way tonight went, I can not wait to see the rest of the playoffs. Bring on the Indians!

p.s. Also love to see Treavor Hoffman blow a save, suck it Hoffman - Mariano is much better.

Bruce & The Band on the Today Show

I highly suggest you check this out, along with the other clips from this morning's Today Show Concert.

Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land

AL Cy Young Winner?

It might just be the fact that I live in a very biased house, but if you had asked me who I thought the front runner for the American League Cy Young Award is, I would have definitely said Josh Beckett. He's been a league leader in ERA and wins almost the entire season, he was the first to 20 wins, and he plays for the team that has had the best record in baseball for nearly the entire season. Today I was read an article that made a very convincing argument for C.C. Sabathia. Check it out below and let me know what you think?

Sabathia and Beckett are virtually inseparable in two important categories —earned-run average and baserunners allowed per nine innings.

However, with one start remaining for each, Sabathia has pitched nearly 40 more innings than Beckett, a difference of nearly 4.5 games. Sabathia's strikeout-to-walk ratio also is the best in the AL — and second-best in history by a left-handed pitcher. Beckett, meanwhile, benefits from the third-highest run support in the league, receiving more than a run per game more than Sabathia, who ranks 13th.

Beckett's 20 wins? Well, Sabathia has 18, and his total would be higher if the Indians hadn't gone 4-6 during a stretch in which he pitched six or more innings and allowed two earned runs or less in 10 straight starts.

Late Pass Wednesday: Bobcat Football

A couple weeks ago Ali was visiting and we decided to check out some of that Bobcat Football. It was actually the first game I have been to since I have lived here, so it was a new experience all around. Pretty good atmosphere for a smaller venue. And, as luck would have it, my season tickets are directly behind about 8 maniac 'Cat fans who don't know football from their butt. Love it!

"The Office" Preview

SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PREMIERE - 9/8c TV14 09/27/2007

THE RUN FOR THE CURE
A freak accident causes Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) to feel the office is cursed. He explores the religious beliefs of his employees before deciding to hold a charity 5K fun run. Meanwhile, further developments in the romances of Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski), and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Angela (Angela Kinsey) are explored. B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson and Creed Bratton also star.

Here ya go, set your DVR now! More The Office posting to come this Thursday! I highly recommend that you check out the previews on nbc.com.

Ellsbury rising swiftly for Red Sox

Check out this article about Jacoby Ellsbury. Although I hate the fact that he is a Red Sox, I can't help but root for him. And I really think you have to admit that he does have a bit of a "Jeter'esqe-ness" about him.

BOSTON -- Turn your eyes away for just an instant and you might miss Jacoby
Ellsbury scoring from second base on a wild pitch, as he did at Fenway Park in
early July. Better yet, you might miss Ellsbury diving into the visitors' bullpen at Tropicana Field, kicking over a chair and making a crash landing on a pitcher's mound with the baseball safely in his glove, as he did so deftly on Friday against Tampa Bay.

Or maybe you'd miss Ellsbury effortlessly stealing second even when the other team pitches out, as happened against the Devil Rays on Sunday afternoon. There was also the line single to right field that he hit on Saturday that actually turned into a double because Ellsbury basically just decided to never stop running.

It all happens so fast with Ellsbury that you better pay close attention or you might miss the way he has electrified the Red Sox down the stretch.

Did somebody say something about a September callup? With left fielder Manny Ramirez out of the mix all month with a strained left oblique and center fielder Coco Crisp missing games here and there with back woes, Ellsbury has turned into a mainstay for a team in the middle of a suddenly heated race for the American League East title.

What has been quicker than even Ellsbury's speed is the way he has thrived amid life in the fast lane -- playing every day for the Boston Red Sox.

"I think you have to grow up quick," said Ellsbury, who turned 24 on Sept. 11. "There's not really a learning curve, especially when you're playing for an organization like the Red Sox. You're expected to go out there and perform right away."

Yes, the man who came into the year as Boston's most highly-lauded positional prospect has performed all right. In his first 94 Major League at-bats, Ellsbury is hitting .372 with 20 runs, six doubles, one triple, three homers, 15 RBIs and nine stolen bases.

But there's something beyond Ellsbury's numbers and tools that have caught the attention of the man everyone views as the leader of the Red Sox.

"He's helped us with his speed, he's helped us with his defense, he's helped us with his offense," said Red Sox catcher and captain Jason Varitek. "But what I like most
is the way he's handled himself. I tip my hat to him. He's handled himself awesome, he's carried himself great. He was thrown into the fire. The nice thing was that he's had some success but he's handled it extremely well."

Ellsbury is someone the entire organization can take pride in. He is providing exactly what the club envisioned in June of 2005, when they nabbed the Oregon State star with the 23rd overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft.

"He was always really polished maturity-wise," said Ben Cherington, vice president of player personnel for the Red Sox. "I think he works hard on certain parts of his game, the mental side of the game, the approach to his at-bats and understanding the running game. He's worked on getting better at those things. As a person, he was always pretty mature and confident and secure and knew what he had to do to get ready. He had a lot of good qualities when we drafted him."

But it was Ellsbury's desire to not just live off the scouting reports that has enabled him to rise in such swift fashion.

"Ellsbury had a great developmental year at Double-A and Triple-A," said Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. "He really learned a lot about his swing and made some adjustments right before he was called up this last time. With his aptitude and athletic ability, he's been able to make adjustments and compete very quickly at the
highest level."

Once Ramirez returns to the lineup -- which will likely be in the next few days -- manager Terry Francona will have the task of finagling ways for Ellsbury to get at-bats. But there's no question Ellsbury will be on the postseason roster. It's just a matter of how prominent a role he plays.

"It's happened so quickly that I really haven't had too much time to even think about it," said Ellsbury. "That might be a good thing. Just go out and play. I'm really not thinking too much about what's going to happen next or what they're going to do in October. Just go out and help the team each and every day and I think that's the best way to look at it right now."

The good thing about Ellsbury is that if his bat does cool off, he'll have plenty of other ways to help the team.

"I think he has the type of game that can impact a game in different ways," Cherington said. "He can contribute defensively or on the bases one night and offensively the next. I think sometimes players like that ... it's sometimes a little easier transition just because they can affect the game in more ways than one. A one dimensional player sort of has to wait for an opportunity to do one thing.

"He doesn't have to wait for the game to come to him. I think that's part of it. He also comes in a clubhouse where he has a lot of good veteran support and he's got a manager that believes in him. It makes for a pretty easy transition."

Ellsbury isn't foolish enough to think he's made up for the absence of Ramirez or even Kevin Youkilis, who hasn't played for a week. Instead, he's just helped to lessen the sting.

"Obviously we want those guys," said Ellsbury. "We need them for October, they need to get healthy right now. It's been good for me just to get some playing time and get some experience, especially in a playoff race. I'm just trying to help out the team any way possible."

Under different circumstances, Ellsbury might have been home by now looking ahead to 2008.

"I could be home right now, but I'd be training," said Ellsbury. "But I got the opportunity and I was prepared for it. This experience right now is more than any training or any video could have prepared you for. In order to get better, you have to be on the field playing."

The stage -- or the level of competition -- doesn't seem to matter for Ellsbury. When he gets on a baseball field, he makes things happen.

"[Assistant to the general manager] Allard Baird made the comment in Spring Training that he has, 'Survival skills,'" Francona said. "I think that's his way of saying he knows how to compete. He's given us a big lift, a big boost of energy. Any time you see young guys, first of all, when they come over in the middle of the year or later in the year -- win over veterans -- they're doing something really, really right."
At a time of year when players can get tired both physically and mentally, Ellsbury's fresh legs figure to be counted on heavily by the Red Sox.

"It's like with Coco, when you have that speed on those bases, you can't duplicate that," said Varitek. "Me, Youkilis and [Dustin] Pedroia can't run like that -- we can't. But they bring that type of energy. The longer [Ellsbury's] here, the more his personality will rub off. Right now, just his talent and his abilities, they can be electrifying, they really can."

Nick Beats

Taming The Garage

It was a task that was long over due, given the fact that there were several boxes in our garage that had not been touched since over a year ago when Zeb threw the various miscelaneous objects into the cardboard boxes as he emptied out his old apartment. This weekend we finally took on the monster, also known as our garage.

Originally I had asked Zeb if he could build some shelves in the garage to store our boxes and whatnot. But what we ended up buying a moderatly sized storage unit and calling it a day. I have to say that this was probably the way for us to go. I mean really....Zeb & a table saw....just a bad idea.

So there you have it, a storage unit and a couple of heavy duty hooks and the job was done, all ready to provide a winter shelter for the hatchback. Coincidentally, I expect our first snow within the next few days. :(

He is show'ter than AG

The following is an actual conversation that took place last night during the MSU/EWU volleyball game:

Zeb: Who is that? (young man of a shorter stature passes in front of the bleachers where we are sitting)
Me: Athlete. (continues watching VB match)
Zeb: Basketball?
Me: Football.
Zeb: (astounded look on his face)
Me: Cornerback.
Zeb: (continues astounded look on his face) He is SO small. He is really short, I thought he could be a point guard maybe.....
Me: Yes, I know. And I thought the corners at Oregon were undersized.
Zeb: (completely serious look on his face) He's show'ter than AG!

1.5

Get The Halloween Ones Stupid!

Yeah, so I'm pretty psyched regarding my recent find - the Halloween version Circus Animal cookies. I was actually craving the original Circus Animal cookies on a evening run to the local grocery store, Smiths. But these are much better. I didn't even see them on the shelf, but Zeb pointed them out to me ever so tactfully "Get the Halloween ones, Stupid!" Thanks Zeb. He wasn't bitter about the Sox giving up another late inning game tonight or anything. Can you say 2.5 games back?
My find tonight has inspired me to start a new feature on the blog. I'm still looking for a catchy name for the gimmick, but basically I'm planning to snap pics of the various Halloween inspired products, decorations or celebrations that I come across in the next month or so leading up to Halloween. Look forward to that.

Kanye VS. Dwight

So Great...For So Many Reasons

Check out My Organizational Skills Ya'll!!

After much chaos these first few weeks of school, and various athletes all showing up at the exact same time to do treatment & rehab with me, I finally made a schedule. I insituted the schedule today. It is laminated and everything, so I can use dry erase on it. I find that just about anything looks super official if you laminate it. Nice huh?

Also, does anyone else find it sad that Bruce & Elton tied 3-3, and 2 of the votes for Bruce were mine?

Late Pass Wednesday: Elton John Mania

Sooooo, yeah. Elton John is apparently going to be performing at the Fieldhouse (my work) at the end of this month, and believe me, this has caused quite a ruckus. Here's a picture, forgive my shoddy camera skills, but I was trying to take a picture of this crowd lined up out side of my work without being too obvious. So these people actually set up a tent and spent a night and two days waiting for their chance at tickets. Crazy!

Hate On Me, Hater

Well, well, well. Look who it is on the blog. I know its been awhile, so yeah, im sorry about that. So just a few key points:

• How about them Beavs. No really. This week's game was painful. Thursday was not a great day to be a beaver.
• No really, how about them Ducks? Sort of hate to say it, but they look GOOD. HMMM.
• Check out Jacoby Ellsbury, former OSU baseball standout, doing his thing for the BoSox this september. And he is doing it well.
• Finally got Guitar Hero, there will be a more in-depth post coming about this soon.
• Check out the poll....what would you do?

And finally, check out this new video from Jill Scott. I'm loving it. If this song had been around back in my days of living with Laef & Greg in the Goodpasture Player Haters Community, this would have been my theme song. HATE, HATE, HATE.

MIKE HASS!!!

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Mike Hass' leaping touchdown catch in last Thursday’s
preseason finale was tremendous, but it wasn’t much better than some of the
grabs he made in training camp.

After spending all of last season on the Bears’ practice squad, Hass entered camp determined to impress coaches and earn a spot on the 53-man roster. The 6-1, 206-pounder accomplished both objectives, catching virtually every pass thrown in his direction and even a few that weren’t.

"I never doubted myself,” Hass said. “Last year was a tough year just because I didn’t get the opportunity to go out in the regular season games and play. But that just kind of added to the fire and I knew this was a big year where I had to make something happen. So every day I just tried to come out and prove myself.”

Hass knows a thing or two about rising from obscurity. After walking on at Oregon State, he became the school’s all-time leading receiver with 220 catches for 3,924 yards. As a senior in 2005, he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver.

Hass entered the NFL in 2006 as a sixth-round draft pick with the Saints. But he was waived by New Orleans during final cuts and promptly joined the Bears’ practice squad the following day.

While practicing with the Bears last season helped him, Hass credits the experience he gained in the offseason program with putting him in position to earn a spot on the final roster.

“The thing that really helped me was going through the OTAs and the minicamps and all those types of things where I could really get a [grasp] of the offense,” Hass said. “Coming into training camp, I didn’t have to learn as much. I could play more.”

That familiarity helped Hass flourish in training camp while working with the No. 2 offense. “You hear guys now and then say [someone is] a guy who’s easy to throw to,” said backup quarterback Brian Griese. “What that means is he’s in the right place. He gives you an opportunity to throw him the ball in a safe way and you
know he’s going to be there and make the catch. Those things factor in as a quarterback. There are some guys you like to throw to and other guys who don’t give you that comfort, but he does.”

The Bears knew that Hass had great hands and was an excellent route runner. They also told him that those two qualities wouldn’t be enough for him to earn a spot on the 53-man roster.

“We said, ‘Mike, if you’re going to make it, you’re going to have to know every position. You’re going to have to be a guy who can play inside, outside, X, Z; everything. If you can’t do that, you’re not going to have a shot,’” said offensive
coordinator Ron Turner. “We moved him around in camp and he did a great job.
He’s got a feel for the game, good toughness and he’s very instinctive.”

Hass took the challenge to heart and proved that he belongs in the NFL.“I needed
to do things to catch the coach’s eye and I went out there every day focused and
just did the things they asked me to do and did them to the best of my ability,”
Hass said. “It was fun, but it was stressful at the same time.”

The stress reached its peak on Saturday when the Bears were making their final cuts. With his cell phone in his pocket, Hass did errands to try to keep his mind off the situation. When he hadn’t received a call by the 3 p.m. deadline, he knew that
he had made the team. “I was real excited and a little bit relieved,” he
said. “I’m just excited about the opportunity to go out there and play.”

While Hass is ecstatic about surviving final cuts, that doesn’t mean he’ll rest on his laurels. “It’s one of those things where the work just begins,” he said. “You work hard to make the team and you’ve got to work just as hard if not harder to make an impact and help the team out.”

How "The Office" Spent Their Summer Vacation

This changed my life. To be fair, I stole this from Damon's Blog. I especially enjoyed Karen's piece.

Late Pass Wednesday: Fire Hydrant Fiasco Reinactment

Hey hey hey, yes it's Late Pass Wednesday again and this time we have a very special treat. Some of you may remember Zeb's Great Hydrant Fiasco of '07 that took place late last spring. While Emily & Chicken were here we were lucky enough to visit the site of the hydrolic mishap for a full reinactment. If you don't remember the story, check out this blog entry. I also thought that Zeb took the liberty to explain the whole situation somewhere in the comments, but I couldn't find it. If you want to hear the whole story, give him a call. He loves to tell it.

This is allegedly how far Zeb was thrown into the intersection by the explosive hydrant.

Enjoy.

An Ode To Reggie Miller

I actually wrote a poem entitled "An Ode To Reggie Miller" in junior high, but I'll spare you all the details. Just read this article on espn.com.....too bad, I would have tuned into a few NBA games if Reggie came back.

Reggie Miller's comeback has ended before it began.

The former Indiana Pacers star and TNT hoops analyst has decided he won't make a comeback with the Boston Celtics or anyone else, according to The Indianapolis Star.

"That's it,'' he told The Star. "Physically, I know I could have done it. But mentally, when you do something like this, you've either got to be all in or all out. And I've decided I'm all out." Miller told the newspaper the decision came after two weeks of workouts designed to see how his body might react to the stress of an entire NBA season.

"Earlier [Thursday], I was ready to come back. I was going to do it. But then I flew back here, I thought about it, I talked to a lot of people, and honestly, most people told me I should come back," Miller said, according to the newspaper.

"Charles [Barkley], Mark [Jackson], Doug [Collins], they all said I should do it. And when I was back in Indy this week [for the Peyton Manning charity bowling event], people on the streets, they'd tell me to do it," Miller told the newspaper. "But as the day went on, I just realized I wasn't ready mentally to put myself through the grind again."

Miller, the NBA's all-time leader in 3-pointers, retired in 2005 after 18 seasons, all with the Pacers. But he considered a return when the Celtics picked up Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett and asked Miller if he was interested.

The answer is no, Miller told the Star.

"Please write, 'I will never, ever, ever try something like this again,'" he said laughing, according to the newspaper. "Any of the 30 teams in the NBA, if you're interested, please don't call."

The Ladies of The Fieldhouse Potluck

Yeaaaaah, so today we have the "Ladies of the Fieldhouse" potluck. Basically it's a potluck for all the women who work in the athletic department. I'm bringing a great old standard, my mom's tortilla wraps. Always yummy. But I'm EXpecially (I like when people prounouce it the way I just spelled it.) excited about this serving tray that I got. It's pretty simple, but also pretty cute. I like it.

Late Pass Wednesday: Air Show

Wow. I can't really even remember when we went to this air show. I think it was in July, but I know that it was during one of the hottest streaks of the summer. The Air Show is held out at the Airport and it got pretty miserable standing around on the blacktop with the sun beating down. We ended up leaving after only a few hours, but I would say that we definitely got our fill of planes.

The Blue Angels

We liked this plane because it was Beaver Colors.

Once again, as is often the case at public events in Bozeman, just a little too much patriotism here.

Restaurant Grudge Match

Zeb, Heather, Emily & Chicken outside of Montana Ale Works, Bozeman MT

We really love to have friends come to visit out here in Montana, and Emily and Chicken were no expception. They road tripped it out here on their way to Yellowstone National Park and then Idaho. Unfortunatly, I had to work quite a bit while they were here, but it was still great to get to see them and for them to get to check out the town that we live in.

I had planned to make them some home cooked meals while they were here, but we ended up basically having a restaurant grudge match: Zeb's favorite Bozeman restaurant (Famous Dave's) one night VS. My favorite Bozeman restaurant (Montana Ale Works) the next night. We probably would have just gone out to dinner only one night, but we just couldn't agree on where to go. I personally still think that my pick was better, but everyone else was VERY impressed with the BBQ at Dave's. To each his own.

Seriously? A restaurant where Deer Antlers are the focal part of the decoration? And imagine, that you can't see the amazing cowboy style flannel shirt chair covers. Priceless. Zeb's choice, Famous Dave's - where else?

p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, ELISE & a late shoutout to FORD for his birthday last Saturday.

Oh, Oh Ohhhh, It's 'Magic'!

'Magic,' Bruce Springsteen's new studio recording and his first with the E Street Band in five years, is set for release by Columbia Records on October 2, 2007. Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, the album features eleven new Springsteen songs and was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studio in Atlanta, GA.

'Magic' is the first new studio album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since 2002's GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum, number one album 'The Rising' (Columbia Records), which was also produced by O'Brien.

Yup, thats right, a new Album by Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. I am pretty riled up about this. Look forward to some more "Better Know The E-Street Band" features and pleanty of updates as a US and World Tour are announced.

Short Video of Barry Bonds