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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Year Two

it's been now two years that I've shown you the Rick
and 'twill continue until we tire of the schtick
Y2 started with wrestling, a doc played by a child
but also some comedy, and an arm oh so wild
a great 80s song*, then a classic rebound
and a missed connection and a gin drink were found
 "Boom, baby!", Brick House, and a Dutchman we boast
we combined, produced, and managed to rock
we talked ERAs, Woodstock and a lyric faux-pas 
Rick Show's modestly dressed, aside from our tats
and we braved flying babies and zombie attacks
we had horrible music, with a rural abode
a tale on the diamond, watters running so smooth
some beer, some hair, and musical flutes
and sprinkled throughout, we watched other rick shows
we, too, mourned our losses. a list, sadly, that grows
and so...that's what has happened during Rick Show: Year 2
as our collection of rickage most certainly grew

(p.s.  as a small bonus, because I'm not done
why not remember the past, with Rick Show: Year 1)

Happy Birthday, Rick Show!





*p.p.s  I just found out that he's recording again.  A reggae album, including Snoop Dogg, er, Lion.  See this.  The first single is actually not too shabby.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Rick Heller Flutes

"Greetings from Beech Creek Studio, my name is Rick Heller."

That's what greets you, dear reader, at www.rickhellerflutes.com.  Rick Heller makes Native American flutes in a 5-hole Lakota design.  Cost is $85 and up, depending on design, custom flutes are obviously much more expensive.  Feel free to browse the catalog on his site or on Ebay if you're interested.

Rick has been a woodworker since age 16 and has been making his flutes since the early 1990s.  You can find more about his professional history on this page of his website

Since I'm sure you're wondering how they sound, let's hop on over to youtube and find user Allen Bruce Ray, who has a number of videos of himself playing Rick Heller flutes in a tunnel.  He seems really good at it.

http://youtu.be/etr30gKB2B4
http://youtu.be/E1siUiFixUM

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Basketball Hall of Fame

I mentioned in a prior Rick Pitino post that he'd been selected for the basketball Hall of Fame.   Over the weekend the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame held its enshrinement ceremony, where Mr. Pitino and Richard Guerin were both inducted. 

I'd never heard of Mr. Guerin, so here's his bio from the Naismith website:
RICHARD GUERIN [Player] -- Guerin is widely known as one of best all-around players ever in the NBA, scoring over 14,676 points during his 13-year stint. The six-time NBA All-Star was a member of the New York Knicks from 1956-1963 and was the first Knick to score 2,000 points in a single season (1961-62). He averaged 20.1 points per game with the team and recorded 4,278 rebounds and 4,211 assists in his career. He finished as a player/coach for the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, compiling an NBA coaching record of 327-291 with the Hawks organization and was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1968. Rewriting the basketball record books as a collegiate player at Iona College, Guerin scored 1,375 points, including a career average of 19.6 points per game and graduated the leading scorer in Iona basketball history. The New York Knicks drafted him in the second round in 1956.
  Likewise, here's Pitino's:
RICK PITINO [Coach] -- Pitino is the only coach in men’s history to lead three different schools to NCAA Final Four appearances as he did with Providence College, University of Kentucky and University of Louisville. He led Kentucky to the 1996 National Championship and then reached the title game again with the Wildcats the following year. He has won over 600 games in his collegiate career, reached the Final Four seven different times (1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2011 and 2013), led his teams to 21 postseason appearances and won nine conference tournament championships. He earned Coach of the Year honors from different sources three different years. Pitino also held two stints as an NBA head coach with the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, leading the Knicks to two playoff appearances.

The Hall of Fame also posted the speeches on youtube today (after the jump)

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Happy 17th Anniversary, Rick! Love, Sam.

The jumbotron at Kinnick today had that message at one point while the Hawkeyes were in the process of beating Missouri State.  Now, I don't know who this Rick fellow is, but it's his anniversary soon.  So, happy anniversary, Rick!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Ricky Watters

Since I know many of Rick Shows readers are in the same age bracket as me, I'm sure they are likely to remember Mr. Ricky Watters, NFL running back of the 1990s.

He played college ball at Notre Dame (bleh!) and was drafted by the 49ers (yay!) in the second round of the 1991 draft.  After sitting out that first season due to injury, Ricky was the starting running back for the team for the next three seasons as the 49ers went to the NFC Championship game ('92,'93) or the Super Bowl ('94).  He then joined the Philadelphia Eagles for the following three seasons, followed by four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks.

Ricky ended his professional career with 10,643 rushing yards and 4.1 yards per carry, with 78 TDs.  He also had 4248 yards receiving and 13 TDs.  Ricky Watters didn't go unrewarded, as he was a 5-time Pro Bowl member and a 3 time All-Pro selection.  He has not, however, been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.

He is now active in charities and his foundation as well as coaching.  Find out all about Ricky at his website, http://rickywatters.com/

Ricky set an NFL record with 5 touchdowns in a playoff game once.  Here's part 1.  You can also find them all easily on his website or via his official youtube channel


Did I forget to mention that he did a song with Method Man for the NFL Jams album?
http://youtu.be/Qb-zk5hjJVY