Mellow Gold 21-30

21. Here With Me -- Dido
Very danc-y. She's got a great voice.

22. Thunder Road -- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Classic from a classic.

23. Walls -- Tom Petty
From the Soundtrack to "She's the One" by Ed Burns -- great movie featuring Burns and Jennifer Aniston

24. Don't Cry -- Guns & Roses
One of the all-time great power ballads

25. Bad - U2
"If I could, you know I would...If I could, I would...let it go..surrender...dislocate..."

26. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby -- Counting Crows
7+ minutes of vintage Adam Duritz

27. Mother -- Pink Floyd
"Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?"

28. Just Like Heaven -- The Cure
No one writes a great, brooding pop song like Robert Smith

29. Sick of Goodbyes -- Cracker
Unless it's a great, edgy pop song by David Lowery

30. Hasten Down the Wind -- Warren Zevon
Some great cheese, written by the late, great songwriter...

Bulls!

The Bulls started off the 2006-2007 season with a bang last night, burying the defending champs by 42 in Miami. My fearless prediction 50-55 wins and the conference finals...

Off-Season Magic

Now that the Cubs have Sweet Lou in tow, what to do with 3B Aramis Ramirez, who just filed for free agency? Ramirez seems to have dogged it the first couple of months of the season, when the Cubs needed someone to carry them with Prior, Wood and D. Lee going down, but he padded his stats well the last few months of the season, and ended up with real good numbers. He hit well in crunch time the few previous years -- the question is. I'm betting Piniella won't allow him to dog it but is his production worth the likely $15M per year it will cost?