Latest 200+ Wii Bowling game February 28, 2009
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Early this morning, I bowled the latest 200+ game in Wii Sports’ Bowling: a 202! I was able to get marks in every frame but the last, where I got a 6-7-10 split.
Here is a picture of the final score that I took of the basement TV, where the Nintendo Wii has been back in for two weeks:
A vidcap of video I shot while I had the Wii connected to the VCR:
And finally, the video itself:
Winter pre-order update #1 February 25, 2009
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The first round of pre-orders came out yesterday (Tuesday) and promptly arrived at my front porch. The items were:
Jeff Kashiwa, “Back In The Day”
Pieces Of A Dream, “Soul Intent”
“Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (DVD)
“Super Bowl XLIII Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers” (DVD)
After bringing everything in, opening the packaging, and unwrapping, I ripped (loaded CD tracks from) “Back In The Day” and “Soul Intent” to my computer. I didn’t get to watch the “Futurama” DVD or listen to the CDs, but I did watch the Super Bowl XLIII DVD. It was in widescreen format, which was zoomed by my HD upconversion DVD player. That’s why I love the player.
I’ll get around to CD listening in the next day or so.
Another Double Showcase Winner on TPiR! February 19, 2009
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Today on “The Price is Right,” Lindsey Marie Kowal won both showcases in the Showcase round! Lindsey Marie – a Cleveland, Ohio, transplant living in Las Vegas – came within $116 of the actual retail price of her showcase, which featured Jo Malone products, a bedroom set (with mattress), and a jet ski. (If a contestant is within $250 or less on their bid, they win both showcases.) She was the first Double Showcase winner since Terry Kneiss, another Vegas resident, won in December. Host Drew Carey exhibited much more enthusiasm than last time, which means there won’t be an uproar from fans on the internet. (I’d be surprised if there is.)
The second showcase was James Bond-themed with a watch, an assortment of “007” movies on blu-ray disc, a home theater system with blu-ray disc player and a 46″ plasma TV, and a trip to Monte Carlo.
In addition to the showcases, Lindsey Marie won snowboarding equipment in One Bid, the game played in contestants’ row.
Video of the full show can be found here. The Showcase round begins at 31:37.
2/24 UPDATE: Today, only three airdates later, “The Price is Right” had another Double Showcase winner! Zachary Newton, the top winner in the Showcase round, came within a mere $87 of the actual retail price of his showcase. The showcase featured a bedroom set (with mattress), snowboarding and skiing equipment, and a snowmobile.
Zachary passed the first showcase, which featured nine iPod Nanos, a monthly home spa party for a year, and a trip to Sweden.
His One Bid prize was a refrigerator/freezer.
Video of the full show can be found here. The Showcase round begins at 32:22.
Smooth Jazz for Scholars 2009 date/lineup February 17, 2009
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I spoke to Jay Rowe on the phone yesterday and he confirmed the lineup for this year’s Smooth Jazz for Scholars concert in Milford, Connecticut, along with the date.
The concert is set for Saturday, May 16. The headliners are Chieli Minucci, Ken Navarro, Nelson Rangell, and Marion Meadows, who grew up in nearby New Haven. They’ll be performing with Jay and his band, Best Kept Secret. Besides Jay, the band consists of Rohn (pronounced “Ron”) Lawrence on guitar, Dave Livolsi on bass, and Trever Somerville on drums.
This will be my third year in attendance. I’ll post a recap within a week afterward.
Meanwhile, click here, here, and here for a look back at last year’s concert, and here for Mary Bentley’s review in last June’s SmoothViews.
7/18 UPDATE: A recap of this year’s concert can be found here.
New blog header February 9, 2009
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Here is The Mike Chimeri Blog’s latest blog header:
Previously unposted WCWP aircheck February 9, 2009
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Last night, in my boredom, I went to the Musicradio 77 WABC tribute site. On the homepage was an interview with Joe McCoy, the former program director at WCBS-FM. In the interview, he reflected on the former WABC personalities he hired at CBS-FM. Those personalities included Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Bruce Morrow (a.k.a. Cousin Brucie), and Dan Ingram.
On the page housing the interview, there was an aircheck of Dan Ingram filling in for Ron Lundy over a three-day period in January 1991. Reading the interview and listening to the aircheck made me think back to my days at WCWP, and a show I recorded in June 2005. It was an evergreen show with a Classic Top 40 theme. I hadn’t listened to it since a month or so after recording it because I was ashamed of how I sounded. I channeled Ingram and Cousin Brucie at times, but felt I sounded corny and forced.
But I’ll let you, the reader, be the judge. Here’s the aircheck:
Classic Top 40 Evergreen – June 2005
Winter pre-orders February 9, 2009
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It’s time for another round of pre-orders on Amazon.com. The pre-ordered items range from jazz CDs to animation DVDs to a Super Bowl Champions DVD. Here’s the list:
Jeff Kashiwa, “Back In The Day” (2/24)
Pieces Of A Dream, “Soul Intent” (2/24)
“Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (DVD) (2/24)
“Super Bowl XLIII Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers” (DVD) (2/24)
Rippingtons, “Modern Art” (3/10)
Down to the Bone, “Future Boogie” (4/21)
Check back in the coming weeks for pre-order updates, which will come when the items arrive or if I pre-order anything else.
2/10 UPDATE: Chuck Loeb, “Between 2 Worlds” (3/24)
5,000 views! January 29, 2009
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Today, The Mike Chimeri Blog crossed the 5,000 view mark! Thank you, as always, to everyone that has visited this blog.
Scanning complete! January 28, 2009
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On Saturday, I finished scanning all my old photo album pictures. After making a backup data DVD of all the files, four weeks of hard work were complete.
Sunday night through tonight (Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning), I separated all the pictures (after copying and pasting them) into different folders by year and date in the year. For example, there was a “1998” folder which featured “4-24-98” and “7-13-98” subfolders.
Then, I copied and pasted any pictures of my late male Chocolate Labrador Retriever, Cocoa, to the “Cocoa Memorial Folder” that I created two years ago after he was put to sleep. (That day and the days and weeks that followed were hard on me and my family.)
It was quite a trip down memory lane with all the pictures I scanned. I went from April 1982 to New Year’s Eve 1991 to July 1994 and all the way to September 2004.
Before going digital in October ’04, I had three different 35mm (millimeter) cameras, plus an additional camera that wasn’t mine. The first one was a Minolta F10. I got it in October 1994. The downside to it was the lack of a zoom. My second camera, which I got in 1997, was an Olympus Accura Zoom 105. As you can tell by the name, that one did have zoom capabilities. When it stopped working, I used a Canon Rebel G (I don’t remember the exact model) that featured a regular lens and a telephoto lens. That camera was my father’s. I switched from that and the Olympus in ’99 and 2000 for any sporting events I went to. In December 2000, I got a Nikon. I don’t remember the exact model for that either because I lost it. What I liked about this one was the datestamp. By the way, it also had a zoom. Though I lost the Nikon, I still have the Minolta F10 and Olympus Accura stowed away in one of my dresser drawers. I guess I keep them for sentimental value.
My next post will come when this blog crosses the 5,000 view mark, which should happen any hour now.
Scanning away… January 14, 2009
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Since December 26, I have been busy scanning pictures from photo albums. The pictures in them date back to July 1994, with a few from earlier than that, and up to September 2004. As of now, I am up to May 2000. I have five photo albums left to scan with approximately 1,400 pictures combined in them.
Outside of that, there has not been much going on in my life, which is why I haven’t posted since New Year’s Day. But if anything interesting happens to me, or if anything happens that interests me, I’ll post about it.
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