This was posted on the Cardinals blog but I thought it would be good to post it here too.

Atlanta…

When I first fired up Dave After Tomorrow again, I was a little apprehensive. The format of the show has changed a bit and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find degrees of commonality in weekly topics. However, I have 3 under my belt now, and I have to say the altered format has been fun and challenging. I hope you have felt the same way.

The next 3 weeks of topics are:

1. 10/21  I-75
2. 10/28  Halloween
3. 11/4  Election Day  

Tune in Tuesday nights at 8. If you have any comments or suggestions about Dave After Tomorrow, please let me know.

So now the debates are over…snore…and baseball is about to reach the Fall Classic.  It’s Philadelphia versus either Tampa Bay or Boston and as of right now, it looks like the the TB Rays are going for the first time in their franchise’s history. 

As a Yankee Fan, I’m just glad that Boston isn’t going to make it and it’s nice to see Red Sawks Nation start to crumble. 

The Falcons are winning and Dave After Tomorrow is back and in full swing and things couldn’t be better. 

Except for the American Red Cross. 

I’ve talked about this on the air before and the blood bank is almost completely empty.   We’re talking about a catastrophic issue here in Atlanta.  Every blood type is empty or at the verge of being empty.  By giving one pint of blood, you are saving 3 people’s lives.  The whole process of giving your fine red lifeforce is about an hour of your time and cookies and apple juice…not a bad gig. 

So I ask this of you friends, please please PLEASE give blood.  You can find out your donation center by calling 1-800-GIVELIFE or by going to www.americanredcross.org. 

It’s all about paying it forward and EVERYONE is capable of saving a life.  Hell, in 4 hours you’ll have that blood back anyways.  Thank you and much love.

I’m Orff and I approve this message. 

I make no secret of the fact that in a sea of football fans, I’m an unapologetic hockey chick. Every year, I spring for the Center Ice package so I can see my beloved Red Wings. (I’m certainly not dissing the Thrashers because I go to lots of their games. But I grew up in Michigan.)

Anyway, the point of this post, other than to share my enthusiasm for hockey, is to let you know there are two places in Atlanta you can go and watch hockey, no matter who you root for, because they have Center Ice and they are fun places to hang.

If you’re ever in my neighborhood, East Atlanta, you need to check out The Midway Pub. http://www.themidwaypub.com  It’s one of my homes away from home. I guarantee you that you will like it a lot. You don’t just need to go for hockey, either, because they show all the NFL and college games too.

The other place that’s cool is a place Sully turned me on to. It’s the Midtown Tavern. http://www.midtowntavern.net/news.php  As the name suggests, it’s located in Midtown and you can get any sports fix you want.

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite moments in hockey history. Go McCarty! (By the way, if you see the number 13 sweater in this video, it is Thrashers 13, Slava Kozlov. He was a Wing before he came to Atlanta.)

 

Sports First…

How great is it that we have a baseball post season without the Yankees!? I love it!
All the money the Yankees spend and they are sitting home watching the Tampa Bay
Rays!!! Go Red Sox by the way!!!
In college football, BCS hopes dashed as Georgia takes it on the chin against Alabama.
Big games Saturday with GA/TN and Texas/Oklahoma.
NFL. Is there any better division that the NFC East. Giants, Redskins and Cowboys all
on a roll. I just saw an article online about how Eli is better than Peyton. Yikes.
I’d say that’s true right now given that the Giants are undefeated and look like they are bound for the playoffs again (I know it’s early) and the Colts have the same record than the Miami Dolphins
and the Baltimore Ravens. Teams like the Falcons, Panther, Titans and the Brady-less Patriots
have BETTER records than the Colts. Ouch.

I’m looking at some breaking news right now about North Korea conduction some short range
nuclear missle tests today. That sounds like fun. Is it me or are these interesting times?
Economy in the toilet. Mortgage industry is crap. No credit. Banks unstable. Real estate market
in the cellar. We’re at war. Insurance industry with all sorts of financial problems.

Are we screwed?

For a little while of course. But Paul Harvey has a saying I love: “in times like these, it’s
important to remember that there have always been times like these”. We’ll make it through this.
We’ll be back. It’ll be rough for a while, but we will be ok. Americans are a strong bunch.

While we wait for all this crap to get ironed out, what are you doing for fun?? Are you getting out
and having fun with friends? Or are you buying into the fear that’s heaped on us everyday on tv?

Well, not currently, as I’m on the air as I write this, but literal interpretations aside, these musicians have all recently released good CDs:

Kings of Leon

Modern Skirts

The Muckrakers

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

Ben Folds

Also, new songs from The Cardinals (with Ryan Adams) ”Fix It’” and Butch Walker “The Weight of Her” are really good.

 

 

Your vote does matter.

I hosted Acoustic Sunset today. It’s hard to get me out on a Sunday, but I volunteered because one of my favorite local bands was performing. If you haven’t heard the Modern Skirts, give them a listen. They have a new album out, called All Of Us In Our Night and it’s really good.

You can check them out and listen to some of their new songs at http://www.myspace.com/modernskirts

Here’s a video of them performing “Motorcade,” a song off their new CD: