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Storia Di Musica #314 - Susan Tedeschi, Live From Austin TX, 2004

Le storie di chitarre femminili di febbraio volevano sviluppare, lo ricordo per questo ultimo appuntamento, una questione che avevo sentito per radio (ho recuperato pure i particolare): durante la trasmissione Morning Glory di Virgin Radio, condotta da Alteria, alla domanda "quale sarebbe il tuo mestiere dei sogni" una giovane ascoltatrice scrisse "diventare una famosissima chitarrista, perchè non c'è ne sono". Alteria, che è anche musicista, ha subito cercato di smentire, ricordando Sister Rosetta Tharpe, la grandissima blueswoman e cantante gospel degli anni '30-'60 del 1900. Tuttavia, e alla fine di questo percorso che è sempre anche un'occasione per imparare qualcosa di nuovo, sono arrivato alla conclusione che, dal punto di visto della fama e della riconoscibilità, aveva ragione l'ascoltatrice, non c'è mai stata per gli indicatori appena descritti una chitarrista riconoscibile come Hendrix, Blackmore o Jack White, per citare tre chitarristi di epoche differenti. Allo stesso tempo, non vuol dire che non ci siano state chitarriste tecnicamente e musicalmente eccezionali, e le scelte di Febbraio 2024 sono solo un antipasto di un viaggio che lascerà deliziati chi vorrà continuarlo. Per concludere la carrellata, oggi vi porto a Norwell, Massachusetts, dove all'interno di una famiglia di origini italiani, i Tedeschi (che sono facoltosi, proprietari di una famosa catena di supermercato in tutto lo stato) nasce nel 1970 Susan. Sin da piccola è un prodigio nelle recite e a sei anni ha una piccola parte in un Musical itinerante che una compagnia locale porta in giro nella contea. Cresce in mezzo ai dischi, e per quelle strane ascendenze del gusto, si appassiona ai ritmi e alle atmosfere del blues. Susan Tedeschi frequenta il Berklee College, come Emily Remler (la prima protagonista delle storie di Febbraio) e si specializza in canto gospel e a 20 anni si laurea. Ne ha pochi di più quando fonda la prima Susan Tedeschi Band, con Adrienne Hayes, Jim Lamond e Mike Aiello che, dopo una fondamentale gavetta nel locali di Boston e dintorni, vengono notati da un musicista e produttore, Tom Hambridge (che vincerà nella sua carriera 7 Grammy Awards), che li mette sotto contratto per la piccola etichetta Tone Cool e produce il primo disco, che per scelta sua vedrà a luce solo a nome Susan Tedeschi: Just Won't Burn del 1998 è un grandissimo debutto, con la seconda chitarra di Sean Costello (uno dei più grandi talenti chitarristici di quegli anni, stroncato a 28 anni da complicanze della sua dipendenza dalla droga) che ha due hit da classifica in Rock Me Right e It Hurt So Bad, scritte con Hambridge. Il disco venderà tantissimo per un disco blues di una piccola etichetta, 500 mila copie, e porterà Susan Tedeschi a suonare per gente come John Mellencamp, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, The Allman Brothers Band, Taj Mahal e Bob Dylan. Nel 2003 apre quasi tutti i concerti americani del Licks Tour di un certo gruppo inglese, appena arrivato ai 40 anni di attività, i Rolling Stones, acquisendo una fama crescente, anche per le sue meravigliose qualità artistiche, che penso si esprimano al meglio nel disco di oggi.

È chiamata, per la terza volta, ad esibirsi per l'Austin City Limits, uno dei programmi musicali più famosi degli Stati Uniti, che trasmette un concerto dal vivo di 60 minuti sui canali della PBS, che è la televisione pubblica negli USA. Insieme a lei, William Green all'organo Hammond, Jason Crosby alle tastiere, violino e ai cori, Ron Perry al basso e Jeff Sipe alla batteria. Live In Austin TX esce nel 2004 ed è un delizioso esempio di classe e maestria musicale: la chitarra e la voce di Susan giganteggiano, senza mai strafare, ma lasciando evidenti tocchi di bellezza (tra l'altro vi invito a fare caso alla differenza che ha la sua voce quando canta e quando, quasi timida, ringrazia con un Thank You gli applausi). E la sua chitarra è una espressione di questa dolcezza: mai ossessiva, ma affilata e precisa, con assoli eleganti e morbidi, accompagnati da inserimenti degli altri strumenti. In scaletta pezzi del suo repertorio solista (It Hurt So Bad, la sofferta I Fell In Love, Wrapped In The Arms Of Another), altri scritti per lei (The Feeling Music Brings dal futuro marito Derek Tucks) ma soprattutto una meravigliosa collezione di cover, dove viene fuori il suo canto di impostazione gospel e tutto il suo talento: You Can Make It If You Try di Sly And The Family Stone, Gonna Move di Paul Pena, Alone di Tommy Sims (che produsse Streets Of Philadelphia di Bruce Springsteen), Love's in Need Of Love Today di Stevie Wonder e un suo cavallo di battaglia, sia su disco che dal vivo, Angel From Montgomery di John Prine, che è così strettamente identificata con Bonnie Riatt, altra grandiosa cantante e chitarrista, il cui testimone è preso da Tedeschi in questo senso. C'è il soul di Voodoo Woman di Koki Taylor, uno strumentale meraviglioso come Hampmotized e c'è la cover più bella e sentita di Don't Think It Twice, It's All Right di Bob Dylan: la versione originale del grande di Duluth era basata su un folk tradizionale, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?, e riprendeva un verso da una rielaborazione dello stesso brano fatta da Paul Clayton, che rititolò il brano Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone. Il brano ha una leggenda in sé: si dice che fu scritto da un giovane Dylan (il brano fa parte del leggendario The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan del 1963) preoccupato e "geloso" del fatto che la vacanza della sua allora fidanzata, Suzie Rotolo (che è la ragazza che appre nella copertina dello stesso disco a braccetto con lui), in Italia si stesse allungando troppo, immaginando quindi come sarebbe stato raccontare un litigio. In realtà come scrisse Nat Hentoff nel libretto originale (Hentoff è stato critico musicale del Village Voice per 51 anni) è probabilmente il primo degli innumerevoli "discorsi con sè" di Dylan, "un'affermazione che magari puoi dire per sentirti meglio… come se stessi parlando da solo". l'arrangiamento slow blues di Tedeschi è fantastico, con il violino e l'organo Hammond, e diventerà per anni uno dei momenti più attesi dei suoi concerti.

Concerti che saranno sempre il fulcro principale della sua attività, soprattutto dopo l'incontro, prima sentimentale e poi artistico, con Derek Trucks, altro chitarrista formidabile, erede della dinastia Allman Brothers, con cui formerà dal 2010 una Tedeschi Trucks Band, vincendo nel 2012 un Grammy con il disco Revelator. Una grande artista e un'altra grande chitarra da scoprire.

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“Happy Birthday.” ETN Rosanna Pansino Birthday Angst.

Hello, everyone! (Or whoever's reading this at the moment), the story is about what the title is. This prompt is by amugoffandoms. Thank you again for letting me use one of your prompts. I swear I'll think if my own now I promise. ^^"But anyways, enjoy!

He always dreaded this day would come. He tried to pretend that it had already passed now. He dreaded today more than any other. Ro's birthday. He stared at photos of them both for hours in his recording closet, even though he wasn't recording anything. God he wished she was here. So much. He would do anything to see her again. Just one time. He decided to make her a cake. Nothing too major, since he didn't really know how to bake, really. It was only because of her. He only remembered one recipe by heart, which was the chocolate Jurassic Park they made together. Matt slightly glanced at Rosanna's cookbook in his dark closet. It was dark, but he knew exactly where it was. He put it in here to try and forget about it, but obviously he couldn't. He sighed deeply and stood up, leaving the closet with a slam of a door. 

He had to adjust his eyes for a moment from the setting sun, shielding his eyes a bit from it. After a few seconds he went to his kitchen and got all of the ingredients for the cake. Luckily he had all of them. From things they normally would have to stuff lying around, and from food theories and things like that. Stephanie walked up to her husband with a bittersweet smile, before pulling him into a hug. She didn't say anything to him. She just wanted to make sure he knew that she was there for him. Matt on the other hand was not surprised by the hug, he was sort of expecting it. He embraced her, immediately trying to stop himself from crying by blinking his eyes rapidly. Unfortunately he wasn't able to hold them for long as they started to fall down his cheeks. Stephanie comforted him, patting his back and whispering slight 'it's okay's to him.

Matt pulled away and sniffled, his tears staining his eyes and cheeks, even his shirt. Stephanie wiped his tears away, kissing him on the cheek. She offered to help him with making the cake and Matt accepted, getting everything ready. Together, they both made the Jurassic cake, and stared at it for a bit. He zoned out for a while, trying to make sense of what was happening at the moment. He couldn't believe that she was still gone. Steph brought him back to life, tapping him on the shoulder. He sniffled, wiping his eyes once again. He quickly cut a slice and packed it up, and kissed his wife. He told her that he was going, and left. She waved him goodbye and closed the door. She didn't suggest going this time, thinking Matt needed some time to himself now. 

While he was out, he went by a florist shop and grabbed an assortment of roses, before leaving to a place he thought he'd never visit again. Her grave. He walked up to it, noticing Mike, her boyfriend, was there. He walked up to him, waving slightly. They both exchanged hellos before it went completely silent. They both stared at the tombstone below them, as Matt set the roses down. There was a bit more silence until Matt decided to speak. “How.. how long have you been here..?” he asked, glancing at the blonde slightly. “All day,” he responded, wiping his eyes. “Some family came with me but they're gone now. As you can see.” he sniffled, fiddling with his hands. Matt remembered about the cake he bought from home and turned towards Mike. “Here. Have this. It's her recipe.” the brunette handed the cake to him as the other male accepted. “Thank you.” he muttered, smiling a bit at the gift. “Did you use her recipe book?” Mike brought up. Matt shook his head. “No, I remembered it, surprisingly.” he shrugged. “Don't know how I managed to.” 

Mike nodded in response, before sitting down shortly after. Standing was getting a bit too unbearable for him, since he'd been standing here all day. Matthew joined him, crossing his legs. More time passed on, as Matt stared at the tombstone and the roses back and forth. “Happy Birthday, Ro.” he says quietly, tears starting to fall down his face again. 

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Some highlights from Ro’s Disney Christmas 2018 Vlog. Mostly featuring parts with Matt and Steph. Some dancing in the rain and other silly moments.

Some clips might be out of order cuz I had to redo the file after the first one glitched out.

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Gallery: Cancer Bats @ Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC Date: July 18th, 2022 Photographed by: Timothy Nguyen

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The 2022 Winter NAMM Show has been rescheduled for June

The National Association of Music Merchants has delayed the 2022 Winter NAMM Show. The annual event, which didn’t go forward as an in-person gathering in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will now take place between June 3rd and 5th, instead of January 20th and 23rd as previously announced. The trade show will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

The change in date means there won’t be separate NAMM Summer and Winter events. Instead, they’ll be the one event, known as The NAMM Show, that will combine the best of both conferences. NAMM says it’s postponing Winter NAMM due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as to account for new product developments and launches.

“As the health and safety of our members remains top of mind, and after carefully listening to companies here in the US and around the world, the new dates will help members maximize their opportunity and accelerate what has arguably been a transformative time both in new products and in how they come to market,” Joe Lamond, the CEO and president of NAMM, said.

Much like in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has forced many event organizers to change their 2021 plans. In August, for instance, the New York Auto Show was canceled. More recently, Riot Games announced it was moving the 2021 League of Legends World Championship from China to Europe due to travel restrictions.

from Mike Granich https://www.engadget.com/winter-namm-2022-delayed-to-june-205550724.html?src=rss

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Hammond Report August 10 2020 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond

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Hammond Report August 10 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, Breaking News folks - in-person 2021 NAMM Show just canceled! Yikes!! We'll see us online for "Believe in Music" virtual NAMM - today's story in good old Mikell's 31 years ago on a hot July night 28th of July 1989, the first time we performed original composition 'White Onions' with Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men, Alex Foster tenor,Chuggy Carter congas and percussion, Bernard Purdie drums, Barry Finnerty guitar and yours truly Jon Hammond at my 1959 Hammond B3 organ. This was the trés hip scene where all the studio musicians and luminaries gathered for 31 years until 1991 - this night Hugh Masakela hung out with us all night long. Whitney Houston used to perform there with her Mom Cissy Houston. Wynton Marsalis got his break there when he sat in with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers and became a Messenger. And of course the band Stuff, who backed up Paul Simon & Joe Cocker often played in Mikell's - thanks to Pat Mikell and the late great Mike Mikell! Stay safe out there everybody, I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report - Jon Hammond - Jon Hammond Band - thanks Joe Berger for operating my PV-430D camera!

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NAMM Announces Believe in Music Week, The Global Gathering to Unite and Support the Industry

https://www.namm.org/news/press-releases/namm-announces-believe-music-week-global-gathering

Carlsbad, CA 

August 10, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the health and safety of NAMM members as the first priority, NAMM is reimagining how to connect all facets of the industry while benefiting those most deeply impacted by COVID-19 with the launch of Believe in Music: The global gathering to unify and support the people who bring music to the world.

Believe in Music, to be held over the week of January 18, 2021, will feature a mix of comprehensive programming and professional education at BelieveinMusic.tv, as well as an interactive marketplace to connect buyers and sellers – all designed to elevate the innovation and inspiration found across the industry while offering support for those most deeply affected by COVID. While not The NAMM Show or a virtual tradeshow, the initiative will meet the immediate business needs of NAMM member companies through thought-leader led education for all segments of the industry, networking and AI matchmaking, and business-to-business-focused opportunities to reaffirm and grow business connections, launch new products, share brand initiatives and engage with customers in real-time.

Joe Lamond, NAMM President and CEO, says, “While it remains unsafe for us to gather in person in January, Believe in Music week will use new, intuitive technology to connect us all to harness the incredible energy that happens when we come together. With a robust marketplace to launch new products and share your brand story, Believe in Music will also feature networking and matchmaking for our buyers and our sellers, education for all segments of the industry, and live music and concerts. And just like at all NAMM events, these activities will raise awareness and financial support to serve our NAMM family across our Circle of Benefits model. Believe in Music week will be a critical step for our industry to help us prepare for the new year and new opportunities.”

Tom Sumner, president of Yamaha Corporation of America, shares, “I believe there has never been a more important moment for our industry to gather, to conduct business, to inspire each other, to inspire music makers and to support those in our music family in need. That’s why Yamaha is excited to start working on our part of the new event from NAMM, Believe in Music. As an industry, we’ve always trusted NAMM to create gatherings that are safe, provide a conducive business environment and produce those surprise moments that we talk about years after the event. While I wish I could see you in person, I look forward to seeing you at Believe in Music.”

“We at Sweetwater as well as our customers look forward to The NAMM Show, yet with COVID, there’s been a lot of changes and we’ve all had to adapt in many ways… With each change like this there comes an opportunity and we’re very excited that NAMM will bring us Believe in Music,” states Mitch Gallagher, editorial director for Sweetwater. “While we can’t replace The NAMM Show, we look forward to all that this new platform has to offer including the ability to connect with our vendors, the opportunity for more of our staff to experience new products as they’re announced, the educational and training opportunities that Believe in Music will provide and so much more. By coming together for NAMM’s Believe in Music, we can all help support our industry and the world’s music makers. We’re looking forward to a great event.”

“NAMM is and always has been about helping people make connections, advocacy for music and musicians, and bringing people together from around the globe,” says Shure’s Abby Kaplan, vice president of global retail sales. “Shure stands by NAMM in pursuit to continue that effort. Perhaps, this year, those connections will be even more important as we in the pro audio and live sound segment work at getting back to having live events and concerts. Certainly, we’ll miss seeing all of our retailers, distributors and friends in person, but we’re excited about ways we can deploy an equally compelling experience this year and into the future … This creates a new opportunity for all of us to work together, rebuild and come back better than ever.”

The weeklong celebration will welcome domestic and international NAMM members from the music instrument, pro audio, live sound and live event industries, artists, media and policymakers, along with participants from GenNext (college music students and faculty), Music Education Days (school music administrators) and Nonprofit Institute (NAMM Foundation grantees and nonprofit affiliates). Emerging and established musicians and fans are invited to connect with brands and in special music-making projects and opportunities to showcase their talents and performances throughout the week, opening the potential to gather music makers in a capacity not restricted by location.

The industry’s much-loved annual events will now take place during Believe in Music week, as well. The 36th TEC Awards will recognize the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games and multimedia. In 2020, Joni Mitchell was presented with the Les Paul Innovation Award, an honor that recognizes musical artists whose work has exemplified the creative application of audio technology. The Hall of Fame Award, recognizing audio pioneers, as well as the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians, was presented to the creative powerhouse behind Pensado’s Place, Dave Pensado and Herb Trawick. The TEC Awards call for entries is now open through August 31: www.TECAwards.org

The Top 100 Dealer Awards will also be celebrated during the week. Now in its 10th year, the annual awards honor music retailers who have demonstrated a commitment to best practices, creativity and innovation in retail. The submissions process is now open for NAMM retail members and will close on October 2, 2020. Learn more and submit now at www.NAMM.org/Top100

Along with the award shows, music advocates will come together for The Grand Rally for Music Education. The annual event convenes music education advocates for a celebration of the benefits and pleasures of making music. In 2020, the Grand Rally welcomed 10-time Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin and Gimme5 for a special performance, along with a preshow performance by The Langley Ukulele Ensemble, The Legacy Ukulele Ensemble and winners of the “A Cappella at NAMM” contest.

Additional details of these events, receptions and other activities will be provided in the weeks to come.

In his final thoughts, Lamond shares, “If there’s any one common vision, it’s that as a global community, we believe in music. We believe in the future of music and in the future of our industry, and in this moment, we will unite and support music makers around the world.”

For those interested in participating or to learn more, please visit https://believeinmusic.tv/ to sign-up for future updates.

Official Hashtag: #BelieveinMusic

About NAMM

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $17 billion music products industry. NAMM is comprised of approximately 10,300 members located in 104 countries and regions. NAMM events and members fund The NAMM Foundation's efforts to promote the pleasures and benefits of music, and advance active participation in music making across the lifespan. For more information about NAMM, please visit www.namm.org, call 800.767.NAMM (6266) or follow the organization on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 

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Rosanna Pansino – American YouTuber

The American YouTuber Rosanna Pansino was born on the 8th June 1985 in the United States. She is also a baker, actress, and author. Pansino is famous for the cooking series Nerdy Nummies, which is one of the most well-known baking shows on YouTube. Her YouTube channel has reached over 11 million subscribers as of July 2019. Rosanna Pansino net worth is estimated to be at $9 million. She is currently in a relationship with her boyfriend Mike Lamond a.k.a. Husky. She generally collaborates with the popular YouTuber iJustine aka Justine Ezarik and Sofie Dossi.  Plus she had also starred as Violet on the YouTube series Broken Quest.

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VC Lior Susan has a big idea that seems to be working: building next-generation industrial companies

Many investors in Silicon Valley are waiting the next big platform. That’s fine with Lior Susan, a former Flex exec who in 2015 cofounded Eclipse Ventures with the legendary venture capitalist Pierre Lamond, long of Sequoia Capital.

The duo, along with a team that has now grown to 13 people — happen to think the Next Big Thing is not whatever comes after social networks and flying cars; they think the biggest opportunities that too few VCs recognize is the chance to augment or else build from scratch the next Honeywell or GE Johnson & Johnson through full tech stacks that enable speed and efficiencies that are hard for incumbents to rival. 

As Susan likes to note, pointing to the runaway success of companies like Apple and Amazon that do it all, “Software is not enough.” He’s also quick to point out that the average tenure of the biggest U.S. companies — those on the S&P 500 — was 33 years back in 1965 and soon, it’s expected to shrink to 14 years.

Certainly, Eclipse is putting its money where its mouth is. It has already helped to create and fund one company — Bright Machines — which primarily develops software for robotic systems that manufacturing companies already have in place, and that Eclipse enticed numerous Autodesk executives to lead.

Now Eclipse, which also makes early-stage bets on startups, is working on creating another company. And Susan suggests that more companies will follow.

It’s an ambitious strategy. But because investors seemingly approve — committing $500 million to Eclipse’s third fund earlier this year (up from its second, $185 million fund) — we sat down with Susan recently to learn more about both who he is and what Eclipse is trying to do. Our chat has been edited lightly for length.

TC: You grew up in Israel on a kibbutz. How do you think that shaped you?

LS: I grew up in a family of four — three boys and a girl. I grew up on the north part of the country, on farmland, growing bananas. My grandfather was one of the early establishers of the [Israel Defense Forces] so I thought i was going to be a soldier all my life. I didn’t think I needed to go to high school. And I joined the military in 2000 and was in the special forces until 2008.

After that, my brother and I started a networking company, Intucecell. He was always more of a brain than me, to be honest, but from an early age, I was very curious about mechanical systems, and he was always curious about software, and we started Intucell in 2008, raised $5 million from Bessemer [Venture Partners] in 2009, and we sold the company to Cisco in 2012 for $475 million.

It’s funny, because we grew up in this community where no one has a bank account, it’s all about sharing. Maybe because we were raised in a very socialism pathway environment, we became the other extreme as adults.

TC: How did you wind up in Silicon Valley?

LS: They didn’t need me [at Cisco] because he was the brains, so I thought I’d come to Silicon Valley for three months and I wound up randomly meeting Mike McNamara, who at the time was the CEO of Flextronics. I had a little man crush [right away]. I was like, damn, I can learn a lot from this guy. He told me [Flex, as the company has been rebranded] needed someone to build a special operations tech team inside of the Flex. I was thinking I might go kite surfing in Brazil. Working in an American corporation didn’t sound like the right thing to me. But we liked each other and so I [joined the company].

TC: What was that like? What were you focused on?

LS: For the first 10 months, I actually moved to Zhuhai, China, where one of the main facilities of Flex was [situated], and there I saw firsthand high manufacturing at scale. And the interesting thing, what got me thinking about [the path that led to Eclipse] is that Flex had 12 segments: aerospace, automotive, consumer, yadda yadda. And each of them will do more than a billion dollars [a year in revenue]. And I would see them talking about how their industries are changing because of software. I mean, the language was identical across these very different markets. And I started to understand that three or four decades of technology innovation were coming together to create what we now call full stack, so networking and clouds for infrastructure and open source and DevOps tools and open source hardware and supply chain and manufacturing — they were coming together. 

I thought, if those [big] companies could use those tools, could small companies use those tools and essentially accelerate and go faster? So I started building those companies inside Flex, inside this division. And surprisingly enough, I saw it was doable, that the cost of capital is going down and you actually can move much faster.

TC: What were some of those companies?

LS: One is Elementum, a supply chain management company that has now raised close to $200 million. Another is Bright Machines, which is actually in our [Eclipse] portfolio now. We had six companies when I left.

TC: Were these funded solely by Flex at the outset?

LS: Flex was 100 percent funding the companies at the beginning — and giving them resources and connections and customers — and we’d either spin out the company and get outside capital, or just keep it internal.

TC: Why leave that role to start a venture firm?

LS: I was living in Palo Alto and started having investor friends and was making some angel investments, and I saw most of my friends just looking for the next dating apps. I was like, ‘What about supply chain stuff?’ but they wanted easy stuff that explodes very fast.

So between seeing what I did at Flex and realizing that few investors were interested in this opportunity, I decided to do something. My original idea was to take $10 million of our own [family] money and be a kind of super angel. But when I told Mike [McNamara], ‘I’m going to leave’ and ‘Thank you very much, I learned a lot,’ he said, ‘Hey, do a fund.’ And we launched and started investing and we saw the size of the market that we had in mind was growing fast. [Editor’s note: After spending 12 years as CEO of Flex, McNamara joined Eclipse four months ago as a partner, along with Sanjay Jha, who was most recently the CEO of Global Foundries and was both CEO and co-CEO of Motorola Mobility before that.]

TC: You have an interesting team. Among others, you have McNamara and Jha. You also last year brought aboard Greg Reichow, who was previously Tesla’s VP of production. These are not necessarily the usual suspects when it comes to people joining VC. Does Eclipse operate like a traditional venture firm?

LS: Our style of investment is slightly different than other people; we maybe look more like private equity than venture, including that we’re very involved; we do nine to 10 deals a year with eight partners. We also aim for a much higher ownership than firms usually have and our heavy operational backgrounds is our tool to win those deals. We have some idea of what a complex operation looks like, even while we’re investing in industries to which we didn’t have exposure before, like health care and real estate — places where we didn’t expect to invest but that are being impacted by the same paradigm shift.

TC: How did the Bright Machines deal work? The startup started as an internal project at Flex, so do you co-own it with the company?

LS: It started internally at Flex. There were 400 poeple working on it internally, and I went to [Flex management and its board] and I said, ‘I want the team.’ Flex said, ‘Absolutely no.’ But I went back with a better argument why they should, including that they needed to hire talent that wasn’t going to come to work for Flex, and that the company could be worth $5 billion, $7 billion some day. And after 12 months, we carved out the company, with its [intellectual property] and the $350 million in contracts it had, and we created a new company, and we own 20 percent, Flex owns 28 percent, and the team owns the rest. And it’s on a $100 million annual revenue run rate already in less than a year as an independent company.

TC: What do you see happening with Bright Machines?

LS: it will go public, I’d guess in sub five years. The model is pretty compelling if you’re doing it right.

TC: How does the deal underscore your broader thesis?

LS: Think of it this way. It’s really hard for me to compete with LinkedIn, LinkedIn has very smart people. For me to compete with Honeywell or Dupont or Rockwell . . . I’m not saying they aren’t smart, but they have a different mindset. There are many companies that Silicon Valley has never heard of but are $17 billion market cap companies with little to no technology. So if we now have the talent internally, we can use the talent to create these platform companies. In fact, we’re building our second one, though I can’t share more just yet.

TC: So Eclipse is an investment firm and an incubator.

LS: We debating this name constantly, but we aren’t an incubator.

My two cents is that public equities are getting destroyed, so limited partners want to go into private markets. Some of the hedge funds like Coatue understand this, and they’ve created vehicles to [invest in private companies]. But in the private equity world, a fund that manages $400 billion and used to buy assets with financial engineering [meaning debt] is [not wringing the same kind of returns out of these bets]. If you’re buying Avis, you’re going to lose your shit because people are using Uber.

What’s happening for the first time in the last two decades is that someone made the music to start, so there’s musical chairs where there were none empty before. It was always the same five or six firms winning the best deals, and that was about it. Someone like us had no chance to grab a chair — no freakin’ chance. But public equity dollars started showing up SoftBank style, and now they are reacting. And you learn that when you react in the military, you jeopardize the house. You go outside of your discipline, and you go outside of your comfort zone, and I’m attacking the chair. I wonder if I can sit.

[papermoonloveslucy]

Lucy and Robert Goulet

S6;E8~ October 30, 1967

Synopsis

When a trucker named Chuck Willis is turned down for a loan, Lucy notices his remarkable resemblance to Robert Goulet.  She is determined to help him win a look-alike contest and enlists Mr. Mooney as her photographer.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney)

Roy Roberts (Harrison Winfield Cheever) and Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) do not appear in this episode, although Mary Jane is mentioned.

Guest Cast

Robert Goulet (Chuck Willis / Himself / Arthur Finster) was born in Massachusetts to a French-Canadian family.  His first big break was as Sir Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot, introducing “If Ever I Would Leave You” which became his signature song. Goulet was on Broadway at the same time that Lucille Ball was appearing in her one and only musical Wildcat. Less than a year after this episode was filmed, Goulet appeared on Broadway again in The Happy Time, for which he won a Tony Award.  He was successful in films, television, and recordings. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.  He died in 2007 at the age of 73.

Willis owns a small trucking company consisting of one truck that is 21 years old.  

Mary Wickes (Miss Hurlow) was one of Lucille Ball’s closest friends and at one time, a neighbor. She made a memorable appearances on “I Love Lucy” as ballet mistress Madame Lamond in “The Ballet” (ILL S1;E19). In her initial “Lucy Show” appearances her characters name was Frances, but she then made four more as a variety of characters. Wickes also appeared in nine episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”  Their final collaboration on screen was “Lucy Calls the President” in 1977.

Miss Hurlow is Robert Goulet’s assistant, in charge of sorting through submissions for his look-alike contest. 

Lucie Arnaz (Dotty) was the real life daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. She previously appeared on “The Lucy Show” as Cynthia, a friend of Lucy’s daughter Chris. She also did background appearances, most recently with her brother Desi Jr. in “Lucy at Marineland” (S5;E1). This is her final appearance on “The Lucy Show” before becoming a regular on “Here’s Lucy.”

Dotty works at the studio with Mary Jane.  Although called Dotty in the dialogue, the end credits list her as Dorothy.  

Vanda Barra (Waitress) makes the first of her six appearances on the series. She was married to Sid Gould, so is Lucille Ball's cousin-in-law.  She will also make 23 appearances on “Here's Lucy” as well as appearing in Ball's two 1975 TV movies “Lucy Gets Lucky” (with Dean Martin) and “Three for Two” (with Jackie Gleason).  

Sid Gould (Messenger) made more than 45 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all as background characters. He also did 40 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Gould (born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to Gary Morton.

Joan Carey (Bank Customer, uncredited) was a frequent background player on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show” where she eventually became Lucille Ball’s camera and lighting stand-in. 

Customers, bank employees, and bank customers are all played by uncredited extras.  The episode also includes a live horse, which Lucy addresses as 'Dobbin.’  

This is the only episode written by Douglas Morrow.  Morrow was primarily known as the screenwriter of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956). The film featured frequent “Lucy Show” extras George DeNormand, James Gonzales, Mike Lally, and Hal Taggart.  The movie was remade in 2009. 

Nepotism Alert!  This episode features three of Lucille Ball's relatives (Lucie Arnaz, Vanda Barra, and Sid Gould) and her old friend Mary Wickes. Gary Morton, Ball's husband, was executive producer and the show's warm-up act.  All of them, with the addition of her son Desi Arnaz Jr., will also be part of “Here's Lucy.” 

It seems possible that Dotty's dialogue was originally written for Mary Jane, but that Croft was either ill or unavailable. This also seemed to be the case in “Lucy Gets Her Diploma” (S6;E5) where Doris Singleton took the best friend role with lines that could easily have been spoken by Mary Jane.  Of course, Lucille Ball might have also have been trying to find work for old friend Singleton and her daughter by reassigning previously written roles while Croft was on salary as a contract performer.    

The date this episode first aired (October 30, 1967), actor Charles Trowbridge died.  He had appeared with Lucille Ball in Her Husband's Affairs (1947) and A Woman of Distinction (1950), which also featured Gale Gordon. Trowbridge was a veteran of 25 Broadway plays.  

The look-alike contest is said to be tied in to Goulet's new picture The Long Ride of Marshall Burke. Although this is not a real movie, it was not uncommon for actors' appearances to be tied to the release of their newest motion picture. For example, on “I Love Lucy” John Wayne waived nearly all his salary in return for promotional mention (and a large poster) of Blood Alley (1955).

The waitress (Vanda Barra) sarcastically calls Lucy 'Diamond Jane Brady' after ordering just a bowl of hot water to save money.  James Buchanan Brady (1856-1917) aka Diamond Jim Brady, was a real-life millionaire and philanthropist who was fond of jewels (hence the nickname). Lucy adds ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, salt, pepper, and crackers making a sort of tomato soup. Lucille Ball claimed that this was something she actually did when she was a young model / actress living in a boarding house in New York City. 

Seeing Lucy's odd concoction, Dotty says “Congratulations. You're winning the war on poverty.”  The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by President Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964.

Lucy says she once entered an Elizabeth Taylor look-alike contest and never even heard from them.  Elizabeth Taylor was frequently mentioned on “The Lucy Show.”  Taylor will play herself in a 1970 episode of “Here's Lucy.”  

Mr. Mooney says that Lucy takes longer to eat lunch than Henry the Eighth. The English monarch (1491-1547) was famous for his girth and huge appetite.  Charles Laughton (above) played the gluttonous monarch in a 1933 British film.

We finally learn the name of the movie studio that Mary Jane (and Dotty) work for: Mammoth Studios. Mammoth Studios is the generic name used for fictional movie studios in movies, television, books and comic books. Mammoth Pictures Studios has appeared in movies such as Bombshell (1933), Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945),  and Merton of the Movies (1947), as well as the television series “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1964-71), “The Monkees" (1966-68) and “Bewitched” (1964-72).

Lucy thinks a photo of the Grand Canyon is Mr. Mooney's wife. Mr. Mooney agrees that is does look like Irma with her mouth open.  Ouch!

Trying to flatter Mr. Mooney about his photography, Lucy calls him another Leonardo da Vinci. The Renaissance painter and inventor (1452-1519) is considered one of the greatest artists to have ever lived. He is probably most famous for his painting of the Mona Lisa, which Lucy embodied in “Lucy Goes To Art Class” (S2;E15).  Mr. Mooney's ego knows no bounds!  

Looking at the aging horse with the sagging back, Mr. Mooney asks “That's a horse?” Lucy replies “What did you expect for $3?  Man o' War?”  Man o' War (1917-47) is considered one of the greatest race horses of all time. He won 20 of 21 races and won nearly $250,000 in purses. Live horses have been part of several “Lucy Show” episodes: “Lucy Visits the White House” (S1;E25), “Kiddie Parties Inc.” (S2;E2), “Lucy and Arthur Godfrey” (S3;E23),  “Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest” (S4;E6), and “Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton” (S4;E14).  

When Mr. Mooney helps Chuck Willis get on a horse for his photo, he comments that there probably was not this much trouble making Gone with the Wind. Lucille Ball was considered for the lead role in Gone With the Wind (1939), which went to Vivian Leigh (right) instead.  

Spoilers! The winner of the Robert Goulet contest is Arthur Finster. Second place went to Melvin Koppel, and Irving Schwartz came in third. Finster is the only contestant who appears on camera.

To show of his famous voice, Robert Goulet sings a song that he says he wrote, accompanying himself on the piano.  

When Miss Hurlow says that Mr. Mooney's photo of Chuck Willis does look a bit like him, Robert Goulet says “that's the worst thing said about me since I forgot the words to 'The Star Spangled Banner'.”  At the 1965 Muhammad Ali / Sonny Liston fight, Canadian Robert Goulet famously sang "the dawn's early night" instead of "the dawn's early light," leading some boxing fans to conclude that Goulet was predicting Ali's first-round knockout of the former champ.

Robert Goulet, Chuck Willis, and Arthur Finster are never seen on the set at the same time, so it is possible (due to the configuration of the doors) that Goulet did the quick changes in one take, without cutting. Possible, but unlikely.  

Callbacks!

Dean Martin also had a look-alike on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy Dates Dean Martin” (S4;E21). In “Lucy and the Plumber” (S3;E2) Harry Tuttle is a ringer for comedian Jack Benny.  

Lucy Carter will enter a Lucille Ball look-alike contest in a 1974 episode of “Here's Lucy.”  

Trouble mounting a horse was also a source for comedy in “The Fox Hunt” (ILL S5;E16) and “Lucy and Arthur Godfrey” (S3;E23).  

Blooper Alerts!

Logistics! To accommodate the action of the episode, Mr. Mooney's desk is in the bank lobby instead of his private office.  

Font of Inspiration! The Desilu set decorators use the same lettering for the door marked 'private' in Goulet's office as they used on the 'private' door behind Mr. Mooney's desk.

Purse Down! At the bank, Lucy accidentally knocks her purse off the counter. Goulet bends down and picks it up while she is writing down her address for him and the scene continues uninterrupted.

“Lucy and Robert Goulet” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

[nightwillow18]

DMC Ro Husky Blurb Idea

Well this turned into half blurb half blurb half weird script format. For those not familiar with him, Dustin is Husky’s best friend/workout buddy/ partner in crime for Ro’s surprises.

Ro is standing by the bar looking at her phone. Receives text from Nate with a photo. Photo: ‘Matt asleep in passenger seat next to Nate with a black marker mustache on his face, Nate sticking his tongue out at the camera in the selfie.’ “Who’s the king of stakeouts now?” is the caption of the photo. Ro chuckles to herself.

A larger fellow with more hair on his chin than his head and a tall scrawny guy with a platinum blonde quiff walk into the Roadhouse. Dustin Glass and Mike “Husky” Lamond , both looking like they just got out of a huge fight. Husky looks skittish with a large notebook clutched to his chest. Dustin looks exhausted and desperate. His eyes searching for a familiar face. Dustin is an old friend of Ro’s, his partner Husky is someone Ro knows in passing but doesn’t know super well. 

Dustin walks up to Ro, still looking like he expects something to jump out at him any moment, ask Ro is he can talk to her privately. Ro tells Jimmy to watch the bar for her.  Ro brings Dustin to the back as he tells Husky to wait for him at the bar.

Once in the back, Ro sits Dustin down at a table and brings him a beer, a first aid kit, and some cookies. Then walks over to the cutting board and starts chopping potatoes.

Ro: “Now tell me why you’ve walked into my bar looking like you decided to play ding dong ditch at death’s door?”

Dustin takes a big sip of his beer: “Well, my partner, Husky and I were on a hunt with these two other hunters named Kevin and Ryan. Was supposed to be an easy in’ n’ out job. But those two set us up and sold us out some demons, thought we’d be easy prey. Soon as their plan went off the demons decided to take care of those two as well. Idiots the two of them. Those damn demons thought It’d be funny to knock us ‘round a bit first before killing us. That was the only reason we were able to get out of there with our lives.”

Dustin: “Now comes the reason I came to you Ro. I need to cash in that favor from you for that time I got those Wraiths out of you hair. When those demons were having their fun with us, they royally screwed up Husky’s vocal chords with their damn telekinesis. I’m not even sure if he’ll be able to talk again. I don’t want him out hunting with his injuries, so I need you to watch him for me. I’ve got a lead on those demons and how they’ve been getting idiots like those two onto there side”

Ro: “This is a bar Dustin not a daycare. I’d lose my business if I took in every hunter who asked. I’ll do it because you’re a good friend and I do owe you one. He will have to work for his stay. Is he any good at working a bar?”

Dustin: “Husky is as smart as they come for hunters, he’s good with numbers and knows more about computers than I could even tell you. Look he’s a good man and you are the only person I know who I can trust with him”

Ro pokes her head through to the bar where Husky’s sitting, writing in the notebook. His shoulders are slumped and looks a bit like a kicked puppy. She walks back into the kitchen and continues cooking as she keeps talking to Dustin.

Ro: “Alright I’ll take him. Any idea of how long this demon hunt of yours is gonna take?”

Dustin: “Thank you so much. At the minimum I’d say six months, you never know when your gonna hit a dead end or not. I’ll try to keep in touch and update you when I can.”

Ro, puts the fries she was making into some baskets and grabs a book out of a drawer. She then gestures for Dustin to follow her back out to the bar. Ro walks up to Husky, who is still writing in his notebook. She sets a basket of fries in front of him and says” You’re gonna need your strength back up if you’re gonna be working here.”

Husky looks up and blinks at her, then starts writing quickly into his notebook. He shows her the page, it says” Thank you so much! You’re so beautiful kind! I’ll do my best to help you! I promise not to slow you down too much.”

Ro: “Well aren’t you sweet. So Dustin tells me your good with numbers and tech.” Ro sets the book she was carrying down on the bar. “Think you could go over these numbers for me when you’re done eating?”

Husky nods vigorously as he eats the fries. Dustin goes and sits next to Husky and puts an arm over his shoulders. Ro puts a basket of fries in front of Dustin as well as he reaches for Husky’s.

Ro: “I’m just joking with ya. I don’t expect you to jump into any work til we get those injuries of yours sorted out. Can’t have you dripping blood all over my books can I?”

Ro walks off and goes back to manning the bar.

Later in the evening Ro brings both boys to the back and susses out their injuries. Going through at least one full roll of gauze. Some blushing occurs when she has to have Husky take his shirt off.

As she’s taking care of Dustin’s injuries, Husky starts on the accounting books. Husky writes down notes in his notebook as he goes. Ro makes Dustin stay the night as well, not letting him go running off after demons right away.

Morning: Ro is humming while cooking breakfast when Husky comes out of the room he was staying in. He’s holding the accounting books under one arm and has his notebook in hand. He knocks on the door frame of the kitchen to tell Ro he’s there as she cooks.

Ro: “Well, good morning to you, hope you were able to get some sleep with Dustin’s snoring. He’s probably not going to be up til noon”

Husky gives a thumbs up and sets what he’s carrying on the kitchen table as he sits down. Ro finishes cooking and plates some eggs, toast and bacon for the two of them. While they’re eating Husky points to his notebook, laying open on the table. Inside it he has written out ways to improve profits and spruce up the Roadhouse with new tech.

Ro reads over this and smiles,” I think this is the start of a good partnership.”

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[junker-town]

7 times Duke haters got to celebrate Coach K’s failure

The haters love it when Coach K and Duke come up short.

The most visible coach in college basketball is finally hanging it up. Mike Krzyzewski has announced that the upcoming 2021-2022 season will be his final year leading the Duke Blue Devils before he retires. Duke has reportedly tabbed assistant Jon Scheyer as the program’s coach-in-waiting, ending speculation on who will replace Coach K before it even begins.

College hoops simply won’t be the same without Coach K. Duke has been the sport’s most dominant program since Krzyzewski was hired in 1980. He enters his final season with five national championships, 12 Final Four appearances, and 1,170 career wins — the most in the history of men’s college basketball.

College basketball fans couldn’t get away from Duke over the last three decades as the program rose to prominence behind Coach K. Duke was the team constantly getting talked about on ESPN, and annually playing in big tournament games. The coverage of Duke felt overwhelming to fans of any other teams, and that had a way of bringing people together.

With Coach K at the helm, Duke became college basketball’s universal villains. The Blue Devils might have won more than any other program under Krzyzewski, but the very nature of college basketball meant they also suffered a lot of high profile losses that were widely celebrated by the haters.

As Coach K calls it quits, we wanted to look back at the program’s biggest moments of failure.

Losing to Mercer in the first round of the NCAA tournament

The 2014 Blue Devils were supposed to do big things in the NCAA tournament. Duke was led by Jabari Parker, the top freshman forward who was about to become the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft. Duke also had future NBA players Rodney Hood and Quinn Cook, as well as a terrific role player in Amile Jefferson. No one could have predicted the No. 3 seed would drop its first game to No. 14 seed Mercer, but that’s exactly what happened.

After the champions of the Atlantic Sun pulled off upset, one of their players did the Nae Nae dance at center court. This moment was like the best Christmas morning ever for people who hate Duke:

Losing to Lehigh in the first round of the NCAA tournament

Two years before Mercer shocked Duke in the first round, it was was Lehigh who pulled off a shocking upset of the Blue Devils. Duke entered the 2012 NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed with championship aspirations. Duke had four future NBA staters in their lineup, with Miles and Mason Plumlee being joined by Austin Rivers and Seth Curry. None of it intimidated the Mountain Hawks.

Lehigh became just the second No. 15 seed in the history of the tournament to that point to upset a No. 2 seed in the first round. For all the NBA talent on Duke’s roster, Lehigh still had the best player on the floor in junior guard C.J. McCollum. You can re-live the final three minutes here.

McCollum finished with 30 points and would go on to become a lottery pick a year later.

Failing to get to the Final Four with Zion Williamson and two other top-10 picks

Duke entered the 2019 NCAA Tournament with what felt like one of their most talented teams ever. Zion Williamson established himself as the most dominant player in the country, and one of the biggest stars college basketball had seen over the last decade. Duke also had the future No. 3 overall draft pick in R.J. Barrett and the No. 10 overall pick in Cam Reddish.

Duke barely edged UCF in the round of 32 and Virginia Tech in the Sweet 16 until they finally met a team they couldn’t beat in a close game: Michigan State.

Kenny Goins, a fifth-year walk-on senior, hit the go-ahead shot with 34 seconds left to put Michigan State up for good in the Elite Eight matchup. On a floor with so much NBA talent, it was incredible to watch a former walk-on in Goins make the biggest play of the game.

It just felt like Coach K failed to properly utilize Zion all season. There’s no doubt this one still stings for Krzyzewski.

Blowing a big lead vs. Kentucky in the 1998 Elite Eight

Duke’s 1997-1998 team had a loaded roster that included Trajan Langdon, Shane Battier, Steve Wojciechowski, and freshman big man Elton Brand. The Blue Devils started the year at No. 3 in the preseason polls and looked up be living up to the hype most of the year.

Duke entered the tournament as a No. 1 seed and blew out its first three opponents. Then came a matchup with Kentucky in the Elite Eight. Duke led by 15 points with under 10 minutes left in the second half when the Wildcats made their comeback, closing on a 30-10 run to stun the Blue Devils and knock them out of the tournament, 86-84.

Kentucky would go on to win its second national title in the last three years, but looking back, Duke certainly seemed like the most talented team in the country. The Blue Devils would get back to college basketball’s biggest stage the next year, but unfortunately for them they didn’t get the redemption they were hoping for.

Duke loses to UConn in 1999 national final

Duke returned the next year as the preseason No. 1 and looked poised for a vengeance tour. The Blue Devils won their first five games before falling to Cincinnati and future No. 1 overall draft pick Kenyon Martin in the Great Alaskan Shootout, but Coach K would get his team back on track. Duke did not lose again the regular season, and went on to win the ACC Tournament.

Entering the big dance as a No. 1 seed at 32-1 on the year, Duke blew out its first four tournament opponents, and then won a close game in the Final Four against No. 1 seed Michigan State. The only team standing between Duke and a national title was UConn, a men’s program that had never won it all. The Huskies would win, 77-74, behind Richard Hamilton’s 27 points. What could have gone down as K’s best team ever was ultimately a team that will be remembered for falling one game short.

Duke ended the year 37-2, but without a ring. The team would have four players selected in the lottery of the NBA draft in Brand, Langdon, Corey Maggette, and William Avery.

1993’s second round loss to Cal

Duke entered the 1992-1993 season looking to become the second team in men’s college basketball history to win three national championships in a row (John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins won seven in a row between 1967-1973). Christian Laettner had graduated, but Duke still had a stacked lineup that included Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley. The Blue Devils entered the tournament as a No. 2 seed and met Jason Kidd’s Cal team in the second round. No one expected the Bears to pull off the upset, but somehow they did.

While Kidd finished with 11 points and 14 assists, it was his teammate Lamond Murray who carried the scoring burden. Murray put up 28 points and 10 rebounds to shock the Blue Devils:

Duke’s entire 2020 season was a disaster

Duke was going to miss the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1995 during the 2020 season unless they won the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils won their first two games of the conference tournament, and then misfortune struck: there was a positive Covid test within the program that caused Duke to shutdown its season.

It’s hard to criticize any program trying to navigate the season during a global pandemic, but Duke simply wasn’t very good before the positive test. They finished only 9-9 in conference play, and saw their most talented player, Jalen Johnson, leave the team mid-season when he decided to step away from the team during a pandemic to prepare for the NBA draft.

Duke has reloaded for Coach K’s final season with a recruiting class led by the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Paolo Banchero. Can Coach K go out on top? The upcoming farewell tour is going to be the biggest story in the sport, and should be riveting regardless of how it ends.

[bugsuffering]

Mike Lamond went from cool e-sports commentator to basic-as-hell vlogger. Sucks.