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There's doin's a-transpirin'! You can catch Matthew Callan's stuff at Amazin' Avenue on the reg! Here's where else he's been lately on the world-wide-web.
- 5.18.12: Low Times, The Most Uncompromising Punk Compilation Ever
- 3.2.12: The Classical, Bud Selig Continues to Be Bud Selig
- 2.24.12: Vice, Elijah Dukes Is Actually That Crazy
- 2.17.12: The Classical, Kids
- 2.13.12: Low Times, Billboard's Review of Mitch Miller's Prog Record
- 2.7.12: Low Times, Report: What City Was Built on Rock and Roll?
- 2.2.12: Vice, Look Upon the Marlins’ Home-Run Celebration, Ye Mighty, And Despair
- 2/1/12: Splitsider, The Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special
- 1/25/12: The Classical, Time to Wallow in the Mire
- 1/18/12: Soundtrack Series, "El Capitan"
Dennis Miller: A Stranger to My Own Soul

Did you know that while he was on SNL, Dennis Miller was acting in a one-man show into which he poured his tortured psyche? It’s true! Follow his existential saga at Dennis Miller: A Stranger to My Own Soul, where you can get DM's daily dis-affirmations. And follow him on Twitter, how bout?
Studio 60 on Roosevelt Avenue: The Complete Scripts!

The gripping, Sorkin-y sabermetric drama that captivated dozens is now available in ebook format! Relive the entire season with Sandy Alderson and company, including exciting conclusion, the one that will leave no question unanswered, Now available from Amazon for the insultingly low price of 99 cents.
Plumb the Depths!
Ye Olde Scratchbomb Archives
What Folks Is Sayin’
- Angelie Brodland on Recycling Bad Ideas
- Craig Moorhead on Recycling Bad Ideas
- Shaun Mollica on Me, Talkin Bout the Mets at Hofstra
- Ceetar on Me, Talkin Bout the Mets at Hofstra
- Julian Ostrow on Recycling Bad Ideas
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Mike and the Mad Dog Fall Down the Memory Hole
December 18, 2007 So baseball’s Winter Meetings have concluded, and it looks like the Yankees and the Red Sox are about to get in a bidding war for Johan Santana. And of course, we all know that this will end … Read on! —->
Posted in Baseball, Media Morons
Tagged chris russo, factory wrapped douches, johan santana, mike and the mad dog, mike francesa
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Hell Is Network TV During the Writers’ Strike
HOWIE MANDEL: Welcome back to Is That A Suitcase, America’s hottest game show! Sandy here is from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and she’s made it past the Coors Light Cold Round and the Doritos Crunchy Crunch Zone. Now it’s time for … Read on! —->
Yar, She Blows
If two’s a coincidence and three’s a trend, as all the marketing mavens tell us, then I have to wonder about current trend in children’s programming: Pirates. I don’t know when this happened. I certainly didn’t watch a lot of … Read on! —->
Posted in Parental Guidance
Tagged babies make horrible roommates, parenting, pirates, the wiggles
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Rocky Rhodes: Everything Old Is New Again
Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1921, when he struck an early blow for civil rights with his groundbreaking article on the Negro Leagues (“Colored Players Not Totally Inhuman”). His weekly sports … Read on! —->
Posted in Football, Rocky Rhodes
Tagged 2008 nfc championship, nfl, old timey football, rocky rhodes
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If You Have a Heart-Tugging Infirmity, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Wants You!
Thanks for tuning in to this week’s edition Extreme Makeover: Home Edition . Boy, that sure was an inspiring story. I bet that little girl’s plucky battle against diabetes, arthritis, and attention deficit disorder totally made you feel like crap. … Read on! —->
Hillary Clinton: To Be Young, Campaigning, and Black
It’s unfortunate that my esteemed opponent, Barack Obama, is trying to make race an issue in this campaign. Every time I accuse him of making race an issue, he brings up race! It’s almost as if he’s defensive about the … Read on! —->
What Not to Wear and the Final Solution for Fashion
God, look at this girl!Are you sure it’s a girl? She looks more like the love child of Margaret Thatcher and a month-old jack-o-lantern! Her fashion sense is on life support, and I’d love to pull the plug on it!I’d … Read on! —->
Rocky Rhodes: The Eternal Bloom of Sour Grapes
Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1918, when he declared in the Pittsburgh Courier-Picayune that “the Red Sox’ dynastic juggernaut shall never be stopped”. Thanks to an exemption granted by Congress in … Read on! —->
Posted in Baseball, Rocky Rhodes
Tagged baseball hall of fame, rocky rhodes, schadenfreude
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Ron Paul Takes on the BCS
Hey there, Interweb-Land, Ron Paul here. Maybe you know me from seeing my name on thousands of highway overpasses across the land. Perhaps you recognize me from my scintillating fifth-place finish in Iowa, or my breathtaking YouTube productions. You might … Read on! —->