Phil Akre

Baseball and more for @NBCSports | talking about film and music @OpinionSonic | @TheNewSchool, @QuinnipiacU alum

[Phil Akre @philakre]

This Sunday, all 15 @MLB games will air across NBC and Peacock with “Star-Spangled Sunday.” ⚾️

I previewed the massive day ahead. ⬇️

https://t.co/qD3J3Lysz5

[Billy Strings @BillyStrings]

This album came at a time in my life when I had a lot to write about. I had just lost my mother last June and still felt the talons of grief piercing my back. Before she passed, she and I had planned on trying to use some of her poetry to make songs from, but that just hasn’t panned out yet. A lot of her poetry is very stream-of-conscious, and I just couldn’t figure out how to put it to a tune. Maybe someday I will. Another dream we had was having her make art for the next record cover. She was an amazing artist and was constantly working on many different things. She would call me all the time and tell me about how she was painting this or gluing this thing to that to make some UFO alien battle with cowboys and fairies. All her pieces had a story. The piece we ended up using for the cover was the one she was working on the night she died. I believe her intention was to show it to me when it was finished to see if I would use it for the cover. Although I don’t believe she had the chance to complete it, I am so happy we were able to fulfill that dream. I never got to say goodbye to her. That’s why I wanted to call the album “So Much For Goodbyes.” When I mentioned it to my manager, his interpretation of it was different from mine. I was sad that I didn’t get to say goodbye, but when I told him the name of the album, he heard it from a different perspective. It’s not goodbye. She’s not gone. She’s very much still with me. So much for goodbyes.

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

On this day in 1974, the Grateful Dead made history at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, co-headlining the very first "Day on the Green" alongside @TheBeachBoys to a crowd of roughly 60,000. Commander Cody and the New Riders of the Purple Sage opened the show, followed by the Beach Boys, who took the stage with the Dead's iconic Wall of Sound towering behind them, before the Dead closed out the night with back to back classics “Casey Jones”>”One More Saturday Night.”

Photos by Robert Danielson, unknown, and Bob Marks

[David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS]

This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.

[WFAN Sports Radio @WFAN660]

We are devastated to hear about the passing of John Sterling, a WFAN and Yankees radio icon whose voice was synonymous with an entire generation of Yankee fandom.

Rest in peace, John ❤️

[Phil Akre @philakre]

Wrote a preview for tonight’s Sunday Night Baseball matchup between the Angels and Royals ✍️ ⬇️

https://t.co/F6dgtYzntp

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

Never a dull moment when John Belushi was in the house!

On this day in 1980, the Grateful Dead were joined on stage at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, by comedy legend John Belushi ahead of the Dead’s April SNL appearance. Unexpectedly crashing the set, John cartwheeled on stage, pockets stuffed with American flags, and was met by a thunderous roar of applause.

Photos by Jay Blakesburg

[Timothée Chalamet @RealChalamet]

DUNE PART THREE

[Variety @Variety]

Sublime Signs With Atlantic Records, New Album and Tour Coming This Year (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/cp1AZ9wmXs

[Live For Live Music @L4LM]

As ICE activity continues in Nashville and nationwide, @BillyStrings changed his lyrics to “It’s no parade seeing ICE on the street / What’s the mission, when’s it gonna end?”

Billy Strings Calls Out ICE & Calls Up Edgar Winter In Nashville [Videos]:
https://t.co/96TnFgQ6g5

[MLB @MLB]

Winter is over. Let’s play ball. ❄️⚾

#SpringTraining games happen today!

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

From February 18 to 24, 1971, the Dead played 6 stellar shows at The Capitol Theater. The band started out strong on night one by debuting five original songs; “Bertha,” “Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Loser,” “Playing in The Band,” and “Wharf Rat.” The momentum didn’t stop there, on night three fans joined the band as subjects of an ESP dream experiment run by Dr. Stanley Krippner, to see how psychedelics and an audience of 2,000 would affect “mind to mind transmissions.”

Photo by Stephen Gilbert

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

For Brazil. For South America. 👏

#WinterOlympics

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

Some BIG names have joined our NBC Sports pregame coverage for the MLB Postseason Wild Card round on NBC and Peacock. ⚾

Welcome to the team Anthony Rizzo, Clayton Kershaw, and Joey Votto!

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

From Twin Peaks to 710 Ashbury, here's to 60 years with San Francisco and counting 🏈

Did you catch Mickey on the pre-show talking 60 years of the Dead & the 49ers ahead of Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium? @SNFonNBC #SBLX

[Phil Akre @philakre]

Today’s @Olympics Opening Ceremony will be held at the legendary San Siro.

46 years ago in 1980, Bob Marley and the Wailers made the trek to San Siro, delivering one of the most important shows they ever played:

https://t.co/D96seUWdYv

[Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis]

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section.

This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
https://t.co/i7XGRIxhdk

[Flea @flea333]

People used to sit at home and listen to music without doing other things at the same time