Comments on: Ron Schueler (4)

By: ramblinpete

ramblinpete — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:24:43 +0000

I have not yet had the pleasure of watching “The Bronx is Burning,” though I still can recall the summer in question vividly, with acute childhood memories. NYC ’77 seems to yield fertile quasi-romantic fodder for the likes of the series’ directors, as well as Spike Lee (Summer of Sam), and numerous other auteurs, all of whom accurately reference the Yanks as being, somehow, in the center of the whole socio-political cauldron at the time.

I was just thinking, wouldn’t it be fascinating if the late-70′s Mets, in all their declining irrelevance, were so documented?

“Queens is Disappearing.”

I envision a vastly reduced operating budget, direct-to-home-video, or late night airings on the most obscurely buried of cable outlets… tacky stock footage of La Guardia airport, little to no action, cliched dialogue, and poory lit sets.

Geez, who would play Elliot Maddox?

By: chris in illinois

chris in illinois — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:01:54 +0000

17. 13 & 14 I wonder what Ed fROMOHIO is doing these days?

By: El Lay Dave

El Lay Dave — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:12:10 +0000

16. 10 Josh has already written about the card that would be my worst brush job nominee. I couldn’t believe that card when I first saw it emerge from the wax pack.

http://cardboardgods.baseballtoaster.com/archives/818264.html

By: GB5HOF

GB5HOF — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:37:18 +0000

15. Very cool. Michael Azzerad did a great job on that book...as well as his comprehensive book on the early history of Nirvana. And you're right...Watt is the star of that chapter by far.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:50:48 +0000

14. 13 : Yeah, I saw We Jam Econo when it came out on DVD last year sometime. I liked it, but I can hardly remember anything about it, due to the fact that my memory is shot. Watt is also far and away the star of the great Minutemen chapter in the book Our Band Could Be Your Life. I interviewed him once for an article in The New York Resident (a free weekly paper) and, whoo, the man can spiel. (I was happy to hear every word of it.) I just realized I misspelled friggin' Ron Schueler's name again (don't bother looking because I'm about to fix it). I am so sick of Ron Scheuler/Schueler!

By: GB5HOF

GB5HOF — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:06:01 +0000

13. Great stuff as always Josh. I noticed your mention of D. Boon. Not sure if you've seen it, but IFC has been running a pretty cool documentary on the Minutemen. Mike Watt can be draining at times, but the old footage is great. It's called We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen. I think its out on DVD.

By: daryl

daryl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:51:05 +0000

12. I just simply enjoy reading about your observations and your life experiences. I would think there is a novel somewhere in here, but I just don't have the ability to put that together. I am sure it will come for you. In the meantime I am going to just enjoy coming here and reading whatever you are writing.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:39:10 +0000

11. 10 : Thanks for confirming the "Brut . . . by Faberge" theory, RA. And though I didn't see it myself (the inimitable collar clinched the reality of the card for me), I'll go along with you on the card-doctoring theory, too; it would explain the "presence" of the Twin in a White Sox uniform in Yankee Stadium.

By: The Rhyme Animal

The Rhyme Animal — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:10:50 +0000

10. Gazeless, Eternal Ron was on the Twins in 1977, when this picture was taken for the 1978 series. Being the silly Yankee nut I am, and just an observer of baseball card backgrounds in general (see my post sometime about the American League card shots taken while the Yankees played at Shea in 74-75), this is simply a Topps brush job.

Topps being Topps, it is suprisingly good, but look closely, that SOX a bit more closely, it just is a bit odd looking. I have the original card too, but won’t dig it out, but I do know it isn’t him in a SOX uniform. Josh, we need a post someday of the worse brush job ever- I nominate the 1976 Ocscar Gamble “Traded” card- God, that may be the worst ever, though the Rudy May brush jobs you described one time are pretty horrific too.

Also, being a Yankee fan of that 70′s vintage, I can tell you for certain, that the big billboard behind him is in fact BRUT, by Faberge, haha. This pic was taken in 1977. If you are a fan of the great series, The Bronx is Burning, shown this past summer on ESPN, they did it right, with the ad’s they simulated during the scenes in “Yankee Stadium”(or their simulated Yankee Stadium, being historically correct. The ad’s have generally changed year after year, so I have a pretty good clue about what was up what year, besides having a bunch of yearbooks and programs with shots from that era.

In 1976, when the Stadium re-opened after renovation, I believe that BRUT sign was a Marlboro cigarette sign.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:41:57 +0000

9. 4 : The Amazon page has an excerpt from the book that makes me a little queasy.

If anyone’s interested, the “Happy” series Basilisc mentions is at the following locations, in order:

Bob Welch
http://tinyurl.com/2rlk2b

Hal McRae
http://tinyurl.com/35nb27

Steve Braun and Steve Brye
http://tinyurl.com/2reabj

Ron Leflore
http://tinyurl.com/2uhee6

Pete Rose
http://tinyurl.com/3af5zx