Recent blog posts about Rangers from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/rangers/ 2013-05-18T12:17:04+01:00 text/html 2013-05-16T05:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4953547/four-bases-red-sox-9-rays-2/
Oh, so that's what the Red Sox offense looks like. It's been such a long time that they've blown out an opponent that it is almost surprising when they put up a nine spot on a team they could not figure out the night before. Here are the four bases: First Base: Once again, when the Red Sox needed a good start from their ace, Jon Lester answers the call. Lester has only given up more than three runs once in his nine starts, and has pitched into the sixth inning [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-06T21:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4935246/series-preview-minnesota-twins-vs-boston-red-sox/
After rolling along most of April, the Red Sox train has derailed so far in May. The Texas Rangers defended their territory by throwing a stick on the train tracks to halt the Red Sox locomotive. Boston now has the task of getting the season back on the rails after getting swept for the first time over the weekend. The team they are facing is not the pesky Minnesota Twins team of the past. The starting rotation has gotten a big makeover, as only one starting pitcher played with the team last year. Sluggers Joe Mauer, [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-04T04:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4931559/four-bases-red-sox-0-rangers-7/
After dominating the past few games, winning seven out of eight games, Friday night almost seemed inevitable. After all, Every one of the Rangers starters reached base at least once, and they took over the game when they scored five runs in the fourth inning. Here are the Four Bases: First Base: Who cares if he is young. Felix Doubront has turned into a ticking time bomb. He has still not pitched seven full innings due to his high pitch counts. His 1.41 hits and walks per inning is [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-03T16:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4930674/series-preview-boston-red-sox-texas-rangers/
If you think the Red Sox have had it easy, think again. Four of the six teams that the Red Sox have faced this year have a record over .500. But this is different. This is the Texas Rangers, who have the second best record in the American League. The three pitchers that the Rangers are expected to feature have the three best earned run averages on the team. The Rangers have also made it to the World Series two of the last three years. The good news? The Red Sox no longer have to see [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-26T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4801694/houndmouth-w-joe-pug-and-ranger-iroquois-amphitheater-426/
Well this sounds fantastic too! 91.9 WFPK & Iroquois Amphitheater Presents Houndmouth with Joe Pug & Ranger Friday, April 26 @ 8:00pm Iroquois Amphitheater Ticket prices are $12 in advance, $15 day of Tickets on sale now! - Buy them online here Produced by WFPK , Production Simple, and Iroquois Amphitheater Links! Links! Links! Houndmouth http://houndmouth.com/ Joe Pug [...]]]> text/html 2012-09-25T19:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4528081/wpa-national-park-posters/
One of America's dying traditions, or so it seems to be dying, is visiting our backyards: National Parks. I'll get into that subject later but for now I wanted to share these amazing art pieces created by an aritst who goes by the name of Ranger Doug . The history behind these posters is quite a story. You can read about why the WPA created these posters in the first place here . Here's a little excerpt from his website: Between 1935 and 1943 the WPA's Federal Art Project printed over two [...]]]> text/html 2012-07-20T13:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4401101/joe-knight-rangers-walk-in-closet/
As previously reported , San Francisco's Joe Knight , better known under his principal recording moniker Rangers , has started to refurbish some of his older material from his stellar LPs Suburban Tours and Pan Am Stories , exploring new depths and twists hidden within his own oeuvre. Moreover, there's also a brand new composition up on his Soundcloud . The beautifully deep and gently mesmerizing "Walk in Closet" is among the brightest and most crystal-clear works of Knight so far, stylistically close to his previous material yet lacking the hypnagogic underwater murk of [...]]]> text/html 2012-07-10T13:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4379894/sporting-integrity/
Integrity is defined in the dictionary as the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Theres no dictionary definition for sporting integrity, though theres been no end of talk about it recently in Scottish football. I thought Id have a go at clarifying it for you in case you - like me - [...]]]> text/html 2012-07-06T17:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4383893/get-to-know-your-neighbor-a-blog-on-blog-interview/
So welcome to the ninth installment of my series Get To Know Your Neighbor . Its my way of saying thanks to those folks that have been cool to me, and a chance to give back to the community that I love so much. This was also an opportunity for me to give you, the reader, some insight into the blogs that have influenced me. Consider it my own personal take on #FF (Follow Fridays). The series will consist of a five question interview with a different blogger/writer each time, along with a few word associations and of course, [...]]]> text/html 2012-06-14T13:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4334592/credit-where-its-due-the-rangers-fiasco-awards/
With the failure of Rangers FC plcs Company Voluntary Arrangement and the liquidation of the club to follow, the Rangers debacle is finally coming to a resolution. Fittingly for a situation involving so much unpaid debt, there are few who emerge from the episode with much credit. But its the trophy end of the season, [...]]]> text/html 2012-05-25T23:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4296765/the-crooks-and-clowns-of-copland-road/
Craig Whyte has never met Prince Albert. Thats one of many unnecessary things I learned from the latest BBC Investigates documentary about a decade of murky dealings at Rangers. The recent SFA disciplinary tribunal report detailed shocking lapses in corporate governance inside Rangers FC plc, but Mark Dalys new program focused on the cast of [...]]]> text/html 2012-05-17T16:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4271659/the-rogues-who-ruined-rangers/
Imagine you are the financial controller of a multi-million pound corporation. You discover that your new boss might have forged tax invoices for payments that were never made. What do you do? Id like to think Id call the cops. But if youre Ken Olverman, the man in charge of counting the diminished pile of [...]]]> text/html 2012-05-10T13:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4257182/dilemma-of-the-damned/
In 1996, Madeline Albright, then Bill Clintons Secretary of State, was asked if she thought the death of half a million Iraqi children due to United Nation sanctions was a price worth paying in the cold war against Saddam Hussein. Her answer, amid much humming and haing, was basically: Yes. Albright later castigated herself for [...]]]> text/html 2012-04-25T19:48:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4225141/bigots-with-wings/
The butterfly effect is a classic illustration of chaos theory: an insect flapping its wings in Macau can, weeks later, cause a hurricane in Miami. The point is that in a complex system, a seemingly insignificant act can cause a major change at a faraway time and place. I think the butterfly effect helps explain [...]]]> text/html 2012-03-08T14:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4116878/whither-rangers/
Theres only one story in Scottish football at the moment, and it isnt the aftermath of the Slovenia v Scotland friendly last week (decent performance, nothing to write home about). So I make no apologies for writing about Rangers again. The club has been in administration for almost a month now, and still speculation outweighs [...]]]> text/html 2012-03-07T13:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4113708/joe-knight-rangers-odd-and-endsremixed-oldies/
Joe Knight, our beloved San Francisco via Texas resident whose artistic output we've come to know and cherish as Rangers , has produced a vast amount of incredible music in recent years that was not always put out at all or at least not published under his principal recording moniker. Perhaps in order to reminisce and reposition, Knight has now decided to post some of that material on his new Soundcloud , which sports his given name in order to avoid any confusion. However, while this might not be "official" Rangers music, the ten pretty amazing [...]]]> text/html 2012-03-06T19:57:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4112856/rangers-glass-facade/
Rangers - Glass Facade As the all-seeing eyes over at Tiny Mix Tapes spotted earlier today, suburban tour-guide and retro pop-smith Rangers has a new trackGlass Facadeup on the Brunch Groupe SoundCloud page . Could this be teasing a new tape? Only time will tell. Until we find out, weve got another 5 minutes of sparkling AM gold from the reigning king. The stellar 2XLP Pan Am Stories is [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-23T15:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4082949/dear-craig/
I will admit there have been times when I have wished that I had never entertained the idea of taking over Rangers, you said in a public statement on Wednesday. There are times when I wish the same: from the time I wake up until the time I go to sleep. A few weeks ago [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-16T15:59:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4066673/one-team-in-glasgow/
I'm all out of love, what am I without you? Air Supply Hong Kong cant live without Air Supply. Aging Aussie soft rock crooners Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock retain astonishing popularity in the city. Their most famous dirge frequently pollutes the public airwaves, and decades after their 1980s heyday they regularly sell out [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4039978/whos-running-rangers/
You need a degree in accountancy to be a Rangers fan these days. On Tuesday, the Daily Record broke the story that Rangers owner Craig Whyte sold four years worth of Rangers season ticket sales to fund his takeover of the Govan club. Later that same day, Whyte released a statement admitting the deal happened [...]]]>