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Dean Ween to Host First Annual Charity Baseball Game

Mickey Melchiondo—better known as Dean Ween, lead guitarist and co-founder of the bizarre psychedelic rock duo Ween—announced Sunday that he plans to host a special charity baseball game. More specifically, the game will benefit the American Cancer Society: All related proceeds and donations will go directly to the foundation. The game is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. and will take place at New Hope High School in Melchiondo’s hometown of New Hope, Pa. Deaner has made specific note that the game is “baseball, not softball” and that only one game will be played. In the short period...  read more

21 Classic Summer Movies

Forget all the sweltering heat you may have felt before today. Now it’s officially summer and you can look forward to months of sun and surf, pools and popsicles, camp and cookouts. And classic summer movies! Slather on your sunscreen, freshen up your lemonade, and check out our list of 21 wonderful movies about summer, from the ’50s through the ’00s....  read more

Baseball, Hotdogs & an Avett Brothers Show

I’ve seen a lot of things at the Atlanta Braves’ stadiums, including more Braves games than I can count, from sparsely attended Astros games in the late ‘70s to the World Series, the last regular-season game at Fulton County and the first one at Turner Field. I was there for Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th homerun (though I was just a toddler). I saw the dress-rehearsal for 1996 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and heard Hall & Oates at the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. But yesterday was something new....  read more

The Baseball Podcast

This time on Signs of Life, it’s all about baseball. Click here to listen to 53 minutes of baseball and musical excellence....  read more

Musician Fans of All 30 MLB Teams Talk Baseball

Paste rounded up at least one musician for every ballclub—from The Decemberists (Cubs) to Rush (Blue Jays), Randy Newman (Dodgers) to The Hold Steady (Twins) in search of what draws these musicians to devote themselves to America's past time.  read more

Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (3/30/11)

Every Wednesday, Paste looks at some of the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books....  read more

The Baseball Project: Vol. 2: High and Inside

All-Star Band Swings for the Fences We’re still deep in the throes of winter here in the Midwest. Spring seems like an impossible dream. But for the members of The Baseball Project—major-league sports nerds from better-known bands Young Fresh Fellows, Dream Syndicate, R.E.M., and Golden Smog—Opening Day is just around the corner. Their second album, Vol. 2: High and Inside, picks up right where Vol. 1 left off, firing power chords like fastballs, and tossing in a few musical changeups to keep listeners off balance....  read more

Portlandia Review - "Baseball" (Ep. 1.06)

This week’s “Baseball” episode marked the sixth and final installment of the IFC’s short-run sketch comedy series Portlandia, with Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein playing a cast of motley characters in the Rose City. (It’ll be back next year with a double order of episodes.) The episode bounced back after last week’s terrible “Blunderbuss,” but it still wasn’t an out-of-the-park home run....  read more

Watch Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel Sing at a Baseball Game

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Phillies took on the San Francisco Giants in Game 3 of the NLCS, and adorable musical husband and wife duo Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel were there to serenade the Giants to victory....  read more

San Francisco Giants to Honor Jerry Garcia

This August, San Francisco’s AT&T Park will play host to a crowd that’s more Haight-Ashbury than Major League Baseball when they honor Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia, Spinner reports....  read more