Dallas Green

Two Different Projects, Two Different Sounds

... | Special to The Advocate. Mar 2, 2017 - 7:00 pm. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY ALYSE GAFKJEN - Dallas Green. Dallas Green’s music career started to take shape in the early 2000 s playing and writing for his Canadian punk band, Alexisonfire. At the same time, Green was writing folk-sounding ballads more suited for an acoustic guitar. Rather than trying to fit them into the band, he began posting them on the internet. Eventually, in November 2005, he re-released these songs under the album name, “Sometimes.”. And thus, City and Colour was born. Although Green started out mostly playing in bands, the idea of playing solo never seemed too foreign to him. “Well it’s funny, like when I started doing this stuff outside of Alexis[onfire], people always asked me why,” he said. “And I’d just tell them when I first started ...

Welcoming David Dejesus To The Csn Team

... who can still stay in the game somehow. "This job fell into my lap where I can still be a part of a team and still be in baseball, but on the other side of the camera.". Q: Where were you when the Cubs won the World Series. A: "My wife doesn't watch too much baseball, but once that postseason comes along, that's when you start seeing some tweets about the Cubs. "We moved out to California, and over there sports really get lost. You can go to the beach. There's just so much to do. We were just living life. But then the World Series came, and that's still a team that's in both of our hearts. That was my first big-market team — and what I feel is the classiest organization in MLB. We both have ties there. We still have our house there. "Seeing them win it, I was like a (proud) older brother. I was there when teams were just stomping all over us, just beating us down badly. And to see them winning ...

City And Colour Brings Stories Of Life, Death, And Love To South Florida

... Music Venue. Green's music is classified as folk-rock, but the singer comes from a diverse musical background. Before going solo as City and Colour, he was the main vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the posthardcore band Alexisonfire. "I was always into different types of music," he explains. "With Alexisonfire, that was the band we gained notoriety in. But even while I was playing with them, I was making quieter music on my own.". "My music is about life and death. Those are the two certainties in the world.". Demos of Green's softer sound eventually found their way onto the internet — and clicked with fans. "That's when I decided, Oh, I'll make a record with all these other songs," he recalls. "When I first put it out, I didn't think much was gonna happen, but then it sort of grew, and I was in both at the same time but had to pick one because I was sort of ...

Robin Lopez, Serge Ibaka Get 1-game Suspensions For Fighting

... strikes Chicago Bulls' Robin Lopez, left, during a scuffle in the second half of Tuesday's game in Toronto. SPORTS BRIEFS: Robin Lopez, Serge Ibaka get 1-game suspensions for fighting. The Associated Press. Frank Gunn/The Associated Press. Toronto Raptors' Serge Ibaka, center, strikes Chicago Bulls' Robin Lopez, left, during a scuffle in the second half of Tuesday's game in Toronto. NEW YORK — Chicago's Robin Lopez and Toronto's Serge Ibaka have both been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for fighting. Lopez and Ibaka threw punches at one another during the Bulls-Raptors game on Tuesday. Lopez was barred from Chicago's home game with Detroit on Wednesday, and Ibaka will not play when Toronto visits Miami on Thursday. Raptors assistant coach Jamaal Magloire was fined $15,000 for his role in the altercation. He pushed Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic and the ...

Green Day Said Thanks For 30-year Career With Audience Participation-heavy Dallas Show

... days, Armstrong had a lot on his mind Saturday night, breaking off frequently to speak about the need for unity and inclusiveness amidst today's political turmoil. "There's so much chaos, anger and hatred that you can see in the cellphone in your pocket," he said at one point early in the show. "We may come from different backgrounds, but we're all fucked up, and this is our opportunity to be fucked up together.". But Armstrong's actions were more conducive to fostering a sense of unity than his words, which felt comparatively sophomoric alongside the genuinely warm gestures to his fans. (Inevitably he dropped a "Fuck Donald Trump," which had been strongly implied all night.) Even at the age of 45, his ping-ponging energy was infectious, as he scrambled around stage like a preteen on an all-night sugar high at a slumber party. Sometimes that energy turned to pure ...

A New Palette For City And Colour

... tracks, and with electric guitar replacing most of City and Colour's acoustic-guitar base. Green says there have always been listeners who want him to return to the vocals-and-acoustic-only approach of his first record, and he understands that those songs are close to some people's hearts. However, the core of City and Colour hasn't changed even if the sound has, he says. "I think my answer to that has always been, 'If the song's good, it doesn't matter if there's drums or stuff,'" he says. "You can look past all that. It's still me singing it. As long as it's still my voice and writing at the center of it, just give it a shot, you know. "From what I understand, from having been on tour and playing the new songs, people seem to dig it. I think the band is really good, and when we play live, it's ...

Curtis Granderson Thrives As Cleanup Hitter For Mets

... on with the games back in 1995 after the strike. Then the Astros manager, Collins remembers talking to Green, who managed the Astros "four or five times a week, 25 to 30 minutes just about baseball. Wednesday, Collins was shocked and saddened to hear that Green had died at the age of 82. "That’s a shame," Collins said when told of Green's death. "I knew him very well. He was managing the Mets right after the strike. I talked to him four days a week. We wanted to get our teams caught up because of the break. We’d talk 25-30 minutes about stuff. That’s sad news.". The Mets released a statement about Green, who managed the Mets from 1993 to 1996, when he was fired and replaced by Bobby Valentine. “We are saddened to hear of Dallas Green’s passing. Dallas was pure and simple a ‘true baseball man.’ He was one of four men (Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra and Joe Torre) to manage both the Mets and Yankees. We extend our condolences to his wife, Sylvia and the rest of the Green family.”. ROSTER MOVES. No surprises in the Mets' Wednesday morning moves. Submariner Ben Rowen and outfielder Travis Taijeron were re-assigned to minor league camp. ...

Dallas Green Dies At 82, First Manager To Lead Phillies To World Series Title

... let the players know at the beginning of the next season things would be different. He had notable clashes with star players like Steve Carlton and Larry Bowa. The season culminated with Tug Mc Graw striking out Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals, bringing the Phillies their first world championship and breaking a long drought among Philly pro teams. The win earned Green the undying love of Philly fans. Green grew up in Delaware and was a pitcher who played for the Phillies, Mets and Senators. As a big league pitcher, he went just 20-22 in the 1960 s. It was in the dugout where the man with a commanding presence really found his voice — and a booming one, it was. He made his real mark on the Philllies franchise as a front office and talent evaluator, helping then general manager Paul Owens find and develop young talent before he stepped into the dugout as manager late in that 1979 campaign. Green spent years ...

Dallas Green Never Held Back

... that hadn't made a postseason appearance since 1945. So he set about gutting the roster and was immediately working trades, the most notable the one that acquired Bowa and a minor-league infielder named Ryne Sandberg. Bowa gave them three solid seasons, and all Sandberg did was go to the Hall of Fame. By 1984, Green had the long-suffering, woebegone Cubs in the postseason. He was voted executive of the year. But from there, things unraveled. There were palace intrigues and power struggles, assassinations by whispers, all those things for which he had no taste. Finally, what seemed inevitable became fact. He resigned in October 1987. But he left behind a farm system that he had rebuilt, developing Greg Maddux, Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Mark Grace, among others. He laid the foundation for the team that would win a division title in 1989. Green would make two managerial appearances in New York, neither especially memorable. The Mets he inherited pretty much tuned him out, and it was obvious his style was at odds with the new breed. His employment by the Yankees offered the ...