Out of the Office

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 11, 2009 3:26 PM EST

I'll be playing in Baltimore tonight and Brooklyn on Saturday, so please have patience and I'll be back in a couple days.

In the meantime:

-The Pirates will announce the name of their new Class A+ Bradenton team on Tuesday.

-The Bobby Crosby signing is official, as most of you probably know. After being annoyed about it for a while, I've come around to it--they're not paying him much, and as bad as he is, he's enough of an upgrade over Brian Bixler that he's worth having around.

-Jesse Chavez moves again, this time to Atlanta for Rafael Soriano. The Pirates really would have had no business paying a reliever $7.25 million, as the Rays will do with Soriano, but this is still a nifty pair of moves for Tampa--they grab Chavez and get rid of a few million bucks in salary by shipping Akinori Iwamura to Pittsburgh, then get a top-notch reliever for only a couple million more. A solidly-built, contending team can spend that kind of money on a closer, but a team like the Pirates should probably treat closers like filet mignon and use their millions on more basic foodstuffs.

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Great stuff, Charlie

I really enjoyed the tracks I heard on your band’s MySpace page. When will the next album be released (and will it be available to buy online)?

by woobie on Dec 11, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Thanks. The album comes out in February, but I’ll make it available on MySpace soon.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 13, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions

Do you guys ever play in San Francisco?

I’d love to go to a show.

by houksyndrome on Dec 11, 2009 7:43 PM EST reply actions

We’ve never played west of Chicago. We’d love to, but we have to make some more money first. Getting between cities out west is expensive. I have toured through SF with another band, though.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 13, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

Saturday

Where in Brooklyn are you playing?

by brooklynpirate on Dec 11, 2009 10:12 PM EST reply actions

We were at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 13, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry we missed you. Bushwick is kind of a hassle to get to from where we live, it was a chilly night, my wife wanted to go to the movies, etc. etc. Hope the show went well. We’ll try to catch on your next trip.

by brooklynpirate on Dec 13, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I didn’t realize how isolated it was until I got there. It was a nice place but a lot of the people who went mentioned that it was hard to get to.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 14, 2009 3:15 AM EST up reply actions

I've never heard your music before...

But I like the tracks on your profile. I may have to buy some of the albums.

One of my friends books shows in the Indianapolis metro area. Mostly punk shows, but he also does a lot of indie rock. Kind of small venues, but he always gets a great crowd of people who love music. If I sent him your info, would you be interested in playing Indy?

http://fanhuddle.com/pittsburghpirates

by Nate Rose on Dec 12, 2009 1:14 AM EST reply actions

Addendum

You kind of look like Siamese Dream era Billy Corgan in your pictures. Of course, Corgan rocks a custom Fender strat and you rock the Les Paul, so that part is different.

http://fanhuddle.com/pittsburghpirates

by Nate Rose on Dec 12, 2009 1:25 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks. Sure, we’d love to play in Indy. We’ve gone through the area several times but have never been able to set up a show there. If you wouldn’t mind emailing your friend’s contact info that would be great.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 13, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions