Comments on: The Jordan Chronicles … Director’s Cut

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:06:29 +0000

Thanks for the interview. Not to be ungracious, but in case anyone was intrigued by the BBC shows, it’s “Foyle’s War”, not foils. Worth a watch, PBS Mystery!.

By: growler

growler — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:03 +0000

Finally put it up! Thanks so much! Great stuff.

By: Pat S.

Pat S. — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:08:55 +0000

“McCook, Nebraska is my hometown, and Iâ€™m used to having to explain its existence (not to mention location) to other Nebraskans who have never heard of it â€” Iâ€™m certainly not used to seeing famous writers reference it!”

I caught that also while reading the Jordan story. I couldn’t believe they ever had a minor league baseball team.

I spent the winter of 1979-80 in that area working on power lines. Desolate country but I liked it. It helped that the drinking age was 19, and I got there on my 19th birthday. When you work on power lines, you have to move every few months as the line progresses, so you’re not too far from work. I started out near McCook then moved to Maywood, Wellfleet and North Platte.

Beautiful sunrises and sunsets out there. Women were pretty scarce, though. That was the worst part.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:36:43 +0000

The different ways people write has always been a fascination to me. I do some very minor writing for my church and a blog, but have always been a person. Who did better writing in a stream of consciousness than if I planned what I was writing beforehand.

By: Minda

Minda — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:28:34 +0000

I did a double-take at this: “I started small, writing for a local newspaper. I wrote a couple of funny columns about my experiences playing minor league baseball in McCook, Nebraska and I bundled them together and sent them to Al Silverman at Sport.”

McCook, Nebraska is my hometown, and I’m used to having to explain its existence (not to mention location) to other Nebraskans who have never heard of it — I’m certainly not used to seeing famous writers reference it!

By: Perry

Perry — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:25:16 +0000

Great interview, and I’m really loving Jordan’s “Best Sports Writing” book, which I’m about halfway through, but man, he could have used a copy editor. Just in the Herzog story, he called Garry Templeton “Gary,” Dann Bilardello “Dan,” Gussie Busch and Busch Stadium “Bush,” and put New Athens, Illinois “40 miles west of St. Louis.”

By: Oh No Joe

Oh No Joe — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:31:05 +0000

I like it when the “comments” are viewable at the top, like up near the headline. Any way of making that happen with the new look?

By: Snowman

Snowman — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:22:56 +0000

It Came From Cleveland, starring Joe Pos, the man of a thousand themes. Coming this summer to a theatre nowhere near you.

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:09:11 +0000

Great interview.

But, quit messing with the look and put up the Banny log!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:14:40 +0000

I am guessing that Pat Jordan hasn’t made the ride across Alligator Alley in quite a while. Its been like two years or more since Magic 102.7 switched from a true “oldies” format to one that dropped Elvis and the 50s and added the worst of the 70s.