Archive for November, 2006

Graffiti Wall - Episode 5

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

- Opening Track: Cannonball Adderly - Bohemia After Dark

- Interesting stories of Tommy meeting Cannonball at 15

- Tommy performing at KC Jazz festival “65″ at 15

- Recalling the Great Count Basie

- More “Who” tales

- Snippets of Barry Diamond Comedian friend of TMac

- How to bet 2nd Half totals & sides in the NFL

- Original Track covered week 13 NFL with ATS records of each team - Has been removed due to games have been played and now off the board as well as bandwidth restraints.

- How the Public is bet for each game Week 13 NFL

- Out Track: Alejandro Sanz - Quisiera ser

Graffiti Wall - Episode 4

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

- There are only two kinds of music, “good and bad”

- Why Rock drummers get it rhythmically

- Tommy opens for the “Who” at 18 years old for their 1st American Tour

- Decimal level of concerts in 60’s

- Talks about Keith Moon and what he was like as a performer

- His critique of “Garage Bands” and the genre

- Who plays an instrument anymore?

- His take on “Rap Groups”

- Why the name, “Graffiti Wall” ?

- His conversation with Paul Simon on writers block

- Why he choose Jazz instead of Rock and Roll at 10 years old

- Interesting story of Walt Disney where Tommy grew up

- Cannonball Adderly was his initial inspiration and why

- How people who don’t like jazz can learn to appreciate it

- Jazz is such a big word

- This podcast will be open to any subject

- Original track goes over entire NFL games for Sunday

- Out track: Pat Matheny - “First Circle”

- Talks about playing with Pat when he was 16 years old

Graffiti Wall - Episode 3

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

- Opening Track - Jazz Guartist Pat Martino: Impressions

- Original Podcast covered in detail Week 10 in the NFL

- Memo to Greenday

- Explains the structure of Impressions as an AABA tune

- Explains what trading 8 bar phrases is

- Talks about performing in Mimai in Janurary and what games he will be handicapping for Crush Shot Sports

- Keith Emmerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer

- More about his new e-book on handicapping next year

- Explains how crushshotsports.com has link for every team in pro and college sports to all of their local newspapers sports sections

- Backdoor covers in football

- Where the public is betting in the NFL this week

- Out Track - Keith Emerson: “Hoedown”

Graffiti Wall - Episode 2

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

- Learn things you never knew about music

- You get a full plate of MUSIC when you download a “Graffiti Wall” Podcast

- Talks about where “the and of 4” is for the rhythmically challenged

- Mastery of an instrument and who is learning to master one today?

- New blog “Graffiti Wall” posting his performance schedule & sports handicapping articles among an assortment of many other things

- Archiving his “Pizza Plays” his freebie sports pick he gives out daily

- How Tommy got started in sports handicapping moving to Vegas in 1994

- His Jazz performances and road plans for next year, podcasting on the road

- Why baseball & hockey are the two best sports with an edge against the books

- New pricing structure for Crush Shot Sports. 100% Guaranteed Winners

- Tony Williams the great drummer for Miles Davis

- Sportsbooks consensus play provided daily on www.tommymac.com

- His new e-book that will be published next year covering all of his handicapping methods in all sports

- The daily grind of winning and losing, FREE membership & RSS feed

- Out track: Gino Vannelli – “Venus Envy”