can anyone tell me the story of the backup singers on the song High Hawk Season? They sound like a men's chorus or a doo wop group or something, but I haven't been able to find out much about them. Also, do we know why John did this with the song. I can't think of another TMG song with this sort of background chorus.
This is a podcast Cifuentes did five years ago in Norway. It starts in Norwegian, then quickly switches to English. It's basically an hour and a half of Cifuentes talking about how he wants his teams to play. The thing that has me most excited is that he never uses words like "mentality" or "fight" or "courage" or "intensity." Instead -- and brace yourself for this -- he talks about tactics. He talks about how his team would play in this situation, how they'd play in another situation, so on and so forth.
After two years of a coach whose only strategy was "play harder," we're now getting a guy with an actual plan. Multiple plans, to be honest. And he talks about how these plans need to be altered, depending on the players you've got. It's just incredibly refreshing and makes me so excited for what's coming. I feel like we might have one of those coaches who come in and completely change the entire culture of the team.
Like I said, the podcast is an hour and a half long, so I'll understand if you don't want to listen, but if you DO listen, you might be as stoked as I am.
At the 27:00 minute of today's Soccerwise podcast, Tom Bogert says the reason Thomas Christiansen re-signed with Panama is because the Timbers didn't hire him. According to Bogert, Christiansen wanted to come here, but the Timbers wanted Cifuentas.
Personally, I'm okay with this. I think Ned made the right choice. What say you? https://youtu.be/yyBw0ViEKJE?si=Tzs5p5sNBy0FHAE9
I played Charlie Sheen on my radio show this weekend. Click here if you want to hear it, as well as the rest of the show: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-18-july-2026/
Sorry to trigger anyone with Matt Doyle Hating fetishes, but he wrote a column this morning about which World Cup player he wishes each MLS team would sign. This exchange in comments make me think the Timbers already have a coach lined up and Doyle knows who it is but can't say anything.
I played Rooftop on my radio show this morning. If you want to hear it, plus the rest of the show, click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-11-july-2026/
My radio show this week is all about cover songs that are better than the original, and Neil Young made the list. What song did I choose? Listen to the full show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-better-than-the-original-4-july-2026/
I played LG FUAD on my radio show this morning. If you want to hear it, plus the rest of the show, here's the link. https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-27-june-2026/
I'm watching this Colombia/Congo match, and in my head trying to name all the Colombians who've played for the Timbers. I've gotta be forgetting some people, so tell me who.
D Chara, Y Chara, D Asprilla, JD Mosquera, H Mosquera (CB in 2012), Trencito Valencia, J Fory, J Caicedo.
Who am I forgetting?
MLS put out a really good video about our boy Finn, with tons of content about life as a footballer in New Zealand. Highly recommended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saJUjzn9mBk
I played Another Midnight on my radio show this morning, as well as a bunch of other great tunes. If you want to hear it all, click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-23-may-2026/
I played Falling to Pieces on my radio show this more, in additional to a bunch of other great stuff. If you're interested in hearing the full show, click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-16-may-2026/
Played Down the Road by Inpatient on my radio show this morning. If you're interested in listening to the whole show, click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-9-may-2026/
Played Hero of the Day on my radio show this morning. If you're interested in listening to the whole show, click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-9-may-2026/
My Top Three: 1. The Netherlands. 2. Portugal. 3. Mexico.
What are your top three footballing nations that haven't won a World Cup?
On the song Dream Life Ren did with the Skinner Brothers, does anyone know who is the voice actor at the very end of the song?
It sounds to me like the guy who did Baz Luhrmann's song Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen. He's a voice actor named Lee Perry. Did Ren use the same guy?
MotM has got to be either James Pantemis's left hand, his right hand, his left foot, or his right foot. What do y'all think?
My radio show this morning was dedicated entirely to songs with amazing screams. Can you guess what Rage song I included? (Rage has a lot of options) https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-screams-2-may-2026/
My radio show this morning was dedicated entirely to songs with amazing screams. Can you guess what Linkin Park song I included? https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-screams-2-may-2026/
My radio show this morning was dedicated entirely to songs with amazing screams. Can you guess what Who song I included? (hint: it's the Gold Standard against which all rock screams should be judged. https://www.mixcloud.com/CIDeMann/six-degrees-of-rockination-screams-2-may-2026/
