Thursday, November 14, 2013
Column HR102
Give thanks to John Lowe this Thanksgiving
“Darts… darts… darts… nothing but bloody darts” rang the words of Jim “The Bizz” Aspin – a longtime pal of the Old Dart Coach – back when “The Bizz” was mixing drinks and drawing lagers at a private “drinkery” on the banks …
Column #HR102 Give thanks to John Lowe this Thanksgiving Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
The first thing you’ll notice when you pick up one of Anne “Sleepy” Kramer’s new books is its weight. It’s heavy.
At ten ounces it registers just three ounces shy of a can of Budweiser or about one four-thousandth the estimated weight of the dart player featured on page 227. Yep, this is one …
Column #454 The Ultimate Book of Darts by “Sleepy” Kramer – a Review Read More »
Dartoid's Column
The Old Dart Coach dictated that Toeing the Oche clean out its files. With the red carpet rolled out, trumpets ready to blare “Ruffles and Flourishes” and drummers alerted for the occasional rim shot… here ’tis.
So… has the mystery of ODC’s stolen ukulele been solved? Maybe. The ODC had blamed the pilferage – after …
Column #HR101 Here’s hoping you lose more than your mask this Halloween Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Column HR100
World Cup XIX
Growing up in Oakland the Old Dart Coach was subject to the fads that swept the neighborhood like rain in Seattle. After a Saturday afternoon movie-cartoon fest with a Sheik of the Desert Serial – 14 cents for 12 cartoons, the serial plus a cowboy movie …
Column #HR100 World Cup XIX Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
As one of my blues harp classmates, Richard Verrochi, put it, “I came to Clarksdale to do a deal with the Devil and found out the Devil was Jon Gindick – and he wasn’t dealin’.”
Gindick, as most of you dart people will not know, is one of the premier blues harmonica instructors in the …
Column #452 Darts. Booze. Broads. And the Blues. Read More »
Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Column HR99
World Cup Team: BEWARE!
Author John Steinbeck opined, the “best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” The same is true of guys who write darts columns.
The Old Dart Coach always viewed International darts competitions as great sporting events. He fell in lust after the 1979 World …
Column #HR99 World Cup Team: BEWARE! Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
Friday, September 13, 2013
Column HR98
Darts, the Circus and Clowns (the DRA)
Prompted by the query, “How does your mind work?” the Old Dart Coach mused. He was bewildered by the question (and highly offended by the term “work”) but he soldered on.
His mind wandered back to a book he devoured in his …
Column #HR98 Darts, the Circus and Clowns (the DRA) Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Column 451
Darts in the Mississippi Delta
In three weeks I’m headin’ south, to the Deep South. I’m headin’ to the Crossroads – the junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49 near Clarksdale, Mississippi. It’s a famous place. It’s so famous that the journey must be chronicled with TWO Dartoid’s World …
Column #451 Darts in the Mississippi Delta Read More »
Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Column HR97
Wrasslin’ with the PDC (and an anaconda?)
Ever try to explain the game of darts to a sightless person? It’s hard enough to explain the game, period.
Eons ago the ODC explained the game to Chris Berman on ESPN, “You start with something… when you have nothing left… you …
Column #HR97 Wrasslin’ with the PDC (and an anaconda?) Read More »
Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Column 450
Cara has her eye on you!
Today’s “column” isn’t about darts. Its about a dog named Cara whose life began in Romania just like one of my dogs, Romy. In 2010, I adopted Romy from one of my clients’ sanctuaries in Galati. At the time she was just a …
Column #450 Cara has her eye on you! Read More »
Dartoid's Column