seattletimes.nwsource.com - 11/6/2008
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To sports fans across Seattle, Ed McMichael was an icon — a gentle giant whose tuba sounds outside area ball parks rang consistent, regardless of the action inside. What fans may not have known about the Tuba Man was that for 10 years he was principal tubist with the Bellevue Philharmonic and ...
sonicscentral.com - 11/7/2008
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Afternoon Blogdome: Why Does Hank? [Afternooon Blogdome]
Deadspin —
... • R.I.P.: Seattle mourns the loss of Tuba Man, who entertained fans outside of many of the city's sports palaces. It's the first time anyone has ever been upset to not hear a tuba playing. [Seattle Times] ...
Last Call for ‘Pomp and Circumstance’
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... For the record, I didn’t like the guy when he was alive. I mean, I got the joke… a man, a grown man, at seemingly every single sporting and most non-sporting civic event in Seattle, in the fucking rain, at night, all the time, busking for dough, playing a fucking tuba. Two days ago the Facebook “status reports” of a few Seattle pals referred to Tuba Man’s brutal beating and subsequent death, and it has taken me ...
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Hasselbeck doesn't return to practice —
FOXSports.com News for NFL 11/7/2008
Matt Hasselbeck did not make his anticipated return to the practice field Thursday, casting some doubt over whether the Seahawks' indispensable quarterback will be ready to make his scheduled start next week against Arizona.
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