Ric Seaberg's Useful Information

In 2004-2005, Marie read aloud Warren St. John's great book, "Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer", which is a very charming and funny examination of Alabama football and it's no less than rabid (but also charming) fan base. One passage in the book explores the action of dopamine in the body as it relates to sports. Dopamine flow in the body rises in the bod as one engages with a thrilling game or match, and this phenomena has actually been studied in the lab using monkeys as subjects, rewarding them with various things, like apple juice, after they have "won" the juice by performing some task, and BAMM here comes the dopamine. So the suggestion is that engaging in sports and winning actually gets the ol' dopamine coursing through us cray cray sports fanatics, ok i get it then, we basically strive to get that dopamine rush, cuz we're dopamine addicts, that's the actual call of sports and contests. So I wrote and recorded this song about it, and sent it to awesome author Warren, who provided a much enjoyed dopamine rush by giving us his blessing and even a great review! When Warren visited Portlandia to read at Powell's Books, Blainey and I had a beer with him. Warren has gone on to write another great book, Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference, and is currently editor in chief at PATCH. Both of Warren's books have been optioned for movies!