Look ... I have nothing against Coldplay, per se. They certainly aren't my favorite artists, but they make pleasant background noise. Kind of like "radiohead without all those troubling thoughts". I recently ... "stumbled upon" their new album and ... it's fine, I guess. Nothing to blow you out of the water but nothing horribly repulsive, either.
I ( Read more... )

So the weather is hot, the time is perfect for hanging around the pool, lake or beach - soaking in the sun, swimming, drinking, and grilling ...
So I thought it would be nice to post a mix of good music. Nothing rare, nothing odd - just two hours of tight old school jams that almost anyone should know ...
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So, I've been thinking about the death of Tim Russert and one thought is stuck in my mind ...
While I think it was sweet and all that Tom Brokaw was able to immediately announce the death on the air ... didn't he retire like 3 years ago? Why was he so immediately available to go on the air in a crisp suit to announce the breaking news?
Did he ( Read more... )

What? What?!? What?!?!?!?
How in the hell can something like this happen? To paraphrase Chris Rock, "Ni**a, we've seen your videos! WE KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE!"
I mean ... at least there was a slight (granted ... slight slight slight slight slight) chance that OJ was innocent - because no one watched him kill Nicole and that other dude.
This is ( Read more... )

So, a little over a year ago, I posted a two hour mix of laid-back and mellow tunes to chill to.
I don't know about anyone else, but - between work and the damn Celtics - I have had a rather hard month, so far. So, I thought this would be a perfect time to post a follow-up mix. Mellow II contains another two hours of songs to calm your nerves. ( Read more... )

Well, there's a lot of things I could point to explain why the Lakers lost last night. They played lazy defense and took forced shots. After finally contributing in the first half - Phil Jackson choose to leave Odom and Gasol on the bench for loooong stretches of the second half. Most of all - once they got the lead they got complacent. They ( Read more... )

I love the trailers for 'The Happening'. Every time I see it, I imagine the alternate narration was something like: Remember when you were bored by the movie with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson?
Remember when you laughed at the aliens who were allergic to water?
Remember that other movie ... you know ... the one in the woods? And ... uhm ... ( Read more... )

Lord knows, I'm not inclined to agree with the NBA Commissioner but, these claims by Donaghy are kinda' hard to buy.
I guess it's possible that the NBA wanted a Game 7 of the Lakers/Kings series in 2002 but ... if they were going to fix Game 6 by giving the Lakers 27 fake free throws, wouldn't they have sent someone other than Shaq to the line?
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You know, other than the final outcome, I can't think of anything else I could have possibly asked for out of an NBA Finals game.
From Kobe's moves to the basket, Garnett's total dominance, and The Truth hobbling back on court in the third quarter (which killed the Lakers' chances for victory more than anything else) - that was damn near a perfect ( Read more... )

I'm oddly complacent about the Lakers/Celtics NBA Finals. starting tonight. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll be rooting for my Lakers - but I don't have as strong as a desire to see the lakers win as I did during the Spurs series.
Surely part of that is due to my utter hate of the Spurs. While I can't say I'm a Celtic fan - I am a giant Kevin ( Read more... )