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Matt Light Should Never Work on an Election Board
July 07, 2009 by
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Matt Light seems like a perfectly nice man, and he is apparently quite dedicated to charity work. One thing at which he may not be so good, though, is discerning between a majority and a minority. Or, perhaps his point in the paragraph highlighted above was that a slim majority of...
Ron Artest's Tribute to Michael Jackson
July 06, 2009 by
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Download is here. I really don't have the words to do this justice. "He inspired Jamie Foxx and Usher, too?" That's proof of Michael's greatness? "Even though I'm always strapped, I'm puttin' down my mack for Mike Jack." Really? WHAT?!Also...
Now Is Rasheed's Moment
July 06, 2009 by
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We've had our differences, but he's the man. Still. Kind of.Rasheed Wallace is going to join the Celtics on Wednesday. It will be a sad day for me, as I love Roscoe (despite my Pistons-related frustrations) and hate the Celtics. I especially hate that with Sheed and KG, Boston...
Music for a Monday: An Epic Better Than Yours
July 06, 2009 by
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Dunny has fly anklesLet's take it back for a moment, today, and dwell upon the sort of either-or that would give your average Straight Bangin' fan some wrenching moments of soul searching: Cam'ron or Ghostface?Who used the beat better?- Cam'ron ft. Juelz Santana and...
Ron Artest Signs with the Lakers
July 05, 2009 by
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Straight up, there is no one with whom I'd rather spend an afternoon:
Beautiful and Imperfect
July 02, 2009 by
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Yeah, see, give me all yaw money, see.There Will Be Blood was my favorite movie of 2007, followed closely by No Country for Old Men. The former was distinguished by its beautiful look, a score capable of making a silent movie gripping, and Daniel Day Lewis's outsized portrayal...
With a Little Bit of Gold and a Pager
July 01, 2009 by
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Really, Joe? Really? You just committed your cap space to Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva? You turned Rasheed's expiring contract and Chauncey Billups into an embarrassing first-round flameout, a streaky and undersized sixth-man, and a mercurial forward who gets hurt fairly often...
Lee Bannon, "Me & Marvin"
July 01, 2009 by
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Been waiting for this joint ever since "Volume" first dropped. (And I actually prefer that leaked version to the re-mastered one.) Enjoy a free download, and have a nice Wednesday.Download
Norman Einsteins, Vol. 2
July 01, 2009 by
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The latest issue of the Norman Einsteins, a sports culture online magazine, has been posted. It features a piece about the NBA Draft from yours truly. Check it out and support the project. Also, to stay current, sign up for the mailing list.
Call Dr. Cusamano
July 01, 2009 by
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The final episode of The Sopranos aired on June 10, 2007. By my count, that puts us 752 days (don't forget the leap-year day!) out from the show's last installment. It took me about five seconds to calculate that number because I have talked about Sopranos literally every day...
The Most Unwitting, Unfortunate MJ Tribute
June 30, 2009 by
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One of my favorite websites, Hipster Runoff, found this great video:30 seconds in, the video's creator and star, Tyler, says that making jokes about someone who has died is "ignorant." And he's right. Only, he also inadvertently called to mind one of the enduring...
Draft Wrap '09
June 29, 2009 by
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Stupid BlackBerryI did some writing over the weekend which left me less time for today. Thus, I encourage you to read some thoughts about an absurd Tiger Woods article, and some thoughts about the changed meaning of geography in hip-hop music. (That's your Music for a Monday, just...
Post-Regional Rap
June 28, 2009 by
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This is grown-man b-iRap's geography politics, such well-tread hip-hop ground for so long, now feel a little outre. And not just because the legacy of Big and Pac illustrates how foolish it can be to fight about lines on a map. For example, Slim Thug's sprawling "Welcome...
Even I Find This Absurd
June 27, 2009 by
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Mr. Woods seemed a bit reluctant to discuss video games that he is not paid to endorse, but he clearly appears to prefer Sony’s PlayStation line to Microsoft’s Xbox series. He said he had played a fair bit of the Madden football franchise, as well as Sony’s two Resistance games...
Hurricane Chris + America Being Weird = There Are No Words
June 26, 2009 by
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Live from the Louisiana State Legislature.(HT: Gawker)
Hurricane Chris + America Being Weird = There Are No Words
June 26, 2009 by
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Live from the Louisiana State Legislature.(HT: Gawker)
It Was a Rough One
June 25, 2009 by
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The face my brain is making.I am worn out. I spent my day in Hannibal, MO; my office in the STL received a bomb threat while I was away; Michael Jackson died; the Knicks chose the most boring pick possible, and then traded for Darko; Stuart Scott interviewed Ric Bucher and then referred...
It Was a Rough One
June 25, 2009 by
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The face my brain is making.I am worn out. I spent my day in Hannibal, MO; my office in the STL received a bomb threat while I was away; Michael Jackson died; the Knicks chose the most boring pick possible, and then traded for Darko; Stuart Scott interviewed Ric Bucher and then referred...
They Came from a Frozen Hinterland...
June 25, 2009 by
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Hopefully saving the Brickers one righty drive at a time.Draft day arrives with more intrigue than usual this year. At least, it feels that way to me. A dearth of prospects who combine at least an adequate combination of likely basketball success and obvious commercial viability seems...
Somewhere in the Suburbs, Crime Is Going Down
June 24, 2009 by
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Probably refers to Curtis Jackson as "Fiddy." Kill me.Sometimes, middle-aged white people seem as though they worry that cringing is going out of style and feel the need to do something to avert such a disaster. I hadn't seen this article until yesterday (HT: HR), but...
Nas Recycles
June 23, 2009 by
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Who says hip-hop isn't socially conscious?Heard that "new" Nas track with Swizzle, "Be Worried"? Yeah, me too.And when you heard it, were you like, "Hey, this is that dope-ass beat Swizz used for 'Top Down'"? Yeah, me too. I love that beat...
More of Me, Just Less of It Here
June 19, 2009 by
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Looks like a fun, sexy time.Been a busy week, what with doing some real work for a real job and some serious writing for the FD (so many words). Latest work product can again be found on FD, where some of the team put together a mock draft. Please do check it out.This site gets some...
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