oct 27th

October 27th.

The day the NBA season starts and the day Bill Simmons book hits.

I'm still a bit stunned that Blake Griffin is out with a broken kneecap, the same injury that sapped Antonio McDyess of all athleticism and turned him from star to solid contributor. All because Simmons wrote a half-joking article about the Clippers being cursed and that if Blake doesn't flee something bad was going to happen. The fact that this happened hours prior to the release of Simmons' book pushes the eerieness to another notch. If I w...Read more

i want you (shes so heavy)

Last week, I tried out this new Japanese earwax remover kit. It's basically a spray that basically, um, cleared the traffic jam in the tunnel.

Then, I got me the remastered version of Abbey Road.

Then, I fixed the subwoofers to the speakers in my room.

Each event, on its own, was delightful.

But the three merged today. I listened to remastered abbey road on the speakers with clean ears.

Oh my.

Not even the roommate blasting his usual weaksauce 90s slowjam (boyz 2 men? fucking bl...Read more

selling out the garden in a day, i'm like a young Marvin in his hey

Here's a video of Kobe's 61 point performance at the Garden in NYC last year. This isn't just another one of Kobe's many high scoring outbursts, but rather a transcendent moment in Kobe Bryant's career. For one, he surpassed his idol (he'll deny it but everyone knows it's true) Jordan's record of most points at Madison Square Garden. And second, he finally got Jordan-type respect and fear too.

You see, sports fans are not supposed to cheer for the...Read more

bird/magic

im not sure if this video can be accessed by anyone. but try anyways

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=167181521532&oid=55739287607

she plays in HK next Fri. go watch.

there there the boney king of nowhere

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebqcbn0ieKU 2:34 mark, when the tune kicks back in and the crowd sings "for a minute there i lost myself" unison.

damn.

journos

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/interview-with-bill-simmob326515.html

Great Q and A between Huff Post journo Jason Pinter and sports writer Bill Simmons

they tackle several issues:

1: decline of print media

2: emergence of blogging as a journalism

3: new age media vs traditional media

4: how to be a better writer

5: taking a dump while reading simmons book

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the best you can is good enough

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq_7TJ0298Q

soo sick. Kid A is an album that sounded too weird at first but then each time i listen i discover new layers of depth. radiohead may just be the greatest contemporary band around.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0mtSjQvk3o 2:28 mark of the this....when the trumpet kicks in. abso-fucknig-lutely amazing

i want him to think im pondering a call, but all im really thinking about is vegas and the fucking mirage

I went to the Poker King premiere the other night. Now because I admire Golden Scene the company tons, because Lau Ching Wan is one of my most respected actors, and because the Golden Scene PR girl would throw a hissy fit on me (actually normally I don't mind, but I'm counting on her to buy me Bill Simmons' book while she's in LA right now so I can't piss her off),  I'm not gonna blog about what I think of the movie.

Inst...Read more

the wisdom of danny glover

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its almost here

its almost here...

and thanks to friendo who will be in the US at the time, ill have this book with me by the 29th or so...

october has been a pretty good fucking month.

lalallalal

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFce5O-Z26U

I love how Jack White goes from guitar to piano, then ...Read more