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As my job took me away from the corn farm lands of Iowa and the cheese country of Wisconsin, I was all set to head to Motown in time to watch a full Sunday of football. But, plans change and while the rest of my traveling companions were forced to head back to New York City for a few days, I set out for Pittsburgh for a visit with the folks and where I had a date with a VCR and videotape containing the game.
One of the incredible things about Western Pennsylvania isn't the lush rolling hills or the small valley towns that hide along the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. In fact, it's the people. They have a passion for their sports teams and an enjoyment of small town Americana that rarely can found in many places across the country.
Of course there are Wal-Marts and Targets and other mega-corporations that seem to dominate small communities. Yet, there is Butler, Pa. Just an hour outside of Pittsburgh to the north, it is still filled with small shops and still fighting to keep its honor.
While stopped at an Eat N' Park (which is a Western Pennsylvania icon all on its own) on its outskirts, the waitresses walked around wearing Steeler paraphernalia. I figured that the work staff were listening to the game via radio inside the kitchen and I hoped that not one word would be uttered out loud in regards to the outcome.
All ages of people were wearing Steeler garb at that restaurant. Small children wore Randle El jerseys, old men wore caps and old ladies wore sweatshirts. Regardless of the conversations on the weather, everyone seemed to have one thing in mind: What on earth was going on in Cincinnati.
Noticing my Steeler cap and jumper, an elderly lady tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if I thought a victory would come out of the trip to Cincinnati. I told her that they better and that I was taping the game and didn't want to know anything.
But, it's not just the professional football squad that these people crave. The high school football scene in this area is dwarfed only by Texas, Georgia and Florida in size, but never passion. The rankings of the Quad A (the largest high schools) playoffs were released on Monday and it made front page news in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I won't even get started about the soccer playoffs that began either. Soccer has almost as much of following in these parts as does football.
When I finally got home, my mother checked our upstairs television to check on the time remaining. She came back down announcing the game had five minutes left, but she had a stone-cold poker face that would make Phil Ivey proud. With the outcome still in secrecy, the tape stopped recording at 4:15. The tape then rewound, my father and I sat down to watch the Steeler game.
Just before we started, my mom passes the phone with my grandmother on the other end. She asked if I had watched the game and I said, "We taped it and we are about to watch it, but I don't want to know anything." She said, "Okay, I won't tell you the score, but you'll be happy." She's 87-years old and she couldn't contain her enthusiasm. And as I watched the game, neither could I.
Six-Pack Recap
1. Minnesota 23 Green Bay 20 - Meltdown #1. Minnesota, after trailing by as much as 17 in the second half, wins on a last second 56-yard field goal. Here is the dilemma facing Brett Favre: When he passes for 315 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions and his team still can't hold a 17-point lead late in the third quarter, why would he consider coming back next season? It also proves that even with the injuries, the Packers defense is the real problem on this team, not Favre's turnover issues, not the offensive line and not the special teams unit.
2. Philadelphia 20 San Diego 17 - Meltdown #2. The Chargers stop Philadelphia on 4th down at the Eagle 30 yard line. Then on their clock-draining drive, Nate Kaeding's field goal attempt is blocked and returned for a touchdown, giving the Eagles a 3-point lead. Drew Brees leads the Chargers down the field until a fumble by Reche Caldwell kills the drive and the game. In a game that featured absolutely no semblance of a running game on either side, the Eagles offense proved that it can not continue to win without asserting Brian Westbrook.
3. NY Giants 24 Denver 23 - Meltdown #3. The Broncos, after leading by 13 points in the third quarter and intercepting Eli Manning with just over four minutes left in the game, fail to hold the lead and lose on a final second touchdown pass from Manning to Amani Toomer.
4. Atlanta 27 NY Jets 14 - Everyone will remember this game as another example of Michael Vick's incredible athleticism. But no one will remember that his numbers as a "quarterback" were horrible as he threw three interceptions and zero touchdowns. Numbers like that will cost this team any shot at winning a Super Bowl.
5. Oakland 38 Buffalo 17 - It's painfully obvious that Kelly Holcomb is not the answer for Buffalo. The Raiders run-stuffing abilities took away the Bills' only weapon and LaMont Jordan finally showed the rest of the league what he is capable of when he gets 20+ carries a game.6. Chicago 10 Baltimore 6 - The Bears don't have much offense but with a defense playing as well as it is playing and facing a team like the Ravens, that doesn't believe in having offensive weapons, 10 points were all they would need. The Ravens now are two games behind a Wild-Card berth with Pittsburgh coming up at Heinz Field on Halloween. And as last year proved, Heinz Field goes crazy on Halloween.
Apple Pie Six-Pack
1. Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers (GOTW) - I really love this game and here is why. The Panthers and Vikings are two teams that many folks had as the NFC representative to the Super Bowl. The Vikings have underachieved and the Panthers have not been consistent on offense. Yet, both teams come in here with their respective division titles in reach and both with possible Wild-Card berths in reach. This is a must-win for both teams. And I love must-win games.
2. Philadelphia Eagles at Denver Broncos - This could be a long game for the Eagles unless Andy Reid is committed to getting Brian Westbrook more than just a few running attempts. Also, the Broncos are coming off a painful loss (see Meltdown #3) against the NY Giants and should be bitter all week.
3. Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers - Just as Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker, "This is a dangerous time for you," this is a dangerous time for the Chargers. Sitting at 3 - 4 and faced with a two-game deficit on the second place Chiefs, the Chargers cannot lose this game if they have any hope of winning the AFC West let alone a playoff spot.
4. Washington Redskins at NY Giants - Skip Bayless of ESPN is in love with Eli Manning. In fact to him, Eli is the second coming of Johnny Unitas. But, I say, let us hold the phone and not jump to conclusions. The younger Manning is going to be a superstar in this league and may even win a Super Bowl at some point, but Eli will have his problems this season. He may have a big problem this week against a stingy Redskin defense that finally allowed Levar Arrington to see the field.
5. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - The Patriots open division play at home against a Bills team that is the very definition of "Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome". Tom Brady is the best quarterback in the NFL and he has basically thrown the fate of the defending champs on his back. It may not be enough to win another championship, but it's looking like it will be more than enough to win the AFC East.6. Jacksonville Jaguars at St. Louis Rams - Just when the Rams need a game to try to catch up to the Seahawks, the Jaguars come into town. Jacksonville has one of the league's best pass defenses and won't let Steven Jackson get rolling. Worse yet, Marc Bulger won't be manning the helm for this Rams offense and Mike Martz will miss the rest of the season due to health concerns. This is a big game for the Rams or their season may be finished.
Apple Pie Power Rankings1. Indianapolis Colts - Starting to play to the level of their competition.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers - Still the kings of the AFC North.
3. Philadelphia Eagles - Blocked kick doesn't change this team's lack of a running game.
4. Denver Broncos - This is still a really, really good team.
5. Atlanta Falcons - When Vick runs without abandon, two things can happen: injury or big play.
6. Jacksonville Jaguars - This team is a dark horse to reach the Super Bowl.
7. Washington Redskins - Brunell has turned back the clock and Joe Gibbs is creating hope in D.C.
8. Cincinnati Bengals - The Bengals turned into the Bungles once again.
9. New England Patriots - Can't drop them out for not playing.
10. Seattle Seahawks - About to run away with the NFC West.
11. NY Giants - The G-Men have their new savior.
12. Kansas City Chiefs - Their running game is scary. Now if that defense could only come around.
The Rant
From the gut of Super Fan Pappy Fried Chicken
Something is missing. I can not seem to put my finger on it, but my gut starts talking to me usually around Tuesday afternoon and does not shut up until kickoff the following week, no matter how many sacrificial Patio Red Hot Beef and Bean Burritos I put in there to appease it. Game time is the best time of the week, but when it comes to the missing feeling, game time only seems to abate that feeling until the following Tuesday. What is happening?
Excitement is in the air and I should have no reason to fear any falling off. We just came away from a very telling win, but for who was it more telling?
The running game ran up and down on Cincy for their highest production of the season and I know in my heart of hearts that the passing game will be there when we need it. Even though Ben Roethlisberger has only had 100 passing attempts, you still have to throw the ball well and not make mistakes to have the highest quarterback rating in the league. The offense seems alright. Still my gut rumbles.
The rushing defense is giving up an average of 90 yards per game. No cause for concern there. The linebackers have been quieter than we would prefer, but the defensive backs are more than making up for that right now and could end up as one of the best groups in the league with more experience. So, the defense is okay. Still with the gastric churning.
Maybe it is the special teams. That near block of Chris Gardocki caused a little flutter in my heart, but that breakdown was found and remedied. Jeff Reed is having another good season. Ok, so special teams seems to be doing just fine too. Then what is my problem?!
Yes, I know the burritos are probably the culprit, but this team needs some consistency.
Coming up we have a schedule that should ease my pain and allow the Steelers to gain some necessary momentum. Our next four opponents are a combined 5-13 and we should be poised for a splendid run up to the November showdown with the Colts in the dome. This next month is more crucial than just a few division opponents. Unlike last season when the Steelers were peaking right about this same week, the time is now to get the momentum going to carry them into the playoffs. The "peak" should arrive mid way through the Cincinnati rematch and then should lead us all the way to Detroit and to the promised land.Don't worry. I will bring the burritos.
Mock Apple Pie
Last Week's Results
DCFB 81 Oregon Nugz 51
Gemini vs. Dogs Of War (Night): Two weeks ago Gemini 28 Dogs of War 20
Woodside Avenue Cyber Gemini 29 Blitzburgh Dogs 16
This Week
DCFB (5 - 2) vs. Tehran-Pyongyang Axis of Evil (0 - 7) - The Axis of Evil are winless but hardly weaponless. The DCFB will be hard-pressed to come out with a win.
Gemini (1 - 4 - 1) vs. The Smooth Smoke Daddies (5 - 1) - The Geminis and Daddies are two of the original four teams still left in the league. The Daddies have won the championship twice. The Gemini still have yet to smell a championship after reaching the title game last season.
Woodside Ave. Cyber Gemini (5 - 2) vs. Sweatin' Sopranos (2 - 5) - Division foes face each other for the second time with the Sopranos' season on the line. But, the Gemini can't help but look ahead a few weeks until the showdown against the evil, hated, vile Kobra Kai coached by our very own Brian West.
Editor: The picture is one from Butler County and has nothing to do with the Steelers, but I couldn't resist.


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Thursday, towards the end of a long summer term, was a day to remember. After endless weeks of tests and reports, staff and pupils were feeling weary.
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For the five hours in which they transported the children to a Caribbean island, introduced them to new instruments - guiros, bongos, congas, claves - and explained the history and geography of the language and rhythms of the music, the school paid pound;400. In these days of ever-tightening budgets, that is a sum the school can ill afford, so we asked parents to make a voluntary contribution of pound;1 each, knowing most would.
Three days earlier we'd had another visitor who earned a similar sum for five hours' work. He had no support band, and we hadn't asked for parental contributions. There was no music. Nor any clapping. Far from the surge of energy we were to experience later in the week, you could feel the energy draining away as our visitor sat and talked at us for a couple of hours while showing us his well-thumbed overhead transparencies, insisted we struggle with a dull paper exercise and showed us the obligatory video.
Evidently, this was the kind of valuable initiative schools should be investing in. Entertaining and uplifting it wasn't. Who was he? An Ofsted inspector? No, you can buy them for just pound;250 a day. This was a performance management consultant (PMC), and soon every school will have one.
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This opportunity, of course, applies only to those teachers who have been carried over the pound;2,000 threshold. And who will confirm that they have been successful in this regard? Yet another layer of bureaucracy:
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New teachers are concerned. How will they benefit from this flurry of activity that the Government is committed to funding only until the next election? What if the system tightens up then? Will they be left behind? Well, no, help is at hand. Our PMC explained that some teachers lower down the scale can accelerate towards the ceiling at twice the usual pace if they can show their worth in measurable progress. They'll be up at the threshold in no time if they take advantage of "fast-track" procedures. But who will administer the fast track? Another layer of highly paid assessors.
Registering a minor note of discontent, I asked if there was a "slow-track" for teachers who wanted to spend time consolidating the concepts the children had already learned a little about.
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This time it is the army of assessors and consultants who will be taking the money. Or should I say, our money? As taxpayers we hope we are contributing towards an education system that will do the best for our children. As a teacher, parent and concerned citizen, I am unhappy filling the coffers of these empires. Nor do I believe they add one jot of value to the intellectual and social development of my children or those I teach.
I once thought books were the key and that every school should have an adequate supply, but I know now that good teaching can be achieved with a relatively small number of good-quality books. By far our most important educational resources are the people who can work with children, impart information, challenge their intellect, develop their skills, broaden their horizons - not the people who train them but those who help them learn how to learn. Imagine if all the money currently winding its merry way towards Ofsted, PMCs, threshold assessors and fast-track assessors was spent on providing two or three additional teachers for every primary school to use in the ways they saw fit. Can anyone honestly suggest that standards would not rise?
Our workshop on Cuban music finished with lines of children joining up to make one huge snake which conga-ed around the hall, everyone with the hands on the shoulders of one person in front, each playing an equal role, dependent on the other to keep the snake moving to the music. The teachers were spread out within the snake, united with the children and each other. It was a very special moment.
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For investors looking for evidence that Apple (aapl) is making headway in the corporate market, Jonny Evans' report in Computerworld Monday will warm their hearts.
He was in Geneva last week for EuroFinance 2010, the 19th annual international cash and treasury management conference. It was a gathering of treasurers, bankers and, CFOs ("people who roll with big, big, big money") where, he reports, iPads were being given away as door prizes and "iPhones were everywhere, sometimes a BlackBerry in one hand, an iPhone in another."
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Among the signs he spotted that Apple has gained a growing foothold in this all-important market (and I quote):
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- BNP Paribas this week announced that its NeoLink client portal is now available on iPad.
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AROUND 150 competitors battled through wet conditions to complete a triathlon set in the heart of Cotswold Water Park.
Those taking part in the annual Cotswold 226 event on Sunday August 10, swam 2.4miles in Lake 32, cycled 112 miles around the water park and then finished with a 26.2 looped run into South Cerney.
Despite their arduous slog, two of the 150 competitors, Matthew Tibbles and Stephen Pike, still found the energy to propose to their girlfriends at the finishing line of the race outside the Eliot Arms – and both of their fiancées said yes.
Graeme Hardie, an organiser of the event, said: "The weather was awful in the morning. We had one collapse at the finish line but other than that it was a really great event. It was great to see the two propose at the end. One we knew about was, Stephen Pike, he told us before the event and we got champagne ready for him and his girlfriend when he finished. The other was a complete surprise."
Mr Hardie explained that next year he hoped that the triathlon would finish in South Cerney.
The winner of the event was Nathan Blake, who clocked up a time of nine hours thirty one minutes and forty five seconds.
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Interior: Néogothique
Good morning, friends! I hope that your weekend was fabulous! With a new week before us, I cannot help but wonder how the weekend went by so fast—in a snap, really—and now we are here on Monday morning. At the end of this last week, I celebrated an Anniversary with my David, taking joy and feeling very, very blessed to have such a beautiful and special relationship…
As for today's interior exploration, I cannot pinpoint a single element suggesting as to why I love this beautiful castle. Maybe it is the lines—the Néogothique style—or maybe it is the open living areas that affords the best views of the sea… maybe the wood tones at different points of the interior, with the infusion of modern elements. Either way, this manor, which dates back to the late 1800's, is certainly inviting, with views that overlook the sea, the Miliau Island, the Bay of Lannion and further on the coastline of Finisterre. Located in the Côté de Granit Rose (Rose Granite Coast) of France, which in Trébeurden, Bretagne, Brittany, the manor welcomes up to twenty guests at one time to stay. Do you enjoy the Néogothique style?
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This looks stunning. I wouldn't say that neogothique is my favorite style, but all the handcrafted works, the extreme details do stun me. I don't like beds with heave woodwork and pilars.. The pointed arches mostly from the windows is what impresses me most. It would be beautiful to see this place for real...ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree, this is not my typical style, but well done :)Delete
Can you imagine? So, so beautiful! It must have taken years to create this work of art.ReplyDelete
Happy Monday, Sarah.
That is a very good point! xDelete
It is gorgeous. I like how the wood works with the shiny metal.ReplyDelete
It looks amazing, Sarah. And I think it's all the elements you mentioned combined: the wood craftsmanship, the beautiful view, the feeling of a bygone era. I would love to spend a few days there. I hope your week is off to a wonderful start! xoReplyDelete
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I have a group of users from around the globe that connect to our systems via a vpn connection. Server 2008 r2 is on my end answering the vpn and providing everything using RRAS. For the most part it is very reliable. Some folks are on for days at a time, others get bounced often. I know there are far too many variables etc.
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I have 2 RRAS servers, and 2 internet connections.
each RRAS server has 2 external IP's that nat back to its DMZ nic (one ip from each WAN)
This way they can, in theory have a few different options to connect to.
is there a way to allow each user to open multiple connections to us so they have redundancy?
On the end user side it is anything from mac, xp, vista, and win 7 using the msvpn client.
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FWIW we could do 3rd party with our sonicall 3500's I supposed but have never set that up.
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Oct 12, 2011 at 4:04 UTC
Multiple tunnels can work - but the stock Win tunnel client has exactly one (simple) routing option: "Use default gateway". If you check that box, that specific connection will become the lowest metric 0.0.0.0 route. If you don't - it'll simply become a route for that immediate subnet (e.g. probably work fine for some setups, but not work for others).
With later editions of RRAS, you can often push more complex routing rules as part of a policy. Your RRAS may have ethernet bridging/proxy in place, meaning classic NETBIOS resolution is at play. If your road warriors can ARP for a server and actually get a result, this will simplify things in one sense.
All of that stuff will shape what your options are.
First order of business, though, is to find out where they tend to lose the connection. Having two tunnels at once will possibly not resolve the problem if both are on the same path.
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Then just grab your most hated laptop and start giving this idea a shot. You'll likely NOT want to check the "use default gateway" box... and you may need to issue a custom route as each tunnel goes up. Just ensure that your tunnels don't end up nested in each other. Server side, don't be afraid to set a policy that gives each of your test-tunnels a specific fixed IP address that you can predict... at least until you prove if the idea will fly, or not. And make sure such policies are only applied to you/that laptop!
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Oct 12, 2011 at 4:42 UTC
@SMC glad you think it sounds fun.....
We never use the "Use default gateway" option so that isn't a big deal. I'll have to give the rest a go. Some users report little, if any issues, some call it sporadic etc. Who knows, so much can go wrong the more hops involved etc. It'll be like finding a needle in a stack of needles!
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NEW YORK (AP) NASCAR chairman Brian France has lobbied Congress to support a financial rescue plan for the struggling Big Three automakers.
Chrysler, Ford and General Motors — three of the four manufacturers that participate in NASCAR — are pleading with Congress for a bailout to prevent their companies from going bankrupt.
"I'm writing you as a concerned American who wants what is best for our general country," France wrote. "Of course, the domestic automobile manufacturers play a very important part of the heritage of NASCAR, but more importantly, it is vital for all of America."
The letter, a copy of which was obtained Saturday by the Associated Press, was addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Sen. Richard Shelby, the senior Republican on the Banking Committee. It was dated Tuesday.
France's letter warned that if the auto industry fails, 3 million people would lose their jobs in the first year, and another 2.5 million over the following two years. He said personal income in the U.S. would drop by $150 billion in the first year and domestic automobile production — even by foreign manufacturers — would likely drop to zero.
"For these manufacturers to survive, your assistance is urgently needed," France wrote. "By immediately supporting America's automobile industry, you can help our nation avoid a devastating economic blow.
"We urge the Administration and Congress to support the bridge loan package under deliberation. As unattractive as the idea of corporate federal bailouts can be to many Americans, including me, there appears to be no alternative. Federal aid is in the best interest of the entire country."
Although France said last month that NASCAR could survive a manufacturer pullback or pullout, teams throughout the industry are deeply concerned about the stability of the Big Three. Toyota, the only foreign manufacturer that participates in NASCAR, has also seen slumping sales but is on more solid financial footing than the American automakers.
Any sort of pullback by the manufacturers would cripple many race teams, particularly because sponsorship is extremely difficult to find during the economic crisis. Many teams have been forced to release employees, and some are reconsidering their 2009 plans.
On Saturday, the storied Wood Brothers organization said it will scale its program back to just 12 races for next season. Petty Enterprises is in talks to merge with Gillett-Evernham Motorsports, and Chip Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. announced a partnership late last month.
The plight was front and center during Friday night's season-ending awards ceremony, where several drivers and championship-winning car owner Rick Hendrick asked for support of the automakers. Even Tony Stewart, who drove a Toyota this season but is moving back to Chevrolet next year, touched on it during his speech.
"I hope some of our elected officials are listening tonight," Hendrick said. "Our domestic automakers support more than five million jobs and represent the backbone of our country. So, let's make sure we do the same thing for Main Street what we've done for Wall Street."
Ed Peper, president of General Motors' racing program, accepted the manufacturer's 32nd championship and used his time to ask those in attendance to speak to their local politicians about the automotive industry problems.
"This is the toughest fight of our lives," Peper said. "In difficult times, you find out who your friends are. I hope you'll let your legislators know how vital their support of the domestic auto industry truly is."
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MLBPA Baseball by EA Sports is a strong contender in the baseball market. It boasts great sounds and easy controls, but it comes up a little short otherwise.
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If you're a die-hard baseball fan who loves stats and real teams, you may be disappointed with MLBPA Baseball. Although this game has real Major League players and '93 stats, the team names are gone -- no Oakland A's, just Oakland. You can play a full season, playoffs, or a series, but the stats aren't updated to gauge your current performance.
- Adjust your lineup so that a majority of your batters are righties if the pitcher Is a lefty, and vice versa. Also be sure your three, four and five hitters have the highest home run numbers on the team.
- When you have a home run hitter at bat, swing a little early to pull the ball.
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- Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
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- Machine: Super NES
Incredible Mode 7 effects are the highlight of this sports cart. The problem here is the shots of the field are too narrow and confined, so you don't get the "big picture" that you should. Nonetheless, the game plays very well
If you're in the market for an uncomplicated yet challenging baseball game that's fun for'all ages, look no further than MLBPA Baseball! It's the newest (and one of the best) additions to EA Sports' impressive lineup of baseball games.
ProTip: When starting a season in the middle, be sure to update all of the previous games on the schedule. It'll bring all the other teams' records up to date and make the overall standings accurate.
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Any die-hard baseball fan will love the options that MLBPA offers. Although the real team names were left out, every player from the '93 season is included and all the stats are legit. Play a single game, control your team through the playoffs, or play a 162-game season with the option of starting anywhere on the schedule. While you're at it, invite some friends over for some four-way play (using EA's adapter).
The sound is MLBPA's best feature. Digitized crowd noise and the umpires' voices make you feel like you're at the ballpark. Enjoy the organ music at your favorite stadium or head to Atlanta and listen to the fans do "The Chop."
Don't switch infielders and outfielders carelessly. If you sub a player, always put the sub in his correct position to avoid excessive errors.
Smooth and colorful graphics enhance the game play. However, they're still on the cartoony, undetailed side, more like Ken Griffey Jr. Presents than Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball.
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The controls for this game are easy to learn and operate, which makes it ideal for younger players. Although the players are much slower than those in the SNES version, all the defensive align-ments, run-downs, bad hops, and booted balls remain intact.
EA Sports has come up with a brilliant encore to its famed Tony LaRussa Baseball. Super sounds and smooth, easy controls should attract a whole new generation of video ballplayers.


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So in the ides of March, I watched 31 Elvis movies in 31 days. I watched Elvis ride motorcycles, join a few circuses, work at a fat camp, unmask villains like Scooby Doo, get thrown into the pool, and outwit the state prosecutors in the court of law. Elvis punched a man in 29 of his 31 movies. In one of the movies he even had a beard. After I watched all the Elvis movies I ate an Elvis Presley sandwich. Not the Fool's Gold Loaf, but we have made plans to make that happen too.
In April, Michelle and I went down to see Kanye West in Tucson before he started calling people squidbrains. Two of my favorite people are Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West, and the show was the most glorious celebration of ego, but so brilliantly performed that you really begin to believe it's true. It was really worth every penny to see the Glow In The Dark Tour. It's not called Glow In The Dark for no reason.
Sometime in May I got engaged to Michelle. The day that I bought her ring, I got a phone call from my credit card company that went like this:
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After that I visited Abraham Scott in New York City for about a week. There we visited 111 Archer Avenue not once but twice and also saw the following: Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Co-op City, Katz', Tiffany's, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State where King Kong lived, Coney Island, Time Square, Rockefeller Center. We also ate at the Sbarro's where the Fat Boys had all they could eat in Krush Groove. We went to a Yankees game before they tear the joint down, ate a lot of pizza at a Yankees-themed pizzeria, and even got to spend a day with the infamous Noah Scott who was really pumped to see Ground Zero.
I also got to hang out with many of Abe's great friends, some of whom are featured in Belle and Sebastian cover art.
I was on a church softball team for a spring league in which our grossly inferior co-ed team in a men's league escaped the season with one victory. For a team that, by my estimation went about 1-15, it was really immensely enjoyable, and I can't wait to start back up in the fall.
To celebrate our nation's independence, Michelle and I went to San Diego. The always super-accommodating and all around great guy Nick let us stay at his place while we ate Buenos Dias burritos for almost every meal of the weekend. We almost got to do the most fun thing imaginable: go whale watching on a boat, until I realized that the migration season only runs December through April. I was really bummed and almost did not want to go to San Diego, but the consolation prize was seeing a ton of bears at the San Diego Zoo including the following bears: two young grizzly bears, a brown bear who paced back and forth all day long and one time played in the water, at least three panda bears, one of whom dropped a large yellow load, and best of all we saw a polar bear swimming underwater and playing with a water jug and dropping a large load in front of the glass which murked up the water for days.
I really loved the zoo.
Other than that, I still watch roughly 100 movies a week, listen to a lot of Jens Lekman, and am diligently working on my list of the 30 coolest men alive. I'm still trying to make room for Will Smith, but am pretty comfortable with this list so far:
30. Guillermo Del Toro
29. Bo Jackson
28. Lou Reed
27. Vincent Gallo
26. Latarian Milton
25. Jarvis Cocker
24. Malcolm McDowell
23. Vernon H.
22. Rem Koolhaus
21. Wilfred Brimley
20. David Attenborough
19. Charles "Frank Black Francis" Thompson IV
18. Shaquille O'Neal
17. Ken Foree
16. Andre 3000
15. Jack Nicholson
14. Johnny Bench
13. Andy Goldsworthy
12. Peter Bogdanovich
11. Kanye West
10. Bruce Springsteen
9. Iggy Pop
8. Charles Barkley
7. "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
6. Clint Eastwood
5. Jonathan Richman
4. Bob Dylan
3. Prince
2. Sly Stone
1. Muhammad Ali
So I'm pretty sure that brings us up to date. Some days I really do miss the heyday of LJ, and as you can see, I can't really use "growing up" as an excuse. See you in the mix.
(For those of you keeping score at home:
Top 20 Movies of 2006
1 Pan's Labyrinth
2 Children of Men
3 Planet Earth
4 The Devil and Daniel Johnston
5 Superman Returns
6 United 93
7 4
8 The Descent
9 Letters From Iwo Jima
10 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
11 The Host
12 The Departed
13 The Protector
14 Miami Vice
15 The Amazing Screw-On Head
16 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
17 Inland Empire
18 Apocalypto
19 Old Joy
20 Tideland
Top 20 Movies of 2007
1 The Darjeeling Limited
2 No Country For Old Men
3 Ratatouille
4 There Will Be Blood
5 Gone Baby Gone
6 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7 Into Great Silence
8 Time
9 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
10 I'm Not There
11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
12 28 Weeks Later
13 Paprika
14 Zodiac
15 Zoo
16 Grindhouse: Death Proof
17 Eastern Promises
18 The Last Winter
19 Persepolis
20 Into The Wild
|Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
So I was pretty pumped to see AFI's newly updated top 100 American movies of all time tonight. Outside of a few disappointments (like American Graffiti raising even higher, and ridiculous stuff like The Sixth Sense being listed), I was pleased to see some dumb stuff drop significantly (The African Queen) and some of my favorites jump as much as 80 spots (The Searchers, City Lights, The General). Also significant, Intolerance replaced Birth of a Nation and, though I can't prove it (though if you search for "Slap Heard 'Round The World" on Google, my article is the oldest of the four that show up in reference to In The Heat of the Night), I think I was directly quoted.
Anyway, submitted for your approval, here is my list of the top 100 American films of all time (following AFI's rules, and limited to four per director).
100 The Clock (Vincente, Minnelli, 1945)
99 Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
98 Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939)
97 The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)
96 A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951)
95 All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
94 The Graduate (Mike Nochols, 1967)
93 Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneau, 1947)
92 The Thin Man (Paul van Dyke, 1934)
91 Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
90 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
89 Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulain, 1932)
88 Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
87 Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
86 The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
85 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
84 Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
83 A Woman Under The Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
82 The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
81 Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948)
80 Singin' In The Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)
79 Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
78 Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
77 Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
76 On The Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
75 Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
74 Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
73 Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
72 It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
71 Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
70 Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
69 All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, 1930)
68 Our Hospitality (John C. Blystone, Buster Keaton, 1923)
67 Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
66 The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
65 The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
64 Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
63 Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
62 Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
61 McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
60 His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
59 Song of the South (Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson, 1946)
58 The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
57 Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
56 Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, 1948)
55 Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, 1992)
54 Rocky (Sylvester Stalone, 1976)
53 3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
52 O Brother Where Art Thou (Joel Coen, 2000)
51 The General (Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, 1927)
50 The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
49 Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
48 Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
47 Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
46 The Shop Around The Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
45 Interiors (Woody Allen, 1978)
44 Cookie's Fortune (Robert Altman, 1999)
43 The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
42 Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)
41 High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
40 What's Up, Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich, 1972)
39 Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
38 The Circus (Charles Chaplin, 1928)
37 Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
36 All The Real Girls (David Gordon Green, 2003)
35 To Be Or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)
34 The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
33 Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
32 Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925)
31 Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
30 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
29 Gerry (Gus van Sant, 2003)
28 Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950)
27 Elephant (Gus van Sant, 2003)
26 The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
25 Barton Fink (Joel Coen, 1991)
24 Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
23 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
22 The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
21 Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984)
20 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
19 Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
18 Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
17 Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959)
16 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 2000)
15 The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
14 My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
13 Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
12 Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
11 City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
10 Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
9 Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
8 Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
7 Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
6 Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 1952)
5 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
4 Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
3 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
2 Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
1 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned How To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
|Thursday, June 14th, 2007
|Thursday, October 12th, 2006
|Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Sven Nykvist, R.I.P.
|Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
My 10 Favorite Current Baseball Players
10. Lance Berkman
9. Jake Peavy
8. Carl Crawford
7. Nick Swisher
6. Roy Oswalt
5. Albert Pujols
4. Miguel Tejada
3. Craig Biggio
2. Ichiro Suzuki
1. Vladimir Guerrero
My 10 Least Favorite Current Baseball Players
10. Russ Ortiz
9. Michael Tucker
8. Luis Gonzalez
7. Mariano Rivera
6. Derek Lowe
5. Richie Sexson
4. Derek Jeter
3. Julian Tavarez
2. Manny Ramirez
1. A.J. Pierzynski
My 10 Favorite All-Time Baseball Players (right now)
For Outstandingness in Athleticism and Professionalism in Baseball and Being All-Around Swell Dudes
Honorable Mention: Bo Jackson
10. Rod Carew
9. Tony Gwynn
8. Jackie Robinson
7. Cal Ripkin Jr.
6. Rube Waddell
5. Lou Gehrig
4. Satchel Paige
3. Nolan Ryan
2. Roberto Clemente
1. Walter Johnson
My 10 Least Favorite All-Time Baseball Players
For All-Around Jerkiness, Hatability, and Marring the Name of Baseball (and in select cases, simply gross ineptitude)
10. Ruben Rivera
This guy will always be remembered for two hilarious events: stealing Derek Jeter's equipment and selling it for personal gain, thus getting VOTED OFF THE TEAM BY THE PLAYERS, and a hilarious baserunning gaffe which remains the stupidest play I have ever seen in my life (Giants vs. Diamondbacks, 2003).
9. Dick Allen
I've felt racism has always marred the Phillies, but playing the race card and being a jerk about it when you are the best player is just as unforgivable.
8. Reggie Smith
For fighting in the stands.
7. Ty Cobb
Biggest jerk and generally disagreeable man ever.
6. Albert Belle
5. Jose Canseco
Hilariously pathetic in retrospect, but I'd never want the guy on my team. Naming names just for a hint of limelight doesn't help the sport or your image.
4. Bret Prinz
As inept as the Diamondbacks' bullpen has been these last few seasons, imagine what they might have been if Prinz was still around (or the vast information available if BretPrinz.com was still around). Always embarassingly painful to watch.
3. Sammy Sosa
Fake charisma, ballooned ego and corked bats.
2. Pete Rose
In my book, any amount of numbers can't undo the unpardonable sin. Ask #1.
1. Hal Chase
Threw games, bet against his own team, won $40,000 betting on the 1919 World Series and was officially banned from baseball for life. Everything baseball stands for!
|Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Two hilarious stories in one!
So, yesterday I was watching a show about Komodo dragons on Animal Planet and then a dog food
commercial came on featuring Magnetic Fields' "I Think I Need A New Heart".
Some of you may remember from a few years ago that, at one time, I tried to construct a mix CD of what America means to me. We started a new mix project with my friends at work, and suggested this topic again. I reworked what I had before and am quite pleased with the 80-minute result which, astonishingly managed to stay chronological and thematically consistent.
1. Skip James "Devil Got My Woman" (1931)
2. Billie Holiday "Summertime" (1936)
3. Judy Garland "Over The Rainbow" (1939)
4. Woody Guthrie "Tom Joad, Pt. 1" (1940)
5. Johnny Horton "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" (1959)
6. Bob Dylan "Song To Woody" (1962)
7. Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come" (1964)
8. Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" (1966)
9. Louis Armstrong "(What A) Wonderful World" (1968)
10. Simon and Garfunkel "Mrs. Robinson" (1968)
11. Arlo Guthrie "The City of New Orleans" (1972)
12. Randy Newman "Sail Away" (1972)
13. Parliament "Chocolate City" (1975)
14. Bruce Springsteen "Badlands" (1978)
15. The Replacements "Bastards of Young" (1985)
16. Lou Reed "The Last Great American Whale" (1989)
17. Ice Cube "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" (1990)
18. Jonathan Richman "Walter Johnson" (1995)
19. Wesley Willis "Rock 'N Roll McDonald's" (1995)
20. OutKast "Gasoline Dreams" (2000)
21. Wilco "Ashes of American Flags" (2002)
22. Frank Black and the Catholics "End of Miles" (2002)
23. Sufjan Stevens "The Star-Spangled Banner" (2005)
|Saturday, June 17th, 2006
So, I feel kinda like a jerk, but I'm starting to get into Bruce Springsteen... a lot. In fact, I'm starting to get into a number of things that I used to hate. Other than the Boss, I'm starting to get into New Order, Fleetwood Mac and The Smiths, which is ridiculous.
In ninth grade, I was REALLY into R.E.M. I remember sitting around AA English and only talking about "Radio Free Europe" and whatever (even though I mostly just listened to Eponymous) and my T.A. thought I was real cool. There was this other really weird kid named Keith who would only listen to New Order. One of the few memories I have about this kid is that he smashed a caterpillar in his copy of A Tale of Two Cities and it made a huge green stain that stuck several pages together. That year he wrote in my yearbook "Tony, you should listen to better music. Like New Order." Of course, at that time I only knew who New Order was because Frenté covered "Bizarre Love Triangle". So anyway, I'm now taking Keith's advice, but my biggest problem with New Order is that all of their songs don't sound just like "Age of Consent."
But seriously, I've been listening to mega-Springsteen lately.
Just today I was thinking that it is the cruelest irony to have associations with The Magnetic Fields' "Busby Berkeley Dreams"—something I wouldn't have understood at the time. Coincidently (NOT ironically), I have also been getting into Busby Berkeley lately (not gay).
Today I watched five early versions of The Wizard of Oz (disc three of the MGM special edition). Many of them have the best thing ever which is men in hilarious animal costumes, which I would love even more if I never heard about furries. Here is a rundown of what happens in Oz:
1) On three occasions, our heroes are brought to Oz by cyclone.
2) On three occasions, the Wizard is truly powerful (doing such things as putting the wicked witch Mombi in a preservative can, making magical chickens hatch with elephant heads), on one occasion he is a complete fraud and in one version there is no wizard, but a magic cloak.
3) There are tons of hilarious animals: a prince turns into a kangaroo; a human-sized Toto, a cowardly lion, Imogene the cow and a donkey all follow Dorothy to Oz by holding onto a haystack; the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, the Lonesome Zoop, the Woozy, and a crow all battle the Rolly Rogues. The Lonesome Zoop totally rules.
4) One time the Wizard goes to Kansas before anyone goes to Oz. Then the scarecrow, tin man and lion aren't characters, but disguises that the farmhands put on to avoid capture.
5) On two occasions children are appointed to rule over Oz, and on two other, the scarecrow becomes the king. On two occasions there is a royal family in Oz, with King Kruel presiding.
6) One time a black characature of a character named Snowball gets to Oz because he flys across the sky and is zapped in the butt by a lightning bolt 100 times.
Oz rules.
|Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Richard Roeper on Pixar's new movie, Cars:
"I found it really touching. I mean this is a worthy edition to the great Pixar library."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
Thank you, copy edit.
|Sunday, May 21st, 2006
|Saturday, April 29th, 2006
|Monday, March 20th, 2006
|Thursday, February 9th, 2006
|Today we found a working cell phone in the middle of the street. I prank called Uncle Kirk and asked if he had crab legs.
|Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
So it wasn't enough that 2005 sucked for movies and music, it has now sent a ripple effect into 2006.
Now, first things first, the Oscars always suck so this isn't a surprise. What is hilarious is the praise that Paul Haggis' Crash is still getting. Crash is being heralded as a breakthrough in race relations (much like Brokeback Mountain is being hailed as a breakthrough in gay relations), while really all it does is use "second-class" citizens to play out childish narratives played by petrified stereotypes. And I know "race" and "stereotype" is the "point" (because we're beat over the head), but it is more likely an afterthought in a film that still treats blacks with the most hostility and still makes the middle-easterner the would-be terrorist.
And yet Ebert picks it as his film of the year. Ebert is becoming more and more irrelevant to the point that it offends me. His year-end lists are always capped with movies that I don't believe he honestly likes, but movies that he thinks that you should see because you are white bread middle America who didn't see anything but Harry Potter and Star Wars this year. Because they are in his best political and popular interest to choose.
He is always using ridiculous hyperbole (like calling Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit one of the most "delightful films EVER MADE" [emphasis added]... now, while I would question that statement outright, I even more question why, if it is one of the most delightful movies ever made, that it would be nowhere near your top ten. It is because it isn't as apolitical as Syriana (or for that matter, Good Night, and Good Luck)? Because America would be better if they pondered Brokeback Mountain, which treats homosexuality like a chaste sitcom?
Ebert has a gift for pointing out the movies that are, at their very surface, almost about one issue (that gets all the hype) while entirely missing the subtext. Crash is a race melodrama that falls into the same traps it accuses America of. Or 2004's Million Dollar Baby, a movie about regrets of fatherhood (although both Ebert and the Oscars have written off everything Bill Murray has done in the past five years), presented to us in an obnoxiously conventional, cloying, obvious fashion. Or 2003's Monster, which again purports gay relations and capital punishment, but fails in that, at its crux, it is a movie that believes that, regardless of victim/oppressor ideology, some have more a right to live than others.
Ebert and the Oscars then play their careful balancing act in which they weigh the film's popularity with its perceived quality. More often than not, we are left with, at best, a middlebrow picture.
And now for something that I care about much more than the Oscars, INCREDIBLE ROCK AND ROLL FESTIVALS! Unfortunately, this years Coachella line-up was announced this morning. And it goes a little something like this:
Saturday, April 29:
Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Common, Damian Marley, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Hard-Fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Audio Bullys, Imogen Heap, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Editors, stellastarr*, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Piped Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Wolfmother, The Like, Living Things, Nine Black Alps, The Section Quartet, Infadels, Youth Group, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion
Sunday, April 30:
Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, TV on the Radio, Sleater-Kinney , Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Gnarls Barkley, Coldcut, Phoenix, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Little Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Wolf Parade, The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, Michael Mayer, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, Be Your Own Pet, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project
A (very short) list of bands that I would be even slightly interested in seeing at this year's Coachella: Franz Ferdinand, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Deerhoof, Sleater-Kinney, Art Brut.
Come on guys, Tool? Matisyahu?? COHEED AND CAMBRIA?? I've already seen Sigur Rós, Bloc Party and Common. I don't really care about Franz Ferdinand or Deerhoof. That leaves CYHSY, The Walkmen, Sleater-Kinney and Art Brut. I don't think that cuts it guys. 2006 Coachella looks like a couple of fanboys at Goldenvoice completely dropped the ball (Tool), and then picked up any hyped buzz band of the past year regardless of whether anyone actually cares. I hate to say this, but I am highly doubting whether or not I will attend Coachella this year. This is the most disappointing thing ever.
|Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
So, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekend, we went down to Mexico again to build a house. It was pretty sweet even though we all almost died in a savage wind storm that tried to rip the roof off. Most importantly though, I got some sweet video of the three-story house which we happened to be right next to AGAIN. I also got some sweet footage of The Thing? What Is It? The Mystery of the Desert. Hopefully after I figure out some technologicla glitches, I can use my new favorite website YouTube.com and post them for all to see the Structural Marvel, the Eighth Wonder of the World/Third World Wonder.
I have been into one thing lately and that is diet orange soda. I'm a real Diabetic Kel. I also, on a hilarious whim did something last week that I have never done (and never plan to do again) which was buy a scratcher ticket. However, I won a dollar and played again and won another dollar and then used that to buy another orange soda. So I pretty much broke even and got to play two fun games of Basketball Scratchers for free. I don't want to turn into a real Mike Schank so I'm cutting myself off, but my absoulte favorite thing about scratcher tickets which makes me want to play them is that when they put your winning card in the machine it plays a hilarious rendition of "We're In The Money."
Today was a real rockumentary day. I watched (all of) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, then I watched the Rolling Stones' Charlie Is My Darling on YouTube and then I went to the screening of Coachella. Coachella was kinda awesome, mostly out of personal interest, and was pretty much a fair assessment of the event which meant that a lot of the movie I didn't care too much about (DJ tents, Bright Eyes, robots, etc.). They also completely romanticized Wayne Coyne which isn't how it really went guys. I was hoping that they were reveal the 2006 lineup or something at the event which of course was completely unrealistic thinking on my part. No dice.
OK guys see you later bye.
What's up LiveJournal 2006? I haven't updated in a hundred years and LiveJournal made me change my password because it was too easy for robots to guess.
So I guess I should say a few words about 2005. Pretty much, 2005 completely sucked for music and is the worst year since I started caring. There were a few things that I completely loved, but for the most part it was the year that nobody cared to do anything good and people that were great a few years ago dropped bombs. Nevertheless, here is my list of favorites from 2005:
Favorite Albums:
1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
3. Kanye West - Late Registration
4. M.I.A. - Arular
5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
7. The Fiery Furnaces - EP
8. Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
9. The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
10. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
11. British Sea Power - Open Season
12. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
13. The Clientele - Strange Geometry
Most Disappointing Albums of 2005:
7. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
6. Frank Black - Honeycomb
5. Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
4. The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
3. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
2. Weezer - Make Believe
1. Beck - Guero
Favorite Songs of 2005:
20. The Boy Least Likely To - "Be Gentle With Me"
19. The Clientele - "Since K Got Over Me"
18. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Let The Cool Godness Rust Away"
17. Stars - "Ageless Beauty"
16. Sufjan Stevens - "Come On! Feel The Illinoise!"
15. British Sea Power - "It Ended on an Oily Stage"
14. Love Is All - "Felt Tip"
13. Amerie - "1 Thing"
12. Bloc Party - "Banquet"
11. Kanye West - "Touch the Sky"
10. Tegan and Sara - "Walking With A Ghost"
9. Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"
8. The New Pornographers - "Sing Me Spanish Techno"
7. Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day"
6. Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
5. eels - "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
4. Art Brut - "Emily Kane"
3. M.I.A. - "Galang"
2. Sufjan Stevens - "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!"
1. The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
Favorite Movies of 2005 (that I've seen so far)
(still need to see Junebug, Keane, Tropical Maladay, The White Diamond, The New World and Caché)
1. Grizzly Man
2. Saraband
3. 3-Iron
4. Last Days
5. Nobody Knows
6. Oldboy
7. Head-On
8. King Kong
9. Broken Flowers
10. A History of Violence
11. Forty Shades of Blue
12. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
13. 2046
14. The Squid and the Whale
15. Batman Begins
16. Spider Forest
17. Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior
18. Sin City
19. Corpse Bride
20. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
|Saturday, December 17th, 2005
|So, I meant to update about this a while ago, but a few weeks ago my girlfriend watched The Act Of Seeing With One's Own Eyes with me. SHE'S A KEEPER!
|Friday, December 9th, 2005
Inspired by This Bird Has Flown: 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul, Mickey, Abe and I decided to draw up our own rules. A remake of Rubber Soul, track by track, each recorded by a different, still-active artist. One of the songs needed to be a joke and one of the songs needed to be a collaboration by artists who have previously worked together. We each came up with individual lists, presented them to each other and then voted on which imaginary track was the best. In the event that we couldn't decide, it would be taken to the LiveJournal community.
Without any further ado, here is our dream Rubber Soul remake tracklist:
1. M.I.A. - "Drive My Car"
2. Jandek - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
3. eels - "You Won't See Me"
4. Beck - "Nowhere Man"
5. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - "Think For Yourself"
6. Belle & Sebastian - "The Word"
7. The Strokes - "Michelle"
8. Prince - "What Goes On"
9. Andrew W.K. - "Girl"
10. Tegan & Sara - "I'm Looking Through You"
12. The dB's - "Wait"
13. British Sea Power - "If I Needed Someone"
As you can see, the verdict is still out on "In My Life" and "Run For Your Life". This is where we need your votes.
·"In My Life" to be recorded by either Daniel Johnston, The Magnetic Fields, or Jingle Cats.
·"Run For Your Life" to be recorded by either The Star Spangles, Morrissey, or Frank Black with Eric Drew Feldman.
YOUR IMPUT IS NECESSARY! Please vote for who you would most like to record each of these two tracks.
***Stay tuned for This Bird Can Sing: 39th Anniversary Tribute to Revolver
|Monday, November 21st, 2005
So pretty much all I've been doing lately is bowling. Last week I went bowling on five different occasions and bowled ten games. The awesome thing about bowling is that there doesn't appear to be any direct correlation between amount of practice and score.
Team Neckbeard, my team at the bookstore is still going strong and has been answering several challenges from new teams. Bowling has now grown to the point where other three-member teams not originally involved are challenging each other. There are at least five teams of three members which totally rules.
My favorite thing about bowling is that everyone's approach can be tremendously different and it doesn't seem to matter at the (severely) amateur level. I love watching other people bowl, and even if a player is good, I will consistently laugh at his hilarious delivery every single time.
We bowled against this one dude who stands as far back from the lane as possible, points one toe and sticks his butt out. He then takes a couple quick twinkle-toe steps before taking some large strides, swinging his right leg behind him and holding it perpendicular to the ground until all the pins have fell. This looks completely the funniest and he is pretty good.
Other bowling celebrities include the one-armed bandit. This guy picks up his ball and frantically wipes it down with a rag. He then picks it up with his right hand and holds it there in position. At this point, his left arm rests against the side of his body and never, ever moves again. It looks dead as he holds the ball in front of him, approaches the lane, swings the ball back very far and follows through. He NEVER uses his left arm, so much so that I thought for a minute that it didn't work until I remembered that he uses it to wipe down his ball after every return. This dude is also pretty good.
The best part about bowling is that there are always Asians there, they are always having a great time and they are completely hilarious. This past week I saw one Asian dude who would take very large, quick steps to the lane, but then place the ball on the right side of the lane very gingerly. By this point the ball has no speed on it, despite his rapid approach. This amazing technique appeared to work for a few times which completely baffled me. Then for the rest of the game it would fall into the right gutter about a quarter of the way down the lane every single time. This dude didn't know much english at all, but he was a great guy to joke around with. Michelle and I also bowled next to a group of three Asians the other night, all three of whom were hilarious and it was awesome to cheer each other on.
Pretty much I've decided that, as evidenced by this past week, bowling is all I want to do (in life).
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