I Dedicate this Post to Silverman

True, True....

....Dude

This would totally be deserving of a "dude" in the vein of the Bud Light commercials

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that kid got jacked. But who should really be blamed? The parents of course. Deadbeats....letting your kid get roughed up like a soccer ball....

Boston Fan an Idiot

Now, I'm a Red Sox fans by all means. Yeah, I'm also a self-admitted bandwagon jumper as I really didn't care much for baseball from the mid-90s strike until the 2004 ALCS game where the Sox came back to destroy the Yankees. But upon moving to Massachusetts, I did notice how dumb a majority of the fans are. Most of them have seemingly forgot that their is life outside of sports and instead to dedicate the majority of their existence to wearing Red Sox clothing, talking about how great the Red Sox are, and being general proponents of the Sox even in the off season. Thus is the life of nutty fan. But fans rarely deter me from liking a team itself (but see the RAIDERS).

Sox fan sabotage

But the NY Post has a story about a Boston fan / construction worker possibly jinxing the new Yankee stadium by placing a Red Sox shirt in the concrete poured in the stadium. First, this guy is a true moron. Why put a Sox shirt under the VISITING team's locker room? Why not under the Yankee's locker room? Now, I'll admit, baseball players are the most superstitious of all the American athletes, but this is just purely stupid. Do you really think that a t-shirt will forever jinx a stadium? Maybe what will jinx them is all of the money spent on high profile players as opposed to developing a viable minor league system with players not named Joba Chamberlain? Second, is a jinx really news? Really? There is no scientific evidence that jinxes actually exist. Rather mere speculation, and mostly coincidence that is attributed to jinxes. Did the Sox really go without a World Series for so many years because there was a curse? No! They didn't win because winning a World Series is hard for teams to do (see Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco, and any other team with an extensive drought of World Series victories or without a championship at all).

In summation. Both the construction worker and the NY Post should be beaten mercilessly. The construction worker for high-fiving himself in his mind for such a 'great' idea and the NY Post for posting a potential jinx as news.

Break for Blogging

I'm in need of a break from school. On a side note, I just installed Service Pack 1 for Windows, Vista. I strongly recommend it. Solved a number of problems I'm having. Anyway I'm listening to my MP3 player and catching up on some old favorites. Decided to revisit some "classic" music I haven't heard in a while. In no particular order:
Soul Position, 8 Million Stories - I remember how pumped I was about this album. I think it lived up to the hype. I wasn't so excited about Things Go Better With RJ and Al, but Blueprint was once one of my favorite lyricists and RJD2 was really sick (before he did the jump to pop music).



Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain....Why Kneel? - This album was soooo sick when I first heard it. It was Slug and the dudes from Anticon. I will always be thankful to JJ for putting me on to this.

Anticon - Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop - In retrospect this was the dumbest possible title that a group could have come up with. But listening to Anticon will always distinctly remind me of some of the Bay Area's finest independent hip hop. Anticon really changed up their sound after time, but this album was one of their collective (and weird) best.

Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly - I remember driving to SF to try and see them perform on a whim. It was coincidentally the same night this album dropped. Unfortunately, Slims was sold out, but I drove up to Ameoba and copped the album. I remember listening to it all of the way home. I haven't felt that same excitement of tearing open the packaging of a CD, excited beyond belief to listen to it in a long while.

Aesop Rock - Labor Days - Another big ups to JJ (along with Atmosphere) for putting me onto Aesop. The dude was so good. This, to me, will always be his crowning achievement. I hold onto this album dearly, and absolutely love it.

RJD2 - Dead Ringer - this album was super hyped. This guy was supposed to be the next DJ Shadow. He wasn't, but he did a great job impersonating him with a bit of a spin. I still love hearing this album, and I'll never forget seeing him in SF. He put on a super dope live show. Fortunate to see him in a rare appearance where he actually used the records from his album as opposed to scratching over a CD pre-playing the tracks.


Sage Francis - Personal Journals - Another good JJ recommendation. Sage was so sick to me. A big fat white dude who won the Scribble Jam MC battles but actually could put together a good album (J.U.I.C.E., I'm looking at you). Not all punchlines, but really introspective.

This whole period of my life is a blur. I've been fortunate to see all of these guys live. The shows, the dates, mostly blurry, but this was the era when I would hunt these CDs down, trip to SF and Berkeley just to find a rare album or count the days till the albums dropped and I could go online and buy tickets to the show. Oh youth, I miss you. These are fond memories I recollect. Crashing on JJ's futon and feeling so free in the bay. These days will always be missed.
JJ has since moved to NYC and it's been a long time since I've seen him. He makes his own music and it's dope. These influences have progressed into many different avenues of musical interest. But I'll always keep these albums relatively close.

Rasheed Wallace

When Sheed came over to the Pistons in 2004, I was kind of excited. I wasn't a huge basketball fan at the time, but I liked Sheed's game. And I loved when the knocked off the Lakers despite being huge underdogs. I also liked that he could shoot left-handed three pointers. The guy has passion for the game despite being labeled a bad boy in the NBA.

ESPN has a good read on him. His humility, his charitable attitude, his passion for the game; it's something beyond simply being a big-name basketball player. And it should be commended. The Homeless Harry nickname is ridiculously funny, by the way.

Asians and Americans the Same

In that they built faulty cars. Really, we can lay the blame with the Asians, particularly the Japanese as this was a result of a joint venture.

http://www.yahoo.com/s/854157

If you have automatic windows and a 2003 or 2004 Corolla or Matrix or a Pontiac Vibe (who the hell has one of those?), they will be starting recalls in late April. You should probably look into this. Unless of course you like the idea of having your window come loose. In which case, by all means, ignore this post.

Possible Convention Notions

I've never watched the West Wing, but NY Magazine has an interesting, West Wingish take on what could happen at the Democratic National Convention. An interesting entertaining read.

http://nymag.com/news/politics/45786/

Sorry

Sorry for the delay in posts. I'll be back up soon

Worthwhile

My unnecessary business cards are in the mail. Why business cards? Why not? Needless to say, I'm ecstatic to get them.

Also in the vein of "stuff white people" and "stuff educated black people like," I've stumbled across these:
Stuff White Trash People Like
Stuff Young Jewish Adults Like
Stuff Asian People Like*

thanks to Straight Bangin

*clearly my favorite one.

In Need of Laughs

Zach and Al put me on to these. Enjoy.