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November 20th, 2009
06:09 pm - It's a dirty game...
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/over_the_edge/
Rolling Stone (does anyone actually read Rolling Stone anymore) did an article about the dude a few months ago. Sad story. Brown got sold out by his own people and done in by snitches and his own carelessness. The Feds may have "scared him to death" but he should have known the consequences going in.
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November 18th, 2009
12:44 am
I've been trying to get in to "Sons of Anarchy". The premise of a show about outlaw bikers has lots of potential and while it's not even in the same galaxy as "The Wire" or "The Sopranos" it's decent enough. Some lazy writing, obvious plot twists that and WTF?!? moments but it's slightly better than most of the crap on TV.
I know it's only the preview of next week, but it just ruined the show for me. One of those "you really think this is plausible?" moments. I can't find a video of it but basically it's some sort of multicultural gang show down and the 10 best bikers are going to fight the 10 best white supremacists in a circle made up of gun waving black gang members. Maybe it will all make sense in the actual episode, but the totally implausible 15 second teaser has totally killed it for me.
Someone should do an HBO series based around federal prosecutors and all the scumbag things they do to people - absurd jail sentences, arbitrary prosecutions, screwing people who don't have the right connections. The truth is as fucked up as anything a writer could come up with. Special Agent Jeff Novitzky's vendetta against Barry Bonds would be a good starting point. (dude is an asshole, but it's absurd what the feds have done in an attempt to nail him) Get someone who has some experience with in the system to write it. The easy way would be to have someone struggle emotionally with fucking people over in the name of "justice", but I would try to do better than that.
I think I'm going to stick to books and SportsCenter from now on.
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November 16th, 2009
08:40 pm
I like this. Cam's been lookin' bummy latley. For some reason, every time I see the Clipse in a video all I can think of is Namond from "The Wire". I guess it's the way they dress, their exaggerated raps and the fact that their "father" (manager dude) is (apparently) a real gangsta. (indicted on cocaine trafficking and money laundering charges)
Still, dudes make entertaining music that goes hard in the whip.
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November 3rd, 2009
08:50 pm
I have no idea who won the local elections, but in my exhaustive research - 10 minutes at work - I find myself wondering what the fuck goes on in this place. I mean, it's nice, I love it here and I have no complaints. But this is my town government....
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378289&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
http://www.southingtondemocrats.com/candidates/arthursecondo.htm
Seems like a decent enough guy. Being a "certified softball umpire for 37 years" seals it for me. But "once aspired to be a state trooper" is worth mentioning. I once aspired to be an astronaut, does that mean I'm qualified? (don't answer that)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378283&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
I would rather vote for this guy. Not only is he a dentist, he was a high school and college hockey referee. (no word on if he is certified or not though...)
(and what's with referees? Is this a sign of control/power issues?)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378288&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
I like Karaoke too.
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378316&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
No offense, but is a secretary who went to community college someone you want on the school committee? At least she went to community college....
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378303&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
I don't need no egghead that went to college on the BOARD OF EDUCATION! I want someone with "real life learnin'"
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20378322&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=701282&rfi=6
It makes as much sense as having a friggen hair dresser make zoning decisions. Though this does explain why Queen Street is one giant strip mall and all those shitty subdivisions that popped up in the middle of an apple orchard.
Anyways, not to belabor the point, these people have an incredible affect on the town I live in and pay taxes in. They determine what's built where. They will determine if my kids (none now, knock on wood) go to decent schools. They determine how much my house will be worth and if the potholes on my street get filled. I've only really lived here for a couple months and I'm busy so that's my excuse for not knowing more.
The point is though it's pathetic I know nothing about what's going on and it will never happen again. It may seem like some bullshit small time political job, but these people make very, very real decisions and probably have just as much affect on my daily life as Obama.
And don't laugh too much, I bet your town is run by a bunch of clowns too.
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November 2nd, 2009
October 29th, 2009
07:44 pm
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I'm a sucker for "deep" stuff like this. Like when DMX was first getting big and he use to turn off all the lights and do the "prayer"... you know "real shit". "It's just like my life dude". People try to distill everything in to a dramatic sentence or two that makes life seem far more exciting, difficult and unique. Like dawg... as my life gets longer, it gets shorter at the same time... like sands in a cosmic hourglass. It's just like trying to find a good year book quote. It's trite, but it sucks you in every time. Probably because of TV, the internet and the miniscule attention spans of the 21st century. That's why when people actually read the classics (or books in general, or watch long movies) they like... get their minds blown dude.
DMX use to put on a sick show back in the day...
And despite the fact that Gibbs has (between all his material) one solid disk of material, I'm still checking for him. His dope stuff is really dope.
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October 26th, 2009
06:38 pm
..."I cannot watch any more baseball. Aside from Damon and Mariano Rivera, my intense hatred of every single annoying jerk on that team is so great that I’m certain it is now influencing the outcomes to cause me greater pain. And the umpires — in addition to incredible hallucinatory calls on the bases, I am so sick of them destroying a gameworth of battling by pitchers by refusing to call an obvious perfect strike in critical situations (always when the Yankees are at bat, hmmmmm). Each ridiculous bonehead call to be followed by obsequious commentary and then newspaper columns about how they get almost all the calls right — which is patently false and insulting to anybody who wastes hour upon hour watching the games. That incompetent McCleland shouldn’t be allowed to umpire a little league game — and they keep harping about how great he is, one of the best. If that’s the case, they all should be replaced (preferably by my ‘laser beam’ balls and strikes machine, a foul line system like tennis, and TV and replay on the bases, is it a swing or not, and homeruns). It could all be done in less time than their endless huddles to get their stories straight, too. My ‘laser beam’ system will also be used to deliver a painful message to catchers and coaches who keep having conferences on the mound, and to stop Andy Petite from blowing (spitting?) on the ball. And I am also sick of hearing about Petite’s great pick-off move. It’s great because he balks — his leg and shoulders start toward the plate every time he throws to first. He is an admitted cheater who even enlisted his father in his dishonest sleaze..."
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October 22nd, 2009
09:32 pm - NBA Season Preview
Toronto Raptors - Welcom Hedo Turkoglu, future salary cap albatross. Chris Bosh playing for a contract though.
Cleveland - Lebron wanted to get a neck tattoo, then saw Delonte West's. Speaking of Delonte, you call it bi-polar disorder, I call it having a subnormal IQ. I know these guys are athletes, not rocket scientists, but he might be the dumbest person in the NBA. Have you ever heard him talk?
Chicago Bulls - Wish they could have kept Ben Gordon. If Zach Randolph ever needs money, Derrick Rose has offered to buy his Gangster Disciple pool table.
New Jesey Nets - Insert Russian mafia joke here.
Philly 76ers- I like Andre Iguodla, but he's not that good. Andre Miller was the only reason they were any good and he's gone.
New York Knicks - Just admit you like David Lee because he's white and not a scumbag like Eddy Curry... don't say it's because he plays hard.
Detroit Pistons - did you know that Kid Rock's "number" (the number of sold out shows he's played) hangs in the rafters at the Palace? Also Bon Jovi, Elton John, Madonna and Brittney Spears? Still not as bad as the Heat retiring 23.
Indiana Pacers - Did you know Danny Granger is good? The rest of this team sucks. Most racist fans in the NBA.
Milwaukee Bucks - Could be decent if Brandon Jennings lives up to the hype. I hope he rips it up so more players go to Europe instead of college.
Orlando Magic - Fuck Dwight Howard. Eventually it will come out that his Dad's stealing all his money.
Washington Wizards - I like Caron Butler. They are going to suck though. Flip Saunders... really.
Atlanta Hawks - Never thought Joe Johnson would be this good. I hope the cameras are rolling when the money is gone and Mike Bibby has to break the news to "Team Dime".
Miami Heat - Dwayne Wade is going to have is Michael Jordan "I knew that guy was really an asshole" moment this year.
Charlotte Bobcats - Larry Brown dies suddenly during a game. None of his players give a shit.
San Antonio Spurs - RJ is going to make them really, really dangerous
Los Angeles Lakers - Ron Artest is one of my favorite players, but don't see this ending well. Kobe will be sick of him by mid-January
Dallas Mavericks - All Star Game Mayhem at Jerry's World is the highlight of the season.
Memphis Grizzlies - Zach Randolph makes an appearance on "The First 48" when one of his posse is arrested for a double murder. Z-Bo = the biggest thug/scumbag in the NBA. I love AI, but he's going to bomb and fuck the team up in the process. I'm on the Ovington J'Antony Mayo bandwagon thoug.
Houston Rockets - Tracy McGrady = biggest loser in history.
NOLA Hornets - it amazes me the Darius Songalia is still in the league
Denver Nuggets - last year was lucky, all the things people thought would go wrong last year will go wrong this year. I like George Karl, but he's a bozo.
Utah Jazz - it's De-RON Williams, not Daron Williams damnit
OKC - If Oklahoma City can have an NBA team, then Hartford should get the Whalers back
Minnesota T-Wolves - Ricky Rubio is a pussy and should suck it up and go to Minnesota. I want to see Ron Artest clothesline his bitchass.
Portland Trailblazers - Greg Oden will go down in history as one of the biggest (and ugliest) busts of all time. Andre Miller makes them a really good team.
LA Clippers - I want to think they will be good, but need to make up my mind on how big a douchebag Baron Davis is first.
Golden State - Steph Curry runs in to legal trouble trying to emulate his new best friend Stephen Jackson. His parents also disapprove of his newly bad table manners.
Sacremento Kings - if Kevin Martin is your best player, your in trouble.
Boston Celtics - They are going to win the title. The big three know it's the last shot and they are going to get it done. Rondo has a chip on his shoulder, Rasheed Wallace is going to be a big pick up and Marquise Daniels (bast tattoo in the NBA) is going to be a solid contributor.
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October 9th, 2009
05:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9RQ7dOy-fo
This video is so bad it makes me hate the song. And this is one of my favorite songs of the last few months. Either the economy is so bad that even Hype Williams can't get more than 5k to make a video or Hype Williams fell of 8 years ago... or both.
Mainly I just want to punch Dream's bitch ass in the face. I don't know why the video makes me want to do this - none of his other ones do - but I want to punch him in the fucking face.
And if any video should have started with a "RIP Michael Jackson" tribute at the beginning it is definitely this one.
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01:11 am
I can't believe I missed this until today:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Worth-a-second-look-DeShawn-Stevenson-s-new-tat?urn=nba,192836#remaining-content
I suppose it was inevitable. AI really started it all when he came back from the lock out with neck tats. At this point probably a third of the NBA has one. The next step was getting inked on the back of the hands and going all out Birdman (the white basketball one) style with them. (Though Cherokee Parks was really the first white dude in the NBA to go all out with the tats.)
Basically saying "I'm not getting a pussy tat that I can hide. I'm getting them where people can see them because I'm badass!" Lil' Wayne and Baby took it to the next step when they started getting facial tats. They were inspired by NOLA gangsterisms - the cross between the eyes and the tears etc. - same reason Aaron Neville has that terrible sword thing on his face. So now we have DeShawn Stevenson, the end result of Lil Wayne being the most popular rapper in the country.
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October 6th, 2009
12:12 am - Go Twins...
Seriously, even by baseball player standards, Miguel Cabrera is a super asshole.
He had the talent to be a really, really great player. Instead, he ate himself over to first base and refuses to put in the work necessary to be the best.
In case you haven't heard - the NFL and that Favre douchebag have kept this from getting the attention it deserves.
http://www.freep.com/article/20091005/SPORTS02/91005019/1319/Police—Cabrera--wife-had-a-physical-altercation
And making fun of fat kids... come on man. (and as if he can talk...)
http://detnews.com/article/20091005/SPORTS0104/910050376/Tigers-warned-Cabrera-after-bar-altercation-in-August--reports-show#
If you were a teammate of this punk how do you let him back in to the locker room. The biggest weekend of the season, while your team is choking away a playoff spot, with players from the other team in their hotel, before an afternoon game, when your in a slump, and your being depended on for a playoff run. And I wonder what that .26 was when he drove home.
I've lost a lot of respect for Jim Leyland, and especially Dave Dombrowski. How can you be an "old school" baseball guy and put him in the lineup after that. And Dombrowski personally picking him up from the police station is just pathetic. I know this is baseball and everyone is coddled, but at some point enough is enough. I mean nothing Manny (the most coddled big league player ever) did in Boston (well shoving a 60 year old guy to the ground because he couldn't get you some tickets is bad) was even close to this. How do you manage a team and let this happen.
I defended Dontae Stallworth (still think he got screwed...) but this really pisses me off.
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September 30th, 2009
06:42 pm - You Will Be Prying My Floor Mats from the Charred Wreckage of my Truck
My truck is one of the ones with the "defective" floor mats. I'm not removing them. I may try to weasel the dealer out of some of those all weather rubber ones next time I'm there, but I doubt I'll get anywhere. But that would be pretty cool if I was able to get a set though. Much better than the deadly floor mats came in my car though.
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=27389&catid=102
This whole thing is caused by dumb people. Not to be a dick, but that's true. They guy in the loaner Lexus that started this whole thing decided to call 911 and panic instead of shifting in to neutral or pushing the brake pedal to the floor and holding it there and SHIFTING IN TO NEUTRAL. Or just pulling back on the (probably improperly installed) floor mat. I know it's tragic and not to sound like some kind of Glenn Beck douchebag, whatever happened to PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! Like using common sense first instead of calling 911. And this guy was a cop!
And not to speculate in the absence of fact, but I'm going to speculate that the dealer did what all dealers did to their (nice) loaners and put either an extra set of all weather mats in it or at the very least one of those paper mats. Or had them mats upside down.
I guess the moral of the story is that just like all cell phone carriers suck equally, all cars suck and will kill you. From the deadly floor mats on Toyotas to Ford's with that cruise control switch that causes your F150 to burst in to flames , all cars could kill you at any time!
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September 28th, 2009
10:26 pm
This bangs. Say what you want, but Ross been killing it lately. The Carol City Crackheads album might be decent. Or at least it should have some fire Production.
Let's not go crazy here saying he's making all time classics or anything, but Ross has been putting out entertaining music.
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September 22nd, 2009
08:50 pm - In honor of Floyd Mayweather settling with the IRS...
I know this been out for a minute, but I still listen to the Ross verse when it comes up on the iPod on random. Not exactly a glowing endorsement, but I got a "best of Billy Roberts" playlist that still bangs hard in the whip and dude always picks good beats.
A few observations/comments:
- I want Pacquiao to whoop Mayweather's bitch ass. (holla at my Pinoy homies!)
- Triple C's - Officer Billy Robert's weed carriers/proteges - are some grimy looking dudes. Not "walk up to you broad daylight and beat your ass for no reason" grimy but "stealing change out of unlocked cars to buy heroin" grimy.
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September 19th, 2009
07:55 am
More Nigerian movie trailers... these never get old.
this gets a no homo for the scene that appears to be two dudes engaging in sinful behavior underneath some bed sheets. (leading to them getting the mark of the beast!)
REGGAE BOYS! still trying to figure out the plot. Appears to be a guy who has to get a wife and kids singing reggae. How that fits together I have no clue, but it does seem hilarious.
I first I thought this was some sort of insane version of "Charlie's Angels" but then it says it takes place on a college (I think) campus.
A cautionary tale of why rich people are evil. Making it rain has truly gone global.
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September 15th, 2009
September 8th, 2009
08:34 pm
Dude looks corny as hell in this. Maybe now that Lamar Odom got that new deal his lil' cousin will finally drop. Probably the same time Saigon comes out.
Jokes aside, Ali's one of the better rappers to never have an album to come out. He put out some dope shit when Trackmasters (remember them...) was producing for him.
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08:11 pm
I can't believe the official video for this isn't on youtube... or the internet period. It's getting played like once an hour on MTV Jams for christsakes. (best channel ever by the way... keep playing 97-99 rap videos and bringing me back....) It's nothing special, but it has a Franky Morales (pro rollerblader) cameo so I gotta show some love.
This song could be the "Wanna Be a Baller" of 2009. (except Black Dada is actually on this song, unlike Lil' Troy) Apparently it's been out forever in Miami and is now getting national play. ("Wanna Be a Baller" was big in Houston for a while before it blew in white-people land). It's got a singable and memorable hook, simple beat that pretty much everyone seems to like (whether they want to admit it or not) and obligatory references to rims, strippers, goose and thuggin'. Even a few marginally uplifting lines too!
I ain't gonna lie, I like it. Black Dada's other songs are mind-numbingly horrible. We are talking embarrassingly bad shit here. He obviously stuck gold with this beat (kind of like Lil' Troy) because his other stuff is BAD. Terrible content, and his limitations as a rappa ternt sanga are obvious. At least he doesn't have autotune.
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September 7th, 2009
08:03 pm
Chief Osceola planting the burning spear at midfield while the play the war chant is awesome.
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September 3rd, 2009
09:41 pm
I totally had this idea a long time ago:
http://peopleofwalmart.com/
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