1.) Can we talk about The Warriors for a moment? That movie has pretty much everything I look for in a film. Great story? Check. Awesome setting? Check. Bad ass gangs? Double check. Incredible amounts of homoeroticism? TRIPLE check. I put it on last night and was just blown away by the soundtrack, the costumes, everything. It is such a bold premise for a film: adapting the Anabasis by Xenophon and setting it in NYC in the future. Now, I never read the Anabasis but it’s based on a bunch of Greeks stranded deep in the terroitory of the…
Including this guy right here. Adam has a bachelor party coming up, and the game plan is to play paintball and then hit a Blue Rocks game at night. If you aren’t familiar with the Wilmington Blue Rocks, they are a Single-A farm team for the Kansas City Royals based in Delaware. They are literally the only team Delaware has. The other day on my way to Philadelphia, I rode by Frawley Stadium which is directly next to the interstate. The Blue Rocks were playing, it was mid-game, and there was no one, I MEAN NO ONE, in the…
1.) That dashing fellow over there is the real King James. Or at least, that’s what Google image search told me, I didn’t actually look it up to confirm. I digress… Nothing is more annoying right now than the quazi pity party that people are throwing for Lebron James. They are saying shit like, “The media is scrutinizing his EVERY MOVE!” Steve Kerr even said, “I feel bad for the guy.” Yeah. I feel bad for the guy too. Cause he is pooping the bed night in and night out in the most important games of his life. Bbbbbbbut…
Can you hear that chewing noise? That’s me, eating my words from last week. The Dallas/Heat series is tied up, and every game has been remarkably close. I’m still sticking to my guns in regards to the Heat winning the NBA Finals, but maybe this will carry to game 7 and actually be a good series. Sometimes I forget that David Stern cares about revenue, and more games = more ad revenue. I can’t even break this series down very well because both teams are shooting poorly. It’s low scoring, smothering defense that’s taking the forefront of play, and…
Some days you wake up and the sun is shining and all is right with the world. But let’s rewind a bit first. Last night I saw Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Wilmington Grand Opera House, and after an incredible 3 hours of the best musicianship I’ve seen in quite some time (the thrill of seeing the Flecktones is knowing that you’re going to see arguably the best banjo player in Fleck and arguably best bassist in Victor Wooten, and Vic’s brother Future Man and his drumitar and nifty hat), it was time to go home. After…
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Adam and I were talking about posting some NBA Finals predictions, but once we both figured out that our predictions were the exact same, there wasn’t much point. Heat in 5. After last night… Heat in 4. For the sake of saving face, David Stern might even give the trophy out on game 3. I was thinking maybe Dallas would steal game 1 but I guess the Heat have decided to play every game this series. That’s really all it comes down to. Jim Tressel resigned this week (or was fired, I’m not sure which) after attempting to cover…
1.) This summer has a potential for two awesomely bad movies, the likes of which haven’t been seen since Red Dawn. I’m talking about “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and that Hugh Jackman movie where he teaches a robot to box or some sort of nonsense like that. Why is there a picture of James Franco in a lab coat you ask? Because it’s HIS FAULT! He is the one who makes the monkeys smart! Damn you, Franco! If you haven’t checked out the trailers yet, do yourself a favor and watch em. Now, while the…
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1.) Can we talk about The Warriors for a moment? That movie has pretty much everything I look for in a film. Great story? Check. Awesome setting? Check. Bad ass gangs? Double check. Incredible amounts of homoeroticism? TRIPLE check. I put it on last night and was just blown away by the soundtrack, the costumes, everything. It is such a bold premise for a film: adapting the Anabasis by Xenophon and setting it in NYC in the future. Now, I never read the Anabasis but it’s based on a bunch of Greeks stranded deep in the terroitory of the…
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Including this guy right here. Adam has a bachelor party coming up, and the game plan is to play paintball and then hit a Blue Rocks game at night. If you aren’t familiar with the Wilmington Blue Rocks, they are a Single-A farm team for the Kansas City Royals based in Delaware. They are literally the only team Delaware has. The other day on my way to Philadelphia, I rode by Frawley Stadium which is directly next to the interstate. The Blue Rocks were playing, it was mid-game, and there was no one, I MEAN NO ONE, in the…
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1.) That dashing fellow over there is the real King James. Or at least, that’s what Google image search told me, I didn’t actually look it up to confirm. I digress… Nothing is more annoying right now than the quazi pity party that people are throwing for Lebron James. They are saying shit like, “The media is scrutinizing his EVERY MOVE!” Steve Kerr even said, “I feel bad for the guy.” Yeah. I feel bad for the guy too. Cause he is pooping the bed night in and night out in the most important games of his life. Bbbbbbbut…
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Can you hear that chewing noise? That’s me, eating my words from last week. The Dallas/Heat series is tied up, and every game has been remarkably close. I’m still sticking to my guns in regards to the Heat winning the NBA Finals, but maybe this will carry to game 7 and actually be a good series. Sometimes I forget that David Stern cares about revenue, and more games = more ad revenue. I can’t even break this series down very well because both teams are shooting poorly. It’s low scoring, smothering defense that’s taking the forefront of play, and…
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Some days you wake up and the sun is shining and all is right with the world. But let’s rewind a bit first. Last night I saw Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Wilmington Grand Opera House, and after an incredible 3 hours of the best musicianship I’ve seen in quite some time (the thrill of seeing the Flecktones is knowing that you’re going to see arguably the best banjo player in Fleck and arguably best bassist in Victor Wooten, and Vic’s brother Future Man and his drumitar and nifty hat), it was time to go home. After…
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Adam and I were talking about posting some NBA Finals predictions, but once we both figured out that our predictions were the exact same, there wasn’t much point. Heat in 5. After last night… Heat in 4. For the sake of saving face, David Stern might even give the trophy out on game 3. I was thinking maybe Dallas would steal game 1 but I guess the Heat have decided to play every game this series. That’s really all it comes down to. Jim Tressel resigned this week (or was fired, I’m not sure which) after attempting to cover…
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1.) This summer has a potential for two awesomely bad movies, the likes of which haven’t been seen since Red Dawn. I’m talking about “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and that Hugh Jackman movie where he teaches a robot to box or some sort of nonsense like that. Why is there a picture of James Franco in a lab coat you ask? Because it’s HIS FAULT! He is the one who makes the monkeys smart! Damn you, Franco! If you haven’t checked out the trailers yet, do yourself a favor and watch em. Now, while the…
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