Haven't seen it yet. Been writing a cover letter. I'll say this for Cramer, he has guts for going on the show. Recall Stewart went on the warpath when CNBC's Rick Santelli bailed on his appearance.
I read Pitchfork's 100 best albums of the 80s. Did a woman put this list together? Cocteau Twins? Twice???
Actually there are some solid records here. It's the order of it all that is a joke? Daydream Nation at #1? I think you said it best....it's not even their 2nd best record!
Also, why does Kim Salmon always get shafted? And Metallica, hello?
Just got done reading the 90s list. It's here where you can clearly recognize what makes Pitchfork the grad school suck-age that it is. Intellectual pretensiousness, self awareness, and a constant mopyness masquerading as depth are worshipped Hence the adundance of conscious hip hop, Wilco love, Stephen Malkmus adoration and the rise of Radiohead as the new Beatles. I just don't get this approach to music. It's like a deeply unfun year at school whose exams never end, classmates never smile or shut up.
I mean it's supposed to be rock n roll right?
I'm enjoying Rivers Cuomo's infectous quikiness right now. Tah, tah from Cambridge!
Wow, just watch last nite's Daily Show. Amazing.. It's perfect. PERFECT. I'm wondering if this changes anythi g in the financial press. Certainly they and 90% of people on The Street have seen it.
Just brutal, beautiful, scorching justice.
Jon Stewart is a historically important journalist. I say that with no irony what so ever.
why don't more people in the media speak out against the meaninglessness of post season basketball tourneys? I mean shouldn't a team's ability to get into the tourney be determined by THE REGULAR SEASON? This includes do called bubble teams. Moreover, if you are already in the tourney you are unfairly forced to risk losing a player to injury bc if you don't try your hardest in a conference tourney, you will get a crappy seating in the NCAA's tourney.
As I head off this AM to the Cubs' spring training game, I leave with the firm conviction that conference tourney's are nothing but a transparent money grab by conferences.
Well as I sit in a littered Phoenix airport...I am left with more than a few thoughts. Chief among these are:
The Giants are god awful and there is no reason to believe Zito will be any less a liability this year than last. His ERA today was 11. This one goes to 11!
I am the only American who doesn't have a tatoo.
Women in AZ either are dressed like whores or are morbidly obese. All men, regardless of age, where baseball caps on backwards, shades and drive SUVs. There is no culture in this town. None.
Parents are want to allow their children do or say anything. No one disciplines their children. My faith in spankings is stronger than ever.
I hate crowds. People just repulse me and I also need my space. When I am stuck in a crowded space, I'm left feeling depressed, frightened and angry. Not a good mixture.
On a good note, I love baseball despite how weak the Giants look. And the park the Giants have here is really cool. Even if it is overrun by aggressively dumb ASU students.
Thoughts? Complaints? How about a promise to keep posting? I need this blog.
I'm curious to see how Sandoval and Ishikawa (sp?) do, but I ain't expecting anything. The lineup has no genuine threats, the infield is slow and inexperienced, the relief corps is suspect- but hey, the starters look good on paper (Zito aside) and Wilson can be a strong closer. They should be better than last year and perhaps hang around awhile in a tepid West.
Any night life in Phoenix, or just sports bars with all the usual suspects?
Wait until you have children and then talk- public discipline ain't as easy as you think.
St. Mary's gets the big shaft- even Dickie V. said Arizona didn't deserve it and the Gaels did. Who would the country rather see- the Wildcats again or Patty Mills? Geez.
Sharks game was awesome again. Boys loved it. Nabby stopped 6 of 7penalty shots (the last four were game-savers) to preserve the victory. They won again last night. Their offense is currently anemic, but in this Bay Area sports climate (W's give up 154 points- Monte was a -37) a win is indeed a win.
Bought the new Dex record- moody with lotsa famous chick singers- Cat Power, Exene, Kelly Hogan and Neko Case. Oh, and 2112. "We are the priests, of the Temples of Syrinx"- Neil Peart, winna
who even reads pitchfork? I hardly know anything about it except everyone hates it. I dont pay attention.
Though one of my rivals in college has been an editor there for 10 years. He was at the center of some contorversy regarding the Beast Boys a few years ago. Fucking moron got into a battle with the BEASTIE BOYS, good luck with that Brent http://www.rrj.ca/online/572/
Who cares about anything- fuck it all and everything- I mean really. Who pays attention? Who has the time? Why even look? Why laugh? The credibility gang has spoken and thus it was so. Rest on Sunday come back for definitive judgment on Monday.
Regarding the Warriors, I exchanged several emails with one Bob Fitzgerald last week. I essentially called him a company whore for not copping to the fact the Warriors are far worse off than what he predicted would be the case when Monte returned. Fitz refused to admit it or address the team's lack of chemistry, morale or ownership's cluelessness. He did correct my spelling once, though. So there's that.
Chris O, Fitz is a ND grad. If it wasn't for you, I'd think everyone who went there was an ass.
The best record I've heard in the last three days is the first Strokes. I'm not joking.
Bob Fitzgerald is a smart guy and a solid announcer who has way too much brodudemance in him. He loves his brothers in a far too public and confessional way. He speaks openly about his love for Monte and others and his rooting interest in the "boys on the plane." Announcers are not journalists, but I struggle to imagine Jon Miller speaking in such terms. Hank Greenwald is quivering somewhere. Short men really want the hot chick, but if they can't have that they'll take power- next to that, buddying up to NBA stars is in the top 5.
Just to clarify. I'm not picking on the players. It's ownership, management and coaching which I really have problems with. They have produced 1 playoff team in 12 years in a league where over half the teams make the playoffs. Awful.
And Fitzgerald's love for the player's a side, I think he also is a suck up to his employers. The disparity between his justified criticisms of the 49ers, Raiders, etc and his silence regarding Warrior brass is hugely evident to those who are unemployed and listen to such things.
he argues that when you spend that much time with an organization, you are going to be a homer and pull for them in ways you just won't for teams/players you don't know.
My response? Hank Greenwald, Bill King, Lon Simmons, etc. Your job is to tell me what I'm seeing, add insight, background, confirm/deny rumors, explain rules, tell interesting stories, etc. Your job is not to convince me that the product on the floor is better than I'm seeing or that there are excellent reasons why my team is failing.
He's smart and clear and knowledgable, but he's just too damn excitable and the rise in his voice each time he talks about players he's close to suggests a swarminess I'm not comfortable with.
These days, though, I feel little comfort anywhere, so...
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I am lonely and I have needs GODDMAN IT!
just you and me left- Haas has been essentially off for months
haven't you noticed?
Goddman- I love it!
go check out Pitchfork's top 100 albums of the 70's, 80's & 90's- hilarious!
I'll ask again- BBQ on March 21 at Bo's?
Haven't seen it yet. Been writing a cover letter. I'll say this for Cramer, he has guts for going on the show. Recall Stewart went on the warpath when CNBC's Rick Santelli bailed on his appearance.
I read Pitchfork's 100 best albums of the 80s. Did a woman put this list together? Cocteau Twins? Twice???
Actually there are some solid records here. It's the order of it all that is a joke? Daydream Nation at #1? I think you said it best....it's not even their 2nd best record!
Also, why does Kim Salmon always get shafted? And Metallica, hello?
plenty of great records, but the order is purty damn funny- David Bowie's Low is the greatest record of the 1970's. Clearly.
Australia does not exist in that list. No Saints, Beasts of Bourbon, Birthday Party, Feedtime, Scientists, ACDC!!!
Have fun in the desert. Don't get any of our prospects plastered or put them in dangerous situations.
And eat a barbecue wing. Just for the pleasure of it.
Wait until you see Cramer. It's bizarre.
Just got done reading the 90s list. It's here where you can clearly recognize what makes Pitchfork the grad school suck-age that it is. Intellectual pretensiousness, self awareness, and a constant mopyness masquerading as depth are worshipped Hence the adundance of conscious hip hop, Wilco love, Stephen Malkmus adoration and the rise of Radiohead as the new Beatles. I just don't get this approach to music. It's like a deeply unfun year at school whose exams never end, classmates never smile or shut up.
I mean it's supposed to be rock n roll right?
I'm enjoying Rivers Cuomo's infectous quikiness right now. Tah, tah from Cambridge!
Wow, just watch last nite's Daily Show. Amazing.. It's perfect. PERFECT. I'm wondering if this changes anythi g in the financial press. Certainly they and 90% of people on The Street have seen it.
Just brutal, beautiful, scorching justice.
Jon Stewart is a historically important journalist. I say that with no irony what so ever.
why don't more people in the media speak out against the meaninglessness of post season basketball tourneys? I mean shouldn't a team's ability to get into the tourney be determined by THE REGULAR SEASON? This includes do called bubble teams. Moreover, if you are already in the tourney you are unfairly forced to risk losing a player to injury bc if you don't try your hardest in a conference tourney, you will get a crappy seating in the NCAA's tourney.
As I head off this AM to the Cubs' spring training game, I leave with the firm conviction that conference tourney's are nothing but a transparent money grab by conferences.
Well as I sit in a littered Phoenix airport...I am left with more than a few thoughts. Chief among these are:
The Giants are god awful and there is no reason to believe Zito will be any less a liability this year than last. His ERA today was 11. This one goes to 11!
I am the only American who doesn't have a tatoo.
Women in AZ either are dressed like whores or are morbidly obese. All men, regardless of age, where baseball caps on backwards, shades and drive SUVs. There is no culture in this town. None.
Parents are want to allow their children do or say anything. No one disciplines their children. My faith in spankings is stronger than ever.
I hate crowds. People just repulse me and I also need my space. When I am stuck in a crowded space, I'm left feeling depressed, frightened and angry. Not a good mixture.
On a good note, I love baseball despite how weak the Giants look. And the park the Giants have here is really cool. Even if it is overrun by aggressively dumb ASU students.
Thoughts? Complaints? How about a promise to keep posting? I need this blog.
I'm curious to see how Sandoval and Ishikawa (sp?) do, but I ain't expecting anything. The lineup has no genuine threats, the infield is slow and inexperienced, the relief corps is suspect- but hey, the starters look good on paper (Zito aside) and Wilson can be a strong closer. They should be better than last year and perhaps hang around awhile in a tepid West.
Any night life in Phoenix, or just sports bars with all the usual suspects?
Wait until you have children and then talk- public discipline ain't as easy as you think.
St. Mary's gets the big shaft- even Dickie V. said Arizona didn't deserve it and the Gaels did. Who would the country rather see- the Wildcats again or Patty Mills? Geez.
Sharks game was awesome again. Boys loved it. Nabby stopped 6 of 7penalty shots (the last four were game-savers) to preserve the victory. They won again last night. Their offense is currently anemic, but in this Bay Area sports climate (W's give up 154 points- Monte was a -37) a win is indeed a win.
Bought the new Dex record- moody with lotsa famous chick singers- Cat Power, Exene, Kelly Hogan and Neko Case. Oh, and 2112. "We are the priests, of the Temples of Syrinx"- Neil Peart, winna
who even reads pitchfork? I hardly know anything about it except everyone hates it. I dont pay attention.
Though one of my rivals in college has been an editor there for 10 years. He was at the center of some contorversy regarding the Beast Boys a few years ago. Fucking moron got into a battle with the BEASTIE BOYS, good luck with that Brent http://www.rrj.ca/online/572/
Who cares about anything- fuck it all and everything- I mean really. Who pays attention? Who has the time? Why even look? Why laugh? The credibility gang has spoken and thus it was so. Rest on Sunday come back for definitive judgment on Monday.
The Beastie Boys? I don't pay attention.
DON'T THESE COUNT AS COMMENTS, DESERT BOY?
You're finally coming around Anonymous!
Regarding the Warriors, I exchanged several emails with one Bob Fitzgerald last week. I essentially called him a company whore for not copping to the fact the Warriors are far worse off than what he predicted would be the case when Monte returned. Fitz refused to admit it or address the team's lack of chemistry, morale or ownership's cluelessness. He did correct my spelling once, though. So there's that.
Chris O, Fitz is a ND grad. If it wasn't for you, I'd think everyone who went there was an ass.
Fitz was a DJ at WVFI too- same as me.
The best record I've heard in the last three days is the first Strokes. I'm not joking.
Bob Fitzgerald is a smart guy and a solid announcer who has way too much brodudemance in him. He loves his brothers in a far too public and confessional way. He speaks openly about his love for Monte and others and his rooting interest in the "boys on the plane." Announcers are not journalists, but I struggle to imagine Jon Miller speaking in such terms. Hank Greenwald is quivering somewhere. Short men really want the hot chick, but if they can't have that they'll take power- next to that, buddying up to NBA stars is in the top 5.
Jim Barnett is fine, but it's getting a little tired, no?
And stop picking on the W's- I guarantee they will be considerably better next year.
George Zimmer says, "I guarantee it!"
Brodudemance? That's outstanding.
Just to clarify. I'm not picking on the players. It's ownership, management and coaching which I really have problems with. They have produced 1 playoff team in 12 years in a league where over half the teams make the playoffs. Awful.
And Fitzgerald's love for the player's a side, I think he also is a suck up to his employers. The disparity between his justified criticisms of the 49ers, Raiders, etc and his silence regarding Warrior brass is hugely evident to those who are unemployed and listen to such things.
Hrumph!
he argues that when you spend that much time with an organization, you are going to be a homer and pull for them in ways you just won't for teams/players you don't know.
My response? Hank Greenwald, Bill King, Lon Simmons, etc. Your job is to tell me what I'm seeing, add insight, background, confirm/deny rumors, explain rules, tell interesting stories, etc. Your job is not to convince me that the product on the floor is better than I'm seeing or that there are excellent reasons why my team is failing.
He's smart and clear and knowledgable, but he's just too damn excitable and the rise in his voice each time he talks about players he's close to suggests a swarminess I'm not comfortable with.
These days, though, I feel little comfort anywhere, so...
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