December 2009
76 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
The Beatles (43)
Whiskeytown (26)
The Stone Roses (26)
Nick Lowe (19)
Chuck Prophet (15)
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November 2009
39 posts
NBC Sports: Brady Quinn, Alicia Sacramone & the... →
I’m pretty thankful that the fine folks at NBC Sports invited me to write for them again this week. Since I’m spending the holidays in Cleveland, my assignment was to aim my keyboard toward Browns QB Brady Quinn and his recently-revealed relationship (how’s that for alliteration?) with USA Gymnastics team member Alicia Sacramone.
I’m not even going to tell you how many...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Chuck Prophet (101)
Raphael Saadiq (59)
Nick Lowe (49)
Queen (36)
Fleetwood Mac (35)
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NBC Sports: Elizabeth Lambert & Double Standards →
So I have a semi-new gig, penning the occasional guest post for a recently-launched NBC Sports blog. Here’s today’s effort, all about the University of New Mexico’s soccer enforcer Elizabeth Lambert. If you don’t know her by name, you’ve still probably seen her dragging BYU players down by their hair, shortly before scaling the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in...
Because I Know You're Curious
It’s probably a little early for these kinds of things, but I was just asked to submit my Best Of ‘09 music selections to a website I’ll soon be contributing to. You know, as soon as I learn how to stop ending sentences with a preposition.
Anyway, here are my Best Albums of ‘09 and the Best Reissues. These are, of course, the way they’re ranked in my own precious...
And this concludes tonight's installment of...
Join us at 8 a.m. tomorrow as we openly mock superficial breakfast patrons as maple syrup dribbles down our chin.
Meanwhile, on My Right
Two guys are debating whether raccoons will eat all the fish in their koi ponds.
The mouthiest one just referred to "getting old,...
I’ll be right back…trying to find an acetylene torch. Or an angry mob.
Or maybe I’ll just call the “personal psychologist” she keeps referring to and cancel her next “centering session”.
“CENTER THIS!” I’ll rage, right before my brittle bones crumble.
Now they're talking about whether or not they'd be...
I apologize in advance for launching both of these worthless creatures into traffic.
Overheard, to My Left
Girl #1: Sarah’s totally cute and she has an amazing figure.
Girl #2: Sarah’s being treated for anorexia.
Girl #1: Well, I hope not, like, too much because she looks really good right now.
Aaaand this is why 98% of my friends are boys.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Tom Waits (57)
Nirvana (33)
U2 (26)
Owl City (24)
Nick Lowe (18)
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Anthem
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in
—Leonard Cohen
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
R.E.M. (70)
Elvis Costello (49)
Nick Lowe (45)
Tuatara (35)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions (32)
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