1. "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5
2. "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt
3. "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter
No, I haven't lost my mind. Keep reading...
4/29/2006
Other Random Thoughts
Who does Jimmy Fallon have for an agent? Satan? Thank God his fifteen minutes are almost over, but, jeez, do I have to watch him in that annoying soda ad during every commercial break this season?
I knew the great pitching wasn't gonna last all season, but do you think the Sox could maybe put up a couple runs while their pitchers are getting shelled? After Beckett gave up the grand slam in the first the other night you knew that game was over. The bottom third of the batting order is a total joke, and any manager who doesn't just pitch around Papi and Manny and take his chances with everyone else should be fired (yes, I'm looking at you, Eric Wedge!).
I knew the great pitching wasn't gonna last all season, but do you think the Sox could maybe put up a couple runs while their pitchers are getting shelled? After Beckett gave up the grand slam in the first the other night you knew that game was over. The bottom third of the batting order is a total joke, and any manager who doesn't just pitch around Papi and Manny and take his chances with everyone else should be fired (yes, I'm looking at you, Eric Wedge!).
The past few games have been painful as the Sox offense has looked positively Kansas Citian.
Souldn't someone tell the Red Hot Chili Peppers that they jumped the shark over a decade ago? Radio can just stop playing their music any time now.
I'm convinced that the Universal Mind is at work with the recent spate of nasally-voiced singers on the radio. I thought that friggin' "You're Beautiful" song was Maroon 5 for so long and I was totally shocked to find out it wasn't. Now this third dude comes along with "Bad Day," and suddenly we're overrun by these guys who not only sound exactly alike, but sing songs that are almost interchangably similar. Am I just getting old, or do they all suck, or both?
And speaking of "You're Beautiful," I'm thinking of creating a Bad Lyrics Hall of Fame and making it a charter member. "I will never be with you/and I don't know what to do." Kid, you gotta be fucking kidding me. Now get the hell out of here with that shit!
Souldn't someone tell the Red Hot Chili Peppers that they jumped the shark over a decade ago? Radio can just stop playing their music any time now.
I'm convinced that the Universal Mind is at work with the recent spate of nasally-voiced singers on the radio. I thought that friggin' "You're Beautiful" song was Maroon 5 for so long and I was totally shocked to find out it wasn't. Now this third dude comes along with "Bad Day," and suddenly we're overrun by these guys who not only sound exactly alike, but sing songs that are almost interchangably similar. Am I just getting old, or do they all suck, or both?
And speaking of "You're Beautiful," I'm thinking of creating a Bad Lyrics Hall of Fame and making it a charter member. "I will never be with you/and I don't know what to do." Kid, you gotta be fucking kidding me. Now get the hell out of here with that shit!
4/18/2006
Weekly Soundtrack
1. "O My Soul" by Big Star....I know I put "Back Of A Car" on here a little while ago, but I can't stop listening to this friggin' album.
2. "Ramp of Death" by Stephen Malkmus....As always, I don't have any idea what it's about, but it has a cool vibe.
3. "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin....Nice evocative song and a great meandering guitar solo.
2. "Ramp of Death" by Stephen Malkmus....As always, I don't have any idea what it's about, but it has a cool vibe.
3. "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin....Nice evocative song and a great meandering guitar solo.
Resealable!!!
I'm looking at a new bag of Haines t-shirts from Target. My old ones are not so white anymore and they've shrunk a bit too much, so I bought a three-pack. No big deal. But wait!
Some genius at Haines has had a brainstorm. I'm not against brainstorms. I think tagless technology has changed the world for the better. It's so good, in fact, I don't know where Haines goes from there. But that has not stopped the Haines brain-trust. Just check out their new innovation: a resealable bag. (Feel free to pause for a moment of head-scratching befudlement.)
I have not done a formal survey, but I'm willing to bet that I'm not far from the t-shirt mainstream. When I buy new shirts I pull them out of the bag, and then throw away the bag. I mean, I've got a dresser to put my clothes in. I don't think I would use one shirt and then stash the other two for later. In fact, there's something vaguely hobo-ish about that concept. Or maybe it's the kind of thing your defense lawyer drops off before your trial starts.
The whole bag thing seems like just a silly way to add some value to their product, while actually doing nothing significant. It's just so misguided that it's laughable. I genuinely wish that other companies thought so much about their bags, though. Some products could benefit from the tremendous strides made in resealable-bag technology. Like, say, potato chips and bread. Or beer. (Just kidding. I can't believe you've read this whole thing.)
Some genius at Haines has had a brainstorm. I'm not against brainstorms. I think tagless technology has changed the world for the better. It's so good, in fact, I don't know where Haines goes from there. But that has not stopped the Haines brain-trust. Just check out their new innovation: a resealable bag. (Feel free to pause for a moment of head-scratching befudlement.)
I have not done a formal survey, but I'm willing to bet that I'm not far from the t-shirt mainstream. When I buy new shirts I pull them out of the bag, and then throw away the bag. I mean, I've got a dresser to put my clothes in. I don't think I would use one shirt and then stash the other two for later. In fact, there's something vaguely hobo-ish about that concept. Or maybe it's the kind of thing your defense lawyer drops off before your trial starts.
The whole bag thing seems like just a silly way to add some value to their product, while actually doing nothing significant. It's just so misguided that it's laughable. I genuinely wish that other companies thought so much about their bags, though. Some products could benefit from the tremendous strides made in resealable-bag technology. Like, say, potato chips and bread. Or beer. (Just kidding. I can't believe you've read this whole thing.)
4/11/2006
Opening Day and Others...
Ahhhh.....Opening Day at Fenway Park. When rich corporate-account-types and townies lucky enough to score both a ticket and a day off get to cheer on the hometown team and gloat like drunken monkeys for all the assembled television cameras. Jesus. Watching NECN coverage is turning my stomach. Yes, as a former Opening Day attendee it makes me sick to see these unworthy fools sitting in what should rightly be my seat at Fenway, but do they have to be so friggin' smug about it too? I wish it fuckin' rained on their asses. Not the kids though. Wait. How does a ten year-old kid make it to Opening Day? Why aren't they in school? That kid's parent(s) should be throw in jail, the kid given to DSS, and all their tickets given to more deserving fans, and I think you know who I'm talking about.
For all the crap athletes take about talking in cliches, the sports media needs to be called out for what it is: a bunch of unphotogenic fat guys saying the same phrases over and over and over...
Every time I hear someone talk about how an athlete stepped up it makes me want to put my foot through the radio. God, why do I listen? Maybe I can get a t-shirt that says "WEEI ruined my life."
Has any Sox player been as flat-out cool as David Ortiz? I'm a supposedly mature adult male with a house and a family I love and a long list of important concerns to occupy my mind and I'd seriously give anything to be him. Not just a great, clutch hitter, he seems to enjoy the game and himself so much that you can't help but dig him. I imagine he's the kind of guy who can't wait to get up every morning because his life is just so fantastic. He also has the ability to respond to a situation in a way that's so perfect it's almost like he can't be real. Watching him in the 2004 playoffs was like reading a hokey sports book, or watching a bad movie. His performance just wasn't plausible, yet there he was racking up memorable hit after memorable hit and creating a legend one at-bat at a time.
For all the crap athletes take about talking in cliches, the sports media needs to be called out for what it is: a bunch of unphotogenic fat guys saying the same phrases over and over and over...
Every time I hear someone talk about how an athlete stepped up it makes me want to put my foot through the radio. God, why do I listen? Maybe I can get a t-shirt that says "WEEI ruined my life."
Has any Sox player been as flat-out cool as David Ortiz? I'm a supposedly mature adult male with a house and a family I love and a long list of important concerns to occupy my mind and I'd seriously give anything to be him. Not just a great, clutch hitter, he seems to enjoy the game and himself so much that you can't help but dig him. I imagine he's the kind of guy who can't wait to get up every morning because his life is just so fantastic. He also has the ability to respond to a situation in a way that's so perfect it's almost like he can't be real. Watching him in the 2004 playoffs was like reading a hokey sports book, or watching a bad movie. His performance just wasn't plausible, yet there he was racking up memorable hit after memorable hit and creating a legend one at-bat at a time.
4/04/2006
Baseball and more
Was Roger Clemens sitting in the Owner's Box in Texas yesterday? And talking about how much loves Boston? The balls on that guy are unreal. He needs to lose the Hamlet act ("To pitch or not to pitch?"), pick a team and get on with it, or retire. He's stringing four different teams along and it's only the second day of the season. Geez, what if Seattle starts 25-5? Does he start visting the Northwest and talking about how much his kids love to play Nintendo?
I can't be the only one who thinks this Red Sox team could totally shit the bed and miss the playoffs? I'm trying to be optimistic, but the team has changed a lot from last year, and while I'm not gonna miss Kevin Millar's act, does anyone know if Mike Lowell is gonna be any better?
I'm not saying they'll be lucky to finish ahead of the Blue Jays or anything, but there's really no way to tell if all the new pieces will gel. And talk radio losers are picking this team to win close to 100 games. Shit, Lobel thinks they win 95. All I'm saying is that every team has a down year (or decade), and I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be one for the Sox.
I can't wait until we get our cable package expanded and we have 90 channels of shit to not watch. Because now we only have 15 channels of nothing-worth-watching. I'm gonna love having NESN for the Sox, but, man, I'm gonna keep a loaded pistol on the end table just in case I watch more than 30 seconds of E! News.
Weekly Soundtrack
1. "The Animal Speaks" by Golden Palominos
2. "Pat's Trick" by Helium
3. "Away From the Numbers" by The Jam
I can't be the only one who thinks this Red Sox team could totally shit the bed and miss the playoffs? I'm trying to be optimistic, but the team has changed a lot from last year, and while I'm not gonna miss Kevin Millar's act, does anyone know if Mike Lowell is gonna be any better?
I'm not saying they'll be lucky to finish ahead of the Blue Jays or anything, but there's really no way to tell if all the new pieces will gel. And talk radio losers are picking this team to win close to 100 games. Shit, Lobel thinks they win 95. All I'm saying is that every team has a down year (or decade), and I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be one for the Sox.
I can't wait until we get our cable package expanded and we have 90 channels of shit to not watch. Because now we only have 15 channels of nothing-worth-watching. I'm gonna love having NESN for the Sox, but, man, I'm gonna keep a loaded pistol on the end table just in case I watch more than 30 seconds of E! News.
Weekly Soundtrack
1. "The Animal Speaks" by Golden Palominos
2. "Pat's Trick" by Helium
3. "Away From the Numbers" by The Jam
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