January 2011
36 posts
Happy fifth birthday, The Basketball Jones
I’ve done this before (technically, twice, I guess), but still, it’s their fifth anniversary and I love these guys, so here goes: I owe a lot to The Basketball Jones. My creative outlet. My present side-gig. Probably about 1100 Twitter followers. And, some days, a chunk of my happiness.
See, if Tas hadn’t been nice enough to respond to the bad jokes and mawkish observations I...
Watchwheniflysoloiflysohigh:
Bad Books - The Plan (Built to Spill Cover)
In brief, if you haven’t heard of them, Bad Books is basically Manchester Orchestra combined with Kevin Devine, and basically bad ass.
I love what they have been putting out, and this cover is no exception.
Check out some other Bad Books songs over HERE, buy the entire album for just five bucks HERE, and download a cover of...
Four Brothers It Would Have Been Funny for Sal To...
The Farrelly Brothers
The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
Brother and Brothers Entertainment
“Brothers in Arms”
“Four Brothers”
Dear Superchunk:
I am sorry I called your song “Everything At Once” “enervating” yesterday, when I wanted to say literally the exact opposite of that. I am almost positive that at some point in my life I learned that “enervate” meant “to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken,” but that knowledge disappeared when I needed it most. It’s been...
“A 46-year-old man, who rooted the New York Jets to victory, took a celebratory...”
– I seem to recall reading somewhere that Stephen King is a Pats fan. This reads like something out of short story he’d write in anger after last night’s game, right down to the name of the Staten Island neighborhood the now-deceased Jets fan lived in — Great Kills. (via cajunboy)
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Literally...
Watchpopculturebrain:
Check Out a Preview of Nick Kroll’s Upcoming Hour-Long Comedy Central Special | Splitsider
In the clip he whips out popular characters El Chupacabra and the baby. The special premieres January 29th at 9 pm.
Watchnbaoffseason:
Iblocka Meets J-Zone.
Presented By O&A.
merlin:
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel - Dining
District is designed to meld into the fabric of the downtown Phoenix core, embracing its inherent energy with open-air patio seating, live entertainment and local artwork.
Who, me? Oh, nothing. Just hanging out in Phoenix, reading The World’s Greatest Sentence.
Hoooo-ly shit.
In honor of the release of the first picture of...
“Why do all the girls like Tobey Maguire?
I’m just as sensitive as he is
And I bet I blow a bigger load”
Dan Devine's Inarguable Power Rankings, Week of...
“No one man should rank all this power.”
- Kerbye Midwest
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5. Powrachute
4. Absolute Power (NOTE: may corrupt absolutely)
3. Power of Greyskull
2. Raw Power
1. Electricity
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#DIPR
kylekinane:
Hungover, plunging a clogged shitter, and gently weeping at a Tom Hanks movie on TNT. Saturdays have changed, man.
slapclapper:
“Shutterbug” by Big Boi. I’m a real...
Dan Devine's Inarguable Power Rankings, Week of...
“No one man should rank all this power.”
- Kerbye Midwest
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5. Brendan Power, Harmonica Player
4. Power Man and Iron Fist
3. Power Pop Pop-Pop
2. Pole Vault Power
1. Electricity
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#DIPR
“Oh, make no mistake — I don’t think you need a man. I think you need...”
– Me, to my then-girlfriend, from an Instant Messenger conversation that took place in April 2005. She’s saved it for five and a half years. We get married in just under nine months. So I guess I was right.
Undefeated in 2011.