Idolizing – Chuck Klosterman

I’m starting a special post section called “Idolizing,” because there are a few people in this world that I would like to meet. The Idolizing people will be people who’s career came out of nowhere or someone that is so innovative that they blazed a path. The first person I have to talk about is Chuck Klosterman.

Klosterman has written for SPIN, Esquire, ESPN Page 2, and various other magazines/newspapers, plus he has written four books that are very good. His fifth book will be his first novel of the bunch, “Downtown Owl: A Novel.” I just happened to buy an advanced copy on eBay a few minutes ago. I am excited to read this book. He had a small short story at the end of “Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade Of Curious People And Dangerous Ideas.” The short story was very warped, but also had many of the elements of his pop-culture knowledge twisted in. I’m sure “Downtown Owl” will do very well and won’t disappoint his fans. Continue reading →

Song Of The Day – Seether (Rise Above This)

I wasn’t much of a fan of Seether until I saw them do some acoustic versions of a few songs on some DirecTV music channel. The lead singer’s voice is made to be seen live. A few bands in their genre actually have this ability. I would put them in the same boat as Staind, Sevendust, and Breaking Benjamin by having the ability to sound great when you strip down their music into an intimate setting. I would like to see them go on a acoustic tour.

Their new song “Rise Above This,” is surprisingly good. I say “surprisingly good” because I seem to like everything they put out and I’m surprised by that. I don’t anxiously await the next Seether track to his the radio, I just happen to run into it randomly. I think their last two albums are great and gets the White Boy’s approval.

Shaun Morgan, Seether’s lead singer, has battled addiction and has been in rehab many times. He dated Evanescence’s Amy Lee for quite some time, but after their break-up she wrote “Call Me When You’re Sober” and “Lithium” about Morgan. I was always intrigued by the Morgan/Lee relationship. The guy isn’t a looker, but when you’re talented you get some ladies.

Here is the video for “Rise Above This”

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Song Of The Day – Death Cab For Cutie (I Will Possess Your Heart)

Anyone with thick-rimmed glasses and western print button-up shirts are anxious for the new Death Cab For Cutie album to drop on May 13th, 2008. “I Will Possess Your Heart” is the first single of Death Cab’s new album, “Narrow Stairs.” It is pretty typical Death Cab, with a slow start and haunting melody. Ben Gibbard has been the man of the last half decade in the indie-music scene. Not only has Death Cab been a monster, but his side project The Postal Service did very well. The Postal Service’s sophomore album is still in the works, but many are eagerly waiting that album as they are for “Narrow Stairs.”

I haven’t heard anything off the new album yet, except for this track. I am guessing that the album will be leaked very soon. All the material on the internet isn’t the real album. I know the pirates of the internet are foaming at the mouth awaiting this album.

Here is the video for “I Will Possess Your Heart.”

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Larry Brown Doesn’t Know What "Long Term" Means

Larry Brown just took the job as the coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. This will be his 9th NBA team he has coached, not counting NCAA or ABA teams. He last coached the New York Knicks, which was a complete disaster. It proved that a team full of 2-guards can’t compete in the NBA. Charlotte isn’t a bad job to take, even if the team has never made the playoffs. He will only end up staying there a few years, so he will expect a quick turnaround.

Charlotte had its best overall season this year, but it wasn’t good for Michael Jordan, who runs the team. The team has Adam Morrison (who was hurt the entire year), Emeka Okafor, and Gerald Wallace as their cornerstones to build around. The team will get a pretty good lottery pick in this year’s draft, but could be better off by trading it for some veteran help. Brown has a track record of not being “rookie-friendly,” and he will be hard-pressed to try and find some vets via free agency. The team is full of Wooden Award winners, but they haven’t played at a high-level together. The addition of Jason Richardson last summer helped the team on the offensive end, but with Adam Morrison being on the shelf all year, they should be a pretty explosive duo next season.

I’m going to make a bold prediction that the Charlotte Bobcats will make the playoffs next season. They were only a few games out of the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference this year and I look for a few veterans to sign this summer. Who knows, maybe they can swing a trade for Allen Iverson and maybe he’ll even practice.

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John Daly Needs Some Pasties

John Daly has had an up and down golf career. He’s been addicted to about every vice the Fayetteville city police recognizes. He may still be over-weight, smoke, and do whatever else he does, but the man can still drive farther than you and Tiger Woods combined. I just watched an interview that Daly conducted on his new golf course. This wasn’t a regular interview, he was shirtless and shoeless, probably more of a normal setting for him.

Daly has some girth around his mid-section, but looks like he’s still trying to squeeze into size 32 pants. I don’t understand people’s weird weight distribution. Looks like if Daly evened out a little from top to bottom, he may look just a little over-weight. I am amazed for a man of his girth, he is rather flat-chested, take a gander at quite possibly the best golf interview I have ever seen.

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Brad Penny Is The Man, Plus He Hit An Umpire In The Face

I was watching Sportscenter a few days ago and I witnessed something that scared me, but it made me laugh. Brad Penny threw a 96mph fastball and it hit the umpire square in the chin. The upmire, Kerwin Danley, is an old guy and I can only imagine how much that hurt, but the way it happened was such a lazy mess. Russell Martin, the catcher and Whiteboy’s starting catcher on his fantasy team, just threw up his mitt to catch the ball so slow and lazy that he just clearly missed it. Now I’ve seen Penny’s fastball, a couple seasons ago he smoked Ichiro, Jeter, and Big Papi, 1-2-3, in the first inning of an All-Star game with stuff that clocked around 100mph. Luckily the umpire appears to be doing okay, but c’mon Martin, you’re making my fantasy team look bad. Next year I should get a few roto points for knocking an umpire out.If you really want to blame Penny for this, you can’t. The man is dating Eliza Dushku. Really?! Take a look at Penny, he is seriously 50lbs. and a cut-off shirt away from looking like Larry The Cable Guy. I can’t hate the man, I don’t want to take a fastball to the melon.

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Roger, You Sly Dog!

The New York Daily News ran with a story today that Roger Clemens had a 10-year affair with country singer Mindy McCready. When I first heard this, I was like, “Way to go, Rocket!,” but then news came out that she was only 15 when they started their relationship. Ouch! That isn’t even legal in Indiana or Kentucky, son.

McCready used to be a smokin’ hot country singer with a promising career. I mean, she was even engaged to Dean Cain…back during his “Adventures Of Superman” days, not his “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” days.Look at her, she was beautiful…I say “was” because since her Dean Cain relationship went south, she has had run-ins with the law and her career tanked. I googled some images of her to use in this post and there are a few very disturbing looking mugshot photos of her that was taken not too long ago. You would think that Clemens would have hooked her up with some of that HGH, I hear it has age-defying characteristics, I mean his wife looks pretty bangin’.

Roger, I really think you should take more pictures like this, maybe the public will like you again. No one can turn down a good “thumbs up.”

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Song Of The Day – The Promise Ring (Stop Playing Guitar)

I picked this song of the day ’cause I have been reading a book by Andy Greenwald called “Nothing Feels Good.” The title of the book was taken from The Promise Ring album of the same name. The Promise Ring was one of those bands that kind of slipped through the cracks of the mid-late 90s emo movement. If you ask any pop punk/emo group that made it big around 2000 or after they will probably credit The Promise Ring as an influence.

“Stop Playing Guitar” was on the “Wood/Water” album that came out in 2002. At that same time, Jimmy Eat World was blowing up with “Bleed American” and The Promise Ring was officially under the radar once again. I think “Wood/Water” is an excellent album, even though the material is more sad than earlier albums, I think it is their best work.

In this post you have learned two things.
1. I read books
2. I cry a lot (hence the emo knowledge)

Here’s the video for “Stop Playing Guitar”

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The White Boy Mock NFL Draft – 2008 Edition

I am going to do my best Mel Kiper impersonation, but I will not replicate the hairstyle, that thing is pretty brutal. I’m more of a fan of Todd McShay than Kiper Jr. anyways. McShay has been going toe-to-toe with him for a couple months now. If Matt Ryan goes #3 to Atlanta, look for McShay to punch Kiper Jr. straight in the mug.

Before I start, I will like to state the two moments when Mel Kiper Jr. was extremely wrong. He never talks about them, ‘cause he would lose nearly all credibility. They both involve the Colts picks. The Colts picked Marshall Faulk over Trent Dilfer and Kiper Jr. blew a fuse on camera. An executive actually went on air and said that he didn’t care at all what Kiper Jr. thought about their pick. The next incident happened a few years later when the Colts selected Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf. Kiper Jr. didn’t think it was the right choice for the team, even though I just saw an ESPN commercial that stated that Manning was Kiper Jr.’s #1 rated QB that year….I smell bullshit, son.

Here is my first round mock draft.

1. Miami – Jake Long, OT, Michigan
2. St. Louis – Glen Dorsey, DT, LSU
3. Atlanta – Matt Ryan, QB, Boston College
4. Oakland – Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas
5. Kansas City – Vernon Gholston, DE/LB, Ohio State
6. New York Jets – Chris Long, DE, Virginia
7. New England – Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC
8. Baltimore – Ryan Clady, OT, Boise State
9. Cincinnati – D. Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
10. New Orleans – Aqib Talib, DB, Kansas
11. Buffalo – Jeff Otah, OT, Pittsburgh
12. Denver – Limas Sweed, WR, Texas
13. Carolina – Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois
14. Chicago – Justin King, DB, Penn State
15. Detroit – Sam Baker, OT, USC
16. Arizona – Derrick Harvey, DE, Florida State
17. Kansas City – Leodis McKelvin, CB, Troy
18. Houston – DeSean Jackson, WR/KR, California
19. Philadelphia – Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma
20. Tampa Bay – Devin Thomas, WR, Michigan State
21. Washington – Antoine Cason, CB, Arizona
22. Dallas – Felix Jones, RB, Arkansas
23. Pittsburgh – James Hardy, WR, Indiana
24. Tennessee – Jerod Mayo, LB, Tennessee
25. Seattle – Chris Williams, OT, Vanderbilt
26. Jacksonville – Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida
27. San Diego – Keith Rivers, OLB, USC
28. Dallas – Branden Albert, OG/OT, Virginia
29. San Francisco – Brian Brohm, QB, Louisville
30. Green Bay – Calais Campbell, DE, Miami
31. New York Giants – Dan Connor, LB, Penn State

There are still a few guys out there that I wasn’t sure where to put them, ‘cause their need isn’t there. I would have really liked to put Fred Davis, Early Doucet, Dustin Keller, or Brandon Flowers at the end of the first round, but I wasn’t sure if there was a need for their positions.

My argument about my own mock draft is that I don’t think Oakland should pick McFadden. Justin Fargas and Michael Bush should do a great job in their backfield. A pick of Ryan Clady would make a lot of sense, since their O-Line is pretty weak. They could end up trading McFadden to a team for help in other areas or future draft picks. I think Jerry Jones would love to get him, who knows what kind of package he will throw at Al Davis if the Raiders pick McFadden. Also, I think the Chiefs could pick Chris Long with the #4 pick, but I think they need a solid pass rusher since they just traded Allen yesterday for some draft picks. Vernon Gholston would be a better fit to start right away, he did smoke Jake Long in last year’s OSU/Michigan game a few times.

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Song Of The Day – Justin Nozuka (After Tonight)

I hate to admit it, but I watch VH1 sometimes late at night. It is a pretty bad choice, but sometimes it is the only channel that is showing something new at 4am, which is usually a couple hour block of music videos. I was up pretty late a few nights ago and a “You Ought To Know” artist video was about to come on and it was Justin Nozuka’s “After Tonight.” I sat there during the whole video and I really liked what I watched/viewed.

From what I know about the guy, he’s 18 and sounds a lot like Jack Johnson/Matt Costa. I think he should sell quite a few albums since the chill/acoustic/surfer jam music has been doing well the last couple years. I think everyone should check out this song and make an opinion for yourself…or just trust mine and say you like him, that would work.

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Indiana Time

Hey Everyone, I’m going to be in Indiana for a couple days, so I don’t know how much I will be able to post. (Parents have a 56k connection, yikes!)

While I am gone, please remember to wrap it up, son.

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Happy 4-20 Day

I just wanted to wish a Happy 4-20 Day to everyone that enjoys the illegal plant. I would like to wish a special 4-20 Day for Ricky Williams and Michael Vick. They should be on the Mount Rushmore of pro athletes would smoke the ganja. Sadly Mr. Vick or Inmate 34534546, cannot participate in this year’s festivities. I guess Ricky can’t either since he is getting drug screened everyday in-between his Cocoa Puffs and Lunch. Well, maybe next year guys, keep up hope.

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