Saturday, February 28, 2009
cpl weekend youtubes
For any NBA fan, the latest Bill Simmons article The No Benjamins Association is absolute must read. Really incredible stuff.
Fernando Tatis and the Mystery of the Sore Right Palm
I'm pretty sure I did see something about this on ESPN or some other site but who did Fernando think he was fooling with this "3 am sore right palm" story. Certainly not the WKFTB that's for sure. HERE is the actual news clipping.
(Look where the huge red arrow).
RLOL at the next quote which was taken from the Post which said:
The New York Post reports that Fernando Tatis continues to be sidelined by a "mysterious injury" to his right hand.
Tatis has been scratched from Wednesday's spring training opener and may be headed for X-rays. According to the newspaper, Jerry Manuel speculated that the injury may have come from Tatis participating in "the intense 80-pitch hitting drill the manager instituted this season to help his players fight through fatigue." "It just happened to swell up on him, so I'll probably take responsibility for that," Manuel said.
Sheeeeiiiitttt Manuel is taking responsibility for this mysterious 3 am palm injury??? No wonder why the Mets never make the playoffs.
Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks to Ross and Cus for the heads up.
-J Perk
Friday, February 27, 2009
No Rest For Rooks
(Aaron Curry OLB Wake Forest)
Is the NFL draft too much for rookies? I was listening to Jamie Dukes of the NFL Network talk about it the other day. If you know about how much goes into preparing for the draft, you can start to realize how the players go at it for a year straight. Its no wonder NFL rookies hit a wall. Often called the rookie wall, and attributed to 16 games as opposed to 10 or so in NCAA, its really more about the draft preparation.
NCAA seniors who are NFL prospects play their bowl games and then start planning their predraft timeline. They immediately start working out and have to decide where they are going to train for the draft. See the difference between a 1st round draft pick and a 3rd rounder is about 2 or 3 tenths on your 40 time. Which is funny since technique can account for that much of a time gap alone. Darius Heyward-Bey ran a 4.30 lazer last weekened, the fastest at the combine. If he ran a 4.5 he probably goes 3 or 4 rounds later which equals millions of dollars, or millions of dollars lost.Seniors work out for a few weeks and then most play in an all star game like the Senior Bowl or the Shrine game. After the bowls you hire specialists or go to a performance institute and do grueling workouts for a month in preparation for the combine (40 time). Now back to workouts and hope to post a better 40 at your pro day in late march or early April. After the pro day its pretty much Draft time and then you join the guys on your new team who have been resting all winter at mini camp and proceed to play the most violent game on the planet for the next 8 months. Thats a guide how to overwork your body. No wonder rookies break down.
Who are some of the blue chippers this year? Here are a couple on the defensive side.
Aaron Curry LB Wake Forest - Just a dream prospect that can play any LB position in a 4-3 or 3-4. Kid is versatile, smart, athletic, big, strong, explosive, makes the big play, etc. Hes not the flashiest but this kid is a friggin rock. Safest pick in the draft. He blazed a 4.5 at the combine which only solidified his spot in the top 10, most likely top 5.
Brian Orakpo DE Texas - Kid is so explosive. Can be extremely dominant at times. 6'4 260 but strong. A little like Justin Tuck or Vernon Gholston coming out. That kind of force. Watch the video below.
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As for Free Agency today, damn the Redskins are nuts. Dan Snyder is a maniac/chooch. They really should have skipped out on Hall. You don't win titles in the NFL through free agency guys, cmon. You can grab the big names once in a while but choose wisely. Haynesworth could work out even though hes gettin billions. Signing Hall to a huge contract the same day is just too wreckless though. Thats the same money Asante signed for and hes actually good. This is the same team that paid David Patten for 13m then cut him after 23 catches. Same team that signed Randle El for 31m. They traded for 34 yr old Jason Taylor last year who proceeded to go from great to suck. They are real good at signing disappointments.Thats what free agency will do though. Look at Boston sports for an example of how it should be done. A single player can have a huge effect in basketball (Garnett), but not so much when there are 9 or 11 guys on the field as opposed to 5. The Sox and Pats build through the draft and strong player development. Its hard for people to outperform their FA contracts. At best they live up to them. You want to have a roster full of players who are outperforming their current contracts so you have more collective talent because more money is available to be put towards other positions. This is especially true in football with the salary cap, but also in baseball when you have to compete with NY's 200m+ payroll .
-Wolfie
NFL Gone Wild
A little follow-up to Wolfie’s NFL post below:
Wow what day in the NFL and it’s only 3:30 EST. The first day of free agency has brought some huge contracts, big signings and three key trades.
First, the New England angle:
-Pats signed Fred Taylor. You know where you heard it first.
-Long-time long snapper Lonnie Paxton said it would take a substantial deal to get him to leave New England. Well how about the richest deal given to long snapper in the NFL?
-Pats traded Mike Vrabel to Kansas City. What the…did they owe Scott Pioli something? This was a bit of a head scratcher at first, but looking into his numbers he wasn’t nearly as productive in 2008 as in years past (4 sacks, 1 FF, 1 INT in ’08 compared to 12.5, 5, 0 in ’07). Still, he was a team leader and only 33. I read today that if the Pats keep Matt Cassell, they’ll have something like $2.3 million left under the cap. This move clears $3.35 million in cap room, so it may be more financial than anything. Does this mean they’re keeping Cassell? Or is it paving the way for someone like Julius Peppers? Who knows? It is a draft heavy with outside linebackers.
And around the rest of the league:
-The Redskins and Daniel Synder are going nuts again. After Wolfeman bro the news of Dangelo Hall signing for big money ($22.5 million guaranteed), the Skins went out and signed Albert Haynesworth to a FAT deal. Like $100 million with $41 mill guaranteed fat.
-Meanwhile, the Jets offer Ravens’ LB Bart Scott $40 million to come play for Gang Green. Look at this money! I’m convinced baseball owners are guilty of collusion. After all the whining about the economy and the crawling pace of free agency, it looks a little silly now that we see what the NFL is up to.
The other two trades after Vrabel:
-Sage Rosenfels to the Vikings. I dunno, he was a dece stopgap in fantasy.
-Speaking of fantasy, team killer Kellen Winslow was shipped to the Bucs for draft picks.
Wow what a day. And think, there’s still Kurt Warner, Hoosh, Ray Lewis, Laverenous Coles, and dozens of other big names out there. Just when I think I’m in baseball mode, the NFL lures me back in.
End with this sweet video. WARNING: Don't watch if you don't want to be amazed:
Wow what day in the NFL and it’s only 3:30 EST. The first day of free agency has brought some huge contracts, big signings and three key trades.
First, the New England angle:
-Pats signed Fred Taylor. You know where you heard it first.
-Long-time long snapper Lonnie Paxton said it would take a substantial deal to get him to leave New England. Well how about the richest deal given to long snapper in the NFL?
-Pats traded Mike Vrabel to Kansas City. What the…did they owe Scott Pioli something? This was a bit of a head scratcher at first, but looking into his numbers he wasn’t nearly as productive in 2008 as in years past (4 sacks, 1 FF, 1 INT in ’08 compared to 12.5, 5, 0 in ’07). Still, he was a team leader and only 33. I read today that if the Pats keep Matt Cassell, they’ll have something like $2.3 million left under the cap. This move clears $3.35 million in cap room, so it may be more financial than anything. Does this mean they’re keeping Cassell? Or is it paving the way for someone like Julius Peppers? Who knows? It is a draft heavy with outside linebackers.
And around the rest of the league:
-The Redskins and Daniel Synder are going nuts again. After Wolfeman bro the news of Dangelo Hall signing for big money ($22.5 million guaranteed), the Skins went out and signed Albert Haynesworth to a FAT deal. Like $100 million with $41 mill guaranteed fat.
-Meanwhile, the Jets offer Ravens’ LB Bart Scott $40 million to come play for Gang Green. Look at this money! I’m convinced baseball owners are guilty of collusion. After all the whining about the economy and the crawling pace of free agency, it looks a little silly now that we see what the NFL is up to.
The other two trades after Vrabel:
-Sage Rosenfels to the Vikings. I dunno, he was a dece stopgap in fantasy.
-Speaking of fantasy, team killer Kellen Winslow was shipped to the Bucs for draft picks.
Wow what a day. And think, there’s still Kurt Warner, Hoosh, Ray Lewis, Laverenous Coles, and dozens of other big names out there. Just when I think I’m in baseball mode, the NFL lures me back in.
End with this sweet video. WARNING: Don't watch if you don't want to be amazed:
A Tribute to....Britney Betchhhhhhh
Alright I know I usually delegate Wednesday to post something on babes, but I spent a majority of my work day yesterday listening to various "top pop songs of the 90s" countdowns. This of course led me though some of the greatest talent in the history of musical lure....groups like Hanson, Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, and also BRITNEY SPEARS.
I know a lot of people have said that Britney has lost her fastball. And I will say this, she might not be the flamethrower that she was below:
Seriously this video is Britney in her absolute prime. She is bringing the heat....98mph on the black. No one is touching her.
But I bring you Exhbiit B, Britney in some recent clips including some of her new video womanizer. I couldn't get the whole video because embedding was disabled. But there are shots of her laying near naked that may just prove she still has that 90+ fastball.
You be the judge. Has Britney lost it?
-J Perk
I know a lot of people have said that Britney has lost her fastball. And I will say this, she might not be the flamethrower that she was below:
Seriously this video is Britney in her absolute prime. She is bringing the heat....98mph on the black. No one is touching her.
But I bring you Exhbiit B, Britney in some recent clips including some of her new video womanizer. I couldn't get the whole video because embedding was disabled. But there are shots of her laying near naked that may just prove she still has that 90+ fastball.
You be the judge. Has Britney lost it?
-J Perk
Thursday, February 26, 2009
NFL News
-Looks like Brady got married . Not sure if I like it. Kind of always thought Gi would be a better gf than a wife. Thats pretty chooched to type actually. Pretty sure I just want him to live in the film room and make sure football is priority. Other than that, well, whatever.
-Free Agency started tonight at midnight and I have to say that Deangelo Hall is a genius. Most of my friends or AIM profile readers know that I am a D-Hall haaater. I have been hating him since he was drafted and it has only grown as he continued to get burned and make probowls. I was finally somewhat vindicated when the Raiders released him as he was such a disaster. But now its time to give him props. He got 8 million for 8 disastrous games from the Raiders, great score. And now I hear tonight that the Skins signed him to a 6 yr deal with 23 million in guaranteed paper?!?, wow. Noone has gotten so much money in the history of sports for a great 40 time. Hall picks off paychecks better than passes. The man got rich for getting toasted which is just amazing so big ups to you Mr. Hall.
-D.Hall's old teammate. Michael Vick is coming home. I guess theres no room at any halfway houses for him so hes allowed to serve the last 2 months at home. I really believe he plays this year and Im not gonna lie, I miss the guy. I think we are quick to forget how exciting the guy is to watch. Remember how unstoppable he was in 2004? It takes a transcendent athlete to make the team he plays for in Madden on xbox "cheap" to use and ethically off limits to play with because its too hard to stop him. I never thought he was a top tier QB but Im not sure if anyone in the league is as entertaining. 7 100yard games, over 1000 rushing yds in a season, and 173 rush yds in a single game. Hes not the best passer but I'll take him over Vince Young every day of the week. Im honestly excited to see how it all plays out. Hopefully we see him taking snaps on Sundays soon. (He'd be a nightmare in the wildcat.) I just want to see him make plays that aren't in the playbook, but should be.
-Haynesworth is the dude to keep your eye on. Hes a top 3 and maybe the best DT in the league. He can literally turn a defense around. A dominant DT like Haynesworth is just as valuable as a shutdown corner, which is pretty incredible. I hear 6 teams are already in contact with him.
-Another great player is Jason Brown, Center for Baltimore. I like to think of the Center as the catcher of a football team. Brown is a real good player and turned down 6 mill to stay in Balt. Will be a nice pickup for someone.
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-Williams, I know we are the White KFTB so I don't expect you to know this but Tyler Perry is absolutely HUGE in the black community. Hes tight with Oprah and Will Smith, that kind of level. Think about Madea being number one and the black population in the country being like 18% or something. Madea had lines for tickets in every theater. (edit: I just reread this and Im wondering why Im trying to sound like a black expert? "I dont expect you to know this but..." Am I joking? I just found out Tyler Perry was a black icon 2 days ago. What a chooch I am.)
-Make sure you guys are reading Kate's blog, Casually Moral. Its honestly really good. I'm a little jealous actually.
-Wolfie
-Free Agency started tonight at midnight and I have to say that Deangelo Hall is a genius. Most of my friends or AIM profile readers know that I am a D-Hall haaater. I have been hating him since he was drafted and it has only grown as he continued to get burned and make probowls. I was finally somewhat vindicated when the Raiders released him as he was such a disaster. But now its time to give him props. He got 8 million for 8 disastrous games from the Raiders, great score. And now I hear tonight that the Skins signed him to a 6 yr deal with 23 million in guaranteed paper?!?, wow. Noone has gotten so much money in the history of sports for a great 40 time. Hall picks off paychecks better than passes. The man got rich for getting toasted which is just amazing so big ups to you Mr. Hall.
-D.Hall's old teammate. Michael Vick is coming home. I guess theres no room at any halfway houses for him so hes allowed to serve the last 2 months at home. I really believe he plays this year and Im not gonna lie, I miss the guy. I think we are quick to forget how exciting the guy is to watch. Remember how unstoppable he was in 2004? It takes a transcendent athlete to make the team he plays for in Madden on xbox "cheap" to use and ethically off limits to play with because its too hard to stop him. I never thought he was a top tier QB but Im not sure if anyone in the league is as entertaining. 7 100yard games, over 1000 rushing yds in a season, and 173 rush yds in a single game. Hes not the best passer but I'll take him over Vince Young every day of the week. Im honestly excited to see how it all plays out. Hopefully we see him taking snaps on Sundays soon. (He'd be a nightmare in the wildcat.) I just want to see him make plays that aren't in the playbook, but should be.-Haynesworth is the dude to keep your eye on. Hes a top 3 and maybe the best DT in the league. He can literally turn a defense around. A dominant DT like Haynesworth is just as valuable as a shutdown corner, which is pretty incredible. I hear 6 teams are already in contact with him.
-Another great player is Jason Brown, Center for Baltimore. I like to think of the Center as the catcher of a football team. Brown is a real good player and turned down 6 mill to stay in Balt. Will be a nice pickup for someone.
______________NOTES_____________
-Williams, I know we are the White KFTB so I don't expect you to know this but Tyler Perry is absolutely HUGE in the black community. Hes tight with Oprah and Will Smith, that kind of level. Think about Madea being number one and the black population in the country being like 18% or something. Madea had lines for tickets in every theater. (edit: I just reread this and Im wondering why Im trying to sound like a black expert? "I dont expect you to know this but..." Am I joking? I just found out Tyler Perry was a black icon 2 days ago. What a chooch I am.)
-Make sure you guys are reading Kate's blog, Casually Moral. Its honestly really good. I'm a little jealous actually.
-Wolfie
Movie Thursday
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Release Date: In Theatres
Fan Buzz: Good
Critic Reviews: Rotten
WKFTB Opinion: LOL c’mon. What’s the world coming to when this was the No. 1 movie in America last week? And on the heels of my boy, Paul Blart. Damn. I guess what’s underated though is that Tyler Perry is pretty universally respected by critics as a comedic genius and visionary. I haven’t given him a chance, but might need to look into him a bit.
Duplicity
Release Date: March 20
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Clive Owen and Julia Roberts return together for the first time since Closer (sweat that movie, btw, maybe because of Natalie Portman?). Director is Tony Gilroy who did Michael Clayton and this is supposed to be similar, just way more upbeat, witty and funnier. Trailer dece blows to be honest, but I might F around with this. Sort of reminds me of Burn After Reading, which only certain people enjoy.
Observe and Report
Release Date: April 10
Fan Buzz: Too early
Critic Reviews: None yet
WKFTB Opinion: Seth Rogan = ill. Anna Faris = hot and a legit funny female. Ray Liotta = crispy in everything. I like the formula for this. I don’t know what the deal is with mall cops these days, but this is more my style. And I can’t tell exactly from the angle, but it looks like the flasher in the trailer could be Jonah Hill. Prob is. Comedy is so awesome like that. Seems like the hot people at the moment are all boys and hook each other up. The Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald crew ran shit for a while. Then it was Will Farrell, Ben Stiller, the Wilson brothers and Vince Vaughn. Then they gave way to Hill, Rogan, Paul Rudd and Jason Segal. I want to write a paper about this. Maybe a post will do.
State of Play
Release Date: April 17
Fan Buzz: Not good, maybe because of Ben?
Critic Reviews: Not yet
WKFTB Opinion: Don’t mean to pimp Tony Gilroy. He didn’t direct this, but he did write it. Another political thriller, I think the only bad thing people could say about it is that Ben Affleck is in it. Don’t get why everyone hates him so much. I love Ben. He’s ill to me. Sorry I was banging J-Lo and thought I was so tight I put myself in her video. Then just did maddd movies, even horrible ones but still was secret funny in every Kevin Smith movie. I like him like I like Ryan Seacrest, A-Rod, etc. Just ill bros who I like because it’s funny to. This may turn into its own post some day.
Pop Culture tidbits:
-Starting March 11, American Idol is moving its Wednesday results show to 9 p.m. head-to-head with Lost. ABC considered moving it, but decided they’d get enough people with DVR and the internet who will eventually tune in. Crazy how much of a powerhouse Idol is. You do not want that show going against yours. Thing will take down anything.
-Suge Knight got bundled in a scuffle with an associate of Akon’s at a Scottsdale, AZ hotel. Consider that dude DEAD.
-Uhoh…this probably should have been its own post and probably will be at some point. But the very first trailer for Inglorious Basterds was released recently. Words cannot describe how pumped I am for this one. Basterds is Quentin Tarantino’s latest project and doesn’t come out until August. Tarantino supposedly wrote this forever ago and Tevlin told me it’s different than anything he’s done before. It’s a story of Jewish soldiers set out to kill Nazis during WWII. Should be lighter than most Holocaust era movies, as you can see in the trailer. Stars Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson and Jula Dreyfus. Gonna be firrreee.
Release Date: In Theatres
Fan Buzz: Good
Critic Reviews: Rotten
WKFTB Opinion: LOL c’mon. What’s the world coming to when this was the No. 1 movie in America last week? And on the heels of my boy, Paul Blart. Damn. I guess what’s underated though is that Tyler Perry is pretty universally respected by critics as a comedic genius and visionary. I haven’t given him a chance, but might need to look into him a bit.
Duplicity
Release Date: March 20
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Clive Owen and Julia Roberts return together for the first time since Closer (sweat that movie, btw, maybe because of Natalie Portman?). Director is Tony Gilroy who did Michael Clayton and this is supposed to be similar, just way more upbeat, witty and funnier. Trailer dece blows to be honest, but I might F around with this. Sort of reminds me of Burn After Reading, which only certain people enjoy.
Observe and Report
Release Date: April 10
Fan Buzz: Too early
Critic Reviews: None yet
WKFTB Opinion: Seth Rogan = ill. Anna Faris = hot and a legit funny female. Ray Liotta = crispy in everything. I like the formula for this. I don’t know what the deal is with mall cops these days, but this is more my style. And I can’t tell exactly from the angle, but it looks like the flasher in the trailer could be Jonah Hill. Prob is. Comedy is so awesome like that. Seems like the hot people at the moment are all boys and hook each other up. The Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald crew ran shit for a while. Then it was Will Farrell, Ben Stiller, the Wilson brothers and Vince Vaughn. Then they gave way to Hill, Rogan, Paul Rudd and Jason Segal. I want to write a paper about this. Maybe a post will do.
State of Play
Release Date: April 17
Fan Buzz: Not good, maybe because of Ben?
Critic Reviews: Not yet
WKFTB Opinion: Don’t mean to pimp Tony Gilroy. He didn’t direct this, but he did write it. Another political thriller, I think the only bad thing people could say about it is that Ben Affleck is in it. Don’t get why everyone hates him so much. I love Ben. He’s ill to me. Sorry I was banging J-Lo and thought I was so tight I put myself in her video. Then just did maddd movies, even horrible ones but still was secret funny in every Kevin Smith movie. I like him like I like Ryan Seacrest, A-Rod, etc. Just ill bros who I like because it’s funny to. This may turn into its own post some day.
Pop Culture tidbits:
-Starting March 11, American Idol is moving its Wednesday results show to 9 p.m. head-to-head with Lost. ABC considered moving it, but decided they’d get enough people with DVR and the internet who will eventually tune in. Crazy how much of a powerhouse Idol is. You do not want that show going against yours. Thing will take down anything.
-Suge Knight got bundled in a scuffle with an associate of Akon’s at a Scottsdale, AZ hotel. Consider that dude DEAD.
-Uhoh…this probably should have been its own post and probably will be at some point. But the very first trailer for Inglorious Basterds was released recently. Words cannot describe how pumped I am for this one. Basterds is Quentin Tarantino’s latest project and doesn’t come out until August. Tarantino supposedly wrote this forever ago and Tevlin told me it’s different than anything he’s done before. It’s a story of Jewish soldiers set out to kill Nazis during WWII. Should be lighter than most Holocaust era movies, as you can see in the trailer. Stars Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson and Jula Dreyfus. Gonna be firrreee.
I'm always looking for another way to annoy people
Magic 8 Ball. Okay, so this guy David Thorne is really funny to me, because he incessantly mocks people, mostly via email...and for this post he used a Magic 8 Ball to answer his emails a few weeks ago, and it might be the best idea ever. Here is one of the exchanges that took place, read others here. And honestly all his stuff will make you RLOL (see i'm down with the netspeak now), I recommend in particular Party in Apartment 3 and Overdue Account.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.08pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: HeyHey.
Are you at work?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.25pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Hey
Signs point to yes.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.53pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Hey
What? Can you drop over on your way home from work and help me lift a piece of glass up onto a table? It is too heavy to lift.
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.22pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Hey
My sources say no.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.49pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey
Are you serious? I tried lifting it a bit at a time and sliding books under it but I need heaps more books. Can you come for a quick drive now?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.02pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey
Ask again later.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.57pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: ?
Are you going to help me on the way back from work or not?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.16pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: ?
It is decidedly so.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.24pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: ?
Good. Fuck you are annoying sometimes.
Lastly, the internet is like on performance enhancing drugs today and there was so much quality stuff to post...so check this ridic resume someone actually submitted to an online mag, pretty amazing.
-Kate
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.08pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: HeyHey.
Are you at work?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.25pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Hey
Signs point to yes.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.53pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Hey
What? Can you drop over on your way home from work and help me lift a piece of glass up onto a table? It is too heavy to lift.
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.22pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Hey
My sources say no.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.49pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey
Are you serious? I tried lifting it a bit at a time and sliding books under it but I need heaps more books. Can you come for a quick drive now?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.02pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey
Ask again later.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.57pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: ?
Are you going to help me on the way back from work or not?
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.16pm
To: Mark Pierce
Subject: Re: ?
It is decidedly so.
From: Mark Pierce
Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.24pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: ?
Good. Fuck you are annoying sometimes.
Lastly, the internet is like on performance enhancing drugs today and there was so much quality stuff to post...so check this ridic resume someone actually submitted to an online mag, pretty amazing.
-Kate
Thoughts on Romey Rome
This clip makes me RLOL every time. How does everyone feel about Jim Rome? I think the guy is a straight dickhead gimmick and every time I watch his show I feel like he is reading of tons of cue cards. Something about his choppy robot sentences makes me hate him, although he does get some laughs outta me now and then.
For sake of this clip keep in mind the guy being intervewed is named JIM EVERETT.
What do you think???
-J Perk
For sake of this clip keep in mind the guy being intervewed is named JIM EVERETT.
What do you think???
-J Perk
Thursday Steal....Baller Edition
Sometimes you gotta drop a little extra cake to be fly....and while these Gucci shades aren't necessarily my style (I'm more of a black on black type of dude), I think they are pretty ill. Not many of you may feel the same way, and that's fine, go post what you think is fly on your own blog bitchhhhhhesssss.
So here they are, Gucci 1824 Unisex Shades. A true steal for $80.00, especially when they retail for $340.00. And YES they are real.
Click HERE to ball out just like ya favorite Rappppaaaaaaaaa.
You have until about 7:30pm tonight before the deal expires.
-J Perk
So here they are, Gucci 1824 Unisex Shades. A true steal for $80.00, especially when they retail for $340.00. And YES they are real.
Click HERE to ball out just like ya favorite Rappppaaaaaaaaa.
You have until about 7:30pm tonight before the deal expires.
-J Perk
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
MIA
Sorry dudes, been missing in action the past couple. Actually yesterday I put a couple hours into some behind the scenes blog issues but didn't get to post. Jake, Nick, and Kate have been holding it down though. Some real good stuff put up the last couple days.
How about Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui) secretly cleaning up in the hot girl poll over to the right? Talk about a sleeper with some power. I honestly didn't see that kind of performance coming but I did vote for her. The names on that list are no joke and she has 40 percent of all votes, much props. She really can fill out a pair of jeans.
Here are a few youtubes for the people. This first one is Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech at the Spirit Awards, which are for independant films and usually given out the night before the Oscars. Mickey's acceptance is loaded with swears and awesome. The second video is an old classic. Just be glad these hoodrats aren't babysitting your kids. The questioning of the uncle at the end sums it up. The last one is of Shannon Brown. The kid the Lakers got in the move that also netted them Adam Morrison. I remember brown as a McDonalds All American in HS and a monster dunker at Mich St. Clip is of a pretty filthy block.
Alright now for a couple fun facts...
-CC Sabathia is a Raider season ticket holder and tailgates starting at 7am for home games. Hope hes doing it down the stretch in NY.
-Only 3 players in the NBA have over 50 dunks and 50 3pters. Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and Rudy Gay.
I saw Slumdog finally, loved it. After it cleaned up so hard at the Oscars I figured I had to.
This guy loves Marbury, jk.
Redsox are pushing the normal 705 start time back to 710 in 2009, seriously.
Please becareful playing beirut. Gone are the days where you could share spit and beer all night. Its a new world out there folks. So if you're still in college, fill em with water. You dont want to catch herpes.
Damn, you know how Youk looks like a tool with that beard? Well he showed up to camp with a handlebar mustache this year. Check out his official team photo to your right. Sox are such an ugly team. So many goofy balding white guys. We really need some more, actually one, flashy black dudes on the squad.
The Sorry for Partying All-Stars
Anyone who knows me knows I love a certain three-(sometimes four-) word phrase that can be used as a catch-all to explain any screw-up, large or small, that occurred because of a bad lapse of judgment usually the product of drugs, alcohol or another similar vice.
“Sorry for Partying” or “Hey, Sorry for Partying” as it’s known in some circles has gained paramount popularity in recent years. I’m 99% sure it originated in EB back around 2001-02, coined by Brian Booth.
Since then it’s traveled to the city of Boston, the doldrums of Pennsylvania, the far reaches of the West Coast and everywhere in between. It’s been posted on Urban Dictionary, but in 2005. (Sorry, BRO, you’re a little late.) There are URLs with the name, although none active. And the first time I see it on a T-Shirt, I’ll probably kill myself.
Because we haven’t mentioned it much here, I figured we needed to reveal a list I’ve been working on for a long time, like since this morning. The WKFTB Sorry for Partying All-Stars! These people pushed the limits, sometimes with dire consequences.
Let’s have a look at 2009’s Starting Six:
Vin Baker
Big Vin was a four-time NBA All-Star. He won an Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000. He was seemingly on top of the world. But what happened? He SWEATED drinking. He soon ballooned to nearly 300 pounds. When he was traded to the Celtics, then coach Jim O’Brien said he could smell alcohol on Baker during practice. A binge drinker, he was known to drink especially heavily on nights after a bad game. After a few years, he drank his way out the game. But it didn’t end there. He got a DUI leaving Foxwoods in 2007. His restaurant was shut down. And last year, his $2.5 million home was foreclosed.
Wait, you were an all-star caliber multimillion-dollar athlete and you wasted away your prime and then went broke? Sorry for partying…
Michael Phelps
An Olympic gold medalist, Phelps captured the hearts of the nation – the world actuall
y – with his otherworldly performance in Beijing this summer. A freak of nature more fish than man, Phelps machined his way to eight golds and several world records. When he returned home he was a national hero, bringing American people together like no other person since Kennedy. He hosted SNL. TV shows begged him to come on. Sponsors flooded him with offers. Everyone wanted a piece of Phelps. Still, as its been well-chronicled here, Phelps needed to party. We found out how he can consume 10,000 calories a day – by getting super, super high.
Woah, woah, hold it. So you are perhaps the most recognizable face in America, probably every Mom’s favorite athlete, you have tons of loot, yet you’re at a shitty North Carolina party ripping bongs around civilians with cameras? Hey, sorry for partyin…
Michael Vick
Oh man,
where to start. Vick, a three-time Pro Bowler was the face of the Atlanta Falcons’ franchise, and for a while, the entire NFL. A former Madden cover boy he had endorsements with EA Sports, Nike, Kraft Foods, Hasbro, Coca-Cola, AirTran and was ranked 33rd on Forbes’ Top 100 Celebrities in 2005. This is in addition to the 10-year, $130-million deal the former No. 1 overall pick signed with the Falcons. After a few minor hiccups like flipping off the media and getting caught with some sort of marijuana container at an airport, Vick dropped the motherload when he was caught financing an illegal dog fighting ring in Virginia. Since sentenced 23 months in FEDERAL prison, he ‘s been ordered to give back his signing bonus, lost all his endorsements, been kicked out of the NFL and forced to declare bankruptcy.
Let me get this straight, you’re a mega-celeb, maybe the most famous player in the NFL, a QB with 95 speed and you for some reason allow your retard buddies to operate a huge dog fighting ring in a gated residential neighborhood when you could conceivably doing anything in the world for entertainment. Sorry. For. Partying.
Eliot Spitzer
Ho, ho, remember this chode? The former Attorney General and Governor
of New York led a crusade against such things as pollution, corruption and prostitution. He then proceeded to use campaign funds to finance clandestine trips to out-of-the-way hotels in New York to covertly meet women he met at the Emperor’s Club, a high-scale prostitution service. At least until he was caught in a federal investigation and forced to resign for his post and admit it to his wife.
So you’re a public servant, former attorney who pursued cases in prostitution and told people how to live their lives, then was caught with a prostitute yourself and forced to quit being the governor of the highest-profile city in America? Sorry for partyin…
Ozzy Osbourne
People
forget, but Ozzy was a Grammy Award winner, star of the band Black Sabbath, and dubbed by some as the “Godfather of Heavy Metal.” Look at that loopnut now. Guy pounded heroine, E, coke, mints, acid and everything in between. Now he can’t even sit still or talk without his hands shaking. It’s not known if he still speaks English. He’s partied so much, he’s lost his mind. Just check out this sweet quote:
"I was taking drugs so much I was a wreck. The final straw came when I shot all our cats. We had about 17, and I went crazy and shot them all. My wife found me under the piano in a white suit, a shotgun in one hand and a knife in the other."
Hey, when you kill all your cats and then hide under the piano waiting for retaliation there’s really only one way to explain yourself: SFP.
Len Bias
Sorry, but he’s the captain of the Sorry For Partying All-Stars. You know the rule, after 20 years you can joke about it. Len, the purported savior of the Celtics franchise in need of the youthful young talent to continue its dominance, might have inadvertently sent the team into a decade long tailspin it only recently climbed out of. The No. 2 pick in the draft went to celebrate at an off-campus part at the University of Maryland at around 3 a.m. According to his boys, it was there where Bias ripped mountains of coke, enough to kill himself less than 48 hours after being drafted.
Now say what you will, and I know it’s a sensitive subject around these parts, but Len Bias partttiiiiedddd. Just a little too much.
Honorable mention: Joe Namath
Really just to show this sweet video:
“Sorry for Partying” or “Hey, Sorry for Partying” as it’s known in some circles has gained paramount popularity in recent years. I’m 99% sure it originated in EB back around 2001-02, coined by Brian Booth.
Since then it’s traveled to the city of Boston, the doldrums of Pennsylvania, the far reaches of the West Coast and everywhere in between. It’s been posted on Urban Dictionary, but in 2005. (Sorry, BRO, you’re a little late.) There are URLs with the name, although none active. And the first time I see it on a T-Shirt, I’ll probably kill myself.
Because we haven’t mentioned it much here, I figured we needed to reveal a list I’ve been working on for a long time, like since this morning. The WKFTB Sorry for Partying All-Stars! These people pushed the limits, sometimes with dire consequences.
Let’s have a look at 2009’s Starting Six:
Vin Baker
Big Vin was a four-time NBA All-Star. He won an Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000. He was seemingly on top of the world. But what happened? He SWEATED drinking. He soon ballooned to nearly 300 pounds. When he was traded to the Celtics, then coach Jim O’Brien said he could smell alcohol on Baker during practice. A binge drinker, he was known to drink especially heavily on nights after a bad game. After a few years, he drank his way out the game. But it didn’t end there. He got a DUI leaving Foxwoods in 2007. His restaurant was shut down. And last year, his $2.5 million home was foreclosed.Wait, you were an all-star caliber multimillion-dollar athlete and you wasted away your prime and then went broke? Sorry for partying…
Michael Phelps
An Olympic gold medalist, Phelps captured the hearts of the nation – the world actuall
y – with his otherworldly performance in Beijing this summer. A freak of nature more fish than man, Phelps machined his way to eight golds and several world records. When he returned home he was a national hero, bringing American people together like no other person since Kennedy. He hosted SNL. TV shows begged him to come on. Sponsors flooded him with offers. Everyone wanted a piece of Phelps. Still, as its been well-chronicled here, Phelps needed to party. We found out how he can consume 10,000 calories a day – by getting super, super high.Woah, woah, hold it. So you are perhaps the most recognizable face in America, probably every Mom’s favorite athlete, you have tons of loot, yet you’re at a shitty North Carolina party ripping bongs around civilians with cameras? Hey, sorry for partyin…
Michael Vick
Oh man,
where to start. Vick, a three-time Pro Bowler was the face of the Atlanta Falcons’ franchise, and for a while, the entire NFL. A former Madden cover boy he had endorsements with EA Sports, Nike, Kraft Foods, Hasbro, Coca-Cola, AirTran and was ranked 33rd on Forbes’ Top 100 Celebrities in 2005. This is in addition to the 10-year, $130-million deal the former No. 1 overall pick signed with the Falcons. After a few minor hiccups like flipping off the media and getting caught with some sort of marijuana container at an airport, Vick dropped the motherload when he was caught financing an illegal dog fighting ring in Virginia. Since sentenced 23 months in FEDERAL prison, he ‘s been ordered to give back his signing bonus, lost all his endorsements, been kicked out of the NFL and forced to declare bankruptcy.Let me get this straight, you’re a mega-celeb, maybe the most famous player in the NFL, a QB with 95 speed and you for some reason allow your retard buddies to operate a huge dog fighting ring in a gated residential neighborhood when you could conceivably doing anything in the world for entertainment. Sorry. For. Partying.
Eliot Spitzer
Ho, ho, remember this chode? The former Attorney General and Governor
of New York led a crusade against such things as pollution, corruption and prostitution. He then proceeded to use campaign funds to finance clandestine trips to out-of-the-way hotels in New York to covertly meet women he met at the Emperor’s Club, a high-scale prostitution service. At least until he was caught in a federal investigation and forced to resign for his post and admit it to his wife.So you’re a public servant, former attorney who pursued cases in prostitution and told people how to live their lives, then was caught with a prostitute yourself and forced to quit being the governor of the highest-profile city in America? Sorry for partyin…
Ozzy Osbourne
People
forget, but Ozzy was a Grammy Award winner, star of the band Black Sabbath, and dubbed by some as the “Godfather of Heavy Metal.” Look at that loopnut now. Guy pounded heroine, E, coke, mints, acid and everything in between. Now he can’t even sit still or talk without his hands shaking. It’s not known if he still speaks English. He’s partied so much, he’s lost his mind. Just check out this sweet quote:"I was taking drugs so much I was a wreck. The final straw came when I shot all our cats. We had about 17, and I went crazy and shot them all. My wife found me under the piano in a white suit, a shotgun in one hand and a knife in the other."
Hey, when you kill all your cats and then hide under the piano waiting for retaliation there’s really only one way to explain yourself: SFP.
Len Bias
Sorry, but he’s the captain of the Sorry For Partying All-Stars. You know the rule, after 20 years you can joke about it. Len, the purported savior of the Celtics franchise in need of the youthful young talent to continue its dominance, might have inadvertently sent the team into a decade long tailspin it only recently climbed out of. The No. 2 pick in the draft went to celebrate at an off-campus part at the University of Maryland at around 3 a.m. According to his boys, it was there where Bias ripped mountains of coke, enough to kill himself less than 48 hours after being drafted.
Now say what you will, and I know it’s a sensitive subject around these parts, but Len Bias partttiiiiedddd. Just a little too much.
Honorable mention: Joe Namath
Really just to show this sweet video:
Scarlett gets owned by Zangief
Okay, Scarlett takes a falls is one of my most favorite YouTubes of 2008, maybe of all time. And then someone went and made it 10x better by having a streetfighter piledrive her...genius.
Here's the orginal, edited to highlight the most vital portion of Scarlett's performance. In case you haven't seen it yet.
A Tribute to....The Spice Girls
Disclaimer: I messed up some of the Spice Girls names in this article and I am choosing to leave the incorrect info in here because I am not a Spice Girls expert and do not care that I F'd up. I instead want to stress I only remember them as some semi hot chicks that I enjoyed watching dance around back in the day. Thank you.
So I heard an interview with former Spice Girl Mel B on the way to work today and decided that they were perfect for my Wednesday tribute to hot chick(s). First of all Mel B was probably #4 on my list of Spice Girls I wanted to do back in the day...now look at her
Yeah I know...fiiiiiiiiiiiireeeee. Speaking of fire, my favorite Spice Girl back in the day was Ginger Spice. Don't know why really, maybe it was the sweet flag skirt thing she wore, who knows. Anyways, it seems like most of the Spice Girls have aged well because Ginger is still killing it.
Back then Sport Spice was kinda in the background in this group, at least in my mind. Well now she is probably the most famous (Marry the Beck-man probably doesn't hurt). Never really got the whole Spice Girls name...I mean first you have Ginger which is an ACTUAL spice, then you have Posh (don't even know what it means) and Sporty???? Doesn't really fit, but whatever back to my point...V Beckham is a babe.
Sorry to the other two Spice Girls...I'm sure you are both pretty dope in your own right but I can't post anymore pictures on here. Mainly because I have to close with this sweet video....don't be mad, I had to.
-J Perk
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
A Tribute to....Man Law #147
Man Law #147: NO WANDERING EYES IN THE SHOWER....NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!
So sometime last week I was in the steam room at the U, enjoying a nice casual steam by myself. I get out, go turn on one of the showers because the hot water takes a while to kick in and head back in the steam room for a few.
I come out, stand right beside the entrance to the showers and am putting my sandals on as some tall lanky creature slithers right by me into the showers, and takes my already warmed up shower.
STRIKE 1 Bro, did you really just take my shower? It was obvious that I was standing right there naked about to head into that warmed up water stream...
So despite my feelings of violence I walk in and turn on another shower; all the while doing the awkward stand out of the cold water stream but have my hands in it to feel if it's warming up....As I am doing this, my spider sense kicks in and I can F*ing feel that kids eyes on me.
This little creature was checking me out in the shower....and I felt his eyes on me for like 30 seconds. It was so bad that I even had to turn my head around a little, and when I did that he did not even look away, nope, he tried to make eye contact. I swung my head back to my shower, and I heard that little creature scurry away. WTFFFFFFFF!?!?!?!
Now here is one thing I really just don't understand, regardless of this incident many times I've been in showers with strangers and felt as if they were checking out the holy grail if you will...
That is Man Law #148: No Pecka Checking if thou does not know the Pecka
Why do dudes want to know the size of a strangers junk? I mean it is one thing if it is your friend and he has Minnie Mouse in his pants and you want to make fun of him...but a dude you don't know? I'm saying that's a little on the Elton John side fellas, so cut the shit.
Bottom line, obey by the man code....Don't lock eyes with dudes in the shower, don't stare at their junk, and for the love of god don't steal their warmed up shower. These are all things that will get you killed in jail.
-J Perk
So sometime last week I was in the steam room at the U, enjoying a nice casual steam by myself. I get out, go turn on one of the showers because the hot water takes a while to kick in and head back in the steam room for a few.
I come out, stand right beside the entrance to the showers and am putting my sandals on as some tall lanky creature slithers right by me into the showers, and takes my already warmed up shower.
STRIKE 1 Bro, did you really just take my shower? It was obvious that I was standing right there naked about to head into that warmed up water stream...
So despite my feelings of violence I walk in and turn on another shower; all the while doing the awkward stand out of the cold water stream but have my hands in it to feel if it's warming up....As I am doing this, my spider sense kicks in and I can F*ing feel that kids eyes on me.
This little creature was checking me out in the shower....and I felt his eyes on me for like 30 seconds. It was so bad that I even had to turn my head around a little, and when I did that he did not even look away, nope, he tried to make eye contact. I swung my head back to my shower, and I heard that little creature scurry away. WTFFFFFFFF!?!?!?!
Now here is one thing I really just don't understand, regardless of this incident many times I've been in showers with strangers and felt as if they were checking out the holy grail if you will...
That is Man Law #148: No Pecka Checking if thou does not know the Pecka
Why do dudes want to know the size of a strangers junk? I mean it is one thing if it is your friend and he has Minnie Mouse in his pants and you want to make fun of him...but a dude you don't know? I'm saying that's a little on the Elton John side fellas, so cut the shit.
Bottom line, obey by the man code....Don't lock eyes with dudes in the shower, don't stare at their junk, and for the love of god don't steal their warmed up shower. These are all things that will get you killed in jail.
-J Perk
A Case of the Tuesdays.
So, I've been keeping you guys in the know regarding Kanye's fall from grace, but besides pictures of him gallavanting around town with that Fembot, Amber Rose...there is nothing really new to report.
However, here are a couple of vids that may be remotely entertaining to you.
Here's Lindsay Lohan looking exceptionally haggard at the Oscars of all places. As of late it seems like she has been going from one coke binge to the next and not trying in the least to be covert about it. She reminds me of Tyrone Biggums with that crack twitch of hers. I also enjoyed that she attributed her significant weight loss to doing yoga once a week, because that would definitely be it. Yoga I've heard keeps you up for days and is a substitute for food.
This vid is just entertaining all around, mainly because Europeans are ridiculous and silly. I watched it a few times.
-Kate.
However, here are a couple of vids that may be remotely entertaining to you.
Here's Lindsay Lohan looking exceptionally haggard at the Oscars of all places. As of late it seems like she has been going from one coke binge to the next and not trying in the least to be covert about it. She reminds me of Tyrone Biggums with that crack twitch of hers. I also enjoyed that she attributed her significant weight loss to doing yoga once a week, because that would definitely be it. Yoga I've heard keeps you up for days and is a substitute for food.
This vid is just entertaining all around, mainly because Europeans are ridiculous and silly. I watched it a few times.
-Kate.
F*ckin' Sopranos
Someone took the time to compile a video of every profanity uttered in the entire Sopranos series. Best part? It's 27 minutes long. At least watch a few minutes. I know some Sopranos lovers out there will love this:
the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.
the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Music Monday
This might be the Music Monday TI edition....
TI ft. Kobe - "This is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"
Dr. Dre ft. TI, Nas - "Topless" The quality isn't that good, but the beat/song is fire.
The Dream ft. Kanye West "Walking on the Moon" I thought it was appropriate to throw this up here since I think it is everyone's opinion that Kanye is actually FROM the moon.
Joe Budden - "Pray for me" His CD Padded Room comes out Tuesday I believe, and I will be copping that. Most underrated in the game.
I wanted to prove to myself I could do a music Monday without Wayne this week...
- J Perk
TI ft. Kobe - "This is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"
Dr. Dre ft. TI, Nas - "Topless" The quality isn't that good, but the beat/song is fire.
The Dream ft. Kanye West "Walking on the Moon" I thought it was appropriate to throw this up here since I think it is everyone's opinion that Kanye is actually FROM the moon.
Joe Budden - "Pray for me" His CD Padded Room comes out Tuesday I believe, and I will be copping that. Most underrated in the game.
I wanted to prove to myself I could do a music Monday without Wayne this week...
- J Perk
Running With the Oscars
Running diary of last night's 2009 Academy Awards:
8:33: Critics said Hugh Jackman would jump at the chance to sing during this broadcast – he won a Tony Award in 2004 for “The Boy from Oz,” a play on Broadway. He wastes
no time here, opening the show with a solid performance.
8:36: Anne Hathaway – love her for some reason – is dragged out of the audience by Hugh. I think it is spur of the moment for about 0.27 seconds.
8:40: Hugh acknowledges Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Everyone on earth crosses their fingers for a shot of a psycho Jennifer Aniston. No dice.
8:45: OMG, such a boring little piece with a bunch of former Best Supporting Actress winners. Best part is the shot of Marisa Tomei. Wow, she is beautiful. Penelope Cruz wins here in the night’s most wide-open category. Seriously no one knew who was going to win this.
8:54: Nice appearance from Steve Martin and Sarah Pal..uh Tina Fey. Tina once again looking nice. Did any entertainer make a bigger leap than Tina Fey last year? Her 2008 was like Dustin Pedroia’s MVP season. We liked her as is, a bit player with a little niche who was easy to like. But she blew up and exceeded anyone’s wildest expectations. In comparison Steve Martin was Julio Lugo.
9:03: Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black out together. Aniston looks awful. What happened to her hair? Did she stick it out the limo window on the way over? The two lead us into an animation bit. I don’t know why, but I am very anti-animation. I would NEVER see an animated movie in the theatre. Whenever I watch one I’m always entertained too.
9:09: LOL. The animated short film award. You’ve got a better chance of me actually making one and accepting my own nomination then you do of me watching one of those.
9:16: Sarah Jessica Parker has huge boobs. They are real as well. I think Maxim was a little hard when it dubbed SJP the Unsexiest Women Alive in 2007.
9:23: Actually, the more I see her, SJP is pretty sucky…
9:30: The Oscars were revamped this year with two main goals:
1) To have more of a storytelling and historic feel, hence all the props and sets for each category and
2) To celebrate the entire year’s most popular pictures (not just the nominees). The first montage, on 2008 romance, is awesome.
9:32: YES! Natalie Portman! If it were up to me she’d be on that poll to the right. And Ben Stiller with a spot-on impression of a delusional Joaquin Phoenix. Just unreal.
9:43: James Franco and Seth Rogan just killed it with a Pineapple Express short of them watching a bunch of this year’s most popular films. I RLOL’d 3-4 times. Picture Judd Apatow. Guy’s a baller. He’d so big he can just write a short for the Academy Awards now. Meanwhile as I’m writing this, James Franco butchers the name of the foreign guy who wins Best Cinematographer and Rogan dies laughing. Not sure if that was part of the skit or not but don’t think so.
9:59: Damn, what a huge performance by Jackman and Beyonce. When you see performances like this it make sense why those two are famous. Just tons of talent.
10:04: Here we go. What most of us have been waiting for: Best Supporting Actor. Jared just IM’d me and is wondering the same things: how are they going to do this for Ledger? Who accepts?
10:07: Just got goosebumps has Kevin Klein described my favorite scene in Dark Knight: when Ledger sticks his head out of the cop car and licks his lips as the movie goes silent. They just announced Heath won, becoming the second posthumous actor to win an Oscar. His family is accepting it. Nice gesture, much better than to have someone who worked on the film up there. Standing ‘O’ of course. All in all: classy. There should be another crazy applause when they do the montage of all the people in the film industry who passed away.
10:16: Man on Wire wins for Best Documentary. Mark Cuban was a producer on this. The Oscar will be the only hardware he wins this season.
10:27: After a sweet action movie montage, Benjamin Button wins for Best Visual Effects. I’m not sure if people realize how advanced the technology is that they used here. It’s a system called Contour which can create digital reproductions of the human body that are as accurate as photographs. So in the scenes where Brad Pitt is an old man, it is his face on an old man’s body. It’s breakthrough stuff and something you are going to see a lot more of. I guess the video game market is all over this too.
10:44: Nice tribute to Jerry Lewis. I feel like I don’t appreciate his career as much as I should. Might be a Google/YouTube of him in my future. Eddie Murphy presented the award. He looks old.
10:59: Strange music performance by the music guy from Slumdog Millionaire and John Legend. Sorry for the vagueness, but I’m hating this right now. Bored outta my tree. Mostly just F’n around with my laptop. This reminds me that South Park the movie had a nomination for Best Song for “Blame Canada” and Robin Williams performed it at the Oscars.
11:11: I was wondering why Queen Latifa had a front-row seat out of all the possible stars and celebs. Turns out she’s singing to accompany the “passed away” montage. I forgot about Bernie Mac. Still weird to me that he died. He was fantastic. Sydney Pollack and Paul Newman too. Wow Hollywood lost some legends.
11:20: Danny Boyle brings home the hardware for Best Director, keeping this night a Slumdog affair. Best Picture is a mere formality at this point.
11:26: Time for Best Actress. Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry are stunning. I’m thinking Kate Winslet (The Reader) here. After being denied five other times this should be a career reward for her. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway is crying for like 5th time tonight. She should do spots for Kleenex. And the winner is…Winslet. I’m a genius. Now that I’m on her Wiki page, how did she not win for Titanic? What a good speech too. It’s nice to see multi-millionaire superstars humbled and grateful.
11:40: You can tell the awards are going over time (big surprise) when there’s no commercial between Best Actress and Best Actor. Adrien Brody, Michael Douglas, Robert Dinero, Ben Kingsley, and Anthony Hopkins are here to introduce this one. I can’t decide between Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke
here. I haven’t seen Milk, so that’s probably why I’m rooting for Rourke.
11:43: Damn it, Sean Penn wins. After Kingsley’s unreal intro for Rourke (the last nominee introduced) it was almost a letdown when Penn won. “Thank you, you Commy, homo-loving sons of guns.” That was sweet.
11:52: Finalllllyyy it’s time for Best Picture. Zero surprise here. Slumdog caps off its historic night with the evening’s top honor. Just think, this movie almost went straight to DVD. It was bought by Warner for $5 million before they sold half of it to FOX Searchlight. Yea, it only grossed $150 million and won Best Picture. Would love to be the exec who pitched that idea.
Finally I can put the comp down. Great, past-paced start to the night that eventually got too long and boring. Overall I give the night a B. I liked the new set up, but maybe a few more clips of the movies next time?
8:33: Critics said Hugh Jackman would jump at the chance to sing during this broadcast – he won a Tony Award in 2004 for “The Boy from Oz,” a play on Broadway. He wastes
no time here, opening the show with a solid performance.8:36: Anne Hathaway – love her for some reason – is dragged out of the audience by Hugh. I think it is spur of the moment for about 0.27 seconds.
8:40: Hugh acknowledges Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Everyone on earth crosses their fingers for a shot of a psycho Jennifer Aniston. No dice.
8:45: OMG, such a boring little piece with a bunch of former Best Supporting Actress winners. Best part is the shot of Marisa Tomei. Wow, she is beautiful. Penelope Cruz wins here in the night’s most wide-open category. Seriously no one knew who was going to win this.
8:54: Nice appearance from Steve Martin and Sarah Pal..uh Tina Fey. Tina once again looking nice. Did any entertainer make a bigger leap than Tina Fey last year? Her 2008 was like Dustin Pedroia’s MVP season. We liked her as is, a bit player with a little niche who was easy to like. But she blew up and exceeded anyone’s wildest expectations. In comparison Steve Martin was Julio Lugo.
9:03: Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black out together. Aniston looks awful. What happened to her hair? Did she stick it out the limo window on the way over? The two lead us into an animation bit. I don’t know why, but I am very anti-animation. I would NEVER see an animated movie in the theatre. Whenever I watch one I’m always entertained too.
9:09: LOL. The animated short film award. You’ve got a better chance of me actually making one and accepting my own nomination then you do of me watching one of those.
9:16: Sarah Jessica Parker has huge boobs. They are real as well. I think Maxim was a little hard when it dubbed SJP the Unsexiest Women Alive in 2007.
9:23: Actually, the more I see her, SJP is pretty sucky…
9:30: The Oscars were revamped this year with two main goals:
1) To have more of a storytelling and historic feel, hence all the props and sets for each category and
2) To celebrate the entire year’s most popular pictures (not just the nominees). The first montage, on 2008 romance, is awesome.
9:32: YES! Natalie Portman! If it were up to me she’d be on that poll to the right. And Ben Stiller with a spot-on impression of a delusional Joaquin Phoenix. Just unreal.
9:43: James Franco and Seth Rogan just killed it with a Pineapple Express short of them watching a bunch of this year’s most popular films. I RLOL’d 3-4 times. Picture Judd Apatow. Guy’s a baller. He’d so big he can just write a short for the Academy Awards now. Meanwhile as I’m writing this, James Franco butchers the name of the foreign guy who wins Best Cinematographer and Rogan dies laughing. Not sure if that was part of the skit or not but don’t think so.
9:59: Damn, what a huge performance by Jackman and Beyonce. When you see performances like this it make sense why those two are famous. Just tons of talent.
10:04: Here we go. What most of us have been waiting for: Best Supporting Actor. Jared just IM’d me and is wondering the same things: how are they going to do this for Ledger? Who accepts?
10:07: Just got goosebumps has Kevin Klein described my favorite scene in Dark Knight: when Ledger sticks his head out of the cop car and licks his lips as the movie goes silent. They just announced Heath won, becoming the second posthumous actor to win an Oscar. His family is accepting it. Nice gesture, much better than to have someone who worked on the film up there. Standing ‘O’ of course. All in all: classy. There should be another crazy applause when they do the montage of all the people in the film industry who passed away.
10:16: Man on Wire wins for Best Documentary. Mark Cuban was a producer on this. The Oscar will be the only hardware he wins this season.
10:27: After a sweet action movie montage, Benjamin Button wins for Best Visual Effects. I’m not sure if people realize how advanced the technology is that they used here. It’s a system called Contour which can create digital reproductions of the human body that are as accurate as photographs. So in the scenes where Brad Pitt is an old man, it is his face on an old man’s body. It’s breakthrough stuff and something you are going to see a lot more of. I guess the video game market is all over this too.
10:44: Nice tribute to Jerry Lewis. I feel like I don’t appreciate his career as much as I should. Might be a Google/YouTube of him in my future. Eddie Murphy presented the award. He looks old.
10:59: Strange music performance by the music guy from Slumdog Millionaire and John Legend. Sorry for the vagueness, but I’m hating this right now. Bored outta my tree. Mostly just F’n around with my laptop. This reminds me that South Park the movie had a nomination for Best Song for “Blame Canada” and Robin Williams performed it at the Oscars.
11:11: I was wondering why Queen Latifa had a front-row seat out of all the possible stars and celebs. Turns out she’s singing to accompany the “passed away” montage. I forgot about Bernie Mac. Still weird to me that he died. He was fantastic. Sydney Pollack and Paul Newman too. Wow Hollywood lost some legends.
11:20: Danny Boyle brings home the hardware for Best Director, keeping this night a Slumdog affair. Best Picture is a mere formality at this point.
11:26: Time for Best Actress. Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry are stunning. I’m thinking Kate Winslet (The Reader) here. After being denied five other times this should be a career reward for her. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway is crying for like 5th time tonight. She should do spots for Kleenex. And the winner is…Winslet. I’m a genius. Now that I’m on her Wiki page, how did she not win for Titanic? What a good speech too. It’s nice to see multi-millionaire superstars humbled and grateful.11:40: You can tell the awards are going over time (big surprise) when there’s no commercial between Best Actress and Best Actor. Adrien Brody, Michael Douglas, Robert Dinero, Ben Kingsley, and Anthony Hopkins are here to introduce this one. I can’t decide between Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke
here. I haven’t seen Milk, so that’s probably why I’m rooting for Rourke.11:43: Damn it, Sean Penn wins. After Kingsley’s unreal intro for Rourke (the last nominee introduced) it was almost a letdown when Penn won. “Thank you, you Commy, homo-loving sons of guns.” That was sweet.
11:52: Finalllllyyy it’s time for Best Picture. Zero surprise here. Slumdog caps off its historic night with the evening’s top honor. Just think, this movie almost went straight to DVD. It was bought by Warner for $5 million before they sold half of it to FOX Searchlight. Yea, it only grossed $150 million and won Best Picture. Would love to be the exec who pitched that idea.
Finally I can put the comp down. Great, past-paced start to the night that eventually got too long and boring. Overall I give the night a B. I liked the new set up, but maybe a few more clips of the movies next time?
--Nick
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Jim Calhoun flippin
Some freelance reporter and political activist tried to grill him on his salary in these economic times. Nahhhh.
Rihanna
Thats the official picture that someone from the LAPD leaked to TMZ for $62,500. (I woulda leaked that thing too for 63 large). I bet a lot of you have seen it but probably not everyone. All I can really say is DAMN. Poor girl looks like shes still hurt and crying. I wanna just give her a hug and tell her itll be ok.
Chris Brown vs Ricky Hatton, Summer 2010? No seriously though, how are you pummeling a little angel like that? Even if she was wailing on me I would just hold her wrists and stop her. I hate guys that wail on girls, kids, puppies, etc. This is a shame for people who follow celebrity couples and gossip and all that. Breezy and Rihanna were a nice power couple. So cute and talented, haha, true though? In hip hop they were like the Disney version of Jay and Yonce (Am I kidding with yonce?).Jake and myself attended Kanye's Glow In The Dark tour this summer (pic below). It was pretty incredible to be honest. As egomaniacal and risky as Mr. West is, he truly is a talented performer. The set was set up to look like him on the surface of a . But oh yea, what I was going to say was N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco, and Rihanna all performed also and I wanted to mention that Rihanna was really good live (so was Pharrel and Lupe.) I've liked her more and more since then. I have no shame in admitting I like girl singers either.
CB is in some deep shet now. Williams mentioned in one of his recent posts that Brown lost a bunch of endorsements including double mint and disney. Also, he hired Scott Peterson's lawyer, Geragos. Not sure if thats the best message to send. Hiring the guy who represented the guy who was accused of and later convicted of murdering his then 8 month pregnant wife Laci. Geragos has some high moral standards on who he represents. Sounds like a good guy. How'd you like to be his girlfriend or wife? He should do a TV commercial...
"Hi Im Mark Geragos, I have more experience with wife battery than any other lawyer in Hollywood. Have you ever contemplated killing your 8 month pregnant wife? Well one of my clients did more than contemplate it, he put his money where his mouth is. When the time came to see the judge, Scott knew who he wanted to tell his side of the story, thats right, me, Mark Geragos. Scott might be in jail now, getting semen pumped into him by large criminals who possess a moral code that I do not, but thats not the point. The point is I have the necessary experience to defend you after you put a beatdown on a woman who couldn't defend herself. I actually smack my wife's face or kick her in the shins if dinner isn't up to my standards, but she knows she cant take me to court because I will defend myself, be found innocent, and be home before the mediocre soup she made gets cold. Next time the wife provokes you and forces you to punch her, call me, Mark Geragos. Im sure you have 99 problems, dont let punching a bitch be one."
Here is a little excerpt from one of the reports...
The report states he began striking her with his fists and she managed to grab the keys from the ignition and throw them outside. Supposedly, photos of her show contusions on the face, swollen eyes, cut lip, bloody nose, bite marks on fingers and arm — bad enough to make an easy case for a felony domestic battery charge. It isn’t clear whether Brown will be prosecuted for threatening to murder her.
Here is my dude Brett Anthony's Disturbia remix. Check out his other youtubes too. Hes been moving from performing to more production these days. Hes starting to get really good at it. Kid can play guitar, drums, piano, sing, dance, produce, and is an extremely good song writer. Hes so talented. He'll find his niche and kill it. Brett is very ill.Note: New polls are up. Doing a handful this week. Kobe made a little bit of a late comeback in the last poll but still finished short. Lebron wins the WKFTB better player poll 16-9. The hot girl question is sort of an eclectic group. I tried to pick girls that have always been close to the best but not the single hottest, dunno just pick one.
-JTW
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Wolfie's Macbook For Sale
2.4 GHz Macbook For Sale - $899
Sleek, sexy, lightning fast, mint cond, bulletproof, bells and whistles, etc. This Lapster is mine and Im gonna miss it but I need a few dollars. The number 1 reason why these things are all Im gonna buy from here on out is the fact that they stay as fast as the were the day you got it, which I never knew was possible. Full description below.
I've got to try and take advantage of the blog here. Heres the deal. I've come to the difficult decision of selling my new baby, the Macbook. I need dough right now for a ton of things including spring break in Vegas in 2 weeks. Plus the software for my work is only made for Windows so I can justify using my old crapper IBM for a little while.
To be honest with you, this is my first Mac and once I can afford it I will use one for the rest of my life. Regular PC's are like American cars, some are nice, some are fast, etc. But the Apple Macbooks are like a friggin Ferrari. They are faster than any PC you can find, they last way longer, better battery, and people don't even make viruses/spyware for them. They are on another level in terms of quality, efficiency, cleanliness. My battery on my IBM was good for about 2 hours brand new, and after 6 months it was down to 40 min, after a year and change I was lucky to get 10 minutes out of it. If Im not watching movies or something demanding of battery life, the Macbook can get up to 5 hours. I've been spoiled with it, Im gonna miss it so much, sucks having to leave her.
This Macbook was bought in October and its honestly a badass. The 2.4 Ghz processor is the top of the line, fastest you can get for the regular Macbooks. Its in mint condition besides a tiny spot on the upper right hand corner of the screen that you cant even see unless you turn the computer at a weird angle and I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it but I want you to know exactly what you're buying
If you have been wanting to pick up a nice laptop for a while, this is probably a dream scenario for you. This thing is good for anyone from a student for writing papers all the way to someone who wants a high powered laptop to DJ with. These things don't get bogged down and virused. Its as fast as the day I got it right now.
Specs:
-2.4 ghz Macbook (2.4 is the fastest they make for Macbooks. The only things faster are some of the Macbook Pro's that cost 3 grand)
-160gb hard drive
-2gb ram
-Microsoft Mac 2008 (word, excel, power point, that stuff)
-Preloaded with Apple's premium software
(Garage Band, Spaces, Dashboard, Finder, Safari, iTunes, all that good stuff).
-Photoshop CS
-Wiped down after every couple days to keep clean
Price: It was 1300 and that was only a few months ago. Even 1300 is reasonable because you can't find anything else this sick for that kind of dough. Used they are going for a thousand on ebay. Buy from me and you know who you're buying from though. I'll sell this incred machine for $899 That isn't much money to have the best, fastest, low maintenance laptop out of anyone I know. Literally don't know anyone who has a computer that can hang with this low maintenance Lambo.
Note: 899 is 100 bucks less than what the bare bones entry level version of the Macbook goes for. The entry level has about half the muscle, half the ram, a much smaller hard drive, etc. Also you would need to buy probably 400 or 500 dollars worth of software. I swear to god I would buy this from myself if I was a guy who had the money and was looking for a high powered computer.
-Email me or post questions in the comments. I have had some interest already so talk to me if you might be interested. (You can click the pictures to enlarge them)
jtwolfe99@gmail.com
Sleek, sexy, lightning fast, mint cond, bulletproof, bells and whistles, etc. This Lapster is mine and Im gonna miss it but I need a few dollars. The number 1 reason why these things are all Im gonna buy from here on out is the fact that they stay as fast as the were the day you got it, which I never knew was possible. Full description below.
I've got to try and take advantage of the blog here. Heres the deal. I've come to the difficult decision of selling my new baby, the Macbook. I need dough right now for a ton of things including spring break in Vegas in 2 weeks. Plus the software for my work is only made for Windows so I can justify using my old crapper IBM for a little while.
To be honest with you, this is my first Mac and once I can afford it I will use one for the rest of my life. Regular PC's are like American cars, some are nice, some are fast, etc. But the Apple Macbooks are like a friggin Ferrari. They are faster than any PC you can find, they last way longer, better battery, and people don't even make viruses/spyware for them. They are on another level in terms of quality, efficiency, cleanliness. My battery on my IBM was good for about 2 hours brand new, and after 6 months it was down to 40 min, after a year and change I was lucky to get 10 minutes out of it. If Im not watching movies or something demanding of battery life, the Macbook can get up to 5 hours. I've been spoiled with it, Im gonna miss it so much, sucks having to leave her.
This Macbook was bought in October and its honestly a badass. The 2.4 Ghz processor is the top of the line, fastest you can get for the regular Macbooks. Its in mint condition besides a tiny spot on the upper right hand corner of the screen that you cant even see unless you turn the computer at a weird angle and I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it but I want you to know exactly what you're buying
If you have been wanting to pick up a nice laptop for a while, this is probably a dream scenario for you. This thing is good for anyone from a student for writing papers all the way to someone who wants a high powered laptop to DJ with. These things don't get bogged down and virused. Its as fast as the day I got it right now.
Specs:
-2.4 ghz Macbook (2.4 is the fastest they make for Macbooks. The only things faster are some of the Macbook Pro's that cost 3 grand)
-160gb hard drive
-2gb ram
-Microsoft Mac 2008 (word, excel, power point, that stuff)
-Preloaded with Apple's premium software
(Garage Band, Spaces, Dashboard, Finder, Safari, iTunes, all that good stuff).
-Photoshop CS
-Wiped down after every couple days to keep clean
Price: It was 1300 and that was only a few months ago. Even 1300 is reasonable because you can't find anything else this sick for that kind of dough. Used they are going for a thousand on ebay. Buy from me and you know who you're buying from though. I'll sell this incred machine for $899 That isn't much money to have the best, fastest, low maintenance laptop out of anyone I know. Literally don't know anyone who has a computer that can hang with this low maintenance Lambo.
Note: 899 is 100 bucks less than what the bare bones entry level version of the Macbook goes for. The entry level has about half the muscle, half the ram, a much smaller hard drive, etc. Also you would need to buy probably 400 or 500 dollars worth of software. I swear to god I would buy this from myself if I was a guy who had the money and was looking for a high powered computer.
-Email me or post questions in the comments. I have had some interest already so talk to me if you might be interested. (You can click the pictures to enlarge them)
jtwolfe99@gmail.com
Some weekend fire
I'm at work and don't have any time to put together any sort of worth while post but I wanted to throw up a Tyga song I've been feeling lately. He's on Cash Money....(aka rolls with Weezy).
Tyga - "The Window"
While I'm on that topic, tickets went on sale today for Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes, and Keri Hilson on March 17th. The event is in Provi at the Dunkin Donuts Center. Click here for TICKETMASTER.
Also check out "Eastbound and Down" Sunday nights on HBO @ 10:30. Will Ferrell is the exec producer I believe and I was rloling at it last Sunday (first episode). It's about a washed up relief pitcher turned gym teacher. Shit is fire.
I'm out...enjoy the weekend.
-J Perk
Tyga - "The Window"
While I'm on that topic, tickets went on sale today for Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes, and Keri Hilson on March 17th. The event is in Provi at the Dunkin Donuts Center. Click here for TICKETMASTER.
Also check out "Eastbound and Down" Sunday nights on HBO @ 10:30. Will Ferrell is the exec producer I believe and I was rloling at it last Sunday (first episode). It's about a washed up relief pitcher turned gym teacher. Shit is fire.
I'm out...enjoy the weekend.
-J Perk
For Lost Fans...
If you are a Lost fan (I know JRo from the comments section is a loyal fan), then you need to read Jeff Jensen's recaps every week. They are absolute must reads. He writes for Entertainment Weekly and is probably the best and most widely read Lost blogger. Again, must read material every week for Lost fans.
EW.com - Lost
-Wolfie
EW.com - Lost
-Wolfie
Friday, February 20, 2009
2 Live Stews
I've been doing podcasts of talk radio shows lately on the ipod. I just download the previous days podcast, throw an earbud in, and its commercial free smooth sailing on my commute. 3 hour shows are only about 90 minutes without the commercials. For you guys who enjoy sports talk radio, you know how brutal the commercial breaks can be, so its pretty wild to double your efficiency.
If you decide to try this out, I give a 5 star rating recommendation to the Two Live Stews on Sporting News Radio. I really love these guys. They make WEEI, well the Big Show atleast, just look like trash. You know how most of the people our age like Mike Holley the best out of the WEEI hosts? Its because hes young, smart, likes the same music we do, etc. We can relate to him and hes a cool dude. Well the Stews are like Mike Holley in terms of hip hop, smart, fresh take on the issues, unconventional, etc. The Stewart brothers are funnier than Holley though. They crack me up. They also have incredible chemistry being brothers.
Ryan Stewart, the younger brother, was an All American safety at GA Tech and went on to play for the Detroit Lions. Doug Stewart played sports in college but he is a former sports agent and mortgage lender. Ryan was a ladies man up until he got married recently and doug is the family man. They get into arguments that will have you in stitches, as opposed to the headache inducing arguments of The Big Show on WEEI. The Stews style is more like talk you would have in a basement with your buddies or at the barbershop. Like The Big Show will be ripping callers and explaining things over and over, while the stews are having a blast and discussing things like Fitz vs Moss, or Fitz vs Calvin Johnson, or what would happen if Vick was the Steelers their QB last year, and the stews call people out if they aren't keeping it real. Its my favorite style sports talk.
So thats my recommendation for the two live stews. They also have won radio on air talent of the year awards in 2004. They are cool dudes and Ryan is a former athlete so they get really good guests. At 245 everyday they do an awesome celeb news thing. The show airs in Atlanta, but they do mostly national stories. Actually I have been following the Falcons and Hawks more since I've been a fan of the show now that I think of it. Just go to itunes store and search for two live stews, then click the sporting news radio one and your good to go, free downloads of the days 2livestews for your commute. Or if you are on your computer between 1 and 4 in the afternoon on weekdays, you can just go to Radio Time, search for the zone, and listen to the stews live that way.
If you decide to try this out, I give a 5 star rating recommendation to the Two Live Stews on Sporting News Radio. I really love these guys. They make WEEI, well the Big Show atleast, just look like trash. You know how most of the people our age like Mike Holley the best out of the WEEI hosts? Its because hes young, smart, likes the same music we do, etc. We can relate to him and hes a cool dude. Well the Stews are like Mike Holley in terms of hip hop, smart, fresh take on the issues, unconventional, etc. The Stewart brothers are funnier than Holley though. They crack me up. They also have incredible chemistry being brothers.
Ryan Stewart, the younger brother, was an All American safety at GA Tech and went on to play for the Detroit Lions. Doug Stewart played sports in college but he is a former sports agent and mortgage lender. Ryan was a ladies man up until he got married recently and doug is the family man. They get into arguments that will have you in stitches, as opposed to the headache inducing arguments of The Big Show on WEEI. The Stews style is more like talk you would have in a basement with your buddies or at the barbershop. Like The Big Show will be ripping callers and explaining things over and over, while the stews are having a blast and discussing things like Fitz vs Moss, or Fitz vs Calvin Johnson, or what would happen if Vick was the Steelers their QB last year, and the stews call people out if they aren't keeping it real. Its my favorite style sports talk.
So thats my recommendation for the two live stews. They also have won radio on air talent of the year awards in 2004. They are cool dudes and Ryan is a former athlete so they get really good guests. At 245 everyday they do an awesome celeb news thing. The show airs in Atlanta, but they do mostly national stories. Actually I have been following the Falcons and Hawks more since I've been a fan of the show now that I think of it. Just go to itunes store and search for two live stews, then click the sporting news radio one and your good to go, free downloads of the days 2livestews for your commute. Or if you are on your computer between 1 and 4 in the afternoon on weekdays, you can just go to Radio Time, search for the zone, and listen to the stews live that way.
As for WEEI, I respect the ratings and success, but those shows blow. Im generalizing the station but I mean the afternoon drive show The Big Show. They just beat topics into the ground with no sophistication. You probably just said who wants sophistication in a sports talk radio show right? Well I do. Why would I listen to The Big Show when all I get out of it is finding out what the local sports stories are. I never learn anything from those guys. Its just guys yelling and ripping callers. They just pound the conventional and consensus opinions. Its also 75% yelling.
Ordway called games with Johnny Most for 13 years, the guy is a legend in Boston. The premise of Ordway keeping things together and having sports writers as cohosts to bring the inside information is a good one, but it just doesn't work for me. Ordway now makes a million per year as the host and his ego has grown with his paycheck. He seems like a nice enough guy, but the fresh insight just isn't there, hes nothing special. And the writers as cohosts usually suck. You listen to them and realize that some people dont think outside the box no matter how close they are to the game.
-Jared Wolfe A.K.A. Tha PROfessa
Movie Friday
The International
Release Date: In Theatres
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Mixed
WKFTB Opinion: Saw this with high hopes last week and was a little disappointed. It was just too slow and anti-climatic for me. Average at best to be honest. Naomi Watts was a nobody in it and Clive Owen obviously was good, but he just played the same brood he always does. It did have one AMAZING gunfight in a museum though, which really got me jacked up halfway through the movie. Ultimately though, wait for the rental.
Fired Up
Release Date: Today
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Rotten
WKFTB Opinion: I looked it up and was surprised to find out that this movie has nothing to do with the Bring It On series. A straight rip-off with a twist, Fired Up is what it is: a chooch teen comedy that will draw in some people aged 12-17. Zero chance of any of the WKFTBs ever seeing this, but honestly I bet in like a year when it’s on USA in the middle of the afternoon, it’ll get a few laughs. Trailer is decent, especially Dr. Rick.
Knowing
Release Date: March 20
Fan Buzz: Excited
Critic Reviews: Little early
WKFTB Opinion: Don’t let the God awful title fool you, this movie could be badass. Nic Cage is an action movie beast and the kid is the same kid from Benjamin Button. You know I have a soft spot for disaster movies, especially ones that could potentially blow the doors off on the big screen. Director Alex Proyas hasn’t done much, but he did direct I Robot, another fast-moving, aesthetically pleasing adventure. The trailer is outstanding, def seeing this.
The Taking of Pelham 123
Release Date: June 20
Fan Buzz: None yet
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Oh man, can’t wait for this one. Stars like Denzel and John Travolta and secrets like Luis Guzman, John Turturro, and James Gandolfini make this an anticipated one. Great story with what looks like a good amount of action and surely some plot twists. Director Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Hostage) hasn’t done much, but he always has an interesting take on things.
Pop Culture tidbits:
-Repercussions from Chris Brown’s incident with Rihanna:
-His Wrigley gum commercial was suspended from TV.
-His “Got Milk” print ad came to an end.
-The 2007 Sesame Street episode with Brown was pulled.
-NBC and TLC are considering a reality TV show starring the Octuplet mom and her family (6 kids under the age of 7 PLUS the 8 babies). People will be heated if this happens, but let’s face it, there will be a book and probably a TV show no matter what. I’m surprised we haven’t covered this lady more in this space.
-Body of Lies and Quarantine released on DVD this week. The Oscars air this Sunday night. I’m sure one of the WKFTB will have something for you on here. Stay tuned.
Release Date: In Theatres
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Mixed
WKFTB Opinion: Saw this with high hopes last week and was a little disappointed. It was just too slow and anti-climatic for me. Average at best to be honest. Naomi Watts was a nobody in it and Clive Owen obviously was good, but he just played the same brood he always does. It did have one AMAZING gunfight in a museum though, which really got me jacked up halfway through the movie. Ultimately though, wait for the rental.
Fired Up
Release Date: Today
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: Rotten
WKFTB Opinion: I looked it up and was surprised to find out that this movie has nothing to do with the Bring It On series. A straight rip-off with a twist, Fired Up is what it is: a chooch teen comedy that will draw in some people aged 12-17. Zero chance of any of the WKFTBs ever seeing this, but honestly I bet in like a year when it’s on USA in the middle of the afternoon, it’ll get a few laughs. Trailer is decent, especially Dr. Rick.
Knowing
Release Date: March 20
Fan Buzz: Excited
Critic Reviews: Little early
WKFTB Opinion: Don’t let the God awful title fool you, this movie could be badass. Nic Cage is an action movie beast and the kid is the same kid from Benjamin Button. You know I have a soft spot for disaster movies, especially ones that could potentially blow the doors off on the big screen. Director Alex Proyas hasn’t done much, but he did direct I Robot, another fast-moving, aesthetically pleasing adventure. The trailer is outstanding, def seeing this.
The Taking of Pelham 123
Release Date: June 20
Fan Buzz: None yet
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Oh man, can’t wait for this one. Stars like Denzel and John Travolta and secrets like Luis Guzman, John Turturro, and James Gandolfini make this an anticipated one. Great story with what looks like a good amount of action and surely some plot twists. Director Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Hostage) hasn’t done much, but he always has an interesting take on things.
Pop Culture tidbits:
-Repercussions from Chris Brown’s incident with Rihanna:
-His Wrigley gum commercial was suspended from TV.
-His “Got Milk” print ad came to an end.
-The 2007 Sesame Street episode with Brown was pulled.
-NBC and TLC are considering a reality TV show starring the Octuplet mom and her family (6 kids under the age of 7 PLUS the 8 babies). People will be heated if this happens, but let’s face it, there will be a book and probably a TV show no matter what. I’m surprised we haven’t covered this lady more in this space.
-Body of Lies and Quarantine released on DVD this week. The Oscars air this Sunday night. I’m sure one of the WKFTB will have something for you on here. Stay tuned.
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