April 2008
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Apollo Sunshine - The Egg
The first time I ever...
Somebody on Deadspin called Mel Kiper the Mitt Romney of ESPN. I don’t know why but it’s just so perfect. Maybe it’s the hairline. Or the gross smile.
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Some crazy guy at Subway just told me I looked liked Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead which is sort of weird because I wear glasses and don’t have dark hair. Or you, know, a moustache.
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“One of the sturdiest precepts of the study of human delusion is that every...”
– Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, pg. 340
Rock Band's First Album Announced →
And it’s $14.99 (not to mention a Judas freaking Priest album, though a Doolittle is supposedly next) which is kind of steep considering the game itself is $59.99 for 58 songs and this is just DLC.
The Strokes - I’ll Try Anything Once
Workers Dig Up Red Sox Jersey Buried Under New... →
This is insane. This is the kind of crap the Red Sox used to pull in the old pre-2004 days. It’s nonsense. Remember that episode of Seinfeld when Eliane and George had a reversal of fortunes and Eliane lost her job and George found a new one? That’s what has happened with the Yankees and Red Sox. And I love it.
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"That One Night" from The Office written by a New... →
Via NBC.com, that hilarious song from The Office last week was actually written and performed by Todd Fancy.
My grandfather never blamed Buckner for 1986. He knew better than that. He didn’t blame John McNamara either. Or anybody else on that roster except Bob Stanley. He blamed an entire team’s collective meltdown on the organization’s greatest reliever. Some of my first memories watching the Red Sox involve him swearing at the TV when the bullpen doors parted and the Steamer came sprinting across...
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I honestly really miss Bronson Arroyo →
In memory of Charlton Heston: Heston of the Apes, a re-editing of Planet of the Apes down only to the parts where Charlton Heston speaks. This is sort of an interesting interpretation (albeit unintentional) on the philosophy on the difference between good movies and bad movies presented in You Don’t Love Me Yet. The argument presupposes the sole difference is that the most interesting...
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The Night James Brown Saved Boston (NPR) →
"Still Alive" for Rock Band Free Today →
This is a triumph, huge success. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.
NOTE: As Coulton points out, this is NOT an April Fools’ joke. I just downloaded and played it (five stars, first try). Actually, April Fools’, I only got four.