1.20.2004
By the Time Arizona Gets to the 12th Century
1/ Let's face it, liberal-ish Northeasterner John Kerry will be a hard sell, and who knows what will happen from Iowa on. But doesn't he have The Presidential Face?
1a/ Who would win in a four-way race between Hal Philip Walker (the faceless, pretty radical candidate from Nashville), Beatty's Bulworth, Redford in The Candidate and Bob Roberts?
2/ Why is the NBA so boring? Could Rasheed have been right? Is the league too concerned with flashy newness and not players who've proven they can win? Is Billy Beane right about this whole 'empiricism' thing? And how unwatchable were the Knicks before netting Starbury?
2a/ Overheard at today's Knicks-Raptors game while in line at the concession stand: "Why are they singing (the Canadian National Anthem)?" "It's the Canadian anthem. The NBA is all over the place." "They play other countries? Like againt France?" "No, they haven't gone there yet." "How about Mexico? That's a state, right?" "Yeah Mexico is a state, but they don't have a team yet either."
2b/ The best part about the NBA? Fodder for Chris Ryan's blog.
3/ Kanye West's inability to rock the sing-song is reaching Mark E. Smith-ian proportions. But College Dropout is already probably the funniest rap record of 2004. Current favorite, from the song "Drug Dealin'": "You know the kids gon act a fool/When you stop the programs for after school/And they BCFs, some of 'em dyslexic/They favorite 50 Cent song's '12 Questions.'"
4/ Is this how uncool Madonna is now? Wesley Clark limped out of Iowa with 0.1% of the vote? Is the endorsement of the most sincerely superficial, artificially genuine pop icon of our time worth nothing?
5/ Something that's worth something: The Spook Who Sat By the Door is finally available on DVD!
1a/ Who would win in a four-way race between Hal Philip Walker (the faceless, pretty radical candidate from Nashville), Beatty's Bulworth, Redford in The Candidate and Bob Roberts?
2/ Why is the NBA so boring? Could Rasheed have been right? Is the league too concerned with flashy newness and not players who've proven they can win? Is Billy Beane right about this whole 'empiricism' thing? And how unwatchable were the Knicks before netting Starbury?
2a/ Overheard at today's Knicks-Raptors game while in line at the concession stand: "Why are they singing (the Canadian National Anthem)?" "It's the Canadian anthem. The NBA is all over the place." "They play other countries? Like againt France?" "No, they haven't gone there yet." "How about Mexico? That's a state, right?" "Yeah Mexico is a state, but they don't have a team yet either."
2b/ The best part about the NBA? Fodder for Chris Ryan's blog.
3/ Kanye West's inability to rock the sing-song is reaching Mark E. Smith-ian proportions. But College Dropout is already probably the funniest rap record of 2004. Current favorite, from the song "Drug Dealin'": "You know the kids gon act a fool/When you stop the programs for after school/And they BCFs, some of 'em dyslexic/They favorite 50 Cent song's '12 Questions.'"
4/ Is this how uncool Madonna is now? Wesley Clark limped out of Iowa with 0.1% of the vote? Is the endorsement of the most sincerely superficial, artificially genuine pop icon of our time worth nothing?
5/ Something that's worth something: The Spook Who Sat By the Door is finally available on DVD!
