who are you and what did you do with the big silly

elton brand is rolling over in his grave

some thoughts on a rainy december night

you killed my fantasy team but it's not your fault.


i'm glad i drafted you in the second round


you are killing my fantasy team and it's all your fault.

merry christmas everyone! eat something good! hug someone! sleep in!

jay reatard's 'blood visions'! the album art is TERRIBLE. how's the music?

YACHT is giving away an instrumental version of his LP on his site. big whoop right? but it's so bad i was inspired to tell you about it.

beanie sigel's 'the solution'. rap's making a strong move at the end of this year!

ghostface and wu-tang album reviewed! click the crimes link on the right!

i'm back [kind of]. i had to simplify the gang gang dance / white williams chart. blogging is hard.

blackout!

i was about to post a review of the gang gang show in miami and my computer R.I.P.'ed on me. she's a wrap.

until i get my situation situated i can't post.

the gang gang show was amazing.

the knicks still suck. i love burial, vampire weekend, animal collective and the new dream record.

be back soon...

'i'm not there' reviewed! click on the crimes link to the right

i'm going to be gone til tuesday. but if you're in miami, call me! thanks go to PK and peasy!

all killer!

i was dragging my feet last night but leg hauled me over to see the dirty projectors at bowery ballroom.

this sucks.

From the AP:

Rapper Pimp C Found Dead in LA Hotel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pimp C, one-half of the veteran Houston rap group UGK, was found dead in an upscale hotel on Tuesday. He was 33.

"It is with great regret that I must confirm that Chad Butler aka Pimp C, one half of the legendary UGK, was in fact discovered dead this morning," his publicist, Nancy Byron, said in a statement. "Manager Rick Martin is asking that everyone please respect his family and those close to him at this time and refrain from rumors and innuendo."

Pimp C, born Chad Butler, was found dead in the Mondrian hotel, a longtime music-industry hangout.

Butler and his partner, Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, were pioneers of Southern rap, and hit the mainstream with their cameo on Jay-Z's smash "Big Pimpin'." Though they never enjoyed the pop-chart success of some other rappers, their 1996 CD "Ridin' Dirty" is considered a rap classic, and their laid-back sound, complete with gangsta tales of creeping through humid streets gripping wood-grain steering wheels, was influential in shaping the Southern rap movement.

The duo's career was derailed when Butler was jailed for three years in 2002 on gun charges. He released an album while in prison, and this year the group made a comeback with the critically acclaimed album "Underground Kingz," which included the hit "Int'l Player's Anthem (I Choose You)," featuring OutKast.

Barry Weiss, CEO of their record label, Jive, said in a statement: "We mourn the unexpected loss of Chad. He was truly a thoughtful and kind-hearted person. He will be remembered for his talent and profound influence as a pioneer in bringing southern rap to the forefront."

Butler, who grew up in Port Arthur, Texas, came from a musical lineage. His father was a professional trumpet player, and the rapper studied classical music in high school. He even received a Division I rating on a tenor solo at a University Interscholastic League choir competition.

project pat's "walkin bank roll"! thanks pat you saved raps for me this year! "please restrain from calling and texting me." - p.p.

the flying dutchman turned me onto burial. i'm a little late on it, but it's taking over my mind.

what is there left to say

i came home to a sportscenter spot with a knicks fan throwing his jersey onto the court at the boston game. who's fault is it? we've been through all this. i think it's time for the players to man up and just play. sure zeke is a smug douche who laughs when fans boo him, but what're you gonna do? BOOOOOOO. at some point you use a $100 bill to wipe the tears from your face and play some defense. maybe run the court? maybe take a charge? box out a little? maybe deliver a hard foul to a dude cruising through the lane?

i have little sympathy, and the curiosity is waning. trade steph? why bother? it'd be great to get even a ty lue or a mike james to run this team. but a couple of good games and steph will be fine. and forget all that noise that every team has gotten better after he left. any time a player like jason kidd or steve nash takes over a team, the team gets better. the wolves certainly did not get much better after marbury left.

but somewhere chris childs is IMing charlie ward a 'smiley'.

Food Dood too me to see ween at terminal 5 last night. i tried!

show's up! please come!

ariel pink and cass mccombs played bowery ballroom. i was baffled!

dr. dog played the bowery last friday! it might've been the 20th time i've seen them but this is how mad i was!

vampire weekend's 'mansard roof'. i have no feelings about this video one way or another.

hardly missing. hardly interesting.

ok so apparently isiah told eddy that he and marbury would be coming off the bench cause of their lack of tenacious D, which is fine by me and most fans i bet. then eddy goes and snitches to marbury and marbury flips and goes back home to coney island. on his way he says he's 'got dirt on isiah.' who doesn't! is this some epic marv albert 'biting hookers' material? is he gay? is he a bad coach? sorry steph after this summer i can't say anything would be a bombshell at this point.

marbury then realizes he makes $182,000 a night whether he starts, comes off the bench or just sits there in his warm-ups. he flies to LA to join the team.

to be continued....

DOUCHEBAGS! every single one of them!

don't think i've ignored cam'ron's "public enemy #1". review coming soon!

santogold, gang gang dance, and tv on the radio [acoustic] played a benefit at the tribeca grand on wednesday.

the new york knicks home opener! the pre-game locker room chatter transcribed!

zach randolph: FEE-FI-FO-FUM!
steph: Z-BOOOOO you gonna help me up my assist average this year son?
crawford: or maybe tip in some of my bricks cause you know i love those bricks!
steph: you do?
crawford: well, i'm just not scared.
steph: sort of like the players who defend you.
zach: GU UHHHH HUUUU
david lee: YO ASSHOLES!
steph: maaaan it's david. quick, look like we're not talking about the dave matthews band.
david lee: how about this zach; if i out-rebound you this year you buy me a new whip.
zach: UHHHH BUHHHHH
david lee: what's up with the new guy?
steph and crawford: WE KNOW.

patrick and sammie made the video for 'comfy in nautica'! i'm racist towards skateboarding but the video is killer.

CAM'RON IS BAAAACK!!!! 'Just Us'! i cannot wait for his double LP! i mean, really. i can't!

atlas sound has a new EP! a musical love letter from bradford of deerhunter to his bandmate locket. i'm a sucker for this shit.

mccarren pool reviewed in full. click the crimes link on the right

deerhunter played an empty cakeshop at CMJ. no one likes this band? i'm obsessed!

white williams + NO AGE + dan deacon + deerhunter [!]. how good is deerhunter? SO GOOD

is it weird to get choked up watching a cheesy NBA promo? what. are you made of stone or something?

CMJ is upon us again! what are you going to? let's go? or not?

black mountain! music from vancouver usually makes me psyched. maybe i need to start smoking.

HEY

here are the bananamal collective reviews from the shows last sunday and monday!

this is a real meltdown, dudes! you're the 1,830,373rd person to watch this.

but this is a bigger meltdown. i couldn't find the one where he was crying. you are the 2,692nd person to watch this one...

and vampire weekend opened for one of those shows! you'd think it would be my ultimate fantasy but i've seen them 4 times already this summer!

"brother sport". a new AC jammer! JAMMER. reviews of the two NYC shows comin up!

the klaxons opened up for bjork last week! for the bjork review click on the 'crimes' link to the right to the right

Dr. Dog sang the national anthem at the phillies game last night! all my interests are converging! what's next? AC knicks half court shots for $?

"stress" "reaction" "four" "weeks" "cartilage" "walking" "boot" "re" "evaluated"

are all words i hate to hear regarding a certain dread-headed over-achieving small-forward on the knicks.

F-isiah calling someone names. here's some real news:

"Forward Renaldo Balkman will miss at least four weeks because of a stress reaction in his right ankle, leaving the Knicks without a key reserve just days before the start of training camp.

An MRI exam performed this week also revealed a small cartilage injury in the ankle, the team announced Thursday. Balkman will be fitted for a walking boot and will be re-evaluated after resting for four weeks." - AP

dude looked crazy in the summer league [then again so did nate]. is david lee playing yet? channing frye where art thou?

thurston moore put out his new solo record. what did he do here that he couldn't have done with SY?

it's not hoops. it's not music. but it's something! geico man's got money! [and a polaroid]

the results are in! 50 claims kanye cheated! don't worry dude you have the better album.

don't do it AK! you're one of my favorite players! come to the knicks! brighton beach is sweet!

"And this time, Kirilenko, the national hero for leading his country to the recent European championship, indicates that he wants to stay in Russia rather than play for the Jazz.

"I want to do what I enjoy doing, and I think the emotions that I experienced with the national side are worth going back to Russia and playing there for Russian supporters," Kirilenko told the Sports Express newspaper in Russia, which has both English and Russian editions, in a story published Thursday."

- Desert Morning News

me and the prof checked out manchester orchestra last night. they opened for BRMC and leon. the two worst bands ever?

http://www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra

les savy fav put out a new record! F.A.V. stands for 'film and video'. factoids!

ok ok so this has been going down all week.

cliff's notes

isiah played h.o.r.s.e. with this woman, who is an MSG employee. she beat him. he told her that 'he loved her' and kept on lurking. maybe at one point called her a 'bitch'?

then to paint the picture of the scene at MSG they brought marbury in, who's getting weirder every single day. he admitted to blazing an MSG intern, who was on a game show the week before? and she was already blazing his cousin! his pickup line was [apparently]: 'you getting in?' [to his truck].

oooh you're in trouble!



UPDATE!

isiah also called her a 'ho'. he went on to say that it's ok for a black man to call a black woman a 'bitch' but white dudes aren't allowed. that sucks of zeke but 10 million dollars is a lot to ask for, don't you think? whatever just take it off luc longley's salary. doesn't he have 2 years left on that?