that makes 5!

the blazers landed magloire this week, and with joel p [big fan!], zach 'no D' randolph, raefer madness, and aldridge that makes 5 bigs! pretty impressive. they also got brandon roy and jarret jack. steve blake was nice from time to time sure but for a bonafied big like magloire? what a steal! maybe things are turning around in portland. you gotta think either darius, zach, or both are on their way out of town... maybe for a PG? or a SG? this could be interesting. if they add, say allen iverson [wishful thinking] for z-bo and miles, that could be a really sick team! the sixer wouldn't be entirely pissed either. or maybe they would.

oh and btw the wizards matched the knicks' offer to jefferies. great. isiah?

"you say thinking never got you far, but it gets you further"

the new mojave 3 is great! i lost touch with this band and the exploits of mr. sad-sack himself neil halstead, but i was, and still am, a confident slowdive fan. in this album you hear some pink floyd, a little slowdive, and a lot of late teenage fanclub. i can't really help comparing this to the new brightblack morning light album, which has all the ingredients of those shoegaze-y mope-y bands, but with much lighter narcotics. whereas the brightblack album kind of falls short for me, this mojave 3 album totally works. maybe it's the decades of playing/touring/drugs, etc that has seasoned these guys, but there's something to say about process. not to say that brightblack and mojave borrow from eachother at all; slowdive maybe, but mojave has left them both, including their own country phase, in the dust.

a 2006 top 10 list contender! maybe bumping off camera obscura?

at a bar this week i used the word 'slow-core' in referring to doug scharin codeine and they looked at me like i was crazy.

annuals report 2/3

saw the annuals again last night right before demassek! they played a set at pianos with all these thirsty industry types in the crowd. and they sucked! well, they're still a really good band but there was lame moments. the guitarist seemed like he wanted be in coheed, the bassist tries to put isis tapes on in the van [NIXED!], and the singer, well, he could lose some of his thespian moves. a collection of musicians, but not really a band yet.

whereas on record and in a basement the songs sound great, urgent, and huge, the set last night seemed like a bunch of 20 year olds, who are obviously talented as fuck, trying way too hard. but what can you do? i can't remember being 20, let alone having 40 year old execs trying to get you to sign everything.

so... good band. maybe great band! but i think they'll break up and form even better bands. or maybe in 3 months they'll be amazing.

the show tonight with the cold war kids is sold out and i'm not freaking out enough to try to get in. so thus ends my annuals 3 day long strange trip...

live the fantasy

demassek! a band made popular by a couple of blogs. and by popular i mean a lot of their friends show up and make these strange gestures with their hands and freak out. i was honestly expecting something in the vein of a party band, but they actually shredded! great guitars and a totally good singer. you can live the dream, and you can live the dream to a fuller extent, and they are definitely living the dream to the max! there were a couple a jammers and a couple snoozers but it was fun enough.

i've never heard 4 marshall cabs sound so lite though. maybe it was the cakeshop. we should've had our ears blown out! also, it's really hard to groove to a band whose drummer falls in and out of time throughout the whole set. double bass drums sound rad but if you can't keep up then it sounds weird.

but a fun time. yes. oh, i stole this pic from o'dell's site. i think it was from years ago though...

annuals report 1/3

they played this dingy basement last night in greenpoint. $5 cover. all you can drink beers, 50-60 people, of which 5 were over the age of 24. verdict? RAD! the annuals shredded really hard, huge sounds... 2 keyboards, 2 drummers, 3 singers, etc. and they were great! the opened with 'brother' and blazed through a 30 minutes set. i admit they lost a bit of steam at the end, what with so many different people doing so many thing in one song sometimes it didn't gel, but the end product was awesome anyway.

they didn't play 'Footless and wild' which was disappointing, but at least i didn't call this post 'the kids are alright'!

again tonight at pianos. i think they'll be just as good, but seeing them freaking out in a sweaty basement was just about as good as this stuff gets...

'putas report!

last night electroputas played cakeshop! they are rad people and they played a good show, but it didn't destroy my mind or anything. i guess by the time it's 2006 it's harder to pull off noise for 'noise'' sake. i mean, i'm digging the retro vibes, but but it's almost like some bands are fodder for cool artwork or weird names, more than the music. it takes bands like this to create 'a scene' i guess. and i'm loving the social registry thing, but in my old age i kind of pine for a tight song with parts and no throwing of guitars. call me grampa i don't mind. i was at clikatat ikatowi shows too you know...

i know this all may sound harsh but i don't mean it that way. i'm glad they're playing and i would see them again for sure. i'm just saying.

don't step on my pedals

silversun pickups report! the new album is out! it's good, but not as good as i had hoped for actually. a lot of gnarly grunge riffs with melodies coming through, but maybe not as much or as often as i want. there are JAMS. 'Melatonin' 'Little Lover's So Polite' and they re-did [AGAIN] 'Lazy Eye' and 'Dream At Tempo 119'. those songs are like, 4 years old dudes.

anyway all the elements here are good. heavy pedals, solid vocals, 8 minutes jams that go and go, and some heavy mid 90's vibes. a good band! i'm happy they put this out, even though it's no home run, i'm stoked enough!

toosh report 7/25/06

the grey lady reviewed the new southern smoke tape. let's take a look!

1st line: "Last week, when Johnny Cash topped the album charts with his posthumous CD, “American V: A Hundred Highways,” it was good news for his estate and bad news for record executives everywhere."
last line: "And you don’t have to be a nervous record executive, sweating over the latest SoundScan numbers, to know that no CD boom lasts forever."

christ the record industry is fucked! they have to fix this shit. you can get anything a month before it comes out. for free! and then IM it to someone. in 15 minutes! booo. they are too slooow to this problem. fuck em i say. people will figure out how to get their music sooner than later. hello? whose running these labels? maybe they should think twice about charging $16.99 for an ugly piece of disposable plastic... make me want to buy that shit douchebags!

as for the review? pretty good! smallz and drama are peaking. might as well write about them before they start sucking, which they probably will what with their upcoming $16.99 'mixtapes'. luda's track here is crazy! 50? cam? this is how you shred a dis track! luda kinda takes a dump on jeezy and ross pretty 'haaaard'. but how are you gonna showcase this song that goes at these two, and then follow that track up with tons of jeezy and ross!?

who cares this tape is great. all the southern smokes rule. the tape gets its usual 4 mics. this review get the same.

helloooo? isiah? anyone?

shouldn't we be taking on more big contracts? trading future draft picks? maybe getting another shooting guard? hello?

get off my lawn! [kids these days]

annuals report! winton hooked up some jams today and they're good! a bit varied, with heavy strings, orchestrated verses and huge screaming choruses. great production too! it's really fucking good actually! think islands/unicorns maybe. i think these are high college kids in NC with no record/label to speak of, but they have some interweb songs floating around. another bowery ballroom sell-out band in the making. who can keep track these days? great stuff!

man music these days is insane. if this was on a 7" back in 1996 it would've been the craziest shit ever. is it me or has music gotten a million times better what with file sharing and the 'net? blame it on 'puters...

i'm maybe gonna see these guys 3 times in 3 nights coming up, so i'll let you know how they are....

also a bit late, but here is the review anyway

50 and whoo kid's 'Hate It or Love It' tape. i don't really concern myself with 50's arguements and politics, but it was hard to pass up this record. haha the cover is hilarious! so janky! the first skit is funny what can i say. and i love the pic of ja rule with the jiffy lube t-shirt on! and the fat joe shot with the UPS uniform? haha this is some good stuff. the tracks are actually solid on this one too, production wise. but i'm not totally rolling over with laughter either. maybe i never really got 50...

i dunno, i think the game's fine and all and the footage of him on blind date is a zinger, but 50 comes off a little insecure on this one. will this be the summer where rappers try to call out other rappers, and no one responds? Cam looks like a douche now, and if no one responds to this one 50's gonna seem like he's just full of hot air. do it 50! call him a pussy again! tell him you're gonna shoot him again! tell them that you make money again!

a few weeks late, but an okkervil report!

one of my favorite bands lately. this guy is totally great what with the black sheep boy LP and the appendix EP. i ran up to castle clinton as they started and as me and brian were trying to figure out if we had enough money for 2 corona cans they blazed through 'for real', 'black' [which fucking RULED], 'song of our so-called friend', 'a stone', 'no key, no plan' [!], and 'a king and a queen'... by that time we had run out of money and i was totally pleased with their set. great great great. too bad it was outside but they proved to me that i'll be jamming their songs for a long time. i dunno, this stuff is so weepy. how could you not like?

great name! ok artist...

JR's full length on koch! haha i love the cover. we looked at it and it was all, 'do you think he's EVER had more than 2 cameras pointed at him in his life?' another gratuidous 'i'm gonna be a STAR' solo rap record, but i have to admit JR shows flashes of being tolerable. this record is kind of that. it's kind of annoying most of the time, and kinda funny some others.

a lot of byrd gang stuff like bird calls, and more bird calls, etc. writer's block pt 1,2, and 3 basically took care of my JR curiosity, but i guess there are people there who are into this dude. cam's verse is the highlight on this thing [as usual]. i say, congrats to JR! you have a record out now! with flashy artwork! it's says 'the dominican prince' on the sleeve! you got to rap about ninja turtles! that's not entirely shitty at all...

beirut is a kind of a dicey band name

beirut opened for jens the other night, and there were definitely more people to see them than jens! ok i understand they have all the hype in the world going for them right now, but they were still super good! they started with some jams that weren't necessarily sparse or orchestrated, but the build-up was nice for each. i can't really write about then without pointing out that they probably need to listen to a small band called the smiths or the talking heads, whose vocal stylings seem to get lost in indie rock these days.

regardless, beirut powered through a totally solid set, even though he had this freakishly annoying dude pulling arcade fire moves the whole set. dude, we know you're psyched...

check out their myspace page... those songs are totally fucking rad!

the best show of the summer so far

so lite! i got chills at the end! jens!? yup. that shit was so good. he played with 7 blonde swedish girls and declared before his set 'yes. i will play you 14 songs exactly'. at the 12th song [we were counting no homo] it was officially rad. all the hits. punchlines. he mumbled 'i love that song' right after he played a hit! which also brings to mind all the obvious liberal arts/meta fanouts but the truth is, he was super entertaining and not cheesy. he'll give you gags and them sucker punch you with some crazy as fuck lyrics.

like everyone else i was waiting for 'maple leaves', and at the count of 14 he played it. but with no band! no drum machine! no mic! just weird stepping out into a silent crowd with a guitar! 'i think you're beautifuuul! but it's impossible to make you understand that if you don't take my hand i'll lose my mind compleeetley'. haha amazing. i fucks with this show. thumbs up!

almost as big as the two thumbs up i give up to brian and lisa for having us over at the jammer compound a few weekends ago! thank you!

ladyhawk pt deux

fucking great. that band is great. they shredded the knitting factory last night and they had the 40 people there in a frenzy. kudos to them. but it brings to mind a question. what separates a great band, versus a great band with a trajectory to do better things? i know it's a moot point in a way, but immediately i thought of enemymine. remember those guys? selling out brownies to fans foaming at the mouth. fucking spectacular live shows. insane buzz. then a breakup. or did they? they did. enemywho? oh i have that record, it was good...

ladyhawk's show last night was like a giant, hulking tree crashing down in the forest with no one around to hear it. where someone can make another record that's not as good, and maybe play a show that wasn't as good, and get all the hype the probably would've hoped for. envelopes anyone? tapes n tapes? could be the fact ladyhawk are from vancouver. could be the laissez-faire 'tude. could be the music [i don't think so, but maybe], but go see ladyhawk next time they come to town. and make sure you take a few skeptical friends!

the band that everyone's the singer for

ladyhawk review! so-so album. good live show! last night they played the cakeshop for an engangement party... and they shredded it! man see a band once before your friends and you basically joined the band, broke up the band, and fathered them from wild chidren to young adults... there were about 25 people who knew all the words, a couple of said know-it-alls, and a few people asking me 'what's this bearded hippie crap'?

i say, it's really good bearded hippie crap! but that's not even it. the songs just sounded looser, heavier, and more fun live. the next zep they are not. the next whatever whatever they are not, but a good band noneless. that was the consensus. good! 'what'd you think?' 'oh they were really good' . 'yea totally good'. gonna see them again tonight at a 'proper' show but i'm psyched...

posting!

d. lee is the talk of the summer league! dude is putting up low double doubles! i know everyone is stressed about balkman and isiah, but i bet the knicks surprise this year. and by surprise i mean an 8th round seed and a frist round exit. but let's jam a mind session on the lineup as it stands shall we?

1st team
1. marbury - c'mon dude back to 18/9 please
2. francis - we'll see. this guy was a solid player not too long ago. 15/4/4. i know very generous but...
3. jalen - i'd take 9/4/3 averages if he just drains a 3 here and there and moves well.
4. frye - time to start him. i want 14/7 from him. that's all he's got too... he's not kareem
5. Curry - upside schmupside. i'll take the 15/6 and be happy.

2nd team
1. Nate - hustle hustle hustle. 10/3/5?
2. Crawford - i'm a big crawford fan. sure, low hoops I.Q. but 'wants' 'it'. 13/3/5
3. Q - could be a nice year from Q. 12/6/2 13PTM per.
4. David lee - 8/8! my new fave knick?
5. jerome james - 5 fouls to give. that's all. butt of jokes too.

bad band name great album

envy! "All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expected Ahead" so killer! heavy heavy melodies over cookie monster vocals. there are just many damn pretty moments... the last 3 songs are these big pop songs filtered through your relapse filter. ok it gets weird when they pull the slint move and talk through a verse [but in japanese]. yea i can do without that detail. but the jams are super catchy, not unlike the last cult of luna record, but less math-y. i'd still take mono over this if i had to decide, but i'm loving envy right now

who wants to jam the 2 day temporary residence showcase at the bowery with me? anyone? hello?

'scura report

well, this has been the litest week ever! first belle and sebastian at the park now camera obscura at the bowery. i was kind of ready not to hate, but not to love them. zzz predictions. but it was great! very very good, i was stoked. the sound was well mixed and she was belting out the jams. sure she's got that 'glasgow i'm a wee bit drunk and shy' vibe but the songs are good. and she sings them well!

some fake hooligans kept heckling them, which was not a big deal, but she was pissed! yea they played 'loyd' and 'if looks could kill' and all the jams from the new record oh man it was really good. i crept up on bro's after the show claiming the band and they were all, 'dude are you high?'

now that's a trade

not a bunch of scrubs for derek fisher. not a bunch of expiring contracts. we're talking 2 players with huge upside who are completely different. i like the trade for both teams! CV's gonna get his 15/7 1 block 1 3PTM in bucktown. i think both teams are stuck with #1 overall pick centers. bargnani i'm kinda shitting on i dunno. i gotta see him but the 'soft and lack of hustle' rap sheet already!? bogut will be fine. a 9/8 guy when it's all said and done i think. a poor man's jamal magloire. ooooh where's jamal gonna go now?

tj for will be fine in toronto. i think his number might take a dip, but he's a good PG. the knock on him is he can't shoot threes, which is kinda retarded to me. at this day an age where centers can step back a drain a couple a game [ok the freak centers], a PG sgould be able to shoot threes enough so that the defenders have to play the 3pt line. i can never be a fan of TJ ford or someone like andre miller until they start draining threes. get to the gym! learn how to shoot that fucking shot!

insert clever lyric here

belle and sebastian 4th of july situations. waiting in line for hours for tix a week ago. downpour right before the show. epic outdoor crowds.... verdict: AMAZING! they totally killed it! stu was in a great mood, cracking jokes to the crowd, slighting the yankees, and calling out crazy fans. they started slow, and then shredded through a set of 'you cover's blown' 'if you're feeling sinister' 'jonathan david' 'tiny little frog' 'i'm a cuckoo' 'dirty dream no 2' 'white collar boy' and 'arab strap'! in a row! i'm forgetting some major jams but you know what i'm saying. the gratefull dead of our generation? except for the hippie part. and the jam band part. and the fat bearded frontman part. and the not-from-scotland part. i will see this band anytime anywhere basically.

congrats to brawnyman and meghan btw!

little ones/say hi to your mom/dirty on purpose report

the little ones pt deux last night. they were much much better! more drunk? less drunk? second time? the rain? who knows. they seemed much more relaxed and went for it. good show! i wonder what they'll be like on sat? i won't be there which sucks cause elvis perkins is so rad! someone go and tell me about it!

say hi to your mom. hating. dull. i hear the record's good so i'll give it a chance, but really. imagine pedro the lion but more boring and with a very disinterested singer. and i'm a pedro fan! yuck. i know some people like them [who also like madonna shows and the new x-tina/premier jam] so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt. maybe it'll be better nbxt time.

dop. there's elements i love. great [GREAT] drummer, awesome 90's shoegaze-y guitar sound. LOUD guitar sound. epic guitar shredding 3 minutes into every song. really nice chord progressions. the only downfall his the whispery vocals, but what're you gonna do... i bet the album is really good. earl says oui. not OUI or oui! but, just, oui.

go see dop and say hi to your mom on tour. 5 weeks! viva indie rock circa 2000!

oi vey

Details are surfacing about Minnesota Timberwolves' Eddie Griffin and his recent automobile accident in a convenient store parking lot; and they're not pretty.
He was allegedly driving drunk and masturbating to a porn DVD when the accident occurred. He was then caught on video tape staggering around the convenient store, telling people he was drunk and that he didn't want to go to jail. Officers took him home, reportedly without issuing any sobriety tests and a civil suit has been filed against Griffin and the city of Minneapolis. Griffin has undergone alcohol abuse treatment in the past, so it will be interesting to see how this ends.

ro knows

so the knicks get balkman. whatever williams would've been nice but i really don't care that much about him. he have too many guards to take him anyway. great guys. great. i'm just so over getting mad at the knicks. sure balkman would've been a FA pickup, as no one had him on their charts. isiah's done well in the past so let's see, but nothing about this guy seems more than just a practice stand-in.

the 2nd pick? collins? a guard? HAHA GREAT! great going guys! doh!

let's just take the wait-and-see approach guys. no freakouts. let's take a look at the bright side. we have 3 very promising 2nd year players, 3 former all-stars, and an underachieving C who has a little bit of 'upside' left. i tiny bit. a shred. can't wait!

is it me

or does this guy have 'bust' written all over him?

'FUCK YEA NEW YORK'

was what he said. the bassist of the little ones at the merc last night. embarrassing, i know, but this is just their 11th show. have you heard their EP? it's crazy! crazy great! totally nervous dudes, frantically drinking shots and tuning shiny guitars. but this band is totally great. 4 months i give them for a bowery sell out. i'm going back to see them tonight! www.wearethelittleones.com. you have to kind of try to not like this band i think... more silverlake music please!

and with the 20th pick

the knicks take josh boone!

i wouldn't mind a defensive FC. he averaged 10pts and only 7rebs his last year at UCONN, but the 2 blocks is nice.ugh a .500 FT%. but i'd like the knicks to get a frontline player who likes to bang no homo. but his nba.com comparison? brian grant!? haha here we go... what are you gonna do? it's the 20th pick!

www.joshboone.com

"... his ship to crash. His ship."

hahahaha what a joke. did you guys see that 'press conference' with dolan and isiah? the problem is that dolan, who spent years supporting layden, expects isiah to improve this team in a year. from 23-59? i would fucking hope so! but isiah will take this team to 30 wins in his sleep, and dolan will say, 'look at the imporvement!'.

my question to dolan is this: what's 'improvement'? 10 wins? 20 wins? an 8th seed in the playoffs? a first round sweep? the conference finals? what if isiah sits put and keeps his expiring contracts? and just lets them go? what if he has two seasons of 25 win ball and loads up on draft picks. what if he passes on lebron? what if he saves the money, tries to get NEAR the salary cap, and starts loading up on gritty journeymen like, say, anthony mason or john starks. remember those guys james? i think they were good.

what team who wins 23 games has a press conference like this? none! dolan is inept, insane, and basic. oh, and rich. jay-z will you please buy the knicks?

i blame shaq

for this disaster. let riley wave and smile and remain dignified. 'who wants to see pat riley dance?' NOBODY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6el2kBSrA

for whatever reason you thought

bill simmons sucked, check out his new espn.com column

holy shit BS rules!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060626

updated top 10 6/26/06

ok this is strictly some boykins shit. i know i know if i was writing for the grey lady the list would be completely different, but this is my interweb and i get to cry if i want to.

10. walkmen- have you seen the loiusiana vid?
9. streets- what can i say this guy is hilarious.
8. TV on the radio- love the stolen jams. TVT you better put this record out soon, everyone's already got it.
7. destroyer- yeah rubies is that good.
6. yo gotti gangser grillz- drama is so good. heavy jams. raps like avery johnson would rap.
5. TI- it's his year i guess. major verses on this record. the choruses get annoying but it's still amazing. it's just downhill from here buddy.
4. band of horses- an amazing record
3. jesu- love it love it love it
2. sonic youth- that record is so solid. crappy. good. embarrassing. cool. me likes.
1. islands. yup still think this record is amazing. other than that fucking rap song. WHYEE? it'll drop to 2 by the end of the year i bet...

fell off the list: killa season. growing. elvis perkins. arctic monkeys
on the bubble: wayne/drama dedication 2. mono [it'll get here]

ok ok another new boykinsa tradish

since the finals are over and the nba news is few and far between, i'm now gonna start casually responding to the front page rumor section of hoopshype.com. but just the splash page.

arenas to bolt washington? really? man i know a TON of team that could use him, but does he have the 'shoot first' stigma? he's a head case for sure. remember on golden state the press thought he was shoot too much and he decided not to take a shot til the last minute of the game? uh, doesn't he make $800,000 a game or something?

iverson to boston!? for who? pierce and jefferson? whack. ai stay in philly

raps will deal villanueva!? yes! please isiah make a move now! this guy looks like caveman lawyer! no seriously, i'm a charlie V fan! i think we're looking at a solid 14 pts, 7 rebs, 1 three and 1 block from this guy! i'd give up just about anything other than frye, only out of principle cause the raps took CV right before frye in the draft, and we were all stoked on that. remember?

i declare this band as major

got the new mono! Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain. it's more of a soundtrack than anything, but this summer is all about mono [and band of horses and rick ross]. ah! there's so much good music out now! mono's the fix i've been looking for since the rodan/rachels chicago era. really weepy triumphant beautiful stuff. it's epic. subway rides listening to mono feeling weird. yup i'm that corny.

so this one ain't nearly as good as 'walking cloud' or 'pipal tree' but it's a reminder of how shredding this band is. i missed then at N6 but i heard it was bananas.

hey! who's going to the blue cheer show at N6 tonight?

shitty draft

look at this espn consensus mock draft. if there was any year that the knicks would forfeit their #2 pick it would be this one. i mean, morrison looks like a 14/7 guy maybe. tyrus thomas disappeared at times. man, talk about the misuse of the concept of 'upside'. todd day anyone? bargnani is an interesting pick, and i year the raps might go for him [with their new euro asstant GM]. rudy gay looked fine. marcus williams might be chris child pt deux. JJ will be fine, or maybe he'll be a kapono/casey jacobsen clone. i know i know. stop comparing him to other prolific, white, ncaa bombers. but redick is a, well, prolific, white, ncaa bomber! obviously no stunners in this year's draft.

but there will be a gfew all-stars in this bunch. there always is. a marion, amare, or wade. fuck all this talk that riley knew what he had in wade. no one knew! sure he had a nice run at marquette but to predict this? its 25% scouting and 75% luck. hopefully the knicks will trade up and do something interesting. isiah has a boner for the draft. he'll try something.

peter macia reviewed deication 2 today

1st line: 'The cover of Dedication 2 shows Lil Wayne, eyes closed, the words “Fear God” inked on his lids.
last line: 'What remains to be seen is whether he can convince the rest of us.'

and goes on to give the record an 8.1. i give the record a 7.5. i give the review a 7.0. i agree wayne is probably one of the greatest active right now, but this tape is just good. i think wayne just to prolific. he waters himself down.... if dedication 1 was the standard, this one is a little sub-par. still great, but wayne set the bar high. at least macia gave drama credit, who's kind of crazy these days. everything he touches is amazing, except for that pharrel tape, which is giant stinky turd. macia does say [about drama] that 'he’s killing the mixtape game right now'. slang like that on pitchfork makes me cringe. i don't know why. just on pitchfork...

but dedication 2 being 'the year's most vital mixtape'? hm, i'd take the w carter collection over this [was that this year?]. the yo gotti gangster grillz for sure. what am i forgetting? any of the southern smokes? the pimp C one? still waiting for that fucking juelz/wayne tape! that's gonna be funny as hell! the jokes!

at least don chaney's not the coach

so the other foot dropped. great. what a waste of a season. larry, i still believe, thought he was doing the right thing in the long term. i think he was trying to teach these guys a lesson about teamwork and defense. and it didn't work. right away. and larry has nothing else to blame but his stubborness. if marbury wants to shoot more and we're losing? let him shoot more! if you call matt barnes your starter, stick with him for more than a week! anyway this is like beating a dead horse. i hear rumors that MJ wants larry in charlotte. good luck over there!

now zeke is the coach. ok bring it on isiah. these are your players... all-stars, young hotshots and veterans. i expect nothing less than a .500 season. i really do. make a trade or two, and get us within sniffing distance of the 8th seed. that's all we ask for. not a conference finals series, just progress. do it.

possibly the gayest picture ever?

toosh report! 6/21/06!

sanneh's review of the band of horses show!

first line: ""Ridin'," the hip-hop hit by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone, was blasting through the club speakers."
last line: "No big deal.'

first of all stop ruining slang. second, sanneh mentions that 'No doubt some fans were wondering why he seemed so cheerful'. you mean one fan? a certain 5'5" backup PG for the nuggets? i think the rest of the crowd was thoroughly psyched! and i was even jamming! kinda. i dispute this review. the crowd was totally vibing off Bridwell's slack goofiness. and it was your standard sold out first show at the BB. but they had sanneh at the opening bar of 'ridin'. what show are we at? is this a dream? or did the band know something?

shandon anderson: 1 patrick ewing: 0

so there it is. the heat go on to win 4 strait and beat the mavs. the last game was close. the refs blew some calls and then tried to give them back. dirk fouled wade by running into his flying elbow. traveling on that last miami offensive rebound? the refs have to get it together. but then again, the mavs shouldn't let the refs be in a position to alter the outcome of the game. they just looked overmatched against wade. insane that guy is. but dirk is just as good, but maybe not as clutch. you really can't fuck with either team at this point. they blazed through the spurs, pistons, and suns. respect.

would've loved to see game 7 and aver johnson dancing at the parade, but oh well. it was a great series anyway. i guess...

rick ross report

my last one. hopefully. last night he played the fader jam sesh and surprizingly showed up in the middle of the heat game! wtf! anyway it was a train wreck to start it off. obviously everyone was waiting for one song. i wonder which song that was? and he played it. three times! you know it's coming, you know what it's gonna be like, and it was still amazing! like watching classic games on espn. i know larry's gonna hit that 4 pt play, but even though i've seen it a million times, i still get choked up and jump around. yes. the jam was epic. totally worth it.

so three days after i declared rick ross the jammer of the summer, i kinda proclaim him as over. i dunno. hopefully not, but if you can't get a roomfull of drunk girls, in the summer, on a boat psyched on more than just one song that's a sign.

also, jay-z was there! he did his own verse from the remix! then he stole my portable tv and disappeared in a cloud of smoke yelling 'n-e-t-s! nets! nets! nets!'

haters!

what the fuck was with that intro to the game last night? the chronicles of riddick glasses? fuck! miami sucks. even though wade is gangster, shaq is funny, and rick ross lives there. last night's game was a doozie. coulda gone either way. with stack? you gott think the mavs would've taken it, but all they have to do is hold court. they can do it. it won't be easy with wade going off right now, but it's do-able. still the mavs' to lose...

fat joe? didn't he get dropped yet? i hoped he saved some of his money!

also how good is that montage at the beginning of the games? i get choked up!

casual mixtape review 6/19/06

'the rule'r? amazing! i declare 'hustlin'' the summer anthem [along with scott's solo jam 'i hope you find love at the end of your day']! ok ok i know 'hustlin'''s been out since the winter but why not? all the nerds are freaking out on it! and the remix with jay and jeezy? christ! rick ross' weird face is on EVERY tape on canal st it seems. this is the 'port of miami' prequel, and it kinda rules. sure he isn't the best rapper and he doesn't have the most interesting voice, but there's something about him i think is funny. his really slow delivery? or maybe the production is just good. the track with nore is crazy! the beat is my fantasy! 8-bit nintendo! this is a good tape!

more tape reviews coming soon cause i just got a new laptop. i've had the yo gotti gangster grillz CD stuck in my laptop for months. sucks!

BULLSHIT!

stu really blew it on this one! maybe it was an executive call from stern. makes you wonder if the league is really pulling for the heat, which makes a ton of sense when you think how much they want to market the shit out of wade. i just don't know how the league office can look at the foul, over and over, knowing it was already called a flagrant, and suspend stack.

even without stack i think the mavs can still beat the heat, but marquis has to show up like he did at the end of last year. remember that? he was supposed to be josh howard pt deux. it's gonna be a sick game!

bland of horses

friday they played the bowery and it wasn't all bad i guess. well, i was expecting a heavy sesh based off their record, which is kind of amazing. but dude got up there and and clowned around too much. K maybe thought he was on crystal meth [seattle bro] but i think he's just a goofy dude, delivering all his lines half-laughing. the drummer was painfully boring too. but the songs are still good, and even the newer jams sounded really promising. i dunno. i went from loving this band to not caring much after this show. maybe they'll be great next time around, but this time they looked kinda bewildered. or maybe too vain?

FUCK THE HEAT!

let's go the mavs are the better team by far. obviously we'd all like to see the series go 7, but the danger of that is that it gives riley that much more of a chance to win another ring. and zo. fuckin zo. i want dirk to bring the trophy back to berlin and have the world take notice that drinking beer and being really weird pays off! no rapping this year during the parade thank you! unless damp has some verses he'd like to share. fuck i bet marquis does. and stack. christ.

'casual SY review revisted' or 'deep thoughts'

ok so i've been listening to the new sonic youth and i still stand by my first review, but i decided they also might suck.

don't get me wrong! best active band out? maybe? they've had 3 seperate careers! the SST days, the DGC MTV days, and now the 'older dudes major label' days. i have to admit i like them without o'rourke, but they walk that fine line of 'art' and 'bullshit'. i can admit that. 'what a waste. you're so chaste. i can't wait... to taste your face.' 'it's a perfect sin. close your eyes and lose the rest. it's a perfect sin. close your mind and feel the best.' 'in your mouth a wad of cash. moist roll of hundreds. fingers through your hair. silver quarters drop.' hmmm....

now, i know. i went to art school too. we can bring out all the texts and weird primitivism coffee talk, but at times this record is corny! but i love it! as if they're talking about some reverse process shit. we all know they can write killer one-liners, and they choose to go the rhyming dictionary route. i guess that's the statement. the music being so tight certainly helps, and there are highs on this record that are rare for this band. as if they were like, 'ok let's just go for the progression people want. but let's see if we can pull off these retarded lyrics!'

again, this record shreds.

sweaty pits, nyc filth, and jams!

2 new records by new yorkers!

sonic youth rather ripped- believe the reviews! this record is insanely good! but before you pass judgement on any new SY record you kind of have to backtrack.

bad moon rising, evol, sister, daydream, etc. amazing. perfect. ok. lets's start with goo. not a huge huge fan but there were moments. too cool and not beautiful enough for me. dirty? loved it! experimental jet set? loved it too! washing machine? oui! that doug aitkens track at the end!? 'diamond sea'? crazy! a thousand leaves? good. getting distracted. ok. NYC ghosts and flowers? a little zzz. Murray st? great! songs again! sonic nurse? not as good as murray st. and now rather ripped? fucking awesome! beautiful guitar riffs, 4 minutes songs, weirdness, etc. yeah, this is good. they have a song called 'jams run free' on there!

i get weird about this band. the best band on earth? i was that kid with the goo shirt and a stack of zines. and the dirty mike kelly baseball tee. i dunno. i find them major in a tear-y eyed way. recently i wrote in some magazine that 'teenage riot' was the best song ever. i stand by that shit!

tvotr- Return To Cookie Mountain- latter day sonic youth tribute band? no! maybe. anyway this is great too. there are some amazing moments what can i say? 'province'? a summer jam! congrats to them i think they could've tanked, but they just got better! there's some shit going on here... oui!