man! ricky lost a lot of weight!

can baron and the dudes do it? i kinda hope they don't, cause i want the semi-finals to be somewhat watchable. but i can't help but root for such well-groomed facial hair.

pros: biedrins' haircut. matt barnes' tribal set-ups. monta ellis' name!
cons: i hate stephen jackson something fierce, but not because of his gansterizations, but more for his premature celebratory posturings. a two foot jumper!? great dude! that's your fucking job!

RICK ROOOSSSSS!

text review! ann was at the jarvis show in LA! she sent a bunch of reviews throughout the show but this is the best one!

also: 4/29/07 1:20am EST
"the smell of weed fucking helps"

SEEYA DOUCHEBAGS!

did the interweb fool some people? deerhunter played a sold-the-fuck-out mercury lounge on thursday

text message reviews! the schmizzleton went to the first jarvis coker show last night!

rapper cameron giles also known as killa cam on 60 minutes! stop snitchin? really? you're gonna do a piece on this? really?

ok ok i saw this on freedarko, but it was too good not to post. REWIND

battles played NYU last night. there were shirtless moshers. it reminded me about how dumb we all were at 17!

ratatat played webster last night, but i was at hanger bar listening to walkmen records. and coco rosie put out another album

see hole. walk to hole. fall in hole.

in the wake of the knicks' collapse during the last month, let's deconstruct this image shall we?

the look in eddy's eyes. he sees the recent past... of quentin richardson's injury plagued career. [brandy's not so dumb as she looks]. he sees a broken david lee, who has possibly played the best ball in his life already. he sees a jerome james, a waste of a contract [can i borrow $10,000?]. he sees a jamal crawford, a dim light on an even dimmer team. he sees a stevie franchise, a misplaced piece on a mishandled team. he sees a stephon marbury... a phenomenal player who could never meet expectations and never please enough people. 'character is fate'... blessed with talent, cursed by talent.

finally, eddy sees himself. the gaze says it all. will he ever be anything more than he is now? does a rebound actually exist when it's a rebound in the first minute of a knicks loss? what does the future hold? will it matter to anyone when he's gone? when is his next meal?

'I Love The Knicks'... i do. i do. i do. who does that hand, holding a pen up to eddy, belong to? possibly the creator of that sign? a random observer asking for eddy to leave his mark? a mark. now and forever. the hand belongs to all of us. we watch, we hope, we accept defeat, and we come back.

thanks for the season guys. we can't hate you, because you are us.

okay okay i finally got the ratatat remixes vol.2!

the halo benders. they are old. and still very very awesome

the live footage is new. unfortunately, the first youtube vid that comes up is a skate vid set to 'virginia reel around the fountain', which is a fucking sick song. [people slept on that record!]. if you know me you know i don't give a shit about skateboarding, but at least this video is of jerry.

panda bear posted lyrics!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=
154895263&blogID=251162692&MyToken=a97e5459-5730-
4a9f-8e62-b999b3116c63

new tapes! i'm freaking out! this is why i started listening to raps again! so fucking good!

the prof. took me to see gowns last night. they're great! the bassist from the liars has a band out now too. not totally original, but tight enough.

http://www.myspace.com/gowns
www.thesearepowers.com

the arctic monkeys have a new one. i like the band, i really do. but there are so many dud 2nd albums this year!

ann let me hear the new DNTL! it's great! i mean, totally great!

mick barr and chuck bettis at tonic. the meta-matics blew my mind in 1995. mick barr is not quite there for me, but he don't suck that's for sure!

leg just sent in this awesome battles clip! i'm fully youtube right now [if you haven't noticed].

the new UGK song with outkast is CRAZY. i mean, maybe the best raps i've heard in 3 years.

this is jason's janky video he took at SX. you like the part where he drops the camera? why do people wave their arms like that? it looks stupid.

this is the link for 'said' song. seriously it's hectic! [it's the top one]

http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/03/31/
audio-outkast-ugk-three-6-and-willie-hutch

play them all at once

dr dog played a sold out bowery last night. what a long strange trip it's been! i have overflowing love for this band what can i say?

they played 'i hope there's love', which to me was mind-boggling.

YES! the pyramid of truth is back! do you know how major 'i hope there's love' is? find it! it's out there!

last night the professor dragged me to some scottish music show. a B&S dude DJ'ed. the 1990's [ex-yummy fur] and S&D 'played'

so battles has a new record and played last night!

they are major to me! my first time away from the nest when i was a wee dude was in pittsburgh in 1994. it's was the pits [ba-dum!]. but the first week i walked downtown and bought don cab's 'unresolved karma' 7" [and the first helmet single, which is weird thinking about that now... sidenote] and then spent the whole rest of the summer chasing down don cab, hurl, and karl hendricks trio records. i saw codeine, crackerbash and the grifters that summer too. the two tapes all summer? 'no pocky' and 'daydream nation'

so now it's 2007 and battles is shredding my mind and your mind. revenge of the nerds? excelsior?

"every blog i've ever loved has wanted to be hit." smog played a fader event on friday. it was crazy. jim white on drums and newsome on a grand piano.

not to get too too weird on you, but it was kind of a crucial situation for me. i mean, do you remember my last smog post [definitely not]? this dude has been making me bummed/psyched for half my life. CALLAHAAAN [with fist shaking in air]. of course i think joanna rules and i was 16 when i saw the dirty three shred NYC. jim white was just as good then. listen to 'rock bottom riser' again today and tell me it's not the best song ever. even better than akon!

here's jason's clip
http://theegohaslanded.biz/balthysphere/

here's jason with our best dude
http://theegohaslanded.biz/home/

some photos that seem like product placement for bud select
http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/04/02/stand-tall

patrick's coverage [scroll to the bottom]
http://epiclylaterd.com/freddysmog.html

timbaland's 'shock value' is out! will people care a lot? or just a little?

bright eyes' 'cassadaga'! he's playing 7 nights at town hall. 7 NIGHTS! and yet i know so many people who hate him!

dude. DUDE.

i am the last one on cam's new 'suga dooga', but better late than never! a jam is a jam is a jam!

devin the dude's 'waitin to inhale'. my devin game is nopt that tight but i know a good record when i hear one. or a bad one.

death to all false nba poems!

so here he is. every season there's a player that comes up big for the final stretch of the [fantasy] season. last year it was raymond felton. the year before it was your boy joel pryzbilla. this year? tarance kinsey! as soon as miller went down kinsey has been logging 30+ minutes per! 20-12-24-20 have been his point totals for the last 4. sure he doesn't bound or assist much but i mean, tarance kinsey!?

and linus kleiza!? ako he's your boy!

lamarcus is still doing his thing. kinda.

uh oh! big ben wallace wearing starbury's! i love it! no steph cracks... here you know i think he's rad.

that's all i have to report right now

prodigy from mobb deep's got a new record out. oh man it fucking funny!

i know posting youtube links is lazy, but this stuff is fucking rad!

this is such old news. but it's still blowing my mind. full battles LP review comin up!

another addition to the "text message review" files. this one came in at 8:22pm last night! keep em coming bro's!

the new dinosaur jr record has been leaked! lou barlow seems like an insufferable dick, but at least mascis is back at it.

ladyhawk at cakeshop! i was too tired to see any of the other bands. the hawk got on so late! but it was worth it!

"i want my bibby back ribs" and/or "that's not a chicken that's a duck!"

is there not an uglier game in the game than mike bibby's? i mean, he walks like a duck and has the worst tats in the league [jason williams' 'upright mouse-man' is probably worse]. that said, i love his stat lines. this year has been tough, but it's nice when you shut yourself in during a beautiful spring day to see dude drain 9 threes. my fantasy team 'Bad Miller' thanks ye.

the knicks! the poor poor knicks! they look terrible again! steve francis officially has the most inappropriate nickname ever!

the suns look good. take down duncan! i hate bruce bowen!

ok real talk. kobe bryant is better than jordan. i said it, son! i mean, jordan has more rings, but 3 vs 6 isn't a big difference to me. i mean, 3 rings is 3 rings! i just watch kobe throw up these shots and play the d he does and i can't help but think he could take jordan in his prime.

sure jordan has intangibles but kobes has that to spare. dudes like lamar odom look to kobe in crunch time in that 'steve kerr' kind of way. and those crazy buzzer beaters! when kobe is 'on' it looks like the game is in slo-mo and he's moving at regular speed.

the question is: would kobe's game have developed like it did without jordan as a model?

i still hate kobe as a dude though, but i hated jordan as a dude as well.

why can't they be more like steve nash and less like assholes?

after 'get cape wear cape fly' i scooted over to webster to see explosions in the sky. i left to go record shopping. i got a tiger trap 12"!

the highlight of the show was meeting boykins reader dan! dan i'm sorry about this review!

the professor took me to see "get cape, wear cape, fly". i went on the strength of the name. into it. is british emo any good?

come see ladyhawk at cakeshop with me tonight!

they're playing tonight at probably the best venue you could possibly see them at! ok maybe not 'see' them, but see bro's freaking out. they need stadium seating at this place.

the band is great. it's my entertainment recommendation for your evening!

fuckit it's spring!

shreddie found these broadrick interviews on youtube! now we know it's pronounced 'jay-zu'. seriously these are great interviews....

new jesu! they mentioned napalm death in the new yorker this week! justin broadrick is in our collective douche-y consciouses

NBA poetry entry. "every day is like sunday"

lamarcus! his last week has been insane! check out his last three games: 24/17/4 blocks. 14/10/3 blocks. 16/10 3 blocks. he reminds me of camby! gobbling all that weak side shit up! i ain't mad atcha!

all the rooks look good. tryus is showing flashes, bargnani will be in the playoffs. rudy gay is getting better, roy is doing his thing. and balkman had the garden on its feet today!

why is corey maggette not playing more? ditto morris peterson. i just don't get it. oh wait is maggette playing more these days?

ok why wouldn't a team take greg oden first overall? durant is siiick but oden is a beast. would you trade paul pierce for yao? hells yes! how about vince carter for shaq? in 2007? i'd take shaq! that's how i see oden vs durant.

pelican "shitty of echoes". i'm a fan of instrumental music. i'm also a pelican fan. the new one has been leaked!

text message reviews! i'm burried under sleet over here! but we have our boykins editors 'at large' ann and jason in LA and SXSW covering for us!

the new modest mouse has been leaked!

UH OH!

don't look now but that was probably the best knicks game of the season! stevie blunder misses the game-tying free throw, and then the franchise makes an appearance to win the game on a 'prayer' three! BOOM! even clyde was shocked!

now the knicks are ahead of the nets for the last spot in the east. crazy. the pacers are slumping too. c'mon dudes get in there! i want that 1st round sweep. i know it's coming. i want it anyway!

how quickly did the jazz rebuild? i mean, that team is scarily deep when they're healthy. ak-47 role player? gordon giricek and harpring off the bench? that's an instant 20 combined per night! mormons are still really weird though.

artest. what a mess.

the kings. what a mess!

how sick does al jefferson look? he's gonna be a fantasy 3rd rounder next year. dwight howard who? deron's going in the 2nd round too.

josh smith and gerald wallace blowing up in the 2nd half again.

what the fuck is up with the sixers? sammy d is finally putting it together. you can't help but argue that an AI, who scores in bunches and has on-court personality to spare, is no more valuable than boring, steady andre miller. if you gave me the option as a GM, based off salary and fan popularity, i think i'd lean towards dre.

he also looks like a ferret

just some jams you should hear no big deal.

here's the short video for 'bro's' [featuring scott mou]. babyleg says i'm obsessed. i say i just know good music when i hear it.

the thermals played bowery on sunday. i lost my voice. big sleep opened. they were terrible. sarah said it was like watching a bad band practicing.

saturday bright eyes at bowery. god i can't stand m ward. he sucks!

there's a version of the new explosions in the sky record that comes with a bonus remix album. done by some heavy hitters!

let's see... we got jesu, adem, the paper chase[?], mountains[?], four tet, and eluvium.

i have post-trading-deadline trauma

how boring was that trading deadline? is it because of the soft salary cap? i have no idea. i was surprised not to see pau gasol, mike bibby, and vince carter come to the knicks though. what? channing frye and a 2008 draft pick isn't good enough?

at least crash is laughing. and he should be! dude is a beast! for some reason i always have the 'cats on my radar. i keep track of felton's splits and carroll's 3pt%, but ask me about the trailblazers. they have a team in portalnd!? og right. sabonis is sick.

who has a better moustache? adam morrison or gerald wallace?

ako! i know i was all huffy about AI and the nuggs. the sweet sweet nuggs, but he hasn't played enough to support my argument. the AI trade had all the markings of a james dolan deal. the only difference is that the nuggs don't run the highest paid team in the NBA out there!

the poor knicks. what a broken down bus. every position has issues. at least the bulls won't get oden with our pick.

diiirk!

the rooks like promising all across the board. roy, though super boring, looks fine. rudy gay slowed down a bit. bargnani looks sick. who's the GM in toronto right now? is that checketts? fucking dude. if it is, he knows what he's doing!