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Friday, July 04, 2003
What will the snakes do now that he's departed? I guess Ruben's victory is necessary with Barry White gone and Luther Vandross still ailing, although I still have to wonder which of Vandross or Ruben's marketability will survive first.
posted at 6:48 PM
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Whoa, smart stuff
All I've got to say about this column is, "Dude!"
posted at 8:10 PM
I knew you shouldn't trust Paula Abdul and a rapping cartoon cat!
posted at 2:06 AM
Fun on the transactions wire
OK, the White Sox are three games out of the AL Central lead and below .500 but decide to trade for Roberto Alomar and Carl Everett. Yet, down just a couple of games to the Indians in 1997, the White Sox decide to give up and trade Roberto Hernandez, Wilson Alvarez and Danny Darwin to the Giants for prospects, although they included future closers Keith Foulke and Bobby Howry. Is there something I'm missing here?
In hockey, the free agent rules and designations confuse most people, and for the most part, it doesn't matter much. But it's fun to see the Rangers sorta play around with the rules with their paper shuffling trades of Mark Messier and Brian Leetch (similar to deals with Theo Fleury and Mike Richter in years past). Maybe they'll sign elsewhere, most likely they'll return. Check this out for a great reaction to the moves.
The whole thing sorta smacks of those silly NFL one-day contracts that let players "retire" with a favorite team. Maybe there's some pension or alumni stuff involved, but to most fans your "last" team is the last one on your football card/player/register/whatever.
posted at 1:47 AM
Monday, June 30, 2003
Contest time!
In the wake of Craig's and Tim's music contests, we now have Kristin's tournament -- Ultimate Guilty Pleasures, honoring the best of bad music. In other words, honoring stuff I probably like a lot. Go ahead and vote, the contest just started.
posted at 1:04 AM
Sunday, June 29, 2003
At the movies...
I've been meaning to catch more of the summer blockbusters, especially with the way my schedule works out these days, but for reasons that don't even make sense to me, I've only hit The Matrix: The Search for More Money and Charlie's Angels: Even more T&A. Neither was all that impressive, but entertaining enough for a matinee. In fact, it took me about a month to even mention Reloaded.
It took me a few viewings to really get into The Matrix, so maybe that's the way Reloaded could be. Or not. I got numbed by the action sequences and the Zion stuff literally put me to sleep. I think I'd be more entertained by this abridged version.
As for Angels (which I did see today), it was a lot of everything: amazingly hokey action scenes made to look The Matrix, silly jokes, cameos out the wazoo, cool pop music, McG's bright colors, stars in tight or little clothing, Demi Moore overacting (but from the way she looked, she was using her powers for awesome), fluff, etc. Entertaining for sure but nothing else beyond that.
posted at 1:28 AM
Speaking of retro ...
One of my favorite sites and most lamented victims of the dot-com fallout has been resurrected. Granted, this site serves a smaller niche and needs a lot less resources, but can we see the return of WebVan or Kozmo anytime soon?
posted at 1:12 AM
Making up for lost time
I think I've finally finished my collection of watching all of VH-1's I Love the '80s this weekend thanks to some double, triple, and quadruple shots the past couple of days. It's one of the most addicting things out there, so obviously the music network that has no idea what it's doing is already jumping into overkill mode by unleashing I Love the '70s later this summer. Unfortunately, I just can't see most of the people they used for the '80s series coming up with as many great barbs for the '70s, given most of them were too young to really connect with much of the decade. I loved Rhino's '70s boxed set a few years back, but turning into a TV series probably won't work. And of course, can I Love the '90s be next? If so, The Onion gives us fair warning.
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