Does anyone remember Jay Mor's amazing talk show and his breathtaking repore with superstars like Keyshawn Johnson? Why is Jim Rome on the air instead? Why?!
A couple of other questions. Do you think the Indianapolis Colts threw games during the regular season to lull other teams into a false sense of security? Drew Brees: the NFL's Steve Nash?
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
C-Webb
What are people's thoughts on Webber coming to Detroit? I for one am all about it, and have always thought Webber got a bad rap as not being a "winner", whatever the hell that means. Plus maybe then Detroit could compete with Miami for the Owen-Curry-Old Veteran-Fantasy-Team-of the year award. Of course, I may be biased by the fact that C-Webb is one of the greatest power forwards in NBA 2K history, having regularly put 40 and 20 in 2K through 2K3.
No need to ask...
Ben, I'm pretty sure that Sabbath thing in the car happened to us. But then there are probably enough scenes of us listening to music in cars to fill a couple trilogies. The best one being this:
Radio (singing): Wish you would step back from that ledge my friend...
Owen (mocking): Wiiiish you would step back from that ledge mah friieennnnnnd!
Ben: Shut the fuck up!!!
Silence
End Scene
Radio (singing): Wish you would step back from that ledge my friend...
Owen (mocking): Wiiiish you would step back from that ledge mah friieennnnnnd!
Ben: Shut the fuck up!!!
Silence
End Scene
Friday, January 12, 2007
Burning Funny Cars
Slayer? Or Black Sabbath (here and forever known as Sabbath)? And don't base this on the music, you can throw that to the people under the stairs. What's the best, or most wicked, name in music? At first I want to say Sabbath, as such:
Friend 1: (turns off cd player)
Friend 2: Ugh!? No Sabbath?!
Friend 1: (shamed into turning cd player on)
There's power behind names and Sabbath is an ant snorting Alamo pissing gut punch.
But then...say Slayer to yourself. Hear that? Do it again. Yeaaah. I can't help but stress the R and use the Monster Truck commercial voice. "This Friday night night night, Slayerrr!-rrr!-rrr!"
Slayer is more of a butterfly knife cutting a Z in your stomach. It hurts, but in kind of a flashy way.
I don't know. Thoughts? Owen, it's okay to ask someone.
Who here would bat an eyelash if Roy Williams EXPLODED right next to you? Not one of us. We would just keep staring straight ahead, shirtless with a neckerchief. And honestly, if inside underneath Ford Field, inside a vast hand dug tunnel system, Millen ran a Russian roullette syndicate would ANYONE be surprised? As a Detroit fan we've been entrenched in awfulness for a very long time. In ten years will we suffer paralyzing collective flashbacks during pivotal plays? I know now why the Arizona Cardinal fan sings.
"Someday this teams gonna be good..."
Friend 1: (turns off cd player)
Friend 2: Ugh!? No Sabbath?!
Friend 1: (shamed into turning cd player on)
There's power behind names and Sabbath is an ant snorting Alamo pissing gut punch.
But then...say Slayer to yourself. Hear that? Do it again. Yeaaah. I can't help but stress the R and use the Monster Truck commercial voice. "This Friday night night night, Slayerrr!-rrr!-rrr!"
Slayer is more of a butterfly knife cutting a Z in your stomach. It hurts, but in kind of a flashy way.
I don't know. Thoughts? Owen, it's okay to ask someone.
Who here would bat an eyelash if Roy Williams EXPLODED right next to you? Not one of us. We would just keep staring straight ahead, shirtless with a neckerchief. And honestly, if inside underneath Ford Field, inside a vast hand dug tunnel system, Millen ran a Russian roullette syndicate would ANYONE be surprised? As a Detroit fan we've been entrenched in awfulness for a very long time. In ten years will we suffer paralyzing collective flashbacks during pivotal plays? I know now why the Arizona Cardinal fan sings.
"Someday this teams gonna be good..."
"Death of a Salesman" Meets "Lolita"
Clearly, you're all overlooking what was truly the best movie of 2006: Zyzzyx Road, starring Tom Sizemore.
Here is the plot summary from IMDB:
"Grant is an accountant with a bad marriage and a daughter whom he loves. He takes to the road to service his accounts in Las Vegas. While there he meets seductive Marissa. They have a week-long affair which culminates in the arrival of Marissa's ex-boyfriend, Joey. Joey attempts to kill the lovers, but Grant gets the upper hand. Grant and Marissa then drive Joey's body to Zyzzyx Road and Grant buries Joey in the desert there. But in the morning the body is missing and something is trying to kill Grant and Marissa. In the DEATH OF A SALESMAN meets LOLITA ending, Zyzzyx Rd. reveals a shocking, tragic twist."
This movie is so good it broke the world record for lowest box office sales since modern record keeping began. It grossed $30 dollars, selling only 6 tickets. My personal theory is that this film is so good, only 6 people were allowed to see it, another example of Hollywood elitism.
On a side note, Tom Sizemore's IMDB page shows a line-up of amazing looking movies starring him currently in pre-production.
Here is the plot summary from IMDB:
"Grant is an accountant with a bad marriage and a daughter whom he loves. He takes to the road to service his accounts in Las Vegas. While there he meets seductive Marissa. They have a week-long affair which culminates in the arrival of Marissa's ex-boyfriend, Joey. Joey attempts to kill the lovers, but Grant gets the upper hand. Grant and Marissa then drive Joey's body to Zyzzyx Road and Grant buries Joey in the desert there. But in the morning the body is missing and something is trying to kill Grant and Marissa. In the DEATH OF A SALESMAN meets LOLITA ending, Zyzzyx Rd. reveals a shocking, tragic twist."
This movie is so good it broke the world record for lowest box office sales since modern record keeping began. It grossed $30 dollars, selling only 6 tickets. My personal theory is that this film is so good, only 6 people were allowed to see it, another example of Hollywood elitism.
On a side note, Tom Sizemore's IMDB page shows a line-up of amazing looking movies starring him currently in pre-production.
Yes... but Brick?!
The gap is widening between mainstream movies and their "independent" conterparts. This is because mainstream movies now are required to be spectacles more so than films. The other movies are pretty much the same as it ever was...
same as it ever was...
same as it ever was...
same as it ever was...
Sorry. That's the way it is now though and I blame technology. I'm not some curmudgeon that hates the world today or anything of that foul nature, but when you can download any movie you want they have to sell you on going to see something in the theatre that can only be seen in a theatre. Ben, when are we watching Idiocracy? The Marine?
I haven't seen The Queen, Volver or Pan's Labyrinth so that makes Children of Men the best movie I've seen this year with Hostel as second because it was better than Inside Man and The Departed. Were any of you guys disappointed when you found out that Linda Cardellini (LC from now on within this blog) was 25 when they made Freaks and Geeks thus making her, what, 40 by now?
same as it ever was...
same as it ever was...
same as it ever was...
Sorry. That's the way it is now though and I blame technology. I'm not some curmudgeon that hates the world today or anything of that foul nature, but when you can download any movie you want they have to sell you on going to see something in the theatre that can only be seen in a theatre. Ben, when are we watching Idiocracy? The Marine?
I haven't seen The Queen, Volver or Pan's Labyrinth so that makes Children of Men the best movie I've seen this year with Hostel as second because it was better than Inside Man and The Departed. Were any of you guys disappointed when you found out that Linda Cardellini (LC from now on within this blog) was 25 when they made Freaks and Geeks thus making her, what, 40 by now?
Thursday, January 11, 2007
In response to Ben...
I felt like I saw more good, original movies this year than I'd seen in years past.
I didn't see Hostel, but I agree about Brick.
These are other good ones -
Volver
Old Joy
Inland Empire
Little Children
Pan's Labyrinth
The Departed
The Prestige
Children of Men
I'm trying to think of more, I'll post if I do.
I didn't see Hostel, but I agree about Brick.
These are other good ones -
Volver
Old Joy
Inland Empire
Little Children
Pan's Labyrinth
The Departed
The Prestige
Children of Men
I'm trying to think of more, I'll post if I do.
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