The Fuckin Red Sox

So I'm a Yankees fan. I HATE the Red Sox. There's no team, in any sport, that I despise more. Every game they play, I hope they lose, and lose BAD. But tonight, folks, the Red Sox won the World Series in convincing fashion. Normally, I'd throw the remote at the TV and curse not only my Yankees for not thwarting the Red Sox' effort, but the lousy NL team that fell prey to the Sawx. But this year was different. A colleague of mine, and good friend, was in attendance to see her Red Sox win the WS. The Yankee fan in me tells me that I hope she witnesses her team choke at the worst possible moment. But I'm a baseball fan, above all else, at heart. And in light of the Sox winning tonight, she's basically experiencing the greatest night of her life as a baseball fan. If that was me, I'd be PLASTERED and in the greatest mood ever. I hate the fact it's not me, but have the utmost respect for the fact that she's probably shit-canned right now, and SHOULD be. I wish it were another team, but as a baseball fan, my envy of my co-worker transcends team affiliations.

REDACTED - I Am NOT An NFL Gambling Genius

Two words: Bengals. Cardinals.

May those teams lose every game and suffer humiliating defeats. I, for one, will never bet on them again, and may God have mercy on their souls. Made watching New England embarass Dallas at home even more frustrating. From 6-1 and $250 up, to 8-3 and only $80 up, in the space of four hours? Rough to say the least.

Lady luck is a cheating whore.

Radiohead - In Rainbows

More like "In-Consistent". Har har. 4 killer songs on this record - Videotape, Weird Fishes, Reckoner, House of Cards - don't save it from being a letdown. I mean, some of the tracks have interesting elements for sure, but they're nothing to get too excited about because the songs themselves are pretty weak, and All I Need is flat-out BORING. I prefer the album to Hail To The Thief, but really that's not saying much - the weaker songs hearken back to the average Kid A and Amnesiac, and it's even more frustrating because offerings like Weird Fishes demonstrates that the band's still got what it takes. So why can't they do that consistently for 10 tracks???

Foo Fighters, Kanye West disappoint, Radiohead next?

Foo Fighters - you're the Philadelphia Eagles of rock n roll. Everything is there that would suggest you would kick ass in your field, but some unidentified element is missing. Foos are one of my favorite bands, but as their latest offering, "Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace" illustrates, it's not good enough. There's 4 strong tracks on this record. Four songs does not a good record make.

Kanye's latest is disappointing for a different reason - he's trying to hard to be an Usher-like club banger dude. Synthesizers overload this album, and it totally takes away from the tracks themselves. Perhaps Kanye should've listened to "Touch the Sky" from his second album to get an idea of how a club anthem should be composed. It just doesn't sound like good ole Kanye.

Radiohead's 7th album is released online this Tuesday. It won't suck. It CAN'T suck. Do me proud, Radiohead. OK-Computer-proud.

I Am An NFL Gambling Genius

So far this season I'm 5-1. Of the six games I've fired on, the only one I lost was an explicable-at-the-time-but-now-understandable early season loss by the San Diego Chargers. Who I now realize have the absolute worst head coach in the league, a guy who could poison the most coherent team.

Back in the saddle next Sunday, but at this point it's stupid funny how well I'm calling these games.

MTV drops the ball

So, MTV has been losing the plot for years at this point. It's useless to long for the days when the channel played music videos - that was SO 1997. But MTV has always taken pride in its VMA awards show, and up until the last couple of years, it was the sole last entertaining element of the channel.

Basically, though, the VMAs have sucked the last few years. Everything's so scripted, the presenters/guests appear seriously disinterested, and the whole thing ends up feeling thrown together. So this year, they decided to hold the show in Vegas, and give the show a more accessible feel. Many of the performers played from suites in the Palms hotel, and the camera would switch to the performances as the show went to commercial. So you'd end up watching a 10-second clip of Queens of the Stone Age playing their latest single, but it came off as strange - why is MTV marginalizing its performers; the stars of the show? Does the network really think we watch these shows for the award hosts???

While I appreciate MTV's suspicion that the award show needed a shake-up, shortening the live performances is NOT the way to go, and they should have known that. The show was directionless and disjointed; which, by the past few VMAs, is saying something. Back to the drawing board, MTV...

A movie I would kill to direct

"Capote" was a good flick. It was entertaining and insightful, and featured a stellar acting performance by whatshisname - the dude from "Almost Famous". Also, it took the unique angle of depicting the author during a short period of his life, as opposed to an all-encompassing biography.

Which leads me to the question - where the hell is the Ernest Hemingway movie??? Here's arguably the greatest American writer, a man's man who enjoys hunting and bullfighting, an alcoholic who ended his life at the wrong end of a shotgun barrel. What's Hollywood not seeing here? Yeah, it'd be tough to chronicle his entire life in a feature-length movie, but Christ, take a page out of Capote's book (BAD pun) and focus on a 5- or 10-year span. There's plenty of material...

Instead, we'll get ANOTHER teen movie about the outcast teenage chick who won one over her mean, bullying classmate. Whatever.

New Foo Fighters record

Foo Fighters have arguably been one of the most consistent and quality bands of the last decade, and I CANNOT wait for their new album. That being said, I found "One By One" and the double "In Your Honor" to be disappointing - between the two albums, only Best of You and Times Like These measure to the standard of their earlier records. Here's hoping "Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace" harkens back to late-90's Foo. On a side note, their offering on the "Godzilla" soundtrack, A320, is a FANTASTIC track, and in no way should be buried on some Hollywood-blockbuster-bust's soundtrack album. HOWEVER, if you pick up that record, you'll also be treated to the amazing Air by Ben Folds Five...

Heathrow's second album in first trimester

As far as I'm concerned, and keep in mind I'm the goddamned songwriter, my band's second album is coming along nicely. As far as the writing goes, by my count we're two (STRONG) songs shy of a quality album. Sure, we have at least 15 written, but unlike almost every band on Earth, we want every song to be good. Good enough so that you don't skip any of 'em. It's time, over the next few weeks, to stare the beast dead red in the eye and knock out two hummable hits. But the birth of a killer song is never an easy one...

Heathrow Press Kit On Its Way

So, we're in the process of creating the press kit for our band, Heathrow. We just approved our band bio beer coasters, and it's just a case of putting it all together now. Then... it's off to labels, promoters, radio stations, magazines, and anyone else who may have an interest. I'll keep you posted...