Entries from December 2007

December 27, 2007

Quickie: 8-bit art imitates life, Vikings blow playoffs in Tecmo Bowl, Buckner and Game 6 relived in RBI Baseball

Many of you may have seen these before, but in honor of the Minnesota Vikings likely blowing the playoffs this weekend, I figured I should share a video of the last time they choked this hard: 2003.
They started out the season on fire and were extinguished down the stretch, losing to the immortal Arizona [...]

December 25, 2007

Minneapolis’s own American Gangster: Record review of “Pride” by Brinks

Late this year, film critics and music reviewers alike praised the motion picture American Gangster along with Jay-Z’s album of the same name, inspired by the movie. A couple weeks earlier, a Minneapolis hip-hop emcee named Antwoyn Spencer, aka “Twig” and now “Brinks,” was found guilty in federal court of dealing cocaine and laundering money, [...]

December 25, 2007

Don’t blame Atmosphere for the weather

As part of their feverish quest to become my favorite hip-hop group, Atmosphere has recently offered a free CD for the holidays called “Strictly Leakage.” The record is just the latest in a string of events that are leading me to the conclusion that Ant Davis and Slug are possessed [...]

December 22, 2007

Quickie: Rasho does his best Shawn Bradley imitation, in a related story Kevin Durant can dunk

Man he got yoked on! That’s disgusting. I think I need to make a top facial post with help from Youtube.
What are some of your favorite dunks over people? Post below if any come to mind…

December 22, 2007

Buying gifts for the person who has doesn’t use everything

With the Christmas shopping season winding down (or yet to begin for some of us), I’m always interested in hearing what people buy for their family members of significant others.
Through the years, the CD and DVD gift became the easy, go-to buy for someone you really didn’t want to spend too much money on. [...]

December 17, 2007

Quickie: If someone’s head flies off in the TRAILER, what happens in the damn movie? (John Rambo, aka Rambo IV)

I know, you’re just as surprised as I am that Sylvester Stallone wasn’t named in the Mitchell Report. But now watch a trailer for “John Rambo,” the fourth installment of the Rambo series.
I can’t remember a trailer this extreme. I wonder if John Rambo drinks Mountain Dew or Red Bull. It’s gotta be one or [...]

December 13, 2007

Mitchell report leaks – Clemens apparently named in steroids probe

Parts of the Mitchell report have leaked, and the Associated Press is already saying Roger Clemens is one of the players who received steroids from Brian McNamee, a former trainer for the Yankees and Clemens. McNamee told investigators he supplied Clemens and Pettitte with steroids and that information is in the report, according to the [...]

December 10, 2007

The Real World gets real 15 years too late, while The Hills roll artificially along

Once upon a loooooooooooong time ago, MTV played music videos. Once upon a not as long time ago, MTV created the Real World, and it was an interesting show.
They started out in New York, with the “country white girl” clashing with the “urban black guy,” no doubt creating the formula that MTV’s writers eventually pumped [...]