Buzz For Days
I'm hungover and hyperventilating!
Only one thing could top our NCAA coverage in this space and that, of course, is some very interesting news from the world of Stephen Patrick Morrissey.
First and foremost, the Lollapalooza rumours are picking up steam. According to a report over at Morrissey Solo dot com, the Mozzer will be headling Lollapalooza. It goes on to say that this year's festival will be a two day event, with Day One featuring the usual "alternative" fare and Day Two reserved for a bunch of jam bands for all you hippies out there. The rumoured confirmed line up thusfar:
DAY ONE
Morrissey (headlining)
Sonic Youth
Flaming Lips
Black Rebel Motorcyle Club
DAY TWO
String Cheese Incident (headlining)
Gomez
Polyphonic Spree
Holy Moley!
If that wasn't enough, now it appears that You Are The Quarry will come with a bonus DVD and that Moz will appear on the Kevin and Bean show next week! Cue me digging through my boxes of CD's to pull out the Morrissey at KROQ EP.
And what a day of basketball yesterday!
Duke absolutely crushed Seton Hall. JJ Redick, how you doin'? Ouscoring the entire Seton Hall team 10-9 at one point, 17 first half points and a game high 21. Welcome back. Duke played their best game in over a month yesterday. I humbly submit the 3 keys to the Blue Devils run to the title:
1) The health of Chris Duhon - Even though he's not 100%, he hasn't really shown any ill affects from his brusied ribs and had a solid game yesterday against the quicker Andre Barrett. This will have to continue. Five straight days of rest will definitely help him this week.
2) JJ Redick's shooting percentage - JJ did the smart thing and hit a few jumpers inside the 3 point arc before taking it outside yesterday. When he is on, it opens up the lane for Sheldon Williams and the rest of the low post players.
3) Shavlik Randolph's improved play - Duke's depth down low is definitely their achilles heel. However, Shav has played two very solid games so far in the big dance. If he keeps this up, Emeka Okafor and Charlie Villanueva won't be as intimidating.
As if that wasn't good enough, Go To Hell Carolina! And enjoy your off season. It was very enjoyable to be in a bar full of Tarheels and listening to all the swearing as the Heels blew it down the stretch.
For the record, Carolina had:
The leading scorer in the ACC
The leading rebounder in the ACC (offensive, defensive, and total)
The assist leader in the ACC
3 guys who, if they declared, would be NBA first rounders
And they finished 5th in the ACC and couldn't even make it to the Sweet 16.
Life is good my friends. Now if I could just solve that pesky employment problem.
Remind me to skip day two of Lollapalooza. In fact, I doubt I'll see either day...but the day of the jam bands, I just couldn't sit through that.
Day One...starts off with a young crowd, gets older, gets way older and keeps getting older. In case the promoters didn't know this, the older the headliner, the fewer people will be left at the end of the night. Now, I'm positive there are a lot of people who want to see Morrissey perform, but I'd bet the vast majority of them are not the types to attend a music festival and hang around just for that one performance. Just a guess.