April 2004 Archives

That's Celtic captain Paul Pierce with Shannon Elizabeth for those not in the know.

Just a friendly reminder....Lively discussion = good. Name calling in said discussion = bad.

Yet another shout out from Europe! What language is this? Swedish? Danish? Anyone? Unfortunately, Sherlock can't translate it for me. It did come in handy last week though. Some guy in Germany bought my copy of Boys Don't Cry on eBay for $11 + shipping and I sent him the invoice in German. Hella sweet.

Cheers to Catchdubs for pointing out this article on the history of Rawkus Records. Here today...gone TODAY. I never felt Co Flo, but I was all about Black Star and Soundbombing II. One, two three / Mos Def and Talib Kweli.

So have you heard the one about how Micro$oft's Xbox 2 is going to be powered by Apple G5 chips? Recognize bitches!

This is the best band website I have been to in quite sometime. Seriously.

Say it with me now... Boston Red Sizzle!

Even though not one, not two, but three of my so called peeps failed to get me his autograph last night (I keed, I keed), The Sports Guy represents today with his finest column in quite some time. Highlights:

FACT OR FICTION:You will never hear the phrase "Chess Match" during a playoff series involving Rick Adelman and Don Nelson.

That's a fact. This latest one was like watching Rupert and Big Tom strategizing on "Survivor," multiplied by 100. Have you ever seen two good teams make more mistakes during crunch-time? Do you realize that Dallas squandered not one, not two but three games on their final possession (all off-balance jump shots)? Or that the Kings slowed their offense down for most of the series, running everything through a hobbled C-Webb, when nobody on the Mavs could guard Mike Bibby?
Other than trying to rush through a pick-and-roll in eight seconds at the end of Game 4, my favorite Nellie move happened in Game 2. Looking for a spark, he called on Najera -- only his toughest player and someone who could push the softer Kings around. So what happened? Najera predictably shoves C-Webb around, crashes the boards, keeps about 100 loose balls alive and wills the Mavs back into the game, just like he did in the Spurs series last spring. See, this is what Najera does. You would think he would play 30-to-35 minutes a game. You would think.
So Najera zooms around like the Great Cornholio. He's all over the place. You can't possibly play harder than this. Of course, Nellie never takes him out. Najera plays the whole second half at warp-speed ... by the end of the game, he's not even close to being the same guy.

FACT OR FICTION: Billy Joel is the Celtics GM.

Fiction. It's actually Danny Ainge. Although he did manage to drive the bandwagon into a telephone pole.

FACT OR FICTION: The 2004 Celtics were the worst team that ever made the playoffs.

Fact...Their best player made Frankie from "Real World: San Diego" seem upbeat by comparison.

FACT OR FICTION: Doug Christie has been playing the best hoops of his career in Round One.

Fact. He's been unbelievable. Even as he's seemingly gone off the deep end with those crazy hand signals to his wife. Have you ever taken a step back and thought about how bizarre that ritual is? And you thought Nomar's routine with his batting gloves was strange.
Then again, the Christies bring us so much joy. Like this e-mail from reader Jason Milletary in Pittsburgh: "You know those NBA playoff commercials where the players are trying to seduce the championship trophy? When do we get the one with Doug Christie trying to talk to it but only to have his wife enter the scene and accuse the trophy of trying to steal her man?"
Or this e-mail that I sent to some friends after Game 4:
"Classic moment from last night's Kings-Mavs game: Star of the game Doug Christie is grabbed by Pam Oliver. Uh-oh. He's not supposed to talk to other women. This is very dramatic. Plus, she made the mistake of touching his arm and smiling at him in the set-up. That's a no-no.
"So he's answering her questions and being careful not to crack a smile or flirt in any way ... she wraps it up, throws it back to the studio. Even as she's wrapping it up, he's fleeing like it's a crime scene; and as he's fleeing, a third party comes into frame -- Mrs. Christie! -- who's grabbing his arm and pulling him away from Pam. So now he's bolting away from Pam AND Mrs. Christie, pulling his arm away from her and running off into the background behind Pam as Mrs. Christie scurries after him. Unbelievable! Highlight of the playoffs!"
See, that's what I love about sports -- when you're hoping that something happens, and then it actually does.

Man, iTunes 4.5 is hella sweet. I've been playing around with the new ability to print jewel case inserts for your mix CD's. How sweet is this? Too bad Apple released this about a week after I spent over $100 for software and labels for the CD's I sent out to everyone. Oh well. However, now I am ready to start sending out my monthly iTunes mixes, so next time I post one and you think you'd like a copy, just drop me a line.

I took a walk with my fame down memory lane
I never did find my way back
You know that I've got to say/ Time is slipping away
And what will it hold for me?
What am I gonna do? / I'm looking at you
You're standing ignoring me

So bueno! My favorite new band, sea ray, just added a gig in Charlotte on their upcoming tour!

Holla at ya bizzle!!

Brooklyn's finest will take over the Queen City on Sunday May 16th. They are playing some venue called The Room, which is apparently new and obvs. has a very scary website.

Unfortunately the gig is not with The Stills and Metric but this news makes me extremely happy nonetheless. Depending on my skrilla level, I might travel down to Hotlanta for the gig the following week.

If you don't have their latest release, Stars At Noon, buy that shit right now!

So then...Doc Rivers. The former Orlando Magic coach that started out 1 - 10 this year and got the boot. Resident genius Danny Ainge surprised EVERYONE in Celtic Nation by hiring his former adversary for the role of head coach in Boston. Par for the course,Peter May hated it. Last night, unofficial ilb polls show that Celtic Nation was against this move by a 3 to 1 margin and that's being kind. Like many of Danny's moves, this appeared to be idiotic, but if you look under the surface, it actually makes alot of sense.

I'm paraphrasing here, but some of the things Danny wants our team to become are 1) play a more uptempo style, 2) incorporate more passing and screening into our offense, 3) play the rookies more, and 4) have a coach NBA players want to play for (i.e. attract free agents). All of this will hopefully lead to the mythical "# 17" (as in the 17th title for the organization).

So using those criteria, this isn't a bad hire at all. By all accounts, Doc is one charming bastard. He won coach of the year in 2000 when he almost led a team of rag tag, scrappy players to the playoffs, so he obvs. has some modicum of respect. His teams averaged over 100 points during his stay in Orlando. Under his tutelage, Tracy McGrady became one of the Top 5 players in the L. Players such as Chucky Atkins (yes, our current PG), Ben Wallace, Matt Harpring and Darrell Armstrong really came into their own during their time in Orlando. Mike Miller won the Rookie of the Year award under Rivers care. Also, RIvers has already gone on record saying he wants Ricky Davis and PP to move more without the ball and come off screens to get their shots as opposed to running endless isolation plays. In short, we will play like a team and not rely on our All Star as much. Rookie PG Marcus Banks, who really showed flashes of brilliance at the end of the year, figures to improve exponentially.

The biggest knock against Rivers are his player personnel decisons, which may or may not have been made by him or by ex-GM John Gabriel. The players drafted by Orlando in the first round of the last three drafts are Reece Gaines, Ryan Humphrey, Steven Hunter, Jeryl Sasser. Not exactly a list that knocks you out, is it? Still, everyone in Boston knows that Danny Ainge is in charge of personnel decisions and so far, I think he is doing a good job.

Many people thought Ainge acted to quickly in hiring Rivers, (interim head coach John Carrol was only fired three days ago) but I don't buy it. Ainge knew Carroll wasn't coming back and obvs. started the search to permanently replace Jim O'Brien as soon as he stepped down. Rivers was the hottest head coaching candidate out there. Danny knew what he wanted and he went out and got it. Again, it's hard to find fault in that.

The crucial thing now for Rivers and Ainge is to assemble a top notch cadre of assistants that can impart their knowledge on this young Celtic team. I swear I can count on one hand the times we ran a pick and roll last year. This needs to change. Dave Wohl, Paul Pressey, Jeff Hornacek, Dwayne Casey, Dennis Johnson and soon to be fired Golden State head coach Eric Musselman have all been mentioned. With the right assistants, Rivers can leave most of the game management to his staff and focus on motivating his new team to play to the best of their ability. I know our season just ended, but this figures to be a very active off season and I can't wait for it to get underway.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother posting in this space when motherfuckers write posts like this. I think I'm too emotional a person to write as eloquently as that. Your move Coolfer.

Fellow Southerner and sometime ilb reader Largehearted Boy gets some props in the Washington Post today and maintains his rep by posting a link to a recent Pixies gig. Sounds good yo.

That crazy Canuck Chromewaves gets the scoop on the first batch of Lollpalooza tour dates as well as the line ups for each day. Bastards are skipping NC all together! Can you feel the outrage eminating from my keyboard? I guess I'll have to venture down to ATL to check out the Mozzer. At least they get a Saturday and Sunday package. That will be a good chance to warm up my liver as Peabs is in Myrtle Beach the following week.

At least they are lowering ticket prices (I think). For the Shoreline show, tickets are priced at $49.50 per day for reserved seats and $29.50 for general admission. Two-day general admission passes will go for $50.

Day 1
MAIN STAGE: Morrissey, Sonic Youth, Le Tigre, Modest Mouse, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2ND STAGE: Broken Social Scene, The Walkmen, Wolf Eyes, Danger Mouse, Datsuns, Sahara Hotnights
CHILL TENT: DJ Peretz
SOLAR STAGE: Bumblebeez, Secret Machines, The Killers

Day 2
MAIN STAGE: String Cheese Incident, Flaming Lips, Gomez, Polyphonic Spree
2ND STAGE: The Thrills, The Coup, Sound Tribe Sector 9, elbow, Wheat
CHILL TENT: DJ Peretz
SOLAR STAGE: Dresden Dolls

If they switched The Datsuns, Sahara Hotnights and Le Tigre with The Lips, elbow (pictured) and Wheat, that would save me some cash and a day spent in the sun. Still, that's the best concert to hit these parts in quite some time. Alt Rock nostalgia! Catch it on tour at a town 4 hours from you!

It appears Rakim's baby momma was not Paid In Full, so he was arrested last night as he arrived at Roseland Ballroom in NYC to perform at a concert.

Future MVP KG says "NO" to Athens. Expect the line to start forming behind him. Half Man, Half a Season and Ray Allen have already begged off on their commitments.

Speaking of KG, Nuggets scrub Fransisco Elson did not take kindly to getting popped in the cojones by him during Game 4 of the TWolves / Nugs series.

That's a cheap shot by a low-class type player," Elson said of the contact, which took place in front of the Nuggets' bench late in the first quarter of Minnesota's 84-82 victory, according to Elson and teammates. "You don't do that. That's gay on his part. I told him that he was gay, too, for touching me in my private parts." Classy!

The only NBA first round match-up worth watching resumes tonight.

Still gathering my thoughts on the Doc Rivers hiring, more on that later this afternoon.

7Sports has learned that the Celtics plan to name Glenn "Doc" Rivers as their new coach. The announcement is scheduled to be made in a news conference tomorrow.

He wasn't even in my Top 5 choices. Hmmmmmmm.....

Congratulations Apple. On this day last year you launched the iTunes Music Store and changed the face of digital music. In typical music industry fashion, it took a computer company to prove that people would actually pay for downloads and now such music luminaries as Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola are trying to get in on the action. Music fans have used the service to drive up iPod sales and also legally download over 70,000 million songs.

In order to celebrate, Apple today rolled out an updated version of iTunes and the Music Store. The iTMS now boasts an online music catalog of over 700,000 songs from all five major music companies and over 450 independent music labels, as well as groundbreaking new features including:

-- "iMix," a new way for users to publish playlists of their favorite songs on the iTunes Music Store for other users to preview, rate and purchase. iMix creates a virtual iTunes community, enabling users to discover new music recommended by fellow music fans and rate the iMixes published by other iTunes users;
-- "Party Shuffle," a new playlist that automatically chooses songs from a user's music library, displays just-played and upcoming songs, and allows users to easily add, delete and rearrange the upcoming songs on the fly. Party Shuffle is the ultimate DJ at any gathering, and a great way for users to get reacquainted with their personal music library;
-- Radio Charts from more than 1,000 radio stations, enabling users to easily find and buy the top songs played on local radio stations in major US markets and buy directly from the charts with just one click;
-- A new Music Video section featuring more music videos than ever, and a new Movie Trailer section with the most popular movie trailers on the Internet and links to buy songs from the soundtrack or audiobooks related to the movie;
-- The rights to play songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store, including songs previously purchased, on up to five personal computers, two more than before;
-- The ability to create and print stunning CD jewel case inserts for albums or compilation discs, combining album art and track lists using professionally designed templates. For compilation CDs, iTunes will automatically generate a mosaic of album covers based on the chosen songs; and
-- Automatic WMA to AAC conversion, enabling Windows users to automatically create iTunes versions of their songs encoded in unprotected WMA. Converting an entire music library into iTunes and syncing it onto iPod(TM) is now a snap.

Apple is marking the first anniversary of its iTunes Music Store by thanking its customers with a free song of the day for the next eight days from artists who have helped make iTunes a runaway success, including Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Courtney Love, Annie Lennox, Jane's Addiction, Counting Crows, Renee Fleming and Nelly Furtado. Following the anniversary celebration, the iTunes Music Store will continue to offer a "Free Single of the Week" from up-and-coming bands, spotlighting emerging artists and offering iTunes customers a risk-free way to discover new music.

The iTunes Music Store continues to lead the industry with exclusive tracks from more than 150 artists, and starting today, offers dozens of out-of-print recordings from Motown Records, including the first 45 singles and 45 hard-to-find albums from the Motown archive -- available digitally for the first time.

In addition, The Beastie Boys have made their entire catalog available online spanning seven albums and over 122 tracks. Their upcoming album will also be available digitally upon it's release this summer.

Go tech cult go!

More on this and other developments later as I'm taking yet another Powerpoint class today and we're learning how to "Set A Motion Path". The instructor is looking at me with an evil eye. Cheers!

A recap from his last night at the Wiltern:

The curtains were down during the intermission. When the show was about to start, the curtains lifted up. But for about 2 minutes after, nothing. Then the intro song plays.

The band walks onto stage, and everyone is cheering and clapping.

1. The First Of The Gang To Die

** at end of song: "You look more beautiful than anything last night..." (crowd yells and screams) "I was talking about myself."

2. Hairdresser On Fire

** during song, a girl manages to get on stage. she apparently tries to dance with morrissey, but gets dragged away before anything happens.

** Morrissey says "Thank you friends" at end of song. Then says, "Hello? Julia? Are you there?"

3. The Headmaster Ritual
4. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice

** Tells audience song is called "Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice."

5. Jack The Ripper

** mentions that he will have a new album out soon. says that it's called "You and Idaho are the Quarry."

6. How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?

** says "Thank you to those of you who bought tickets to every night. You're insane, but.... Thank you."

** "I will be on American television next week. On Elimi-date.... Which just goes to prove the world is full of crashing bores."

7. The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores

** at end of song, says "The world is indeed full of crashing bores. Have you noticed?"

8. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

** during song, someone manages to get on stage again. crowd goes crazy, yelling and screaming.

** at end of song: "Thank you for your kindness."

9. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference

** at end of song, morrissey says: "It's hard to believe when I first met them, they were all exotic dancers. But now, they are:

Boz (screams, yells, clapping hands),
Gary (screams, yells, clapping hands),
Deano (screams, yells, clapping hands),
Alain (screams, yells, clapping hands),
and Mikey (screams, yells, clapping hands)."

** after introducing band, says: "And who would have believed they were all born female."

10. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday

** introduces song from the '80s

11. No One Can Hold A Candle To You
12. I'm Not Sorry
13. Subway Train [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday

** during song, some guy gets onto the stage and almost tackles morrissey. But the bouncers manage to drag him away before he gets close to morrissey.

** "This song is about you."

14. All The Lazy Dykes
15. Irish Blood, English Heart

** at end of song, crowd goes wild again. Morrissey walks off stage. Comes back, but it doesn't look like he changed shirts this time.

** Says: "(couldn't hear beginning part. crowd was going crazy again).... Don't forget the importance of being... Ernesto."

** Thanks the crowd for the memories. says something else, but couldn't hear over the roaring crowd.

ENCORE: Shoplifters Of The World Unite

** the crowd goes f@ckin' crazy. everyone is yelling and screaming. and a lot of people try to get on stage. but the morrissey bouncers are more than prepared. the bouncers wait on both sides of the stage, near the edge of stage. as soon as anyone gets close enough to tough the stage, the bouncers nab them and pull them up and off the stage.

** during encore, someone throws a big bra onto the stage near morrissey.

** at the end of the encore, morrissey walks to the front of the stage, near the center, and takes off his shirt and then throws it up into the air and into the audience. And of course, the audience goes crazy again. almost everyone tries to get a piece of the shirt. with shirt off, morrissey stands for a few seconds while the crowd goes screaming mad, then he walks off stage.

** after morrissey exits from stage, the band lines up together in front of the stage, puts arms around each other, and take a giant bow together.

** the audience is lit up by the stage lights. almost everyones arms are up in the air clapping. the band stays there on stage for what seemed like 2 minutes as the crowd continued to yell, clap, scream, and whistle.

** Gary and Deano walk closer to the edge of the stage and try to get the crowd even more excited.

** everyone walks off stage.

THE END.

I see a pattern emerging here.

Rising Duke Soph Luol Deng will enter the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent and retain his college eligibility. This is obvs. a blow to the Durham program. Diaper dandy PG Shaun Livingston should make his decision in the next 14 days. Hopefully the remarks made by his father Reggie are a sign of things to come. "I don't care about any $20 million," Reggie Livingston told the Journal Star. "It's not about money. I'm tired of the rumors that I want my kid to go pro, that I want his money. I don't need Shaun to make the NBA. I love my son. I'm happy. I've been offered money, houses, cars. I was offered a million dollars (by a man who wanted) to be his agent. I won't say who. But what would I do that? Why would I sell my soul and my kid to the devil? I've always wanted my kid to go to college. He needs to go to Duke to get his education and so Coach K can teach him how to be a leader." Word life.

Right now, I would put the odds that Paul Westphal will be the next head coach of the Boston Celtics at about 3 to 1.

Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald grades each Celtic on their efforts this season and is right on the money for the most part.

The Mighty Mozzer reveals the Meltdown lineup.

Same old set for the April 26th Wiltern gig.
The First Of The Gang To Die / Hairdresser On Fire / The Headmaster Ritual / Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice / Jack The Ripper / How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference / I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday / No One Can Hold A Candle To You / I'm Not Sorry / Subway Train [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday / A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours / All The Lazy Dykes / Irish Blood, English Heart // Hand In Glove
Admittedly I would like to see a few more recognizable hits sprinkled in there, but if I get to hear Jack The Ripper, Hand in Glove and The Headmaster Ritual while I am in the 212, I will not complain at all.

Speaking of, I bought my Cardigans tickets for the Sunday gig at Southpaw, so if anyone else is going, let me know. Right now I think the plan is to meet up with Matt 5500 and Coolfer but as always, the more the merrier.

Not to freak anyone out, but Thom Yorke canceling a gig in Australia just days before Coachella can't be a good sign. Promoter Michael Chugg told radio station Triple J that Yorke has been put on antibiotics to assist with his recovery in time for the band’s appearance at the Coachella festival in California this coming weekend.

I can't decide if this is genius or idiocy. I leaning towards the latter.

You have to do it on your own / I can't aid you any more
You must learn to breath alone / Then all this is yours.
Your shoulders are strong / So lengthen your stride
When you're alone / There is light outside.

The beach was nice. I was actually in Carolina Beach, which the locals refer to as "The Redneck Riviera". Cool, no? Played a lot of tennis (my first time back on the court in over two years), drank lots of beer ($2 Yuengling's, holla!), watched a few movies and in typical information leafblower fashion, did not step foot on the beach once. Extremely sunburnt on my forearms, but I'll live. A good trip then.

Figures, The Shins are opening the Friday NYC Morrissey show. That's the one I don't have tickets for. Argh.

The Morrissey set lists in LA have been pretty much the same...here is the set from April 23rd
The First Of The Gang To Die / Hairdresser On Fire / How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours / Subway Train [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday / I'm Not Sorry / Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice / Now My Heart Is Full / I Have Forgiven Jesus / Jack The Ripper / There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference / Little Man, What Now? / All The Lazy Dykes / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / No One Can Hold A Candle To You/ I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday // Irish Blood, English Heart

Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package ! Re-evaluate the songs. Double-pack with a photograph Extra Track (and a tacky badge) !

You Are The Quarry review from Observer Music Monthly.

Phew! Not nearly as good as last year's version. And by that, I mean it simply looks great, as opposed to stellar. Still, that's one trip up North I don't have to make.

I'm just going to go ahead and start laughing now, OK? That's gonna be some funny shit when it finally airs. Booyakasha!

This is definitely something worth bidding on.

The Sports Guy tries to get back in my good graces with a new column that talks up Jet Blue and Bynes while dissing the Knicks.

They felt differerently after Isiah hired Lenny Wilkens -- apparently Red Holzman was the second choice -- then gave Van Horn away for Thomas and Mohammed, a classic "I'll give you a quarter for two dimes" trade. This had evolved into a soft, rudderless team built around a shoot-first point guard, flanked by mediocre defenders and guys who couldn't rebound or contend shots. I'm not even sure they run any plays. When Lenny holds up one finger, I think he's signalling that he needs to pee.

Buzz Alert! Apparently Xtina and Carmelo Anthony are an item (scroll down). Like Woah.

Did you hear the one about the college football player knocking up the NY Giants head coach's daughter and then getting drafted by said father in law? You can't make this stuff up.

I'm not a huge baseball fan, but Peter Gammons weekly column is a must read.

OK People, step forward if you play professional sports and don't use steroids. Not so fast Romo, Barry, Giambi and Sheff. I would just like to go on record now as saying I believe 100% that Barry Bonds used steroids to help him break the MLB home run record which was set by a guy that was admittedly using a performance enhancing drug, but everyone liked him more than the new guy, so it wasn't as much of an issue.

Sorry for the brevity of recent posts, but my internet connection has been very hit or miss lately and computer classes are taking up more time than I thought, which is actually a good thing. By the end of the month, I should be Micro$oft certified in PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook, which will make me a MOUS. I'm also learning HTML, Cold Fusion and XML.

And if I can't get a job then, well...I'll be forced to start robbing banks or something, won't I? I tried to go get a crappy job at the local newspaper and even applied at Best Buy but they all say I'm overqualified. It's so bad right now it looks like Gothamist won't even bring me on as a sportswriter! I guess all that Isiah bashing came back to haunt me. :)

Honestly though, this stuff is not getting me down. I am more motivated than ever to get myself a good job and to continue to keep learning and pushing myself. These computer classes are definitely a step in the right direction and I finally feel like I'm being proactive instead of reactive.

In times like these, I think of three things

Deal with it!
- Henry Rollins

And thus ends the Rick Pitino era in Boston.

Interim coach John Carroll was sacked by the Boston Celtics on Monday after the team was swept in the first round of the playoffs.

The Celtics went 14-22 under Carroll to finish the regular season 10 games below .500, but they made the playoffs as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference and were quickly shown to be the frauds they were once the Indiana Pacers got their hands on them. JO's ginormous forehead could not be reached for comment. Yes, I'm reduced to taking pot shots at them even though Bob Cook wouldn't stoop that low. Colour me frustrated.

According to the Boston Herald, the following is the short list of possible new head coaches for the C's: Lionel Hollins, Doc Rivers, Paul Westphal, Dwane Casey, Jeff Hornacek and Avery Johnson. Also, Atlanta head coach Terry Stotts would be on the Celtics' radar if he is not retained by the Hawks.

The Good:
Red Sizzle take all three from the Evil Empire. Good times!

The Bad & The Ugly:
The C's look absolutely pathetic against the Pacers, losing 4 straight games by an average of 16+ points, an NBA record. Celtic Nation is in an uproar, and the naysayers are out in full force. Mark Blount will opt out this summer and become a free agent, which makes this offseason even harder for Danny Ainge.

I'm in yet another computer class today, more updates when I have the time.

Just a quick post before I head down the road to sunny Wilmington, NC. MC Bennish Brown invited me to make the trip with him to go see some college buddies I haven't laid eyes on in over seven years.

Road trip + beach + old friends + beer = lots of pictures for Monday's post.

The "big" news that is flooding the airwaves today is the death of Pat Tillman, an Army Ranger serving in Afghanistan. This is news because Tillman used to play in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals, but enlisted in the Army in the wake of 9/11. This, in turn, is news because he left over $3.6 million on the table in order to serve his country.

It should definitely be noted that with servicemen seemingly dying every day, Tillman deserves no more ink than any of the others. I just wanted to bring your attention to it because it's an issue that has been floating around all week and it really puts in perspective how hollow professional athletes sound when they whine to the common man about being underpaid and under-appreciated by their team/fans/coach, etc.

*Brace for uncomfortable transistion*

Sunburn here I come.

Sorry for not posting last night but I went to dinner at Morton's Steak House with the 'Rents and was in a food coma when I got back.

Here is a bunch of stuff you already read yesterday...

It's my birthday too, yeah! Peabs and my blog have the same birthday

Stereogum interviewed the Beta Band. Sweet. Also, peep the new Moz video. Effing Real Player only shows me a frame every 30 seconds so I haven't seen the full thing but I get the drift. grumblegrumblegrumble

Here's a Moz review from Las Vegas. [via Productshop NYC]

Shout outs from Italy. So Best.

LeBron wins Rookie of the Year. Does this make anyone else mad? I thought Amare Stoudamire won the award last year over Yao Ming because his club made the Playoffs and Yao's did not. So shouldn't 'Melo win that shit this year? Hello?
Don't even get me started on the complete and utter travesty that was Hubie Brown winning Coach of the Year over Jerry Sloan. Sloan had one of the worst rosters in the league and took them to within two games of the Playoffs. It takes more than one hand to count all the lottery picks on the Grizzlies. They SHOULD HAVE made the Playoffs. What gives?

God help us all. Peter May turns his ever critical eye towards the C's el foldo the other night, and for once, he's so money.

Paul Pierce lamented that the Celtics' "true colors as a young team" showed in that fourth quarter, the one in which Indiana outscored the Celtics, 38-21, outrebounded them, 13-5, outshot them, 61 percent to 33 percent, and had no turnovers to Boston's two. "We lost our composure," he said.
Here's who was on the floor for Boston when, as Pierce noted, the Celtics' "true colors" showed as a young team: Pierce, Chucky Atkins, Walter McCarty, Ricky Davis, and Mark Blount. That's four-fifths of the starting five. That's not a particularly young team and it's not a particularly inexperienced team. Four of those five have been to the conference finals.
But it was a unit that certainly did lose its composure, no question, in the face of an onslaught led by Fred Jones, Jonathan Bender, Croshere, Anthony Johnson, and Al Harrington. That's one-fifth of the Indy starting five -- and only because Harrington got the starting nod last night over the suspended Ron Artest. Croshere didn't even play in Game 1.

That L is squarely on my favorite basketball player on the Earth's shoulders. C'mon PP. Get it together.

Coach K's quandry: Try and get Luol Deng to stay in school or try or get Shaun Livingston to enroll in school. At best, he can have only one. Most likely he'll lose them both.

Ruh-roh.

Did Bill have an unfair advantage on The Apprentice? Page Six thinks so:
Meanwhile, "The Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic may have had an unfair advantage over his competition courtesy of Trump-eteer Carolyn Kepcher's "raging crush" on him, a source claims.
Though the Trump lieutenant is married with two kids, she has been spotted fawning over Rancic all over town. Last Tuesday, the duo shared a lingering hug at the entrance of the dining room at Fresco.
Later, at a party hosted by "Apprentice" contestant David Gould, curvy Carolyn was acting up with Rancic again. "She could not stop hugging him all night - she drools over the guy," our spy reported. "It was a reunion, but they had only seen each other the day before." The two moved on together to Meatpacking District hotspot P.M.

Frank is back! Donnie Darko to be re-released in theatres as a Director's Cut featuring an extra 21 minutes of footage and new visual effects and music. Score! Jake & Maggie Gyllenbest = Best. Movie. Ever. Peep the trailer here.

I'm taking an Excel class today, so try and keep any breaking news from happening until I get home. Thanks.

This is a film about the future / it is the future of your life
You think it's certain / but nothing is certain
No nothing is certain / no nothing is certain, no!

Friends of information leafblower, new readers, search engine users and internet wanderers…

Today is information leafblower’s first birthday, and I couldn't be happier. One year ago on this day (the seeds of which were sewn on 4/20) I signed up on Blogger and started sharing my opinions and interests with the world.

This space was almost called the Paper Street Soap Company, after Tyler Durden’s soap making venture in Fight Club, but that URL was already taken, so I went my second choice and I’m actually very happy I did. I think it just fits better.

Starting this blog and meeting all of my new interent friends has definitely been one of the highlights I’ve enjoyed during the last 12 months. For that, I am very thankful.

Here is my first ever post. I think that’s a pretty good mission statement and I’ve stuck to my guns.

I plan to keep this space current for a long time. I hope you’ll stick around as well.

I'm spending my day taking a Powerpoint class, so I'll check in again later tonight.

Cheers,

KG

For every word that you write
They won’t mean much as barricades
They hold me down

This Just In....Reggie Miller is a punk ass bitch. Oh wait, we already knew that. The C's blew it tonight. Thankfully, only two more games in the John Carroll era. I will explain further when I sober up.

Also tonight, Philly native Jim O'Brien was hired as the coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Expect free agent Eric Williams to sign there this summer. Can't wait to see how Obie deals with AI.

Mark Cuban calls out The Donald.

True basketball fans will appreciate the satisfaction I got from this. Not quite graveside bukkake but I'll take it.

Oasis to split?

Book my Lollapalooza tickets. PJ Harvey has just been added to the bill. The Lips, Mozzer and PJ all on one bill? Sounds like heaven to me. In the past Lollapalooza has played 2 dates in NC, one in Raleigh and one here in Charlotte. I hope that trend continues because I will be at both. Polly Jean has a new record coming out in Europe in May of this year. Us Yanks have to wait until June 8th. Entitled Uh Huh Her, the album was written, performed, recorded, mixed & produced by Harvey.
I'm a late comer to this bandwagon, but Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is easily one of the best 10 records released in the last five years. I can listen to that CD for days at a time, and often do. Listen to The Letter, the new album's first single, right here.

I can't remember if I've posted this before or not, but here is the synopsis for Douglas Coupland's new book, entitled Elanor Rigby. It drops in August 2004.

The RIAA has dropped their offer of amnesty for file traders.

Napster is facing the same troubles as Apple in their quest to open a downloadable music store in Europe.

You knew this was inevitable. get ready for the Apprentice spinoff as we follow Bill around on his new gig.

On a side note, I watched the new episode of The Restaurant last night. Does anyone else think that Jeffrey Chodorow's intern is in the early running for DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR? Seriously, what's with him? "If I see someone doing something wrong, can I correct them?" "I already know I won't like Rocco," etc. Just who does he think he is? He's a fucking intern!

Vote for the Greatest Opening Song Lines In Rock History.

Uh oh. Bobby Jax is out of the NBA playoffs due to his lingering abdominal strain. This is a serious blow to the Kings fading title hopes.

Game Two of the Pacers v. Celts series is also tonight.

I can't believe / that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here / and watch you undress
This is love, this is love / That I'm feeling

Well, it's nice to know that Grambo still comes by once and a while (just kidding). He is right in asking for my already promised NBA Playoff Preview. I had planned to do it this weekend, but instead, I actually ventured out of the house and interected with other members of society. Friday night I caught some of the Sox / Yanks game and then went to see a late screening of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And yes, it's as good as everyone says it is. Saturday I had my first taste of the Charlotte nightlife when I hit the town with Eddie and Eakes. We had a blast even though I drank a few too many Jaegerbombs (Jaeger + Red Bull = yummy). So excuses aside, here we go:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Indiana v. Boston These teams have faced each other in the playoffs three times, with the Celtics winning all three. That's about to come to a crashing halt. Waltah McCarty v. Jermaine O'Neal. 'Nuff said. The C's have nobody to match up with JO. Ron Artest has been suspended for Game Two so the C's might steal a W, but that's all they're gonna get. I'm already focusing on the upcoming draft and free agency.

New Jersey v. New York The Nets have definitely fallen off this year (despite the improved play of big eared Dick Jefferson) but I can't see the Knicks doing much damage here. The Knicks are at their best when they play up tempo and that plays right into JKidd's hands. Allan Houston won't be playing in this series and that leaves Shandon Anderson, another extremely overpaid shooting guard to take his place. Ouch. The Knicks may win a game or two but by losing the series, Isiah will have his excuse to take over coaching duties next year.

Detroit v. Milwaukee This is another series that will get ugly in a hurry. The Bucks perimeter game will have to be flawless for them to hang with the Pistons intimidating front line. The lack of quality back up guards on Detroit's roster (ex-Pistons Bobby Sura and Chucky Atkins have been playing great for their new teams) will come back to haunt them down the road in the playoffs but not here. The Bucks have been in a slow and steady spiral ever since rookie PG T.J. Ford got hurt and ended his season. The Bucks needed just one win in their last three games of the season to avoid the Pistons and they lost all three. That's all you need to know. Oh yeah... Joe Smith v. Rasheed Wallace. Ouch.

Miami v. New Orleans This should be the best series in the East for the first round. This matchup looks alot like last year's Boston v. Indiana matchup where the scrappy team with heart takes out the more talented but under coached higher seed. Tim Floyd's club floundered late in the season and as usual, injuries are hurting them now. Hard to imagine the Heat in the second round of the Playoffs but one of these teams has to advance. If the Hornets lose like I expect them to, look for a roster shakeup during the offseason.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Minnesota v. Denver Denver is happy just to be here. Forget just getting out of the first round, anything less than the Western Conference Finals will be a disaster for the TWolves. You do the math.

Los Angeles v. Houston No one wants to listen to me, but when the Lakers won the Pacific Division on Kobe's two buzzer beaters, that was their worst case scenario coming true. Instead of facing the Mavs and then the TWolves, now they have to take on Yao Ming and the Rockets and then TD and the Spurs. Shaq Daddy is gonne be one tired cat as these playoffs wear on. Despite their myriad of injuries, the Lakers will win this series but it will be much tougher than they expect, as evidenced in Game One. Look for Steve Francis to be shipped out of Houston this summer for a PG that will feed the ball into Yao in the post.

San Antonio v. Memphis Out of all the teams in the West, the Spurs are the most well equipped to handle the surging Grizz, who have no one to handle Tim Duncan. The Grizz have a very bright future ahead of them and will use this series to get some experience under their collective belts. They may win a game or two like the Suns did last year, but the Spurs are moving on.

Dallas v. Sacramento I had to resist the urge to list the Mavs as "allas" since there is no D in Big D. However, the Kings aren't exactly locking teams down either. This will be a good, old fashioned track meet and the team with the most points at the end of the game will win. It's that easy. If Doug Christie and Mike Bibby hit from the outside, advantage Kings. Tha Mavs can score at will but don't have the personnel to take advantage of the Kings down low. Vlade, Brad Miller and CWebb are all gimpy but if all they have to do is rebound and outlet the ball, they will be OK. The Mavs are still testing out new lineups, not a good sign this late in the season. After they lose, look for Antoine Walker to be traded for much less than the Boston Celtics got for him, thereby making Danny Ainge look good in the process. Chicago is his most likely destination, probably for Tyson Chandler. One thing is for sure, the losing coach of this series will lose his job.

I'll deal with round two once this round is completed.

Argentinean hero Diego "Hand of God" Maradonna is currently in critical condition with a lung infection. Read more about the life and times of Diego Maradona.

The Red Sizzle do what they needed to do this weekend. Take 3 of 4 from the Yankees. ARod got his first hit of the series in the 9th inning, finishing the 4 game road trip at an robust 1 - 17. For everyone that says this series doesn't matter because it's in April, peep this. Monday's attendance of 35,027 brought the total for the four-game series to 140,224. That's the second highest for such a series at Fenway Park since 1967.

Are Coldplay and Echo & The Bunnymen going to tour? That would actually be kinda hot.

Not wanting to be left out of the current trend of "Alt Rock Icon Reunion/Comeback Fever" the Lemonheads are to reform. Must have been my incessant resets of It's A Shame About Ray that drove them to do it.

Foxy Jazz continues to impress by dropping science that Dave Chapelle is not a happy camper at Comedy Central. Apparantly Chapelle is upset that Mr. Hankey makes more than me. Call me crazy, but the Southpark / Chapelle's Show block is currently the hottest hour on TV. Both are running shit right now.

And finally, not to be confused with any bustas out there, recent birthday girl The Real Janelle busts out some Ted Leo scoopage. Nice one.

From every dingy basement / on every dingy street
Every dragging handclap / over every dragging beat
That's just the beat of time / the beat that must go on
If you’ve been trying for years / we already heard your song
Death or glory becomes just another story

Morrissey's set list from what has been reported as a fairly listless Anaheim show (no pun intended). Apparently the crowd was a little too laid back for some people's tastes.

The First Of The Gang To Die / Hairdresser On Fire / How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours / I Have Forgiven Jesus / Subway [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday / I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday / Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference / Little Man, What Now? / I'm Not Sorry / The Headmaster Ritual / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / All The Lazy Dykes / No One Can Hold A Candle To You / Jack The Ripper / I Like You / There Is A Light That Never Goes Out // Irish Blood, English Heart

Pretty much the same except for I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday. For and readers out on the West Coast, if you are attending / attended one of the Moz shows and feel like writing a review of the gig, I'll happily post it here and give you a byline and everything.

We also have the set list Radiohead played on their last night in Japan, which bodes well for everyone headed out to Coachella.

There There / 2+2=5 / Myxomatosis / Kid A / Morning Bell / Where I End And You Begin / Bullet Proof (I Wish I Was) / Backdrifts / My Iron Lung / Sail To The Moon / Go To Sleep / The National Anthem / Scatterbrain / Sit Down, Stand Up / Paranoid Android / Exit Music (For A Film) / Idioteque / I Might Be Wrong / Pyramid Song / Wolf At The Door / Street Spirit (Fade Out) // Planet Telex / Everything In Its Right Place

I think Planet Telex is my favorite Radiohead song ever.

The Yanks finally beat the Red Sizzle yesterday, but that's OK because ARod is still hitless for the series.

In NBA playoff news, Coolfer is a happy camper, and I am not.

Now is the time to buy a new laptop from Apple. They released new iBooks and Powerbooks today.

Red tape, not Apple, is holding up the European iTunes Music Store. It's all about the royalties.

FOil (Friend Of information leafblower), and fellow Queen City resident Chris M. sent along an email informing me that Trio will be re-airing their excellent Bill Hicks documentary a few times at the end of May. I'll try and remember to post show times when the date gets closer. That's Must See TV if there ever was such a thing. Set your Tivo now!

Check out this gallery of Fight Club promo posters.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! Look at this set list from the Vegas show:

The First Of The Gang To Die
Hairdresser On Fire
America Is Not The World
I Like You
The Headmaster Ritual (!!!)
Subway [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday
I Have Forgiven Jesus
How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Little Man, What Now?
I'm Not Sorry
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours (!!!)
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
All The Lazy Dykes [not played]
No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Jack The Ripper (Score!)
Hand In Glove
Irish Blood, English Heart

encore:
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Strange that nothing from Your Arsenal or Vauxhall & I made the cut but the addition of those Smiths classics more than makes up for it. It's still early, I'm sure the set will change quite a bit. Keeping my fingers crossed for Jack The Ripper in NYC.

Pictures here.

How now cash cow? This just in, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Kenny Lofton and Javier Vazquez - who combine to make more than nine teams' payrolls - wilted in their introduction to Yankees-Red Sox. ARod in particular had a rough game. Personally, I don't understand why all of Boston hates him. It's not his fault that he's not in Boston this year, it's the Union's. He repeatedly said he'd take less money to play in Boston but the Union said 'No'. For that, I don't fault him going to the Yankees. I still believe it's gonna end up hurting them more than it helps them.

Buried under the mountain of baseball hype in Boston yesterday was the announcement that Vin Baker agreed to a buyout of his contract, reportedly somewhere in the neighborhood of $15 to $17 million dollars. According to the Boston Globe Under NBA regulations, a salary for Baker will be on the Boston books for the next three years, with the settlement figure divided equally among the years. The Celtics should enjoy significant savings and a drop in the overall payroll, but not to the point where they can become a major player in the free agent market this summer. The C's have already saved quite a bit of money on his contract due to Vin not playing more than 40 games for the last two years. You gotta love pro sports, especially their unions. Where else can a guy be a certified alcoholic, show up to work drunk, get fired and still collect a multi-million dollar payday? Yeesh.

Pete Vescey on the Western Conference Playoffs.

This is just too strange.

Friday is upon us and thus ends Bill Hicks Week here at information leafblower. I hope you have enjoyed this stroll down memory lane. Today I'm not going to focus on one specific topic. Instead I will give you a sampling of some of Bill's other routines on everything from non smokers to childbirth to people in marketing.

I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.

By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself. Thank you, thank you. Just a little thought. I'm just trying to plant seeds. Maybe one day they'll take root. I don't know. You try. You do what you can. Kill yourselves. Seriously though, if you are, do. No really, there's no rationalisation for what you do, and you are Satan's little helpers, OK? Kill yourselves, seriously. You're the ruiner of all things good. Seriously, no, this is not a joke. "There's gonna be a joke coming..." There's no fucking joke coming, you are Satan's spawn, filling the world with bile and garbage, you are fucked and you are fucking us, kill yourselves, it's the only way to save your fucking soul. Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself now. Now, back to the show."You know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar, that's a big dollar, a lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research, huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scumbags, quit putting a godamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!

Unfortunately, one of the things that Bill was best known for was being cut from an episode of the David Letterman Show on CBS after the network's Standards and Practice's Division found his material too racy. Bill was quick to point out that Letterman had been laughing throughout his set and when he came over to greet Dave after it was done, Letterman remarked "Good set, Bill! Always nice to have you drop by with an uplifting message!" and signed off saying, "Bill, enjoy answering your mail for the next few weeks." Hicks was in his hotel room later that night when he got the call saying the censors had found his material offensive and his entire act was being cut from the show. Hicks had already been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at this time and knew this would be his last chance to appear on Letterman. He would succumb to the cancer just five months later.

Witty as ever, Hicks had the following to say about the situation.

See we just had a misunderstanding. I thought we lived in the U.S. of A., the United States of America. But actually we live in the U.S. of A., the United States of Advertising. Freedom of expression is guaranteed? If you've got the money!

Taking matters into his own hands, Hicks wrote a 39 page letter to John Lahr of The New Yorker explaining what happened on that night.

...this is what America now fears - one man with a point of view, speaking out, unafraid of our vaunted institutions, or the loathsome superstitions the CBS hierarchy feels the masses (the herd) use as their religion. I'm feeling good. The set I've prepared has been approved and reapproved by Mary Connelly, the segment producer of the show. It is exactly the same set that was approved for the previous Friday, the night where I was "bumped" due to lack of time. It is the material that I am excited about performing, for it best reflects - out of all the other appearances I've made on the show - myself.

Here is the first part of the routine, unedited.

Bill: Good evening! I'm very excited to be here tonight, and I'm very excited because I got some great news today. I've finally got my own TV show coming out as a replacement show this fall!

The audience applauds.

Bill: Don't worry, it's not a talk show.

The audience laughs.

Bill: Thank God! It's a half-hour weekly show that I will be hosting, entitled "Let's Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus".

Audience bursts into laughter and applause.

Bill: I think it's fairly self-explanatory. Each week we let the Hounds of Hell loose and chase the jar-head, no talent, cracker-idiot all over the globe till I finally catch that fruity little ponytail of his, pull him to his chippendale's knees, put a shotgun in his mouth and "pow".

Audience continues to applaud and laugh.

Bill: Then we'll be back in '94 with "Let's Hunt and Kill Michael Bolton".

Audience laughs and applauds.

Bill: Yeah, so you can see that, with guests like this, our run will be fairly limitless.

Audience laughs.

Bill: And we're kicking the whole series off with our MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Markie Mark Christmas special ...

Audience laughs and applauds.

Bill: And I don't want to give any surprises away, but the first one we hunt and kill on that show is Markie Mark, because his pants keep falling around his ankles and he can't run away ... Bill mimes a hobbling Markie Mark.

The audience laughs.

Bill: Yeah, I get to cross-bow him right in the abs. Itís a beautiful thing. Bring the family. Tape it. It's definitely a show for the nineties ...

Audience applauds.

Read the rest of the routine here.
Read what some other people had to say about Bill Hicks here.
Flak Magazine on Bill Hicks.

So....The Apprentice finale...Did anyone else see the irony when respective teams were talking to Trump about their team leaders? Kwame's team wanted their boss to show his emotions and micromanage them, whereas Bill's team wanted a laid back leader that trusted them to fulfill the tasks he gave them. Unfortunately Kwame lost for that exact reason. It's a shame too because he obviously had the easier task. All he had to do was get Jessica Simpson from the airport to the hotel, set up a breakfast the following day, arrange a meet and greet and get Jessica to the show. I did shit like that every day at my old job! Those things take 2 or 3 phone calls to set up. That's it. Especially when you doing them all at the same hotel. Kwame's team lost it for him.
Apparently Kwame is from Charlotte, NC. The local NBC news station devoted the first 10 minutes of their broadcast to him last night. They had live reports from his families house after the show ended. Obviously disappointed, one of his friends went on the air with this gem, "He would have won if it wasn't for that chick Amaretta." And you know what, he was right.

**UPDATE** Check out Daily Refill Dot Com for some extra Apprentice scoopage about Bill.

The baseball season isn't even a month old but that doesn't stop the hype machine from talking up the first Sox. v. Yanks series.

Pistol Pete Vescey on the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Ruh-Roh

Fucking hell! Two days until the Mighty Mozzer gets his ass back on stage and brings it to the adoring masses. I can't wait to get out of bed on Sunday AM and check out what the setlist was. How about a brief run down of the latest Morrissey buzz?

First we have the official album artwork, as given to us in this Sanctuary Records newsbrief. Next is the cover of the upcoming issue of Spin, due to hit newsstands next week in NYC and most likely a week later for all of us losers outside the Big Apple. Noice. Me likey pinstripes.

On Monday April 26th, the Uk's Video C will have a free download of the Irish Blood, English Heart video. Sweet!

And finally, we have the news that the city council in Manchester is mulling over the suggestion of renaming the cities airport to Manchester Morrissey Airport. Book my ticket now yo! Morrissey is one of the many famous Mancunians under consideration for this honor. Expect a pretty big write in vote in his favor.

So back to the set list. Here is what I would consider a perfect setlist. I asked unoffical information leafblower correspondent Emily Dee to submit hers as well because she is the only person I know whose Morrissey knowledge far outweighs my own. She submitted 19 songs but I had to go with 20. I couldn't bare to cut any more songs and I didn't bother trying to figure out which, if any, songs by the Smiths might appear, so here goes. The last two songs would be the encore.

Unoffical information leafblower correspondent Emily Dee's perfect setlist was:
Sing your life
Sister I’m a poet
Tony the Pony
Irish Blood, English Heart
I Can Have Both
Driving your girlfriend home
Seasick, yet still docked
Used to be a sweet boy
Well I wonder
Angel Angel
Southpaw
These things take time
Alma Matters
The First of the Gang to Die
Found found found
I started something I couldn’t finish
Why don’t you find out for yourself

Encore:

Barbarism Begins At Home (if Gary Day could possibly master the bassline)
November Spawned a Monster

Let me just go on record saying you don't want to be standing beside me if Moz and the band bust into Barbarism Begins At Home because I will literally shit my pants if they play that.

A crack on the head / Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the head / Is what you get for asking