PM Update

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