Respect

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.