Heavenly
So close to being out of March work hell. So close!
Before I go any futher with this post, let me just say:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST. NEWS. EVER. from the Best. Band. Ever. (I've since come down off my high horse, but I digress...)
Only Lee Mavers propensity to book gigs and then flake out at the last minute is keeping me from seriously thinking about making a trip to Tokyo. How hott would that be?
You can't argue with those results, yo.
LCD Soundsystem for T In The Park. Good lineup there. Still no Furry fesitval sightings. *sigh*
This "Freebird!" article has been passed around the bloggersphere a few times already, but I just found out there is a Bill Hicks audio file with it, so once I get behind a machine with a sound card, I'll have to check it out. [via The Pita]
I am so buying thistomorrow.
I've said it many, many times, but it's worth saying again. That 1115.org is so hott right now.
Paul Silas out in the Land of Cleve. Very strange timing here.
It goes without saying that my brackets are in disaray (and that's putting it mildly). Only six teams in the Sweet 16 and three of my Final Four teams have already bitten the dust.
The worst part about Gonzaga losing? Having to hear Bobby Knight run his yap for the next week. Coach K's mentor is just like school in the summer (no class). Listen to this crap:
"The guy that's coaching there [Mike Davis] is a guy that I told Pat [Knight, his son and assistant coach] we were going to replace at the end of the season. There's no way that I would have kept the guy any longer than that. [But] That's their [Indiana] problem."
Nevermind that Davis will most likely get sacked next week. Just remember that Davis took the Hoosiers to the Finals a few years ago (beating Duke along the way) while this is the first time Knight has been in the Sweet 16 since 1994(!!). PS - Coach K (now the winningest coach in NCAA Tournament history) has been there eight straight times, the third longest such streak ever behind Dean Smith (13) and John Wooden (9). Guess who's in fourth with seven straight years? Coach K from 1986-1992. Duke haters can bite me. We rule! Go Devils!
**Update** - So best. Out of 217 people in our office pool, I am in a three way tie for LAST PLACE.
Hah. I am first in my pool. I am a hoosier fan, and I love Bob Knight, but that was classless. You believing in the Zags was foolish. Of course, I get to see them in primetime so I knew how overrated they were.
as much as i love ya there's so *no* way that La's record won't suck it :) one record finished without the band does not a good band make :)
hehe
and on a completely diff note did you see the footage of the ian brown "fight" yet?
This news about The La's is going to give me one of those eight-hour hardons that I'm supposed to see my doctor about, but of course I won't because my doctor is a stone fox and it would be hella awkward. I had The La's on cassette tape when it first came out and I wore that shit out repeatedly. Sometimes, you hear a slate of songs that just feel so right, you know? Everything just fits so perfect. Sublime. Ineffable. I think your high praise for them is well placed.
I'm just happy I still have 3 of my Final Four teams, and that the winner of the pool last year is out because he had Wake winning in both of his brackets. but, more importantly, UConn lost. next to Duke winning, that's all I really care about. now if someone would just find a way to knock off the UConn women.... Go DUKE! ;)
i *heart* the la's.
In reading through your post from 2003, I concur with you that the La's could have been the band of our generation had they continued on. I also think that from start to finish their album is a masterpiece that can be listened to OVER AND OVER AND OVER and never lose it's charm. That's a rarity in this day and age, especially with most of the crap that was put out from 1989-1993.
Getting your back about 14 months too late.