Give It Away Now
I stayed up for three+ quarters of the big game last night, but missed the electrifying conclusion. Luckily The Sports Guy has a great recap to get me (and anyone else that missed it) up to speed. Coming in, I thought USC would be the victor, but when they missed that 4th down conversion early and then Reggie Bush decided to try that incredibly stupid lateral, I knew there would be trouble. Oh well, it was a fun game to watch, even if I was flipping to the Celtics game during commercials so I could yell at Mark Blount. Speaking of, I scored tickets to the game on Saturday when the C's visit the MCI Center. (Thanks Michele!)
Peter Gammons Boston Globe chat transcript.
Barry Gibb bought Johnny Cash's house in Tennessee.
The Futureheads ready their new album. It was/will be produced by Ben Hiller.
The Rolling Stones are too old to attend their own concert. Slightly related, I heard a very crazy rumour about a possible touring partner for the Stones when they come back to the States next year.
John Stewart to host the Oscars. A wise choice methinks. He killed at the Grammy's way back when.
I personally thought the Sportsguys recap was pretty stupid, particularly that bit about wondering why people care about the bowl games between the 9 and 14th teams-- gee, I don't know, college/team pride, watching some of your favorite players play their last game in your teams colors, recruiting help, to name but a few. I really think the Sportsguy has fallen off quite a bit in the last few years, and like a lot of people in the blogosphere feel that he needs to ditch the hackneyed 90210 analogies and never mention hip hop ever again.
Sorry to get off on a rant there....
Any hints on the very crazy rumour?
It was an especially exciting game for those of us in Austin who graduated from (and still work at) UT!
:)