Brand New Start

Last Saturday I had the pleasure, yet again, to take in a DC United match. The result, a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake, was disappointing (for me at least, most everyone else seemed pleased with the result) but it's hard for me to complain about much when I have the best seat in the house. This was the first of the five games I've seen in person this season where I got an extended look at Freddy Adu and he impressed. Although he got called off-sides a few times, he played a great game. He moves at a different speed than everyone else on the field. He's three or four moves ahead of everyone else when he gets the ball. But Freddy's not my favoriter player on United. That would be scrappy Argentine fullback Facundo Erpen. He's one tough MF'er and although he anchors the United back line, he's very adept at attacking. He had one shot in the second half that hit the post that might have won the game for United had it been an inch or so farther to the left. Oh well, maybe next time. United is away for their next few games so you'll be spared from more soocer photos for the time being.

Thanks for all the emails and whatnot yesterday. I was a bit down in the dumps yesterday but I felt better once I got home, watched some football and had a beer or two. I'm DJing a wedding on Friday so I went through my iTunes and picked out most of the stuff I'm going to play, which put me in a much better mood. I was a bit nervous about the whole thing (this is only the second wedding I've ever played) but after going through my iTunes library and picking out some stuff by Massive Attack, Paul Weller, Feist, The Super Furries, The Pixies, Spoon, Mylo, and Oasis (obvs.) I am really excited about the whole thing. Keep in mind all that stuff is in addition to the usual wedding music fare, although, as a whole, my plalist leans a tad indie (New Order, Phoenix, The Cure, Postal Service, Kylie...) and lots of Motown. Everyone likes Motown! Of course, it always helps when the bride and groom INSIST on me bringing and playing vinyl and have a bigger record collection than me that I get to pick from. Should be fun.

Banksy strikes again! [via Sneakmove]

Apple TV! Also, new iPods. Oh, and the iPhone is happening. Soon.

Rejoice! Screamin' A. Smith and Boo-Yah Scott are no more for ESPN's basketball coverage. They will be replaced by the inifinitely more watchable Mike Wilbon and Mark Jackson. All hail new programming guru John Skipper! Now if he can just dom something about Chris Berman... [via Truehoop]

Captain Rock might be a big dud right now, but at least the music world still has Jarvis Cocker.

Close, but no cigar. Why does Noel and the band insist on acting like Be Here Now never happened? "D'You Know What I Mean" deserved to be on this CD. Much more so than "Go Let It Out," that song is the worst Beta Band rip-off I've ever heard. And there were alot of them. But props for "Songbird."

Morrissey speaks!

Obvs.

9/11, birth of the blog.

Let's start celebrating Sept. 12th. I'm all for that.