HOLY LOST 4/3

Back for another Lost review is Mos Jeff, enjoy:

I feel like Brad Pitt. Not so much physically, but the part in Fight Club when he first meets Ed Norton on the plane and he says, "I get it. It's very clever. How's that working out for you? Being clever?"

In this case, the writers of LOST are the Ed Nortons. When did they start thinking they were so clever that they sit around in a little pow-wow and giggle to themselves about their clever ideas. They probably think they're as clever as the first dude who showed up at Madison Square Garden in the 90's with that clever Defense sign...the one that was a giant letter D and then a small cut out of a white picket fence. Now that was clever.

Case and point: "Catch a Falling Star." I know this popular tune from the movie Love Actually (an English flick) when the little kids dressed on stage, one as Spider Man, sing this tune. Later, and more importantly in my life, Season 1 of Lost Claire asks the potential adopted parents (Australian) of Aaron to sing that song to her child. Kate is American. Catch a Falling Star doesn't seem, in my estimation, to be an American classic. Claire definitely never had a chance to ask Kate to sing it to her son. So the clever writers decided, "Oh how fun would it be to tie up this loose end. We're so clever. We eat cheese and do cross word puzzles in pen and understand the economy." Yes, Kate could have heard Claire singing to Aaron on the beach in the past, but I like my tirade better.

Keeping the ball rolling on this, I think last night's episode had more nominees for worst line of the night rather than best line. Hence:

"Sawyer broke your heart. How else were you going to fix it?" - Cassidy

"He'll forget this ever happened and his innocence will be gone." - Richard

"Welcome back to the land of the living." - John Locke

As I delve into last night's hour I'll explain why those quotes irk me. But first, how incredible was the Myles-Hurley conversation? I feel like I've had that very same talk, including the Back to the Future II reference, with many of you out there. In fact, my favorite line of the night was Hurley's, "Ha! Then your theory is wrong!" But then I should probably lump that in with the writers being clever, and sneaking in a little insult to the viewers about them (me, us) being so wrong about everything. And why didn't Ben remember Sayid shooting him? (Which A. Myles wasn't on the island yet to know about and B. Ben never reveals to anyone)

Because of a stupid fucking explanation from Richard. I get it. Ben was brought in those first couple of episodes and that was supposed to be it for that character. Except he was so good that they had to keep him around and expand his role. However "he'll forget this ever happened" is such a cop out, man. It's on par with the end of Four Brothers. I still don't understand why they killed that poor woman.

This (forgetting it every happened) means that Sayid and young Ben will never be in contact again. Either Sayid will be killed or he'll time jump back to the 2000s. My guess is he gets merked because his arc seems to have come to an end. Although Ben doesn't recognize any of our other Survivors, nor do they get gassed in the Purge, so they might all jump out of his life.

Cassidy's line - I wasn't under the impression that Kate was heart broken at all. Her decision to keep Aaron wasn't about being alone, it was about protecting the island. Isn't that the point of Kate's character? To be the female hero of the show? Or maybe I couldn't hear her sobbing because her mouth was stuffed w/ Jack's apparently unimpressive (my understanding based on Juliet's lack of expression in the shower scene) "little surgeon." And was the handing over of Aaron to his grandma enough motivation to have her go ahead and sleep with Jack? Not so clever, writers. Not so clever. In addition, we all knew this is what Sawyer whispered about before, doing the opposite of what Schwarzenegger suggested, jumping off the choppa'.

Kate has no freckles.

And regardless if no one told her to do it, she's preggo. No one told Ben to show up last minute for the plane (like Hurley did.) But this show is based heavily on fate - and someone had to get knocked up.

The Richard line at least gave out some other clues -- Ellie and Charles both being the heads of the Hostiles. Yet Richard also claimed he didn't answer to them. Hopefully this power struggles is cleared up in Ben's back story. More importantly for right now, if Charles is on the island still, in 1977, Penny was almost definitely born on the island. Might be the offspring of Widmore and Ellie. Might be Kate and Jack's baby that Widmore takes with him (similar to what Kate did) when he is tricked off the island by Ben. No matter whose kid she is, she was born there and just like Desmond, Aaron and Walt, must go back to the island.

Kate and Sawyer are responsible for Ben's innate evil streak? Hardly. Blame the Doc with the shrinkage. If he hadn't been so stubborn as usual (the new him, apparently is just as stubborn as the old him) and saved Ben, the ginger kid wouldn't be personifying a Don Henley song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4cuEAU9mXM

Similar to Russo's friends losing their innocence.

Richard's Ouija Borad-esque skills, or potential molestation implications--you know how they love the Christianity references, in the mysterious Temple raise some questions. Did he do this with Locke? Probably not since Locke specifically remembers how he dies. He was healed by the island before that too when he was shot by Ben. He rises and kills Naomi, not so innocently. But he remembers being shot by Ben too. So these miracle cures clearly reenforce the fact that Locke is special.

Did Richard resurrect Christian? More possible than Locke. Eko's brother? Maybe. The point is Richard isn't clear if Ben won't remember any of his past or just the bit about his death.

The love square gets more complicated as Juliet doesn't knock on the bathroom door before entering and Sawyer tells Kate he loves the blonde. Two of the four will die, forcing the remaining two to be forcefully E-Harmony'd with each other.

Other thoughts: What if Ben, and our other old friends stuck in the time of Caesar and the Bounty Hunter Broad, can't go to the 70's because they'd encounter older versions of themselves. Ben is clearly around. But what if we were wrong about the AVD's asian baby? What if it's not Myles at all and it's actually Sun? I don't remember if they specified if the child was a boy or not. But even if they said it's "your son" that could've easily been written "your Sun." The counter argument is that Locke jumped to the same time where the beam of light shot out of the Hatch so jumping to the time of your former self is quite doable. And then a counter argument to that is that those time jumps occurred before Locke turned the donkey wheel.

Roger should hit on someone closer to his level. If Kate's a 9 or 10, Roger's like a 5? He should be looking more in the Rose hotness-scale level. Or Russo post 16 years of craziness and deterioration.

Is the Ben resurrection the "incident" they all speak of? I think that when Richard/Hostiles return Ben to the DI, with side effects or specific demands, that will be the incident.

Again, a pretty black and white episode. Keep hope alive.


"too many questions"
mos jef

Last quote:  Training Day

Common Thread three movies: Training Day, Meet Joe Black and Inside Man

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YouTube

So, as disapointing this is going to be to everyone I don't have much to write about today.  However, I will have a post today below are some great youtube clips for your enjoyment.  Post some of your favorite youtube videos to share with everyone.  Without further ado:

Bear Pole Dancing:

This is the worst sportscaster ever, he just cant seem to get this shit write:

This crazy old lady is way to into shooting people:

These people are fucking crazy.  Looking for a pot of gold:

This kid is fucking high:

This poor fucking kid gets JACKED UP:

I wish I was on this flight:

This one is a little long but hysterical, watch it:

To end the clips here is a classic:

Hope you enjoyed the Youtube post, many thanks to follower Wellen for passing along some of his favorite Youtube clips.

Before I go:

Yesterdays Quote: Meet Joe Black (never saw it so don't know if its good or not)

Todays Quote: "Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you. SHU program, nigga. 23 hour lockdown. I'm the man up in this piece. You'll never see the light of... who the fuck do you think you're fucking with? I'm the police, I run shit around here. You just live here. Yeah, that's right, you better walk away. Go on and walk away... 'cause I'm gonna' burn this motherfucker down. King Kong ain't got shit on me. That's right, that's right. Shit, I don't, fuck. I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose. Yeah, you can shoot me, but you can't kill me."

Question of the day: No real question today, just post your favorite Youtube clips.

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GIddy UP!!!

What's Wrong with this Country

There can be many answers to the question above, but this specific post deals with one thing.  If you have not seen the video or heard about the Ryan Moats, Houston Texans Running back,incident with the Dallas police officer Robert Powell outside the hospital while his mother-in-law was dying.  Moats was driving to the hospital after being told by doctors that his mother-in-law is on her way out and if they want to say their goodbyes they better get their quick.  He had his hazards on and carefully went thru a red light and a stop sign with his wife and what seemed to be another women maybe his sister-in-law.  The cop pulled up behind him as he went thru the red light and put their lights on, obviously with more important things on his mind he did not stop, when he parked at the hospital the cop started screaming for everyone to get back in the car, his wife not giving a fuck and the other lady walked away into the hospital while Moats was then harassed for over 15 minutes by the cop.  The cop asked for his license and insurance and even after he was given it delayed running the plates by saying that he did not like Moats attitude and that he can tow the car and bring Moats to jail.  First off, Moats was a saint the way he was handling himself in the situation, he was being respectful and obeying everything he was asked to do while continuously saying "my mother-in-law is dying right now."  Then a security guard and nurses came out to try to ask the cop to continue this later or hurry up and the cop smugly responded that he was almost done.  After 15 plus minutes Moats was given a ticket, finally Moats made it into the hospital to say goodbye to his mother-in-law but it was too late she had died a few minutes before.

Below is the 2 parts of the full version of the incident and the third one is the quick recap of the situation if you are in a rush.

Now that I gave the quick recap here are my thoughts.  Ryan Moats handled himself incredibly, I can't imagine being in the situation and pray to never be, but I think I would be in jail or dead right now if I was him because I would have attacked that scumbag Powell.  What a fucking racist fucking scumbag.  Moats went about the whole situation from start to finish the right way, your hazard lights are meant for emergencies.  In this emergency situation he obeyed the law and got himself to the hospital as quick as possible in a safe manner.  He even slowed and made sure no other cars were coming before he continued thru the light.  What he should have done was told the cop he was going into the hospital and if he wants to shoot him he can, but then again no one wants to be shot and killed.  Powell should be hung and while he is chocking be stoned and shot at.  This cocksucker is what is wrong with America, why do people find it necessary to ruin other peoples lives.  Now I understand cops already get a bad rap for the most part, I mean no one likes getting tickets, like for fucking parking in a parking lot without having a permit 5 minutes before its OK to park there, but show some fucking sense and let the guy go say goodbye to his mother.

The incident now has taken the next step when Dallas Police chief sent Powell home with pay and told him to not come back until their investigation is over.  The chief also apologized for the pain caused to Moats and his family.  It seems that Powell might be headed out of the department or stuck do desk work that fucking Nazi bitch.  Moats responded saying he accepts the apology, but that does not mean he is able to forget what happened as he will never have that special moment with his mother in law and the chance to say goodbye.

Things like this piss me off (better than being pissed on).  What pisses me off as much as Powell, is the other cop on the scene.  How does he not step in remove Powell from the situation.  Why is no one asking that, there is more than one person to blame here they both need to be removed from the shield and sent to jail where they will be rapped and they will deserve everything they get.  So send hate mail to Powell today instead of this guy (if you wanna still post negative what the hell its enjoyable to read) and hopefully karma will catch up to him.  Things like this make me think we need the death penalty and this man should be killed.

Let me here what you think about the situation.

Before I go:

Fuck My Life is a hysterical website, if you haven't checked it out I highly recommend wasting time at work/class with that: fmylife.com

Yesterdays Quote: Inside Man

Todays Quote:"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived."

Question of the Day:  If you were creating  new expansion team, what sports would it be, where would it be and what would the name be? (question compliments of Josh Levy all the way from Australia )

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GIDDY UP!!

Down to Four and Tiger's comeback

Hope everyone had a great weekend, as we unfortunately head into the week.

We are down to four in March Madness.  This weekend we saw the field of 16 get shrunk to the four teams that will be fighting for College Hoops supremacy and their one shining moment.  The bad news at least for this guy is Cuse lost on Friday to Oklahoma, being in a bar with it packed with all Syracuse people was a good atmosphere.  That is until we started loosing then everyone was miserable, and giving up way to quickly.  Besides Ivler and myself it seemed like everyone else had given up on us once we went down big.  I guess everyone else was right, but hey stick with it till the end.

The two biggest "upsets" of the weekend was Missouri beating Memphis by 11 and Nova on Saturday beating Pittsburgh.  Now it is hard to call Villanova an upset since they were the #3 seed and play Pittsburgh during the regular season and are very familiar with them.  The action got better on Saturday and Sunday when we saw Michigan State upset the #1 overall seed, Louisville and punch their ticket to the Final Four.  Then we saw UNC man handle the best player in the country and Oklahoma.  The last ticket to Detroit is Uconn who handled business against Missouri.

The Final Four match ups are Uconn vs Michigan State and Villanova vs UNC.  It is set to be a great weekend of basketball and ultimately an incredible Monday.  There are 2 Big East teams heading to the Final Four and the debate should be over about which conference was the best this year.  3 #1 seeds, 5 Elite 8 Teams and now 2 Final Four teams.  There is no debate, Big 10 should not be mentioned in the conversation, and the ACC was very good but they are a tier below with out a doubt.

Today Tiger Woods in his 3rd event back after having knee surgery was five strokes back heading into the final round.  However, Tiger wouldn't be Tiger without his Sunday Magic, and it was out today.  A back and forth battle found Tiger tied with O'hara heading into the final hole and with both on the green with birdie opportunities O'hara missed a long putt just left and just short.  Thats when Tiger goes for the win and thats when the Tiger roar was heard as he hits his putt to win the tournament and head into the Masters with a victory.  It was an impressive round for Tiger and he becomes the favorite for the Masters.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend....

Before I go:

The common thread was The Royal Tenenbaums, Glover in Angels in the Outfield; Stiller in Along Came Polly and Luke Wilson in Anchorman.

Todays Quote: "My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison. The What is easy: recently I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery. That's also the When. As for the Why: beyond the obvious financial motivation, it's exceedingly simple... because I can. Which leaves us only with the How; and therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub."  

Question of the day:  If you could be the best in the world at a sport which would it be?

HOLY LOST 3/26/09

It's Thursday and that means its time for our LOST review from Mos Jef.  I hope everyone enjoyed the ultimate bracket for music we had some great comments, I must say very creative.  Without further ado its time for HOLY LOST:

I always say that watching an hour of LOST, no matter what happens, is so enjoyable that it cannot be considered a bad episode. It cannot be considered a disappointment, because on it's worst day LOST is still better than say 24 or Heroes or any other show on its best day. I still feel that way, but it doesn't mean I can't get frustrated with this show for never answering questions. Ever. They're totally pulling a last-night-Sayid on us. Let it be known now, in a public forum, that I will force feed Cuse and Lindeloff LSD after next season if I don't hear exactly what I want to hear. I will pull up in an unmarked VW Bus, scoop them inside, drag them to self-storage unit in Syracuse, New York (in the winter, when no one can hear you scream) and make them talk.

Moving on, best line nominees:

"A 12-year-old Ben Linus brought me a chicken salad sandwich. How do you think I'm doing?" - Sayid, after clearly being dissatisfied with the quality of said chicken salad sandwich

"You know, together? Like you guys were?" - Hurley

"To put it quite simply, you're capable of things that most men aren't." - Ben Linus

My vote is the Ben Linus line, just because he delivers every line so well. Also, the deeper significance it holds. Quite simply, Ben Linus is just as capable as Sayid to kill. And he enjoys doing it. The thing is, only John Locke knows that Ben kills. He saw him kill the big dude with the bomb detonator on his 24-inch-python. He knows that he himself was killed. And then, of course, Ben killed the entire DI.

I also thoroughly enjoyed when Ben was getting beaten by his father. Note, I have some sympathy here, b/c if my kid looked like Ben I would totally backhand him at least twice a day. But it was great to see even Sayid, who hates Ben more than anyone probably, flinch at the site of a child being over powered by his father.

Another familiar actor, Ohad (is that his name?), the DI's torturer, was in Blade Runner, amongst other things. And thank you, VH1's The Drug Years, for informing me beforehand that the army explored the use of LSD as a truth serum back in the day.

Sayid tripping face--priceless. How come Hurley hasn't made any references to needing a joint, by the way? I think it's pretty clear that Hurley rocks the ganj. Wouldn't you expect him to ask around..."So does the DI 'grow' anything special?" Or..."This ranch dressing is great...but it would be even greater if..."

Sayid drinking the same scotch as Widmore and Desmond drank. Yea, you pompous fucking creators. You can link that shit back together but you can't answer why Walt's so special or why Libby was in the mental institution with Hurley? And mind you, now that our Bounty Hunter is in the year _____ w/ Ben and Locke, the speech that Sayid gave her on the plane regarding how awful Ben is as a human being, will definitely go into her decision making from here on out.

Clearly there was only one thing in this episode truly worth analyzing (hence the frustration from paragraph one) but something else irked me. Maybe I'm wrong here, but what did Ben do to really piss Sayid off? Sayid killed people for Ben. Ben then came to him when more people needed killing (outside Hurley's institution.) What did Sayid expect from him? I don't think we're missing any pieces to the puzzle. So am I alone in thinking that Sayid has no reason to be on the "I hate Ben" band wagon? He told him to kill. He killed voluntarily. Went to South America to star in Extreme Home Makeover. Was told to kill again. Did so. Shows up in the harbor. Hates Ben.

And now the big finale...Ben's shot in the chest. He's not dead. This is what happened. It's not as if this is a new time line and Old Ben doesn't exist. Old Ben remembers being shot. It might be worth going back and watching the first time Old Ben (then Henry Gale) encounters Sayid (about to get tortured in the hatch.) Is there a hint of recognition? Is there a hint of fear? I love the parallel nature of Sayid being caught and lying to Ben, "I came here for you." This is the very same line Ben used on John Locke to get free...

Is Ben being shot possibly related to the toomer he develops later? In the coming attractions Kate flips out saying "We did this." Meaning them coming back forced what they assume to be as changing the past. But in reality they're not changing anything. Whatever they do from here on out is what happened in the 70s. So Jack, feeling guilty, steps up. "I'm a doctor. I can save Ben." This will bring up more questions later, but for now at least Ben is saved. Does he screw up the surgery? Is that why the toomer happens? And then Ben, finding Dr. Jack later, knows he's the only one who can rectify his surgery mistake.

Or have there been experiments going on the island? So far, it doesn't appear that the island has any healing powers. Nor does it have any defects in the baby-making process. Does Horace flip a switch? Or experiment with the time traveling abilities in the Orchid station to save Ben's life? Perhaps this is the first time they do this and in the process unleash the healing powers of the island, but also screw up the final stage of pregnancy.

Do they take Ben to the Hostiles for help? Richard recognizes Ben as the kid who saw the image of his mother, which impressed him all those years ago, and decides that he needs to use Jacob, or the island, or whatever, to save the kid. Whatever happens, being shot at someone that you later learn is part of Flight 815 is enough to have you hold a grudge for the rest of your life.

For serious you guys, "Too many questions."
-mos jef

Another great recap and review by Mos Jef.

Before I go:

Great college basketball continues tomorrow and continues to the end of the weekend.  By Sunday night we will be down to our Final Four.

Yesterdays Quote was Anchorman

The Three Movies that make up the common thread are: Anchorman, Along Came Polly and Angels in the Outfield.  The idea of the game is to now find something they all have in common.  Remember the example: My Cousin Vinny, Analyze This, Wild Hogz the answer was Goodfellas due to Liota in Wild Hogz, Pesci in My Cousin Vinny and Deniro in Analyze This all together in Goodfellas.  Good Luck

Question of the day:  If you could visit one place in the world where would it be?

Have a great weekend....

GIDDY UP

Great Music Debate

For a very long time I have bashed the music of my generation.  I hate hearing people rap about their "grills" or  having people become famous because they have been shot multiple times.  That does not impress me and most of the music just is not that good.  I would rather listen to a guitar solo by Clapton or Harrison.  Now I am not saying that there are no good musicians left, there are some great ones who have set a landscape of music that people listen to.  As we move forward in time and young kids listen to Brittney Spears who shaves her head, goes nuts, comes back and sings a song call F U Seek Amy because it sounds like Fuck Me is nuts.  Or we have these young kids listening to a drug addict singing about how she is not going to rehab and is showing kids that it is ok to become an addict because you might end up rich and famous.  We must pass along the songs of The Beatles, The Who, The Stones, etc.  The timeless debate though is who is the best, well with it being March and that means NCAA tournament and the brackets its time for A Blog About Nothing's Ultimate Bracket.  It is time to find out what group/musician is the best throughout the history of music.  

There are 4 regions each with 16 teams in them for a total of 64 teams.  The four brackets are: Vinyl, Cassets, CDs and Itunes.

Region: Vinyl

(1) The Beatles vs (16) Green Day

This is not really much of a matchup, Green Day should just be happy to be here.  The Beatles have more classics and number one hits than Green Day has songs.  Lets move past this because it just isn't close

(8) Bob Dylan vs (9) Johnny Cash

Two great musicians going at it in the classic 8 vs 9 matchup.  Johnny Cash might get more of the nod of late thanks to the movie about his life, however this guy isn't buying into it.  Bob Dylan still kicking in concerts might be hard to understand and might be too cracked out for his own good but the higher seed wins here.  Bob Dylan just has too many songs that are still classic hits.  The Hurricane moves on this time

(5) Eric Clapton vs (12) Kanye West

Kanye West has helped revolutionize concerts and music now a days, but Clapton is one of the greatest guitarists of all time.  Not only is he an incredible musician he also wrote a song about George Harrison's wife and then took her from him, you might know the song....Layla

(4) Michael Jackson vs (13) Prince

The battle of the two homosexual musicians of all time.  They can be brought to court for touching little boys.  But I am going with the King of Pop Michael Jackson.

(6) Queen vs (11) Aerosmith

We will We will Rock you vs Walk this Way.  Two great bands, but this one has to go to Queen its not often you write a song that is played at every sports arena and at the end of every sports season.  Aerosmith gets a bad draw here, against many other bands/musicians they are moving on, but their tourny ends here.

(3) Jimi Hendrix vs (14) Puff Daddy

One of these men steal beats and the other is tripped on acid, lighting his guitar on fire and playing the star spangled banner....you try to tell me Hendrix isn't moving on.

(7 )  Stevie Wonder vs (10) Meatloaf

Now Stevie Wonder is talented hands down, I give the man tons of credit for having the amount of success he has with the disability he has.  However, Meatloaf created the rock ballad that so many other bands has used as the blueprint for success.  MOM THE MEATLOAF!

(2) The Rolling Stones vs (15) Sublime

Sublime ended their great run of incredible music way to early, and the longevity of the Stones takes them to the next round in this one.  

Round 2 of the Vinyl Region

(1) The Beatles vs (8) Bob Dylan

What a round 2 matchup up, this is must listen music right here, but Bob Dylan is gunna need some Help here to knock out the band from Liverpool.  Dylan is blowing in the wind out of this tournament.  The Beatles move on.

(5) Clapton vs (4) Michael Jackson

King of Pop vs a guitar legend.  Jackson must be spending to much time with little boys on his ranch because this is a snoozer for the 4 vs 5 matchup.  Clapton heads to the next round

(3) Hendrix vs (6) Queen

We are the champions is good but it does not get you past Hendrix.  Queen heads home for some bicycle races.

(2) Rolling Stones vs (10) Meatloaf

If Meatloaf didnt have to face the Stones here they probably are moving on, but like a Bat out of Hell they are heading home and The Stones are going on.

Round 3 of Vinyl Region

(1) The Beatles vs (5) Clapton

The Long and Winding Road is too much for Cocaine here.  Clapton is incredible, his songs are incredible and his rifts are incredible.  However, it is the Beatles and they have just too many hits to be taken out here they'll be headed to the Elite 8

(2) The Rolling Stones vs (3) Hendrix

The Rolling Stones still kicking it into the 60's gets them into this one.  They might not be the best but longevity goes a long way.  Hendrix's run ends in the Sweet 16

Round 4 of Vinyl Region

(1) The Beatles vs (2) The Rolling Stones

The clash of the titans, two of the greatest groups of all time, but the Beatles came first and the Beatles move on.  Rolling Stones can't always get what they want and they wont here.

VINYL REGION CHAMP: (1) THE BEATLES

Round 1 Cassette Region

(1) Led Zeppelin vs (16) TI

If there was a play in game TI would be there and might not make it any further.  Led moves on easy in this one.

(8) The Doors vs (9) Phish

Great matchup here, however I have to give the edge to Phish, the following they have is what gets them over the top here.  This is the end for The Doors

(5) Aretha Franklin vs (12) Elton John

Aretha is the Queen, but Sir Elton John moves on here.  Maybe it is because Aretha is a little too far back there and now looks like a beast, but the Rocket Man moves on here pretty easily.  The classic (12) over (5) matchup.

(4) Madonna vs (13) Dave Matthews Band

The first big upset of the tournament.  DMB over Madonna, now if she was still normal like back in her A League of Their Own  time frame she would easily move on, but she just got a little too weird.  Time to go home Madonna

(6) Nirvana vs (11) Run DMC

Run DMC revolutionized hip hop and is way to much of a matchup for Nirvana, Enough Said.

(3) The Who vs (14) The Ramones

The British invasion is too much for the Ramones.  Its the Who's generation and their time to move past the Ramones.

(7) Dr. Dre vs (10) Chuck Berry

Chuck helped revolutionize the music we hear today, but Dr. Dre is much more than a rapper.  He has built an empire of great talent.  Dr. Dre sends a legend home

(2) Jay-Z vs (15) NAS

NAS is an incredible musician, more than just a rapper. However when you have to go against one of the most powerful people in music today you aren't going to get very far.  NAS has a hard knock draw in this tournament and heads home a little too early.

Round 2 of Cassette Region

(1) Led Zeppelin vs (9) Phish

Phish just can't get out of Led's Maze.  This one is too much for Phish and Led gets thru them pretty easily.

(12) Elton John vs (13) DMB

Tiny Dancer digs DMB grave here.  Sir Elton John continues his cinderella run into round 3.

(3) The Who vs (11) Run DMC

The Who is way to tough for the kings of Hip Hop.  Longevity and Teenage Wasteland carry the Who to the next round.

(2) Jay-Z vs (7) Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre is good but not good enough to get past Jay-Z.  This one was closer than I would think but Ill let Beyonnce be the reason Jay-Z moves on.

Round 3 Cassette Region

(1) Led Zeppelin vs (12) Elton John

Get the Lead out.  Sir Elton John is no match for the Wanton Song.  Rocket Man blasts out of this tourny

(2) Jay-Z vs (3) The Who

Jay-Z owns a piece of the Nets, owns a clothing line and changed the rap game as we know it.  He is the most powerful person in music currently and sends the Red Coats back to England.

Round 4 Cassette Region

(1) Led Zeppelin vs (2) Jay-Z

Jay-Z makes a run into the Elite 8, but thats where his run will end.  He cant match Led Zeppelin, which is one of the greatest bands of all time.  Led and the immigrants move on to the final 4.

CASSETTE REGION CHAMPS: LED ZEPPLIN

CD Region

(1) Tupac vs (16) Slick Rick

Tupac is just a far superior matchup for Slick Rick.  Rick goes home early in this one.

(8)Pink Floyd vs (9) The Eagles

I dont know about everyone else but The Eagles just piss me off.  THey are good dont get me wrong but they get way too much credit.  Pink Floyd is incredible end of story.

(5)Bruce and the E-Street Band vs (12) Bon Jovi

The Battle of NJ: Asbury vs Rutherford.  Bruce is just too much for Bon Jovi.  Bruce is heading to the next round.

(4) Bob Marley vs (13) Wycleff

Anytime there are rumors that your death was a conspiracy by the Government you are a powerful person.  Marley moves on, Wycleff will be gone till November.

(6) Billy Joel vs (11) Sting and the Police

The Entertainer vs the Tree hugger.  Sting cant match the Piano Man, even with the Police they are not enough. 

(3) Frank Sinatra vs (14) REM

Frank Sinatra is the original entertainer, he took music to a whole different level.  You cant let the chairman of the board exit in the first round.  REM its the end of the world for you.

(7) The Allman Brothers vs (10) Gun's and Roses

The Allman Brothers are simply incredible  They are still kicking it at the Beacon every summer and still sell out.  Gun's and Roses argue to much and make their fans suffer, hit the road.

(2) Justin Timberlake vs (15) John Mayer

If Mayer hadn't broken up with Aniston he may have had a chance at this one.  Timberlake is the new king of pop.  He moved past NSYNC pretty quickly and has become an icon in music.  Timberlake moves on.

Round 2 of CD region

(1) Tupac vs (8) Pink Floyd

Tupac may or may not be dead, but in this tournament he is a goner.  Pink Floyd is just too tough and Tupac just becomes another brick in the wall of Floyd.

(5) Bruce and The E-Street Band vs (4) Bob Marley

This could be a hometown pick but Bruce moves on.  Marley's music is relaxing and happy, but Bruce just brings you to the good ol' days.

(3) Sinatra vs (6) Billy Joel

The original Entertainer against the new one.  The Angry young man prevails against the Chairman.  Billy Joel is just an incredible performer and maybe it's because i never saw Sinatra, but my vote Joel.

(2) Timberlake vs (7) The Allman Brothers

Timberlake again is just too much for anyone so far.  The new King of Pop teams up with talented musicians and turns ok songs into great ones.

Round 3 of CD Region

(8) Pink Floyd vs (5) Bruce

Pink Floyd's cinderella run continues to the elite 8.  Bruce is great, but they do not have the following of Pink Floyd.  

(2) Timberlake vs (6) Billy Joel

Almost giving an elite 8 matchup of an 8 vs 6, this one goes the other way and Timberlake moves on once again easily.  The performer tops the piano man.

Round 4 CD Region

(2) Timberlake vs (8) Pink Floyd

In Timberlakes first big matchup he is sent home.  Pink Floyd's run continues, they are just too good with Sid or without.

CD REGION CHAMPS: PINK FLOYD

Itunes Region Round 1

(1) Notorious BIG vs (16) Linkin Park

The boys from Chi-town are no match for Big Poppa.  The kid from Brooklyn moves on easily.

(8) The Red Hot Chili Peppers vs (9) Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy can bite the head off of a bat but cant handle a Chili Pepper.  RHCP moves on past the prince of Darkness.

(5) The Grateful Dead vs (12) Foo Fighters

Garcia is not going down in the first round no matter what.  The Foo Fighters havent learned to fly yet cause they go down in round 1.

(4) AC/DC vs (13) Lynard Skynard

This might be one of the best first round matchups.  I have to give it to a band down under.  AC/DC too much for Sweet Home Alabama.

(6) LL Cool J vs (11) Eminem

LL Cool J helped define hip hop, but Eminem took it to another level and as a white kid from Detroit he some how pulls the upset over the man from the bronx.

(3) Elvis Presely vs (14) Simon and Garfunkel

The King of Music tops Simon and Garfunkel very easily, the King has not left the building yet.

(7) Snoop Dog vs (10) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Snoop Dog gets to high to compete and forfeits to TP and the Heartbreakers

(2) U2 vs (15) Van Halen

U2 is more than just a band, Bano helps the world it seems more than any leader, ya he can be annoying but he is a good samaritan.

Round 2 Itunes Region

(1) BIG vs (8) Red Hot Chili Peppers

BIG left us too young, but he wont leave us in this tournament yet, BIG moves on.

(4) AC/DC vs (5) Grateful Dead

AC/DC is too much for the Grateful Dead. Angus Young in a school outfit playing guitar as he spins in a circle is too much for the Dead.  Sorry Dead Heads.

(3) Elvis Presely vs (11) Eminem

The King has left the building early in this tournament and the tough kid from Detroit goes on.

(2) U2 vs (10) TP and the Heart Breakers

U2 just too good and sends TP free falling out of this tournament.

Round 3 Itunes Region

(1) BIG vs (4) AC/DC

AC/DC heads on the highway to hell as they are eliminated from this tournament.  BIG moves on

(2) U2 vs (11) Eminem

Once again U2 is too good on the stage and off and they send the hooligan from Detroit on his way.

Round 4 Itunes Region

(1) BIG vs (2) U2

U2's run is over as Big Poppa stomps them out, maybe similar to how they did Tupac.

ITUNES REGION CHAMPS: NOTORIOUS BIG

Final Four:

(1) The Beatles vs (1) B.I.G

The Beatles are too much for a rapper.  They entertain most of the world still today.  B.I.G. time is up.  Let it be Notorious, Let it be.

(1) Led Zeppelin vs (8) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd has a hell of a run but just like George Mason, the clock strikes midnight.  We all wish they were here, but Led Zeppelin is too strong.

Championship:

(1) The Beatles vs (1) Led Zepplin

The two greatest bands of all time.  They survived the test of time as they are still popular today as they were any other time.  Rap, Hip Hop, R&B, Punk they all cant match up to the Classic Rock era which was headlined by these two bands.  However, one stands above the rest: Ringo, George, John and Paul.  The Beatles is this guys greatest band ever.  Let me know what you think take the poll on the side of our final four to see who should be the champion.

BEFORE I GO:

Yesterdays Quote: Along Came Polly

Todays Quote:"Oh Audrey - I look like hell! I got bags under my eyes. What's that? Well if you were a man, I'd punch you. Punch you right in the mouth. That's bush. Bush league. YOU HEAR ME? AUDREY! LOOK AT ME! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Alright?"  

Question of the day:  Who would you have preform in your dream concert. An opening act and main act.

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What the Fuck Facebook

This rant is a long time coming, even before I started to write A Blog About Nothing.  I was against Facebook from the beginning until I was signed up by two of my friends.  Since then I have spent my fair share of time on the site, looking at pictures and what not just like the rest of you I am sure.  It is addicting at times and all of a sudden you realize you have been on for a while and do not know where you actually started.  Well there are two things that no piss the shit out of me about Facebok.

Why fix something if it is not broken.  Teams always do this and I always wonder why, Lakers win 3 championships and are in a total of 4 that's when Kobe decides he does not need Shaq the teams breaks them up and there goes the championships.  DON'T FIX WHAT'S NOT BROKEN!  Everyone is enjoying Facebook and they go ahead and change the whole front page on us.  What the fuck, one day everything is nicely organized with updates, pictures, events and birthdays.  The next day we have to deal with garbage, random wall posts and status' are all over the place.  Does anyone like this new nonsense?  I still haven't figured out where to find anything and I am quickly getting back to the part of  me that never wanted to be part of this Facebook addiction.

However, it wouldn't be that bad if that was all that was wrong with Facebook, but that is the creators fault.  My next hated thing is caused by the members of Facebook.  Why do people find it necessary to always update their status.  BREAKING NEWS:  no one cares that you are out looking for an apartment, or that you are tired and going to sleep, or your off and don't know what to do on your day off.  Stop bragging that in the worst economic time your house hunting or that you have a day off.  Stop being so egotistical that you think everyone needs to know what you are doing at all times.  NO ONE GIVES A FUCK!  Now I do not want to be a hypocrite, as I recently have been putting up status's to get people to head to the blog.  However, you will not find me saying things as they happen in my life.  What is worse is it seems like these people are updating their status as they are doing whatever they are doing.  Grow up and get on with your life.  Stop wasting time letting everyone know what you are doing and go out and do it.  If they need you they will call you or text you and ask what you are doing.  The world does not need to know about your nonsense.  

Lastly, this whole new IM feature that they have drives me nuts.  Now, if I do not have your screen name and you want to catch up, or we just became friends on it then I am all for it.  However, if we talk on AIM or ICHAT or whatever other platforms we do not need to have a whole conversation on Facebook.  It forces me to be on the site for longer than I need to be and usually I end up forgetting about my conversation and heading to another site.  We survived for the past 10 years not having Facebook instant message I think we can survive now without it. 

Who am I kidding though, I'll still spend way too much time looking at peoples pictures and their updates even with all this nonsense.  I'll find out that people are having much more fun then I am and once again I will remember why I hate Facebook.

Before I go:

The new movie quote game, Common Thread has the following rules: there will be a different movie quote for 3 days. After those 3 days and 3 movies you will need to figure out what the common thread is. Here is an example: Day one movie quote is: My Cousin Vinny; Day 2 quote is: Analyze This and the third day is Wild Hogz. The common thread would be: Goodfellas, here is how: My Cousin Vinny has Joe Pesci; Analyze this: Deniro and Wild Hogz: Liotta. They were all in Goodfellas. It is a simple game and here comes day 2 of it:

Yesterdays Movie: Angels in the outfield

Todays quote:"It's not about what happened in the past, or what you think might happen in the future. It's about the ride, for Christ's sake. There is no point in going through all this crap, if your are not going to enjoy the ride. And you know what... when you least expect something great might come along. Something better then you even planned for. "

Question of the day:  If you could go on tour with one band in history which would it be?

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