Entries from February 2008

February 29, 2008

Gnarls Barkley – Run

Leap Day is blowing up!

If you can’t find the audio online, you probably don’t know how to use the internet.

February 29, 2008

The Roots drop the video for 75 Bars.

The Roots – 75 Bars – Black’s Reconstruction

I’m guessing they saw Reservoir Dogs?

February 29, 2008

The Wire Season 5 Episode 9

The Wire is nearing its end and Episode 9 didn’t fail to provide plenty of action and even partial resolution to some key story lines. Its available through HBO OnDemand, but if you can’t get it that way, you can always watch it online.

February 29, 2008

LA Traffic Update

The Mayor has recently put in motion 2 important developments to try to ease traffic in the city:

The first is synchronizing the traffic lights. Starting with some major corridors but eventually expanding to all lights in the city, the Mayor will be implementing a computer based synchronization system to help traffic flow better. Sounds like [...]

February 28, 2008

Flavor Flav on Conan

Earlier in the week, we had one of those pop culture moments that I’m deathly afraid will be overlooked: Flavor Flav on Conan’s show.

Enjoy.

February 26, 2008

What We’re Reading: Hey, Be Us!

Hey, Be Us! is the new project by Natasha (of Valley Girl Intelligentsia) and some of her friends. Its less than a week old, but absolutely hilarious already. Just check out this post on Facebook and politics. Here’s an excerpt:
Facebook is not an I.V. into every young person’s hopes and aspirations (catheter, maybe). It is [...]

February 26, 2008

life’s a bitch and then you die.

Yao Ming out for the season.
Its time for this man to go to work, so he can make his living:

February 25, 2008

Russell Westbrook owns your soul

And as a little bit of a scoop, I have it on good authority that he will very likely be a Bruin next year too, and here’s hoping, because while I want what’s best for him, a year of scouts looking at him (and the overhyped Freshman class leaving) will allow him to be the [...]

February 25, 2008

Slate’s Hillary Mashup

Andy Bowers provides the great mashup between Hillary Clinton and Reese Witherspoon from the movie “Election”

check out Slate V for a bunch of other…stuff.

February 25, 2008

NBA Shitty Management Power Rankings:

These are my top 5 shitty NBA GMs (or GM Coach combinations). I only seriously thought about 4, because Isiah Thomas is such a natural lock for the #1 spot.

5. Michael Jordan/Sam Vincent, Charlotte Bobcats.
Jordan/Vincent is already a disaster. Two stunningly financially irresponsible trades have destroyed the Bobcats salary cap flexibility and hardly improved [...]