Entries from January 2009

January 30, 2009

And the award for Best 80’s Retro Soundtrack goes to…

…”The Wrestler”
Check the track listing and try not to overdose on blow.
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) by Quiet Riot
39 Stars by Peter Walker
8-bit Wrestler by Joel Feinberg
Aloha Oe (Queen Liliuokalani) by Robert Neary
Animal Magnetism by Scorpions
Ayatollah’s Theme by Raz Mesinai
Balls To The Wall by Accept
Black Light by Macon Greyson
Blowin’ Up by Solomon
Dangerous by Mark Slaughter
Dodge [...]

January 28, 2009

A public service announcement for DTV stragglers

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Seriously, even Congress hates you.  And Congress is mostly old and detached, just like you.  Stop trying to answer your VCR and go to WalMart already.

January 27, 2009

MLB mailbag

Things to ponder about our upcoming baseball season:
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MB: How come there are never any big moves between the cubs and cards (Lou Brock deal is too long ago). We got Jason Marquis, and he was a solid number 5 guy in the rotation. Which basically means, “Out of all the turds in baseball, thanks for [...]

January 22, 2009

Anyone want to give me $680?

so hot.

January 19, 2009

NFL mailbag

A friend of mine sent me an email today with a bunch of random quandaries.  I thought I’d share the results.  Consider this the first of (hopefully) many Los Bandigolos (LB) mailbag (MB) entries.
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MB: Joe Flacco is going to be good in 2 years. He didn’t play well in the playoffs, but he did have [...]

January 17, 2009

Today’s “hope your 401(k) is stellar” award goes to…

Dear Coach Spagnoulo,
Welcome to the beginning of the end of your career.
Hugs ‘n’ kisses,
Mike Martz

January 16, 2009

Time to break out your Sherman Act

This may come as little surprise to anyone, but as of today, Circuit City is officially dead.  The collapse basically leaves Best Buy all by its lonesome to serve up America’s high-tech goodies.  The title up there was kinda sarcastic… kinda.  I don’t actually think that the market will suffer too much from Best Buy’s [...]

January 15, 2009

Put this shit on cable!

I never thought I’d see the day that corporate drama was so deliciously enthralling that I’m actually interested in it.  I’m officially throwing my hat in the ring to host a new reality tv show starring the top executives on Wall Street.  It shall be called “CE-Oh no he di’int!” and contestants will battle it [...]

January 10, 2009

Live blog attempt no. 1

So this is already way harder than advertised. But that’s not the issue right now. No, the issue that prompted this effort is the horrendous band turned up to 11 that’s playing right behind me. Do you know what you get when you put two guitars, two bass guitars, a synth, drums, and a [...]

January 8, 2009

Science and technology rocks your world and you know it

If you’re like me, you’ve been reading news feeds from CES 2009 basically nonstop for the past week.  If you’re even more like me, you’ve been walking about with a glorious and impenetrable erection (figurative, of course) thinking of all the cool shit you want to own but probably can’t afford (and even if you [...]