The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive streaming with artist commentary on IMEEM. One of my favorite current band and has potential to be my favorite album of the summer (once I can get it on my iPod :)). Constructive Summer is a great summer anthem and there are a couple other instant hits for me on there. I just ordered the album today, so I’m hoping it will get here quickly.
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Jamie Moyer Change-Up Arrives At Home Plate After Long Journey. Great piece from the Onion. My favorite part is how the batter actually gets two swings off before striking out. I’m always impressed with how easily the Onion has translated their humor to sports material.
Ended up at the beach to cap my day of fun.
I went to an open house today for ESPN’s Graphics Department and they made up a player card for each of us. Pretty amazing stuff - a pretty impressive mix of people with design and technical backgrounds.
Billy didn’t like all the noise.
This is my high school football coach and gym teacher. This only skims the surface of what he was like.
Tambor: Big-Screen Version Of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT ‘For Sure’!! Let the Great Experiment begin!! I loved Arrested Development’s entire run, including its finale but I couldn’t resist a few more hours with George Michael, Gob, Tobias, and Maeby. It’s hard to imagine this not being amazing.
So the backstory here is that Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher said that it was “wrong” for Jay-Z to perform at Glastonbury Festival, which traditionally has featured rock musicians. So Jay-Z opened with an accapella version of Oasis’ Wonderwall before cutting into his 99 Problems. Looks like a great show, I wonder if I can get it in HD somewhere.
Hansen, other Nike swimmers face big decision. Despite being sponsored by Nike, the company is allowing Brendan Hansen and other swimmers to wear competing swimsuits like Speedo’s LZR Racer in the Olympic trails since they are supposed to give a competitve advantage. It’s nice to know they have their priorities straight. On the other hand, if a suit does give a swimmer a competitive advantage shouldn’t swimming’s governing body ban it? Are Speedos different than steriods other than the health risk?