"Together now we mourn the loss and remember all the fun" - Dropkick Murphys - "Curse of a Fallen Soul"
Bambino. Done. Black Sox. Over; the year after the Bambino's curse ended. Billy Goat. Still going strong. Madden.....hmmmm....
For all of you Madden football fans, undoubtedly you've heard of the "Curse of Madden." With the '08 Draft this weekend, I know who's sitting around drinking and watching hours of pointless football coverage, ESPN posted a great little insight to the football world. The Madden Cover Boy will be named at the Draft. Oh boy. Time for the fresh faced rooks to watch a star's career tumble down. George, Lewis, McNabb, Vick are all but a few who've suffered the most widely known sports curse of the Century, because, let's face it, no one gives a shit about the Cubs.
With Vince "All I do is win" Young claiming three vics at the end of last season to lead the so-so Titans to the playoffs, where they, well, didn't win, after gracing last year's Madden cover does it mean it's over? But, my Bears weren't in the playoffs, so a loss in the playoffs is better than not being there. Broken bones for Alexander, Lewis, and Vick either ended or caused several problems for them during their ensuing seasons after gracing the cover. So, a broken bone for Young could cause a problem. But, not if you're into curses.
This season, I'm hoping Peyton Manning makes his cover debut. P. Money as he's widely known around Indianapolis, seems like a sure thing to end the curse next season. It'll be interesting to see how Young does this season. Defenses get faster every year, and Young now has two seasons of highlight film to be dissected like that frog in your sophomore year biology class. So, does Young become that proverbial frog? Or, does he rise from a somewhat sophomore slump where he only produced 9 TD's on top of 17 INT's. Only this season will tell.
Here's to finding out who becomes the next Culpepper or Faulk. I hope it ain't Urlacher.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Dead on Arrival
So, yeah.....
An update into the radio world; I sent out resumes and tapes to WXRT and WDRV for part-time on-air DJ positions. They're both owned by The Bonneville Corporation. Those were sent out last Tuesday, along w/ taxes. So, they probably didn't get them until late last week. God, I hope I hear from them soon.
The S.O.B. and I had two meetings w/ our boss at MBC about the future of the station, whether we'll get full time, get an actual on-air signal to make a sports station out of, where the money will come from....all the fun stuff. We wrote up a business plan for the station. I guess the plan was OK. It seems that the boss might be too indecisive about bringing us on full-time.
Lately, I've been questioning my decision about going into radio. Some days are just rough. There's very few job openings in radio, let alone in the third largest market, which, coincidentally, is what I call home. Chicago. I have no money to move anywhere, and can't afford to live off of the $8/hr. I get from Lowes and the station. It works out well for the time being, being for the time that I'm living at home. However, I don't have any financial concerns due to living at home and am down to paying off just one credit card from the three that I had. I'm also looking into buying a new electric guitar w/ my tax rebate check, rather than saving it. Hey, the government said to spend it, so why not listen to them for once?
I'd like to find something that I'm passionate about and find a job doing that. The downside is I'm too flip-floppy. One day I want to do that, the next day it's this, then next week it's something totally new. What the fuck? Granted, I'm only 23, and have been out of school for not even one full year. Yet, I've now gotta compete with the newest crop of grads coming out and everyone else that's still looking. I wish I had something; a great writing ability, drawing/painting, photography, singing/songwriting.....anything. I've always had the ability to make people laugh, but I can't seem to write anything worth adding to the stand-up routine. Nor, do I have the ways manageable to translate anything funny into some sort of a script, yet I used to love script writing.
I don't really have a whole hell of a lot of motivation right now, either. I haven't been to the gym in weeks and haven't gone running in as long. I've pulled my guitar out the last two days for the first time in weeks, so that's better, I suppose. Maybe it's the 5-2's I'm working that just seem to beat on me. I look forward to the weekend, but too often it flies by, like a night of great sleep (which I never seem to get anymore). The weeks, too, fly by. All too often, before I know it, I'm staring at Friday, wishing to hell that Saturday and Sunday would crawl by. I guess this is what they mean when they say, "wait 'til you get older."
Time for dinner. I'll probably wake up tomorrow feeling much better, maybe. Either way, I need something new/different/major to spruce things up (that means something good) to drag me out of my funk.
An update into the radio world; I sent out resumes and tapes to WXRT and WDRV for part-time on-air DJ positions. They're both owned by The Bonneville Corporation. Those were sent out last Tuesday, along w/ taxes. So, they probably didn't get them until late last week. God, I hope I hear from them soon.
The S.O.B. and I had two meetings w/ our boss at MBC about the future of the station, whether we'll get full time, get an actual on-air signal to make a sports station out of, where the money will come from....all the fun stuff. We wrote up a business plan for the station. I guess the plan was OK. It seems that the boss might be too indecisive about bringing us on full-time.
Lately, I've been questioning my decision about going into radio. Some days are just rough. There's very few job openings in radio, let alone in the third largest market, which, coincidentally, is what I call home. Chicago. I have no money to move anywhere, and can't afford to live off of the $8/hr. I get from Lowes and the station. It works out well for the time being, being for the time that I'm living at home. However, I don't have any financial concerns due to living at home and am down to paying off just one credit card from the three that I had. I'm also looking into buying a new electric guitar w/ my tax rebate check, rather than saving it. Hey, the government said to spend it, so why not listen to them for once?
I'd like to find something that I'm passionate about and find a job doing that. The downside is I'm too flip-floppy. One day I want to do that, the next day it's this, then next week it's something totally new. What the fuck? Granted, I'm only 23, and have been out of school for not even one full year. Yet, I've now gotta compete with the newest crop of grads coming out and everyone else that's still looking. I wish I had something; a great writing ability, drawing/painting, photography, singing/songwriting.....anything. I've always had the ability to make people laugh, but I can't seem to write anything worth adding to the stand-up routine. Nor, do I have the ways manageable to translate anything funny into some sort of a script, yet I used to love script writing.
I don't really have a whole hell of a lot of motivation right now, either. I haven't been to the gym in weeks and haven't gone running in as long. I've pulled my guitar out the last two days for the first time in weeks, so that's better, I suppose. Maybe it's the 5-2's I'm working that just seem to beat on me. I look forward to the weekend, but too often it flies by, like a night of great sleep (which I never seem to get anymore). The weeks, too, fly by. All too often, before I know it, I'm staring at Friday, wishing to hell that Saturday and Sunday would crawl by. I guess this is what they mean when they say, "wait 'til you get older."
Time for dinner. I'll probably wake up tomorrow feeling much better, maybe. Either way, I need something new/different/major to spruce things up (that means something good) to drag me out of my funk.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Give me back my favorite blue jeans
"Delilah" - Dirty Sweet
Ah, how sweet it is to be dirty. Dirty Sweet, that is. A gruff band from San Diego bringing back the sounds of old....formed in only '03. "You're dirty and sweet, clad in black, don't look back and I love you." Remember that line from T-Rex's "Bang a Gong?" Listening to the Sweet boys rock brings the musical evolution back about 35 years to a time when giants roamed. The Stones, Aerosmith, and well, T-Rex.
Their debut album, ...Of Monarchs and Beggars, is 10 songs of pure bliss. Not the typical 3-4 min. radio friendly songs of today, DS cuts fast grooves with wailing vocals. They look like they were ripped out of 1970-something. They sound like they were ripped out of 1970-something. Thank God they're here.
Starting out with a plea, "Baby Come Home," Monarchs and Beggars rocks. Ryan Koontz, the lead singer, wails away with a great rhythm section in the form of Shaun Cornell (bass and keys) and Chris Mendez-Vanacore on the skins. Nathan Beale and Mark Murino chop riffs back and forth.
"Delilah" is an ode to the ex-lady friend who takes everything, but, the guy needs his favorite blue jeans. This song needs to be in a jeans commercial. I don't know how it's not. It's also my favorite tune on the album.
A few more songs down the line, "Long Line Down" proves that just like fellow rockers, Jet, proves that they can not only throw it down hard and fast, but slow it down, nice and easy.
"Born to Bleed" gets right back into what Dirty Sweet does best. Rock. Put the top town, and the volume up. It's clear these boys know what they're doing. Of course, it doesn't hurt that this tune was nominated for best "Rock Song" in San Diego. Naturally, they took home "Best Rock Band" for the second straight year, I smell a dynasty, and "Best Rock Album of the Year." '07 was a good year.
It's clear that the UK knows its shit when it comes to good music. While the rockers may not feel quite warm in the waters of American music, much like their inspiration before, the Beatles, they'll be looking to strike it big in the UK. Heading to the UK in just days, '08 looks to prove to be bigger for Dirty Sweet.
Ah, how sweet it is to be dirty. Dirty Sweet, that is. A gruff band from San Diego bringing back the sounds of old....formed in only '03. "You're dirty and sweet, clad in black, don't look back and I love you." Remember that line from T-Rex's "Bang a Gong?" Listening to the Sweet boys rock brings the musical evolution back about 35 years to a time when giants roamed. The Stones, Aerosmith, and well, T-Rex.
Their debut album, ...Of Monarchs and Beggars, is 10 songs of pure bliss. Not the typical 3-4 min. radio friendly songs of today, DS cuts fast grooves with wailing vocals. They look like they were ripped out of 1970-something. They sound like they were ripped out of 1970-something. Thank God they're here.
Starting out with a plea, "Baby Come Home," Monarchs and Beggars rocks. Ryan Koontz, the lead singer, wails away with a great rhythm section in the form of Shaun Cornell (bass and keys) and Chris Mendez-Vanacore on the skins. Nathan Beale and Mark Murino chop riffs back and forth.
"Delilah" is an ode to the ex-lady friend who takes everything, but, the guy needs his favorite blue jeans. This song needs to be in a jeans commercial. I don't know how it's not. It's also my favorite tune on the album.
A few more songs down the line, "Long Line Down" proves that just like fellow rockers, Jet, proves that they can not only throw it down hard and fast, but slow it down, nice and easy.
"Born to Bleed" gets right back into what Dirty Sweet does best. Rock. Put the top town, and the volume up. It's clear these boys know what they're doing. Of course, it doesn't hurt that this tune was nominated for best "Rock Song" in San Diego. Naturally, they took home "Best Rock Band" for the second straight year, I smell a dynasty, and "Best Rock Album of the Year." '07 was a good year.
It's clear that the UK knows its shit when it comes to good music. While the rockers may not feel quite warm in the waters of American music, much like their inspiration before, the Beatles, they'll be looking to strike it big in the UK. Heading to the UK in just days, '08 looks to prove to be bigger for Dirty Sweet.
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