This isn't about music, about getting better music on the air, or getting music on the air that cool kids will like. It is about unfair competition, big conglomerates like Sony out-muscleing less powerful distributors and labels to sell their product. So it might be irrelevant, in effect, to music geeks (such as myself) in that it is doubtful that cool music will start sweeping the airwaves. FM listeners are genetically predisposed to listen to crap and will continue to demand that FM stations feed them their crap of choice. But, come on, any check to unfair competition is an overall good thing.

Posted at July 28, 2005 11:59 AM in response to Payola: Who Cares?

agreed with all above, however, GO SPURS!!!!!

Posted at June 24, 2005 12:20 AM in response to Kelo Thought

This series is going 4 or 5. The reason is not the Spurs uber-excellent-international squad of basketball death. The main reason is that the Pistons are kind of sucky.

Posted at June 14, 2005 11:50 AM in response to Crisis in Higher Education

good point about shaq and his rebounding. compare that to david robinson who in his last game at age 37 had 18 rebounds and 3 blocks in nearly half of the minutes shaq averaged.

Posted at June 7, 2005 10:21 AM in response to Defense Wins Championships

About Ginobili. Every time he flops or exagerrates his reaction to contact, look at the replay and ask "was there a foul?" There is always a foul. He draws contact. Simply because he exagerrates his reaction does not mean there wasn't a foul, what it means is that he is extremely adept at drawing the referees' attention to the foul. That is a skill, not a trick. Much like a post player throws his arms up under the basket to make clear he was hacked. 

His decision to grow his hair out is also genius.  You can thank his South American soccer roots for that ploy. Maybe next season he will go the next step and start writhing around on the floor for minutes at a time grabbing his ankle and screaming like South American soccer players do. That would be pure gold.

About Parker and Ginobili complaining to the refs. Duh. But not getting back on D? Pffffffttt...they play the best transition D of any backcourt in the league.  Frickin Nash, Quentin Richardson, and Joe Johson couldn't get an easy bucket to save their lives.

Oh, and Go Spurs.

Posted at June 7, 2005 8:21 AM in response to Defense Wins Championships