Because I’m a stand-up dude, I check almost every profile of everyone who follows me on twitter. Not saying I like everything I see, it’s just a nice thing to do. And so, when I got the in-box indication that @landoftalk had decided to subscribe to the perpetual asinine stumblings of @mikehayes19, I dutifully perused their profile page on Twitter. I found out they were a band (who or what else posts a link to a MySpace page anywhere, anymore), fantastic for them I suppose. Still, I probably would not have checked out the tunes if not for this fantastic twitter bio:
Fronted by the daughter of North America’s first female alligator wrestler. Backed by Montreal’s skinniest drummer and fattest bass player.
The daughter of North America’s first female alligator wrestler is 27-year old Ontario-native Elizabeth Powell. Her mom hung it up – presumably, before she got did like Chubbs – in favor of becoming a psycho-geriatric consultant (kids, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t follow your dreams). Here’s Powell on her mom:
“She just had this placating technique with alligators that turned into a bit of a sideshow,” explains Powell. “She just tickled its belly and it went to sleep. It wasn’t like she was in the ring in a bikini, wrestling it to the floor!” ( The Independent )
Placating? Tickling an alligator to sleep seems downright puttying.
In terms of the music, you might think it sucks, but I think they’re great. Check out Land of Talk here: http://www.myspace.com/landoftalk
Haven’t posted on here in awhile – five days, what a ball of suck and fail I’ve become.
But, I refuse to relent.
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Moving right along, Tiger Woods gets back to crushing his competition today (2:02 p.m. EST tee time). I like this move of starting out in a Match Play tournament (all you gotta do is be better than the one guy you’re playing against). Many triumphant returns to Tiger.
And the award for shared link of the year goes to…my roommate Goose:
i was thinking we need a secret lair, and i found it: http://tinyurl.com/dbw3ls
Located in sunny Festus, Missouri ( something feels a little off about Festus, Missouri ), I give you the home of Curt and Deborah Sleeper ( again, something feels a little off about Curt Sleeper ).
The Sleepers put their quarry crib up on the market, and it needs to sell in 90-days so that they can pay the previous land owners for the balance owed for the property.
Who’s the previous owner?
Let’s just say that the Sleepers better pay him the balance owed for the property in 90-days.
Important Things with Demetri Martin has been fairly solid through the first two episodes. He’s shouldering a lot of the material burden himself, and hopefully won’t burn out of jokes too soon.
One guy who’s helping Demetri out in the bulk of the sketches is the highly skilled H. Jon Benjamin. Check out this video from last night’s episode of Important Things where Demetri and H. Jon get in a wannabe tough guy battle for the parking space…
Recognize that bald dude’s voice? It’s your old pal Coach McGuirk from Home Movies! Here’s a few of the classic moments from the consummate cartoon field commander himself…
I just ate a Tic Tac. I knew it was a Tic Tac too.
OK, let me set the record straight, it was actually an Eclipse mint. In my defense, I’m young, stupid, naive, I’m only 24 (note: I’m actually 24, not 26, 27 or 28), and maybe a little hyped up on Winterfresh.
So, my little sister got dumped by some chump right before Valentine’s Day….Class.
Earlier on we were trying to figure out how to deal with Mr. Soon-to-be-living-out-the-rest-of-his-dayz-agonizing-pain, when @lauter reminded me…it isNational Real Talk Day.
Kellz knows…
Nat’l Real Talk Day or not, Recession-era relationship strategizing or not, this move puts the douche in fiduciary responsibility.
H/T to Lauterhaus and Happy Valentine’s Day! (Only three weeks until St. Patrick’s Day Month!)
Gollygeewillickers, that smarted!…is what that guy said. That guy playing the jerkbandit who gets his comeuppance in the video. ( or is it his comeuppitance? )
I vehemently disagree with #14 on this so-called All-Time Ugliest list.
Not only does Dan Issel look handsome as hell in this get-up, but it’s common knowledge that the old school Nugs logo is coveted, and the attire sought after by true sports purists and fashionistas alike.
Disagree?
I suggest you take it up with Ebay user ladyoflaurel, who went through the trouble of stealing a dept. store mannequin to display the Nuggets Starter jacket she is selling on Ebay.
Or maybe, Ebay user 4all2envy, who’s selling an old school Nuggets crew neck sweatshirt for $143 bucks, would like to weigh in?
The rest of the list is pretty atrocious and more or less justified.
There were a lot of unfortunate moments during the Grammys last night (like the Jonas brother barking orders at Stevie Wonder on stage, where does that boy get off?!). Thankfully, the Hip-Hop Summit was not one of them.
Boss. Here’s my power rankings:
Jay-Z
M.I.A. (aka Pregosaurus)
Lil’ Wayne
Kanye
T.I.
To be fair to T.I., Dead and Gone was the first song I listened to when I got up this morning. Anyway, throw your power rankings for this in the comments. If this performance didn’t do it for you, feel free to leave your Grammy babe power rankings as well (#1 Carrie Underwood, #2 Gywneth Paltrow, #3 Katy Perry, #399 Adele).
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN and the New York City Department of Education are teaming up to create a new high school focusing on the business side of sports.
The Business of Sports School, or BOSS, will open in September with 81 ninth grade students.
The school plans to emphasize real world skills through mandatory internships at companies like ESPN The Magazine, ABC Sports, and VitaminWater.
The school is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to modernize outdated vocational or trade schools. (AP)
The last few graphs could have read that B.O.S.S. is actually a Voc. Tech school, and students will have to do mandatory shifts at the ESPN Zone in Times Square.
You had me sold at B.O.S.S. (As in: Who’s the Boss?…Hugo BOSS). They’re actually naming a school B.O.S.S.
