Got to squeeze in one last post before Christmas.

To supplement the astute observations that took place throughout 2010 on Steady Burn I posted quite a bit on my Posterous – mostly music videos and musical performances that I enjoyed during the year. Including the best below starting with Lil Wayne and Eminem on SNL last week.

Note: Several of these were originally posted as band appearances on Jimmy Fallon that have since expired. I did my best to find adequate substitutions.

Subscribe to my Posterous if you’d like to experience much of the same in 2011.

Yeasayer “Ambling Alp” LIVE w/ Sleigh Bells Philly 5/5/10 from ‘SUP Magazine on Vimeo.

Record Club: INXS “New Sensation” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

See you next week or in 2011, friends.

Paul, the oracle octopus who made such mythical predictions as Serbia over Germany while correctly calling the result of every German game at the 2010 World Cup has died. He was 2 1/2 years old, had nine brains, three hearts and feared no Argentine chef.

According to Bloomberg, he will be cremated.

Check out my thoughts on the first week of the 8KMA: World Cup 2010 /// NYC /// In Photos project

We’re in the process of finalizing a plan to watch the South Korea/Argentina game tomorrow morning at 7:30 at Boka on St. Mark’s in NYC. If you’re in the area, and like Korean fried chicken and watching wizardry (Messi) in the a.m. come on down!

From a spectator’s perspective, no slouch in providing on-screen entertainment is Argentine coach, Diego Maradona – he once was a wizard himself, now, it’s more about sideline antics. As good as Messi looks, he hasn’t scored in his last eight International contests, so we don’t know if that’s going to happen. However, you can count on Diego to: A.) look shiny, from mullet to toe B.) pester, badger, annoy and be a general thorn in the side of the refs. (= high comedy)

The Telegraph has posted Diego’s 10 best quotes through the years. They feature his take on Pele (go back to the museum), the 1998 World Cup (The players have all got square feet. They are like Robocops), American politics (I think Bush is a murderer), but one quote just seemed to rise to the forefront…

Diego Maradona on proving the doubters wrong…


“To those who did not believe: now suck my d**k – I’m sorry ladies for my words – and keep on sucking it. I am either white or black. I will never be grey in my life. You treated me as you did. Now keep on sucking d**ks. I am grateful to my players and to the Argentinian people. I thank no one but them. The rest, keep on sucking d**ks.”

Diego, allow me to apologize on behalf of all nerds for Twitter not existing during your trash talking hey-day. However, it’s not too late, see this guy for inspiration: @the_ironsheik.

Photo via SMH.com.au

London-based, English bred mando-rock quartet Mumford & Sons took the stage this past Saturday evening at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN before a crowd of more than 75,000. After two songs off their absolutely excellent debut album Sigh No More, bandleader Marcus Mumford addressed the crowd:

Congrats on your draw.

It fell in stark contrast to say an ACDC-like Are You Ready?! greeting (source: Jim Breuer), and presumably most of the crowd had not even seen the ENG/USA World Cup game that day that ended in 1-1 tie (a tie is the new win in 2010). Still, it sounded like the crowd liked it.*

*I wasn’t at Bonnaroo, but I got to check out this set thanks to NPR, who archived lots and lots of performances from the festival. So far, based on what I’ve heard Mumford & Sons’ show falls a close second to The Dead Weather.

Photo via Nashville Scene

My mission…

In a new poll commissioned by UK milkshake company Frijj, makers of the chocolate fudge brownie shake, indicate that a percentage of English citizens are ready to make some really rash decisions should England win the 2010 World Cup. According to the exercise in would-be sacrifice, 51% would turn down a night of passionate buggering with the alluring, above pictured, Cheryl Cole. 12% said they would give up sex altogether for a year.

The gauntlet for impetuous World Cup abstinence has been thrown down.

I’m sure we could find some berserk fans on this side of the pond who would give up the same if the U.S. could beat England on that first Saturday of group play.

We’d give up sex.. if team won (Mirror UK)