History of Sports in the World

Posted on March 31, 2006 by chris Posted in Articles, Sports | Leave a comment

Here is my graphical, colorful representation of the both the longevity and popularity of several major sports. And, yes, 2100 A.D. is when the world will end.

Sharapova vs. Golovin

Posted on March 30, 2006 by chris Posted in Articles, Sports | Leave a comment

100 degrees celsius
lickedy split

I really need to move to Miami.

My Fantasy Baseball Squad

Posted on March 30, 2006 by chris Posted in Articles, Sports | 7 Comments

i, i, am, am numbah one Another year, another fantasy baseball rompin’ by me. In a 10-team league, I managed to snag the following excellent lineup, with position rankings:

C: Mauer, Joe – 2nd - Time to shine
1B: Pujols, Albert – 1st - Cash money millionaires
2B: Jose Vidro – ?? - Solid pickup, thanks.
3B: Chávez, Eric – 9th - Better make up for last year
SS: Reyes, Jose – 3rd - SB king. How appropriate.
OF: Abreu, Bobby – 4th - All-around fantasy pimp.
OF: Wells, Vernon – 20th - Solid stats, but so, so boring
OF: Tracy, Chad – 25th - Up & coming D’back stud
Util: Howard, Ryan – 35th - 22 HRs in 312 ABs. Look out!
Bench: Morneau, Justin – 17th – (who cares?)
Bench: Giles, Marcus – 5th or 6th - Trying to trade this punk

SP: Zambrano, Carlos – 8th - Big baby bull is a machine
SP: Buehrle, Mark – 15th - IPs and CGs all day, every day
SP: Beckett, Josh – 23rd - What’s left to say?
DL: SP: Lowry, Noah – 25th - Young and underrated. Like me.
~~SP: Capuano, Chris – 40th - 18 Ws and good K’s~~
RP: Street, Huston – 7th - Young gun rolled last year
RP: Fuentes, Brian – 17th - Still good, despite Colorado
DL: RP: Jones, Todd – 18th - 40 saves last year in Florida
RP: Valverde, José – 23rd - Solid ERA, K/BB ratio
~~RP: Burgos, Ambiorix – ? – Just got the KC closer job~~
RP: Papelbon, Jon – 1st so far – Don’t even go there.
RP: Villarreal, Oscar – ?! - Yeah, sure.
RP: Worrell, Tim – 2nd so far – Stacked with closers now.

Update: 5/18/06: My team is completely different now; I traded Pujols for Thome and Santana, then Thome for Mulder, put Howard at 1B, picked up Uggla, Tomko, Putz, Morneau is gone, and i’m currently .5 GB first.

Sweet Tracks of Q1 2006

Posted on March 29, 2006 by chris Posted in Music | 1 Comment

TV on the Radio – “Province” (mp3)
If you didn’t know, David Bowie is on this track.

Band of Horses – “Funeral” (mp3)
Absolutely soars.

Hot Chip – “Boy From School” (mp3)
It’ll make your neck sore.

Grandaddy – “Skateboarding Saved Me Twice” (mp3) Soothing, digi-solar flow.

Flaming Lips – “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” (mp3)
Anthemic super crackola.

Love Is All – “Make Out Fall Out Make Up” (mp3)
Feisty punk gem.

Editors – “Feel Good Inc.” (Gorillaz cover – mp3)
A little change of pace for the new year.

And to preview: Walkmen - “Louisiana” (mp3)
Hurry up and leak… I mean release the album!

Inside Man (2006)

Posted on March 29, 2006 by chris Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

Official rating: 73

Clive Owen should have been the new Bond. Denzel is fun to watch as a good cop after Training Day. Jodie Foster has turned into a real ball-breaker.

These three superstars combine to make an interesting, but not deeply-involved, heist drama. Owen came off a little too cool for his own good sometimes. The old cliche’ of telling the cop “no, we’re playing by my rules” has gotten old. Denzel’s a snappy, hard-workin’ detective who finally gets a big assignment, which makes him act a little more out-of-his-league than we’re used to. Jodie Foster’s main goal was to be a unisex symbol, and talk with as much breath in her voice as possible.

The heist hinges on the fact that the criminals aren’t touching any of the money in the bank. As it turns out, they never actually kill anyone, either. What the bloody hell are they doing, then? Exposing a secret of the bank’s founder that Jodie Foster has been hired to protect. Think of a bunch of taboos that a bank exec could have violated. Hmm – murder, sex crimes, and fraud are the main ones. But if you want to portray evil, you only gotta look one place these days.

Anyway, it’s hard to say when or where the secret may end up being revealed, but Clive Owen and his juggy cohorts make some slick moves to keep you wondering. All in all, not bad, but Jodie Foster disappears for most of the film, the hostages aren’t all that exciting, and Denzel doesn’t watch enough porn. Close but no cigar.

Albums That Made My March

Posted on March 28, 2006 by chris Posted in Music | 6 Comments

Hot Chip – The Warning – Schwing.
Band of Horses – Everything All The Time – Alt-c hauntrock
Office – Q & A – 90′s mellow britrock
TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain – You tell me.
White Rose Movement – Kick – 80′s synthy artpop
Morning Runner – Wilderness Is Paradise Now – Ground beef
Golden Dogs – Everything In 3 Parts – 50′s fratboy synthrock
Hard-Fi – Stars Of CCTV – Lock, stock & thief rock
Mojave 3 – Puzzles Like You – Slow dive.
Whiskers got him back later
2006 is already on pace to be extremely solid and blown out. Radiohead & Rapture alone are enough for me.

Chunky’s – Pelham, NH

Posted on March 28, 2006 by chris Posted in Restaurants | 4 Comments

Official rating: 88

Chunky’s Cinema Pub is genius. Watching a movie in old Lincoln Towncar reclining seats around a table full of food and beer is about as good as it gets. I can’t believe I don’t every single meal there.

Chunkys.com

152 Winchester March Madness Pt. 5

Posted on March 27, 2006 by chris Posted in Articles | 8 Comments

What a tournament. Easily the most ridiculous, upset-filled tourney in history, this year ravaged brackets indiscriminately, finishing off the pool by the start of the Final Four. As you can see, no one has any more picks to earn points from, so Deb wins, Melissa gets 2nd, and we all wonder what the heck just happened. Thanks to everyone for playing the pool, it made for some great game-watching.

Anatomy of a Texas Crowd

Posted on March 24, 2006 by chris Posted in Articles, Sports | 6 Comments

1. Hormone-crazed shopaholic
2. Potential hand model, probable porn star
3. Ex-Enron executive
4. Failed male cheerleader
5. Bill Gates’ alcoholic cousin
6. Three campus buildings named for his grandma
7. Got 2nd on Jeopardy once by 50 bucks
8. Office guy with the most boring coffee cup
9. Russian mobster
10. Shady FBI agent eyeballing your 7-year-old son
11. Ruthless big buck hunter
12. Bookie

Private Annie Concert

Posted on March 24, 2006 by chris Posted in Music | 3 Comments

So last night, thanks to some excellent contest-winning prowess by our resident West-sider Special K from Jane Magazine, a bunch of us got our own private concert from that supafly Norwegian dancequeen, Annie. That means two hours of chillin at Great Scott with Annie and an open bar and all the Jane schwag you could handle.

The fact that I have no pictures or video of this simply means we had a great time. Is there any better way to spend a thirsty Thursday than five feet from a Scandinavian electropop vixen doin her thang? I think not. I think the magazine hostess gal taking pictures of the whole deal got a shot of Annie watching her own “Chewing Gum” video on tv. Solid.

She played the good ‘uns plus a song she said is coming out in the next month, which is “Crush” I think, but not positive. Sounded good though. I chatted up the DJ guy on the stage afterwards and he was cool as hell, as I’m sure they all are. God bless Norway and their free-show playin’, Great Scott rockin’, bootylicious hot-to-trot pop tarts. Ahh, så, så het.

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