Kevan
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Thanks, I'll have to check out whatever this is when I get home from work.
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It is ok to like DMB, right? Everyone always seems to qualify their compliments to the band with a "not that I like them or anything".
Of course; anyone who would begrudge you what you like... don't listen to that person.
However, I'm one who always clarifies that I used to be a dmb fan but dislike their music now. I do it because I loved the band they were from inception through 2001 (or so) and have disliked what they've produced more and more over the years (notwithstanding a slight bump in 2005) since then.
So, yeah.
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Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon at Southgate House in KY was good.
Wilco shows in Cincy and Columbus
Bad Veins and You, You're Awesome, Fountain Square in Cincy
Black Angels and Raveonettes at Southgate. This was probably my favorite show of the year.
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You know what you never see? Raiders fans. I really think they've been snuffed out by the last 5-7 years of ineptitude.
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The Vikings aren't charmed?
They've got quality wins over Green Bay twice and Cincy. That's nice.
They've beat Cleveland, Detroit (twice), SF (at home on a complete fluke), Baltimore (on a missed field goal), Seattle, Chicago and St. Louis.
They've played nobody, pretty much. I mean, the wins over GB are nice, but that team is going to be cursed everytime they play Favre. The Cincy win is nice, and the Baltimore and SF wins are over decent/good-ish teams that had every chance to beat them.
They then lost to three flawed teams. Yeah all were on the road, but that team seems like a lot of smoke and mirrors to me.
I'm rooting hard for them to lose their first game. I hope Favre cements a legacy as a guy who doesn't know his own limitations (even if the media will never accept this image.) and causes them to lose with a 3 pick game.
Oddly, I took a few minutes this morning to look at the Vikes schedule and had some thoughts. Come here and see this. Nice!
Vikes quality wins are Baltimore, 2 over GB (but only technically) and Cincy.
GB wins were technically 'quality' but, when we beat them, they were not the same team they are now; they were a mess. I don't take away from those wins what one generally would from a truly quality victory, hence the technicality.
We almost pissed the Baltimore game away, yes, but for more than 3 quarters we F'ing dominated a very good team. Excepting the melt down, we haven't looked better all year. Cincy was a nice win, but they played like $hit.
When we played Pittsburgh they were not more flawed than any other elite team. Polamalu played that game and did very well. Dude's a game changer (witness Steelers record w him: 4-0, w/out: 3-7). We outplayed Pitt handily that day. AZ is enigmatic, but they were good-great AZ when we played them. We didn't do ourselves any favors not showing up to play but no shame in losing to them when they are on, which they most certainly were.
We were at our best this season starting with Baltimore game, for 6 weeks, through 3 game homestand out of the bye. Invincible! We have fallen far and hard. Things do not look good. But the season comes down to whether we were playing over our heads then and have returned to form or this is a blip and that 6-week stretch is what we're capable of. If we are capable, it's down to Chilly to get this team back on track.
All that said, my current conclusion is that we're spiraling and will unwind, losing to Philly at home if we get bye, or whoever in round 1 (edit: OK, thats reactionary. I like our chances v. everyone but Philly and AZ in potential round 1 games). Not Good Times. I hope I'm wrong.
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I posted that I hoped SD would fail as usual.. I didn't really look it up or anything and I don't follow the afc so closely. I just know they've been hyped for seemingly 5-6 years now and haven't made a SB. I was wrong there.
Rank your superbowl contenders by conference!!
afc:
Indy
SD
Balt
nfc:
NO
Philly
Minny
AZ
GB
I really like Philly right now. They scare the sh!t out of me as a Vikes fan.
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Shouldn't Chris Johnson be the runaway winner of mvp, player of the year, coach of the year, heisman and every other trophy that exists??
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Sweet! Going to the Bears/Packers game Sunday. For free!
How was it? How were the seats?
After today I'm thinking Drew Brees MVP and I can't believe I'm saying this about a Norv Turner coached team but San Diego wins the Superbowl.
I think San Diego wins out and fails spectacularly, as usual. At least, I hope; I dislike their key players.
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For me, it just simply got annoying hearing talk of whether not he'd be back, and with which team, and blah blah blah. But it's really more of an issue I have with sports media, than with Favre. At some point, I just simply turned off anything Favre related, because I didn't care. Until I heard the actual story ("Favre signs with Vikings"), I didn't care to hear much of the speculation.
Even as a Bears fan, I dig the guy as a football player and despite the fact that he's now leading the Vikings, who I absolutely fucking hate, I'm glad to see him back and having a stellar year. He plays with a passion that is admirable, and he's obviously an amazing QB. I'm glad as hell I've gotten the chance to watch him, while watching the Bears try to win with Will Furrer, Jim Harbaugh, Peter Tom Willis, Erik Kramer, Steve Walsh, Dave Krieg, Rick Mirer, Steve Stenstrom, Moses Moreno, Shane Matthews, Cade McNown, Jim Miller, Henry Burris, Chris Chandler, Cory Sauter, Rex Grossman, Kordell Stewart, Craig Krenzel, Jonathan Quinn, Chad Hutchinson, Kyle Orton, Jeff Blake, Brian Griese, and Jay Cutler.
haha (list of QBs). I stopped watching espn years ago because of stuff like how they handled the Favre thing, and any other major story, and how douchey the anchors are and how driven by the almighty $ their coverage is.... I could go on. I just mention this because I never got the Favre overload, or overload of any other story, for that matter. It's more difficult to follow sports this way, but... I don't know. I just recommend weaning off sportscenter, et al... if, indeed, thats where you were getting your .. overload. This is remarkably poorly worded. Onward..
Oh, and, why do you hate the Vikes!? I'm a Vike fan, certainly wouldn't take it personally; I just wonder. I'm actually kinda honored! I generally feel left out, as a Vikes fan, from not having a true rival, lack of media coverage (until Favre)...
I happen to find him slightly overrated as a quarterback. There was about a 3 or 4 year window when he was the best in the league (the MVPs, basically), but Marino and Manning were both better than him for large stretches of his career.
Cool, he "looks like a kid out there" and whatever. He turns the ball over too many damn times. Give me someone who protects the ball.
Manning should be the MVP this season.
Are you a Vikes fan? If not, why would you dislike another teams QB for not being good enough (by your own estimation)?
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The Steelers are 4-0 when Polamalu plays, 2-6 without him (not counting tonight v. Cleveland). I considered him the most important player on that team but, damn.
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I hope Notre Dame keeps to their academic standards and accepts they are playing on the short end of an uneven playing field. It's only football.
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I don't think he's looking for a head coaching job, nor are any of the rumors about his next destination anything other than an offensive coordinator. I would take him in that role in Dallas in a heartbeat.
All the speculation I've seen surrounds Weis as OC. I think he'll do very well.
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Reading, and loving, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. It's not about tea, but this quote, about tea, I read last night and was struck by:
The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license given to all, at little cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage of the wealthy and the poor; the tea ritual, therefore, has the extraordinary virtue of introducing into the absurdity of our lives an aperture of serene harmony. Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, lost souls mourn beauty, insignificance surrounds us. Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends, one hears the wind outside, autumn leaves rustle and take flight, the cat sleeps in a warm pool of light. And, with each swallow, time is sublimed.
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google news
New York Times
Startribune
wunderground.com (weather)
Yahoo fantasy football and college pick 'em
realclearpolitics.com
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That praying when things are crappy is more common than praying when things are going well.
Ah, indeed. Indeed....
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Turns out I was leading the witness, so I'd like this answer stricken from the record...
...as it does not support the conclusion I was attmepting to lead the witness towards.
ah, who cares? What was the point you were leading toward? Maybe that will get this discussion back on topic.
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No, I mean did you literally thank God...as in, give Him equal time after the win as you did before the win. At the risk of leading the witness, your answer could go a long way towards proving my point. Answer truthfully.
If we won I would pray afterward and thank god for it. The only praying I did was late in close games, didn't happen all the time, so I guess time spent praying for outcome and in thanks about equalled out.
In my mind God was like my personal genie, the wishes he would grant were finite but would replenish if I didn't ask too often
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Did you thank God when you won, or did you forget all about the prayer?
I was always very thankful! And when we lost I just assumed a player on the other team prayed harder! I shit you not!
Of course, I was, like, 8.
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I grew up irreligious. The first prayers I remember, uh..., placing(?) were for my team to win the game from the hockey bench between shifts. Those prayers seemed to work about as often as they didn't. I'm not now religious. (hockey was very important to me.)
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The Saints looked pretty good.
Pretttyyyyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good.
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I enjoyed the Phish show. Never seen a crowd like that before! I used to attend Dave Matthews Band shows fairly regularly (years ago) and I thought those crowds were the most energetic and involved I'd see but the Phish crowd topped that. EVERYONE knew the music and/or was losing their shit. That was cool. Least sober crowd I've ever been apart of, too. Also cool.
The venue was TERRIBLE. Anarchy reigned everywhere but in the crowd; it was every man for himself.
I did get tired after their first set and wasn't looking forward to the second but that kinda faded and I enjoyed the rest of the show, which was a nice surprise. I couldn't tell you one song they played since I'd never heard them before, but it certainly was a rockin' show and I enjoyed the extended jams.
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What would KILL at ANY show, especially Wilco, would be Sun King -through- She Came in Through the Bathroom Window from Abbey Road. Can you imagine!? Listen to that tonight and tell me that wouldn't blow your mind. Man! I'm playing it in my HEAD and I'm inspired...
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Kevan, have you heard of Emancipator? The reason I ask is you have a link to Thao's music in your signature, she has does vocals on a few of his tracks. Including this one:
Emancipator - When I Go
I haven't. Thanks for the tip! I will check them out.
Though not technically a 'fan', I like the Packers, fwiw. I'm a viking 'fan' though.
NFL '09
in Tongue-Tied Lightning
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That took 3 minutes...
reminded me of Albert Brooks in Broadcast News:
-I say it here, it comes out there.