Before I get into what's been on my mind I must first open on an incredibly somber note and the definition of lame...
April 10th, 2007. As you may have read or seen on TV, Adam Pacman Jones was suspended for the entire 2007 season. The magnitude of this travesty should not be understated. Open this in a new window and allow me to translate properly (read the espn date first, then my date):July 13, 2005: Two weeks before training camp, Jones is arrested by Nashville police for stomping a dude that was trying to act, like he was trying to do something outside the club.
Sept. 5, 2005: Six days before the season opener, a female valet attendent kept insisting that Pacman give her his number or she would steal his car*. In response to the badgering, Pacman had a loud, verbal tantrum and refused to pay for the valet service.
Oct. 25, 2005: 5 days before the eighth game of the season, Jones feels like getting his drink on forgetting that his probation officer was a hater. The judge extends his probation 90 days.
Feb 6, 2006: Adam's mother, Deborah, and his friend, Marcus, plant marijuana in Jones' Bugle
Boy jeans (pictured). When complying with handcuffs, Marcus yelled to Pacman, "you won't do it!" referring to taking a swing a cop. Jones allegedly refused to be shown up and will appear in court later this month to face obstruction charges.March 23, 2006: A Fayette County SWAT team searches the home Jones bought for his momma. Jones arrived at the house in an offensively pimped out Corvette singing Three6Mafia's Stay High. The Corvette had been recently attacked by a skunk and Police mistakenly took Packman's singing to be a confession.
April 18, 2006: Police see this video footage at a gas station and jump to a lot of wild conclusions. No arrests were made but the boiled crawfish were enjoyed by everyone.
Aug. 25, 2006: Toya Garth and Adam Jones experience similar quarrels described by Project Pat at the 1:30 mark. Jones may have been drunk.
Oct. 26, 2006: At Club Mystic Jones told a girl that she was a tip drill* and that, "it must be your ass, cuz it ain't your face" and she accused him of assault with dollar bills (the 6:18 mark). (Ok this video is insanely offensive, I'm so sorry... omg) Pacman justifiably blames Nelly in police reports.
*I may have gone too far
Feb. 19, 2007: No charges have been brought against Jones.
Lets be real people - he degrades women, drinks alot, probably smokes alot and doesn't like to be stepped to. Am I talking about Pacman Jones or last Saturday night??? I can't even believe this. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills over here. What a bunch of hypocrites. April 1oth should be a national memorial day.
Speaking of Mr. Jones - the following has made my month its so sweet...
You may never catch Mr. Jones. The irony behind that lyric in lieu of his 11 month delay in album release I will not comment on... Enjoy a song of epic proportions. It has the feel of something incredible doesn't it? Whispers, ominous single rings of a bell, great crescendos and what can only be described as the most terrifying laugh I have ever heard. That laugh is one of upcoming terror. I feel like New Orleans heard this laugh before Katrina. How about this video too. He just keeps evolving right in front of us. First he had no deal (who) and now he has taken the diamonds from his teeth and encrusted the grill of his car with them. Man I miss Mike. That's why this is so hard. I'm still SO bitter about his delay. The end of Mr. Jones where he tells me to look out for American Dream - thanks man, I haven't been doing that since LAST SUMMER. But then he releases this and it just washes away. I think it's because I like what he's got. This won't be the last you hear from me about Mr. Jones.ps - and movie??? I'm sure I won't touch upon that.
Get Money, Stay True. Paul Wall's newest. It's sound advice I suppose. My first impression of this album was that it was unremarkable - I was wrong. Like a stout beer I needed to give it my full commitment rather than an initial taste. I was actually so distraught about his new
album after the first go around that I began to reflect. What I realized is that his first album took some time to appreciate as well, and I can listen to that one almost all the way through. I'm not that sold yet for Get Money, Stay True, but I will let you in on my favorite songs thus far: The single - he showed some versatility with his Steve Kerr line, don't think I didn't notice. This beat is impressive. He tried something new with How Gangstas Roll and I liked it. If you want the album just let me know.The Chahhhhhhhhmpyyyyohhhhhhhns. With the quality of soccer I've been watching lately this song is starting to give me goosebumps. At least Espn is showing both legs of each game this time instead of one leg of each. The goals have been incredible.
AC Milan 2-2 Bayern Munich Leg 1: What an exciting game to watch. It appeared Bayern was going to get completely housed by a terrible pk call when van Buyten struck again in the most timely of manners. They were nearly identical plays. The announcer for that play is incredible. He makes me so happy.
PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Liverpool Leg 1: This series ended quite quickly didn't it. Hell, if Steven Gerrard impresses me then I should hope Liverpool is winning. Enjoy an inspirational left foot from Riise. Or rather, a thunderbolt. Crouchy nailed the coffin shut with a typical Crouch header.
Chelsea 1-1 Valencia Leg 1: This goal from Silva is one of those shots that I won't get over. This is my favorite coverage. His partner starts huffing right after it goes in. I may have soiled myself watching that live. Of course Chelsea comes back with the man that should change his name to "of course" - Drogba. His celebration is chuckling great.
Roma 2-1 Man Utd Leg 1: Still in it despite Paul Scholes' best effort to sabotage Man U. I expected that kind of thug-life from Rooney, but no, Rooney did this instead (what presence!). Whatever, Cristiano counts for 3 mortal men anyway. If the Champions League hasn't convinced you this man is the best there is then I don't know what you're watching. Cristi has me sitting up in my chair everytime he touches the ball (see next game).
For fear of having rushed through it - Paul Scholes is a complete moron. Both his fouls were easy, no-brainer yellows. And what was he thinking when he deliberately destroyed Totti after already being booked??? What an idiot - thank God we'll all get to see Cristiano on a bigger stage having overcome the worst plays I've seen in a long time from Mr. Scholes.
Man Utd 7-1 Roma Leg 2: I refuse to comment on this game. Go to youtube and look up the highlights yourself. (Still stunned).
ps - I just heard the british announcer during the highlights refer to this game as a "mauling." Hilarious.
Valencia 1-2 Chelsea Leg 2: Of course Valencia goes up 1-nil and Chelsea comes back blah blah. Shevchenko scores on a typical Chelski dead ball and Essien fools the keeper and blasts their way into the semis. Damn you Chelsea - they really are the Yankees of the Premier League.
Right now the Liverpool 2nd leg isn't over yet and I don't know the score (and don't want to go to April 11th on score page of Espn) so I'll report on this in later.
Before I forget -
I've picked a Premier League team. Drum roll please - its actually not that exciting - bahm
bad da dummmmmm... Arsenal. Jim and I spoke about it and decided a few things. First, I clearly love Titi Henry, like Van Persie, Fabregas, Rosick of the sicker, and Eboue. Even though Jim liked them first, I can still like them now too because English soccer isn't as popular as it should be. With little coverage here and few friends of mine that follow certain teams, Jim and I might as well like the same team so that we can talk about games and stuff. Enjoying this together we've decided is better than picking rivals and pretending to dislike each other when they play. So Gunners it is - they were my #1 anyway, now I don't have to settle for my #2.And what better time to pick them up when the wheels have absolutely come off. But I'm not ready to talk about that.
Rappers and diamonds. So the other day I was listening to Bling Bling by the Cash Money
Millionaires and heard a lyric, "everythang's been trillion cut." Naturally I assumed they were exaggerating like they always do (see: platinum football field). I wouldn't be writing this though if I weren't wrong. Also the other day I was looking up cuts of diamonds - apparently they mean something - and would you know it, trillion cut was on there! So my apologies to the Cash Money Millionaire's, I thought you guys were just being crazy assholes when in reality you were outclassing me. Have rappers been doing this alot... I may need to check this.Accidents happen. I've been listening to alot of latin music ever since my return from the Dominican and Sergio Mendez Mas que Nada has been one of them. When trying to find the version without the black eyed lames on youtube I found this... it's not the most incredible compilation I've ever seen but the music pleasantly makes the goals more enjoyable. If your hips start moving do not be alarmed.
Last but not least. As I'm sure you noticed - I've changed the title of the blog (Jim's idea). I would love some feedback.
I'm not ready to talk about:
Chris Carpenter. The Cardinals.
4 comments:
The Gunners are a good, solid choice, but why no love out to the Reds. Liverpool's a good team, i compare them to the Cardinals. For one, they wear red, and B, liverpool to me, is very similar to STL, although i've never been there, so i'm of course just making up a reason to justify this claim. I must say you really had two options, liverpool or arsenal, so solid choice. Clearly you couldn't take Chelsea or Man U, too much money, nor could you have chosen any shitty team that you couldn't watch compete in europe. Well, my time is up - but i must say this, the Cardinals, while Carp is out, have a much better rotation than people think. Waino is a top tier starter, Kip Wells is a Dave Duncan project that will be better than Suppan, and Looper and Reyes fill in nicely.
i couldn't be happier with the post/title
love the new title and this post. glad to have a fellow gooner on board. also, the mike jones laugh sounds like the sound an evil robot would make when you wake up to find it standing over your bed.
in response to ben, i very much agree that liverpool and arsenal are the most fun teams to root for. gerrard is quite possibly the most likable superstar in any sport. however, the one thing that i think makes it hard for an american to get on board with liverpool is the fact that there is simply so much history there. the fact is, that team's success is pretty much all that depressed crappy city had for years. i feel almost like you have to earn the right to root for them. arsenal, on the other hand, are in london and play the prettiest football in the premiership, so its not that big a stretch for outsiders to latch on. also, they used to be known for playing the ugliest, most boring soccer even when they were successful. and i think one thing we can all support is joga bonito. and tomas rosicker the sicker.
In response to Jim - I must say that his argument is very well founded, but I while say the most frustrating thing is watching Arsenal play such beautiful soccer and not scoring (e.g. the CSKA Moscow game earlier, any game against Blackburn). But all I can say, is i hope both Chelsea and Man U fail to win the trifecta (In Chelsea's case, a rare quad) and give them more to talk about. It should also be an interesting off season for liverpool since the American owners are goign to give them some money to play with this off-season. Maybe Liverpool can get Et'o from Barca, i hear he's movable this upcoming transfer window.
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