Matthew

Best Buy seems to b having an in-store sale of the Complete Sopranos Box Set for $59.99. I was able to get it even cheaper with my Reward certificates.

The Sopranos: The Complete Series. Season One. Bought this today, as Best Buy was selling it for $59.99, and i had my Rewards certificates with me, so it cost me $34.00. Not too bad, and people I know just rave about this, so it will be interesting to see what all the fuss is about.

Very good game between Denmark & Portugal, with Portugal winning at the end, no thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo -- I'm sorry, this is probably the American in me, but he strikes me as a total prima donna lightweight.

It looks like OKC is in a good position to win this series, they seem to match up well, with Durant & Westbrook being the equal of James & Wade. The cast of characters surrounding KD / JW looks much better than anything Miami has to offer. Seems like OKC in six. Edit to change: when this series to win this series

I'd say a seperate post with the labels would suffice, but that's just me....

Nice picture, thanks for posting

Those Shocking, Shaking Days: Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock And Funk: 1970-1978. This is the real deal in terms of comps, obscure bands, giving there own twist on rock, and it's all from Indonesia. A lot of the music here deals with the politics of Indonesia at the time, which was very repressive. It is worth the buy, and I've had repeated listens to the cd, and I'm not tired of it yet. Below are two of my favorites.

I hate this final, I'm an old Sonic fan, and I hate LaBron -- can you root for both teams to lose?

I should add, that I know these two goofballs did break in and give a beat-down on DW, in fact Stan Love was convicted of that and put on six month probation (reason enough not to like Kevin Love), but that it damaged DL's vocal cords is I'm wondering about. Stan Love is an interesting case, he comes off as a nice guy, but his behavior around the Beach Boys leads me to believe he's kind of a scruffy character -- has the Mike Love ahole gene in him. I actually remember watching SL playing for the Lakers, gosh, I'm old.

Yeah, Bobby V & Dustin, the Red Sox problems are all about the umpires....

Speaking of Dennis Wilson, is the story really true that Stan Love & Rocky Pamplin, kicked down Dennis’ door and beat the living crap out of him, messing up his larnyx and ruining his voice. I had always read it was drugs, smoking, etc. that killed his voice.

Giants / Rangers was much ado about nothing, three boring games. Lincecum looks lost on the mound, which does not bode well for the future -- imagine, Zito is having a better year than The Freak. Astros up next for the Giants, so they're still in good shape for the week.

Finally able to get my first listen to the album this afternoon. It's pleasant enough, and it's nice that the Boys' are still able to put out a nice album. There is a "classic" feel to a lot of the music, with typical Wilson touches throughout. I did not like "Summer's Gone" which I felt was too derivative, I was expecting a dog to bark at the very end, it just seemed like all of Wilson's signature sounds (I almost said pet sounds) were in it.

Forward into the past... The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made The Radio Paul McCartney: Ram (the new remaster)

I'm not sure about the "prisoners of the California culture" thing. It seems to me that a lot of what the Beach Boys were about from Smiley Smile -- L.A., was breaking away from the California culture in their music, granted they might not have succeeded, but it was a hard fought struggle none-the-less, with some glorious results.

1990-1995 Grateful Dead, *yawn*, I'm not that into having those years..

Pretty lifeless showing by Holland today, losing to Denmark 1 - 0, last twenty minutes they looked exhausted. Van Persie did nothing, if fact, had a good chance and did nothing with it. Now they have Portugal & Germany to get some points -- tough road.

I'm not a big fan of The Fab Five, but they went to two NCAA finals in their two years together, that's pretty substantial, granted, they (or CWeb) fell apart at the end of the North Carolina game, with the infamous time-out and everything, but they were good.

No teaching of the chiastic structure in English Literature anymore?

The first two games were interesting, Greece lost out with the missed penalty, and the Russia / Czechoslovakia game was a nice one to watch. I'm looking forward to the rest of the tournament, slowly, I'm becoming a soccer fan, it's starting to becoming interesting for me.

Learn something new everyday, thanks...

What does "cowpat Classical" mean? I've never heard that phrase before....

Which, if true that Wilson and Love have reconciled, is great for them and shows good emotional maturity. It might sound obvious, be at peace with someone because your time on earth is short, but in counseling families, I find that is rare. There's nothing worse than meeting with a family before a funeral, and people are in tears because a family member died, and they're crying because of the very fact that they did not reconcile with the deceased. Life is short.

Harrison was flat-out nasty last night, the Giants never had a chance. 95 mph fast ball, painting the corners with off speed, not a chance and a great game by Harrison.

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