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blackout? more like blowout*09/27 by SC

Those black uniforms must have felt silly and been a little warm at the end of the game, absorbing all that heat while those dudes watched Alabama go up and down the field. Turns out the "blackout" is just a lame gimmick. Hey guys! I'm going to wear ALL WHITE tomorrow! Yeah, WHITE OUT day at the office! My email Inbox efficiency rate is going to be impenetrable! Because I'm wearing nothing but white!

Nothing sweeter than seeing Georgia punt and Stafford throw interceptions. Al Obama rolls.

Awesome week in college football - #1 USC, #3 Georgia, #4 Florida, #9 Wisconsin, #16 Wake Forest, #20 Clemson, and #23 East Carolina ALL lost. To inferior teams. But! Perhaps the biggest upset that's not being talked about is the fact that DUKE BEAT VIRGINIA (whaaaat?). ACC is starting to look wide open...

To. Hell. With. Georgia.

-Scotty

PS: By the way, re: USC - who chants "over-rated" to a team they were SUPPOSED to beat? In a game they were FAVORED to win by 10 points? I was shocked at the lack of humility by the USC fans at the Ohio State game two weeks ago - heckling Pryor in the 4th Quarter and acting like they pulled off some great victory. I don't know anyone who didn't have an Ohio State jersey on who thought the Buckeyes had a chance to win that game. Silly...I guess now we know who was "over-rated".

*supplied by my beau Clay Hamlin

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i have been soundly defeated by kings of leon.09/27 by SC

For some reason I thought I could hold out. I remember reading a Rolling Stone feature about them in 2003 (I think) and thinking they were too hairy for me. Cool story and I like that they're from the South, but "I doubt this band is for me." I checked the stuff out and decided I wouldn't give in. And while I silently liked "The Bucket" when I heard it on occasion and enjoyed myself when I saw them at the Wiltern and at Coachella, I was incredibly steadfast in my decision that Kings of Leon were just outside of the range of bands I really liked. No way I'm losing this battle, ever.

WOW. ￂﾠWho feels dumb right now?

I got dominated this week when I checked out their latest record, Only By Night (iTunes link). It's kicking my ass front-to-back (the album, not my backside) and I found myself scrambling for the rest of their catalogue this week and slapping myself for being so ignant. If more ROCK records were like this, i'd listen to more ROCK.

So - though I'm feeling very French right now, I admit to my defeat and am happy to enjoy these guys for all they're worth. This is a special record.

-Scotty

BONUS: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist looks as if it's gonna be a great film with an equally great soundtrack (iTunes link), which happens to include a new track by the "THIS WEEKEND" originals-band, Vampire Weekend, entitled "Ottoman" (bougie furniture, what else would you expect?)

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adam wainwright is a stud.09/25 by SC



There are 2 active major league baseball players I enjoy following above all others. The first is Manny Ramirez, the most exciting thing to happen to me in terms of LA sports since I moved here. He's obviously had a powerful effect on the Dodgers and Dodgers' fans...the only guy I truly make an effort to see or hear every time he steps in the box. Dude is GOOD. And hilarious.

The other, and even more than ManRam, is St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright. You may recall the image of him striking out the Brandon Inge to win the 2006 World Series - he was the Cards' closer at the time and dominated the Padres, Mets, and Tigers in the postseason. Since, he's moved to the starting rotation and has had an impressive year (11-3, 3.20 ERA) on a fourth-place team despite some injuries this season.

Mr. Wainwright, much like myself, is from Brunswick, GA and though I didn't know him very well, I definitely knew OF him (and have mutual beaus). I also definitely was struck out by him on more than one occasion during my short career in the Glynn County Rec Baseball League (to my credit, I think I drew a walk in there somewhere, though it was most likely due to being afraid of the velocity of the pitches that kid was throwing). Though I will always be anti-Terror, I'll root for Adam "Curve Ain't Right" Wainwright every time he takes the mound.

Anyway, both of the guys above came through last night - Manny being part of a 12-4 victory over the Padres and Adam handling the D-Backs in St. Louis to reduce the Dodgers' Magic Number to 1.

Which means tonight is Clinch Night. And since I'm holding tickets to tonight's game, I could very possibly be on hand for a very meaningful baseball game. One more Dodgers win (hopefully tonight) or Diamondbacks loss (this afternoon - not the preferred method, but I'll take it) and the Doyers are headed to the playoffs.

So, a big thank you to these dudes for all highlights this season and setting up tonight to be a special one.

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3-1.09/22 by SC

Georgia Tech 38, Mississippi State 7.

Solid game on both sides of the ball for my boys. Big scoring plays (of 20, 25, 88, and 45 yards) and some tenacious D to lead them over the first of 2 SEC teams on the schedule this year. The feeling of beating the Bulldogs is "nice to quite nice".

Get out muh fayce!

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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david ryan harris, temple bar, september 19, 2008.09/20 by SC

Was lucky enough to see your friend and mine, David Ryan Harris, tonight at the soon-to-be-no-more Temple Bar in Santa Monica, CA. He brought along some of his friends as well (including the delightful and delicious Sean Hurley and Bob Reynolds, not necessarily respectively) and rocked the temples of Temple full-band, full-on, all electric style:

Used To This
Pretty Girl (In Love With A Girl, Shining Star, Sexual Healing, Natural Woman, I Want You To Want Me)
King For A Day
The Hunter (or, "King For 5 Minutes" as this is an Albert King cover)
Sweetest Berry* (download Wayne Brady's [aka Medium Wayne] version from iTunes here
Yesterday Shutting Down*
All I Need (Everything's Not Lost)
For You**
encore-rama:
Turn Around (If You Think You￢ﾀﾙre Lonely Now)


*with Bob Reynolds on saxophone
**solo electric


The Hunter and the Gavin DeGraw verse in Pretty Girl were new to me and loved by all. I give the show a Nastia-Liukin-esque 16.125 (start value of 7.1, execution of 9.025) - a small deduction was taken for not paying attention to the trio of folks giving their all in the Turn Around hand gesture crowd participation portion. Everything rocked a little harder tonight down on Wilshire.

DRH left us saying he was going to lock himself in the lab and emerge in the winter with some new songs to keep us warm (not verbatim). He also said he was going to write a song so sexy HE would get pregnant by listening to it (verbatim). Then he said "just kidding", but I don't believe him one bit.

Either way, can't wait.

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tonight: this weekend!09/18 by SC

Just got back from the Wiltern where I was doing some more recon work for the aforementioned Vampire Weekend cover band. The show, despite some sound/tech problems, was a good little time. Oxford Comma and Walcott are still the favorites, though the guys brought out a small string section for M-79 that was neat-o.

Anyway, the perfect name for my band-of-the-not-so-near-future came to me several months ago: This Weekend. Let it sink in. Nice, right?

THIS WEEKEND. Not only is it relevant to the material we'll be playing, but our branding is already on marquees and posters all over the country. Everyone knows THIS WEEKEND. Everyone loves THIS WEEKEND. "THIS WEEKEND was awesome." "I can't wait for THIS WEEKEND." Everybody's working for THIS WEEKEND.

"What's the name of your band?"
"This Weekend."
"Oh...bummer. I'm out of town until Sunday. What are you guys called?"
"We are This Weekend. The show is on Monday."

Imagine the hysteria. Admittedly more from confusion than infatuation, but just imagine it.

And then, our keyboard player (who will BE David Archuleta instead of just look like him) will start a side project that will open up for us, and the name of his band will be SOLD OUT so that our listing on club flyers will look something like:

SOLD OUT
THIS WEEKEND
TUESDAY NIGHT
TICKETS AVAILABLE

Ah, the Secret of My Unsucce$s...

-Scotty J. Crowe

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2-1.09/15 by SC

While I was lucky to be in the house (Coliseum) for the exciting first 5 minutes of the USC-OSU game (and the ensuing 55 game-minutes of nacho-searching), I was getting text updates about our boys. The touchdown plus 2-point conversion in the 4th quarter was thrilling, but the results were unfortunate:

Georgia Tech 17, Virginia Tech 20.

Next week is Mississippi State, who apparently played soccer vs. Auburn last week and lost, 2-3.

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2-0.09/06 by SC

It surely won't be the biggest of the season, but Tech went up to Boston and beat BC, 19-16. Jonathan "Through The" Dwyer did not disappoint.

Watch out for that triple option, beaus. Next week the show goes to Blacksburg to face off against Virginia Tech.





Photos from ESPN.com, courtesy of AP/Michael Dwyer.

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where in the world is t-pain sandiego?09/04 by SC

Let me open by saying that the possibility of an album by the conglomerate "T-Wayne" pretty much sounds like the greatest thing of all time. It's going to be a vocoder sandwich on vocoder bread with vocoder spread with a side of vocoders. Oh, and a bottle of vocoder - sparking, with limes please. Delicious for the soul.

Moving on, when I first saw the video - no, the screenshot of the video - for "Can't Believe It", I actually couldn't believe it. Seriously, it's unbelievable. T-Pain, Lil Wayne, rings of fire, and a small stuffed bear that seemed to represent both of our heroes molded into one, creating some sort of profound metaphor? Instantly roped. Teddy knows how to lure us right in.



So then I check the video out - visually stimulating, sure...but then, Theodore starts sharing his secrets of how he treats a lady while giving us all a refresher in geography. Let's take a listen:

She makes me feel so good/better than I would by myself/or if I was with somebody else
I never think about leading off by comparing a date with time I spend by myself, but maybe that's a good little litmus test for us all to use.

I could put you in a log cabin/somewhere in Aspen
Kind of sounds more like a threat out of The Bodyguard than a way to treat somebody, no? I guess it's some sort of exotic camping trip where it's really hard to breathe (don't forget to bring extra gloves - it IS the Rockies, you know).

Put you in a mansion/somewhere in Wiscansin
Not only is this my favorite line from any song this DECADE, it's genius. Why spend thousands on penthouse suites or nice houses in major cities when you can have a sprawling estate in the suburbs of of Eau Claire, WI? You could probably have a second home in Oshkosh, Packers season tickets, and partial ownership of the Brewers for a fraction of one of those overrated houses in the hills.

You look so good/tell me why you wanna work here
Hey - a date is an interview of sorts, right? Might as well get right down to it: "Why do you want to work here? What do you have to offer? What qualifies you to be here?" Fellas, drop that right before the entree arrives and you'll be golden.

I can put you in a condo/all the way up in Toronto
I like his style - you see, as Pain gets more settled in with a relationship, he starts to offer things in areas of increasing population and cell phone reception. And guess what's close to Toronto? You know it: your two homes in Wiscansin, hey hey! Road trip to the Canadian Condo on bank holidays!

Put you in the fur coat/ride in the Murcielago
Whoa whoa whoa - all of a sudden we're jumping to Lamborghinis? How about a reeeemix and we change the line to:
"Put you in the jon boat/ride around in Key Largo"
?
Much better on the wallet AND everybody can wear cutoffs and blend right in!

Put you in a beach house/right on the edge of Costa Rica
Okay. If we're going to take liberties with names, let's go all the way and have that beach house on the edge of Costa Richouse. Ironically, the largest province in Costa Rica is a costal area named Puntarenas, which seems to rhyme with "beach house" just fine.

Well, thank you Mr. Pain. After all that talk of "hitting McDonalds" with Chris Brown, I had my doubts. But you have proven me wrong. Ican definitely say I learned a few things about myself, chivalry in 2008, and how to rock my next Geography Bee. Can't believe it.

Feugo!

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