Song Of The Day: Glassjaw - Jesus Glue (Studio Version) (High Quality)

Glassjaw are post-hardcore-progressive rock legends and their new stuff is (although more toned down) an interesting next step for them. Jesus Glue is one of the new songs they've been playing for quite a bit now. I saw Glassjaw last night at the Best Buy Theatre and they absolutely killed it. Kids were crying in the corner because they couldn't handle the power erupting from the stage. This is just one of the many unbelievable songs they played.

What you got in dem jeans?

Caught with his pants down

It may be the stupidest story of the year but I think there's a bit of an under toe in play here. Dez Bryant...the future of the Cowboys...the star rookie receiver with a past peppered with laughable slip-up's was issued a warning (Not an arrest) for wearing his pants too low and showing his undies at a North Dallas mall. Normally, this wouldn't be a story but since its the Cowboys and its Dez Bryant it is. This is actually not Dez's first mall incident. He's been cited for cutting people in line and having a verbal altercation with a lady friend. Some people just can't handle their shopping I guess....Dez and his agent are saying that it was actually his friends whose pants were sagging and Dez was just trying to understand what was going on...that sounds pretty intelligent and truthful.

My first reaction is that the security guard was probably some low-level hick looking to make a name for himself by trying to stand up to a star black guy and there probably is some truth to this. I mean who really cares if your pants are at your ass? It's a mall not the White House correspondence dinner. I'm pretty sure few white guys would be asked to do this and I would probably be upset too if I were Dez. Like go fuck off Paul Blart.

On the other hand, Dez Bryant needs to understand something. He is being paid by the man. He is in the mainstream culture now and that means he has to somewhat play by the rules because there is a spot-light on him and a greater amount of accountability. He has to be smarter and just diffuse the situation before it turns into what this is turning into. Just pull your pants up, buckle your belt and go by your Lebron's and go to a strip club. Stop hanging out in the mall like your in 7th grade.

And not for nothing but at the end of the day if you wear your pants way down your a fucking tool so Dez: Man up starting at the waist.

Muse wont be playiing Origin of Symmetry songs live anymore

I don't know what the hell these guys are thinking. According to an article at ultimate-guitar.com, Muse, the heavy-weight rock band from the UK will hang up the cleats on their first major hit (2nd overall) album, Origin of Symmetry. Apparently, after the upcoming concert at Reading, they will no longer play material from this album.

Origin of Symmetry is arguable their best album and contains some of their most exciting live songs (i.e. New Born above.) It also contains Bliss, Plug in Baby and Space Dementia among others. It's not like Muse has been in the game so long that these songs no longer hold up. This is not like Radiohead not playing Creep at concerts...that song was so overplayed I understand why they got sick of playing it. None of these songs were hits like "Creep" and the are all more fun to play.

Unfortunately, the main stream American audience just found out about Muse after they released their most commercial and worst album, "The Resistance." I hate when bands start catering to the mainstream...it makes their music terrible. (Green Day and Kings of Leon's latest efforts can attest to that) But at least those bands still play their good songs at concerts. I think that Muse fans will start leaving their concert more and more disappointed when an entire slew of their best songs are removed from the set list.

Ollie Pinstripes?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/03/yankees-have-some-interest-in-oliver-perez.html


Just a rumor but word is that the Yankees...the New York Yankees...have some interest in signing Oliver Perez. I'll say that name again...Oliver Perez. The bane of the Mets...the most disgusting, disgraceful, retarded pitcher ever to don the blue and orange. Ollie folded like a beach chair under the Citi Field pressure and Cashman & the Yanks are considering signing him because of their lefty injury problem in the bullpen? Oliver Perez would disintegrate before John Sterling's eye's on the bump at Yankee Stadium.

As a Mets fan you have to love this. Imagine the Yankees signed Ollie? It might last a week before he's cut but just think of all the games he could blow for them! It would be hysterical. I would love to see this go down but surely the Yankees are smarter than this right?

Song Of The Day: R.E.M - What's the frequency Kenneth

No band has ever really sounded like R.E.M. and no band probably ever will. These days that may actually be a good thing but throughout the 80's and much of the 90's they were one of the greatest acts around. This song is one of the most clever commentaries on "Generation X" that there is. It also was the first track on an album (Monster-1994) that , in dedication to Kurt Cobain, completely redefined R.E.M.'s sound.

Oliver Perez & Luis Castillo... get the fuck outta here

Sit your ass down Ollie

Mets fans will have to find new scapegoats to hedge the blame for the team's 2011 fiasco. But let's take a minute to rejoice what is surely the brightest news on the Mets front of the last few years. Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo are gone! FINITO! We have been screaming, clawing, nail & tooth these past few years for someone to run these worthless bums out of town and finally, after teasing us for a few months, GM Sandy Alderson has done just that. The bankrupt Mets will bite the bullets on their combined $18 million dollar contracts and just for this, the Mets are a better team.

There was no way that Sandy Alderson could have let the Mets enter the regular season with those two joining the team up north. Citi Field would have gone ballistic, for the 3 days that there are actually people in the seats. Luis Castillo was hobbled by injuries for most of his Mets tenure and his banishment from the club was set in stone when he dropped the A-Rod pop-up against the Yankees. In reality, its a huge question mark on whether the Mets replacement at second will improve the team. One thing will be a given, the Mets will have more power from that position but OBP and defense could be a different story. It is really what Castillo symbolized that made his exit a necessity. He symbolized ineptitude, failure and expectations not met. His release will be a huge burden off the backs of the Mets management, the team and of course, the fans who hate him so much.

Castillo's infamous drop

Ollie P is a whole different ball of wax. This guy was worth as much as a bag of garbage and yet Omar Minaya decided it was prudent to give him an $18 million contract. He can't break 87 on his fastball, he has no command on his once reputable breaking ball. Sometimes I thought I could see opposing batters laughing in the batters box as they waited for Perez to walk them.

The whole "left-specialist" charade was a fucking joke. He sucked in the Mexican league this winter and he sucked all spring training.  He will go down as one of the worst, most hated Mets of all time. Good riddance. 

Check out this piece from the NY Times: How would the Knicks & Nuggets Matchup...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/sports/basketball/20araton.html?_r=1&ref=sports


Harvey Araton, one of the NY Times best sports journalists, begs the hypothetical question: How would the Knicks and Nuggets match-up this season if they were (by a miracle of biblical proportions) to play in this years NBA finals. His analysis produces the results spelling out DENVER NUGGETS. Along the way, we are seeing the tip of the Melo iceberg as it starts to crack under the pressures of success in New York. The Nuggets are now loving this trade while New Yorkers are left unsure. It will be well worth your time to check out how he breaks down the match-ups.