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The Jerk on Banjo

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!NPR interviewed banjo masters Tony Trischka, Béla Fleck, and (yes, the jerk) Steve Martin. This is in anticipation of Trischka’s new album (the Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular), featuring artists like Fleck, Martin, Noam Pikelny, Scott Vestal, Earl Scruggs, and […]

Not exactly the Beastie Boys

I think Eminem and “Fiddy” Cent shouldn’t get too worried about this Heeb Rapper. (thanks, Mikeybear!)

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SNL Recut of Apocalypto Trailer

A Saturday Night Live Recut of the Apocalypto trailer.

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Those coppers must be really high.

A truly wonderful headline! I might buy the Denver Post tomorrow to see if it’s printed that way, too.

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More pine tar, please.

An actual quote from Kenny Rogers:
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.”
An actual quote from Kenny Rogers (the baseball player, as the above is the musician):
“I rub up the balls between the innings and before the game all of the time,” Rogers said Monday. “I rub up the bullpen balls […]

It’s like this movie I once saw, called “The Highlander.” Because there can be only one.

Some of my most favorite movie references of all time are in this “The Office” scene. I promise you’ll laugh so hard, you might go blind*.
Also check out the first YouTube movie we posted over at Flying Dog. More to come soon.
*Alternate way to go blind: Eat 64 slices of American cheese.
[edit: the youtube […]

One of my favorite things about High Definition programming

You can read signs in the backgrounds. Take SportsCenter, for instance. The college football crew was in Iowa City and there were maybe two thousand Iowhiners (what do you call people from Iowa anyway?) cheering. And cheering loud. There was a guy a ways back with a white sign that read
Corso is my dad, Herbstreit […]

I think I just invented a new form of porn.

While shooting some product photos for a sports website I administer, the silver mannequin’s hand (accidentally, mind you) got stuck. In my pants. It’s not exactly my thing, but a friend said that this may in fact be the dawn of a new trend. I’m terming it “mannequerotica” (batteries not included). I’m sure I’m not […]