Cowboy Temple

I hesitate to sully this blog with original reporting, but after my recent trip to Dallas, TX, and taking a tour of the new, humongous and expensive Dallas Cowboys stadium I believe I have something worth breaking.

According to both my tour guides, who were official representatives of the Dallas Cowboys (they had Polo shirts to prove it), the open roof stadium was designed specifically so God can watch future Cowboys games. Our guide went as far as to practically anoint the Cowboys as the team of Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer. This was part of the official tour, which I paid some $15 for. I found it interesting that everyone who goes to church on Sundays is worshipping a Being that is actually at His home watching the NFL.

In light of this recent news, further investigation is required. Why aren’t the other teams sanctioned by the Creator? Let’s look at some teams and their respective reasons:

New Orleans Saints - This is tricky. Superficially, a team named the Saints should be anointed simply because of their name, they should be the most Saintly of all teams. But the city’s reputation for crime and corruption create real dissonance. That dissonance may have lead to Katrina. It’s just a theory. It’s probably wrong.

Miami Dolphins - Miami is the Las Vegas of the east coast. And if Las Vegas is Sin City, Miami is La Ciudad del Pecado. The Lord hears and understands all tongues, even if they are saying bad things.

Pittsburgh Steelers - Thou Shalt Not Steel.

Jacksonville Jaguars - Hasn’t heard of them

Buffalo Bills - 0 for 4 in Super Bowls? I don’t know why but He definitely hates this team. Doug Flutie, former BC quarterback and famous for a particular Hail Mary (TOUCHDOWN JESUS!) should rank high on any list of holy quarterbacks (still behind Kurt Warner, obviously) but he hasn’t quite done enough for this barren franchise playing in the tundra of New York State.

San Francisco 49ers - Castro District

Green Bay Packers - Most fans are farmers, this is good. However, cheese can never be worn on a head and remain kosher. The Packers, identifiable as much for their Cheesehead fans as anything, are really handicapped by this blatant disregard for the Holy Health Code.

Seattle Seahawks - This isn’t a real animal, which is extremely offensive

Detroit Lions - No one likes the Lions

We could go on, but I think it’s becoming pretty clear my tour guides were right on the ball.

Don't Shed A Tear

"Yo you better act quick because we're escaping to the mothership."

Actually we decided to do a "Craig Kilborn" and disappear for awhile, but hey at least we're not quitting like Sarah Palin.

shred the gnar.

If I Should Die Tonight

This song seems appropriate for the time.
Marvin Gaye - "If I Should Die Tonight"


p.s. that baby that survived the Yemen plane crash earlier this morning is one lucky ass kid.

michael jackson

monday night jam. at the risk of being redundant and obvious this monday night jam is a testament to the late king of pop. his personal history is one ultimately wrought with a sadness as vast in its scope as the joy that is contained in every measure of his music. still my lasting memories of mj will always be good ones; like being seven years old, driving home from virginia with my cousins singing along with "i'll be there" the first time i ever went on vacation away from my parents. and last saturday night, in a car full of those same cousins driving through the grimiest part of newark at 2am with our windows down, grown as hell, bumping p.y.t. and honking at the kids kicking it on the corner gracious enough to reward us with a dance.

here's a slept on mj hit from back in the day.
and here's some people dancing

Music for Today

Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day

sunday night jam

ohhhyessssirrrr....what's the 411(1992)

Sunday Night Jam

A triple threat type night for y'all.

First, we give you Thao Nguyen doing a performance of her song "Big Kids Table" that she did for a Parisian radio station:


Second, we have some Consequence and Kid Cudi doing a little twist on A Tribe Called Quest's "Buggin Out"


The final hit for the night was requested in the comments from last week, actually the only comment from last week. Whatever. It's a little country and a little slow but it might be my favourite Garth Brooks song even though he released it when he was pretending to be Chris Gaines, but "It Don't Matter To The Sun" kicks ass.

Dammit! It's not on youtube. Well if you ever get a chance to listen to it, do so. But don't bother listening to that Rosie Thomas cover. It's good but it ain't no Garth.

To make up for it here is Garth doing "More Than a Memory"

I Was Thinking What You Are Saying

Sometimes I love the guy and other times it's like he is talking jambalaya. This is one of those times I love him.

Maher is pretty spot on with his assesment of Obama: "Get out of the spotlight and do something! You're like Lindsay Lohan."

Obama has good intentions, but good intentions can be wasted without a good fight. To be fair, he has completed a lot of little task, but where are the big things? Why does it seem like he is just dancing around serious change? He is reminding me of that girl is high school that flirted like crazy, but never put out. This needs to change.

Take a gander: