Coffin Surfer

Houston and The Twin Towers actually had more playoff success than the early Jordan/Bulls, even reaching the finals and making a decent run against Bird's Celtics. What does that prove, absolutely nothing about anything. Silly question.

People forget what a beast the Dream was those years before the injury. The last of the great truly dominating centers, not even the younger more athletic Shaq could keep up with him. Those spin moves on the post.....damn.

Eh..I doubt Tony had the girlfriend killed. They did somewhat drop hints that she was possibly not well, something about headaches. The problem is that Hesh now distrusts T and could suspect her death to be foul play; burning what was left of their bridge.

What did Dallas in last night was shit lazy defense, they looked like they were two steps behind Golden State on every play. Lay up, lay up, wide open shot, wide open shot, lay up. Dirk came out on fire, crashing the boards, dropping short jump shots from the baseline and midrange like he should have been doing the whole series. Than he just gave up and went out like a punk, pathetic. I still think Dallas will win the series but I doubt they'll get past Phoenix.

I haven't seen a great deal of the 50's to judge, but from the late 60s to mid 70s the overall quality was pretty incredible. People like to say they didn't play defense but the real reason for the inflated scores is that the offense and work rate was just that outstanding. Watch a guy like Havlicek, this guy is sprinting full force for an entire game(sometimes several overtimes), executing everything perfectly, dropping shots effortlessly, playing hard d, constantly moving. It's unreal. He would run circles around anybody today, anybody. Check out the Boston/Phoneix 76 finals series if you don't believe me, either team would dominate or at least raise serious havoc today. They would probably even give Jordan's Bulls a serious run. The decline in the NBA can be traced to numerous things....poor work habits, the death of college development, over expansion. You name it.

Those certainly weren't THE Showtime Lakers. The show closed a few years before this actually as the Bad Boys won the past couple titles, are you being serious? Now if it was the 87 Lakers vs. 96 Bulls, things would be alot more interesting I believe.

I don't think there's ever been better athletes to play basketball than Chamberlain, Havlicek and Oscar Roberstson and they played in the sixities. People always see the image of Chamberlain's time in L.A. when his health declined and forget how agile and quick used to be in his early days, puts any big man from today to shame in terms of physical ability; and it would be very scary to see what would happen if he peaked in an age where it would be illegal to triple team somebody before they touched ball. Overall, you may have a point but guys like that could excel in most any era. I'd say the NBA probably peaked in the 80s and early 90s in terms of skill/athleticism, and sheer number of great players.

"Yeah, but Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington and Matt Barnes all have freakishly wide wingspand enabling them to play alot bigger than they are." But it's not like they are going to swat down his short fadeway or pull up, that can't be stopped. The point is that Dirk is drawing the double when he makes his move on the inside, it's just there is nowhere to go with it most of the time. I'm not applying Dirk is going to get Shaq rushed when he touches in the post but there is something there to exploit. "Plus Dirk sets shitty screens so the Warriors guards have just been stepping through it and not switching." Eh....he's generally effective at getting Terry open at the very least. Though I haven't really seen it attempted much in this series, hell more screens from anybody would be a good idea especially when you have so many slashers.

"Because he isn't a more than capable scorer with his back to the basket. his strength is his slashing which makes bigs have to give him room, and that deadly jumpshot makes you pay for giving him that room." Not when he's being guarded by smaller players. Dirk is doubled frequently when he's posting against the smaller man for obvious reasons, it's just he ends up having to throw the ball away to somebody that isn't in position to do anything or he has to take a bad shot until four flaying arms. I also don't see the effective pick and roll they used so well last year, where Dirk could easily shoot over the smaller man from midrange.

Yeah, Dallas still wasn't very convincing. I don't think they'll drop both games at Golden State as I'm sure they have some confidence back, but they still aren't playing that great. Again, I'm puzzled as to why they don't better utilize Dirk on the inside and make them pay for the double/triple teams. Dirk seems to be a more than capable feeder when he has somebody to dish to, why nobody is spotting up or cutting to the basket is a mystery to me.

Speaking of Patton, you could throw in "Director's Cut" from Fantomas as a unique outing, since their other releases are more Zorn inspired cut up music, even "Delirium.." to some degree. Speaking of Zorn, perhaps "Absinthe" from Naked City.

Dallas pretty much showed the same weakness they've shown all year, a fucking terrible offensive system. Every trip down the court, it's up to one guy to pretty much create his own shot, while the other four stand around with their thumbs up their ass. They have plenty of excellent one on one scorers so this works for the most part, but in situations like last night, a smart team can easily shut it down. I can't see them beating well oiled machines like Phoenix with constant isolation like this(hell, nobody is even slashing or spotting up for the double team), and yes, they may not even beat Nelson's Golden State.

"Damnation"-Opeth And I actually think it's their best.

The Tornoto/Nets game ended up being pretty fun, and I wasn't even interested in the series. Miami bitching about officiating is pretty funny, especially in a game where one of the Bull's stars picked up 4 fouls in like 7 minutes of play, including a Wade flop. Today's sports headlines read something like "Shaq calls out refs......after Bull's win." WTF? Utah fell apart in the second half, but there going to be much more dangerous than I originally thought to Houston.

I very much enjoy the first Mineral album, especially the oddly moving noise guitars. I really wouldn't consider them emo these days, at one time maybe, but the term doesn't really apply to that type of music anymore. Now they do probably have more in common with My Bloody Valentine types.

Unforuantely, I'm out until further notice as time has not been on my side lately.

Barlow brought some damn good ham to "Angel Holocaust" and I mean that in the best way possible. Easily, my favorite Iced Earth song. "Dark Saga aka the Spawn Album" was harmless fun as well.

Good to see Wlad/Brewster II is on. This should answer some questions about Wlad's confidence and improving skill, and Brewster is always durable and dangerous. It also seems that Pete/Oleg is finally going to happen with Vitali apparently dropping out now, while Sultan/Briggs at the very least can hopefully inch us closer to a unifcation bout. This should be a pretty interesting summer for Heavyweight boxing.

"Have you heard her track from the Rolling Stones "Rock n Roll Circus"? The jam is awesome and then she just starts wailing and screaming. It's not for me but if you like her stuff you'd probably love it. The disc itself is awesome to, Lennon leading a "supergroup" in Yer Blues, The Who, Jethro Tull and of course the Stones. The track is called "Whole Lotta Yoko"." I've been meaning to hear the "Yer Blues" performance for some time, didn't know they jammed with Yoko as well. Thanks.

"I've never heard anyone who liked that song. Guess nothing can surprise me anymore, I just found it to be noise. " I'm also a huge Yoko Ono fan...well at least before she tried to do "proper songs." I prefer her to be screeching and sexually moaning over funky rock jams. The Lennon/Yoko stuff can be patience testing but Yoko's Plastic Ono Band release rocks. "I think Abbey Road is tremendous" I should revisit that one day, though I'm more of a "Blue Jay Way" man than a "Here Comes the Sun" one. " and the White Album is probably their best sounding work overall." It has some of my favorite moments but it also has too much stuff I don't really care for.

Next to "Happiness is A Warm Gun," "Revolution 9" is probably my favorite track off the White Album. Scary, hilarious, and head scratching at the same time. I personally find the other "Honey Pie" to be more offensive. "I like these songs...", at least somebody does. Oddly enough, "Magic Mystery Tour" is the only post Pepper era Beatles album I can get through, and it's not even a real album.

Complete nonsense! Early and Mid 90s All Japan is the perfect place to start. Some of the most colorful characters to ever grace the ring like Jumbo, Kobashi, Taue, and Fuchi as well as some of the coolest in Kawada and Misawa. The style is the possible peak of heayvweight work rate and athleticism. Than you have some of the most energetic and exciting performances and crowds ever. Nothing wrong with that. I blame years of bad information as the source of this misunderstanding. Why people don't get the style is a mystery to me. Here's some musings: -While there are faces and heels, the roles do switch from match to match depending on the situation though there's nothing subtle about it. -A lack of mat work and submission wrestling that States fans normally associate with greatness. -Difficutly accepting strikes as major offensive weapons or finishers even if their stiff as fuck. -Reading to much into back story when the real story is unfolding right in front of their faces. ALL the classics are stand alone and self explantory. Lead in matches help but are by no means essential. Yes, even 6/3/94 is easy to grasp without seeing a single previous match between the two. -Heavy early exposure to sluggish late 90s All Japan when head drops and bizzare selling became the norm as the match ups became stale and injuries/age slowed everybody down. -The odd American internet fan's over emphasis on limb work. Just because a guy was in arm bar doesn't mean he has to sell it like death for the rest of the fucking match! -A lack of bulging muscles and wavy hair???? -A lack of WWF Attitude era over the top trash talking and in your face characters? As even asshole heels like Kawada and Taue are much more humble in comparision to top US faces like Austin, early Hogan, and the like. If a US fan can't get into something like Misawa/Kobashi/Kawada vs. Jumbo/Fuchi/Taue 4/91 there is no hope. Some of the most fun you can have watching a wrestling match, end of story. If Kawada flipping off Fuchi doesn't bring a smile to your face, or you can't enjoy team Jumbo dicking over Kobashil while school girls in the crowd cry, than I don't know what to say.

1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (2) Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell - Prison Break SOUTHERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Vic Mackie - The Shield vs (2) Simon Adebisi-Oz EASTERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel vs (5) Andy Sipowicz-NYPD Blue vs (10) Dr. Gregory House - House M.D. For the love of fuck, House making it this far is pathetic; over Deadwood's Al no less. Disgraceful. This is badass not smartass. WESTERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Tony Sorpano-The Sopranos vs (2) Ryan O'Reily - Oz vs (10) Macgyver - Macgyver

Thanks for the comments. I don't mean to be anal, I just find it interesting to hear what the marker had to say. "I paid very close attention to the promos you guys wrote out during 'regular season', so to speak, and I didn't get any sort of impression that Danny was coming into this as the weak player. In fact, I got quite the opposite: That Danny was in ring shape. Here's my line of thinking." Your right, I just wanted to throw a swerve and more than tease the possiblity of Toxxic actually being correct; that after being away for so long, Williams wasn't ready for SWF Main Event competition. I didn't mean to imply Williams wasn't in shape, but that his reflexes were slower and he wasn't ready for someone as sharp as Toxxic. In retrospect, I should have made that more clear and I can understand the confusion.

Is the sub-heading too subtle? Justice, some sort of comments would be nice. Thank you.