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Mark Henry.

Milwaukee Brewers are really picking on Beckett/Leiter so far in Florida...

Jay-Z - Encore

A true legend of football...and one of the most important coaches ever for his work during the AFL-NFL merger.

I highly recommend that you buy that ticket.

I saw Jackyl and Sister Hazel this weekend at my local town's 'Riverfest'. Jackyl is a terrible imitation of AC/DC....Sister Hazel was a fun flashback to the 90s.

I thought your Wrestlemania 13 was the best show so far. A 4 1/2 star Owen-Bulldog match to open...Austin-Pillman one on one (Im surprised this didnt break ***)...another classic with Bret-HBK, and the street fight (the second best match at the real Mania) made for a really stellar undercard. Vader vs Taker was the main event that shouldve been booked at the time, the top rope chokeslam would have been pretty hot, and *** stars is no stretch for those two at the time. You turned a terrible show with one classic and one good street fight into a legit classic. Two ****+ matches and three more around *** with a far better main event. Kudos. Overall, you have created a much more compelling uppercard than what we had for real at this time.

Im glad Carlos Lee made the list.

All day long its been songs cut off short by the vh1/mtv people, wearing expensive looking clothes, and jabbering about ending world poverty. This shits pathetic. Im sure its totally better live, but the televised show today is a joke. And I cant wait to see 3/4 of Comfortably Numb.

Is it really that hard for vh1/mtv to just show the entire fucking songs?

Possible shades of Watergate?

Anyone else here notice the Iron & Wine song on an M&M's commercial? Its kinda depressing that he's gone the ad-revenue route, but hopefully it can expand his audience...Sam Beam is hugely talented and passionate.

Its nice to see that America's horrid state of mainstrwam music is well-represented in Philly.

Just like 1998?

He wouldnt have to suck Henry Ford's mojo if he he'd just put out a somewhat respectable product. Cars, beer, etc all spend huge money to run ads during stupid reality series', boxing matches, talk shows, etc.

I remember really thinking that Vader should have won the title WWF title in '96.

Woody Weatherman has always been with the band, and Mike Dean has been on all but one album You were right about LA Guns having all the founding members leaving the band. Ratt still has their founding guitarist and drummer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think, but dont know, that Stephen Pearcy tours with a 'Ratt' of his own. Are there any original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd left?

Quick note - Bloc Party seemed a bit boring live.

Jack Kerouac - The Town and the City

I like how he changed it... With this the main event scene has HBK, Austin, Vader, Taker and Bret with Mankind, HHH, Mero, and Sid just below that in the upper midcard during Sept 1996. In reality it was HBK, Vader, and Taker at main event with Mankind and Sid at the upper midcard. Austin was wrestling Yokozuna on free for all that Summerslam, there was no Bret, and HHH and Mero were midcard at best. I like the new version.

I like the change for the Summerslam main event.

This is definitely the HHH era (2002-present), but there really hasn't been a constant #2 guy during that whole time. Brock was big, yes, but his time ended 18 months ago and at his peak he was never seen to be as dominant as HHH has been. Angle, Brock, Taker, HBK...they've all had runs at the top, but have always dropped down for significant amounts of time too. Is that due to the booking? Yes, but the fact remains that HHH has been the only wrestler to have constant dominance over the last 4 years. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And business has been none the worse for it.

Espn Classic's website doesnt list it as one of the fights, but I assume it will be a part of one of the shows during the marathon where the matches arent listed. I dont know how they could go a whole weekend without showing Ali's best fight.

Anyone know why the Brewers-Cubs game, with Wood and Sheets pitching, wasnt televised today?

I havent really bought many new cds this year...I tend to be a bit behind on cds, and I usually tend to spend my musical budget on live shows. So heres a lil list of the best bands I saw for the first time this year. 20. Joss Stone - Surprisingly awesome set at Bonnaroo 19. Shadows Fall - Good opening band on the Slipknot our. 18 - Be Good Tanyas - Sweet alternative-folk girlies on the Sasquatch Festival second stage 17.The Perceptionists - Brilliant late-night hiphop at Bonnaroo 16.3 Inches of Blood - Good old school metal. 15.Karl Densons Tiny Universe - A mindboggling (although my mind was already pleny boggled) late night 5 hour set at Bonnaroo 14.Melee - Sunny pop tunes out of Socal. I was lucky to see them at my local little club in Wisconsin. 13.DJ Krush - Best live dj set Ive ever seen/heard. Bonnaroo late night. 12.Lamb of God - Damn good heavy band supporting Slipknot on that Subliminal Verses tour. They played alot longer than I expected and it was all worth every econd. 11.Tsunami Bomb - Fun punk band...packed crowd...boiling local music club. 10.Cocorosie - Really talented and unique sounding band of two sisters from Canada. They played a crazy good show opening for Bright Eyes. Should have a new cd out in a few months 9.Josh Ritter - Amazing singer-songwriter on an early set at a small tent at Bonnaroo. He carries a nice Irish Jeff Buckley vibe. After his show I shared some snack crackers with him, good time. 8.Jurassic 5 - Not the newest band on my list but it was my first time seeing them, at Bonnaroo. Great set with some new songs...there should be a new record out later this year. 7.The Dears - One of the early bands on the second stage of Sasquatch Fest in WA. A supremely talented lead singer with great female backup and a full band with lots of energy and unique catchy songs. 6.The Clumsy Lovers - Sweet Celtic-blugrass-rock band from Canada. They played a crazy booze-soaked set at a Madison WI saloon in support of their new (awesome) cd 'Smart Kid' 5. Iron & Wine - Very emotional performance at Bonnaroo. Highlights included Woman King, Jezebel, As We Came, and a cover of Neil Young's Mr Soul. 4.Motion City Soundtrack - An exhausting punk show at my local furnace/club. Ive never sweat so much in my life...and this band is far better than any other 'punk' on tv/radio right now, save Green Day. 3.Kanye West - He played the mainstage at the Sasquatch Fest at the Gorge Amph in Washington...on a lineup of altrock bands like Modest Mouse, Pixies, Bloc Party, etc. He had alot to prove to the foreign audience and he pulled it off amazingly. He made a new fan of me with an energetic set (under a near 100 degree sun) of tracks from College Dropout and upcoming cuts. 2.Bright Eyes - A great set at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee from January. One of his first performances of 'When the President Talks to God'. He drank prodigiously and played for a couple hours, most of the new acoustic disc and about 10 older tracks. Also the first guy Ive ever seen smash his guitar live...and Ive seen over 250 bands. 1.Saul Williams - An incredble performance...a sweet knockout punch to the soul that left me farflung moved and deeply thoughtful. He played just before the Mars Volta at Bonnaroo, I waited for hours, missed DMB, it was all totaly worth it. His nonstop flow of intelligent and mindsnapping poetry was among the best shows Ive ever seen. I chose not to include other good shows like Modest Mouse, Slipknot, Ratdog, Allman Bros, John Prine, and more because I had either already seen them prior to this year or they were clearly not a 'newish' band.