Cheech Tremendous

I'm thinking suicide. The guy roots for the Hawks AND the Falcons. It's surprising he even made it this far.

Knicks plan to waive Stephon Marbury I think we all saw this coming months ago, but it's still fairly big news. Looks like Walsh wants to remove any and all ties to the previous regime. Marbury seems like the type of guy who could get in shape and have a great year just to say "I told you so." The article suggests Miami as a fit, but I don't see that one at all. He needs to go somewhere where he can have the ball in his hands. Wade, Marion, Beasley and Marbury on one team? Not until they change the rules to allow two balls on the court.

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I know that the sound quality is phenomenal with Bose, but I don't think that it will help you with your reception problem. I think there are other (re: cheaper) ways to fix that.

When has Austin even hinted at returning for a match at Mania?

What does this even mean? In a post Benoit world, you should understand what that means. I still don't have a clue what you are talking about. Please enlighten me.

What does this even mean?

I don't know how anyone could decide whether or not Kiffin was a good coach based on the results of 19 games. As a young and inexperienced coach he probably needed at least three years in charge to get a good idea of what he was capable of. Davis is just way too trigger happy. Since Gruden left the Raiders have gone through Callahan, Turner, Shell and now Kiffin. They need stability more than anything. Also, there is a difference between wanting complete control of football operations and just having a say in personnel decisions. I think Kiffin just wanted the latter. DeAngelo Hall and Javon Walker? Everyone in the league knows those guys suck. Taking McFadden when they already had 3 capable RBs? How could anyone be expected to succeed with those kind of talent decisions?

Have you heard Tonight's the Night? I think that and On the Beach are essential for anyone who likes Neil Young but your mileage may vary. Just don't go in expecting anything like Harvest or After the Gold Rush.

As much as I love a hoppy beer, I slightly prefer the 60 Minute IPA to the 90 Minute IPA. I find the former to be slightly more drinkable. Doesn't mean I won't indulge with the 90 from time to time. Still have never seen nor tried the famed 120 Minute.

Both. Hogan bombed in the role as champion, but there never any long-term plans to keep him that role. The nostalgic kick wore off really quickly once the people saw a 50-year-old man doing an 80s schtick every week. Even then, the transition to Taker was already planned before Hulk got the belt.

Consequently, that might be my favorite part of the entire album. Yeah, I know it *sounds* like crap, but the guy's basically falling apart on the microphone for the first half of the album and it just hits that epic climax in "Mellow My Mind."

Regarding lost classics, I still need to find a copy of Time Fades Away. Buying vinyl on ebay doesn't really thrill me. I think you've gone on record with your dislike of Tonight's the Night. And honestly, if you didn't like that one, I can see why On the Beach doesn't really register with you. Different content, obviously, but thematically they are really similar.

Re: "Ambulance Blues" It is unfocused and meandering, but I don't mind that sort of thing as an album closer. I think if it was stuck right in the middle it'd feel a little weird. As far as being disjointed, yeah the track is like three songs in one. Just seemed like Young was trying to air everything out at once. I can see someone not liking it though.

Last week I introduced my new idea for a weekly music thread. The first choice, Rocks, proved to be something of a let down. For this week's installment I have chosen a critically acclaimed but commercially forgotten powerhouse of an album from one of rock's legends. Neil Young - On the Beach On the Beach is the final release of Young's doom trilogy (Tonight's the Night, Time Fades Away, On the Beach), the post-Harvest output characterized by muddy production and bleak subject matter. Although critically regarded as one of Young's best, On the Beach was out of print for close to twenty years before its CD release in 2003, resulting in the album being largely forgotten. Side 1 "Walk On" "See the Sky About to Rain" "Revolution Blues" "For the Turnstiles" "Vampire Blues" Despite the despair and doom connotations thrown out in regards to the album, Side 1 starts out on something of a high note. "Walk On" is a nice fuck you response to the negative press Young was receiving at the time, delivered over some good riffs. "See the Sky..." is a beautiful melodic piece that came from the Harvest era. The album picks up steam over the last three tracks, featuring Young's views of Charles Manson, overblown rock tours and the oil industry, respectively. Side 2 "On the Beach" "Motion Pictures" "Ambulance Blues" Muddled, distorted and moody, Side 2 features three brilliant tracks. Reportedly recorded while Young and his band consumed a honey-weed mixture described as "much worse than heroin", the side feels very bleak. The tracks here are dark, but in a way sound cathartic for Young. Young essentially confronts all the issues that are making him miserable, saying goodbye to the despair that nearly wrecked his life post-Harvest. I can't really do this stuff justice in a paragraph. It's brilliant work. On the Neil Young spectrum of great albums, I'd slot this one just behind Tonight's the Night, but still ahead of Rust Never Sleeps and the early classics. It's slightly more accessible that the aforementioned album, but casual fans familiar with Young's radio hits might still be turned off.

My attitude would suck too if I were put into his position. He was made to look inept by having the Rob Ryan firing overturned by Davis, followed by the resignation letter fiasco and finally, being left out of team meetings and rumored to be fired. The guy was supposed to be the coach and he was completely neutered.

It has to be Rob Ryan, right? The whole reason that Lane is on his way out his because Al chose Ryan over what Lane wanted to do. Might as well give him the job. For what it's worth, I liked Kiffin and thought the team was heading in the right direction, but obviously the relationship was fractured beyond repair at this point. Rob Ryan was the guy I wanted to get the job two years ago, so huzzah I guess.

Yeah, Hogan gave up his title shot for a match with Sid after Sid walked out on him at Saturday Night's Main Event in the tag match against Ric Flair and Undertaker. Since Tunney claimed Savage was the #2 contender (despite Piper being the IC champ), Savage was given the title match. Has anyone (Meltzer?) definitely cleared up what the hell was going on with the booking here? I've heard everything from Sid being promised the main event when he signed to McMahon getting cold feet at the last minute because the Flair-Hogan program wasn't drawing that well on the house show circuit. The booking of the Rumble didn't really seem to establish the possibility of a Flair-Savage match. Was that plan in place when this match happened?

That's not really true, as Austin returned in 2000. The show where he returned, Unforgiven, drew a monster buyrate. Business didn't start to go down until after he turned heel in April of 01, which was months after he returned. Okay, so tack on another six months. Still doesn't hold up that well against Hogan's run of 8 years (or even Sammartino's insanely long run).

There are a couple problems with calling Steve Austin the face of the franchise. While he definitely had the biggest peak of any of the wrestlers we are discussing, there are essentially two issues that reflect negatively in comparison with someone like Hogan. 1. Longevity - Steve Austin had a run that only lasted about 18 months. His run started with the Mania win over Michaels and more or less ended at Survivor Series '99. The fact that business went up in 2000 with Rock and Triple H on top and tanked when he returned in 2001 is telling as well. 2. Contemporaries - While Austin was the definitive top guy in WWF, the NWO, DX, Goldberg and Vince McMahon were all huge in their own right during his run. The fact that Austin never really drew outside of his feud with Vince is a major negative. While Hogan was the key ingredient to success in the eighties, the formula included a lot of different things during the Monday night wars.

In that scenario they'd have to let Marion walk to have enough money to sign Boozer.

He'll get max offers from other teams. I don't know if he'll leave for sure, but if the money's the same I'm not sure why anyone would choose to stay in Utah. Miami, for instance, will throw huge money at him. Playing with Wade and Beasley in the East? Doesn't sound too bad.

I made a few changes to your post.

Those are the Raiders I know. Fuck.

EDIT: Nevermind