Fireworks, Hot Dogs, and Flags Oh My
I plain out love 4th of July weekend. My three favorite days of the year are St. Patrick's Day, 4th of July, and then my birthday. Speaking of my birthday, I have been told that this year is my Golden Birthday. Apparently I turn 31 on the 31st of July, which I think is even more special, because it is the last possible golden birthday you can have. So shouldn't that be like my Titanium Birthday?, because I think Titanium is better than everything. It is like Rock, nothin beats Rock.
I have been reading this site lately that I really like. It's called
McSweeney's. I always get a kick out of some great satire.
Anyone catch that finale of The Real Gilligan's Island? What a bad bad show. I heard they just had to cancel "Welcome to the Neighborhood", because it basically showed a bunch of white people freakin out when gays or Blacks moved next door. I guess that isn't suitable for Network TV. It was supposed to celebrate our differences. Sometimes, differences are better left uncelebrated I guess.
For all who were wondering who that hot chik was in the background of Goldberg's Bar Mitzvah picture, it was
Tanith Belbin. She is one of those crazy ice dancers who we found while looking to cast some TV show we are working on. Two words, Hott.
I was walking into the subway yesterday and saw a subway ad for J Date. The tagline was "Where it Happens". I 'd like to know where what happens. Torah Study?, expensive dates with limos and no pay offs?? It was the stupidest ad I had ever seen. Oh, and also for all you Christians, there is always
Big Church. We are an equal opportunity blog here.
Everyone have a great 4th. Tom is your party Sunday or Monday? If it is Monday, I might be able to make it to reenact the famous "Lenin Incident".
Peace out.
Meet the new Mets... same as the old Mets
With all of the blockbuster trade rumors flying around, this item was missed.
Mr. Met passed the torch yesterday to Condi Rice. Ms. Rice will take over as Mets mascot starting with the next series against the Marlins.
Rice was quoted as saying "I know my head is slightly smaller, but that won't stop me from performing my duties".
At press time, Sonny could not be reached for comment.
Knicks Suck
All I can say today is that the Knicks are pretty bad at drafting. Who is Nate Robinson? I would have rather taken Master P with that pick. Now he was a pretty good player.
Mets won, Yanks lost - nuff said. That Brian Roberts is pretty damn good.
Roger Federer is a really good tennis player, probably the best ever. He should win Wimbledon again.
Anyone catch that Bush speech last night. Guy is starting to sound like the teacher in Charlie Brown cartoons.
I found a picture from Goldberg's Bar Mitzvah. He's the one on the right.
So a quick list of shows to keep you occupied during the summer weeknights
5) The Scholar
4) Hells Kitchen
3) Rescue Me
2) 30 days
1) Real World Austin - yes I don't care if I am almost 31 - Joanna and Melinda are sooooo hott
Boring News Day
Absolutely nothing at all to comment about today. I mean, there's the
good fight that Paula Abdul is fighting. I mean, it's no "dance off" like she did with MC Scat Kat back in 1989, but it'll do.
Mr. Met asked me if i had heard about "
Zombie Dogs"... I personally like the Post's "Franken Dog" headline better. Didn't anyone see
Pet Sematary?
If you wanna find all the cops they're hanging out in the donut shops... I think the headline for this should be
Stereotype HappensBeing a degenerate gambler, I think the reason that internet was invented was for
this. My favorite is the Bush threesome. I don't know about you, but when i think of a Bush threesome it doesn't involve George W and Jeb.
Weekend Review
What a great weekend. Good weather. Great Sports (if you are a Mets fan), and as always, good drinkin and eatin.
I was in Vermont this weekend playing golf. There are three things that are really really good in Vermont:
1) Cheddar - great on burgers
2) Syrup
3) Bacon - it is always apple smoked and man is it good.
Adding to the bands from Friday, check out
Donovan Frankenreiter. Sounds like Jack Johnson, but is really good. Even better he is a pro surfer. I met him a couple weeks ago and he couldn't be nicer.
Yes, it has been confirmed, my friend Sonny is Mr. Met. An unbelievable job getting the team psyched up for this season by the way.
So I just saw the preview for the remake of
The Bad News Bears. I am just not to sure about this one. I mean
Walter Matthau. And no one can replace a pre-coked out
Tatum O'Neal.
This weeks a big week as if you are lucky to get Friday off you have two four day weeks of work. Always a good thing if you ask me. Unfortunately I will be missing my buddy Tom's Rooftop 4th of July cookout above Red Square.
I will be in Cape Cod wearing pants so loud I might just have to kick my own ass. I will go to one of the greatest Happy Hours you will ever go to at the Improper Bostonian. This guy named
Jim Plunkett (no not that Jim Plunkett) plays all afternoon, and it is incredible.
Peace out.
Cool Stuff That I Discovered Over the Past Month
So, I figured that going in to the weekend, I'd list a few cool things that I discovered over the past few weeks. So, in no particular order:
- Galvanize by the Chemical Brothers with Q-Tip
- Brazillian Girls- the band, not the indigenous females of the South American country (not that I have anything against actual Brazillian girs, but thats a whole other post)
- Feel Good, Inc. by Gorillaz
- The Lonesome Doves ... I don't know how to describe them, but i caught them at a C-N-B-CN show this week and had a blast
I also discovered that I don't care that the Spurs won and I watched less than 30 seconds of the NBA finals- combined.
The most important discovery of the past 24 hours is that
Tom Cruise apparently knows more about psychiatry than Matt Lauer, which means that Tom Cruise knows slightly more about psychiatry than the coffee stain on my desk.
Go Mets!
New Banner
First off, thanks to Schwizzle for knighting me with "guest contributor" status. As my first order of business, I am calling to the floor a vote on the new logo at the top of the page. Feel free to leave any coments and/or suggestions.
Since this site seems to have a good portion of it dedicated to Top 5 lists, here is my list of Top 5 things that I hate to admidt that I love:
5) Coldplay
4) Tom Cruise and his new beard... i mean fiance (it's like watching a train wreck)
3
) Xena: Warrior Princess reruns
2) Finding the movie
Bio-dome on late night cable. I mean, come on... Pauly Shore, a Baldwin, and that guy who played Dick Thornberg in
Die Hard...thats a winning combination
1) Lindsay Lohan as a coked out sleazy party girl
Afternoon Nostalgia
Sorry for being a little delinquent on the updates.
Was just talking to a friend earlier and it made me think of a New Top 5. We were recounting the great stories and episodes of that great 1970's hit and 80's rerun blockbuster "What's Happening". I mean hands down just a class act of a show. The cast was terrific, the catch phrases awesome...."No Roger No ReRun No Rent!", "Ooooh Rog, you're gonn get it".
The point that was made was that every episode was the same yet we still watched it every day after we came home from doing whatever it was we did in the afternoons after school. It never failed, the suburban white kids had a block of reruns from like 5-7 like no other. I mean did any of us ever even watch these shows when they were in Primetime?
So with that, I give you my Top 5. i think we could even do a Top 10, so if anyone wants to chime in with that, more power.
The Top 5 1980's After School Re-Runs5) Facts of Life - one word, Blair
4) Different Strokes - Whatchu Talkin About Willis?
3) What's Happenin? - The Greatest Fat Jokes ever told, and how 'bout that ReRun dance
2) Saved by the Bell - trite story lines, and predictable outcomes, but Jesse and Kelly??
1) Three's Company - I mean who wasn't waiting for that Chrissy on Janet lesbian scene
So there you have it. We could get into the hour long shows like A-Team, and Knight Rider, and Batman, but that is just a whole other discussion altogether.
News & NotesI work right next to Madame Teuseau's and yesterday they had Michael Jackson out front. yet there was no little boy next to him...surprising.
I was watching a story about that teenager in Aruba, and one of the guys in custody was named van Der Loot. I mean first rule, never hang out with anyone named van Der Loot.
Can anyone tell me what the Yankees are smokin?
Holzer's Birthday Party is tonight. I heard he did a mass email on JDate.
Yet another great story on front page of Yahoo! - Brain Cells 'Recognize' Famous People. Now that's awesome
Where in the World is My dinner?
Michael Jackson was found not guilty today counts. I mean at least give this guy a fine or some probation for being guilty of being a complete freakshow. I am sure now just in time for Xmas Michael will release a new album self titled just "Michael". It will sell a billion copies so he can pay for all his legal bills, and of course some pending civil suit settlement.
I learned today that Katie Holmes is going to convert to Scientology. I mean can someone please tell me what the hell happened to this cute little girl who used to be on Dawson's Creek. i heard that next, Pitt and Jolie are going to get married and take up the Kaballah.
Oh yeah, and something happened with the war in Iraq today, but I just can't remember, because I've been bombarded with who is going to be the next Food Network star or who is going to win that dancing show.
I am just wondering if it is that important that we are so thoroughly entertained so we can forget about whatever important things are going on in the world. if we spent as much energy on keeping up with all of these "real life" shows as we did on actually caring about the real issues, shit might actual get done.
A new Top 5 includes Top 5 Burger Places in NYC
5) Tuesday Night Burger Night at Waterloo Tavern
4) McHale's
3) Corner Bistro
2) Burger Joint at Parker Meridien
1) JG Melons
Keep it Gangsta.
Jewtopia Now!
First things first. I saw GlenGarry GlenRoss tonight and what a great show. If anyone hasn't seen this movie (featuring a jumped the shark Al Pacino), i suggest you go out and get it. A great cast put on a great show, and it was great. Liev Schreiber plays the incomparable Richard Roma and it was quite enjoyable.
While perusing the Playbill's listing of shows, I ran across a little show called Jewtopia. the tagline was "A jewish Man searches for the perfect jewish girl". Made me think of two guys named Holzer & Goldberg. Maybe they should check it out. Maybe they'll meet some nice girls there.
A couple of suggestions for people:
1) Watch The Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel. If you have DVR, do it, you won't be disappointed
2) if you want a thoroughly random drunken evening of drinking manhattans, rob roy's or cosmos for the girls, go to bemmelman's bar and see loston harris. a unique experience you won't forget
3) I heard the boat basin has been open for a little while now. i think everyone should go there one Saturday afternoon.
For all those that had other suggestions for sushi, that was just MY top 5. while sushi samba does have a nice upstairs, soetimes the tradeoff between fanciness, and just the taste of good fish is not all its cracked up to be
Observations
The Scholar on ABC is a pretty good show. I like a good show that has quizzes on it, and preys on the emotions of poor smart kids. There definitely will be some good drama on this summer hit.
Liverpool should be in the Champions League next year. They won the title and should be allowed to defend it. If it means having a play-in game between some team from Turkey and Alabania, then so be it.
I am kind of sick and tired of rich hollywood types a) catsigating the media for making up stories about them, and then b) talking about how everyone should be doing more in Africa. First of all, your whole life is make believe, so shove it. Second, why don't half your $20 million per movie and donate it to the Sudan. That should make you feel better.
The subway is really hot in the summer. That is why I have started taking the crosstown bus.
Enough Danica Patrick. Sure she's hot, but you can't even see her in her racecar. Now, bikini in a dune buggy, that might work.
My favorite thing on the Yahoo! Front Page is that little random article about the weirdest thing you can possibly imagine. At this very moment its Seattle Tops list for Wireless Web Access. That's informative stuff right there.
Lists
Today we post several Top 5 Lists for the week.
Top 5 Best Bachelor Party Locales5) NYC
4) South Beach
3) Las Vegas
2) Montreal
1) New Orleans
Top 5 Reality TV Show of All Time5) Survivor
4) Laguna Beach - The Real OC
3) Temptation Island
2) Amazing Race
1) Paradise Hotel
and
Top 5 Sushi Restaurants in NYC5) Haru
4) Sushi Zen
3) Bond Street
2) Sushi of Gari
1) Poke Restaurant
