I know I am... since Kanye West is playing the NFL's free kickoff concert. Kanye swears he's not gonna drop any more bombs, but one can always hope. Every blogger on god's green Earth has already sounded off on this (Lindsayism has posted some related goodies), so no further comments are necessary. It's nice to see that Jigga's got Kanye's back, though.
On a slightly related note... Why, exactly, is football season starting? After 9/11, the season was postponed despite the fact that no venues were actually affected in any way. In this case, however, both the New Orleans Saints and the Houston Texans are without a stadium. Also, the death toll in this case is much higher (according to most estimates, anyway) and the lasting effects, especially in the South, promise to be more devastating. So seriously, why not put the NFL on hold for a few weeks? Wait! Of course! It's because if football doesn't go on, then the hurricanes have won.
(Are the Miami Hurricanes going to change their name? Probably not. If the Washington Redskins have managed to keep their name this long, nothing is verboten.)
Other, less sober music stuff:
"Everything Sounds like Coldplay Now" [link via Stereogum]
Antony and the Johnsons have won this year's Mercury Prize, which would be great news had they not beaten out Bloc Party and M.I.A. Seriously, WTF???
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