Throwback Thursday: "Electric Relaxation" -- A Tribe Called Quest

I'm kind of ashamed that it's taken me this long to bring some good ol' ATCQ to the page. Classic track here. Video's cool, but I always hate when the action taking place in a video doesn't really synch up with what's going on in the song.

Tail Report: Dania Ramirez

If you've been following the new season of Entourage, you've likely been asking yourself just who that is playing the mami so fine that she made Turtle forget that being the boss means being liable for sexual harassment suits. Well her name is Dania Ramirez, and she's also Maxim's latest covergirl.

[For those of you who actually read the articles, the interview with Dania can be found here.]

Drake's a C**t Tease

Pssh, big deal; I do this to girls at the bar every weekend.

USC Returns 2005 Heisman Trophy

Since winning the Lombardi in February, Reggie Bush has gradually been losing other prestigious trophies; first Kim Kardashian, and now the Heisman he earned while at USC.

From Rivals.com:

The University of Southern California will return the Heisman Trophy won by former star tailback Reggie Bush in 2005, incoming university president C.L. Max Nikias announced Tuesday.

Nikias delivered the news in a memorandum, adding that he has instructed the athletic department to remove murals of Bush and former basketball star O.J. Mayo from university grounds. Improper benefits taken by Bush and Mayo during their time at USC prompted wide-ranging NCAA sanctions leveled against the school last month

The university will also be removing Mayo and Bush's jerseys, pictures, and various paraphenalia from various school facilities, including the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.

Young Baller

This is a great piece from ESPN and ABC. Jailen Cooper, I'm proud to be a fellow member of Raider Nation with you.



[Side note: McFadden didn't take a dive in this piece -- it's just that easy to tackle him. Anyone who's watched an Oakland game over the last couple of years will attest.]

Just Saying...

Lindsay Lohan -- 2 official mugshots.




Rick Ross -- 1 official mugshot.





Also, Lindsay looks a lot better on Complex Magazine's cover than Ross ever could.





Winner: Lindsay. (FREE LILO!)

Show Me Your Noobs

Internet pimping is nothing new. I would venture that between 40 to 60% of people my age—especially guys—have at some point in their lives engaged in some level of electronic gaming that didn't involve joysticks (well, I mean...). One gent from England, however, has taken it to a level well beyond anything most of us could imagine.

From The Huffington Post:

Clive Worth, 60, claims to have met and "bedded" around 1,500 women online.

He's connected with 300 of those women using Facebook, a tactic Worth says has gotten him kicked off of the social networking site—multiple times.

The British ex-miner told Metro UK that he has had his Facebook profile removed four times. "Facebook don’t give me a reason any more, they just remove me," Worth said.

If these numbers are acurate, I think it might be safe to crown Mr. Worth "The Wilt Chamberlain of the internet". I find it surprising, though, that Facebook has tried ban Worth from their site as a result. Although the site doesn't qualify as a democracy, and therefore you can't argue that they are infringing upon any rights of his, it is an overbearing move. Why should they care if he's pimped 300 women using their site? Nothing he has done is illegal, unless the UK has some kind of crazy anti-pimping laws in place. Even more laughable is Facebook's response:

A Facebook spokesperson countered that Facebook is "not the place to meet people you don’t know."

Really? Is that why it suggests people to me with whom I share a mutual friend? Is this the same social networking site that owes a fair share of its popularity to games such as Mob Wars, Mafia Wars, Farmville, and others that encourage you to interact with other people—typically strangers—in an online "community"?

It's Friday

Time to flip the script...

"When it comes to mine, take it in blood"

When you don't feel like driving your Benz to the opera, and don't feel like watching the latest film releases in your private screening room, what are you, the filthy-rich cricket fan to do? Why not turn the pages of a book that costs more than most people make in a year?

From The Wall Street Journal:

For $75,000, you can buy a piece of Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar.

Luxury publisher Kraken Opus mixed in a pint of Mr. Tendulkar's blood with paper pulp to create the signature page for a book celebrating the renowned batsman's career. The 10 limited-edition copies, which comes out in February, cost $75,000 each and have already sold out.

At a time when newspapers, magazines, and book publishers are facing the inevitable decline of their industry, high-end publishing seems to be a growing niche. While the aforementioned paper-dependent products are being rapidly overtaken by the instantaneous, digital dazzle of internet-based entertainment, luxury books appear to be, for the moment, "e-proof".

"No one says, 'I want to download the e-edition of this book,' " says book analyst Michael Norris of research firm Simba Information. "If it's a physical object that's beautifully done, people see the value."

New LeBron Nike Ads

L-O-L

Took a Turn for the Douche

Ever been at a club and found yourself in the situation these two ladies are spitting on? I know I damn sure have. Garfunkel and Oates with the "mad phat Superfly stupid dope dumbass retarded bomb shit" flow.

LeBron Clowned at ESPY's

Interesting that the very network who aired the public relations debacle known as "The Decision" were the ones to own LeBron less than a week later.

Throwback Thursday: "Keep It on the Real" -- 3X Krazy

My fellow old heads should remember this one from the spring of '97. Listening to this reminds me of cruising around the night of graduation. Smooth, cool track.

Tail Report: Brooklyn Decker

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covergirl stole the show at the 2010 ESPYs last night. Mrs. Andy Roddick was easily the eye candy highlight of ESPN's annual awards ceremony.

From The Huffington Post:

Mind Right

It's always good to see hip-hop artists return to the genre's roots of political enlightenment. Jasiri X, a local MC from my town (Pittsburgh) put thought to pen, pen to page, and page to mic in scripting this track, an ode to Tim Wise's essay "Imagine if the Tea Party was Black".

From the video's YouTube page:

A few months ago, Tim Wise wrote a widely circulated article called, "Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black " which challenged America to take a close look at the hypocrisy of the Right Wing. Now, a Pittsburgh rapper is accepting his challenge in true Hip Hop form. Jasiri X has released a video called "What if the Tea Party was Black." The Hip Hop artist says that he got the idea when Paradise,a member of the pro-black rap group X-Clan, forwarded him a copy of Wise's article. "I saw the article and I liked the concept," says the rapper. So Jasiri hit the studio with producer Cynik Lethal while Paradise grabbed his video camera and they went on their mission to defeat the Right Wing propaganda machine.

Jasiri X's Myspace page

Air's Choice as an Heir?

The Kobe vs. LeBron tug-of-war may never end. But the man who may have more insight than anyone else regarding this debate sees a clear choice. It's also important to note that this video was taken last summer, prior to LeBron's playoff meltdown and "Miami Rhapsody", and long before Kobe's 5th championship.

From Ball Don't Lie:

F(u)CC'd

A major court ruling today reversed much of the overbearing Federal Communications Commission policy that came about during the Bush Administration. Network television stations—ironically, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting Co.—won a lawsuit that charged the FCC's indecency policy as being unconstitutional. As a result, the networks will no longer face enormous fines for airing "curse" words and other "profanity".

From the Los Angeles Times:

"Under the current policy, broadcasters must choose between not airing or censoring controversial programs and risking massive fines or possibly even loss of their licenses, and it is not surprising which option they choose," U.S. Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler wrote in Tuesday's 3-0 decision. "Indeed, there is ample evidence in the record that the FCC's indecency policy has chilled protected speech."

I applaud this decision. The fact that, in 2010, the concept of "curse words" still exists continues to dumbfound me. Me saying "fuck" does not destroy the lives of anyone, of any age, who happen to hear me say it. Words are words, and by now society should be at the point where such an antiquated idea as "bad words" is absurd to us.

Maybe we're finally on our way.

Christian Bale vs. Mel Gibson

This is good, but it would've been even better if they'd snuck in Tiger woods' call to his side thing, Jaimee Grubs, at the end.

Old Spice Guy's Personal Messages

I give Old Spice credit: they're milking this guy's 15 minutes for all it's worth. Here are some fantastic personalized video messages directed towards fans on Twitter Yahoo! Answers, and YouTube. (I've posted my favorite three, but there are 9 of them available at The Huffington Post.)

The-Dream's Reality

Guess the makeup bag ain't foolproof.

From The Huffington Post:

Christina Milian and husband The-Dream have called it quits, Us Weekly reports.

...The split comes amidst reports of The-Dream cheating with his assistant of a year, Melissa Santiago. Photos have surfaced of Melissa straddling The-Dream, sans wedding band, in the Caribbean ocean.

Fellas, you know what this means: Christina's single again. Strength and honor.