Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Los Suns No Le Gusta El Free Speech
by NONPOPULIST / arts and crafts / free speech / NBA / sports / Comments
A couple of Phoenix Suns (NBA, gag me) fans decided to combine Los Suns’ playoff run and their love of arts and crafts to get their free speech on at a recent Suns playoff game. Recent as in the last round when Los Suns were still playing Los Spurs. What? They don’t do Los Spurs too? Why the hell not? They both border on Mexico and Texas is definitely more well-known for Mexican immigration. Regardless, the two Suns fans decided to write “Viva Los 1070″ on some ugly ass orange sweatshirts and let their opinion of supporting the recent immigration measure passed in Arizona be known. You know, the one people make fun of by saying “Show me your papers.” But wait, uh-oh, did they not know Los Suns have come out against 1070 in a move I view as pandering to any potential fans they can get. Are they hurting for fans that bad in Arizona? It turns out the two fans did know the Suns position and wore the shirts as a protest with one saying, ““If they’re going to shove their politics down my throat, I’m going make a message of my own.” Frankly I’m surprised this story isn’t getting more national attention because at one point during the game the arena security escorted the men away from their floor seats and asked them to remove their protest garb. After a discussion the men were allowed to continue wearing their shirts and returned to their seats amidst cheering, jeering, laughing, and high fives. “High five, bro, I totes dislike immigrants too!” It is believed by one of the men wearing the “Viva Los 1070″ shirts that the request from security came from someone associated with the TNT broadcast crew which a TNT spokesman has of course denied. The truth about where the request came from will probably not be known unless this story gets some more national traction. For now, one of the men who wore the controversial shirt has printed up 500 similar shirts and plans to start a website. And the two guys are getting free tickets and basketballs signed by Los Suns. Hmmm… maybe I should go protest at the nearest Miller High Life brewery. And that’s the end of that. *dusts off hands by clapping them together.*
Selling in This Market Is a ‘Field of Dreams’
by NONPOPULIST / Kevin Costner / movies / Nonpopulist / sports / viral marketing / Comments Off
Field of Dreams was a great movie. Kevin Costner was good in that movie. That’s how I choose to remember him, as Field of Dream Costner, not For the Love of the Game Costner. *Time slows down and I become a better blogger. The rest of this post will be typed in slow motion.*
T-h-e h-o-u-s-e a-n-d a-d-j-a-c-e-n-t f-i-e-l-d f-r-o-m t-h-e c-l-a-s-s-i-c m-o-v-i-e F-i-e-l-d o-f D-r-e-a-m-s i-s f-o-r s-a-l-e.
Damn, I can’t keep that up. But was at least that part better than usual? I was typing at a pretty high level there. Anyway, the owners of the house, Don and Becky Lansing, are ready to sell it off. They made a website solely for that purpose. View it here. I have to applaud them on the idea of making a website. Old people can get viral too apparently because this link is getting passed around like the last doobie at Woodstock. I think I just coined a phrase. /sploosh. The only problem is viral marketing is already beginning to show some cracks. The consuming public is beginning to see through these crazy youtube videos that end up being fake, and I see through the Lansing’s attempt. They are tired of being the owners of the Field of Dreams house and adjacent baseball field. The lady is tired of making lemonade for everyone who stops by to force a family moment by walking on the field and having a game of catch. People show up and probably expect the Lansing’s to have a Louisville Slugger, some balls, enough gloves for everyone, and fill out the field while the family bats around. They’re just getting too old for that mess. I don’t blame them. Good luck on trying to sell it, though.
If God Would Have Wanted Cars to Fly…
by NONPOPULIST / crazy videos / driving is not really a sport / sports / YouTubage / Comments
This video comes courtesy of FIA Formula 2 (is that really a thing?) driver Paul Rees’ onboard camera. The race took place in Marrakesh, Morocco, but the car you’ll see in this video probably ended up in Casablanca. Geography is not funny and neither are people’s lives. They are both serious business. The good stuff starts happening around the 1:20 mark. After the first few times you watch the video, make sure to watch the rear view camera in the bottom right hand corner. I missed that until about the 5th time I watched the video.
Question: If Nascar is for hicks and rednecks in America, is Indy car racing for hicks and rednecks around the globe?
The NFL Throwing TV Elbows
by NONPOPULIST / NFL / sports / TV / Comments
Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.
Onion Sports Coming to Comedy Central
by NONPOPULIST / comedy / Comedy Central / sports / The Onion / TV / Comments
The Onion is continuing its foray into television with the announcement that Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a scripted series built around Onion Sports. This news comes on the heels of IFC’s announcement they will air a show called Onion News Network in early 2011. Honestly I don’t know why this hasn’t happened sooner. Sure, The Onion went through a lull period a few years ago where it wasn’t completely hilarious. I don’t remember exactly when that was because I may or may not have been using controlled substances at the time, but the site has been funny for the past few years that I can remember. Looking at the bigger picture, The Onion moving to the small screen along with the success of shows such as Tosh.0 and WebSoup signal that some of the folks that handle programming for television are starting to realize there is good content online. I stop short of saying television executives are waking up because we are not talking about the big four networks and let’s face it, there is a lot of boring, unfunny crap on the internet also. In fact, you’re looking at evidence of that right now.
Quick and Edgy: Quick, While The Tourney Went to Commercial
by MICHAEL TUNISON / blogosphere / movies / sports / TV / Comments
There’s a good chance you’ve spent a sizable parts of yesterday and today watching college basketball. This will likely continue into the weekend. Any tournament watching experience can only be enriched by this Gus Johnson soundboard. RISE AND CLICK!
“Parks and Recreation’s” Ron F’n Swanson provides self-defense tips so you won’t have to count on the sorry government to save you.
Preliminary reports from hipster outposts suggest MacGruber may actually kinda, sorta not suck. Completely. At times.
Pilipina’s Got Talent. Frightening, otherworldly, kill-it-with-fire talent.
A short film based on Charles Burns’ harrowing classic graphic novel “Black Hole” has been posted online. Thanks to MTV’s Splash Page for digging it up.
[Top video courtesy HotHotJapanHot]
Shaq, Patron of the Crayon Arts
by MICHAEL TUNISON / Art / Shaquille O'Neal / sports / Comments
Shaq was approached by a New York art gallery about guest curating a show with art examining the concept of size. Possibly because he himself is large and also someone very willing to accept money for things he barely cares about. The gallery needed a name to get the press out and out they came. Perhaps out of boredom or a masochistic bent, these reporters pressed The Big Aristotle on his thoughts on the art world.
While Shaq’s ultrainclusive theory on art and size-oriented approach to curating raise a lot of interesting questions with regard to postmodernism, outsider art, and the transcendence of the mundane, mostly the reporters just asked him art-related questions about basketball. Asked who the most artistic players in the NBA is, he responded, “Lebron or Kobe.” Asked about the “art of his career”, he responded, “I was a very fruitful and likable player–made my living off crayon art.” (No clue.) Asked about what the photo of the girl with her vagina showing had to do with size, he responded, “I didn’t pick this one.”
I am dwarfed by the enormity of his expertise.
Kevin Smith Wants to Make the “Raging Bull” of Hockey
by MICHAEL TUNISON / movies / sports / Comments
For his next project after movie-I-refuse-to-watch Cop-Out and some other dumb-sounding project with Seann William Scott, director Kevin Smith wants to make the definitive hockey movie, because hockey is totally back now, as the Olympics told us. Anyone who’s faintly familiar with his works knows Smith is a fan, so he might get some of the particulars about the culture. To be titled Goon, Smith describes it as “a funnier Raging Bull” which is kind of like saying you want to film a more slapstick version of The Bicycle Thieves.
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Concerned With Facebook Privacy?
There are tools to help if you are concerned with Facebook privacy. And if you were unsure you should be concerned with your privacy on Facebook. The CNN SciTechBlog highlights four of them. Why can’t Google and Facebook chill out a little and not be so concerned with knowing every detail about us in order to monetize every penny they can. Clam down, guys, we just want to use the damn internet. If we want to buy something we’ll let you know.
THREADZombie Awareness Month?
So we can just make up awareness months now? The Zombie Research Society has dubbed May ‘Zombie Awareness Month,’ and it doesn’t appear to be a joke, maybe. You are encouraged to wear a gray ribbon to signify your awareness of zombies for the month of May. This can not be real. On their website they offer a lifetime membership in the society for $25. This is ingeniously crazy. I totally just liked the ZRS on FB.
THREADThe NFL Throwing TV Elbows
Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.
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