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Thoughts, comments and generally constructive input gladly welcomed. : ) -kk
August 20, 2009
August 14, 2009
Not Quite Poor Sportmanship… but…
So our old buddy, Nike’s lord & savior, and frequent Wizards slayer – LeBron James was/is in town promoting a combination of shoes, community, his movie, yaddayaddayadda, in a big-top style circus downtown at Kastles Stadium. And while I can appreciate the man’s skills and ability, and cenrtainly uncanny marketability, there’s really one thing that irks me here. Pictured above is the new version of his own personal basketball shoe, coming out October somethingsomething – anyways, this event here in DC is happening all over the world, in 7 cities, and apparently there’s supposed to be a specific shoe for each tour stop. Above, is supposed to be the “DC” version of the shoe… If you know anything about the man, he went to St. Vincents/St. Mary’s HS in Ohio, and their school colors were… you guessed it, green & gold. Not unlike the color scheme on the shoes above. Now, I get it – it’s all good. But can you at least humor us Nike/LeBron, and at least make a slightly more valiant effort here than just slapping a “DC” in GREEN (What DC team used green lately?!) on the heel of the shoe and call it ours? Maybe a red? Maybe a 3-star-2-bar combo somewhere? Nothing? Hell, back some years ago when Gilbert Arenas used to play basketball on a court (and not an XBOX360) he released a shoe for almost every minor district and area in this entire city. But those days are long gone…
Alas – yes, the shoes are a little bit classier than the previous released kicks with your moniker on them, and I’d gladly take a pair any day of the week, but it just seems a bit lazy on the part of your staff to throw us the leftovers. Then agan, maybe it’s our fault here in Washington, and maybe it’s us being lazy. We’ll just buy the shoes regardless of the fact that the guy who’s name is on them, took our hometown team out of the playoffs, just about every year the Wiz have been in lately.
Gil, I’m begging you – Shut this man down this year. If anyone can, it’s you, Agent Zero. Go Bulle…-er, ‘Wiz”. -kk
August 11, 2009
August 7, 2009
Underrated Motown Act(s) of the Week, Motown Pick of the Weekend
The Originals -
Finding more success in the late 1960’s becoming backup singers on all sorts of songs you’ve definitely heard before, the Originals consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman, baritone Walter Gaines and tenors C.P. Spencer and Henry Dixon. Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups.(Wiki) “The Bells” & “Baby I’m For Real” are two of the finest stand-alone motown songs in history. : ) -kk-
Sam Cooke’s “Portrait of a Legend” – If you do not own this album, you’re not a real fan of music. : )
