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LIVE on ESPN (the mothership) tonight at 11pm Eastern (10pm Central)...It's back!

Red Bull's New Year No Limits 2011!

Here's a preview...

Last year's event was cancelled, so here was a flashback to 2009/10 and Travis Pastrana's world famous jump in a Subaru rally car!

Friday Jukebox 12.30.11

A banger of a track to end 2011. Marcos' "Take Cover" was released this year and happens to be one of my most recent favorite trance tracks. The original is stunning to say the least.

Happy new year!

Sears, Kmarts to Close.

Bought a present for Christmas at a Sears or Kmart location that is closing and wished that you took it back for a refund? You're most likely shit out of luck. 80 Sears Holdings properties are closing down due to restructuring at the company. Those stores are mostly in the southeastern US. 2 are in Mississippi, but none in the southwestern US (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Arizona).

Merry Christmas!

That is all.

Perfect Landing!

What would you give this? A 10?

Goalkeeper Kicks the Shit Out of Hooligan!

And gets red-carded for it? Fucking refs are a disgrace! Good thing for his coach to pull him off the pitch.



Ron Paul v. CNN: The Uncut Interview.

Watch and you will see her stupidity at work.

As usual, RP wins!



Friday Jukebox 12.23.11

A little treat to get you into the Christmas spirit this weekend!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

When You Had Too Much to Drink...

Throw a Ned From the Train!

A brave move by a man sitting behind him!

The young man is pursuing legal action against Scotrail. He'll lose anyway for his actions.

When You Absolutely Positively...

Have to waste your job space just to throw some shit for nothing...overnight or any time.

And here's the response from Memphis...

Owned. Despite this incident this could hurt the company. As we all know, FedEx's main competitors are ups and the US Postal Service. Some might stay with FedEx, some might leave. It's up to you the customer.

As for that FedEx guy in the surveillance who threw the fucking monitor...good luck flipping burgers.

Crying for Nothing.

Explain to me, what did this horrible dictator do for these people morally? Absolutely nothing except made them into mindless zombies. There's nothing to cry about! Wake their fucking asses up!

Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over!

Twice.

Kim Jong Il Dead! Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!

The controversial leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has passed away early Monday morning at age 69. As the "Eulogy Song" suggests, even asshole dictators like him (and others like that) will be a top bloke after death.

GOOD RIDDANCE. 

Now can the people in the DPRK get their freedoms and internet access once and for all?

Don't Forget...

For tonight's Ladies basketball game at the Gold Dome v McNeese, it's another canned food drive benefitting the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. If you're NOT a Centenary student, you can still get in the game free by simply bring three canned food products (non-perishables).

See you tonight! (I hope)

Friday Jukebox 12.16.11

More classic trance, but this is from 2006. Original mix of Heart of Stone "Outland." First discovered it through a sample at the Hard to Find website a few years ago.

One week to go in the shopping season. Be safe and watch out for assholes that can cause trouble, especially in retail outlets.

The Santaland Diaries This Weekend!

The annual Christmas program at Marjorie Lyons is having a change of pace this year. The weekend before Christmas, it will be a lot more different than last year, because of the fact The Santaland Diaries is geared for a more 'mature' audience (hence the heading 'for mature elves only').

This play, The Santaland Diaries, is written by David Sedaris, a Grammy nominee, and commentator with npr and is a basic guide of the goings on of Macy's Santaland during the Christmas season.

Show times are 8pm Thursday to Saturday, and 2pm Sunday. It should run for no more than an hour. Tickets are $15 for regular adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for students. Leave a message to reserve seating by calling (318) 869.5242.

NFR 2011: Final Thoughts.

Another year and another all-around buckle for the world's greatest all-around cowboy Trevor Brazile. The roper is could be on track for $5 million in career earnings!

Brazile was one of 11 champions crowned this year in the prca Pro Rodeo and Xtreme Bulls tours in 2011, joining the likes of Luke Branquinho (steer and a crowd favorite), Lindsay Sears (barrel racing) and Shane Proctor (bulls) as those crowned champions in the prca in 2011.

Speaking of Proctor, the PBR veteran suffered a horrendous injury on the final night on Saturday. Black Attack stepped on his back and had to be carried off by the world-renowned Justin Sports Medicine team (now doing medical work on the PBR tours as well!). He was able to show up at the banquet on Sunday night. 

Overall, another year of greatness in this, the Super Bowl of Rodeo. What I didn't like was the GAC coverage. After all these years on the ESPN family of networks (including ESPN8 the Ocho), prca and production company Winnercomm of Tulsa (the people who produced the prca broadcasts not just on ESPN, but also on CBS and FSN) announced that beginning this year, the NFR will move to GAC. If you have digital, cable or satellite, you should have GAC. GAC is what ye olde TNN and CMT used to be (and ought to be). The main problem was delays in the broadcast. I think this was to basically get to see every contestant without missing out on one that was going whilst on commercial break (see that ESPN?). Other that that, keep in mind, the same people who were commentating for GAC, same people who were part of ESPN's NFR telecast the past few years (same company too). As a result of the delays, radio was heaps ahead. If you wanted spoilers, listen to the radio broadcast as it happens.

The solution is to have two boxes during break. One to see the contestant and the other one for ads or just wait until after the event is over to take those breaks. But in todays world, every sport does have to take as much ad breaks for monetary support. This is how the business works. Watch the NFL for example, especially the night games on NBC or ESPN. 

Overall, a pretty fair but exciting NFR to commemorate the prca's 75th anniversary. GAC will have the Xtreme Bulls beginning on February 14. Keep an eye out on it!

Friday Jukebox 12.9.11

Classic trance from 1999. York "The Awakening." Quake remix. Been listening to this track a couple of weeks. Classic trance is something that has been hidden in my life, because I never originally got to listen to these tracks, until technology got better in the early-mid '00s.

After a Two Month Delay...

The NBA returns later this month.

On Wednesday, David Stern blocked a possible blockbuster trade that would've sent CP3 to the Lakers. I absolutely DESPISE Stern the same way I do with the other commissioners in sport like Bud Selig, Roger Goodell and Gary Bettman, but to me it's a good move. Also, the Hornets sold 10k tickets, keeping the team in NO through 2014, the year the Arena's lease expires.

And the fallout of the World champs has begun. Tyson Chandler is leaving, and so is Caron Butler, who was hurt the majority of last season. Butler is headed to the Clippers (a former stopping ground of Chandler's before heading to the Hornets).

With the London Olympics seven months away, how will the two month delay affect the NBA guys that are playing for their respective countries that qualified for the men's basketball portion of the Olympics in London? We'll see in late July.

As for the NBA season, see you X-Mas day.

Cain Withdrew!

From this past Saturday (12.3). Watch it and weep...

Will anyone be next?

Friday Jukebox 12.2.11

It's NFR time, and it's appropriate since the biggest ten day event in the rodeo industry is in Las Vegas, it would appropriate that a little something that represents the city of Las Vegas very well...

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