Friday Jukebox 6.28.13

I've been a huge Action Bronson fan since Dr. Lecter came out in 2011. Now that his new full length, SAAAB Stories, is out, in between those two, here is another huge gem from Bronsolino, "Strictly 4 My Jeeps," which was released a few months ago on a separate EP. This is the original, not the remix.

For you Canadians, be safe this Canada Day weekend. For my fellow Americans here in the states, be safe this Independence Day Thursday, regardless how temperatures are in some parts of the country. If you use fireworks, handle with care. If you drink, drink responsively and if you're drunk, hand the keys over to someone who isn't.

CFL 2013: A New Stadium, A New Era for the Bombers, Begins Tonight!

The dream is now a reality. A new era in Winnipeg will begin tonight as the brand new Investors Group Field will welcome the Bombers, as they entertain the Als. Investors Group Field is among six venues across Canada that will be used for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.

Also the defending Grey Cup champ Argos will start their 2013 campaign against their number 1 enemies, the Hamilton Ti-Cats.

TSN will continue its sixth straight season as exclusive CFL broadcaster.

Tonight's Als-Bombers game is on in the States on NBCSN, while the Riders/Esks on Saturday is on ESPN2. Good to see the CFL back on ESPN.

Now I'm waiting for some channel here in the states to pick up CIS football.

The Cup Returns to Chicago!

DA HAWKS!

 

Also Scott Bowman's 13th Cup, as he is in charge of player personnel and development with the Hawks.

 

Meanwhile, the Cubs are still waiting to end their drought. 105 years and counting...

 



Whodunnit? Episode 1 Review & Skywire Mini Rant

This may contain spoilers. So if you don't want to read, go somewhere else.




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Sunday night was a busy night of TV for me at the 8pm Central hour. Not only there was a replay of the GLORY World Series 9 from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, which was held Saturday night, on CBS Sports Network (evidently, there was major competition in NYC that night with the Golden Boy card on SHOWTIME, featuring SHOWTIME analyst Paulie "Don't brag about my sidepiece" Malignaggi and Adrien "I am now a problem" Broner), there was also the first ever episode of the new reality show Whodunnit?.

13 checked in, two 'killed' off. This is how it stands after the first ever episode of the American ABC series Whodunnit?, the reality show from CSI: creator/executive producer Anthony Zuiker (follow him on twitter @zuiker).

Unlike the CSI: franchise series, Whodunnit?'s theme is not by The Who. However, it starts off as 13 civilians entering a mansion. The next day, as Sheri, a former NFL cheerleader, came out the shower, she reads a message on the mirror, precipitated from the steam from the hot shower she took. The supposed 'killer' is luring Sheri to the fish tank. Then from there, it gets very interesting. Someone took a crowbar, went out onto the lawn, and unlocked the box. There, it was a slingshot and musket balls. The unknown person quickly stashed the crowbar back into the box. The unknown person would use that slingshot and eventually, let the musket ball go with full force it hit Sheri in the neck. Sheri would later hit the fish tank head on, it cracked the glass of the fish tank. Sheri fell down, and down wires await. Her ass got fried! This is where the investigation begins.

Her blood on the carpet, the water, possibly from the fish tank, and the musket found on Sheri's neck at autopsy. I was thinking about the autopsy part. "Wait...the morgue is located in the mansion?" All of which cultivated some division and tension amongst the civilians whilst the civilians ate finger sandwiches at poolside.

Once the butler distributed the cards, fear and angst ensued. The remaining twelve at the dinner table opened their cards. Everyone got spared--except Dontae and Don. So we all know who the killer will strike next.

It's late at night, and the alarm sounds. Everyone evacuates with the butler doing a roll call of the civilians. Don came out late, but Dontae never came out. Dontae ran out in a goodness gracious, great ball of fire. Dontae, an insurance investigator with a personality similar to Carl Weathers' Apollo Creed character from the Rocky series, ran into the pool to cool. It was too late. Judging by the preview for the next episode, the butler declared Dontae as 'deceased.'

In summary, two deceased in the first episode of TV's newest version of the board game Clue. It is a good action pack start to this series. I feel sad for those who watched Nik Wallenda's stupid tightroping across the Grand Canyon, as opposed to the Whodunnit? premiere, where unlike the Whodunnit? cast, he could have been really dead. Mr. Wallenda, leave the Grand Canyon crossing to Kaptain Robbie Knievel. At least he knows when it's safe to go and did so safely:

We could all laugh if Wallenda fell down the Grand Canyon. Now that I have my rant on Skywire, here is the Whodunnit? scorecard after 1 episode:

ELIMINATED
13. Sheri (electrocution, blunt force trauma)
12. Dontae (burned)

Remaning: Don, Dana, Cris, Adrianna, Geno, Kam, Ronnie, Sasha, Lindsey, Ulysses, Melina

Allen Simonsen, 34, Killed at 24 Heures du Mans Crash

On the second lap at the 24 Heures du Mans Saturday afternoon, Allan Simonsen, a sports car journeyman, hit the wall in his Aston. Both doors came off, as well as the rear wing. The impact was so intense as you see here, the safety car period lasted an hour.

Simonsen was transported to a nearby hospital. During the fourth hour of the race, listening to Radio Le Mans, John Hindhaugh read a message handed from the Aston team. The message was official: Simonsen was pronounced dead of injuries at the hospital. Nothing more preliminary as of yet, except in an FIA/ACO release in which it stated that he died of his injuries at the hospital. We'll probably learn more in the days and weeks to come.

A driver who has dabbed in between various series the past few years including the World Endurance Challenge (WEC) and Aussie V8's, Simonsen is survived by partner Carina and infant. He was 34.

It was the first death at LeMans since 1997.

Whodunnit? Tonight on ABC!

A beauty queen, a former PI, a cardiac nurse, a former NFL cheerleader, a bounty hunter, even an anchor reporter at a CBS affiliate (ironic since this show is on ABC) are among the contestants on ABC's Whodunnit?, premiering tonight on ABC.

I will give this show a try, because who knows what will happen. Will we see grenades used? AK-47s? Who knows.

Anthony E. Zuiker (@zuiker on twitter), the creator of the CSI: franchise is behind this variant of the game Clue. If you like CSI:, give it a try. Avoid spoilers until it is time for the show to come on.

Audi Lightweight Technology Prevails at Le Mans!

 

 

VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK!

 

Great race despite the first hour crash that claimed the life of Allan Simonsen. Next year, Audi will have a sister in the race in LMP1, as Porsche LMP1 will return to Le Mans in 2014. When will Volkswagen get in and make it a VW Group trifecta in LMP1? Who knows! 

The Championships Wimbledon 2013: Begins Monday!

One of my favorite grand slam events is back, starting tomorrow as The Championships begin play. Gotta love the grass courts.

Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the gentlemen's singles draw. Defending champ Roger Federer is the third seed. Andy Murray, who won gold at AELTC at London 2012, is the second seed.

Defending ladies singles champion Serena Williams, who came under fire recently for comments made in an interview in the latest Rolling Stone interview (if you have the issue, it starts on page 80) about the underage and dating (I think, haven't read the article yet), is the top seed in the ladies singles. She is trying to go for an umpteenth ladies singles title at AELTC.

With that in mind...the first round singles matches of interest.

Gentlemen's singles-first round matches of interest
(1) Novak Djokovic v Florian Mayer
(2) Andy Murray v Ben Becker
(3) Roger Federer v Victor Hanescu
(4) David Ferrer v Martin Alund
(5) Rafa Nadal v Steve Darcis
(6) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v David Goffin
(7) Tomas Berdych v Martin Klizan
(8) Juan Martin del Potro v Albert Ramos
(9) Richard Gasquet v Marcel Granollers
(10) Marin Cilic v Marcos Baghdatis
(11) Stan Wawrinka v Lleyton Hewitt
(12) Kei Nishikori v Matthew Ebden
(13) Tommy Haas v Dimtry Tursunov
(14) Janko Tipsarevic v Viktor Troicki
(15) Nicolas Almagro v Jurgen Zopp
(16) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Ivan Dodig
(17) Milos Raonic v Carlos Berlocq
(18) John Isner v Evgeny Donskoy
(19) Gilles Simon v Feliciano Lopez
(20) Mikhail Youzhny v Robin Haase
(21) Sam Querrey v Bernard Tomic
(22) Juan Monaco v Bastian Knittel
(24) Jerzy Janowicz v Kyle Edmund
(26) Alex Dolgopolov v Gastao Elias
(27) Kevin Anderson v Olivier Rochus
(28) Jeremy Chardy v Ryan Harrison
(29) Grigor Dimitrov v Simone Bolelli
(30) Fabio Fognini v Jurgen Melzer
(31) Julien Benneteau v Tobias Kamke
(32) Tommy Robredo v Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Fernando Verdasco v Xavier Malisse
James Blake v Thiemo de Bakker
Nicolas Mahut v Jan Hajek
Michael Llodra v Jarkko Nieminen
Radek Stepanek v Matt Reid
Paul Henri Mathiew v Ricardas Berankis
Philipp Petzschner v Michal Przysiezny
Go Soeda v Andreas Haider Maurer
Alex Kuznetsov v Igor Sijsling
Jesse Levine v Guido Pella
Lukas Rosol v Julian Reister
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Rogerio Dutra Silva
Ernests Gulbis v Edouard Roger Vasselin

Ladies singles draw-first round matches of interest
(1) Serena Williams v Mandy Minella
(2) Victoria Azarenka v Maria Joao Koehler
(3) Maria Sharapova v Kristina Mladenovic
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska v Yvonne Meusberger
(5) Sara Errani v Monica Puig
(6) Na Li v Michaella Krajicek
(7) Angelique Kerber v Bethanie Mattek Sands
(8) Petra Kvitova v Coco Vandeweghe
(9) Caroline Wozniacki v Estrella Cabeza Candela
(10) Maria Kirilenko v Laura Robson
(11) Roberta Vinci v Chanelle Scheepers
(12) Ana Ivanovic v Virginie Razzano
(13) Nadia Petrova v Karolina Pliskova
(14) Sam Stosur v Anna Schmiedlova
(15) Marion Bartoli v Elina Svitolina
(16) Jelena Jankovic v Johanna Konta
(17) Sloane Stephens v Jamie Hampton
(18) Dominika Cibulkova v Maria Elena Camerin
(19) Carla Suarez Navarro v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
(21) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Tsvetana Pironkova
(22) Sorana Cirstea v Stefanie Voegele
(23) Sabine Lisicki v Francesca Schiavone
(24) Shuai Peng v Anna Medina Garrigues
(25) Ekaterina Makarova v Johanna Larsson
(26) Varvara Lepchenko v Eva Birnerova
(27) Lucie Safarova v Lauren Davis
(28) Tamira Paszek v Alexandra Cadantu
(29) Alize Cornet v Vania King
(31) Romina Oprandi v Alison Riske
Kimiko Date Krumm v Carina Witthoeft
Urszula Radwanska v Mallory Burdette
Andrea Petkovic v Paulie Parmentier
Julia Goerges v Mariana Duque Marino
Heather Watson v Madison Keys
Elena Baltacha v Flavia Pennetta
Yanina Wickmayer v Vesna Dolonc
Melanie Oudin v Michelle Larcher de Brito
Anne Keothavong v Garbine Muguruza
Christina McHale v Alexa Glatch
Mirjana Lucic Baroni v Sofia Arvidsson
Bojana Jovanovski v Ajla Tomljanovic
Anna Tatishvili v Petra Martic
Elena Vesnina v Andrea Hlavackova
Olga Govortsova v Simona Halep
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Magdalena Rybarikova

The Championships begin Monday. ESPN will have exclusive coverage here in the states. It doesn't help to also listen to Radio Wimbledon and for us in the states with DIRECTV, there's the Wimbledon mix channel, with even more action around the grounds.

Friday Jukebox 6.21.13

In honor of the passing and legacy of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday), why not play the theme of the TV show. Not everyone is aware that The Sopranos theme is "Woke Up this Morning" by the Alabama 3. You might have heard the music, but that is the name of the song. From the album, Exile on Coldharbour Lane, released circa 1997.

24 Heures du Mans 2013: The 90th Running Saturday!

It's back! The world's greatest race, the 24 Heures du Mans!

This year, the race is celebrating it's 90th anniversary, with the best in racing featuring your factory level teams-including the Audi and Toyota prototypes as well as the Aston Martin GT's, and many more!

In overall qualifying, the number 2 Audi will start on the pole. All three Audi LMP1's will start up front, followed by the two Toyota factory LMP1's.

SPEED here in the States will carry all but a couple hours of live racing, and if you want, head straight to Radio LeMans, the radio home of the race! Make sure you get up Saturday morning around 8am Eastern for the start.

Also go to the 24 Heures du Mans site for live timing and scoring!

Heat Once Again NBA World Champions!

It seems the Heat are building a dynasty, back to back...

 

CONGRATS HEAT! 

James Gandolfini, 51, Tony Soprano

Link.

Will be buried in a casket made out of capicola (or as Tony calls it 'gabagool').

Brent Seabrook Scores, KXAN Austin Pulls a Heidi!

Channel 36 in Austin mistakenly had to go to ads, including a promo of their morning newscast once Brent Seabrook scored the game winning goal Wednesday night in game 4:

Reminiscent of Heidi game of 1968!

As Bob Cole would say, "Everything is happening!"

BELLATOR MMA 96: Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals

After a two month hiatus, BELLATOR MMA Championship Tournaments is back with tournament action.

Two #1 contender tournaments are in semifinal mode as the heavyweight and light heavyweight tournaments continue Wednesday.

In the heavyweight semifinals, Rich Hale will take on Ryan Martinez, while Ron Sparks takes on Vitaly Minakov.

In the light heavyweight semifinals, Babalu Sobral takes on Jacob Noe, while Mo Lawal will have his hands full with Seth Petruzelli.

Also the War Machine returns to BELLATOR MMA, as he is in action.

 

CARD

Heavyweight tournament

semifinals

(205+ lb/92.25+ kg)

Rich Hale v Ryan Martinez

Vitaly Minakov v Ron Sparks

 

Light Heavyweight tournament

semifinals
(205 lb/92.25 kg)

Babalu Sobral v Jacob Noe

Mo Lawal v Seth Petruzelli

 

 

Live on SPIKE Wednesday night. Good to see midweek fights period. Takes us, the combat sports fans, back to when USA had boxing on Tuesday nights in the '80s and '90s.

 



ESC Radio Awards 2013: And the Winners Are...

Emmelie de Forest might have won the 58e Concours EUROVISION Chanson de Europeene at Malmo last Month, but did she have what it takes to sway those voting for the ESCRadio awards?

Voting ended Sunday night. This year I've voted only once in four categories.

For song of the year, instead of "Only Teardrops," the voters were holding out for one Bonnie Tyler. "Believe in Me," her song on behalf of the UK this year, was voted song of the year, ahead of one of my favorites, "I Feed You My Love" by Margaret Berger. Marco Mengioni's "L'essenziale" was third.

Bonnie Tyler also was voted best female artist at Malmo, with Zlata Ognevich second, and Anouk third. I wonder why more people voted for Krista Siegfrids over Alena Lanskaya and Hannah Mancini? Her song sucks!

Cezar the Voice should have gotten more votes for best male artist, however the voters wanted dull tastes. Therefore it was Marco Mengioni, followed by Eythor Ingi Gunlaugsson and the even duller voice of Farid Mammadov.

However it's the group-duo that won me the most. Koza Mostra, the Who See Klapa and Heilsarmee (Takasa) had the most votes.

Gee, I wonder who is doing the voting? OGAE clubs?

See the results here.

"I Pledge Allegiance to the...what?"

Twin Cities anchor with the slip of the tongue...

You're fired?

Friday Jukebox 6.14.13

I've been wanting to upload this to my blog for the past few months. It is to me the most recent trance release I can actually say I can enjoy. The Ian Standerwick mix of "First Coming" by Ciro Visone was featured in a mix at Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance 600: The Expedition in Sao Paulo earlier this year. Quite possibly an excellent mix.

 

 

Happy fathers day everyone! 





Jason Leffler, 37: A Career in Perspective.

 

Jason Leffler in victory lane at the Kroger 200 NASCAR Busch Series race at O'Reilly Raceway Park Indianapolis, July 2007. His second and final NBS win. He was killed at a USAC National Sprint Series race in New Jersey Wednesday Night. He was 37.

 

 

Link.

 

 

Also won two Busch and one (Camping World) Truck Series win, and also raced at Indy. He also had 73 Cup starts, with the most recent being Pocono on Sunday, where he finished 43rd.

 

Also, Daytona Busch Race July 2004. Final lap.

 

 



MMA World Series of Fighting 3, Friday Night on NBCSN!

MMA World Series of Fighting is back with a card that is on an unexpected day of the week-a Friday night.

UFC veteran Jon Fitch will take on Josh Burkman in the welterweight main event. A couple cards--including the two others depicted on the official WSOF poster--have been scratched due to either injury or visa issues.

MMA World Series of Fighting 3 is Friday night at 10pm NAEDT on NBCSN, immediately following Fight Night, with action featuring heavyweights Bryant "By By" Jennings and Sergey Kovalev.

Man Invades French Open Men's Singles Final...With Flares!

Some crazy fan came onto the court of the David Ferrer/Rafa Nadal men's singles final at Roland Garros on Sunday...with flares!

So why was the guy out there?

a) protesting gay marriage
b) had intent to hurt either Ferrer or Nadal (it's been over 20 years since the Monica Seles stabbing in Hamburg)
c) Croatian football supporter (see EURO 2012)
d) none of the above

If you said (a) you are right. The crazed man used flares to protest gay marriage, and easily swept past through the weak RG security.

Rafa did his best to run away because of what happened to Seles at Hamburg in April 1993 could have happened to him. Rafa did swept Ferrer in three sets to win his eighth RG title, and his first grand slam in over a year.

US Open 2013! USGA US Open Golf That Is!

In San Francisco last year, no one knew Webb Simpson would be a contender until Jim Furyk blew a lead. This would be Simpson's first major title.

Simpson will be at Merion, the site of this year's US Open, located outside of Philly. This is truly my favorite golf major considering the mix of PGA Tour pros, along with those who had to qualify their way in via USGA sectionals. Who knows what will happen this weekend?

Tee times of notability
(All times local to the course)
First round (Thursday)/Second round (Friday)
Dustin Johnson 7am/12:30pm
Bubba Watson 7am/12:30pm
Nicolas Colsaerts 7am/12:30pm
Nick Watney 7:07am/1:07pm
Peter Hanson 7:07am/1:07pm
Hunter Mahan 7:07am/1:07pm
Phil Mickelson 7:11am/12:41pm
Steve Stricker 7:11am/12:41pm
Keegan Bradley 7:11am/12:41pm
Lucas Glover 7:18am/1:18pm
Matt Kuchar 7:22am/12:52pm
Brandt Snedeker 7:22am/12:52pm
Rory Sabbatini 7:22am/1:29pm
Aaron Baddeley 7:29am/1:29pm
Louis Oosthuizen 7:33am/1:03pm
Charl Schwartzel 7:33am/1:03pm
Martin Laird 7:40am/1:40pm
Sergio Garcia 7:44am/1:14pm
Stewart Cink 7:44am/1:14pm
Padraig Harrington 7:44am/1:14pm
Jerry Kelly 7:51am/1:51pm
Ian Poulter 7:55am/1:25pm
Jason Dufner 7:55am/1:25pm
Henrik Stenson 8:02am/2:02pm
Rickie Fowler 8:06am/1:36pm
Jason Day 8:06am/1:36pm
YE Yang 8:17am/1:47pm
Frederik Jacobson 8:17am/1:47pm
John Peterson 8:28am/1:58pm
Robert Karlsson 8:28am/1:58pm
Mike Weir 8:50am/2:20pm
David Toms 12:30pm/7am
Darren Clarke 12:30pm/7am
Jose Maria Olazabal 12:30pm/7am
Geoff Ogilvy 12:41pm/7:11am
Angel Cabrera 12:41pm/7:11am
Luke Donald 12:52pm/7:22am
Lee Westwood 12:52pm/7:22am
Martin Kaymer 12:52pm/7:22am
Jim Furyk 1:03pm/7:33am
Graeme McDowell 1:03pm/7:33am
Zach Johnson 1:03pm/7:33am
Adam Scott 1:14pm/7:44am
Rory McIlroy 1:14pm/7:44am
Tiger Woods 1:14pm/7:44am
Webb Simpson 1:36pm/8:06am
Ernie Els 1:36pm/8:06am
KJ Choi 1:40pm/7:55am
Francesco Molinari 1:40pm/7:55am
Bo van Pelt 2:02pm/8:02am
DA Points 2:02pm/8:02am

First and second rounds are on ESPN, with NBC getting all four rounds, beginning at 2pm Central Thursday. It also helps to go to usopen.com NOT usopen.org (that's the tennis one!) for live timing and scoring!

2013 Stanley Cup Finals: An Original Six Masterpiece

It all comes down to this.

Starting Wednesday, for the first time since 1979 (Habs/Rangers, I think), there will be an 'Original Six' Stanley Cup final.

The Bruins and Blackhawks have won Cups in recent years, but a matchup like this is good for all of ice hockey, considering the rich history of both clubs. Both the Hawks and Bruins were among the NHL's 'Original Six' still in survival to this modern day (Leafs, Habs, Rangers and Wings the others).

Whilst the Hawks survived and outplayed the Wild, Wings and Kings to return to this point, the Bruins had to come back from behind 4-1 in the third of game 7 of the East Quarterfinal with the Leafs, a game in which they came back and won in Overtime. No one knew they would come back, and since then, it was solid performances, especially in the conference final, where they swept the best in the east, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

With that in mind...the series schedule!

Game 1 Wednesday
Game 2 6/15
Game 3 6/17
Game 4 6/19
Game 5 6/22*
Game 6 6/24*
Game 7 6/26*
*-if necessary.

With the exception of games 2 and 3 (both on NBCSN), the rest of the series is on NBC. And once again, the finals are also on CBC, and since this is an original six final, it is a great way for CBC to close out their 60th Season of NHL telecasts, the longest running tenure anywhere on television.

Because it's the Cup.

ESCRadio Awards 2013: VOTE NOW!

It's back! The ESC (EUROVISION Song Contest) Radio Awards 2013, featuring excellence from the best at Malmo 2013.

Choose from best song, individual and group artists YOU think impressed you at Malmo last month.

Click here to vote! Only three times per day. Voting ends Sunday 11:59pm CET (5:59pm NAEDT).

I've voted already, so can you!

Here are my picks:

Song of the year...
1. Takasa "You and Me"
2. Alena Lanskaya "Solayoh"
3. Koza Mostra "Alcohol is Free" (featuring Agathon Iakovidis)
4. Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love"
5. Cascada "Glorious"

Female artist...
1. Alena Lanskaya
2. Margaret Berger
(Cascada, listed in this category for some reason would be third)
3. Amadine Bourgeois
4. Bonnie Tyler
5. Emmelie de Forest

Male artist...
1. Cezar "The Voice" Ouatu
2. ByeAlex
3. Andrius Pojavis
4. Gianluca Bezzina
5. Ryan Dolan

Group/duo...
1. Takasa
2. Koza Mostra
(Cascada, not listed in this category would be third)
3. Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko
4. Dorians
5. Who See Klapa

Those are my picks, so make your own! ESCradio.com, or click on the link!

Actress Arrested for Ricin-Filled Letters!

Link.

Ricin is not the way to voice your opinion about gun ownership. It will make everything worse for the perception of the public. The best way is to keep it silent in the privacy of your own home.

National Donut Day! 6.7.13

Yep. It's the day. Free donuts!

You still have time to run down to a place that serves donuts, like Dunkin, Krispy Kreme, Tim Hortons, just to name a few. They are offering free donuts!

It will not hurt to get only one donut. Now three or more...that would be a killer.

Friday Jukebox 6.7.13

Last year was the most recent UEFA EURO tournament, where Spain defeated Italy 4-0. The tournament was shared by sites in Poland and Ukraine.

Twelve years before, it was UEFA EURO 2000, held at sites in two-thirds of the Benelux region. France defeated Italy in the final.

The contrasts between the summer of 2000 to the summer of 2012 is extremely different, and as the UEFA EURO 2000 theme of "Campione" by E-Type suggested, that 2000 was a much better year in electronic music than 2012.

Now that's an 'endless summer!'

Esther Williams 91, Swimmer and Actress

Link.

Also had a contract to do films from MGM.

NBA Finals 2013: Begins Tonight

 

 

For both the Spurs and Heat, it begins tonight. Tonight, the night where a series is to begin and another one of these Larry O'Brien Memorial Trophies will be added to a case within the next couple weeks.

 

It has been since '06-07 when the Spurs won their most recent NBA title, while the Heat is looking to repeat, as they are in their third consecutive NBA Finals.

 

With that in mind...

 

2013 NBA Finals

(best of seven)

Game 1 Tonight

Game 2 6/9

Game 3 6/11

Game 4 6/13

Game 5 6/16*

Game 6 6/18*

Game 7 6/20*

*-if necessary

Every game is on ABC. Because it's the Finals. 

TV News Crew Attacked...With Rocks and Dogs!

A TV news crew in Providence, Rhode Island, were subject to rock throwing and being chased by dogs during a report. Watch this:

Never set foot on property period. There is something in the Constitution regarding freedom of press...

Deacon Jones, 74, NFL Hall of Fame Defensive Linesman

Link.

Remember, NFL didn't start keeping track of sacks until 1982.

Caption This!

Jeff Carter, game 2, Western Conference Final:

Jean Stapleton, 90

Link.