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The best NBA GM not working today

• December 23, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Basketball, Books, NBA, Sports
Tags: 30 for 30, Bill Simmons, ESPN, NBA, New York Times, Sports Guy's World, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Rock and roll’s reigning “godmother of punk”

• December 21, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Music
Tags: allmusic, Edward Wyatt, New York Times, Patti Smith, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, PBS, POV, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Gerhart gets some much-deserved attention

• November 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NCAA, Sports, football
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Boise State Broncos, Florida Gators, Heisman Trophy, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Toby Gerhart

Longer Cuts

• November 7, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Books, Movies
Tags: M.A.S.H., Mitchell Zuckoff, Nashville, Netflix, New York Times, Robert Altman, Short Cuts

Winning isn’t everything – it’s the Broadway thing

• November 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NFL, Sports, Theater, football
Tags: David Maraniss, Eric Simonson, ESPN, Green Bay Packers, New York Times, Robert Wuhl, Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi

News about your credit (hint: it’s not free)

• November 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commerce, Television
Tags: Experian, Federal Trade Commission, New York Times

More Than Just Football

• October 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NFL, Sports, football
Tags: Florida State University, Myron Rolle, New York Times, NFL, Oxford, Pete Thamel, Rhodes Scholar

Why do I like that song? And where can I find more just like it?

• October 20, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Media, Music, Technology
Tags: New York Times, Pandora, Rob Walker, The Music Genome Project

“He’s part of the family now”

• September 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Art, Music
Tags: Backspacer, Dan Perkins, Eddie Vedder, New York Times, Pearl Jam, Salon, Spin, The Very Silly Mayor, This Modern World, Tom Tomorrow, Village Voice

It Might Get (Really Good And) Loud

• August 17, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Movies, Music
Tags: A.O. Scott, Betsy Sharkey, Entertainment Weekly, It Might Get Loud, Jack White, Jimmy Page, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Owen Gleiberman, The Edge, U2