– Call it the renaissance of Kobe Bryant.
Already on the verge of winning a gold medal with the redeem team, the once-accused rapist and all-around NBA "me-first" guy is apparently more popular in China than Yao Ming. On the heels of that comes the revelation Kobe loves comics, too, and soccer.
– What's a calendar year without a little Radiohead backlash?
Yesterday, Wade reported how Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler kindled a blog flame war by admitting he liked Radiohead better when they played straight rock. What a shock, coming from a straight rock guitar player.
Then, on Monday, Silver Jews frontman/lisper David Berman, talking about the album In Rainbows, told Pitchfork, "all you'll get over and over again is things are miserable, don't try, things suck … Never before has there been a 'greatest band in the world' who had so little to say about anything."
Now I like Berman, but does anyone else think he didn't really listen to In Rainbows?
– Keith Olbermann says Bush is making more shit up, this time about Iran.
– And yeah, apparently, Warner Brothers is actually serious about making a Goonies 2, with the same actors, nonetheless. Let's pretend I didn't just type that and instead enjoy these Goonies quotes:
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2008.