Forgive what I have done

The first news of at least someone coming back to the tube came out earlier this week. Jay Leno and Conan both said their shows will be back in the New Year. Thank you jeebus. Now if we can only get the writers for Heroes and 30 Rock back, I'd be OK.

Besides telling peeps to back off on Jenny Love Hewitt, Big Hank still believes that the trade for Johan Santana remains a possibility. I have to say, I hope not. While I love Melky and Ian Kennedy, I'm not opposed to giving them up for Santana. Yet, I'd rather not see them packaged with Phil Hughes for the 2 time Cy Young winner. I think Johan is a great pitcher, but that's a lot to give up for a pitcher that the Yankees have hit in the post season and one that never looked right last year. If anything, wait out the year, see how the young arms develop and if necessary, make a change in July at the trade deadline, or try to sign CC Sabathia next off-season.

Came across this article about how a Google exec: iPod to hold all world's content by 2020

Speaking at the 2007 Captains of Industry Conference in Singapore, a Google executive speculated that at current rates of storage growth, an iPod capable of holding all the worldís content could be a reality as soon as 2020.

Put in perspective, the original iPod debuted in 2001 with 5GB of storage and a price of $400. Currently, Appleís highest-capacity iPod, the 160GB iPod classic, sells for $350 ó 32 times the storage, for $50 less than the original.

That is pretty nuts, but not completely unbelievable to see being possible. Plus, if you caught the last episode of journeyman, and how one piece of technology moved up nano-technology twenty years, it seems more than likely. Crazy stuff isn't it.

Listening Pile:
Soulsavers are an English production and remix duo, Rich Machin and Ian Glover. They've released two albums, Tough Guys Don't Dance in 2003 and It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land (with Mark Lanegan and others) in 2007.
They've been best known for their remixes for the Doves and Starsailor, which lead me to check out their work. The pair are also making headway as film score composers, with a portfolio of work that includes 2 feature documentary's. I've been listening to a few songs on their Myspace page and have also heard their song, "Revival" a ton on Spinner, which I honestly thought was Spiritualized the first time I heard it. It's good stuff.

Every Word From Your Lips Is A Lullaby...

So, it's been a while since I've posted. Been doing my kwanzaa shopping. Duh! Got to get it out of the way before festivus hits, you know.

Anyhows, the big news that I can't seem to escape these days is all about the Mitchell Report. The implications this report will have on Major League Baseball will probably hurt the game for years to come. So far, the guys considered to be the greatest pitcher and hitter of our time, have been implicated, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. Who else's name will come out in the next few months, or weeks, who knows, but how much more damage can this do to the game. I was really surprised by Andy Pettite's admission to using HGH. He's always been a good guy, and I think that's one of the things lots of people need to keep in mind. It's not all bad guys like Canseco, Bonds and Jose Guillen, it's lots of good guys that you admire and support, like Pettite, Clemens and Tejada. I'm sure you'll hear a lot of what Pettite said, that they took them while injured to get back on the field. Excuse or no excuse, I'm not sure if it's something fans should forgive so easily.

I'm gonna come up with a top 20 or something records of the year soon, but I wanted to give some props to other favorites so far this year.

Movies:
No Country for Old Men
Transformers
Superbad
Bobby
For Your Consideration
Hot Fuzz(love these guys, hope they make another funny film)
The Last King Of Scotland (Forrest Whitaker was brilliant)
Once(music in this was amazing)
The Science Of Sleep
300
Mr. Brooks(Costner was great in this)
The Simpsons
Knocked Up(funniest move of the year)
Music and Lyrics, if only for this

TV Shows:
Heroes(wow, killed the sophomore slump)
LOST(when the hell is the new season debuting)
Journeyman(which has been canceled, just as it was getting good, too bad they aren't making it a Sci Fi show)
Chuck
Cavemen(also cancelled, tho funny as hell)
Pushing Daisies(the best new show on TV)
30 Rock(the best show on TV)
The Office(sooo funny)