Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. LBJ is surprisingly good at basketball. It's already week 15 and we're past half-way through the season. And somehow the Cleveland Cavaliers are up to fourth in our rankings. The top three have a little gap on everyone else, but few would have expected Cleveland to be leading the chase this…
It was the late 1980s and my sister had the cassette of this album by Tears for Fears. I listened to it from start to finish numerous times. While it is notable for the big radio hit singles Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, it's impossible to find a bad track among the 8 songs. What I really liked about it was…
Only 2 games left until the big game. Lets see whos left. Im not going to address what happened in the Divisional Round because paradroid pretty much nailed it. It was the best weekend of football I have ever seen. And the Bills/Chiefs game is probably the best game Ive ever watched. Bengals (8th) @ Chiefs (1st) - ChiefsLets see if I can go…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. Taste! Holy crap in a pita! That was the best weekend of football games I've ever seen! Let's go in order, as they got progressively better as the weekend went on. First up was the Cincinnati/Tennessee game. It was a tight, defensive struggle all game long (Tenessee managed nine sacks against…
Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky-- dammit this song is catchy! This episode of the Is This Song Good podcast brings on the honky tonky twang with a side (or back) of mullet. Turns out, this was the song our hillbilly neighbors were listening to in the early 90s. Yee-haw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. This week we'll try to figure out what's going on with the L.A. Lakers (#19), who are really struggling this year. LeBron James had been to 9 of the last 11 Finals for 3 different teams before this year. He won 4 of them (2 with Miami, 1 with Cleveland, and…
The Wild Card week had some great games and some of the games were real stinkers. I picked 5 of 6 of the games correctly last week. So, that pretty much means Im out of correct picks for the season. Regardless, we must proceed. Bengals (10th) @ Titans (5th) - TitansIm not surprised that the Bengals won in the wildcard round. The Raiders provided…
This week's episode gets drunk on the British pub anthem Tubthumping by Chumbawamba that invaded the United States in the late 1990s. This popular song came out of nowhere, and we want to know why people liked it so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. Cowboys, HO! Maybe someone should give Mike McCarthy sight beyond sight. Wild card week is over and we are moving on to the divisional round. Sorry, "super wild card week", 'cause now we have six teams, which is super, not like four, which is nothing. Not sure we can officially call…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. Week 13 is here and the top 2 remain well clear of the field, although Memphis is making a run after winning eleven in a row. That ended with a loss to #13 Dallas, but among the victims of the streak were #1 Phoenix, #2 Golden State, #7 Brooklyn, and #8…
