Two Beads At The End

Instead of reading obscure baseball stats, or back issues of the Nation, or watching Geraldo, I decided to buy some DVDs. Yesterday, I got copies of the third season of the West Wing, and finally got a copy of Roger & Me. I'm not sure what's more embarassing, that I bought an entire season of the West Wing, or that I've actually watched the entire first two seasons. But it's good! Really, I swear. I was tempted to buy Will & Grace too, but we can only go so far down that road, all at one time. Also, it was fifty bucks.

You should go download the Chocolate Swim EP, from the Cartoon Network. I don't understand it, but it's free music, and who doesn't like free music? There's also Danger Doom's Occult Hymn EP, also free.

I think that, since poker apparently counts as a sport, and you can see it on more networks than an actual sport, like the WNBA (which is a real sport, that is good and sometimes fun to watch), next should be computer Solitaire. Spider Solitaire. And, um, spelling bees. Oh wait, they already did that. No, seriously, ten nerds at computers, racing to finish Spider Solitaire, and trash talking. And being fat and wearing sunglasses, so they'll be respected as athletes just like the poker players. Any venture capitalist takers? Call me.

Notes:

• California appeals court upholds farmworker arbitration law. The law allows either union or company to request binding arbitration after 6 months of negotiations, and affects only agricultural workers. When can the rest of us get some of that?
  
• PBS airing American Masters: Woody Guthrie starting 7/12.
  

Minutemen - Two Beads At The End
Astrid Oto - Goodbye Elston Avenue
O.V. Wright - I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy