NEW COLUMN: RON ARTEST VS. METTA WORLD PEACE
There is a battle going on for the heart and mind of Ronald William Artest, Jr. and unfortunately, not even one of the league’s premier defenders over the past 12 years can stop Metta World Peace. Ron Artest, the Hennessy-drinking, fan-punching, former world champion, professional basketball player of yore, is being buried under a pile of shameless and egregious self-promotion so high, we may never see Ron Ron again.
I finished The Wire. Calling it the best show ever is obvious. Is there a better way to put it?
‘Like Spinning Plates’ deserves more notice than it gets. It may be a top-10 Radiohead song. Also, the best backwards song ever.
Basketball is not like jazz. At all. In so many ways, they’re not similar.
‘White Noise’ is my favorite post-rock song in a few years. Post-rock has been in a regurgitative state for too long. Like film scores. ‘White Noise’ is on Mogwai’s “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” from this year.
I don’t plan on living in California much longer than a few more months. Oregon and Washington are too fucking beautiful.
‘Little by Little’ has been the slowest-creeping Radiohead song I can remember. By now it’s my favorite song on TKOL, and I love it. But I didn’t love any of them for a couple months.
