May 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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EPL Talk: Stamford Bridge is Falling Down
So how was your holiday season? I’m betting it has been better than Andre Villas-Boas’s December despite Chelsea’s late win against Wolves on Monday.
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Since the holidays have begun, a constant stream of events conspired to turn Chelsea from a team moving along in transition/future 3rd place finisher to a team that has (if you believe the rumors) a divided locker room, constant middling...
IYS Review: KRADDY
Kraddy (a.k.a. Matthew Kratz) is a New York born, Venice Beach residing former member of the Glitch Mob that has decided to combine electronica (or whatever buzzword label you’re using these days) and classic rock anthems to re-define the genre and music as a whole. I assume.[[MORE]]
Really though, Anthems is pretty boring. It’s Jock Jams for a group of people who think they are...
December 2011
2 posts
EPL Talk: The Frank Lampard Conundrum
Chelsea is in the middle of a forced – yet eventually necessary – transitional period. And during this weird season, the most reliable player so far is the guy who is on the opposite side of change.
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Frank Lampard keeps scoring when it matters but apparently that trait doesn’t matter to Andre Villas-Boas. Lampard scored the winning goal in the 82nd minute against the Premier League’s...
November 2011
7 posts
Is the John Terry Racism Claim Damaging to English...
Among the sudden troubling outbreak of Premiership players throwing alleged racial epithets (and spitting) around, the John Terry/Anton Ferdinand “F*****g Black C**t” incident stands at the forefront among the other incidents involving Luis Suarez/Patrice Evra and Antolin Alcaraz/Richard Stearman.
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Due to Terry’s standing as Chelsea captain and currently holding onto the cursed idol...
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October 2011
13 posts
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EPL Talk: Arsenal: The Making of a Modern...
With a team that has as lush of a history as Arsenal, the idea of a lengthy tome about the club is near picture perfect. In Arsenal: The Making of a Modern Superclub, authors Kevin Whitcher and Alex Fynn have created an extremely detailed, heavily dramatic and well researched book about one of Europe’s most celebrated clubs.
The partnership between Fynn and Whitcher is a pure all-star team...
EPL Talk Podcast - United and Cities Impress →
Me and the guys talk about the heavy issues. EPL TALK
IYS Review: The Bandana Splits
The Bandana Splits are retro girl group music done by singers Lauren Balthrop, Annie Nero and Dawn Landes. By retro, I mean RETRO. Like “Phil Spector waving around a loaded gun in a studio while the Ronettes sing the same hook over and over and over”.
Dressed in the matching outfits that all the old girl groups wore, the Bandana Splits sing songs like “Sometimes” which...
EPL Talk Podcast - Odds and Sods →
Listen to me and two people who know more than me babble about the soccer. EPL TALK Podcast
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EPL Talk Podcast - International Vacation! →
Heated debating on the EPL TALK
EPL Talk Podcast - Derby Day →
Listen as yer buddy JW babbles on about Football (Soccer).
September 2011
6 posts
IYS: THUNDERCAT
Every review i’ve read about the new Thundercat album is that it sounds like Erykah Badu. Almost every review about this album is comparing this work to every genre (jazz/London broken beat/trip hop) and artist (Badu/Miles Davis/Mouse on Mars) that the writers are tripping over themselves flexing their skills in pinning down who this sounds like.
The truth is that The Golden Age of the...
Playing The Beautiful Game by Jag Shoker: Book...
In viewing soccer, I’ve always gotten the sense that the game we’re watching represents some bigger metaphor for the life we lead. Two clubs, batting inch for inch up the pitch, each tiny battle won or lost, a portion of a bigger picture. It’s why when a goal occurs it is such a cause for celebration; the goal is the reward for the long battle held.
Author Jag Shoker’s “Playing the Beautiful...
LUKE TEMPLE: DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T CARE
Luke Temple, he of proud amounts of hype and press from his outfit, Here We Go Magic, has released a side of a side project in Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care. In reality, Temple had originally started work on this album before HWGM’s 2009 debut. After the release of the self titled album, Temple shelved this one until well, now.
Originally called The Country Record,...
IYS Review: KINCH: THE INCANDENZA
Kinch is a band from Phoenix, Arizona and The Incandenza was, in their words, influenced by “Lux coffee, Boss Orange distortion pedals, Steinway B’s, David Foster Wallace, SampleMoog, anxiety, acid reflux and downstrokes.”
Kinch is best described as very upbeat sounding pop music with retro overtones (especially in the choruses) and lyrics that give off a stark contrast with...
Has Chelsea Stumbled On Its Best XI?
After a convincing 2-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen in Chelsea’s 2011-12 Champions League debut, lots of fun and interesting questions have popped up. In a league and sport that is covered to death, where every game says something, what did we take away from this event?
Is Fernando Torres right on the edge of being back?
If he is back to form, was it because of fallout from his comments...
THE LOST FERNANDO TORRES
Ever since being transferred to Chelsea in last January’s window, the one universal opinion on Fernando Torres is that he hasn’t lived up to his previous form. He’s on a drought, a severe one at that, scoring one goal last year and none in league play this year. As of right now John Terry has more goals than Torres and Daniel Sturridge, who was on loan last year gets called back and...
August 2011
8 posts
IYS Review - NERO: WELCOME REALITY
English dubstep duo Nero has been working within the genre since 2008, originally producing house and drum and bass before. Dubstep, as many of you probably are aware, has become very prevalent amongst crowds of people who strive to look for the new sound. Welcome Reality takes the idea of the genre, the idea of what it is to be involved in dubstep and sets the bar, which is impressive...