45 Minutes of Goodness*

Speaking of LeBron and New York, that was just one of the topics covered in the second Coxcast on LeBrownsTown. I sat down (over the internet!) with Brian Spaeth and we discussed the Cavs, LeBron's future, Lost and his new business venture... Turtle Calls. It's pretty awesome.

*[Edit] Ok, so the Coxcast itself is about 25 minutes. The raw, uncut, uncensored version of the podcast can be found right here: 45 minutes of goodness. If you're looking for just the Cavs stuff, go to LeBrownsTown (though I think some of the latter Cavs stuff (re: post-Turtle Calls conversation) got cut).

Season Preview/Browns Review Podcast

Is here now! We recorded this on Monday before the first Cavs game. I think it holds up in the face of their 0-2 start.

New Podcast

in which we discuss the Moon signing, the Tribe's trades, lots of Shaq, some Browns and various other goodness.

It was somehow poetic that, after watching Cliff Lee throw a complete game and Victor knock in a RBI, the Tigers scored their winning run thanks to a balk. Cleveland!

I was at Browns training camp for a bit yesterday (with some of these guys) and here's what I came away with: Braylon Edwards rides a bike real good, Dave Zastudil is good at kicking footballs, DA got a pass or two tipped at the line and Sean Rogers is an absolute monster. (I think Rogers and Shaq could team up and fight crime. Not even violent crime, but have 'em take some visits to the local Democratic Party headquarters. Go put the fear of God into some corrupt pols.)

Shaq-cast

Lastest podcast can be found here. We discuss all things Shaq, Charlie Villanueva, a little Tribe and Browns and some Futurama news. This podcast was recorded yesterday night, so unlike our other casts, this one should be mostly up to date.

In case you don't listen (heh), I think I got a good Shaq nickname: The Shaqahoga. Then when he's scoring a lot we can say that "The Shaqahoga is on fire!"

Game 5

First off, I have a new podcast up where we discuss Games 4 and 5 of Cavs/Magic.

I'm fairly confident about tonight's game. The Cavs played well in Game 4 and while they've lost three games thus far, they've had a chance in every contest. The Cavs should be able to come out and defend their home court.

I'm fairly optimistic about the Cavs chances in this series. I know it's a long shot, but hell, does anyone remember two years ago? Tribe-Red Sox? Indians up 3-1, C.C. and Carmona were the next two starters... What did Boston do?

Look, I know we're Cleveland. When our team is up 3-1, we lose. When our team is on the other end, it's too big of a hole.

I'm not as sour on the current situation as others and I think the Cavs have a fairly decent shot of playing one more game at home before they're done.

The big thing to look for tonight (for me anyways) is to see who they have LeBron defending. If it were up to me, I'd stick him Hedo Turkoglu. West has done a decent job, but he's too short and it allows Hedo to see (and shoot) over him (especially on the move). Plus, when the Cavs transition to defense, they often have a hard time picking up Rafer Alston. Just stick LeBron on Hedo and be done with it. Sure, they can still switch, but it's better giving up height AND not guarding a guy.

We'll see...

Being Sick Sucks

Been sleeping for the bulk of the past three days. It's been pretty sweet. Wouldn't have wanted to enjoy this weather or anything. Tomorrow I get the fun experience of calling in sick on St. Patrick's Day. I'm sure that won't look suspicious or anything. Awesome.

Anyways, here's our latest podcast (7? 7.5?) here.

New Podcast

I like this one- we discuss the Super Bowl, the NBA trade deadline, the terrible Browns and Michael Phelps and his bong.

Good times.

Jazz, Kings and Podcasts

I was working and then with the snow and other various issues, I could not watch Mo Williams pour in 43 points last night. Apologies all around. I haven't seen a second of it.

As for the Jazz game, I was oot and aboot and for that I don't apologize (I had a really shitty week last week, with that car wreck and all).

On a brighter note, I feel really good about our latest podcast (in which we discuss the Cavs' West coast trip, basketball broadcasters, the Browns and other various foolery). Podcast no. 5 had some technical difficulties, but it can be found in all it's glory right here. Enjoy.

No matter how hard we try

So far, whenever we've recorded a podcast, it doesn't get posted until 3 weeks later and everything we talked about was out of date.

Then yesterday we record a podcast (where we discuss the possibility of the Browns hiring Mangini) and had it all ready to go (I didn't want to post it before the Cavs recap, because I figured it'd get lost) and the Browns make it out of date by actually hiring Mangenious. Thanks guys.

Anyways, here's Podcast numero quatro. Enjoy.

Some quick thoughts

I've missed a couple of Cavs games due to Holiday Festivities. Got a lot of friends back in town, so I've been kinda busy. I'm working on getting a schedule down for recaps, so I'll be more consistent.

I don't have time for a full blown 'Music 2008' post, but here's some shit I enjoyed:

Dirty Pretty Things - Romance at Short Notice (listen to 'Come Closer,' 'Truth Begins' and 'Best Face')
The Fratellis - Here We Stand ('Look out Sunshine', 'Acid Jazz Singer' and 'Lupe Brown')
The Kooks - Konk ('Always Where I Need to Be', 'Love it All' and 'Shine On')
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive ('One for the Cutters', 'Yeah Sapphire' and 'Magazines')
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges ('Highly Suspicious', 'I'm Amazed' and 'Librarian')
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend ('One (Blake's got a new face)' 'M79' and 'Wolcott')
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely ('Consoler Of The Lonely', 'Many Shades of Black' and 'Rich Kids Blues')

Also, I haven't listened to the new Okkervil River, Kings of Leon or O.A.R. albums to have real opinions on them.

There is now a Chipotle less than 2 minutes from my house. I haven't decided if this is the best or worst thing to ever happen to me.

You have no idea how much I absolutely hate iTunes. No idea. The store and everything is fine. I'd just like to be able to use my media player to, you know, play music. If it could freeze my computer even more, that'd be awesome. I enjoy spending 20 minutes to change the song.

On the flip side, I love my iPod.

Recently saw Alien for the first time (loved it) and I got to thinking: what was the last Great Sci-Fi Movie? It can't be the original Matrix, can it? If you're counting Children of Men as sci-fi, I'd go with that, but I'm open to suggestions.

We now own a Wii. Super Mario Galaxy is waaaay fun. If you beat the game, you can play as Luigi... and he runs faster and jumpers higher than Mario (just like in Super Mario Bros. 2!!). It's the little things people.

RE: the Browns. I'm not shocked at all by the firings of Savage and Romeo. I'd be shocked (and pissed!) if Crennel stayed with the franchise. I'm OK with going after New England's Scott Pioli, but part of me feels like it's Savage Redux.

Also, they just took Romeo off of the Patriots with disastrous results, they're gonna go back to the well a second time? I can see why, but at the same time, I dunno. The last fruit we picked off the Belichik tree was rotten, we're going back for seconds?

Randy Lerner is a pussy. I'm glad Joe Thomas and Brady Quinn got to face the media. Classy. You gotta do better than that Randy. The team will never do well unless the owner does well (*waves to Arizona fans*) and Lerner will have to step it up.

I'm really glad Cowher isn't coming here. I really don't think his heart would be in it and I'd believe we'd have a Ditka in New Orleans or Johnson in Miami type situation on our hands.

I felt bad for WKNR yesterday. They went all local and by about 10:30, they were just dragging.

Really enjoyed The Browns Fan's Tailgating Guide. I actually received a free copy from the publisher (because of this blog, weird, right?) and I honestly haven't been sure how to handle it. I'm really grateful for the book and I do really enjoy it, but I've never done any ads or promotions or anything, so I'm entering new ground here.

Hopefully, it'll come in handy next season. You can read a sample chapter here(pdf).

The Cavs should have multiple All-Stars. Both Z and Mo are highly deserving, though I think Z is more likely to make it. I'd LOVE for them to get all three and then have Boobie in the 3pt shootout again. And hell, if they stay the 1st or 2nd seed, Mike Brown will be coaching the team.

That being said, the Cavs have poor representation in the ballot box. Go vote people!

The Cavs-Heat game tonight should be ridiculous. Don't miss this game.

I've gotten some feed back on the podcasts thus far and the general consensus seems to be positive and centered around the theme "stupid, but really funny." Hey, as long as you're laughing, I'm OK.

Our latest effort can be found here. Hopefully we'll record a new one this week and, like our other podcasts, we'll post it once it's out of date and irrelevant. Enjoy.

Happy New Year everyone! 2008 was a big year for me personally (Master Degree, Europe trip) if not blog-wise. If all goes well, you'll be hearing more from me. If things don't go well, it'll probably stay about the same.

Good and Bad

Bad: I didn't write up this weekend's Cavs games. I was out on Friday night, so I missed some of the Denver game (and thus didn't feel like writing a recap of a game I didn't really see). And last night, well, I passed out way early due to the fact that I had been drinking all day at the Browns-Bengals game (or as I called it: fan appreciation day). Besides the weather and the terrible football, I had a blast at the Browns game. I was the guy starting the "let's go cavs!" chants and holding the "It's not your gold pants, it's your stone hands" sign.

Good: I have a new podcast here. I can't say anything about it's quality, as I haven't listened to it yet myself. But if it's got what I think it's got, it's pretty awesome.

Maiden Voyage

Below is to my first (of many) podcasts. It is glorious and super, extra informative! (and probably out of date already- I'm lazy)

If I'm doing this right, you should be able to download it here (it's a m4a file, so you'll most likely have to use iTunes to listen to it).

Enjoy!