Bits of Tid formerly known as Daily Wisdomisms - "The thought of popping one of your beets into my mouth, makes me want to vomit" - The Office
I just want to start by apologizing to my better angels for a previous post blasting Wayne's Carter III. I was wrong. I apologize. I underestimated his talent and the genius of his album. (See Republicans, that's not hard to do.)
Moving on...I took a break from music this summer and focused on sports podcasts. I don't know about you, but there's one thing I've learned. You don't look nearly as weird when you're alone in your car singing along to Beyonce or Kanye than you do when you laugh at podcast convos. Quickest way to feel like a loser: Listen and laugh (which is inevitable) while you listen to the B.S. Report with Bill Simmons, while sitting in 5pm traffic, until you realize everyone stuck in traffic with you is looking at you and wondering who you're laughing at/yelling at/nodding your head in agreement with/and waving your hands in the air like you're at church saying "Preach preacher preach!".... thats ok though, sports keeps me calm. With that in mind, here are some recommendations:
1) The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons - One of the best sports columnists from ESPN, even better podcast. Huge Boston fan, lots of gambling talk, lots of Red Sox talk, huge know-it-all who knows alot. Not just sports talk, lots of pop culture discussion as well. Downside: I've been listening to him and reading him so much that I'm afraid to see him on TV. I've got an image in my head and I just know that once I see him, it will not only ruin that image, but ruin how I enjoy his work. But since this is a stupid thing to worry about, you should have no problems. Enjoy the B.S. Report.
2) The Dan LeBatard Show w/ Stugotz - Very funny fat guy out of Miami. You may know him from guest hosting Pardon The Interruption on ESPN, or writing for the Miami Herald. But he's a very funny dude with a 5-hour radio show turned into a podcast. Plenty of everyday stuff included, but some good arguments w/ co-hosts Stugotz and Hoch. Downside: Aside from national stories like Brett Favre, or championship games, they focus their attention on Miami teams. I hate Miami teams. They suck. They are, however, fun to pull against.
3) ESPN's PTI and Around the Horn podcasts - Pretty simple, the audio of PTI and ATH. Great podcast, but even better show, which you should be watching if you care at all about sports. Negs: None.
4) 1st and 10 podcast - Oh wait, IT DOESN'T EXIST! Idiots at ESPN give us the best of Mike and Mike (yawn) and PTI, and ATH, Dan Patrick, Scott Van Pelt, Chris something (too boring to look up) and others, but they don't give us a podcast of the best commentator alive - Skip Bayless. Write your Congressman, tell them that you support Skip Bayless on the podcast!!
5) Stephen A. Smith podcast - Yeah I'm really just trying to support black people here with this, but honestly, do yourself a favor and ignore #5. What an ass. (although he's making some real progress with his recent work as a talking head for MSNBC and Fox.
6) The Year of the Brownbino - Cross your fingers, toes, legs, arms, eyes, whatever it takes to make this happen. One day....one day....
I actually started this off planning to talk about some new music, but didn't quite get there. I'll get around to it eventually.
I just want to start by apologizing to my better angels for a previous post blasting Wayne's Carter III. I was wrong. I apologize. I underestimated his talent and the genius of his album. (See Republicans, that's not hard to do.)
Moving on...I took a break from music this summer and focused on sports podcasts. I don't know about you, but there's one thing I've learned. You don't look nearly as weird when you're alone in your car singing along to Beyonce or Kanye than you do when you laugh at podcast convos. Quickest way to feel like a loser: Listen and laugh (which is inevitable) while you listen to the B.S. Report with Bill Simmons, while sitting in 5pm traffic, until you realize everyone stuck in traffic with you is looking at you and wondering who you're laughing at/yelling at/nodding your head in agreement with/and waving your hands in the air like you're at church saying "Preach preacher preach!".... thats ok though, sports keeps me calm. With that in mind, here are some recommendations:
1) The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons - One of the best sports columnists from ESPN, even better podcast. Huge Boston fan, lots of gambling talk, lots of Red Sox talk, huge know-it-all who knows alot. Not just sports talk, lots of pop culture discussion as well. Downside: I've been listening to him and reading him so much that I'm afraid to see him on TV. I've got an image in my head and I just know that once I see him, it will not only ruin that image, but ruin how I enjoy his work. But since this is a stupid thing to worry about, you should have no problems. Enjoy the B.S. Report.
2) The Dan LeBatard Show w/ Stugotz - Very funny fat guy out of Miami. You may know him from guest hosting Pardon The Interruption on ESPN, or writing for the Miami Herald. But he's a very funny dude with a 5-hour radio show turned into a podcast. Plenty of everyday stuff included, but some good arguments w/ co-hosts Stugotz and Hoch. Downside: Aside from national stories like Brett Favre, or championship games, they focus their attention on Miami teams. I hate Miami teams. They suck. They are, however, fun to pull against.
3) ESPN's PTI and Around the Horn podcasts - Pretty simple, the audio of PTI and ATH. Great podcast, but even better show, which you should be watching if you care at all about sports. Negs: None.
4) 1st and 10 podcast - Oh wait, IT DOESN'T EXIST! Idiots at ESPN give us the best of Mike and Mike (yawn) and PTI, and ATH, Dan Patrick, Scott Van Pelt, Chris something (too boring to look up) and others, but they don't give us a podcast of the best commentator alive - Skip Bayless. Write your Congressman, tell them that you support Skip Bayless on the podcast!!
5) Stephen A. Smith podcast - Yeah I'm really just trying to support black people here with this, but honestly, do yourself a favor and ignore #5. What an ass. (although he's making some real progress with his recent work as a talking head for MSNBC and Fox.
6) The Year of the Brownbino - Cross your fingers, toes, legs, arms, eyes, whatever it takes to make this happen. One day....one day....
I actually started this off planning to talk about some new music, but didn't quite get there. I'll get around to it eventually.
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