Hey Everyone,
It's been a while, and I'd been slacking on e-mails, so I answered them all and here you are. And no, to the guy who asked if I killed myself after the Phillies lost in the playoffs this year. I looked at the Phillies like Rocky 3. Remember Rocky 3? Sly at the beginning was doing commercials and showing up on the muppet show? Meanwhile Mr T was working out, sweating and grunting. That was the San Francisco Giants. Ryan Howard is on Subway commercials and Entourage, while Cody Ross is off grunting and looking creepy....see exhibit A:
This loss was inevitable. Now we just need someone that the Phils beat from the 2008 World Series show up and give the Phils the eye of the tiger back. It's that simple. (Maybe Rocco Baldelli will be the Apollo guy who comes back and helps us win, I haven't seen Rocco since we beat him in 2008!)
“You said Q Tip should start being considered an all time great rapper? What are the qualifications to be a good rapper in your book?”
I did say this. (This was from some “LIST YOUR FAVORITE” things list on facebook I did a bit ago) Actually I do have qualifications, a pie chart of sorts. I didn’t even just write this right now, this is actually a chart I'd put together a while back to show how I measure every rapper in the game. Just award points for each percentage points below.
Only one rapper scored a perfect 100. Any guesses? But please feel free and use this chart for your own, I think you’ll find the scores actually do shape up well for this. I have Q TIP ranked at a 75, a very good score (actually ranked higher than Biggie. It's true, put Biggie on that chart and see how he ranks)! Tribe Called Quest was great.
Have you all guessed who got the perfect 100? At least try. Okay, click here for the answer. A perfect 100. Congratulations!
“Where’s the Hold Steady video yous aid you were posting? All I saw was one from you tube.”
Sorry, it’s true. I was doing the blog last week and saw that if I uploaded it’d take a while, so I quick scrambled and put up some footage from a show I did not attend. Here’s the footage now, and I’m sorry for any delay. Enjoy this 37 second clip of SEQUESTERED IN MEMPHIS and I hope it rocks your face off like I'd promised. In full grainy camera video
Pretty fun right? Have time for another clip? Here's CHIPS AHOY. Get those clapping hands ready
“NFL+LEAF yet?”
Ahhh, I’m thinking this equations means “LEAF? Out yet for the world?” not yet. Sadly, the NFL is very proud of their product and are holding on to this one pretty tightly. I am scheduled for a talkw ith them next week over some other projects, so maybe I can swet talk them? I hope so, because I like this one and I think you will too. Plus I have some ideas on tweeking it before it’s big release.
“Are you joining Christine O’donnell’s coven?”
Fantastic question, actually, Ms O'Donnell just lost the election about an hour ago. She did make things interesting. But you do know she likes Satan right? I'm not talking about what you think I'm talking about.... I'm pretty sure that Christine O'Donnell was a fan of Miroslav Satan (say-tannnn)...the hockey player:
“Please answer this. I am a fan of Lou Albano and I had told a wesbiste (which turned out to be a fansite that didn’t have his fan-mail address) that I wanted to hire him, and then 3 months laterhe passed away. Just let me know, what was it like working with him? Please get back to me.”
This is a great e-mail, I’m always happy to answer this because of the insane amount of fun I had working with Captain Lou, actually, thinking right now it’s been almost a year exactly that the world lost the great Captain Lou. I actually did a little piece on him last year, and for me this pretty much sums it all up. It was a blast, and I wish you all had the chance to work with him too, so you’d be able to have a “Captain Lou” story just like I’m lucky enough to have this one.
I’m also including the video here again, because it’s a lot of fun, and when we screened this in front of the DETECTIVES sneak peek it got such a warm and loving reception, that was one of my favorite parts of that night. Please enjoy this!
Speaking of DETECTIVES…
“Does Hollywood still think you dress like a homeless teenager? My wife and I laughed at that one”
Yes. Sadly. I’m not even sure how to defend myself against that remark either so I just figured I’d share it with all of you. I just said “Um, ok, I’ll go to the GAP” but then I realized “Half the time I can’t even tell which side of the GAP is the guy’s side and which side is the girl’s side” so then I walk over to American Eagle and realize that maybe a wrinkled plaid button up shirt could also add to the allure of the “homeless teenager” chic I apparently have going on here. Then I go to that store which name I can’t remember which smells like cologne and has ridiculously loud techno beats pounding. Plus that store has dim lights so I can’t even see anything. So, YES. Sadly I still dress like a homeless teenager. Thanks for reminding me of that. Kidding. Though I do have a photo shoot coming up, I’ll try and look less vagrant-y.
Alrighty everyone, hope everyone got out and voted, doesn't matter what poltical party you believe in, just believe in something and use your vote!
Take care and be good,
TIM