so there was this mega-deal that went down last night, involving 5 teams and 13 players. if you care you can read about the details in that link above, but here’s my boiled down version:

the nba allowed this deal to help next year’s ratings in the nba finals.

you see, the nba must approve of every deal before it can happen. the teams put together a proposal and the nba looks it over and if it’s in any way one-sided (ie: a team trading away a disgruntled star player for much less in return) they’ll step in and overrule it. it doesn’t happen often but it does happen.

this time around, however, the nba allowed a mega-deal that clearly tipped the scales in the miami heat’s favor. and why would they do that? because shaq’s team in the finals mean more advertising revenue.

for you miami heat fans: let’s hope jason williams’s elbow bounce-pass to antoine walker on the wing will NOT result in an air-ball. on national tv.

lately whenever I go sneaker shopping I run into two major problems:

- the majority of sneakers being made for the american market look like an SUV or a house
- any sneaker that looks remotely good are women’s sneakers

so when my parents came to visit last week I had them get me this one particular pair of asics:

take note, american shoe manufacturers: stop overpaying athletes to endorse “new” sneakers that look like every other sneaker out there (ie: an SUV, or a house).

so the new small towns burn a little slower cd:

+ is very good considering it’s their first time out with a full-length
+ is a tight collection catchy indie rock
+ has some sweet guitar highlights
+ has some sweet drum fills

- tends to get a little bit samey if listened to from beginning to end
- isn’t the best representation of lyrics-writing I’ve heard
- has a punctuation error in one of the titles

still, they’ve come a long way and can only get better. I’m expecting their next release to be on a major label.