Lol. I really want a metal song called "Noted University Chairman" now
To determine which words are the most "metal", this data scientist wrote a program to sift through more than 22,000 albums to find the words most frequently used in heavy metal songs compared to their use in standard English. "Burn" is the most metal word, followed by "cries", "veins", "eternity", "breathe", and "beast". The least metal words?
particularly
indicated
secretary
committee
university
relatively
noted
approximately
chairman
employees
If you were to run an analysis on what I've written at kottke.org, I doubt it would be particularly metal. \m/
Lin-Manuel Miranda gets adorably enthused about Alexander Hamilton while sober. Come on, he wrote a whole musical about the guy. Now imagine how jazzed he becomes when drunk. Thankfully, the wondering will soon cease. According to Comedy Central, Miranda will appear, wasted, on the upcoming season of Drunk Historyto talk about Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Will he rap? Probably!
Comedy Central has not announced who will be playing the political rivals, but if Leslie Odom Jr. isn’t involved that’s a serious missed opportunity. Miranda is a longtime fan of Drunk History, professing his love back in 2013 before he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon. Back in December, Miranda responded to a Twitter query about whether he’d be on the show by saying: “Hamilton was the first story ever told on Drunk History. I’d have to get drunk and tell you something else.” His appearance was ...
"[The device's creator] Mike has hooked his PC up to an Arduino Uno that’s connected to a servo-controlled lock. A self-written program then checks all of the browsers running on his computer, and if it finds one in incognito mode, it sends a signal to the Arduino to bolt the door."
There you are, just trying to get some alone time, watching your favorite fleshy, cinematic masterpiece, when BLAMMO! Someone walks in and catches you with your pants around your ankles and your face slobbered into slack-jawed oblivion.
“In 2011, a song called “5,000 Candles In The Wind” was featured in the season 3 finale of the show Parks and Recreation, titled “Li'l Sebastian”. It was played by Chris Pratt’s character Andy Dwyer in a tribute concert for Li'l Sebastian, a recently deceased miniature horse beloved by the people of Pawnee. The song was written by Dwyer after Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) asked him to write a song that would be “Something like ‘Candle In The Wind’… But 5,000 times better”.”
In November, Nintendo is coming out with a mini NES gaming system that includes 30 games and a classic controller. Among the games are Legend of Zelda, Dr. Mario, Bubble Bobble, all three Super Mario Bros., Excitebike, Castlevania, and Metroid. It hooks to your TV with HDMI and will cost $60.1
There's is no way I am not getting one of these. There's no way to buy online yet, but keep your eye on this Amazon search and I imagine it'll show up sometime soon.
Taking inflation into account, the original NES Deluxe System (with R.O.B. the robot) sold in 1985 cost $664 in 2016 dollars. When it was released in 1987, Legend of Zelda retailed for $111 in 2016 dollars. Zelda was one of the more expensive games and some of the games included with the Classic Edition came out later, but say a typical game is $80 in 2016 dollars. That's $3000 worth of games and system crammed into something that fits in your hand and costs $60. Moore's Law!↩
Carl Weathers: Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going.
Glad to see modesty is a family trait for the Ronaldos.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t turn water into wine or rise from the dead or even play the vast majority of the Euro 2016 final Portugal won last weekend. But he did hurt his knee and cry, which was apparently enough for his sister to compare him to Christ on the cross.
by Ashley Feinberg on Gawker, shared by Tom Ley to Deadspin
If there’s anything to be said about Bernie Sanders fans
, it’s that they’ve handled the past year with the sort of sensitivity so rarely seen in politics today. And now that Bernie Sanders has finally conceded to Hillary Clinton, they’re responding with the same fair-minded thoughtfulness we’ve all come to know and love.
What happened? FX's acclaimed Fargo, which is shortly to start production on its third season (which will be broadcast sometime in 2017), has just cast Carrie Coon as its female lead.
More context, please? Since 2014, Coon has been playing Nora on The Leftovers, but since that show is about to air its third and final season, girlfriend needs a gig. According to TVLine, Coon will play a recent divorcée named Gloria Burgle, in a season set in the more recent past: she'll be "struggling to understand this new world around her where people connect more intimately with their phones than the people right in front of them." Coon will be joined in Season 3 by Ewan McGregor in a dual role, but so far that's about all we know about the season.
And how does this make us feel? So great. Carrie Coon is a goddess, and her performance in The Leftovers is shockingly underrated. May this be the first step on her path to headlining her own kickass lady drama...like a Madam Secretary, except good.
Greetings, from Las Vegas! I’m here for NBA Summer League and, tragically, won’t get to see the 51s in action at any point while I’m here. I will, however, be laying a boatload of money at the books on the red-hot Giancarlo Stanton to win the Home Run Derby, so long as someone heckles him first.
Yes, that clip’s a day old, which is my way of bringing up that I missed the Roto Riteup yesterday. Real life got in the way on short notice, and I’m really sorry for leaving you hanging. Trust that whoever I would have picked for a streaming choice threw a perfect game with 20 punch-outs.
On the agenda:
1. Harvey considering season-ending surgery
2. Various News and Notes
3. Streaming Pitcher Options
Harvey considering season-ending surgery Well, this was bound to happen eventually, I guess. Matt Harvey is presenting symptoms consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome, and he’s now considering his options, none of which are all that great. Harvey could get a non-surgical injection and hope it alleviates things enough for the remainder of the season – and the Mets push for a playoff spot – or he could undergo a surgery the team believes is “inevitable.” It’s unclear when Harvey will make a decision, but obviously he’s droppable in re-draft leagues if he opts for surgery. In keeper or dynasty leagues, it gets more complicated, as Harvey’s been pitching pretty poorly in his second season back from Tommy John surgery. The talent is clear, but he’s missed fewer bats and been hit harder this season, and it’s tough to see him ranking as a top-10 starter once again entering 2017.
Various News and Notes
A lot of teams are getting their ducks in a row with the usual rush of All-Star Break disabled list stints. It makes sense, particularly for starters – teams are off for four days, anyway, and it’s a good time to get guys a little bit of extra rest (and in some cases, give them a reason to skip the showcase).
Matt Carpenter is one such name, but this doesn’t sound like a procedural DL stint. The Cardinals believe his right oblique injury is cause for a “high level of concern,” and he’s set for an MRI as a result. Aledmys Diaz is replacing him in the All-Star Game and it’s Michael McKenry getting the call from Triple-A, but it’s Kolten Wong who stands to benefit the most from a playing-time standpoint.
The Cubs may have lost Jason Hammel, too. He left his start with a hand cramp, which is a very strange and possibly concerning injury for a person who makes a living with his right hand. Keep an eye on this in the coming days, but Hammel wasn’t set to pitch until after the break, anyway.
The Red Sox added Aaron Hill in a deal with the Brewers. It’s an interesting depth add, because Hill is once again on a high point of his up-and-down career. The path to playing time isn’t exactly clear, but he could find himself on the short side of a platoon with Travis Shaw. And some of those at-bats would come at Fenway, which plays nicely to Hill’s profile. Unfortunately, this probably only registers in deep formats.
Trevor Story’s been slumping some of late, but with a Final Vote in the balance, he clobbered a pair of home runs. He’s now tied Albert Pujols’ record for rookie home runs by the break with 21. In other words, the Story of the (first half of the) Year is a hero who won’t drown.
Mike Trout is also very, very good.
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A pitcher for today: Daniel Mengden @ Hou (Collin McHugh) The Astros are roughly an average offense overall, and pitching in Houston isn’t the easiest of tasks. At the same time, the Astros strike out more than all but three other teams, and Daniel Mengden appears to be profiling as the type to take advantage. The 23-year-old has been really impressive through five starts at the major-league level and has generally exhibited better control than he has so far, too. SaberSim is lukewarm on him but at 20-percent ownership, I’ll take that risk.
A pitcher for tomorrow: Brandon McCarthy vs. SD (Luis Perdomo) One start after his return from a lengthy DL stint, Brandon McCarthy worked his way back to 38-percent ownership by striking out eight over five shutout innings. Now he’ll draw a Padres offense that’s improved but do most of their damage against lefties. Against righties, they own an 82 wRC+ and a 24.1-percent strikeout rate. We need to see more from McCarthy – happy belated birthday, by the way – before buying in that he can replicate his strong 2014. This is a good opportunity to build some momentum toward that.
Loved the webseries, and excited to see it found a new home at HBO.
After getting its start in the renegade world of web series, High Maintenance has become newly legitimized by its move to HBO. (There’s a metaphor in there somewhere.) The series promises a new kind of stoner comedy, one where the humor doesn’t come from the act of hitting the bong itself, but from the quirky personalities of the people who are hitting it. The first teaser from the show follows this general mission statement, following a day in the life of a pot delivery guy known only as “The Guy” (co-creator Ben Sinclair) as he bikes around Brooklyn making his rounds. He seems like a pretty chill dude, even willing to take out the trash for his clients. No, like literally take out the garbage on his way out the door, not kill people. Breaking Bad this isn’t.
High Maintenance lights up on HBO for a six-episode ...
“We made a mistake in permitting the Olympic torch, a symbol of peace and unity, to be exhibited alongside a chained wild animal. This image goes against our beliefs and our values,” the local organizing committee Rio 2016 said in a statement, adding “We guarantee that there will be no more such incidents at Rio 2016.”
It's always a bummer when wild animals are paraded around like that and then killed because people forgot it's a *wild freaking animal* and should never have have been there in the first place, but the last line of that statement is so goddamn laughable. This Olympics is shaping up to be a unmitigated disaster.
A Brazilian soldier shot a jaguar after an Olympic torch ceremony Monday in Manaus, Amazonas, after the animal got loose and approached him, according to a report from Reuters.
As decided by the executive committee
last week—but not leaked until yesterday—the NHL is prepared to expand to Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season, assuming billionaire prospective owner Bill Foley and friends can come up with the $500 million expansion fee. (They can.)
(1) This reminds me of the video game Spy Hunter. (2) I can't explain it, but I get really bothered by the trend of people using "savage" as a one-word descriptor for a strong decisive action.
Ripped straight from the wild scenes of a car chase in a spy movie that’s way too unrealistic, this most baddest of asses used a shield of smoke and threw spikes at the police car that was chasing him.
We’re doing everything we can not to make a “prett-y, prett-y good” joke this morning as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that HBO is reviving Curb Your Enthusiasm for a ninth season, presumably after Larry David got extremely indignant upon learning about the proposed Coach reboot. (“What, they’re bringing Coach back? If Coach can come back, I can come back! I’ve had breakfast bagels that were funnier than Coach!” Picture Larry David saying that.) HBO president of programming Casey Bloys confirms that David himself will star in the new series, telling Deadline, “We’re thrilled that Larry has decided to do a new season of Curb and can’t wait to see what he has planned.” With no set episode order or premiere date at this point, though, there’s still plenty of time for a complicated, wickedly ironic series of misunderstandings that will end with Larry ...
Daaaang. You gotta throw a lot of chairs at people's heads to get like that.
J.K. Simmons is apparently planning to bring some Dwayne Johnson realness to his role as Commissioner Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Simmons’ fitness instructor, retired U.S. marine Aaron Williamson, posted pics of the Farmer’s Insurance spokesperson in the gym to his Instagram, and they’re jarringly veiny, to say the least.
A photo posted by Aaron Williamson (@aaronvwilliamson) on
Simmons, who’s 61, has apparently been spending hours in the gym building muscles upon muscles upon muscles, meaning that when his jacked police commissioner hits Snyder’s over-saturated screen, he’ll be doing so with motherfucking authority. And, of course, with terrifyingly bulging 300-style Greek god muscles. Seriously—these things look like The Rock’s quads on “leg day ...
