Week 8 picks

I'm supposed to give you gambling advice. But I'm too tired right now. I really don't know what to say.

WARRIOR FOOTBALL!

HaPe

Happy 25th!

Week 7 picks

The waking up way too early after a night of alcohol edition!

Buffalo
@ Baltimore
Pick: Baltimore -13.0

San Francisco
@ Carolina
Pick: San Francisco -3.0

Cleveland
@ New Orleans:
Pick: Cleveland +13.5

St. Louis
@ Tampa Bay
Pick: St. Louis +3.0

Philadelphia
@ Tennessee
Pick: Tennessee -3.0

Washington
@ Chicago
Pick: Chicago -3.0

Pittsburgh
@ Miami
Pick: Pittsburgh -3.0

Jacksonville
@ Kansas City
Pick: Kansas City -9.0

Cincinnati
@ Atlanta
Pick: Atlanta -3.5

Arizona
@ Seattle
Pick: Seattle -7.0

Oakland
@ Denver
Pick: Denver -8.0

Minnesota
@ Green Bay
Pick: Minnesota +2.5

New York
@ Dallas
Pick: New York +3.0

Bye: Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, New York

Last week: 4-8-1

Season: 35-46-3

Week 6 picks

Even if you only come here for sound gambling advice, read the previous entry about my night out with Mr. Waters.

Now, same as always, no play on the Pats (I'm going to Foxborough on Sunday btw).

Seattle
@ Chicago
Pick: Chicago -6.5

Kansas City
@ Houston
Pick: Houston -4.5

Miami
@ Green Bay
Pick: Miami +3.0

Cleveland
@ Pittsburgh
Pick: Pittsburgh -13.0

New Orleans
@ Tampa Bay
Pick: Tampa Bay +4.5

San Diego
@ St. Louis
Pick: San Diego -8.5

Atlanta
@ Philadelphia
Pick: Atlanta +3.0

Detroit
@ New York
Pick: New York -10.0

Oakland
@ San Francisco
Pick: Oakland +6.5

New York
@ Denver
Pick: Denver +3.0

Dallas
@ Minnesota
Pick: Minnesota -2.0

Indianapolis
@ Washington
Pick: Indianapolis -3.0

Tennessee
@ Jacksonville
Pick: Tennessee -3.0

Bye: Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, Cincinnati

Last week: 9-5

Season: 31-38-2

If I had my way, I'd have all of them shot!

One can say quite a few things about music in the 21st century. Lady Gaga is playing in Oslo this weekend. There is a popular tune these days called "Shots" (the alcohol kind). People who have done absolutely nothing for the advancement of anything except the sale of diamonds and Escalades are making millions of hard currency.

Tonight, I have the pleasure of reporting that all hope is not lost.

The Wall is every bit as majestic, dynamic, driving, political (and politically incorrect) in 2010 as it was in 1980. Venue attended is possibly a bit smaller than most of the other places Waters will visit, but it breeds an enormous sense of intimacy between Waters (and the rest of the band) and the audience. It seems like he is having more fun this time around, without all the stress and arguments of late 70s Floyd. Going cover to cover (wall to wall?), the performers never let up and it is very easy to get suckered in. Waters is an entertainer and wields the machinery with precision (did I mention that the building of the wall and subsequent projection imagery is accurate to a few seconds? Absolutely brilliant use of new technology, and when you realize who they have pictured on the Wall, you get chills down into your shoes. One example: a video of a little girl, she start's clapping and smiling, then goes over into tears as she stands up and runs into the arms of her father walking into the room wearing fatigues. Fucking powerful. I do believe this was during Vera Lynn).

A few moments that stood out to me: the opening sequence, with flags, searchlights, pyro and the famed fighter plane crashing into one side of the Wall; Waters playing Mother while a recording of him from Earl's Court is projected on the screens; Vera Lynn through Comfortably Numb; and obviously the ending as the bricks come tumbling down. I am still fucking wired.

Two shows in Norway April/May. Go get your tickets. Not a suggestion, more of a command.

Week 5 picks

A bit late, sorry!

Atlanta
@ Cleveland
Pick: Atlanta -3.0

St. Louis
@ Detroit
The Rams will get a winning record for the first time in forever!
Pick: St. Louis +3.0

Kansas City
@ Indianapolis
Pick: Indianapolis -7.0

Green Bay
@ Washington
Pick: Green Bay -2.5

Jacksonville
@ Buffalo
Pick: Jacksonville +2.0

Tampa Bay
@ Cincinnati
Pick: Cincinnati -6.5

Chicago
@ Carolina
Pick: Chicago +2.5

New York
@ Houston
Pick: New York +3.0

Denver
@ Baltimore
Pick: Baltimore -7.0

New Orleans
@ Arizona
Pick: New Orleans -7.0

Tennessee
@ Dallas
Pick: Tennessee +6.5

San Diego
@ Oakland
Pick: San Diego -6.0

Philadelphia
@ San Francisco
Pick: Philadelphia +3.5

Minnesota
@ New York
Pick: New York -4.0

Bye: Miami, New England, Pittsburgh, Seattle

Last week: 4-9 (atrocious)

Season: 22-33-2 (pretty shitty)

Week 4 picks

Warriors got manhandled today, 49-0. Missing six starters. No excuse, not the best game.

Detroit
@ Green Bay
Pick: Green Bay -14.5

Cincinnati
@ Cleveland
Pick: Cincinnati -3.0

New York
@ Buffalo
Pick: New York -6.0

San Francisco
@ Atlanta
Pick: Atlanta -6.5

Baltimore
@ Pittsburgh
Pick: Pittsburgh -2.5

Carolina
@ New Orleans
Pick: New Orleans -13.0

Seattle
@ St. Louis
Pick: St. Louis +1.0

Denver
@ Tennessee
Pick: Tennessee -6.5

Houston
@ Oakland
Pick: Houston -3.0

Indianapolis
@ Jacksonville
Pick: Indianapolis -7.0

Washington
@ Philadelphia
Pick: -5.5

Arizona
@ San Diego
Pick: San Diego -7.0

Chicago
@ New York
Pick: Chicago +4.0

Bye: Dallas, Kansas City, Minnesota, Tampa Bay

Last week: 7-8

Season: 18-24-2