Might as well join the mob...the benefits are okay

Something I saw online jogged my memory about the band Soul Asylum, so I checked my handy dandy iPod, Black Frances, and saw that I do have a Soul Asylum album.

Well, it's The Dude's, but during the Great Music Combining of Aught Whatever his music became mine and mine became his (for better and worse. As an aside...for two music junkies, combining music collections is the biggest test of a relationship).

I was listening to Grave Dancer's Union and I was reminded that Soul Asylum used to be good. I say "used to" because last year they came out of oblivion to put out this craptastic single before returning back to irrelevancy (holy cow! irrelevancy is a word! who knew?).

Grave Dancer's Union is a fabulous little gem, full of great songs. And it has my favorite Soul Asylum ever, "Without a trace." Yeah, it has "Runaway Train" on it which ended up getting overplayed until it was a lifeless shell of a decent song. But overall, it's a great disc.

Mrs. Dude's random musings, or, why do I always seem to write about music?

Why didn't more people like The Bravery's newest album, The Sun and the Moon?

It was like Oasis, only without the dysfunction and brothers getting into fist fights.

You should go listen to it. It is good.

The only baseball-related post Mrs. Dude will ever write

You might think that since The Dude covers baseball for a living, I would write prolifically about baseball. You would be wrong, though. I stay out of it, since there's already one of us in the family doing that job and doing it well.

Still, though, as the first game of the World Series of Aught Seven is now in the record books, I am taking a break from writing about things I like to share 5 thoughts about this year's post-season:

1. Josh Beckett's facial hair is awful. Seriously. The Red Sox deserve to lose based solely on the ridiculousness of Beckett's facial hair.

2.Alyssa Milano never dated Josh Beckett. She's taking time away from her busy schedule of providing insightful game coverage for mlb.com to tell us that. Wow, sports media, she sure told you. Don't you feel stupid? You know...it occurs to me that if Beckett didn't have the ridiculous facial hair that Alyssa Milano wouldn't be so quick to issue that stinging rebuke.

3. I am tired of hearing about Daisuke Matsuzaka and his supposed "gyroball." It's not a gyroball at all, if you believe Wikipedia (and who doesn't?). It's a just a changeup that breaks like a screwball.

4. It is inevitable that MLB and Fox will collaborate to showcase artists with records to sell during the World Series. The national anthem and God Bless America are both prime opportunities to pimp one's new project. When Ashanti sang "God Bless America," I kept hearing Ja Rule in my head going "unh unh."

5. Since the World Series is on Fox, at least we don't have to see any more promos for that show Frank TV. Of course, it means we'll get more Joe Buck, but that's a trade I'm willing to make.

Lucy, daughter of the devil

So, for the past few weeks The Dude has been all "Dude, Lucy: daughter of the devil is awesome!"

I've been totally non-committal about checking it out mostly because I'm asleep when he finally gets around to watching it. See, his Tivo is upstairs and we only hang out upstairs to watch TV when we go to bed.

Last night when we went to bed, I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned for a while and couldn't fall asleep.

The Dude put on Lucy, daughter of the devil. The awesome part is that it's 15 minutes w/commercials. If you fast forward, it's about 11 minutes. We were both pretty sure that I could stay awake for 11 minutes.

Lucy, daughter of the devil uses some of the voice talents from Home Movies. I mean, The Devil is play by Coach McGurk...

Apparently the premise is that Lucy is the daughter of the devil and is the Anti-Christ. Hilarity ensues from there.

It's very funny. It has to be tight, plot-wise, since it's only 15 minutes, and the episode I saw was able to do that pretty well. It was sharp and witty, too.

It's an Adult Swim joint and I'm not sure when it actually airs, but I'd definitely recommend it.

Favorite new fall show!

Apparently a majority of you are digging Pushing Daisies.

I haven't seen it, though it's sitting in the TiFaux queue, so I can't affirm this selection. But, it does give me even more of a reason to get off my booty and watch it.

A poll!

I am lazy, yes I am.

Well, lazy and curious.

What's your favorite new show so far this season?

If it's "none of the above," tell me in the comments section of this post.

Also, if you choose "Moonlight," I will out you as a person with no taste.

My big brother was Big's brother

The song "Big Brother" on Kanye West's album, Graduation, makes me tear up almost every time I hear it.

Stupid, right?

For a guy who spends so much time spewing the "I-did-it-myself-aren't-I-special" line, it's a crazy humble song about having somebody be your idol and mentor and how competition makes you do them dirty.

I'm not saying that West doesn't have the right to be arrogant. He's really talented and makes a lot of great music. But he's right when he says that on the Diamonds remix (Diamonds from Sierra Leone) that Jay-Z blew him away lyrically. Kanye West may sell more albums, but Jay-Z will always be the teacher and West will always be the student. And no amount of dirty doings is going to change that.

And maybe remembering where you came from isn't such a bad thing.

I'm not dead.

I haven't posted recently, mostly because I can't think of things to write about. So, I'm going to cop out and write a "this is what's been catching my eye lately" post.

1. I've watched the first 2 episodes of Private Practice, the Grey's Anatomy spin off. I only watched the first season of Grey's Anatomy, so I stopped watching right when Addison showed up. I don't have a history of or a context for Addison, so it's interesting seeing the show with fresh eyes. The cast is pretty awesome: Taye Diggs, Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Amy Brenneman, Chris Lowell, Kate Walsh, and Paul Adelstein. They run a holistic wellness center or something. It's pretty interesting when, in the second episode, you still have no idea what they actually do. Anyway, I dig it.

2. The new Tegan and Sara disc, The Con, is fantastic. I love it more than I could begin to tell you. I kept hearing the radio single, "Back in Your Head," and thinking 'wow, that's nice.' I bought the album because I couldn't shake that song. It turns out that the whole album is this fantastic assortment of songs that work like that--all haunting and mesmerizing.

3.I have the following TV shows TiFauxed but not watched: Dirty, Sexy, Money; Big Shots; Reaper; Pushing Daisies; Life; and Cane. What do you want to bet that one of those shows gets cancelled by the time I can watch it?

Maybe I'll have more to write about sometime soon. Maybe not. Who can tell?