03.15.10 My Top Ten RIGHT NOW
1. LOCATION Las Vegas Disgusting, overly opulent, excessive and quite possibly the best damn two and half days in recent memory. Whether wondering from overdone hotel to insanely themed hotel, beverage always in hand, sunning ourselves at the pool, losing
Top Ten “Shit My Dad Says” Tweets
I do not “do” the Twitter. I don’t lead, or follow, or Twit, or Twat in 140 characters or less. In fact, I generally think of the service as nothing more than yet ANOTHER venue (first came “pop culture” blogging)
Condescending Creature Smackdown: Ewoks vs. Na’vi
How much does James Cameron ride George Lucas’ dick? Only enough to base an entire movie, Avatar, on the final battle sequence from the last good film in the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi. Each film has its
The True Santa Story: a Spokesman Gets Diabetes
Watch the popten exclusive real video story of Santa Claus. To keep with the times and provide the nicest toys, Santa was forced earn money by promoting everything from Coke-Cola to M&M’s. His unlimited supply of soda and sweets made
Malcolm Gladwell and The Sports Guy
It seems like a strange marriage at first: Bill Simmons, a fratty sports obsessed ESPN Columnist chatting with Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling uber-geek economist/smart guy. But it turns out that Gladwell is a huge sports fan and Simmons actually has a pretty speedy brain in there. Worth a read… part I, part II.
Liked this one from Gladwell:
Thanks for bringing up Tiger. First thought: Elin has nothing on Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Remember? When she suspected Andre Rison was up to no good, she took a fairway wood to five of his luxury cars and then burned down his house. This remains the gold standard against which all spurned women must be measured.
The Top Ten Porn Stars of the Decade
We’re at the tail end of the historic decade that once and for all democratized porn. The XXX theaters in the seventies gave way to the eighties’ VHS tapes, which in turn were made obsolete by DVDs, and then were
Popten Top Ten of the Decade
This December we’re rounding up all of our Popten bloggers, and inviting anyone who has an opinion, and churning out Popten’s Top Ten of the Decade. From obvious lists like Top Ten Albums, to the much less obvious, we’re quantifying
How You Will Die
The number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result any number of things…
X-men Exist! How Top 40 Radio Led Me to Dazzler
One of my guiltiest pleasures this year (besides armed robbery) has been the electro-schmaltz hit “Evacuate the Dancefloor” by euro deities Cascada (both the name of the band and sometimes of the lead singer- bizarre). I can’t help myself- something
Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No
I humbly present to all of you a true story from sports history that is possibly one of the funniest most amazing things I have ever heard. On June 12, 1970 Dock Ellis, pitched a no-hitter against the San Diego
