Hi folks.
I started compiling my favorite songs of the year list (an annual tradition that generally takes me at least a week), and between that and the last Jock Jams installment I almost didn’t get to post today’s mix. But it’s still Monday (11:47 PM, but still Monday.) It’s freezing in my apartment and I haven’t had any dinner, hence this mix being a little bit edgy and bleak. Still, the guy you’re nailing is sure to like it. And, if you like any of the songs, you should go out and buy the albums. Except the YACHT album, which is dreadful except for that one song. (more…)
Filed under: in praise of athletic beauty, starfucking | Tags: Ichiro Suzuki, Peyton Manning
It’s the final installment of Jock Jams, the six-part feature where I look at all 2800 or so Sports Illustrated covers and tell you which ones have the best eye-candy on the cover. We’re up to the 2000s now. Of course, with the rise of the internet, 24-hour sports news, 47271 different ESPN channels, and restaurants and bars that are happy to show you all those channels at once, SI could bedistinguishing itself with more interesting articles, more in-depth features, better photography, and covers featuring anything besides the most obvious guy to be on the cover that week. But, no. I wish the magazine would focus less on the big three (football, basketball, and baseball) and more on other sports. (Although it’s important to note that when they do focus on other sports, it’s always about boring-ass Tiger Woods or boring-ass Lance Armstrong, both of whom I’d like to see way less of.) The cover photos have gotten a little better, though–David Beckham’s cover appearance didn’t even make my top 10, so they must be doing something right. I still wish they’d get somebody like Ryan McGinley to shoot some covers, though. That said, here’s my pick of the ten hottest covers of the decade that’s only about 79.9% over. (more…)
