The Arcade Fire have released a video for their second single, The Suburbs. The video was directed by Spike Jonze, who directed Where The Wild Things Are and was involved in many other projects as a writer or producer including Being John Malkovich and countless music videos. He also is a co-creator of the famed TV show Jackass.
For the second time in the last two months, the media is reporting that famed NHL coach Pat Burns has succumbed to cancer. Unfortunately, it looks like there are no journalistic mistakes this time. The New Jersey Devils website released a statement saying that Burns had died after a courageous battle with cancer.
If it weren't for a certain Mr. Mathers or Mr. West, Cudi's 'Man on the Moon Part 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager' would be the most anticipated hip-hop album of the year. But Cudi has been able to slide under the radar and that's probably a good thing. The pressure other artists must deal with to continue or even expand on their greatness fascinates me.
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay easily won the NL Cy Young award today. He becomes one of only five players to win the award in both the American and National leagues.
At this point last season, Donovan McNabb was the unquestioned starter in Philadelphia, and Michael Vick was viewed as more of a gimmick than anything else.
2010 has given us a wide variety of music thus far. From Kings of Leon to Eminem, artists from all spectrums of the musical world have been dropping new albums this year, and their sounds are taking us into the next decade of music.
2010 has been an interesting year thus far for music. By no means has it been the one of the greatest, but we have had a few good ones. I haven't heard every single album out there, so if I missed anything, feel free to discuss in our forum. With a whole barrage of albums still left to come out in November and December, 2010 could turn out to be a game changer as we shift into decade 2 of the 2000s and the music continues to evolve.
Herschel Walker will fight Scott Carson in a featured heavyweight bout on Dec.4 in St. Louis at the Scotttrade Center.
This will be Walker's second professional MMA bout. The former NFL star made a successful debut last January and many consider him the sport's highest-profile novice.
Mere hours before the Minnesota Vikings played the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints, yours truly raced against time to finish writing his NFL preview for wegotthiscovered.com. In that article, I made quite a few predictions which thus far are coming to fruition. However, my Super Bowl pick of the Vikings beating the Bengals is looking a little less likely with each passing week.
