Best Songs, NBA, Sportswriters, Movie Reviewers
If you're a Baby Boomer looking to travel down memory lane or you're younger and want to learn about the recent American cultural and political past, check out Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time." Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" is number one. Take a look at the next four hundred and ninety-nine. There is a description of each song's place on the list and links to listen to or purchase the songs online. Most songs can be bought for about $0.79.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6596661/sort/rank/pagenum/1?rnd=1101693525031&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1040
NBA commish David Stern did what he thought he had to concerning the melee at the Pistons-Pacers game at The Palace of Auburn Hills on November 19th: he issued multiple suspensions to Pacers players ( http://www.nba.com/news/pacers_pistons_041121.html). He spoke about the thugs in the stands only abstractly, calling for a closer look at "...the adequacy of our current security procedures in Detroit and our other 28 arenas." Fueled by a critical (and hypocritical) media, the largely white NBA fan base is growing increasingly hostile to highly paid, black players, especially those who don't seem "grateful" enough. There are certainly slackers and difficult personalities among NBA players (like in all fields!), but what, exactly, has the money got to do with it? Here's what: the mostly white, middle-aged, college educated sportswriters making five or six digit salaries resent like hell the young, typically less educationally advantaged black athletes making seven figures. The envy erupts like steam from a broken pipe every time a pretext surfaces (e.g. a drug arrest, an offbeat quote, a fight, etc.). Oh, and the hypocrisy? Sports publications, even well-written ones like Sports Illustrated have a long, sordid history of hawking alcohol, cigarettes and guns to its readers. But let an athlete, especially a black athlete, get caught with marijuana, cocaine or steroids and the sanctimonious articles will soon follow. Over the years, who has been a bigger threat to your children- a troubled athlete or SI?
Unlike sportswriters, movie reviewers rarely connect reviews with actors' salaries. Why is this? Could it be due to a greater appreciation by reviewers of their subjects? Is it connected with the overall "whiteness" of actors? One thing is for sure: Robert Downey Jr. and Hugh Grant have rightly been portrayed as a troubled soul and a guy who made a big mistake, respectively. In the event that you want to see what financial life is like for big money actors, check out this site:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calc/moviestar/movieS_salary.asp
That's all for today.
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NBA commish David Stern did what he thought he had to concerning the melee at the Pistons-Pacers game at The Palace of Auburn Hills on November 19th: he issued multiple suspensions to Pacers players ( http://www.nba.com/news/pacers_pistons_041121.html). He spoke about the thugs in the stands only abstractly, calling for a closer look at "...the adequacy of our current security procedures in Detroit and our other 28 arenas." Fueled by a critical (and hypocritical) media, the largely white NBA fan base is growing increasingly hostile to highly paid, black players, especially those who don't seem "grateful" enough. There are certainly slackers and difficult personalities among NBA players (like in all fields!), but what, exactly, has the money got to do with it? Here's what: the mostly white, middle-aged, college educated sportswriters making five or six digit salaries resent like hell the young, typically less educationally advantaged black athletes making seven figures. The envy erupts like steam from a broken pipe every time a pretext surfaces (e.g. a drug arrest, an offbeat quote, a fight, etc.). Oh, and the hypocrisy? Sports publications, even well-written ones like Sports Illustrated have a long, sordid history of hawking alcohol, cigarettes and guns to its readers. But let an athlete, especially a black athlete, get caught with marijuana, cocaine or steroids and the sanctimonious articles will soon follow. Over the years, who has been a bigger threat to your children- a troubled athlete or SI?
Unlike sportswriters, movie reviewers rarely connect reviews with actors' salaries. Why is this? Could it be due to a greater appreciation by reviewers of their subjects? Is it connected with the overall "whiteness" of actors? One thing is for sure: Robert Downey Jr. and Hugh Grant have rightly been portrayed as a troubled soul and a guy who made a big mistake, respectively. In the event that you want to see what financial life is like for big money actors, check out this site:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calc/moviestar/movieS_salary.asp
That's all for today.
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