Random thoughts...

Lots of unconnected thoughts tonight…

1) I still don’t think that there is any better ending to a sporting event than the playing of One Shining Moment at the end of the NCAA title game. Highlights of three weeks of basketball to this uplifting song as you watch guys giving it there all and ending with one team celebrating the title. I’m still upset that they recorded a new version a few years back. I really liked that late 80’s version. Trust me, it is a thrill to have heard that song when Duke won its titles. And I really did want to hear it with Illinois raising the trophy at the end.

2) A comment on one of the commercials. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie is either going to be really good or really, really bad. I know that they are working from a script that Douglas Adams had been working on before he died, which is a good sign. It’s just such a tough story to try to fit in a two hour movie. Looks spectacular though and I’ll be there for the first showing. Have to pay tribute to one of my favorite writers.

3) Saw Steve Earle on Sunday night. Great show and made me realize that I’m not the only person with my political views after all. It is still strange seeing Steve walking on stage carrying a can of Diet Dr. Pepper. Really glad that he is still clean but man, it just looks out of place. Plus, he is now graying and balding but is still the most intense person in the world. There are moments when you just expect him to kill three people in the front row because they dared to talk during his set. A really good show to catch and Allison Moorer opened, which is a huge bonus.

4) I did catch the new cast for The Surreal Life. Jose Canseco, Omarossa from The Apprentice and Balki from Perfect Strangers are the top names. Man, you’ve got to feel for Balki. It’s just the sign that you can get no work in this town. Not sure if there is anything that will match the Flavor Flav-Brigitte Nielsen pairing or the Peter Brady-Winner of America’s Next Top Model but we can always hope.

5) Oh, and for those of you who don’t watch The Surreal Life, you are missing some incredible television. I mean, Peter Brady (ok, the dude who played Peter Brady) has somehow gotten this twentysomething model falling head over heels for him. And he of course is trying to play it down, which might be the best acting job of his career. Because, lets face it, when you know that you are going to have to live your entire life as Peter Brady you better go for every opportunity that presents itself. He knows that this is the only chance he’ll ever get to date a model. Hell, he knows that there is no logical reason why a model would ever date him. This is just must see tv.

6) And in closing, Go to Hell, Carolina. Go to Hell.