Saxophones Are Gay – blog.whelliston.com

Kyle is on a freakin’ roll today. Shout out to Lou Reed.

Saxophones Are Gay – blog.whelliston.com

You have to be pretty old to remember the glory days of the saxophone, or even want to try. Once upon a time, saxophonists walked on the wild side. The sax was super freaky, oww. You could learn to work the saxophone, and play just what you feel. Because if you didn’t have a sax solo in your rock song, it was an urgent urgent emergency.

Pop in the 80’s was one big saxophone solo. There was “Heart of Rock & Roll,” and every other Huey Lewis song, come to think of it. “Fortress Around Your Heart” by Sting. The red-hot fire-spitting on INXS songs like “What You Need” and “New Sensation” and “Never Tear Us Apart.” David Bowie’s “Blue Jean,” Hall & Oates’ “Maneater,” Duran Duran’s “Rio,” “If You Leave” by OMD, Donna Summer’s “She Works Hard for the Money”, “Living In America” by James Brown, I could go on for hours.

Hiring Unlicensed Contractors = Inviting Devil into Home – Consumerist

From Consumerist:

One of the guys is accused by several homeowners of low-balling bids, which then end shoot up in price over the course of the project. He also takes customer’s money and then never finishes the repairs. The police search his car and find ecstasy hidden in it. The police show off pictures of other contractors who were found to be convicted child molesters, on probation for attempted murder, registered sex offenders, on a state’s 10 most wanted list, and on Megan’s List.

The Red Sox – blog.whelliston.com

Kyle is onto something here. Read the post.

The Red Sox – blog.whelliston.com

The 2007 Boston Red Sox are not a magical team. It is a soulless, grim-faced monster-machine that leaves its victims crushed to death, impressed with deep tank-tracks. This version reminds me of all the reasons I hated the Red Sox growing up, even more so than the Yankees.

The Columbus Dispatch : Book Review | Playing For Pizza: Grisham takes fictional Browns QB to Italy

More details on the new Grisham book. Which keeps sounding better the more I hear about it. From the Dispatch:

The Columbus Dispatch : Book Review | Playing For Pizza: Grisham takes fictional Browns QB to Italy

Former Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Charlie Frye and Rick Dockery can relate: One bad game, and the Browns say bye-bye.Frye was the Browns’ starter going into this season, but a bad first half in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers got him dealt to the Seattle Seahawks days later. Dockery was mopping up in the American Football Conference championship game against the Denver Broncos and somehow gave the game away. Next stop for Dockery: the Parma Panthers — in Italy, not Ohio.

What Did You Do During The War? – Gawker

Via Gawker. This is so awesome.

What Did You Do During The War?

A Cincinnati Zoo keeper positions an elephant’s foot over a pumpkin with the face of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on it, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at the zoo in Cincinnati.

Toy Hazard Recalls

Via Consumerist

Lead paint. Ain’t it a bitch?

Toy Hazard Recalls (Listed by date of issue with most recent first)