KC & the Sunshine Blog

I would rather _______ than pay attention to the NBA labor talks

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:32:00 -0500

Use Internet Explorer. Have brunch with Kelvin Sampson. Audition for Minute to Win it. Paint faces on china dolls. Reread Ulysses (on audiobook). Order a bonsai tree from 1800flowers.com. Watch two episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Train with LeBron. Work the cash register at Yankee Candle. Go to church. Poke someone on Facebook. Wear a cape. Visit BYU for a campus tour. Rollerblade naked through a cornfield while listening to Fiddler on the Roof in its entirety. Look at funny pictures of Ron Artest. Eat a bratwurst at the Iowa Straw Poll. Play 18 at Augusta (jk lol!). Play the piccolo. Play The Sims (v1.1). Plank. Skype with JoePa. Decoct the sociopolitical rhetoric scattered throughout Tyler the Creator’s Twitter feed. Get a jumpstart on my May Day 2012 basket. Build my personal brand via GeoCities. Write inane blog posts about not paying attention to the NBA labor talks.

Have I left anything out?

Gunner Kiel Commits To Indiana, Giving Kevin Wilson Blue-Chip...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:03:00 -0500

Gunner Kiel Commits To Indiana, Giving Kevin Wilson Blue-Chip Quarterback Recruit - SBNation.com

****BREAKING**** Kevin Wilson shaves mustache, saves Indiana Football

1993 Barry Bonds (Kanye West feat. Lil’ Wayne x DJ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:12:00 -0500

1993 Barry Bonds (Kanye West feat. Lil’ Wayne x DJ Signify) — The Hood Internet

Hi!

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:37:00 -0500

I posted a half-assed blog a couple weeks back that promised, among other things, a belated account of my last nine-ish months in Orlando. I spent what seemed like two hours (i.e. ~six minutes) on the first three or four sentences, got bored, made a sandwich, and popped in The Goonies while I shat out the rest. I have blogged very little since then, and unless you count the Gilbert Arenas Twitterbrag I have not blogged about Florida. This is mostly because I’m back in Iowa, between jobs and living at my mom’s house, so I am trying to do things that take my mind from that fact … and so far naps have triumphed over traversing the Internet in the time I do spend at home.

But in rereading that last (first) Florida post, I realized I was just writing for the sake of writing itself, and I think that shows. So rather than make empty promises to deliver on a single topic that is really of no significance to anyone who follows me, let me just say: Orlando was amazing, I don’t want to be a television journalist (unless I am a journalist writing about television) anymore, and, barring serious illness or recycled interest in moving to NYC, I’ll start work in Chicago come fall, doing exactly what I want to be doing at a place I want to be doing it at.

Here is a photo from Florida:

Yay, Florida! The end.

I’ll start contributing to NBA Off-Season again after the Finals, because those guys are doing a fantastic job and I’d rather sit back and focus on hating the Heat like the rest of America should. They are evil like khaki cargos and Bradley Cooper. Tumblr is not evil, though, and I promise — really promise — to chime in more often and not be as yawn-inducing when I do. Toodles, y’all.

Candy Man — Mississippi John Hurt

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:15:00 -0500

Candy Man — Mississippi John Hurt

Oh?

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:38:00 -0500

Oh?

In which Steffi Graf becomes my favorite tennis player.

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:56:00 -0500

In which Steffi Graf becomes my favorite tennis player.

Gangsta — tUnE-yArDs

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:19:00 -0500

Gangsta — tUnE-yArDs

The Man In Me — Bob Dylan That rug really tied the room...

Tue, 03 May 2011 18:23:00 -0500

The Man In Me — Bob Dylan

That rug really tied the room together.

(via helpmesellmorebooksthanjustinbieber.com)

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:07:00 -0500

(via helpmesellmorebooksthanjustinbieber.com)

“Bros, get ready. Pack your blasters and pack your bags....

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:36:00 -0500

“Bros, get ready. Pack your blasters and pack your bags. Hasbro’s NERF brand has announced that the annual, much-anticipated NERF DART TAG World Championship will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, FL., August 19-21.”

(via GoLocal Prov)

Filed under: !!!

"I was bumped as if I was listening to Pastor Troy on my iPod, a rapper who puts that dog in your..."

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:21:00 -0500

“I was bumped as if I was listening to Pastor Troy on my iPod, a rapper who puts that dog in your heart when you’re on that battlefield.”

- Ha’Sean Clinton-Dix, a safety for Dr. Phillips in Orlando, Florida (and a ‘Bama commit), discusses the Pastor Troy/Mikhail Bulgakov Effect with ESPN RISE.

Amazing and Wonderful — Peaking Lights

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:55:00 -0500

Amazing and Wonderful — Peaking Lights

Tom Crean has been quietly amassing his own iteration of...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:54:00 -0500

Tom Crean has been quietly amassing his own iteration of Michigan’s Fab Five with the 2012 Hoosier recruiting class — complete, today, with a verbal commitment from 6-7 guard/forward Jeremy Hollowell. Ranked #38 among all prospects (according to ESPN.com), he joins power forward Hanner Perea, guard Ron Patterson, guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and center Peter Jurkin.

Welcome to the family, Jeremy.

Lost Ones — Lauryn Hill

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:19:00 -0500

Lost Ones — Lauryn Hill

but for real, ‘lol’

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:11:00 -0500

but for real, ‘lol’

‘Kay.

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:53:00 -0600

‘Kay.

Apropos of nothing, Brandon Bird’s Uncanny Valley.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:52:00 -0600

Apropos of nothing, Brandon Bird’s Uncanny Valley.

February 23, 1985: On this day in history, Bobby Knight threw a...

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:33:00 -0600

February 23, 1985: On this day in history, Bobby Knight threw a chair, the world split in half, and the Hoosiers lost to Purdue.

(Things get good around 1:03.)

Change In Speak — De La Soul

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:06:00 -0600

Change In Speak — De La Soul