Friday, August 31, 2007
Kanye West 2007 Graduation is subject to over-reaction reviews
UPDATE with examples of extreme stannery & haterism on display:
Stannery examples
1 "possibly best album since 1997". WTF?! It ain't even the best Kanye album, which came out in 2004. Dallas, don't take it personal (c) Gang Starr, we agree to disagree here.
Haterism examples
1 the hate is so exaggeratory here, it's hilarious
-----------
1970s hip hop culture: "let the poppers pop, & the breakers break"
2000s internets hip hop culture: "let the stanners stan, & the haters hate"
Kanye West's Graduation seems to be following the reaction of Common's Finding Forever. People over-reacting & saying the album is ass or classic. Too hyperbolic either way IMHO.
It seems that blogger music reviewers are taking their cues from the "shock-posting" steez of folks like mAnn Coulter or Howard Stern. In other words, make exaggerating or shocking statements in order to increase ratings.
SMH at the haters saying Kanye’s rapping sucks. Kanye actually improved since 2004, & Kanye was never a top tier rapper ala Black Thought/Chino XL. These same haters loved College Dropout though. Consistency/logic, not part of haterism.
Here's my review @ RYM.
Stannery examples
1 "possibly best album since 1997". WTF?! It ain't even the best Kanye album, which came out in 2004. Dallas, don't take it personal (c) Gang Starr, we agree to disagree here.
Haterism examples
1 the hate is so exaggeratory here, it's hilarious
-----------
1970s hip hop culture: "let the poppers pop, & the breakers break"
2000s internets hip hop culture: "let the stanners stan, & the haters hate"
Kanye West's Graduation seems to be following the reaction of Common's Finding Forever. People over-reacting & saying the album is ass or classic. Too hyperbolic either way IMHO.
It seems that blogger music reviewers are taking their cues from the "shock-posting" steez of folks like mAnn Coulter or Howard Stern. In other words, make exaggerating or shocking statements in order to increase ratings.
SMH at the haters saying Kanye’s rapping sucks. Kanye actually improved since 2004, & Kanye was never a top tier rapper ala Black Thought/Chino XL. These same haters loved College Dropout though. Consistency/logic, not part of haterism.
Here's my review @ RYM.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wikipedia > Britannica, Case Study 1 John Isner
I have heard a FEW folks complain that Wikipedia hurts the prospects of "real encyclopedias" such as Encyclopedia Britannica, & that Wikipedia has more errors than Britannica.
As a case study, I looked up John Isner on both encyclopedias. Isner is 1 of the biggest stories at the US Open.
1 Isner just graduated in May from U of Georgia, being 1 of the only ATP pros that go to college for 4 years & graduate
2 Isner is quickly showing results in his first few tourneys, making the final of the Washington warm-up tournament & losing a close match to Roddick
3 Isner beat #26th seed Jarkko Nieminen in the 1st Rd of the US Open. Isner's next match is in the 3rd Rd against the possible GOAT Roger Federer
4 Isner is 6 foot 9 inches, & has an awesome serve. Extremely tall players with great serves are very dangerous, because they have a chance to beat anyone. Isner's service games are extremely hard to break, so even if Isner can't break his opponent's serve, there's a chance Isner can still win a match via tie-breakers.
5 Isner might end up being the best American player of his era of mid-1980s born players.
I feel these reasons are strong enough to satisfy the "notability guideline" & have an encyclopedia article. Let's see what the encylopedias think:
Wikipedia
Britannica nothing!
Geez, whose more "ACCURATE" here, a decent article from Wiki, or NOTHING from Britannica.
My conclusion:
1 The Wisdom of Crowds effect > a small group of expert writers
2 Wiki is the truth. Anti-wiki naysayers are elitist, non-democratic haters.
As a case study, I looked up John Isner on both encyclopedias. Isner is 1 of the biggest stories at the US Open.
1 Isner just graduated in May from U of Georgia, being 1 of the only ATP pros that go to college for 4 years & graduate
2 Isner is quickly showing results in his first few tourneys, making the final of the Washington warm-up tournament & losing a close match to Roddick
3 Isner beat #26th seed Jarkko Nieminen in the 1st Rd of the US Open. Isner's next match is in the 3rd Rd against the possible GOAT Roger Federer
4 Isner is 6 foot 9 inches, & has an awesome serve. Extremely tall players with great serves are very dangerous, because they have a chance to beat anyone. Isner's service games are extremely hard to break, so even if Isner can't break his opponent's serve, there's a chance Isner can still win a match via tie-breakers.
5 Isner might end up being the best American player of his era of mid-1980s born players.
I feel these reasons are strong enough to satisfy the "notability guideline" & have an encyclopedia article. Let's see what the encylopedias think:
Wikipedia
Britannica nothing!
Geez, whose more "ACCURATE" here, a decent article from Wiki, or NOTHING from Britannica.
My conclusion:
1 The Wisdom of Crowds effect > a small group of expert writers
2 Wiki is the truth. Anti-wiki naysayers are elitist, non-democratic haters.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Hypocritical self-hating gay ReThuglican #4080 = Sen. Lary Craig
Damn, it seems that at least once per month, another hypocritical, closeted, self-hating, gay republican gets busted for gay prostitution.
Sen. Larry Craig from Idaho, propositioned an undercover policeman for sex, in the frickin MSP AIRPORT of all places! Geez, not only is Craig hypocrite who legislates against civil rights for gays while he is himself gay. In addition add dee dee dee to this douchebag Craig. The MSP airport is a very public building, & there are many news-junkies walking through the airport who might recognize who Craig is. At least that Bob Allen clown chose a more secluded generic public park restroom.
Expect the lame MSM to ignore the epic hypocrisy here. Thankfully we have some great bloggers to provide insight for us.
Truth Hunter has some interesting Craig quotes here
Cenk ethers Craig here.
No Larry Craig, eg [||], on this entire post.
Sen. Larry Craig from Idaho, propositioned an undercover policeman for sex, in the frickin MSP AIRPORT of all places! Geez, not only is Craig hypocrite who legislates against civil rights for gays while he is himself gay. In addition add dee dee dee to this douchebag Craig. The MSP airport is a very public building, & there are many news-junkies walking through the airport who might recognize who Craig is. At least that Bob Allen clown chose a more secluded generic public park restroom.
Expect the lame MSM to ignore the epic hypocrisy here. Thankfully we have some great bloggers to provide insight for us.
Truth Hunter has some interesting Craig quotes here
Cenk ethers Craig here.
No Larry Craig, eg [||], on this entire post.
Monday, August 27, 2007
US Open Men’s Singles - My Predictions
I get more excited about predicting the US Open Men's Singles (USO MS) draw than I do for the NCAA College Basketball "March Madness" draw. I haven't been following tennis closely since Wimbledon, but that never stops me from making predictions. Yes, my American patriotism/stannery is on full display, picking 3 Americans to reach the QF stage (Blake, Roddick, Fish)
Other predictors
Steve Tignor
Jon Wertheim
MY PICKS
1ST QUARTER
(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs (q)Scoville Jenkins (USA)
(q)Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs (q)Paul Capdeville (CHI)
(q)Thierry Ascione (FRA) vs (q)Rik de Voest (RSA)
(WC)John Isner (USA) vs (26)Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
(21)Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Robert Kendrick (USA) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)
(WC)Donald Young (USA) vs Chris Guccione (AUS)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs (13)Richard Gasquet (FRA)
(9)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs (q)Alexander Waske (GER)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (22)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
(32)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs Martin Vassallo-Arguello (ARG)
Justin Gimelstob (USA) vs (5)Andy Roddick (USA)
R64
Federer
Schuettler
Ascione
Isner
Lopez F
Kendrick
Guccione
Gasquet
Berdych
Benneteau
Simon G
Mathieu
Karlovic
Johansson T
Acasuso
Roddick
R32
Federer
Isner
Lopez F
Gasquet
Berdych
Mathieu
Karlovic
Roddick
R16
Federer
Gasquet
Mathieu
Roddick
QF
Federer
Roddick
SF1
Federer
2ND QUARTER
(4)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs (WC)Jesse Levine (USA)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) vs Vince Spadea (USA)
Peter Luczak (AUS) vs Luis Horna (PER)
(WC)Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs (28)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
(19)Andy Murray (GBR) vs (q)Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Juan Pablo Guzman (ARG) vs Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)
Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) vs (14)Guillermo Canas (ARG)
(10)Tommy Haas (GER) vs (q)Steve Darcis (BEL)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs (q)Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Paul Goldstein (USA) vs Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (18)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(29)Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Michael Llodra (FRA)
Stefan Koubek (AUT) vs Samuel Querrey (USA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
Michael Russell (USA) vs (6)James Blake (USA)
R64
Davydenko
Kiefer
Horna
Almagro
Murray
Bjorkman
Lee
Canas
Haas
Becker
Goldstein
Baghdatis
Llodra
Querrey
Santoro
Blake
R32
Davydenko
Almagro
Murray
Lee
Haas
Baghdatis
Querrey
Blake
R16
Almagro
Murray
Baghdatis
Blake
QF
Murray
Blake
SF2
Blake
3RD QUARTER
(8)Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs (LL)Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Mardy Fish (USA) vs (q)Bruno Echagaray (MEX)
(q)Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs Michael Berrer (GER)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs (30)Potito Starace (ITA)
(17)Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (q)Bjorn Phau (GER)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs (11)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(16)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs Amer Delic (USA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Agustin Calleri (ARG)
(q)Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (23)Juan Monaco (ARG)
(31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Mario Ancic (CRO) vs (3)Novak Djokovic (SRB)
R64
Robredo
Fish
Przysiezny
Gulbis
Moya
Garcia-Lopez
Kohlschreiber
Youzhny
Hewitt
Calleri
Sela
Monaco
Melzer
Del Potro
Stepanek
Djokovic
R32
Fish
Gulbis
Moya
Youzhny
Hewitt
Monaco
Del Potro
Djokovic
R16
Fish
Youzhny
Hewitt
Djokovic
QF
Fish
Djokovic
SF3
Djokovic
4TH QUARTER
(7)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
(q)Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs (25)Marat Safin (RUS)
(20)Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) vs (WC)Michael McClune (USA)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) vs (WC)Wayne Odesnik (USA)
(q)Andrei Pavel (ROU) vs (q)Dominik Meffert (GER)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs (12)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
(15)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs Werner Eschauer (AUT)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs Kristian Pless (DEN)
Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) vs (24)David Nalbandian (ARG)
(27)Dmitri Tursunov (RUS) vs Tim Henman (GBR)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs (WC)Ryan Sweeting (USA)
(WC)Alun Jones (AUS) vs (2)Rafael Nadal (ESP)
R64
Gonzalez F
Ginepri
Wawrinka
Safin
Chela
Udomchoke
Pavel
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Serra
Malisse
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Tsonga
Tipsarevic
Nadal
R32
Gonzalez F
Safin
Chela
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Nadal
R16
Gonzalez F
Ljubicic
Nalbandian
Tursunov
QF
Gonzalez F
Tursunov
SF4
Gonzalez F
FINAL FOUR
Federer
Blake
Djokovic
Gonzalez F
FINAL
Federer
Djokovic
2007 USO MS CHAMPION
Federer
Other predictors
Steve Tignor
Jon Wertheim
MY PICKS
1ST QUARTER
(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs (q)Scoville Jenkins (USA)
(q)Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs (q)Paul Capdeville (CHI)
(q)Thierry Ascione (FRA) vs (q)Rik de Voest (RSA)
(WC)John Isner (USA) vs (26)Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
(21)Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Robert Kendrick (USA) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)
(WC)Donald Young (USA) vs Chris Guccione (AUS)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs (13)Richard Gasquet (FRA)
(9)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs (q)Alexander Waske (GER)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (22)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
(32)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs Martin Vassallo-Arguello (ARG)
Justin Gimelstob (USA) vs (5)Andy Roddick (USA)
R64
Federer
Schuettler
Ascione
Isner
Lopez F
Kendrick
Guccione
Gasquet
Berdych
Benneteau
Simon G
Mathieu
Karlovic
Johansson T
Acasuso
Roddick
R32
Federer
Isner
Lopez F
Gasquet
Berdych
Mathieu
Karlovic
Roddick
R16
Federer
Gasquet
Mathieu
Roddick
QF
Federer
Roddick
SF1
Federer
2ND QUARTER
(4)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs (WC)Jesse Levine (USA)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) vs Vince Spadea (USA)
Peter Luczak (AUS) vs Luis Horna (PER)
(WC)Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs (28)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
(19)Andy Murray (GBR) vs (q)Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Juan Pablo Guzman (ARG) vs Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)
Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) vs (14)Guillermo Canas (ARG)
(10)Tommy Haas (GER) vs (q)Steve Darcis (BEL)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs (q)Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Paul Goldstein (USA) vs Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (18)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(29)Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Michael Llodra (FRA)
Stefan Koubek (AUT) vs Samuel Querrey (USA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
Michael Russell (USA) vs (6)James Blake (USA)
R64
Davydenko
Kiefer
Horna
Almagro
Murray
Bjorkman
Lee
Canas
Haas
Becker
Goldstein
Baghdatis
Llodra
Querrey
Santoro
Blake
R32
Davydenko
Almagro
Murray
Lee
Haas
Baghdatis
Querrey
Blake
R16
Almagro
Murray
Baghdatis
Blake
QF
Murray
Blake
SF2
Blake
3RD QUARTER
(8)Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs (LL)Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Mardy Fish (USA) vs (q)Bruno Echagaray (MEX)
(q)Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs Michael Berrer (GER)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs (30)Potito Starace (ITA)
(17)Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (q)Bjorn Phau (GER)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs (11)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(16)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs Amer Delic (USA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Agustin Calleri (ARG)
(q)Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (23)Juan Monaco (ARG)
(31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Mario Ancic (CRO) vs (3)Novak Djokovic (SRB)
R64
Robredo
Fish
Przysiezny
Gulbis
Moya
Garcia-Lopez
Kohlschreiber
Youzhny
Hewitt
Calleri
Sela
Monaco
Melzer
Del Potro
Stepanek
Djokovic
R32
Fish
Gulbis
Moya
Youzhny
Hewitt
Monaco
Del Potro
Djokovic
R16
Fish
Youzhny
Hewitt
Djokovic
QF
Fish
Djokovic
SF3
Djokovic
4TH QUARTER
(7)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
(q)Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs (25)Marat Safin (RUS)
(20)Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) vs (WC)Michael McClune (USA)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) vs (WC)Wayne Odesnik (USA)
(q)Andrei Pavel (ROU) vs (q)Dominik Meffert (GER)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs (12)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
(15)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs Werner Eschauer (AUT)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs Kristian Pless (DEN)
Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) vs (24)David Nalbandian (ARG)
(27)Dmitri Tursunov (RUS) vs Tim Henman (GBR)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs (WC)Ryan Sweeting (USA)
(WC)Alun Jones (AUS) vs (2)Rafael Nadal (ESP)
R64
Gonzalez F
Ginepri
Wawrinka
Safin
Chela
Udomchoke
Pavel
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Serra
Malisse
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Tsonga
Tipsarevic
Nadal
R32
Gonzalez F
Safin
Chela
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Nadal
R16
Gonzalez F
Ljubicic
Nalbandian
Tursunov
QF
Gonzalez F
Tursunov
SF4
Gonzalez F
FINAL FOUR
Federer
Blake
Djokovic
Gonzalez F
FINAL
Federer
Djokovic
2007 USO MS CHAMPION
Federer
US Open Men’s Singles draw odds
Here are the odds to win the US Open Men’s Singles draw from Oddschecker. I’m not a gambler, although I find it interesting to look at the odds, as an indicator of the players’ momentum going into the USO. It’s amazing how much a favorite Federer is.
Federer 0.53
Nadal 7.25
Djokovic 7.4
Roddick 33
Hewitt 53.27
Blake 71.8
Baghdatis 81.5
Davydenko 86.1
Soderling 100
Nalbandian 126.8
Murray 150
Gaquet
Monfils
Youzhny 150.5
Haas 158.2
Ljubicic
Berdych
Gonzalez F
Safin 200
Robredo
Canas
Tursunov
Stepanek
Karlovic
Moya
Ferrer
Chela
Ferrero
Wawrinka 250
Mathieu
Del Potro
Kiefer 300
Kohlschreiber
Ancic
Federer 0.53
Nadal 7.25
Djokovic 7.4
Roddick 33
Hewitt 53.27
Blake 71.8
Baghdatis 81.5
Davydenko 86.1
Soderling 100
Nalbandian 126.8
Murray 150
Gaquet
Monfils
Youzhny 150.5
Haas 158.2
Ljubicic
Berdych
Gonzalez F
Safin 200
Robredo
Canas
Tursunov
Stepanek
Karlovic
Moya
Ferrer
Chela
Ferrero
Wawrinka 250
Mathieu
Del Potro
Kiefer 300
Kohlschreiber
Ancic
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)