I am now licensed to do this:

And it feels so good.

Hey, it’s not a bad week of new releases…

Those of you who are my fellow baseball fans will probably love the references on The Baseball Project’s album. It helps that some really great musicians making it. But what else is coming out? (more…)

It’s Collabo Week on Sedgwick!

That means you get stuff like John Legend and Andre 3000.

It’s gonna be a good week. I’m gonna start it off slowly though, to keep you safe from injury…

Join me this week for another head-shaking purchase decision which guaranteed a spot in this series with a single quote from a college floormate-

Dude, that song was huge in Germany all summer!

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This episode opens with the roommates at the Improv. Charna tells them that they will not be having class during the next week because they are going on a trip to Cancun, Mexico. That night, after spending some time talking about the trip, they go out to a club and get drunk. Back at home, Dave is passed out in the bathroom, so Will does a little “antiquing” (throws a clump of flour at him), and convinces Brittini to do the same. Dave eventually wakes up, but he isn’t pissed off. Meanwhile, Brittini talks to Will about wanting to be friends with him, and she is glad that he will be away from Janelle on their trip to Mexico. Join me after the jump to find out why she’s so glad.

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In the past two weeks, two couples have easily separated themselves from the pack of Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance. How did they get there, and what subtle-ish ploys have the producers unfurled to help them there? ReadOn to find out… (more…)

Have a great 4th, kids - be safe, and we’ll see you on Monday.

The first-ever Sedgwick without a YouTube video.

Crooked I, “Hero” Freestyle

But, I promise, it’s worth it. (So is The Quarter Pole.)

If I blow your memory on your spine, would you think back?

This is one of my favorite videos, enjoy

At least by months, we’re officially halfway through 2008. And because I am a blogger and enjoy both creating arbitrary segments of time for my own writing purposes and the compilation of shamelessly subjective lists, I have (another) one of the latter for one of the former. This one’s about music. (more…)

Let’s get this out of the way first. New Tip.

I can say I’ve been a T.I. fan since “Rubber Band Man,” but I’m going to have a really hard time seeing Clifford sell even 500K given how cold he was while fighting charges for having Army guns.

It continues to be a rough time for new releases…

Mayer’s got a live set…who else is hitting the shelves? (more…)

So, I was just reading a random stupid article about The Hills (cause I’m 17% gay) on USA Today (cause I’m 62% dumb) and I came across this quote from Heidi..

“I don’t even want to talk about that,” Montag says. “There were rumors about a sex tape, but I had nothing to do with that. God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I’m going to get persecuted, ya know? But it doesn’t matter to me.“

Jesus and Heidi Montag. Ideological twins.

Some great Lupe for the return of 1520.

I’m back, I’m back/I’m cool, I’m cool, Westside representative/All me, no ghost/No sixteen bit like Sega Genesis. Hit the jump for programming notices and such. (more…)

It’s a short week! Huzzah!

The newest feature to DeadOn’s Music Commentary, this is “I Spent Money On This?”, taking a self-deprecating look at my numerous bad musical purchases.

After the jump, a cassette I am almost certain I opened once, played half way through, and never touched again.

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Yes, I know these recaps would be more effective if they weren’t presented 2.5 days after the episode airs, but I have a real life here, people! Anyway, this episode opens with Brianna getting a phone call from Alex Band (you know, the guy she sang back-up for at the benefit concert? the former lead singer of The Calling? Keep up, people!) where he thanks her, and asks if she wants to come into the studio to record her vocals. Brianna heads to the studio and begins recording, but she has a really difficult time and decides that it isn’t her “kind of music” so she stops. Join me after the jump to find out if this lazy girl will ever work at her dream.

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After seven weeks of breaking city girl hearts and making Mrs.JB* wish she could drink, tonight, Our Farmer Matt will be choosing his blushing bride-to-be. And given this is the show which gave us the tasteful elimination of “stick your hand in the cow’s uterus” and the tactful “I’m going to put your name in lights… to kick you out“, I can only imagine the proposal will be one which every viewer of the CW will take note of for their own future question-popping.

So, drop to one knee, get a tissue, and join me after the jump (a day late thanks to power outages; thanks Alliant Energy!) for the biggest question one she should only have to say yes to once in her life…

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So, this is the obligatory post in the blogworld in which we bid farewell to Will Leitch. Obviously, we at DeadOn have every reason in the world to be thankful to Will. Both DeadOn and Ladies… were both born of Deadspin, and not just Deadspin, but of DU!AN. And on the same night at that. I don’t do long, eloquent anythings well - so I’m not going to try here. All I’m gonna say is this: Thank you, Will. Thank you for providing a web site where we could all gather with other smart asses who don’t really want to perform our jobs from 9-5. Thank you for providing the place where we’ve met great new friends, both online and in the real world. Thank you for all of your work over the past few years. I’ll be sure to set up a “Will Leitch” Google Alert now, because God knows I’m not about to start reading New York Magazine. God speed you, Midwestern Blog Emperor.