Yeah, so I suppose if you put a gun to my head I’d have to say I think the Utah Jazz are a better team than the Rockets. They’ve got an explosive superstar in Carlos Boozer and the league’s second-best point guard in Deron Williams. They’re also have a deeper and more talented bunch of role players. The pundits at ESPN know this, and they’re certain our Rocks are going down. As you can see, not a single one of them picks the Rockets to take the series.
Well, the available data might support their picks, but it supports another theory as well. The Jazz, along with Dallas and Denver, were one of the worst road teams in the stacked Western Conference bracket, going 17 - 24. And the Jazz, despite being the higher seed, have to play four of their seven games in Houston. Does a team with home court advantage and a 22-game winning streak have a chance against the frickin’ four seed? I’d say they do. For statistical evidence, look no further than the spot adjacent to ESPN’s den of iniquity.
Posted on September 24th, 2007 in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
In one episode where they are showing “Creature from the Black Lagoon” there are these two guys clowning around a backyard kiddy pool that looks like it was shot in the Heights. And they even recreated the “Baby Ruth bar in the pool” gag from CADDYSHACK. (That was the “revenge of the creature.”) When they feature a puppet, you can see the arm, and the mic boom drops in all the time. I have no doubt it’s intentional, at least most of the time.
They are sponsored by Party Boy warehouse, and apparently get all their (rather crappy) costumes and props there.
And right now they’re showing several classic Universal monster movies.
And they have a website, a MySpace page and videos on YouTube.
http://www.countpelicula.com/
10:30 Saturday nights, Channel 55.
It’s not really very good, but I just love the fact that someone is still doing this kind of thing.
Other cities, notably Montreal, Toronto and Minneapolis, are renowned for their extensive tunnel and skyway networks. But Houston may be alone in the extent and nature of its pedestrian circulation system of tunnels and skywalks that become particularly popular on days like Aug. 12, 13 and 14 when temperatures hit 102 and 101, or last Thursday, when Tropical Storm Erin flooded many streets.
It was not centrally planned; it just grew, inspired by Rockefeller Center in New York. But it is not connected to a transit network. And, befitting Texans’ distrust of government, most of it is private; each segment is controlled by the individual building owner who deigns to allow the public access during business hours — and then locks the doors on nights and weekends. Some parts, like those belonging to the former Enron buildings now leased by Chevron, are closed to outsiders altogether.
