The IronDog Chronicles

Snapped some pics for you at the Cradle the other night…
Talib Kweli put on an incredible show at Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill on Friday night. I caught it with a few of my boys from the NYC.
Kweli gave Chapel Hill extra love by bringing on local heroes Phonte and Pooh from Little Brother midway […]

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My all-time favorite programming concept is ESPN Classic…
But that doesn’t mean I’m thrilled with half of the things thrown up there…A case in point is ‘Cheap Seats.’
In yesterday’s DeadSpin, the writers touched upon the question of whether or not the Sklar brothers, who host the show, are funny, or not. I threw my […]

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Funny when I read about my boys around the blogosphere…
Running through ‘The Real Paul Jones’ today, I saw this post on fellow “ibiblian”, John Bachir, who used Paul’s ticket to attend Chris Anderson’s ‘Long Tail’ book release party in NYC.
JJB…Your statement to CNET is nothing less than classic. You’ve provided Fred and I at least […]

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Happy 80th to the legacy of Miles Davis…
Jesse Hamlin touched on the Davis’s legacy this past week in the San Francisco Chronicle. Despite the fact that Miles would have been 80 and he’s been dead for over a decade, his albums are still hot sellers. However, with the way that classical music has pushed […]

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A lot of people are looking back upon the World Cup swirl this week…
It’s only natural when you consider the event has pulled every country together through the sport of soccer. I noticed Frank Deford on public television with Ray Suarez and the editor of Soccer America this afternoon. You could tell that Deford […]

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Just to let you know…
I have accepted, enrolled, and committed to the Executive MBA Program at UNC Chapel Hill. I am expected to earn my MBA from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business in 2008.
For the next two years, you’ll be hearing news and tidbits from my experiences. Perhaps, you’ll notice a couple of twists […]

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I’m overjoyed…Yes, overjoyed…We’re going back to work…
Yes, the Chicago Bulls are going to be back working at a Championship level now that power forward, Ben Wallace, is on board.
Why?…Because now the Bulls have a legitimate leader in the trenches and in the paint. A player who knows what it takes to win a […]

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