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Cutting Loose
You’re playing so cool Obeying every rule Dig way down in your heart You’re yearning, burning for some Somebody to tell you That life ain’t passing you by I’m trying to tell you It will if you don’t even try You can fly if you’d only cut Loose, Footloose Kick off your Sunday shoes — […]
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Quiescent Quotidian Quandaries
But I won’t cry for yesterday There’s an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive — Duran Duran, Ordinary World News This Tuesday, the Pelicans participated in the first NBA draft under than name, receiving the most likely […]
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Getting the House in Order
Our house it has a crowd There’s always something happening And it’s usually quite loud Our mum she’s so house-proud Nothing ever slows her down And a mess is not allowed Our house, in the middle of our street — Madness, Our House News The New Orleans Pelicans gave a tour of the under-construction Pelicans […]
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It Just Doesn’t Stop
‘Cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, ’cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, but you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Mike D, come and rock the sure shot I’ve got the brand new doo-doo guaranteed Like yoo hoo, I’m on like Dr. John, yeah Mr. Zu […]
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The Times, They Are A-Changin’
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’ For the loser now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin’. — Bob […]
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Against the Wind
Against the wind We were runnin’ against the wind We were young and strong, we were runnin’ Against the wind — Bob Seger, Against the Wind News Greivis Vasquez came in second this year in the voting for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award. Paul George won the award handily. The relevant data is reproduced […]
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This is the End
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I’ll never look into your eyes…again Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need…of some…stranger’s hand In […]
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Not Gently
Now is the time to turn the tide Now is the time to fight Let us not go gently To the endless winter night Now is the time to make the time Hope is still in sight Let us not go gently To the endless winter night Let us not go gently To the endless […]
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The Last Mile
The last mile Before I sleep It’ll be a while Before I get my peace — Cinderella, The Last Mile Sports The New Orleans Hornets went 1-2 for week, defeating only the lowly Cavaliers, bringing their record to 26-50. With just 6 games remaining, the Hornets have the 6th worst record in the NBA, 1.5 […]
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One Little Victory
The measure of the moment In a difference of degree Just one little victory A spirit breaking free One little victory The greatest act can be One little victory — Rush, One Little Victory Sports After a thrilling week with but a single victory, the Hornets are 25-48, good for sixth worst in the NBA […]
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From Out of Nowhere
You come from out of nowhere My glance turns to a stare One minute here and one minute there Don’t know if I’ll laugh or cry One minute here and one minute there And then you wave good-bye… — Faith No More, From Out of Nowhere Sports 2 losses following 2 wins this week brings […]
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Slipping Away
One slip, and down the hole we fall It seems to take no time at all A momentary lapse of reason That binds a life for life A small regret, you won’t forget, There’ll be no sleep in here tonight One slip … one slip — Pink Floyd, One Slip Sports A 1-2 week for […]
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A Week of Collapse
When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes When your home on the range has been torn down and paved and The buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave What more will it take For us to know This is not a […]
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A Hero Falls
We are falling – falling to rise Pain is the guide out of the wastelands We don’t need a hero We are falling – falling to rise No charlatan to show you the light We don’t need a hero — Edguy, We Don’t Need a Hero Sports A 2-2 week for the New Orleans Hornets […]
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Some Dominoes Fall, Others Do Not
No control of destiny Wake me up to reality I can just see Anarchy And there ain’t no telling who’s in charge here Hey, ho, let the bombs blow Let the dominoes fall I ain’t got control — Rancid, Dominoes Fall Sports The New Orleans Hornets All-Star break was not as effective as breaks other […]
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Almost Good
We’ve lived with past mistakes Can we live with our own? Forgive, forget forgive Be a man, not a child There are no tears for peace Of the common sympathies Educate, reinstate, educate A thing of past The trouble in the states It’s time to rise — Pantera, Rise Sports The New Orleans Hornets entered […]
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Happy Mardi Gras . . . So Far
Down in New Orleans Where the blues was born It takes a cool cat to blow a horn On LaSalle and Rampart Street The combo’s there with a mambo beat The Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo Party Gras mambo, mambo, mambo Mardi Gras mambo-o Down in New Orleans — The Hawkettes, Mardi Gras Mambo Sports […]
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Slowing Down
It’s not how fast you can go The force goes into the flow If you pick up the beat You can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More than just a dotted line More than just a dash — Marathon, Rush Sports The New Orleans Hornets 5-game Super […]
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Change Is
A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, bird is the word A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, bird is the word A-well-a, don’t you know about the bird Well everybody knows that the bird is the word — The Ramones, Surfin’ Bird (Originally by The Trashmen) Sports In a week marked with deep changes for the New Orleans Hornets, one […]
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Shifting Gears
No more: The small one The weak one The frightened one Running from beatings Deflating — Pantera, Becoming Sports In relatively good week for the New Orleans Hornets, they went 2-2, bringing their record to 13-27. Coming off an undefeated 3-0 streak, following with a 0.500 week may seem like a let down, especially with […]