well, that was one hell of a game… for the first half, anyway. there was so much speed on both sides of the court in the ohio state/north carolina matchup last night that it looked like a benny hill sketch.

it’s a shame that ohio state didn’t have enough to pull through in the end – the lack of a dominant inside presence really killed their momentum, and sealed the game. sure, the home crowd was hostile, but that didn’t seem to faze anyone. thad matta did what he could to keep them in the game, even though the refs were clearly not on his side.

at least we got an answer to the question on everyone’s minds: whether or not the buckeyes were too high in the polls without oden, especially having only played teams like youngstown state and bernie’s auto shop. the answer: not really. maybe a few spots too high for right now, but damn, if the the future isn’t bright.

so not only did the bucks beat michigan yesterday, becoming big 10 champions, but cincinnati totally crushed rutgers, and cleveland is barely beating the steelers in the battle of the afc north’s worst.

if only the cavs had won last night, it’d be an ohio landslide.

clear channel is soon to be no more.

okay, technically the consortium of major-market radio stations will still be around, but it’s likely that their iron grip on the medium is finally at an end. no more bland, recycled music. no more monopolistic practices, trampling on free speech, or underhanded tactics and corruption.

good riddance. the fools brought this upon themselves. with satellite radio on the rise and cheap music downloads available nearly everywhere, there was no way that their strategy of repeat tracks and me-too content was going to last much longer. people don’t want to hear the same song over and over, no matter how many times it was on american idol. they crave variety.

clear channel, by the way, was the company that had that ridiculous list of banned songs in the days following 9/11. apparently louis armstrong’s “wonderful world” incites mass panic. I’m sure he intended it that way.

at least here in columbus, we’ve had some independently-owned stations willing to fight the good fight. cd101, for instance, has daytime programming more colorful than richard simmon’s wardrobe. what’s with all the nirvana and r.e.m., though? I had enough of them in 1996.

well, things went pretty much as expected yesterday, though there were still a fair share of mishaps. I was one of the many forced to vote provisionally at the polls for having a different address on my license.

The DNC says there were many reports of ID confusion by poll workers. In Columbus, people with driver’s licenses that did not match the rolls were forced to vote provisionally, which should not happen.

yeah, about that… the thing is, I sent in the change of address card 3 months ago. where did it go?
Read the rest of this entry »