AFRO (STEREO) TYPES - DJ CLARK QUENTE

Mostly West African tunes with some Reggae thrown in the mix. McRad, an obscure Michael Jackson cover, lots of Tony Allen (including a Ron Trent edit) and more...! Enjoy.



LISTEN: DJ CLARK QUENTE - AFRO (STEREO) TYPES

Lupe Fiasco live at The Shrine (1.28.10)

LUPE FIASCO @ THE SHRINE CHICAGO from The Shrine on Vimeo.

Chicago's own Lupe Fiasco performing live at The Shrine, video by Konee Rok!

The Shane Battier Replicant

They did it, guys. They finally cloned a human, and as expected, something went wrong. This SCOUNDREL is running around calling himself "Shane Batch-ee-yay" to sound more dangerous, like Stephon Urquelle.

Well you're not fooling me Fake Shane Battier.

I've been watching you ever since that mustache showed up. You're shooting inefficient shots. You're not playing helpside defense. And when you challenge shooters, you're going for the ball and not putting your hand in their face. Did you think we wouldn't notice, Fake Shane Battier? Come on, son.

Next thing we know you're going to be trying to smooth out your head wrinkles. You're fooling no one Fake Shane. No one. Everybody who knows anything about facial hair knows that the mustache is the least efficient form of facial hair. It doesn't keep your face warm and it doesn't make your head seem longer, so what's the point? The real Shane Battier would never grow a mustache, YOU FAKING FAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sites

I ran into a number of problems with the new sites I created in the last few days. Now the addresses will redirect automatically to the new sites. I am not pleased that this happened and have taken the legal steps to deal with the person responsible. Anyway here are the new sites:

All About FarmVille: http://www.allaboutfarmville.com/

Contains a number of articles dealing with FarmVille strategy and FarmVille strategy guides that I have written for a number of sites.

Flight Simulators Software: http://www.flightsimulatorssoftware.com/

A new hobby of mine is flight simulators and flight simulation software. I can not afford the real thing so this is as close as I am going to get for awhile.

Fast Hemorrhoid Treatments : http://www.fasthemorrhoidtreatments.com/

Not exactly the most glamorous of subjects but this site deals with hemorrhoids and how they occur and what available hemorrhoid treatments are out there.

Get Rid Of Belly Fat: http://www.get-rid-of-belly-fat-now.com/

Anyone who takes antidepressants and other mental health meds has to deal with weight gain. This site gives a number of tips on how to lose that extra weight

Treatments For Tinnitus : http://www.treatments-for-tinnitus.com/

I originally started researching treatments for Tinnitus for a friend of mine and it evolved into this site.

Anyway there are my new sites and hopefully there will be no problems this time around. take care

sites

I ran into a number of problems with the new sites I created in the last few days. Now the addresses will redirect automatically to the new sites. I am not pleased that this happened and have taken the legal steps to deal with the person responsible. Anyway here are the new sites:

All About FarmVille: http://www.allaboutfarmville.com/

Contains a number of articles dealing with FarmVille strategy and FarmVille strategy guides that I have written for a number of sites.

Flight Simulators Software: http://www.flightsimulatorssoftware.com/

A new hobby of mine is flight simulators and flight simulation software. I can not afford the real thing so this is as close as I am going to get for awhile.

Fast Hemorrhoid Treatments : http://www.fasthemorrhoidtreatments.com/

Not exactly the most glamorous of subjects but this site deals with hemorrhoids and how they occur and what available hemorrhoid treatments are out there.

Get Rid Of Belly Fat: http://www.get-rid-of-belly-fat-now.com/

Anyone who takes antidepressants and other mental health meds has to deal with weight gain. This site gives a number of tips on how to lose that extra weight

Treatments For Tinnitus : http://www.treatments-for-tinnitus.com/

I originally started researching treatments for Tinnitus for a friend of mine and it evolved into this site.

Anyway there are my new sites and hopefully there will be no problems this time around. take care

Os eternos apaixonados pelo basket...

De quando em vez recebo noticias de amigos que já não vejo faz algum tempo. Adversários no campo mas amigos e solidários cá fora com uma causa comum a paixão do basquetebol.
Na semana passada recebi a visita do Zé Sá que queria aprender o "meu " scouting". Hoje foi a vez do carlos Gouveia se lembrar de mim...
Aqui fica o seu registo que me deixa obviamente feliz:

"Caro Mário
Sou, ou melhor, fui até muito recentemente um "infoexcluído". Conheço a tua adesão desde há muito às "coisas da informática" até pela tua própria formação. Desde Outubro de 2008 que passei à condição de aposentado. Fui continuando avesso a estas "modernices". Mas o tempo vai-nos alterando algumas "convicções/teimosias"! Bem, dei-me a dar uma espreitadela pelo teu site ( é assim que se diz?) e achei absolutamente justificado enviar-te as minhas sinceras felicitações não só pela qualidade do seu conteúdo como pela clara paixão que vais de forma persistente demonstrando em relação a este jogo que merece o entusiasmo de muitos de nós. Era feio espreitar, ver, gostar e não dizer nada, não achas? Bem, por hoje fico-me por estas breves notas. Numa próxima oportunidade, que espero seja em breve, entrarei em contacto contigo para trocarmos impressões sobre o que entendermos interessante fazê-lo.
Um abraço do
Carlos Gouveia

Sean Marks Takes a Break

OH SNAP SON. Marcus you dropped that ball, man. Go get it. I'll just hang out here. Can't believe you're just throwing the ball out of bounds for no reason. Kinda wack, bro.

I'm freaking out? How? Because I'm yelling OH SNAP? Big deal. Maybe if you didn't throw the ball out of bounds for no reason I could just relax and set some back screens. Looooooove setting back screens.

OH SNAP. I'm gonna go set some back screens after you get that ball.

Mike Woodson is the Tipping Point

Y'all probably already know that Mike "Carl Winslow" Woodson of the Atlanta Hawksers shaved his eyebrows off to convince his team that he was crazy so that they would win in order to not upset their clearly insane coach. BUT did you know that Mr. Mike Woodson started a trend amongst the more style-conscious NBAers?

That is a true fact.

I found the pictures.

Charlie Villanueva was the first to try it, even before Mike Woodson did it. But people were kind of weirded out by Charlie's devotion to this look. He might have taken it too far.

Trying to show solidarity to both Charlie (both have bad contracts) and Mike Woodson (both of their cities can't believe their team still employs them), Jared Jeffries went eyebrowless. It's actually an improvement.

When all these guys started shaving their eyebrows off, Brad Miller took notice. Since he likes co-opting Black style, he adopted the shaved eyebrows look as well.

Then Troy Murphy attended the Symposium for Big White Guys Who Shoot Threes and saw Brad Miller and he was like, "nice, bro." He went home and shaved off his eyebrows because he thought that's what the whole group was doing. Whoops.

Then Troy Murphy came back to Indiana with no brows, and Earl Watson realized that his massive caterpillars needed some trimming so why not just get rid of them totally. Typical Earl Watson, always kinda messing things up just a little.

Since Brad did it, I had to do it. It's for art, guys. I might also look in to chest hair/giant hands removal. If you know anybody that specializes in that very specific area, holler at me.

As you can see, Mike Woodson is the classic "maven" from Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, a book about random capitalization. It was his daring to bring style to the court that made it okay for all of us to shave our eyebrows.

Shave yours off tonight, take a picture, and it will be posted here. Together we can shave lives.

The "Chill Out, Juwan Howard" Chronicles, Part 7

Tracking Juwan Howard's ill-fated stint with the Portland Trailblazers...

Chill out, Juwan Howard. You're just shooting a jumpshot, relax a little. Oh my bad. Let me guess, your back is tightening up. Because you're like a thousand. I guess that makes sense, unlike your continuing Team Jordan affiliation. Although I'm sure that helps out their age discrimination diversity. Maybe call up your best buddy Lance Armstrong to see how he stays so limber.

Chill out, Juwan Howard

Some Things

• As of today I'm blogging the Olympics for Yahoo!'s Fourth Place Medal. I'm basically the Blog Costas of the Internet. That doesn't really mean anything, but it sounds kind of important. Nonetheless, Blog Costas says you should read my writing over there.
• Additionally, I'm still writing at Ball Don't Lie, too. Read it. (You already are.)
• What does all this mean for The Blowtorch? I don't know. You might not believe this, but these jokes I come up with come pretty quickly, so I'm hoping to continue making these jokes. Outside of during the actual Olympics (Feb 12-28 only on NBC and Yahoo!), things should still be active around here, but maybe a little slower. My fingers are just thinking out loud right now.
• I'm on Twitter again. NETWORKING.
• Remember that book I was writing? LOLers, me too. It's finished, but rather than settling for publishing it myself, I'm going to at least try to sell it. Why not, right? It's 2010. If that fall through, THEN I will settle for publishing it.
  
• That's enough inside blogsball. Here's a picture of Harry Potter at a Lakers game:
  

Spring Summer 2011 Fashion Prints

Spring Summer 2011 Fashion Prints

Get ready to spice-up your wardrobe for spring summer 2011 with the hottest prints of the runway! There are a variety of prints presented in the spring 2011 fashion collections, so check out which prints would definitely be a part of your stylish spring wardrobe.

One Picture, Every Decade

I was checking out this picture of two floppy-haired bros shooting hoops against each other.

And I was looking at it really intense style and then I unlocked the key, which isn't how that metaphor works. But I uncovered the hidden message. I think it's a Da Vinci Code thing, because this picture recalls every era of NBA basketball, except for the 1940 which hardly count.

BREAK-DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

• 50s - non-muscular, light skinned legs, a hallmark of the early all white NBA.
• 60s - unkempt 'power to the people' hair and ineffective headbandery recalls the Summer of Love
  
• 70s - faux-tro wine and gold Cleveland Cavaliers uniforms
• 80s - too short shorts
• 90s - a center part and five o'clock shadow, ladies
  
• 00s - pointlessly updated Los Angeles Lakers jerseys
• 10s - this picture was taken in 2010

So basically this is the perfect picture for our times. Every true NBA fan would have it tattooed on their back, with the annotations so that it makes sense.

The NBA is a melting pot. We put in European and Argentinean chocolates, melt those chocolates together, and then after they have combined to form a nice Euro-Argentine chocolate paste we spread it on wheat toast and maybe put a little honey on top of the chocolate paste and enjoy it. Maybe we have another piece or maybe we get diabetes, we can't see the future.

"Tomorrow never knows." -- Ringo Starr
"For real." -- Trey Kerby

For Teresa Smith

for short hair

2010 Hairstyle

Offense, with Dahntay Jones

1. JUMPSHOT: Square up to the hoop. Get balanced. Knees shoulder width apart. Jump straight up, and land where you started. Eyes on the rim.

2. DRIVING TO THE RIM: Stay under control. Use an attack move. Prepare for help defenders. Make good decisions.

3. FINISHING AT THE RIM: Strength is the key. Concentration is crucial. Release the ball as close to the rim as possible. Play through the contact. Take the defender up with you.

4. USE YOUR OFF HAND: Strengthen your off arm. Jump off your inside foot. Practice until if feels natural.

5. HAVE FUN - Enjoy the game. Smile.

this Cornrows hair style

Blach hair style

Men Braided Hair

Black hairstile

braid hairstyles new

man hair 2010

haircut present

Medium hairstyles

Short Pixie Hairstile

Pixie hairstile mode

haircut today, that many women preferred in 2010.

Darius Songaila Supports Dunking

Ohhvkaay, Vadon. Make zis doonk shot. I vill give you hand wif making of doonk. Seence you are faht mahn vith faht neck, I vill helpt to leeft you off ze grounds.

Niiiiiiice ahnd easee weeth ze doonk. Joost make a tall jump and make zay doonk.

Oh wows, Vadon. You are un GIRTHY man, Vadon. I cahn barley leeft.

I keed. I keed. Of corpse Daryus cahn leeft. Strenf!

Bot vreally, you shood mah-be loose some of yore weight, Vadon. Note goot fors yours hart.

What Is This Guy Laughing At?

Hey, I like posting up as much as anyone outside of Paul Wall, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what is so so so so so funny to Eugene Pinkoxfordshirt up there. He's just loving life. BUT WHY?

Maybe because of this:

• Just watched the 5ooth Jones episode on his iPodPhone.
• Found out about Skype.
• Kevin Jonas got married.
• Received the R. Kelly Light It Up Tour DVD in the mail and watched the part that Aziz Ansari was talking about.
• Realized that exactly half of R. Kelly's songs are about making sex and the other half are inspirational self-help songs, which is a pretty weird breakdown.
• Started reading The Blowtorch.
• Is just a jolly fat man who likes to laugh.
• Bananas.
• One of his buddies wore a sweater that looks like the calibration screen on an HD television.
• Farted.
• Just likes having a good time.
• Found out his dad had Twitter.
• Rewatched The Happening.
• Can't get "Day Man" out of his head.
• Actually choking on a delicious churro.
  

But maybe it's none of those things. If you think you know what it is, throw it in the comments/bag.

A arte de bem defender...

Tenho seguido com redobrada atenção o campeonato da NCAA (Espn America) , particularmente no que diz respeito à equipa de Kentucky (Calipari e o seu ataque DDM).
Contudo muitas outras equipas se destacam como por exemplo a nº 1 Texas que faz da defesa em meio campo a sua principal arma . Com uma defesa colectiva conseguem pressionar todas as linhas de 1º passe.
O filme e alguns “clips” ajudam a entender melhor a forma como a executam . Curiosamente não divergem muito da clássica de defesa de Duke (Mike K) com a grande vantagem de terem jogadores mais fortes atleticamente o que lhes permite pressionar sempre a bola e os jogadores.




Tudo começa com a sobremarcação aos jogadores do perímetro. Os “Longhorns” sobremarcam todos os jogadores do perímetro mesmo os que estão perto da linha de meio campo.


Nesta sequência, o defensor de Texas coloca a mão e o corpo na trajectória do atacante e não lhe permite ir buscar a bola à mão .
O atacante não perdeu a bola foi obrigado a jogar de forma diferente.






Recuperar (Recover)
O maior problema com este tipo de defesa agressiva é que fica muito vulnerável aos cortes nas costas (backdoor). Contudo os jogadores de Texas estão bem treinados são atléticos e conseguem recuperar rapidamente a posição e a bola. Sobremarcam forte e recuperam ao mesmo tempo.(deny hard, and recover )




Ajuda (Help)
Finalmente, é quase impossível ter uma defesa individual sólida se não tivermos uma atitude colectiva . Texas funciona particularmente bem quando o defesa ao portador da bola sé ultrapassado , reagindo como um bloco na tentativa de parar a bola.

O "meu" menino na Suécia....

O meu ex-jogador Justin bailey, que tão bem jogou na nossa liga (Belenenses e F.C.Porto)não pára quieto e agora está a jogar na Suécia.

New York Fashion Week: Chado Ralph Ruccis tools for seduction

Ralph Rucci moved his runway show from the Bryant Park Tents downtown to his SoHo showroom this season. If he was letting loose a little bit, it showed, first in his eclectic front row -- Whoopi Goldberg and Andre Leon Tally, '70s songwriting duo Ashford and Simpson, Fran Leibowitz, Martha Stewart and Deeda Blair -- it doesn't get much more wild and crazy than that. And then in his opening song, "White Rabbit." Pass the mink-covered hooka, dude!

In all seriousness, there has been a sexual charge surging through Rucci's Nipponese-serene style of late, and this superb collection kept it going. Every piece was a potential tool of seduction, from the matte black sequin screen siren gown, to the mink lined rain coat with decorative "scarring" at the hem and cuffs.

Back In the Day

Despite my parents' warnings my sister insisted on wearing her red shirt to my fourth birthday party. Other than the trampling, it was pretty fun.

Como ultrapassar este atraso...

Os recentes confrontos entre as selecções distritais de Lisboa de Sub 14 , e os espanhóis de Léon deixaram mais uma vez a claro todo o nosso atraso, confirmando aliás o que já tínhamos sentido em Madrid (Sub 18 em Setembro).
Enquanto os atletas espanhóis sabem quase tudo do jogo e aplicam com velocidade e determinação defesas agressivas ( HH Press, 1.,2.2. Zona Press, HH meio campo e zona 1.2.2.) e ataques demolidores ( recorrendo a movimento constante dos jogadores e bola, bloqueios directos e indirectos, e jogo de postes) , os nossos continuam na fase inicial da aprendizagem.

Consulto frequentemente a página da FEB (ainda acredito que vale a pena aprender para ensinar… ) e ai encontrei nas reflexões dos treinadores muitas das respostas para as nossa eternas dúvidas.
Dos vários artigos consultados retirei alguns conceitos que podem clarificar o caminho que temos urgentemente de seguir:

“ Da mesma forma que os estudantes se preparam para ingressar no mundo do trabalho tentando aprender na escola o máximo , também o jogador deve saber como reagir face ás várias situações que lhe aparecem em campo “.

“Existe uma controvérsia sobre a conveniência ou não de defender zona e de jogar no ataque com bloqueios. A formação do jogador marca a sua progressão e capacidade de assimilativa do atleta e não a idade ou o escalão".

“É importante que os jogadores saibam ler os bloqueios directos , conceito base do basquetebol actual, assim como tenham uma boa leitura dos espaços. Se nas etapas da formação nunca o praticarem é difícil que quando passem de Juniores a Seniores o venham a fazer com eficácia”.

"Aos jogadores temos de ensinar a atacar não só as defesa individuais como as de espaços (zonas) . Da mesma maneira que devem também aprender como se defendem
Os jogadores, desde a idade de Iniciados devem ter conhecimentos das várias opções ofensivas, seja dos sistemas de jogo ou dos conceitos de bloqueios. Sem que seu uso seja uma obsessão no jogo da equipa".

"Os lituanos são bons lançadores porque é normal as suas equipas de formação defenderem à zona”.

“ É importante equilibrar a ambição competitiva com a formativa “.

“Devemos estar preparados para o que vamos encontrar no jogo. Se em algum momento incorporamos algo que os ajuda a competir melhor ou a equilibra desvantagens é bom para a sua motivação”.

“A estratégia dos adversários obriga a que os jovens aprendam a reagir face ás várias opções da defesa".

“Os abusos de estratégias inadequadas na formação por parte dos treinadores devem ser sancionadas pelos dirigentes ou directores desportivos , mas na FEB não somos partidários das limitações regulamentares”.

Temos justas preocupações pedagógicas e não queremos correr o risco de saltar etapas o que faz que normalmente ensinemos pouco e muitas vezes mal.
Não é pela via dos Regulamentos Técnico Pedagógicos que vamos encurtar as etapas. Necessitamos sim urgentemente de treinadores com melhor formação , de competições mais ajustadas e de continuarmos a competir e aprender com o melhor basquetebol da Europa …

Dan Gadzuric is a Friendly Defender

Come here Jer-rreeee. Give Dan Dan a huggy wuggy wugglesons. Just a quick little hug, Jerry. Not a big dealey. Just a huggy wuggy wugglesons between two friendy wendy friendersons.

Awww, that's nice Jerry. You're letting Danny Boy give you a huggles.

Oh.

Oh no.

JER-RREEEE! You dunked on Dannity Kane! That wasn't very nice, Jerry. Be a good friend, geeeeeeez.

I Got to Sit Between Dikembe Mutumbo and Steve Francis

What? What are you talking about? I can't even understand the words you're saying. You sound like Andre the Giant or like you live in a garbage can. Seriously, what?

You want to sit by Steve Francis? No. I want to sit by Steve Francis. I paid for this seat specifically because it was next to Steve Francis. I've been dying to ask him about the cuddle party he threw at the 2000 Dunk Contest. I can't help it if I have to sit next to the Princess Bride soundboard.

You played together, what, 30 games? You're no Cuttino Mobley. In fact, if you were Cuttino Mobley I would switch you seats. That would at least make sense. What are you and Steve Francis going to talk about? Bad knees? Thrilling. I'm going to stay here. You stay over there by Rick Sweatervest and mind your own business.

And why don't you relax when someone dunks it? You've seen a dunk literally thousands of times. Chill out.

The "Chill Out, Juwan Howard" Chronicles, Part 6

Tracking Juwan Howard's ill-fated stint with the Portland Trailblazers...

Chill out, Juwan Howard. Like you've never seen a dunk before. Liar. You even had one one time. Plus you were in Hoop Dreams. It's not the end of the world. In fact, considering it's DeAndre Jordan, I'd say it's not that much to worry about. Don't tear your hair out about it. Maybe next time, play defense instead of throwing a pity party.

Chill out, Juwan Howard

LAGOS DISCO INFERNO!

After reissuing killer 70s Afro/Psych/Funk From Ofege, SJOB Movement and The Mebusas, NYC's Academy Records joins forces with Frank from Voodoo Funk to release the double LP (CD) compilation, LAGOS DISCO INFERNO. Grittier and rawer than American or European disco, with distinctive African influences, the compilation is a fascinating and FUNKY look at the disco scene of 1970s Lagos, Nigeria. Check the promo video below.

Celebrities Like LeBron James

It's a scientific fact that sometimes celebrities like basketball. And sometimes even pseudo-celebrities like basketball, most notably Billy Crystal. In fact, both real and kind of celebrities sometimes like basketball so much that they sometimes attend games, even in Oakland. It happened just last night, when the Cleveland Cavaliers visited the Golden State Warriors. In the name of journalism, I checked in with these stars to see what they thought of LeBron James dunking a lot.

• Christopher Lee - "No, I'm not Ian McKlellan, who is a dear friend of mine. I am Sir Christopher Lee, perhaps better known as Saruman. Tis it noble of me to mention my roles? I carest not, for I have played Count Dooku AND Doctor Scaramanga. CHARLEMAGNE!"
• Mark Wahlberg - "Hey LeBron. That's a nice dunk. You jump pretty high. My brother jumped off a roof once. Say hi to your mother for me."
• Lynne Spears - "Sure he's a successful child prodigy now, but just wait."
• Andy Garcia (not pictured) - "Can I get some better seats please? Like something out of the upper bowl?