Recommendation Time

A new feature on my blog, time for a movie and a CD you should check out:

• i, robot:
  
  I am sure that a lot of people have seen this, but it somehow avoided me until tonight. As a big fan of the book (which is nothing like the movie), I was very skeptical about the movie. The book revolves around certain situations and robots and how they act within the three rules that control them. The movie does a good job not straying too far off course. Will Smith is his normal, witty self. If you haven't seen it yet, i, robot is definitely worth a rental.
  
  


• Deliverance, by Bubba Sparxxx:
  
  Before you laugh, here me out. I'm not even quite sure what possessed me to give this CD enough of a look to realize that it was actually quite good. Or at least it is different, which is important in the hip-hop screen of today. Deliverance blends fiddles and harmonica with a strong bass beat and rap vocals. There are a few tracks in the middle of the CD that are not as good, but overall the CD is pretty solid. And besides that, the song that inspired the opening to ESPN's College Gameday is also on the CD.
  
  

My Open Letter to WRAL

"I understand that there are a lot of NC State fans in the area, but taking #2 Kansas @ #8 Kentucky off the air to show NC State and Miami play "basketball" is a load of crap. You are taking off one of the most anticipated match-ups of the year. Let ESPN pick terrible basketball games. Games like #2 vs. #8 deserve to be seen nationally. Instead of watching two of the nations elite teams, we now get to sit here and see if either team can score 15 points in the first half.

In addition, when we subscribe to digital cable, we get a second WRAL channel. Yet you seem to think it’s a good idea to show the NCSU game on BOTH. What a waste? If you aren't going to make use of having two different WRALs in this case, when would you?

At the very least, please don't advertise that the game will be on for weeks in advance. I can think of few things as frustrating as looking forward to a great game, sitting down to watch it, and finding this kind of trash. I hope in the future you think about your entire viewing audience rather than a small viewing audience who cares much more about football anyway."

Eventually, the u proved to be too much for moo u...