Freddy's The Man, An Apology... and All Thangs Lost?

Let me preface this post by saying that I have never been, nor ever will be a fan of Soccer. First, they always seem to be faking an injury like they got shot 50 style. Second, which is really sort of tied to the first reason, every player I've ever met personally have been chickens. Now if I have offended anyone, well you'll just have to get over it cause as a former college football player, we'd often yearn for one of the soccer balls from the next practice field to stray onto ours so that we could kick that shit the other way. We are just better athletes than you. Childish? Sure. Bully-ish? You bet. But who cared.

Now, I was watching the tube the other day and happened to come across the Comcast SportsNet station showing the highlights of the Washington United's last game. Normally I'd switch the station quicker than a Senator switching positions during election time but as soon as I grabbed the remote, I saw the craziest thing. Little Freddy Adu about to go toe to toe with some bushy haired moron. Freddy Adu? Cat is like what, 15? (His age is disputed however). And he was manning up with a guy twice his age and twice his height? That shows some serious intestinal fortitude in my book.

So let me be the first to say "I'm sorry" to all those soccer players who I've offended/tripped/form-tackled/beat down over my career. Yawl ain't nearly as gutless as I had once believed. Sorry Bob, Bear, LaMartin, Whelan, etc.

*As a matter of reference, I never actually ever hurt/injured any one who was a player of the great game of soccer. Nor do I hate soccer. Well not really anyhow. Just having fun with Kozak and crew.

*And this rant has nothing to do with the music today neither.
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Get On Up - Jodeci
Alright - Janet Jackson Feat. Heavy D
Hey You (Get Off My Mountain) - The Dramatics
Soul Power (re-edit) - James Brown

* Let me just say that I had a really insightful and informative post about today's selections. It was about how the randomness of "Party Shuffle" mode in iTunes tied into the past few weeks of existence here at The Funk. It was really good. But like a jackass, I didn't save the post correctly and it got lost. So, sorry for that. I'll save the long post for Thursday or Friday (depending on if TiVo makes his appearance). Just enjoy the tunes...

Be back tomorrow...
Brother B.