Double Dribble
A lil hoop music.
A song I made with Vincent The Owl and Chris Crack has bounced its way in to NBA 2K26, a decade after a different song I made with IAMSU! and Jay Anthony swished through that year’s official game playlist.
Are the “2016 back” prognosticators onto something?
No idea!
But I will take any opportunity to celebrate a win and/or post face-scan crimes against nature.
Speaking of heehees: if you never caught the music video for “Bizness,” we had Bob’s Burgers writer / Dinosaur Jr. director Scott Jacobson driving Ron Funches and a rapping Bob Fossil to mouth-foaming levels of insanity over a beat I cooked up in Proper Villains’ old Bushwick fire trap studio.
Thank u Hot Karl for the alley-oop that got it made.
What a combination of humans…
It’s always nice to stumble into some mailbox money off a sync (film costs money lol) but contributing to the long-running video game extension of a globally beloved athletic league ain’t too bad either.
I love basketball!
It remains the youngest and funnest of all major sports — a parquet universe where personal style collides with collective effort and dunking animals.
Pure pop culture; choose your own adventure.
The rabbit holes are endless.
Have already spent far too much time this week heart-eyed over the return of purple Hyperflights I once paired with a NYU graduation gown and a biblical hangover (go violets).
As a Short King — and more recently, an Aging Person — it is increasingly rare that I get to play IRL in any real way. But I will forever be amused by Fool’s Gold’s bizarro hoops history, including my own participation in exhibition games against Jim Jones and miscellaneous uncs with handles.
Hey, we left it all on the court! And should probably make jerseys again.
Thank u for your service, NCAA alumni ringers.
Shout out Asher Roth, wherever you may be.
Kaytranada Elevator Music DJ Set — loving this series as a dinnertime mood booster. Kaytra’s edition is very ADD and enjoyable; everyone could use more “Mt. Airy Groove” in their lives.
Ezale, “Make Her Gig” (run Drug Funnie back up)
Swordes, “Finally Found!” (she’s cool)
Deftones Album Art Investigation — no shade to The Bone Temple but this is the 28 Years Later that matters. Jenkem (founded by the homie Michna’s younger brother Ian) remains today’s most interesting hub for skate-related writing / reportage / “and more,” from reliably freaky DJ mixes to AVN legend Angela White’s love of the Sony VX2000.
Bob Weir’s One Last Saturday Night (big agree on this one: “I am a firm believer in the idea that truly appreciating an artist or band means reveling in all aspects of their work, even the things you might initially scoff at, while also recognizing the ridiculousness of those attributes.”)
Playlists updated!