Thank you, Mr. Teixeira

…Cause the Yankees are on top of it. Again.

It might be with a 4-8 record for games in season against the BoSox, but hey, I’m not one to complain.

As a proud New Yorker, I wanted to personally thank Boston for the 6 1/2 game lead in the American League. No doubt we will squander the lead come September, but for now all is well in the Empire State.

The Red Sox are a lot like beach chairs: fun, relaxing, and fold up around Labor Day.

Acutal face of blogger Sean A. while watching Yankees/Red Sox series this weekend.

Volunteer Work for Habitat for Humanity. It’s good, very good for a resume, but kind of like getting an N64 without Goldeneye.

How’s your search goin Casey?

Three men exited the truck, pulled Green from his car and beat him up before feeling the scene, according to recent reports. Green was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and no other details are know at this time and Green has not commented on the incident (hey, I’m posting from a phone dammit, go to TMZ if you want full coverage of an injured z-lister, sometimes they even link to my articles).

Tom Green recently competed on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentence and hosts his own internet talk show Tom Green’s House Tonight.

Why Hallo Thar.

Here’s another good reason to NOT live on the west coast in the summer. I grew up in Arizona and I know that the combination of heat, anger, senior citizen drivers, and paper-thin gun laws are a mixture for disaster. While the assailants did not litter Green full of holes, the fist-pounding they gave the man who became synonymous with having/ putting his butt on various things was probably just as horrific.

Thank Jack Bauer-on-high that I live on the east coast and the worse I have to worry about are shitty Massholes who don’t know how to use their blinkers on I-90.

Wait, what’s the name of this blog again?

Anyway, horrible news? You decide.  I’m just happy no other famous athletes/musicians/spokesmen/sidekicks haven’t died or been injured this week (Steve who? McNair what?) and that celebrities dying has become a b-movie storyline in Hollywood.

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Man, Myth Legend- Billy Mays

According to CNN, Mays suffered injuries after a flight from Philadelphia to Tampa had a harder-than-usual landing in Tampa, allegedly injuring the pitchman, even though no one was reported injured on the flight’s landing.

What is happening to the world when even beloved pitchmen are falling to death’s cold, unwashed and Oxi-fied hands?

Damn you Death! WHY DIDNT YOU TAKE VINCE OFFER! WHY TAKE BILLY FROM US?!?!?!?

To put it in prospective this week, if Ed McMahon was the greatest sidekick ever, and Farrah was one of the most sexy icons of the 70′s, with Micheal Jackson was the King of Pop- Billy Mays was the Viceroy of Pitchmen. May he rest in peace.

Wow, this week is just sucking for cultural icons. I’m starting to think someone out there is killing off people for the hell of it and making it look like an accident.

I’m looking at you Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin: D-List celebrity or Cultural Assasin?

Originally Posted on Single/White/Geek

But, if there is one thing the state is good at it’s making some quality rock bands. You guys are good at it, not as good as starting the punk movement in NYC or making noise rock interesting (ironic big ups to the Bowery’s own Sonic Youth), but you’re pretty damn good at it.

So without further adieu, the top 5 rock bands to come out of Massachusetts after the cut.

5. Street Dogs

The Street Dogs are led by former Dropkick Murphy’s lead singer Mike McColgan. Representing the working folk of Boston’s Southside, with ballads like “Modern Day Labor Anthem” and “Unions and the Law,” The Street Dogs  take the anger of the working class and mold it into rough head smashing anthems. Their 2008 release, State of Grace, cemented the band in Boston’s rock scene.

Selected Tracks:

“Two Angry Kids”

“State of Grace”

“The General’s Boombox”

4. Big D and the Kids Table

Making their own New England inspired Punk-Ska tunes, Big D and the Kids Table have been a Boston staple since 1995. Fronted by lead singer Dave McWane who originally founded the band at The Berklee College of Music, their newest release Fluent in Stroll will come out on July 7 and the boys will be on the Warped Tour to support the album.

Selected Tracks:

“Little Bitch” (Cover)

“Shining On”

“Strictly Rude”

3. The Dresden Dolls

Amanda Palmer and Brian Vigilone have rocked as the punk-cabaret duo, The Dresden Dolls, since 2001. Releasing two critically acclaimed albums and basically making it cool to dress like a fan of The Cure once again, The Dresden Dolls are not only musically gifted but ooze alternative sex appeal on stage. Their newest release, Yes Virginia is packed with upbeat memoirs of abortion clinics, alcoholism and more missed connections than Cragislist and Newark combined.

On hiatus at the moment, Amanda Palmer has released Who Killed Amanda Palmer? The album features the likes of East Bay Ray, Ben Folds and liner notes by Neil Gaiman.

(Please forgive the shitty montage that goes along with the song, the real video wasn’t available on youtube, I know right?)

Selected Tracks:

“Backstabber”

“Mandy Goes to Med School”

“Girl Anachronism”

2. Dropkick Murphy’s

No list about the best rock Boston has to offer is complete without The Dropkick Murphy’s. Since their inception in the mid-90′s this Irish Punk outfit has honored barroom heroes, the heroes of our past and bagpipe players with a perchance for larger women across the country and around the world. Their newest release, The Meanest of Times, has built upon an already impressive library of works including the theme song to The Departed, “Shipping off to Boston.” St. Patty’s day hasn’t been the same since their inception and a concert with them is not without drinking, laughing and broken glasses (pint or spectacles, both happened, not my proudest hour).

Selected Tracks:

“Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya” (Cover)

“Barroom Hero”

“Good Rats”

1. Pixies

No band has had more influence on alt-rock before or since the Pixies. In the late 80′s the Pixies would form and die leaving albums that would go on to inspire the likes of Kurt Cobain, Weezer, Reel Big Fish (Really!), and a slew of others. Mixing the guitars of Surfer Rock, the lyrical genius of Frank Black, the simple yet effective bass lines of Kim Deal and imagery ranging from incestuous couplings to UFO’s- Pixies had it all.

Selected Tracks:

“Debaser”

“Dig For Fire”

“Planet of Sound”

Sean Ahern is an unemployed bum with too much time on his hands. Check  out his blog, Single/White/Geek, where he bitches about life, liberty and video games.