1. Toxic - Britney Spears
2. New York Groove - Hello
3. Call Me - Blondie
4. Forget About What I Said - The Killers
5. Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
6. The End Has No End - The Strokes
7. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
8. Birthday - The Beatles (dedicated to a certain GMM offspring who had a birthday this past weekend)
9. Tomorrow Never Knows - Bruce Springsteen
10. Two of Us - The Beatles
It's St. Patty's day at OYTD and while we weren't getting drunk on alcohol we were intoxicated from all the celeb
rity fodder! Lucky for us, we had a week off so it gave us some time to collect some wonderful swimmer news. First off, Michael Fred's interview with Matty Matt Lauer. Now lord knows I love this boy to death but this interview was a stinker. I mean it's already been about 6 weeks since the news broke about the infamous picture so maybe I'm a bit desensitized to anything regarding this situation but it just seemed like this interview was pointless. No new information was revealed, questions weren't really answered and Michael was wearing some ugly shoes without socks (and you all know how I feel about the socks!) Maybe my standards were just too high because I sort of went in thinking that unless the interview included a) man tears or b) a reason for me to bring out the Kleenex, it wasn't going to be too great. Also, Michael's affect seemed to be a little off. While I can understand why he might be defensive because,after all, people were freaking out over something most people his age have done or do regularly, I thought he could have really used the appearance as an opportunity to remind everyone why they were all obsessed with him in the first place - and he didn't seemed to do it. I can't blame the failure of the interview on him though because at the very least, he was playing to the female fans - wearing a very snug fitting shirt (which was gre
atly appreciated.) Plus the interview seemed to edited pretty poorly - there were various times where it seemed fairly obvious that his sentences were cut off, plus each version of the interview seemed to have different content so I feel like I never got the "full interview" that I was promised. Lastly, I know my television and considering the fact that Michael segment was the first thing they showed on Dateline, they must have known it wasn't that good - they usually save the best stuff for last. The only interesting thing about the interview was that Michael said he went through what I like to call a quarter-life crisis and questioned his motivation to keep swimming. I suspect he decided to keep doing it because none other than Batman basically asked him to keep doing it. Wise choice Michael - you don't want to make Christian Bale angry.In related news, FINA handed down some official rules regarding swimsuits. We printed out the rules, read them over and have to say -there's a lot of words in there and a lot of references to buoyancy. Basically what we're getting at is that we don't really understand what these rules mean, so we decided to make up our own rule - go back to the little Ryan Lochte style and level the playing field. I mean the whole LZR Racer thing was fun while it lasted but the true measure of a swimmer is how well they can perform in wearing as little as possible - and although the LZR Racers are pretty thin, they do no
t provide the same visual stimulation as the old school Speedo. Plus at the end of the day swimming should be about the swimmers, not the suits. In all honesty, sometimes I wonder how much the suits really affect their ability and how much is really mental, you know like those old school Reebok Air shoes with the pump - did the "air" you were pumping into your shoes really make a difference or was the fact that you felt like a badass in your sweet sneakers make a difference? Just an aside, but one of the FINA rules kind of freaked me out - under "Construction" it said: Any system providing external stimulation or influence of any form (e.g. pain reduction, chemical/medical substance release, electro-stimulation, or others) is prohibited. Um, I don't know what's going on in your swimsuits but I will be having none of your electro-stimulation, thank you every much!Believe it or not, sometimes we like to look at pretty people who aren't Ryan Lochte. Even though it's been a while, I used to be a pretty big fan of "America's Next Top Model" or as we over here at OYTD like to call it "The Tyra Show;" because let's face it, the show i
s about her and how much better she is at modeling than all those girls. Apparently she's a LOT better than all of them because we could not think of a single winner of that show that has gone on to do anything particularly interesting. I think I saw Miss Danielle, winner of cycle 6, in a Sears catalog (or something equally as pedestrian.) It's really a shame because they had some girls who seemed pretty fierce - my personal favorite being Naima. Where is she? Where is she?! She had some great photos during her season and I really expected a lot of good things from her. Last I saw of her she was in an ONTD post where it looked like she might have been engaging in some questionable behavior. Maybe this is why models are so thin - if you can't get a job you can't buy food!In other news, it seems that our podcast server is having some technical difficulties at the moment. We'll keep you updated on the situation.
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