We adopted a new country for the Argentina-Mexico game

Going to the World Cup is a pretty overwhelming experience. For twelve days our crew lived on trains and cramped hotel rooms, hitting Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Bonn, Cologne, and Leizpig among other cities. All told we made it to five games, including four games in four days in four cities between the 21st and 24th. Highlight was definitely the Argentina-Mexico Round of 16 game, as well as seeing Ronaldo break the all-time goal-scoring record against Ghana. Pics are on facebook.

It was disapointing to see Brazil crash out against my least favorite team in the world, but they really hadn't played up to their abilities for most of the tournament. Ronaldinho wasn't bad but didn't demand the ball and became too marginalized, and in general they seemed content to almost be a little too simple at times. I saw way too many long balls for a team as skilled as the Brazilians.

Meanwhile, Leo Messi in limited duty was cementing himself as my new favorite player, shimmying past his Barca teammate Ronaldinho for that non-honor. It was disappointing and tactically stupid not to see him against Germany, but so it goes. His performances against Serbia, Holland and Mexico show a ton of promise.

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The new Rapture album will come out on September 12th in the US, and will be called Pieces of the People We Love. The first single is the funktastic "Get Myself Into It," which you can stream at their MySpace or download over here.

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Perhaps my favorite character of all time on Conan is The Interrupter. They've got another one over at nbc.com/conan.

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Can a guy who is only 6'2" do a 720 dunk? Apparently. Even if it's just a 540 it's pretty much the coolest dunk I've ever seen. Check out more from TJ Fontenette including a 360 between-the-legs dunk here.



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CNN on Louie CK.

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One of the better car ads I've seen (NSFW).

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I flew through Reykjavik on the way to Germany, but unfortunately missed out on the Icelandic Phallology Museum.

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Luke Wilson and Uma Thurman in My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

First trailer for Spider-Man 3, only 10 months in advance.

The Borat Movie.

Christian Bale's new flick Harsh Times, from the writer of Training Day.