Daytrotter had Sound Team in for a session and it's worth a listen. Included are "TV Torso," which always sounds better live compared to the LP version, as well as new track "Orion."

Sound Team / "TV Torso [Daytrotter Session]"
Sound Team / "Orion [Daytrotter Sessions]"

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Ronaldinho has scored some pretty filthy goals in his time, but he put on a show Saturday vs. Villareal that was capped off by probably his best ever.

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Casino Royale is about as good as advertised. Daniel Craig is more of a hard-man than Pierce Brosnan, so there are less of the puns that began to weigh down the last couple films and more of a focus on action (not surprising) and Bond's relationship with Eva Green's Vesper Lynd (somewhat surprising).

Like Spider-Man and Batman Begins, Casino Royale takes its hero back to his beginnings, which also gives Craig a better chance of reinventing the character. Casino Royale is the first Bond film in 19 years to be written by series creator Ian Fleming, and was in fact the first Bond book. Interestingly, it was the basis for a 1967 Bond spoof starring Peter Sellars.

While long (144 minutes), the pace is never tiresome and the Green/Bond combo has enough spark to carry the slower moments.

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Making a sequel to Bruce Almighty without Jim Carrey has lameness written all over it, but fortunately for the producers the Bruce back-up is Steve Carell, who's probably even more popular than Carrey at this point. The plot to Evan Almighty diverges a fair amount from the original as well, but I'm guessing it'll be pretty decent either way.