The best from this month's Bliss Pop:

Octet / "Euro vs. Dollar (Pilooski Edit)"
This is easily the best rock-out-in-the-car song of the month...fat bass, a steady beat, no vocals, the perfect pacing of blips and bleeps.

The Shins / "Split Needles (Alternate Version)"
Their new disc Wincing the Night Away isn't bad, but it's a little short on hooks and a little long on wimpiness. This takes care of the latter a little.

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Here comes the Enron movie, with Leo DiCaprio in tow.

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And the winner for least effective gastric bypass goes to...Charlie Weis!?

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Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake perform Dick in a Box live.

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Dwight Schrute is coming to SNL.

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Thierry Henry is a fantastic player, but unfortunately he's also a jerk. Reason 456 to hate Arsenal and anyone associated with the French national team.

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My official prediction is that Gerald Green will win the 2007 Dunk Contest. He has ridiculous hops (his head regularly is in danger of hitting the rim when he dunks) and throws it down hard too. Nate Robinson is a small man but a huge tool, has no more interesting dunks to pull off after his BS act last year, and they changed the rules to prevent him from trying 86 times for the same damn dunk.

Tyrus Thomas is a great athlete but judging from his NBA highlight reel so far has no discernible creativity and his only good dunks are on follows of missed shots. He's also already said he doesn't care about the contest and only wants the cash, so fuck him. Fortunately poetic justice is alive and well.

Dwight Howard is good, but probably too big. On an unrelated note, he's not a whole lot better than he was last year, and has quietly become a little overrated (Shhhhhhhhhhh). Don't get me wrong, if you could pick anybody to start a team with he's definitely in the discussion (along with Wade, LBJ, and Dirk) but let's not get too carried away with him just yet.

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Kenneth from 30 Rock speaks.