Nike tops itself with perhaps the coolest soccer commercial they've ever done. It's like the "Smack My Bitch Up" video, except less vomit and more futbol. Well, probably the same amount of vomit.

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My album of the year so far is Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours, but then again you probably already knew that. Other favorites of late:

Crystal Castles / "Courtship Dating" (from GEE WIZZ)
Hercules and Love Affair / "Blind" (left-click)
Neon Neon / "I Lust U" (left-click)
Lykke Li / "I'm Good. I'm Gone" (left-click)

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Random Linkage:

• Former Sonics forward Peja Drobnjak was Borat before Borat was Borat. Best NBA commercials ever.
• The key to passing bad checks: don't be too ambitious.
  
• Joe Posnanski with a great story from his days as a Royals beatwriter.
• Australians having fun with road signage.
• Chris Bosh is making a play to be my favorite non-Milwaukee Buck.
• Mazda Miata: more cargo room than you think.
  
• The new Batman trailer reconfirms how awesome this movie is going to be.