There's some really incredible stuff coming out of the Ireland-France World Cup 2010 Playoff game
slated for Saturday. I've no idea if this is a hoax or not --and there is a fat-Ronaldo sized
chance that it is-- but either way it's comedy gold. Read on about what could be the origin of the
Gaelic-Gallic soccer war at Irish Soccer Insider.
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Next week is going to be a good week for the rockers, ravers, dancers and derelicts of three of
America's most debauched cities. In a span of only 72 hours Justice, the world's
most-beloved/bangin' dance duo of leather-bedecked French, Christians will attempt to do what
countless summer blockbusters, Hurricane Katrina and multiple riots could not: they will destroy
New York, New Orleans and Los Angeles.
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A bit of happy, Monday morning music for the holiday from the band with a genetic splice of Carlton
from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Animal from The Muppet Show on drums.
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After the success of the Showdown in Chinatwon, Stevie Nash has decided to take the show(down) out
west to Vancouver. Highlights and inteviews in the clip above, including an appearance by one of
the best players ever to grace MLS, Youri Djorkaeff, in the 7th minute.
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It doesn't get anymore electro-dork than geeking out over Daft Punk's beefy theme to the upcoming
Tron sequel. I don't know if I'm more excited about the film or the soundtrack. I guess it doesn't
matter since I'll cop both of them on release day and probably spend more time obsessing about both
of them than a healthy marriage will allow.
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This is all I am listening to today; a perfect summery, Balearic, dance-rock pileup not seen since
Screamadelica-era Primal Scream. Love. It.
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Can we all just face it as a people: even when preceded by the edgy, urban-implying word "street",
soccer is just not tough. It's just my opinion and you may feel a differently but we can butch it
up as much as we like but it just never comes across as, I don't know, it just doesn't come off as
"hard" when married with hip hop (sorry Deuce) no matter what language it's in.
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Well just one of them really. Thomas Bangalter dropped the robot schtick for one night and people
haven't been so excited in a club since "Free Ecstasy" night. The elusive French hitmaker behind
classic Daft Punk joints like "Da Funk" and "Aerodynamic" hit the decks at LA's Cinespace for Busy
P's birthday soiree at the Dim Mak party and played (get this) only 3 songs.
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I know this song is swiftly reaching a dangerously high saturation level, but it has to be said
that So Me has outdone himself with this video. Somehow better than the Justice AND Kanye clips.
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Hey, have we ever talked about the Youri Djorkaeff music video? The man won a World Cup with France
and will always be one of the best players in MetroBull history but I'll be damned if this doesn't
belong in the hall of shame. On the positive side, it's no worse than Jordy.
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Why is The Biggest Midget in The Game™ not playing? Soccernet's David Moose says "unless
he is the worst practice player in the history of the game, there is no possible explanation why
Adu can't play for Monaco". Maybe he's on to something. Or not. Either way our kid seems to be
seeing about as much action as me, aged 15.
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Please excuse the seemingly random David Bowie reference in the caption. It's just that his white
jacket made me think of The Killers, whose new album is produced by Stuart Price aka Jacques Lu
Cont who does remix's under the name Thin White Duke. He also fronts the band Zoot Woman and wore a
white jacket like the one Sounders forward Sebastien Le Toux is rocking in the video for "It's
Automatic".
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If you haven't added Douglas Gordon's stunning film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait to your Netflix
cue, I'd highly recommend you get on that. With all of it's wide-screen shots it's probably a film
best seen in the cinema but if you didn't get the chance to experience that you should still get
stuck in on the widest, flattest, most HD television you can get yourself in front of.
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Those French freaks at La Blogotheque don't play. They spotted Bloc Party inside a Parisian
watering hole a few days ago, put them on the spot and basically forced them to play a song for
them so they wouldn't look like D-bags on camera. It's a guerrilla move for sure, but hey it's hard
out there for the content-starved blogger.
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If you've been dipping into TOR for a while you know I have a thing for the heavy-metal house music
of Justice. Dudes kill it on wax and on stage in a way that only another notorious French dance duo
can. Sh*t, I still have blisters on my feet from the VMA after party they threw at Beauty Bar in
Vegas last year.
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See that illustrated thigh above? It belongs to Frank LeBoeuf and was snapped at Ethan Zohn's
Grassroots Soccer celebrity game this afternoon. I asked him what it was and he said it was
Archimedes or something like that but I just kept staring at it thinking "that looks like an
Alien".
Then I noticed that Alexi Lalas had some ink on his ankle.
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Hello new soccer nation. I'm just back from a long lunch down in NYC's Chinatown and it wasn't for
the dim sum. Ethan Zohn's Grassroots Soccer held it's inaugural celebrity game at Sara D.
Rooseveldt park on Grand St. this afternoon and it was such a good time. All manner of soccerati
were there to play ball, shoot the shit (read:trash talk) and eat tacos (more on that later).
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Ok. Bring it. I think you'd make a bang up replacement for Donovan in LA if there is anything to
all the Landycakes-to-Europe talk. Or you can come to New York and be French with Youri Djorkaeff
on your days off. Or perhaps you are feeling adventurous...I bet Seattle could use someone like
you.
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Everyone has a blog now. Everyone from The Don to disreputable folks like me has there own platform
with which they can be heard and I'm pretty down with it. Whether that is due to the fact that we
just watched "Pump Up The Volume" in the office and I'm jacked up on pirate radio DJ-envy
& the closing scene's egalitarian overtones, I can't say.
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Kid looks good in red right? Loads of sponsors on that jersey though; I know they are found of
their auto racing in Monaco so perhaps the completely-out-of-control-sponsorship mentality has made
the jump to the soccer world over there. I'm all for making that paper, but five logo's on the
front of the kit is just a bit cluttered.
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A few days ago Metrofanatic mentioned that in addition to a Panamanian prospect and USL bad ass
Macoumba Kandji, Juan Carlos Osorio was also looking at a mystery striker. Could the former Arsenal
man with some of the worst taste in eyewear and 92 caps for France be headed to The Swamp? Perhaps.
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New York, New York! If you work in Manhattan you should start feigning illness right now.
Barcelona, who are in town to play against RBNY on Wednesday, will be holding a training session in
Central Park today so I can;t think of a better excuse to skate out of work early today but your
boss may think otherwise.
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A tinted-out late model Mercedes. An exotic European capital. D&G shades as black as coal at
midnight. And Weezy on blast the whole damn time. Even though he spent most of his 07/08 Benfica
campaign on the bench, don't feel sorry for The Biggest Midget in the Game™. ESPN The
Magazine caught up with our kid and found that 1) he's out to win some Mr.
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The French Riviera. A glamorous royal family. James Bond's favorite casinos. One of Europes most
unique stadiums. The possibility of 2 American hot-shots running the midfield. My new favorite
vacation destination.
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Nice right? Unlike some of the Nike adverts from a few years ago, all of this is actually supposed
to be real, un-altered footage. And if that is the case someone needs to sign Frenchman Remi
Gaillard ASAFP. Just let stand at the edge of the 18 and have at it...with his accuracy he's gotta
hit at least 20% of his tries.
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We gotta put a call in to Thierry Henry's people. First Disney then Seaworld; for a deep-pocketed
man of means he's got crap taste in vacation spots. Maybe he's taking his daughter on holiday or
something, I dunno. If he's not though I'm pretty sure the next stop on his vacation is a trip to
Sandals with Michael and Jan.
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How bad is playing for Derby County? So bad that former French International Laurent Robert has
left there for potential repeat cellar dwellars Toronto FC. Canuckistan be warned: if he''l get
down to his sweaty underwear in the grim, damp Newcastle air, he's most likely not afraid to do it
during an Ontario cold front.
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Head of the International Federation of Football Underdogs While many football fanaticos have heard
of the G-14, the former home of elite soccer clubs across Europe, it takes a true fan to have heard
of the International Federation of Football Underdogs. Here to clear up any misconceptions and give
us some basic history of the organization [.
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