Sunday, June 18, 2006
The World Cup is Keeping Me Out of the Sun!!
I mean all jokes aside, I need to be looking for a new, cheaper apartment in my prospective new neighborhood but I can't miss these matches. In the internet age TIVO-ing/taping games and trying to watch them later just doesn't work.
Anyway, a few soccer-related links to celebrate the quadrennial, month-long global (the US excepted still) holiday that is the FIFA World Cup:
The "Beautiful Game" indeed.
Live Science on why goalies hate the new World Cup soccer ball.
I talked about this a while ago on my other site but here's more on the photo book abut soccer fan culture in Africa by former Fader mag editor Knox Robinson, The African Game.
Video for the England soccer team World Cup anthem "World At Your Feet" by consistent britpop underachievers Embrace.
Link to a video of US soccer team member Clint Dempsey's rap duet with the late Houston rapper Big Hawk "Don’t Tread On This" here.
And finally, God bless the US team for holding their own in a valient effort against Italy yesterday but isn't it pretty much a wrap for them this time around? Seriously....
