Couple of random thoughts before I head up north for the week:
-- It's interesting hearing the random broadcast pairings for the local broadcasts of NFL preseason games. (Those of you with NFL Network can get a sampling of such games during the week.) Obviously, the national guys need some work, too, but they'll end up in the strangest of places. For instance, Sam Rosen (a Fox guy as well as the New York Rangers TV guy) was calling a game for the Seahawks. I've also heard Don Criqui calling a Patriots game (in between his Inside Edition gigs) and Joel Meyers doing a Texans game. I guess I got used to a local New York broadcaster calling a Jets or Giants preseason game with a former player from the team (like Namath or something) in years past.

-- Can you tell me what is the point of the adult top 40 stations taking out the "rap" portions of pop hits? The jokes about "Ursher" get lost when Lil Jon and Ludacris get dropped off the song "Yeah." And even worse was hearing this station snipping out the rap portions of the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc." It's just too strange. With rap being such a major part of popular music these days, why bother taking it out of "pop" songs on a pop station? Just really strange.

-- Finally, here are the answers to the songs no one got.
2. Beautiful South -- 36D
8. Godsmack -- Whatever
15. P.J. Harvey -- Down By The Water
18. Son Volt -- Drown