BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Memories of 2008

* Over 46,000 visitors for Bleachers' Brew and over 214,100 page views in 2008 * Transformers * The Dark Knight * Iron Man * Life * Damian Lewis * youtube generation * Guns N' Roses finally released their new album * the Boston Celtics win their 17th title * Is James Posey the new Robert Horry? * Rashad Evans * Barack Obama * late night sound trips * Finally Spain and the Netherlands show their worth in Euro football competition * Ateneo adidas apparel * Kobe Bryant * Randy Couture is still the man * Rogue magazine * the Redeem Team * Michael Phelps * Usain Bolt * Robert Downey Jr. plays an awesome Tony Stark * Nastia Liukin * Ed Brubaker on Captain America * Sarah Shahi * rain in the summertime * Alex Ross does the Justice Society of America * Bangkok shopping * Maxim Philippines * Steve Rude's Nexus is back * Death Cab for Cutie's Narrow Stairs * Kelly Kelly * Up Dharma Down releases Bipolar * Gilbert Arenas * We want tables * Bruce Willis is back as John McClane * making the 2009 Ateneo Sports Calendar * Diego Maradona is the new coach of the Argentine National Football Team * Watching the Ateneo Blue Eagles win a fourth UAAP Men's Basketball title * Nonoy Baclao * One Big Cheer's tee shirts * 2008 Championship shirt * Tiuperman * iamnonoy * Generation Kill * Audi cars * the Super Bowl Champs New York Giants * the Ateneo Men's Football Team * Steve Jobs and all his damned Macs and iPods * Cesc Fabregas * Manny Pacquiao * the Ateneo Sports Shooters * Tiger Woods won the US Open * Jeff and Matt Hardy * Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts * Ricky Rubio sucks * Snow Patrol doing "Signal Fire" for Spider-Man 3 * Kofi Kingston * The Sarah Connor Chronicles * mi adidas * TNA Wrestling is the best * watching Versus and Plus Minus at Magnet * The Clone Wars * Bea Pascual * are those Fit 'n Right commercials for real? * Polar Bears for Obama * facebook * Fernando Torres leads Liverpool in scoring * Peter Berg is a great director * my nephew Carlo Olivares is batting clean-up for the Ateneo Baseball Team * the ending of the Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies * doing the pre and post-game analysis for the UAAP Men's Basketball Finals * does anyone still care about those Starbucks' planners? * Goodbye the House That Ruth Built. Hello the House That George Built * U23D * Rick Reilly moves to ESPN * prices of original DVDs are down * Aishwarya Rai * long walks around the Ateneo campus late in the afternoon * Minka Kelly * David Ploufee * Oasis' new album Dig Out Your Soul * the Gallagher Brothers are back * Heath Ledger as the Joker * the Ateneo Men's & Women's Volleyball Teams * Tina Fey does a rad Sarah Palin * Rachel Getting Married * Appleseed Ex-Machina * LeBron James * Rolling Stone changes its magazine format * Dairy Queen * Shakey's V-League * Jessica Alba * Karim Benzema * Paramore * The Philippine Homeless World Cup Team * Fully Booked * Black Machismo * DC's Final Crisis * Bucky returns * Brondby FC sponsors UNICEF * Lyon FC * the Beautiful People * the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics * Summer Glau * the Kings of Leon * Kittin's Scarlet Cake * Stan Lee & Marvel Comics * Marian Rivera * Fabio Capello gives English Football a shot in the arm * Four Four Two * Maltesers * Dylan * HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

My soundtrack for the year:
Destiny Calling - James
Piece of This - P.O.T.
On Your Side - Pete Yorn
Night Jeep - Juan Pablo Dream
Please Stand Up - British Sea Power
Taper Jean Girl - Kings of Leon
You've Just Got It All - Plus Minus
Jordan the Comeback - Prefab Sprout
Lowell, Ma. - Death Cab for Cutie
Go Hippie - Fountains of Wayne
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
God On Our Side - Wire Train
Ride A Black Swan - Zwan
Supersonic - Oasis
Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
Gotta Stay High - New Radicals
Charm Attack - Leona Naess
Does he Love You? - Rilo Kiley
Good Intentions - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Chloe Dancer - Mother Love Bone
Lotta Love - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Up At Night - Holiday Flyer
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
Untitled - Interpol
Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
In the Meantime - Railway Children
My Imaginary Friend - Reel Big Fish
Gray Street - Dave Matthews Band
Signal Fire - Snow Patrol
Goodnight Song - Tears for Fears
Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
We Laugh Indoors - Death Cab for Cutie
Take A Picture - Filter
Times of Trouble - Temple of the Dog
Time Stand Still - Rush
Enemy - Sevendust
Blue Light - Bloc Party
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Exodus - Bob Marley and the Wailers

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