EPISODE #78: Good For The Jews.
Dan is joined by Bethlehem Shoals to talk about the NBA on Christmas. And about making lists. And answering letters. And New Year’s wishes for the NBA.
And Carl Landry’s teeth.
This all sounds kind of nice, doesn’t it?
Trust us, though. People will be offended anyway.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Songs from the episode:
“HandJobs for the Holidays” - Broken Social Scene
“Lisztomania” - Phoenix
“Eyes And Teeth” - High on Fire
“December” - Unwound
“Christmas in Hollis” -Run DMC
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Tags: Carl Landry, Christmas, Disciples of Clyde NBA Podcast, The Tooth Fairy
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I wasn’t going to post this, but then you guys asked for it. Shoals, can you tone down the cockiness a bit? You’ve been overpowering Dan lately and it’s been harshing my Disciples of Clyde experience. It’s like a gorilla on a tilt-a-whirl.
And if Ken and his baby are a package deal, why not give the baby a copy of Bill Simmons’s book and a microphone? Or… something. That’s not some weird complaint about the one time Ken’s baby had to go to sleep.
December 24th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Please have more rap segways, and less weird indie shit that Shoals probably pretends to like. Ooo, Shoals you make me so mad! Oh and you’re slightly wrong about Anthony Randolph. He’s blossoming like a, um, a Georgia O’Keefe painting (sorry, best I could come up with)? Randolph’s game is improving, Nellie’s just jerking the kid’s minutes around. I think Nellie going insane is one of the most underrated subplots of the past two years. He’s become The Simpsons Monty Burns- as-Howard Hughes character and nobody cares.
December 24th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Gawd, my last comment was so rude Dan wouldn’t post it. I am not mellow. Anything with FD emblazoned on it won’t be mellow. Go smoke pot with that gorillia of yours if that’s what you came for. PS I don’t listen to music.
December 24th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Oh, and Ethan, that storyline is only underrated if you don’t read anything I write.
December 24th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Read your stuff on AR and Nellie. While you are more interested in the situation than your average sportswriter, you’re missing the boat on just how crazy Nellie has gone. I guess that’s because we all know Nellie’s a little weird, and also, it’s difficult to explain why a crazy person is crazy. But Nellie’s insanity has jumped a level. It’s a difference in kind, not a difference in degree. I think the highlight of the season was Nelson’s scotch-soaked call into a radio show from a bar (in the daytime). Or maybe it was when he said he cut Curry’s minutes due to a lack of tatoos. Or when Nellie wore a Mavs jacket to practice. Or when Vlad Rad played center. You get the idea. I know you hate to watch painful Warriors basketball, but the unyielding disaster is a worthy story.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
They got all the teeth out of Dirk. Apparently they opened up his elbow got all the teeth they could find out of it then took an xray, saw some more bits they missed, opened him back up and got them out. Eitherway, kind of disgusting.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I resent being told that I don’t get that Nellie is totally insane. When have I downplayed that this season? You’re so cocky. Merry X-mas.
December 26th, 2009 at 12:54 am
I resent your straw man arguments. I know you get it, I’m saying you’re underplaying it (Damn you, Shoals!). As for X-Mas, I have no idea what you mean: I celebrated bizarro Yom Kippur (all indulgence, no atonement) with dim sum and televised basketball. Tsk tsk, I’m totally offended. May Lebron James and Anthony Randolph simultaneously dunk on your pointy head.
December 26th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Shoals, I think you’ve been doing a great job. Keep it up.
But I do have one way we can determine whether Kobe or LeBron is better - look at every statistic, and if 80% swing towards one player - which it does - then that’s the guy. Groundbreaking, I know but once in a while a genius comes along and figures out the world’s most confounding problems.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Shoals, I find it interesting that you’ve somehow equated “cockiness” with “basketball passion”. I think those two are mutually exclusive. But I’ve read the book, I read the blogs, and I listen to this, so if that’s really what it takes to get the full “Free Darko” experience, so be it, I guess.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Awesome Podcast, you totally rock!
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January 2nd, 2010 at 2:11 am
Love the podcast most times, but yeah, this one was 45 minutes of peeing in people’s eggnog and 15 minutes of basketball — too much whimsy and insider chuckling. Nothing wrong with having some fun, but the balance was way off here, even if there were a few gems at the end for the (ultra)-patient. Thankfully, I get the gift of your guys’ generosity and good humor and insight with a more balanced podcast 90 percent of the time.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I’ll volunteer to be y’allses laugh track.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Fuck you and your eggnog. I bet it’s made of babies.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Le Bron James is going to Miami! We’ll miss him, but best of luck there!