bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

I listened to it in podcast form - not bad when divorced from commercial breaks and having to actually see the really weird/corny animations

clay im worried about yr level of engagement with bill simmons content

he is a v big part of my life it's true

simmons is a force for good in the world just embrace it

his/lowe's podcasts are essential if you have long commutes

i dont pod

u just download them its ppl talking think about it as a verbal column

i just dont like listening to ppl talk

People talk too much.

specifically: bill simmons

its so slow and u cant just like skip around if u get bored

i listen to ilx in podcast form btw

i dont get it. yall have music in your city? i recommend it for driving it is a very good audio companion to driving. a lot of cars have radios installed for free and they can access some pretty good music stations. now with smartphones somepeople plug their smartphones into their cars that makes music come out too.

pods r so hot right now, everyone out there podding

i download podcasts to my smartphone and plug that into my car!

ok i guess i understand but does your phone also play music?

music is kind of like podcasting except the talking is organized according to time and melodies and also there are tracks that you can skip if you dont like that melodic talking as much.

i listen to music podcasts sometimes

do they talk about music or sing about podcasts?

the thing about podcasts is they're very now if i wanna hear zach lowe and jeff van gundy talk about basketball it's gonna be irrelevant a week later

those music stations on the radio have songs about having sex sometimes, thats pretty thrilling if youve never heard.

do the songs make sex noises or?

man look SOMETIMES im not even fucking kidding there are some

do they talk about music or sing about podcasts?

― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, February 16, 2015 11:03 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that wld be like dancing about streaming video

m bison otm

sometimes i dance with music that is from a streaming video

some pot-vs-kettle here, but yeah

http://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-is-a-name-dropping-waste-1691345977

lmao sneak peak of the third part of a three part series

lol how can you try to read that and not swiftly come to the conclusion that however bad simmons is drew magary is much much worse.

they r just both bad in their own ways god bless

I strongly dislike magary but that column is basically what he's good for

simmons is a force for good in this world and if you disagree you're kidding yourself. that dude is pathetic

nah/fair

too-powerful for his own good yet benevolent media mogul is a narcissist, frankly i'm shocked

This trade value column two month dribble is p funny tho

Dude has basically become the George RR Martin of basketball blogging

god i was reading magary do that same shtick like 10 years ago. i am amazed by ppl who possess this bottomless reservoir of bile even as they age.

i guess will leitch has changed his shtick? not sure who else has, tho

it takes less energy to be a sanctimonious tool than it does to be so pissed about everything all the time

neither really takes any energy at all

too-powerful for his own good yet benevolent media mogul is a narcissist, frankly i'm shocked

― k3vin k., Friday, March 13, 2015 7:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes also a writer which is what the piece is about

oh come on it's 100% about professional jealousy

im not going to speculate on the motivation, and i apparently have been following drew mcagry much less closely over the years than the rest of you, im barely aware of his work, but there is some genuinely terrible simmons writing/thought excerpted in that piece

also suspect too simmons will at some point in the near future be just a writer and not a media mogul again and wont have employing zach lowe to speak for him, what then simmons appoligists

btw is crazy how many ppl there are writing abt basketball on grantland right now lol

also if youre going to put all the good basketball writing on grantland in the simmons credit side you have to deduct for the shit ton of truly awful prosumer entertainment/pop culture converage

anyway all of that is a lil inside baseball for me i prefer to just appreciate the final product on its own merits and the fact is simmons is in the midst of publishing a months long three part list of which he just gave a sneak peak of the last piece, this is ridiculous, and the list isnt even any good or insightful and seems more about his own solipsistic ideas abt narrative than it is understanding basketball

i should start a grantland thread where i just effusively praise molly lambert constantly

ya i like her, just read the thing where she went to the avn awards

there is so much greatest character actor ever tournament bs on that site tho truly the lowest of the low

For every boom in Hollywood, there must also be a bust. So while those of us who watch TV for fun and profit have spent the past 15 years reveling in a tidal wave of brilliant acting, risk-taking storytelling, and remarkable performances, our friends across the aisle in the multiplex have had a far less festive experience.

hate hate HATE prosumer pretend industry garbage like this too

her work is smart but breezy in a way v v few writers would even attempt, it is wonderful xps