The Sandbox Recap 7.27.09 by Intern Erin
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6 a.m.
Info Burrito in 101.7 seconds
19 people were arrested in Connecticut for a canary fighting ring. Amy Winehouse acquitted of charges that she punched a fan in the face at a charity event last September. Sox lost what should have been a gimme as the O's lit up Smoltz 6-2. Sarah Palin who? The Alaskan governor stepped down from office over the weekend to narrow her focus to the continental US. The guinea pig spy movie G-Force took down Harry Potter for no. 1, Harry potter fell to 2 and The Ugly Truth came in at 3 for the weekend's box office. Jim Rice was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame and his number will be retired by the Sox tomorrow. The Palm Pre smart phone has reconnected to iTunes and Apple is not happy about it. Happy birthday to singer/songwriter Pete Yorn, who is 35 today.
Tourism is up in Austria, thanks to Bruno, even though most of the scenes were filmed in Paris. Terrell Owens thinks that Michael Vick is getting a bum deal. Someone paid 95k for John Dillinger's gun. Get your nerd and drink on tonight at Nerd Night Boston at the Middlesex Lounge. You can get silly and even learn something. Lance finished 3rd in the Tour de France, losing to teammate Alberto Contador. Why can't elderly drivers kill people their own age? Another killed a 7 year old this weekend when he was walking his bike at a crosswalk with his father. Good news Ed, a 3rd of online porn viewers are women. Linkin Park's "New Divide" is still the no. 1 alternative song in the country thanks to Transformers 2.
Pop Trash w/ Fletcher
Everyone's beat up or dying, it seems. Eddie Van Halen recovering from hand surgery, Billy Joel is sick with the flu, Tom Jones has bronchitis cancelled all three NE shows. Fortunately those fans probably ended up seeing Steely Dan instead. Alexis Cohen aka Glitter Girl, who was on the auditions of American Idol both season 7 and 8, and never making it past the first round, was killed in Jersey by a hit and run accident. She was one of those legendary idol rejects. Ed says the driver needs to be found so he can commend them. Amy Winehouse has been on vacation for over a year now, apparently still living on the profit from Back to Black. It was successful, and fantastic, yes, but how has she not been run dry yet? How?! The Octo-Mom reality show starts filming in September, and she'll get 6,000k for each child per year, which is still too much in our point of view.
Celeb Birthdays: Jerry Van Dike is 78, Juliana Hatfield is 42, Maya Rudolph is 37, Pete Yorn is 35 and Jonathan Rice is 32.
7 a.m.
Henry Santoro's 180: Covering Half of Everything
Consumption of energy drinks has risen a whopping 400% since 2004, 34% of teens drinking them. Most teens will admit that they regularly consume them. They're quickly becoming more popular than soft drinks. The caffeine count in energy drinks ranges from 160 mg. to 280 mg, whereas soda usually has 60 mg. In Worcester, they're planning to ban drinking of energy drinks during school hours. Is it the schools' job to dictate a diet? School nurses note that they can determine which students drink energy drinks by their rapid heart rates, anxiety, indigestion and insomnia. Perhaps we ought to be applauding them for staying away from alcohol this long. And just wait until they hit college and realize in order to get all their work done and have a social life, energy drinks are what get you through the day after four hours of sleep, which is a good night, might I add.
Swears & Sports w/ Pat D
More disappointed than ever by the Red Sox and their overwhelming losses, Pat D's emotions don't come out through expletives but through a recap about how old everyone is and how Tito needs to let go of the old fellas.
The better half of the Names blog, Meredith Goldstein, delivers some local gossip
After Phantom Gourmet, the Names Blog's competition now has a TV show. Fletcher notes that Mer and Mark could get better ratings than these two girls without even trying, they'd make much better TV. Ryan Sheckler bailed on a Sandbox interview for a fake injury, so we're not fans, but overweight, preteen girls shrieked and giddy-giggled over his appearance at the North Shore Mall over the weekend. Also the Woods film festival is in progress, full with guests like Ian Maxtone-Graham, Simpson's writer, former SNL writer as well as writer of Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song", a really big name in the comedy world. Michelle Monaghan, from Gone Baby Gone and Made of Honor, whose gotten pretty big in the last couple of years, will also make an appearance at the festival this week. As a nerd and a woman, Meredith noted Comic Con and that she has joined the bandwagon of girls that are googly eyed over Robert Pattinson and the rest of the Twilight cast.
8 a.m.
Qdoba Mega Robo Thunder Phone Query
Charlie spent a wifeless weekend with his boys, doing the things that they wouldn't have done with her around, like Salem Willows, less hygiene, more junk food and more nudity. On Saturday, after having predicted bad weather, he took the kids to go see Ice Age. Well, like an incident a few weeks ago, there was one kid just one row back from Charlie and the kids that could've been an illegitimate child of our own "The Ruiner", Big Jim. This boy proceeded to loudly ruining all scenes provoking anticipation minutes before they'd come on for everyone sitting anywhere in a 8 row proximity of him. While this was happening, Charlie's boys, one mellow, one nuts, both sat quietly and respectfully, whispering when they had something to say. Giving the mother of this devil child the stink eye didn't solve a thing either. In a case like this, where the person ticking you off is a kid, is it okay to make your kids fight? Charlie claims that if he were to tell his youngest son to kick another kid in the shins, he'd do it in a heartbeat.
Final Consensus: Let your son come across his own battles, or you'll probably end up being a Michael Vick of an even worse nature.
Chris Hardwick from G4 TV
After persuading Hardwick to leave LA for Boston, a great comedy town, Hardwick explained the G4 is essentially the result of combining Tech TV and the Gaming Channel. According to him, it's not as geeky as it used to be, but that could be explained by the fact that geek culture has come to be a much more accepted in pop culture, saying G4 is the modern era's MTV. Games expected to release soon that he's excited for? The Left for Dead Expansion pack and Brutal Legend, with Jack Black and Ozzy Osborne. Any company to join the console business? Perhaps Steve Jobs will enter into the gaming world? Hardwick calls the iPhone "the most advanced piece of technology that has ever been available", so who knows what iPhones will be like two years from now.
9 a.m.
Game of the Day: Mr. Charlie's Opus
Congrats to the 2nd caller, Anthony, who guessed Coldplay's "Clocks" for the win. He's going to see Coldplay perform at the Comcast Center a week from tonight. But don't worry; you'll have plenty of opportunities for Coldplay tickets all week!
WTF Line
Callers are all over the place in their emotions on Michael Vick. Most side with Fletcher and say that he ought to sit a season out. One caller suggested that perhaps half of his paycheck go towards shelters. We'll back that!
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