as a basketball junkie, late september is when i really start itching for the nba and college seasons to hurry up and begin. and as a patriotic american, late september of any election year is when my election fever adrenaline kicks in, as the candidates round the bend and the finish line starts to come into view.
this highlight video of barack obama’s 1979 high school basketball team playing in the hawaii state championship satisfies both of those cravings. after all the buildup for the past few years, it’s odd to think of the commentator so casually mentioning obama’s name.
two hoops-related tracks to kick off the weekend:
basketball (mp3): just a flat-out great song that makes it hard to not want to go outside and practice your finger roll. , 1984.
sirius (mp3): there’s probably a good reason that i’m not a campaign manager, but if i were i’d strongly push for obama to use the chicago bulls’ warmup theme song, off of the 1982 album “eye in the sky.” the chicago connection plus the tone that eludes to upcoming triumph make this seem like a perfect fit.
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Tim said,
a RIDICULOUS campaign song! total delusion of grandeur-town. but also so, so funny. he should do it.
Tim said,
also a real testament to just saying fuck it and doing things. if I’d written this song I would have just thrown it out - too corny! nevermind! but they went for it 100 percent, with huge results.
newagey said,
His number is 23?????
gary tijuana said,
Tim - it sounds like you and I might have the same campaign management sensibilities. Something about the “fuck it” attitude that doesn’t jive too well with the legions of pollsters and statisticians who spend millions to carefully select every single component of even a minor campaign.
newagey - yeah! i noticed the same thing… pretty perfect, really, add that to another reason to go ahead and make this be his official song.
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