happiness is a warm gun

i found out today from a colleague that there will be a  beatles exhibition in yuen long next month. apparently this japanese hardcore fan has a bunch of memorabilia and he'll bring it to HK to put on display.

man, with the remastered album and the rock band game, theres been a mini resurgence in beatlemania lately, especially in the US.

i know some old school purists, like oh, HKHONESTLY, hates the beatles rock band game and everything it stands for...but i think its great that the game are introducing beatles tune to a new generation of fans and letting people make believe and fantasize about playing in a band.

its not like the game is milking and abusing the legacy of the two dead members...after all, ono okayed it, and according to lennon's creepy "we are one" spiritual crap he was spewing from the late 60s on, ono basically spoke on his behalf anyways.

btw, that over the backboard shot by kobe was pretty nice, eh?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-Y7wFRoEU

you know, ive hated on kobe long enough, its time to back off and just appreciate the man. he's about as close to jordan as we gonna get (i think current kobe is about a 85-90%-as-good version of 96 Jordan. the footwork, the pick-my-spot-and-attack mentality, the ultra efficient moves with no wasted movements... all there)

there's been many, many a cats we labeled as the next jordan before. penny, grant hill, harold miner, stackhouse (lol), vince, tmac, etc.. only kobe has lived up to it. the others have failed due to bad luck (grant hill, penny), bad work ethic (stackhouse, miner) or their pussy-ness (vince, tmac). oh and not one of them werethat good, period.

but kobe's hes almost there. he's still not as good as jordan and he never will be, but he's ...somewhat close.

kobe has anywhere from 2-4 years left in his prime. we dunno how long. It could be 2 it could 4. But there isn't many more years left of prime Kobe we can watch. so as basketball fans we must take advantage of this. i must see kobe play live a few more times before he hangs it up.

i never got to see the beatles play live.

i never got to see michael jordan play live.

but i have seen kobe play live.

i think one day, saying that will almost be on the level with the above two.

but damn, kobe and shaq's love/hate alpha-dog-battle damn sure mirrors McCartney/Lennon. those two fought till the bitter end. reconciled years later but only to a degree--always kept their distance. never close again.

kobe/shaq is one of the all time greatest duo in sports history. i should count myself lucky to be in Los Angeles for their entire lifetime. i witnessed the birth (kobe's four airballs plus holding back tears in 96) the apex (kobe's oop to shaq, game 7, portland), and the end (detroit game 5, shaq and kobe walk off the courts after having their ass handed to them. even then you could tell on their faces they knew its was over)