Some freeform thoughts, for reconnoiter purposes.

I'm not much of a basketball fan anymore, but I heard there was a pretty prominent Denver sports figure who got traded today. Some Carmelo Anthony guy. If you only read one article that breaks it down, make sure it's the one by the guys over at the blog called The 701 Level. Shep and Gil break it down for you like no one else. I'd quote a line or two for you, but there's nothing I can take from their post that works right once it's out of context. You'll just have to go check it out for yourself.

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I'm gonna post a blog here right soon about why I think most record reviews are crap. I went to see the Dum Dum Girls last night at the Hi-Dive with a buddy of mine who finds it in his heart to go out and take photographs of area concerts for The Denver Post. While he and I were chatting, the conversation strayed over to music reviews and I told him that I thought most of the record reviews I've ever read are really just a heaping jumble of dorky and meaningless analogies that give the reader no idea of what the record actually sounds like. So, yeah. Stay tuned for more on that.

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Spring Training got up and running for certain this week. So we've got that going for us. Last month, when I was busy getting my teeth bashed in by a baseball, I was lucky enough to get an in-depth tour of the new Spring Training facility that the Rockies and Diamondbacks share, called Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. You can check out the pictures I took (using nothing but a telephone!) of the joint here. The word on the street—and by "street," I mean "Twitter"—is that it's the envy of the major leagues right now.

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That's it for now. I'll be back up here tickling the keyboard soon. And, seriously, thanks for taking the time to listen.