Top three of a list that also includes the professionally Rick Krim-ish Sarah Bareilles:

“1. ‘Gettin Over You’ by David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO. ‘How can a tortured breakup song feel so good?’
2. ‘Parachute’ by Train. ‘I think this is a perfect love song.’
3. ‘Impossible’ by Anberlin. ‘Soulful hard rock. The best kind!’”

Uhm.

—From “Alicia Witt’s Summer Playlist,” WWD, August 3, 2010

This initial response to ESPN’s oddball LeBron James sideshow, following James’ decision to take his talents to South Beach, is fine and well-reasoned and, of course, makes mention of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ owner’s well-publicized missive in which he cursed the basketball player unto the seventh generation. But I prefer this think piece about What It All Means*. I don’t know if I agree with Jason Gay, and I don’t really care to think about whether America’s moving away from celebrating the culture of accumulation, but I know I definitely don’t want to hear any more about ESPN’s decision to hand an hour of primetime over to a 25-year-old and why that means The End of Basketball As We Know It. What I do know is that the latter column includes the following, and it is both true and funny: “When Mr. James wrapped up his game of Yahtzee on ESPN with Jim Gray, the immediate focus was on his choice—the winner and many losers. Cleveland sobbed. Chicago moaned. New Jersey laughed since it’s really Brooklyn’s problem, anyway. New Yorkers shrugged, turned back to What Not to Wear and wondered if it was still possible to order yam fries from that vegetarian place.”

*—Yes, I realize that it’s August.

Wait a minute!!! Chelsea Clinton got married??? Why didn’t anyone say anything???

According to David Carr’s research in today’s New York Times about Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights. A sample of Buzz’s recent work: “Who politicians think rule the country—Rush, O’Reilly, Beck, Oprah, Olbermann, that little midget on View who looks like Snooki’s mom.” Charming. Here’s hoping Carr’s research turns out to be flawed.

“You know we couldn’t get anyone we liked to direct Quick Change? We asked [Jonathan] Demme, and Demme said no. And we asked Ron Howard, because Ron Howard had made something that I thought was funny. He made a funny movie back then—I can’t remember what it was. And he said he didn’t know who to root for in the script. And I was like, Hooooooo. He lost me at that moment. I’ve never gone back to him since.”
–"Bill Murray Is Ready to See You Now“ by Dan Fierman, GQ

Starting to think I should title this Nowhere because that’s where it’s set and that’s where it’s going. Write what you know, right? (No. Write what you want to know.)