(OH MAN! Sorry for the initial misspelling in the title this week Dave and Cliff. Yes, Todd has now been fired.)
Wiener Dog. Sports. (See footnote 1)
Welcome to the 55th Episode of the internationally-known, contemporary Arts and Culture online Magazine (That also has some Art History).
ART: INTRODUCTION:
Hello, my name is Matthew Llogman, the editor of this and THIS is the LLOG BLOG (Applause).
Matthew Llogman. Llog Blog Editor. (No longer affiliated with Facebook)
Today, we focus on the exciting subject of SPORTS in Arts and Culture. We may have to split this one into a two-parter, as we have a LOT of content to cover and there is a very major sports game starting in about 4 hours. More about that sports game later. Stay tuned.
But for now, let’s get started:
ART: SPORTS AROUND THE GLOBE: WHAT’S THAT SPORT?
This week I received a call from Pat G., an inspiring intern at our LMI: Creative Content Campus in Gramby, CO and he said, “Okay smart guy. I’ve definitely got you stumped this time. I’ll bet you 25$ that you cannot name this sport!” And then he texted me this pic:
“Indoor Skydivers.” Digital Image. 2025. Source unknown
And then I said, “What? Indoor Skydiving?” And he was like, “Holy shit dude! How did you know that?! Goddamned there is just no tricking you, Mr. Llogman! How do you even know all of this stuff?” and he went to get 25$ in cash out of his wallet and I said, “You know what, kid? Why don’t you keep it and go buy yourself something nice.” And he said, “Thanks, Mr. Llogman! You really are the best Boss. And you definitely are the boss of me.”
Next up, let’s go to our top 10 list of the week!
ART: LMI TOP 10 LIST OF THE WEEK!
This week, we do a deep dive on SPORTS IN MUSIC! Here are your top 10 Songs about SPORTS!
#1: “Sports” by the Viagra Boys.
Viagra Boys (I should’ve written down the credits for this pic, but I forgot and now I can’t find it again.)
This song is really, really good. You should go listen to it right now.
#2: “Sports” by Huey Lewis & the News:
Huey Lewis and the News, Sports. (This is an album, not a song.)
I can’t seem to download the rest of the list from the LMI Internal Information Portal, so we will have to get back to this Top 10 List next week. (Barb, can you please look into this and get me a report by noon tomorrow?)
Oh, but let’s take a quick break to wish everyone a very happy INTERNATIONAL CLASH DAY! If you don’t know about it, click on that link right before this.
And big ups to KEXP for creating a great day of music programming! You can listen to it on their streaming achieve if you want. Figure it out.
This is an album I received from my sister (doesn’t want here name here, but rhymes with “Facey”)
The Clash. “London Calling” (Released in GB 1979, but US in 1980.)
Also, it should be mentioned here that my Aunt Joanne is the only person that I know that actually saw the Clash live! (October 13, 1982 at Shea Stadium), which pretty much makes her the coolest person I know.
That’s my Aunt Jo on the far right, with the circle around her.
Speaking of Sports, I received this text this week:
ART: TEXT MESSAGE OF THE WEEK:
On Tuesday, a person text messaged me (he asked that we not publish his name, but it kind of rhymes with “Bat Glenmeyer”) with this:
“Hey what are you doing for the owl?”
And then I didn’t answer as expected, but I was supposed to say, “WTF? The “Owl?’”
And then he was going to text, “you know, the really good owl. The best one. Some people are calling it a SUPERB OWL.”
Truly a SUPERB OWL. (Image from “Clash of the Titans,” 1981 MGM Studios)
Very clever. He said he saw this “joke” on a sports news site called the Defector. If you haven’t ever seen the Defector, we recommend you check it out immediately. Start with this article and go from there. They are a VERY high quality organization.
Speaking of High Quality Organizations, let’s go to the LLOG BLOG READER PICS OF THE WEEK!
ART: LLOG BLOG READER PIC(S) OF THE WEEK:
Here’s a great team photo from Denver, CO:
High School Wrestling: 2025. (These athletes will remain un-named here.)
This reader preferred to be referred to as “The J-Dawg.” Thanks The J-Dawg in Denver, CO.
High school sports photos have come a long way. This is what they used to look like:
Montrose CO Football, 1991. (This “athlete” will go unnamed here.)
I guess this kid’s cleats were just too ugly to photograph. Anyway, I just thought of something… Let’s go back to something important…
ART: GOING BACK FOR A MINUTE: JUST REMEMBERING THINGS:
This movie was RAD
Persius (Harry Hamlin) and Medusa’s head (Bea Arthur).
As mentioned before, this is “The Clash of the Titans” from 1981. It has just about everything that a movie viewer could ever want! Drama, Action and Very very scary monsters!
Angry devil dude. Wait, was his name Kalibus or something? (Todd, can you please stop joking with Terry in accounting and look this up? It’s your job, remember? Remember what we talked about?)
EEwwwww. Scary! (I don’t remember this ugly dude’s name. But he was very bad.)
Medusa.
Whoa! Medusa! Awesome!
A very realistic Kraken.
And the Kraken! ooooooh! Such a great movie. You should definitely check it out. And not the new one. Check out this one from 1981.
Okay, Let’s do just a couple more sports pics then let’s get out of here:
ART: LET’S GET OUT OF HERE:
Dikembe Mutombo. The coolest name in professional sports history. (I don’t know who took this pic)
Brand new pair of roller skates. Digital image.
Another pic of the dude from the Viagra Boys.
“Log Skater” Pen on paper. 2016. (This is a pretty good one.)
Mark Gastineau.
“Whaaaaaa?” (Pic from the internet) (This was the coolest picture I saw all week, for sure. I think it’s from the Westminster Dog Show!)
Okay, that’s it for this week. Part 1 of the LLOG BLOG SPORTS ISSUE, perhaps?
Please go out there and be nice to people this week.
And know your rights. (Thanks again to the Clash and KEXP.)
… And have a very Loggy week!(See footnote 2)
Footnote 1: Wiener Dogs are also called Dachshunds. (you thought I would note something different here, MH?)
Footnote 2: LMI Legal Dept requires that we remind readers of this weekly.