With basketball and hockey also ramping up, there's plenty to keep sports fans distracted for the next couple of months while the two sides haggle over the details that most of us couldn't care less about. The brouhaha that came to a head this week with the owners locking out the players is a mere sideshow at the moment, overshadowed by the NFL playoff races and the biggest games of the college football season. The sport won't be so fortuitous if this lockout lingers into the spring.įor the national pastime to maintain some semblance of its former glory, we better be talking about WAR and slash lines instead of the CBA and luxury tax rates by the time the Super Bowl is over. If that turns out to be true, the next one should be a monster.ATLANTA (AP) - Baseball's last labor dispute was devastating, but the comeback had two big things working in its favor. It's been mentioned that this is the link to what they've done and what they're moving towards. Secondly, Steal This Album! has everything that a "normal" album release would have it's heavy without being a burden, political without being condescending, and in some cases, downright beautiful. This collection is no different, and with its amazing pacing, it's hard to not be moved by what this band can do. If System proved anything with 2001's Toxicity, it's that they're one of the few breaths of fresh air out there in mainstream metal land. Some might argue that maybe they're just treading water. System of a Down has managed to make tracks from a seven-year period sound cohesive without having to embellish or sacrifice. First, it's almost impossible to think of this as an "outtakes" record.
Steal This Album!, on the other hand, definitely doesnot fit any of those ideals. In most cases, bands put out these odds and sods collections for die-hard fans, to fulfill a record deal, or to stall while they're taking seven years to record a follow-up.
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