smokin' grooves

it is never easy when someone who you admire or appreciate disappoints you. yes virginia...michael jordan is a degenerate gambler and magic johnson and james worthy were sharing "loose women" in the 'showtime' eighties of la. add to the list, mfd favorites the french kicks, who as the opening act for french new-wave band, phoenix, have found themselves on a tour that is being subsidized almost completely by camel cigarettes. the kicks do get some leniency for being the opening act, but it is still uncool to shill for a tobacco company who is looking to feast on the impressionable young minds that will flock to hear phoenix's dreamy, sophia coppoloa approved tunes en mass. i find that the world seems to be a darker and darker place with every corner you look around.