Thursday Night Short Post

A few quick items for Thursday night/Friday morning:

- Hey, remember when Dave Chappelle went AWOL when they were supposed to be writing/filming Season 3 of The Chappelle Show? He supposedly couldn't handle the pressure and instead fled to Africa, potentially ending his relationship with Comedy Central. Well, here we are many months later, and there's a preview clip of the upcoming Season 3 that looks very funny. Personally, I think the MTV Cribs skit and the Gary Coleman skit look to be high comedy, and of course he'll bring back the old Rick James and Lil Jon skits that everyone loves. Good to see that Chappelle got his act together to keep the show going. Thanks to Jared for passing on the link.

- Here's another video clip which proves why it's a bad idea to put a cat on a leash. It's amazing how many ridiculous clips like this are on the internet. Seriously, before the internet, all we had was Bob Saget on America's Funniest Home Videos. We've come a long way...

- Interesting article about how Best Buy is beating the system by selling independent artists' albums for way below wholesale. They can do this through co-op campaigns, whereby "labels exchange money or extra CD's for prominent placement in stores, bulk initial orders, sale pricing, and advertising presence", which allows BB to sell certain discs for less than $10. A lot of the independent record stores and small record labels were freaking out over this, but what Best Buy was doing is considered completely legal, and in my opinion, a smart business strategy. If you're interested in various aspects of the workings of the music industry, check out the article.

That's it for this week. I'm in the city this weekend, just hangin out with not too much on the agenda. Good news: Finally get to catch up on Entourage, since the Jessica and I will finish off the last 7 episodes of Season 2, and thus be up-to-date for whenever Season 3 returns. Gotta love the HBO Original Series. It's not TV, it's HBO. Remember that.

Have a pleasant weekend.