Fresh off of our record breaking August, the month of September so far has been, quite frankly, terrible for SwaggerTooth.com.  We are genuinely sorry for that.  However, as usual, we have a set of good excuses:  Dem David Dem has been thriving in his new role at the FSU Computer Store as its new “Computer Check-In Guru/Quasi-Register Salesman/Rover Extraordinaire” thus leaving him with very little time to put his Doctrine out there for ALL to see.  (Believe me, there has been some quality “Doctrine” that the BrainTrust has been lucky enough to be exposed to recently.)  El Meester has also been busy at the FSUCS, continuing to thrive in his state-paid role by yelling at Dem David Dem for bothering him with important work-related questions throughout the day, checking various online fantasy sports leagues, chatting on iChat, sexting, ghostwriting, going to lunch, and basically doing anything but working on SwaggerTooth.  Thrice B. Downs has recently been fully focused on his transition from Tallahassee’s own Village Pizza & Pasta to another local establishment, Ray’s Steel City Saloon & Restaurant, where you guys can find Chimmy Dimmy back in his best role, in my opinion, as bartender.  S Dot aka Dots McGots had a huge, MVP-caliber August on SwaggerTooth.  And we all know what comes after an underpaid and under-appreciated employee feels like he/she has leverage…HOLD OUT.  Dots, as long as you don’t start sabotaging SwaggerTooth.com, we promise to do better.

SPORTS

Football is officially back on the collegiate and professional level.  The biggest headlines in college have been:

• Sam Bradford’s season-threatening injury in Oklahoma’s season opening loss to BYU
• True freshman QB Matt Barkley leading USC to victory over Ohio State in the “Horseshoe”
• Michigan vs. Notre Dame in a match-up of two “hot seat” coaches in “must win” situations

Biggest NFL Week 1 headlines:

• Eagles QB McNabb breaks a rib in victory over Panthers.  Vick STARTING a lot sooner than we expected?  Side note, Panthers QB Delhomme throws 4 (four!) INTs and tosses in 1 lost fumble.
• FARVIN!  Vikings win comfortably over Browns as Adrian Peterson runs for 180 yards/3 TD and Percy Harvin scores his first professional TD.
• Denver wins in Cincinnati on a miracle tipped pass for a TD, courtesy of Brandon Stokely, in what was overall a horrible game.  According to NFL:  It was the longest game-winning play from scrimmage in the final minute of the fourth quarter in NFL history.

TRIOS & ORCHESTRAS

Two albums that El Meester has been recently listening to are Phish’s 14th studio offering Joy and Jay-Z’s latest effort The Blueprint 3.  Joy is produced by well-respected and accomplished producer Steve Lillywhite, who has produced some of El Meester’s absolute all-time favorite albums such as Dave Matthews Band’s Before These Crowded Streets, Talking Heads’ Naked, and Phish’s Billy Breathes.  The Blueprint 3, as one would expect, features production work from hip-hop’s finest such as Kanye West, No I.D., Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and The Neptunes.  Both are solid albums that will continue to receive many listens and are SwaggerTooth-recommended.  El Meester’s favorite Joy tracks:  “Backwards Down the Number Line”, “Sugar Shack”, “Ocelot”, “Kill Devil Falls”, and “Time Turns Elastic”.  Favorite Blueprint 3 tracks:  “Empire State of Mind”, “Off That”, “Venus vs. Mars”, and “Reminder”.

Sports, Strictly Linkage, Trios & Orchestras