Frank the Tank’s Classic Music Video of the Week: Here I Go Again – Whitesnake

Back in the day, a model dancing around on the hoods of two Jaguars made perfect sense as the focus of a music video. (This and a ton of other clips are on the Frank the Tank Channel on YouTube.)

Land-o-Links – 11/29/2006

I’ll eventually get back to writing some full-fledged substantive posts once I have some time, but you’ll at least see a return of Frank the Tank’s Classic Music Video of the Week tomorrow. Until then, enjoy these links: (1) Does Cubs’ New Star Have a Message from the Tribune? (New York Times) – With daily [...]

Turkey Coma and Land-o-Links for 11/27/2006

Some links as you recover from your turkey coma, getting back to work, and watching Rex Grossman turn Asante Samuel into his go-to receiver: (1) Prep Freshman Commits to Illini (Chicago Tribune) – [Insert Kelvin Sampson comment/joke/insult here] (2) Ohio State Will Play in the National Championship Game (In Basketball) (Big Ten Wonk) – As [...]

Thankful For This Wacky Week and Land-o-Links for 11/22/2006

It’s been a wacky week leading up to Turkey Day, with Rupert Murdoch and Fox, of all people, coming to their collective senses for once by deciding that a special and corresponding book where O.J. Simpson goes through a “hypothetical” rendering of how he would have killed Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ronald Goldman is a bad [...]

The Conference Pride Paradox

In case you haven’t heard, there’s an important college football game tomorrow other than the Battle for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Trophy. Having a #1 vs. #2 matchup in the regular season is rare enough, much less when it involves the greatest rivalry in sports in Michigan-Ohio State. Duke vs. UNC is the only other [...]

Frank the Tank’s Classic Music Video of the Week: Warm It Up – Kriss Kross

Although most people remember “Jump” as the preeminent Kriss Kross tune, the “Warm It Up” video is significant on a few levels. First, this particular video was the genesis of the fad of kids wearing their clothes backwards. This trend became so pervasive when I was in junior high that the school district actually had [...]

The Windy City vs. The Big Apple: Examining The Rivalries

While Chicagoans hold their greatest vitriol for the Packers, we can take solace in the fact that no matter how the Bears perform, we at least get to live in what we consider to be the greatest city in the world as opposed to Green Bay. As I’ve noted before, Chicago has across-the-board pro and [...]

Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Illini: Frank the Tank’s College Basketball Preview 2006-07

After watching the Illinois football team turn the ball over in 4 straight possesions in their own territory to lead to 4 consecutive Purdue touchdowns on Saturday, the opening of the Illini basketball season couldn’t get here soon enough. As Illinois seeks to avenge the 1987 NCAA Tournament loss to Austin Peay (Dick Vitale famously [...]

The Lonely Libertarian: A View From a Disaffected Republican

When I began this blog nearly one year ago, I anticipated that I would write about politics nearly as much as I do now on sports. I’ve always been an avid follower of the political game and log onto the New York Times and Washington Post websites every morning. What I quickly found out, however, [...]

Frank the Tank’s Classic Music Video of the Week: Mo Money Mo Problems – Notorious B.I.G. feat. the Artist Formerly Known as Puff Daddy and Mase

It’s weird to think of “Mo Money Mo Problems” as a “classic” music video, yet it has already been over 9 years since the single hit the charts. In my opinion, this was one of the last great videos before MTV went completely toward the reality show realm (which hasn’t necessarily been a negative development [...]