TKO

After pretty much a whole day of teasing, Justin released his second single from his upcoming album The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2, track #4 "TKO."

I am loving this song! It definitely feels a lot more like FutureSex/LoveSounds, agreeing with Justin's comments on Part 2 during interviews. He describes the second part of 20/20 as darker, and this song is definitely darker than Part 1. I'm very excited about the album; it's coming out in just 10 days!

Justin is performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas tomorrow. Just found out that it's available live from Yahoo! Music and PSN. So that's what I'm gonna be doing tonight and tomorrow night. I'm expecting him to perform "TKO," because he dropped the single right before this event. And then, on Tuesday the 24th, Justin will be performing new songs Jimmy Kimmel Live, after Sir Paul McCartney's performance the previous night. Hopefully this will be available online too. The day before the release, Sunday the 29th, Justin will headline the day of iTunes Festival, live streaming through iDevices and iTunes. So much excitements!

GEITF 2013 - In Conversation with Gary Neville

Very interesting insights from the man, both of his time as a player, and his time as a pundit. For those interested, his autobiography "Red" is also well worth the read.

This is much harder than I expected

In my last FM12 game, where I resigned as Man Utd manager, I decided to take the job of managing England national team for World Cup Qualifiers. I wanted to manage a lower league team, and since I had to add those leagues, I had to wait until the current season ended before those leagues were added to the game. That meant I had about half a season with nothing to do, so I thought why not.

I think I'm doing pretty well as England manager.


However, once the lower leagues had been added, I looked for an opening at a Blue Square Bet North/South club. I randomly picked a club, and it happened to be Bromley. I had pretty much no budget; wage budget £575 per week, and no transfer budget whatsoever.


Hopefully I'll get the hang of it by the end of the season, and start moving up the leagues soon. It's quite a learning curve, going from Manchester United arguably the best team in the world, with plenty of world class players, to a team with players hired on no contract.

My current plan is to take Bromley all the way up to the Premier League, and maybe play a season or two there, before taking United back, if possible. Or maybe by that time I'd be too attached to my Bromley players?

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Ferguson's Formula

The Harvard Business Review did a study on Sir Alex Ferguson and how he maintained his success at the very top level. The case study was developed by professor Anita Elberse in 2012, and she recently had Sir Alex comment on her observations. It's a very nice read, definitely worth the time.

Under the cut, a nice summary by /u/weddywhat posted to the /r/soccer thread.

The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2

Apparently the track listing, and the tracks' running time, were (accidentally?) released on Sony's Germany site.

1. Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want) [5:15]
2. True Blood [9:31]
3. Cabaret feat. Drake [4:32]
4. TKO [7:04]
5. Take Back The Night [5:55]
6. Murder feat. Jay Z [5:07]
7. Drink You Away [5:31]
8. You Got It On [5:55]
9. Amnesia [7:04]
10. Only When I Walk Away [7:05]
11. Not A Bad Thing [11:28]

Evolution of End Zone Dancing

This is hilarious. I can't decide if it bothers me or if it's actually better that Jimmy didn't do the "Bye Bye Bye" dance exactly right. Even better news:

It's official! For the rest of September, we'll be doing #TimberlakeTuesdays with brand new @JTimberlake sketches each week! #LNJF

— Late Night (@LateNightJimmy) September 11, 2013

The afterglow

That brief *NSYNC reunion that happened over a week ago? It still brings me joy to this day. I still watch their performance regularly. I watch it so often that I now expect "Gone" when I hear the intro to "Pusher Love Girl."

Not only was the performance itself amazing, the aftermath was a great part. The guys did a few radio interviews within the next few days, and it felt like they were doing a media tour for a new album.

A quick rundown on the guys' radio tour: Lance cleared things up on his own radio show, SiriusXM's Dirty Pop Live. Chris called in to his friend's show, XL1067 Johnny's House. JC did quite a few, to talk about the reunion and to promote his girl group Girl Radical. Justin went on a whole day (or two?) of radio interviews, answering pretty much the same questions.