Mediocrebowl

The last few years I've been rooting against the Patriots, so this year I wasn't particularly interested in which team won. I just wanted a good game. It wasn't a good game. I thought it was a bit sloppy and boring. The Seahawks had their chances and blew them. The Steelers won by default, by screwing up less.

Then there was the halftime show, with the Rolling Stones censoring their lyrics twice. First, they edited "Start Me Up," which doesn't have many lyrics to begin with (and honestly, it's a weak song, too). Then in "Rough Justice" (because everyone came to hear the Stones play one of their new songs), they cut the words "cocks," which in the context of the song is talking about a rooster.

I know it's easy to pick on the Stones for being so old and still singing "Satisfaction," but it did look like Charlie Watts would rather be working on his taxes than playing the drums. And I think I saw Keith Richards actually lose mental contact with his hands while playing the guitar. I think when you need a back-up band (as they had last night) to fill in the parts you're too tired to play in a 3-song set, you need to give it up.

Ethelbert wisely noted that the commercials were lousy, too, except the Fed Ex one. That was great. I usually love the king from the Burger King ads, but that musical number was a bit weird. And what's with the new Coke drink slogan: "Let your man out"? That was disgustingly sexist, and actually made Pepsi's "Brown and bubbly" not seem quite so stupid.

Oh well, we had some good enchiladas.