After three straight years of getting dumped out of the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet Sixteen, Purdue is finally going to the Elite Eight. They seemed headed for a breezy win over Tennessee for the bulk of their game tonight, but a wild Tennessee comeback probably should have been enough to steal the game for the Volunteers and hang another brutal defeat on Purdue. Instead, Ryan Cline went off, and Purdue won in overtime, 99-94.
March 28,
the dunking Dutchman is at it again, all the way to the elite 8 ๐๐โฌ๏ธ
When last we checked in with Strokes and Voidz frontman Julian Casablancas, he was prying open your third eye in an interview with Vulture, during which he radiated the dismissive intellectual superiority of a college freshman who just discovered Howard Zinn. (Actual quote: โOliver Stoneโs The Untold History of the United States was another life-changer. That book is kind of like Howard Zinn. Itโs all kind of snowballed, and now I feel like things are crystal clear to me, so Iโm going to be clearer.โ) He also made several references to a broader culture war, compared to which his unique brand of New Wave-influenced indie rock was but a mere distraction: