RoJo and The Boz are back today to discuss Russ n’ RoJo’s failed trip to Chicago for White Sox vs Tigers on Monday, How I Met Your Mother, me saying ‘Comiskey Field’, Lindsay Lohan a lesbian still, The Office, and other failures. Short Tuesday night update before we realized who won the Sox game. Russ can rest easy now as…THE WHITE SOX WON THE AL CENTRAL! I’m sure we’ll get Russ’ thoughts on Wednesday, so check those out. I’ve also realized that halfway through these audio recordings, for whatever reason, background noise is increased and I have no idea why. Mystery.

Also, big news, Russ n’ RoJo.com has been issued media credentials to ShoXC on October 10 so if all goes well we’ll have not only post-show coverage, weigh in coverage, and indepth results, but also LIVE RESULTS! Of course, that’s if all goes well, and when does that ever happen?

MLB Playoff matchups: White Sox @ Rays ; Brewers @ Phillies ; Dodgers @ Cubs ; Red Sox @ Angels

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Russ n’ RoJo traveled out to Chicago’s US Cellular Field yesterday for game #162 of the White Sox regular season. While the trip as a whole was a big failure, the White Sox did end up winning which sends them into a play-in game tonight against the Twins. The game, which will send the winner into the AL Playoffs, is actually ongoing right now as we have no score in the bottom of the first inning.

Russ will have his take on the White Sox road to the postseason, as well as yesterday’s trip, later on here so be sure to check the site out for that. I’ll have an audio update on the trip tonight going into more detail on the EPIC FAIL, and may have a guest, as well.

Cubs series starts tomorrow at 6:30 PM EDT/5:30 Central. They’ll host the Dodgers, and hopefully they’ll get out of the first round this year. World Series or bust, kids!

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ShoXC next weekend, EliteXC this weekend, WWE No Mercy this weekend, Baseball and pre-season hockey this weekend… BUSY.

I’ve been resting all day following my weekend adventure at IWA:Mid South in Chicago, and now am somehow headed right back to Chicago for White Sox baseball tomorrow. It’s game #162, and a win means a game #163 vs those rival Twins who sucked the fun all out of the Sox season in September. So the White Sox host the Tigers tomorrow for a rescheduled game that will determine whether the White Sox season is over, or they play once more for a shot at going to the playoffs. Russ N RoJo will be there live and will undoubtedly have some comments afterwards. Also, I’m hoping to do a couple of audio updates this week, and maybe some video…yayz!

The Cubs will end up hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday to start the NLDS. TBS will air the game starting at 6:30 Eastern/5:30 Central. I’d be all for Chip Caray doing Cubs games again, but it will have to wait as TBS has decided to send Chip Caray, along with Buck Martinez, to the Red Sox-Angels games later this week. The Brewers-Phillies series gets a mini-Braves reunion as John Smoltz and Joe Simpson get commentary duties while Brian Anderson holds play-by-play. The Cubs-Dodgers series sees Dick Stockton, Ron Darling and Tony Gwynn in the booth. (Personal note: Ugh.) The AL central winner vs Tampa Bay Rays series will get Don Orsillo and Harold Reynolds in the booth. TBS hosts all opening round MLB Playoff games this year.

Tomorrow we head to Chicago, then back here for our second full week of RussnRoJo.com action. Saturday is CBS Primetime Fights with EliteXC featuring Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock and more. Will have thoughts and that fight upcoming and more. Enjoy your week, kids.

Delta Goodrem
Video: In This Life (Live)
Video: Black Velvet (Cover – Live)

You have got to see and hear this girl to believe her. Delta Goodrem, an Australian singer/actress, has an amazing voice and isn’t shabby to watch, either. I’ve heard her new hit ‘In This Life’ many times on Sirius, but never new about the artist. That changed last night when she appeared on a newsworthy episode of Late Show w/ David Letterman. Delta plays piano in ‘In This Life’, and sings it quite well. I dare say she may become my new favorite female singer, replacing Tori Amos. I’ll have to hear more from her first, and believe me, I’m going to hear more.

After seeing her sing last night, I immediately searched out her album and more information. She has quite the story, it turns out. At the age of 15, Delta signed with Sony. In 2002, she became well known by appearing on an Australian soap opera (Russ just became a fan…). In 2003, in the midst of transitioning from being an award winning actress to an award winning songwriter, her career was put on hold due to the development of cancer. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after developing several warning signs. Her treatment took over her life, but she survived, and went on to release her second album in 2004. Now, her third album, titled ‘Delta’, is becoming a huge hit worldwide. She’s currently touring in the US and traveling the media circuit promoting her album.

Delta, who writes and performs her own songs, as well as playing piano on most, is a gorgeous young lady (Oh, did I mention she’s only 23!) who has the entire world at her fingertips. Her future is bright, and deserves your attention. I highly encourage you to check out her albums Innocent Eyes, Mistaken Identity, and Delta. Also, check out her cover of ‘Black Velvet’, a chart topping hit of 1990. I’ve linked the video up above. Check it out!

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Oasis
Video: The Shock Of The Lightning

I’ve been listening to the new album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ over the last two days. I haven’t heard every song, as I haven’t dedicated an hour solely to this album to listen to it all through, as I’d like to before I review it. However, I am a fan of new single ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’. It’s not the greatest single the band has released, although no one expected it to follow such classics as ‘Wonderwall’ or ‘D’You Know What I Mean’. The album is steady, with a mix of rock and softer, melodic tunes. The last two albums have come to the US with little fanfare it seems, but have been worthy of some press. Noel and Liam, the Gallagher brothers, have been hard at work producing meaningful and worthwile tunes, and this is no exception. I’ll review the album soon here, but I can already suggest you give it a listen.

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O.A.R. (Of A Revolution)
Video: Shattered

I recently got back into OAR (Of A Revolution). Now, first let me say that I automatically tend to dislike bands that use acronyms for their name. If they want to name themselves Of A Revolution and stick with it, fine…but acronyms? I’m against them. Nine Inch Nails is fine because they don’t go by NIN. Say it out loud; If they went by NIN, they never would have made it. AFI is in the same boat, however, like OAR, they have managed to overcome this sin by their musical talent.

I’ve been asking around lately for others thoughts on this band. I’ve asked Russ, my roommate Josh, my friend The Boz, and a few other people who ended up saying they never had heard of them…and the general consensus among them was not a positive one. Josh, in fact, dislikes them plenty enough for everyone. I, however, don’t see this hate. Josh’s reasoning was that they weren’t his favorite genre, he’s not big into live specialists, or jam bands in particular. He also dislikes Dave Matthews Band, and OAR is often described as a new, lesser known DMB. Other reviews weren’t so negative of them, though. There is definite potential with the new album, All Sides, to change minds, in my opinion. The newest single ‘Shattered’ is one of the catchiest OAR tunes, as well as one of the catchiest in all of modern rock radio. Already the most successful in terms of chart rankings, new single ‘Shattered’ continues to climb and is heavily featured on XM and Sirius radio’s alternative rock and top 40 stations. It’s already one of my favorite OAR songs, and has been on my playlist over the last week.

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Other music I’ve been listening to, and suggest you do also whether you’re familiar with them or not:

1) All Time Low – Especially their cover of Rihanna’s hit Umbrella. This band has quickly taken the place of Taking Back Sunday as a favorite small club, college loved type band with punk/alt goodness. Russ will probably tell you more about them than I could, but I’m a fan.

2) Matchbox 20 – Recently went back and listened to their debut album, which including hit single Push. I got into this band when I was twelve. I remember vividly what started my interest in them. While playing little league baseball, a kid on the team would often listen to this song in his dad’s car while we drove to away games. This was his favorite song, and I quickly became a fan as well. I’m not much a fan of their most recent stuff, and I’m not too interested in Rob Thomas’ solo stuff (including his alleged affair with Tom Cruise), but I do enjoy their first album.

3) Jimmy Eat World – Russ puts over this album more than Hulk Hogan does his daughter, and his high reviews made me a fan again of this band. I’ve listened to Chase This Light and Clarity in their entirety recently, and the improvement and musical growth is refreshing and amazing. Some bands produce record after record, but either regress or stay the same. Not these guys. Better and better every time out, and if you’re not familiar with them, I suggest you become so quickly.

4) Brand New – Of course, never get tired of Brand New. The band plays two sold out shows this weekend in Columbus and Indianapolis. These are their last two shows of the year, and will feature new music that Jesse Lacey (lead singer) has been working on.

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It’s Wednesday, folks. I was hoping to do a nice big audio show today for the first time with Russ and RoJo, but Russ was unavailable. I’m worried that he gone into hiding following the second straight loss of the White Sox to the Twins tonight. Heartbreaking… The White Sox now lead the Central Division of the American League by only one half game. He’s got to be going crazy right now, so I don’t blame Russy for taking the night off. This weekend, it seems, will now be the debut of audio featuring both Russ and myself as we hit up Chicago, Illinois, for the annual IWA:Mid South Ted Petty Invitational tournament. Should be fun, inside and outside of the event. I got fans in Joliet. Like two of them, but still.

I’ve listened to the new Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul and will be writing a review for this site tomorrow, or so the plan goes for now. Guess what else! I’ll be reviewing O.A.R.’s All Sides next week. Everyone else on this site has written about music, so I feel left out. I have more musical posts coming. Unfortunately, I will not be attending Weezer live at All State Arena in Chicago on October 2. There’s just way too much going on in October, including another event at the end of the month at All State Arena – UFC 90: Silva vs Cote. I have big news regarding this, by the way. I, RoJo, will be in attendance live for UFC 90 and will have live reports here on Russ N’ RoJo.com! So Weezer is out. However, there are a couple of concerts in November that look promising. On back-to-back days in November, my new favorite alt/rock/pop band All Time Low followed by O.A.R. will be rocking the Newport Music Hall nextdoor in Columbus, Ohio. This weekend, Brand New headlines the same venue in Columbus. On Friday, they hit up the Murat Egyptian Room in Indianapolis, however, and contributor Josh Bauer may have a live report up for us.

Andrei Arlovsky will fight on the CBS live EliteXC card next weekend, making the live show a five-fight show now. Yikes. Good thing Kimbo vs Shamrock will likely last two minutes.

Good episode of The Ultimate Fighter tonight. The sixteen fighters are set, and next week we really start getting in on the action. I’ve heard the next two episodes are rather good, and Junie Browning stands out further as the lightweight to watch. Next week also features the first new episode in a while of South Park. Speaking of television, big season premieres tomorrow of The Office and My Name is Earl. TV is back, yay!

I’ll be back tomorrow with the final update before TPI and such. Hope to have new announcements soon on audio endeavors, including LIVE SHOWS! Hopefully Russ will be okay for the weekend. At least he’s got 2005 to look back on and reflect on. Can’t be too greedy when you’re a fan of Chicago sports…

Currently Listening: Delta Goodrem – In This Life
Currently Watching: Late Show w/ David Letterman