Yesterday, for some unknown reason, Vince punished me by sending me a link to the Tumblr Storyboard interview with Kreayshawn, who is very hip and with it, according to the kids. Fortunately, after I was done scrubbing that out of my brain, I noticed another interview, this one with Muhammad Ali. Actually, the main interview is with a man named Michael Aisner, who was just 17-years old when Ali was on the verge of not only becoming the baddest man of all-time, but also one of the most politically iconic athletes of any generation.

Aisner and his friends ran a high school radio station – the same kind that our friend Richie “The Big Bopper” Belding ran in his day – and they also had some big balls with which they reached out to some celebrities to set up interviews. Amazingly, an acquaintance of Ali not only took a call from these relentless kids, but he eventually granted the interview.

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Merry 4th of July, everybody!

In honor of America’s birthday (and nobody being on the Internet … seriously, even you aren’t on the Internet today) we’ll be taking a relaxed posting schedule. That means we may pop in from time to time with a story, but you’ll mostly be stuck with this terrible video of Will Smith punching an alien in the face.

Go outside, find a hole with a bunch of water in it, spend some time with your family or do what I’m doing — driving an hour south to a Minor League Baseball game to get a picture with a taco mascot and watch some fireworks.