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01/01/2006 Archived Entry: "2006"

2006
A reader in Boone, NC writes me:


Dear Dr. Fabulous: How about some dope 2006 predicts? Double true. Make it real, don't just keep it real. Love your best of 2005 music list!

To which I must reply: Word. So here ya go, what will be will be in the '06:

  • Meatloaf will enjoy his third comeback album and his best to date: An all-star affair which will feature Cyndi Lauper, Jay-Z, Cher, B.B. King, Yo-Yo Ma, and Elton John joining in classic Meatloaf songs.
  • Hip T-shirt manufacturer American Apparel will introduce a new line of clothing called Rags. The line will include $40-50 t-shirts and hoodies ripped up.
  • Blogging will meet heavy competition from something called shlogging.
  • The Gators will win the National Championship (actually, that's a 2007 predict. D'oh!)
  • Swedish Nursery Orchestra will finally win a Grammy.
  • A new Disney animated movie about the adventures of a character and his sidekick and which features either/or the voices of Eddie Murphy, Gilbert Gottfried, and Robin Williams (and maybe Jennifer Aniston) will make $50 million.
  • "Snap!" will be the hippest saying.
  • Wanting to continue the success of his sampled "I Got a Woman," Kanye West will release a new sampled version of The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman."

    I don't mean make me a dream
    But girl you know you gonna scream
    Yo Mr Sandman doing your thing
    Don't want no woman to call me her own

  • The new MTV channel, MTV Kids! will fail.
  • A new web-technology, wyper-text, will allow you to erase any page from the Web with the swipe of your mouse. Look out Inside Higher Ed!

    Replies: 5 comments

    SEC is really weak. Kentucky (who is not that strong) and Florida are the top dogs. Vandy may make the tournament. That might be it. Maybe Alabama too.
    But I'd expect a loss or two in conference. At Tennessee? At Vandy? And once all the other big time programs get better, the young 'uns of Florida will have their hands full (Gonzaga, Duke, Villanova, Memphis...). They should make a good run and hopefully come back next year stronger than ever.

    Posted by jeff @ 01/02/2006 10:47 AM EST

    I hope that Meatloaf prediction comes true. Oh yeah.

    Posted by Mike @ 01/02/2006 01:39 AM EST

    I have to think with the SEC being weak this year and the Gators finally playing team ball, that the sky is the limit. Horford, Brewer, and Green are great, and the bench is strong.

    Posted by cbd @ 01/02/2006 12:01 AM EST

    Gitters will be good, but no championship. Sweet 16 maybe. Elite Eight? I hope.

    Posted by jeff @ 01/01/2006 04:56 PM EST

    The Gators will win the National Championship (actually, that's a 2007 predict. D'oh!)

    No love for Gitter hoops? Conference play begins next week!

    Posted by cbd @ 01/01/2006 09:59 AM EST

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