A heads-up: We will be live blogging from the Eugene08 festival grounds on the final day of the Olympic Trials tomorrow.  It’s going to be, like, super fun and lucrative for you.

For those of you who don’t know what a live blog is, it’s a series of real time comments from both myself and you the viewer, that string together and provide “commentary,” “race updates” and “fart jokes”.  You know, media.  This time, we will be having contests throughout the two plus hour session where viewers can win all sorts of great prizes from the world of running and Eugene08.

So, if you will be sitting at home Sunday watching the meet and thinking, Larry Rawson is not making enough obscure pop culture references and I wish Dwight Stones would make fun of how Carol Lewis is always yelling, then you are in luck because I will be doing all that AND MORE!!!

Tune in tomorrow at around 3:30 Pacific, 6:30 Eastern time.  It will be like a party on your computer.  So, way better than a “real” party.

–ben

For those of you who will be spending tomorrow afternoon and evening either A. Bored at work or B. Lamenting your life of unemployment or C. Trying to wash the sin from the past weekend of debauchery off your skin (tip: You’ll need something stronger than Irish Spring), we have something to pass the time:

A LIVE BLOG!

Jeremy and I will be sitting in the Eugene08 festival zone all day tomorrow letting you poor saps in other parts of the world know how its going down in Eugene.  The festival zone is full of great things like fans, beers, food, and booths where I can play Nintendo Wii.

We will spend the day posting pictures and videos as well as letting you know JUST what it’s like to be here in Eugene soaking in the fantasticness of the trials.  If you are just watching the races on TV and listening to the “amazing” “coverage” that your favorite track announcers always provide, you are gonna be missing out. Just saying…

Also, you’ll be able to interact with the blog by sending us comments, insults, and fashion tips.  When was the last time you could send in a comment to Carol Lewis?  All the excitement will lead up to the men’s 5k which is scheduled for 9:40 pm.  So get ready to tie on that bib extra tight tomorrow morning because it’s gonna get SLOPPY.

–ben

The Crash Moderns - “Pimp My Life” [as heard in Route Sleuth - Rexius]
The Guilt Trips - “Just Fine” [as heard in The Legacy of Pre]
Holtz - “Leaving New York” [as heard in Road Report Archives - Columbus]
Holtz - “Fall In Love With Me” [as heard in Triviatown 1]
Rhys - “Hangin On” [as heard in Bowerman at the Oregon Bach Festival]
The Ruling Party - “No Place to Hide” [as heard in Having a Beer With Mark Croghan]
Triggerlust - “Sugar Pill” [as heard in Inside the Festival Zone]
Dave Yaden - “Can’t Let Go” [as heard in the intro of our Road Reports]

Let me guess.  When people ask What kind of music do you like? you say Everything.  Right?

Wrong.  You like Near Recordings even if you don’t know it yet.  Near Recordings is a NJ-based label who is hooking us up with some great music that you will hear throughout the project.  To preview some of that work, visit  www.myspace.com/nearstudios or http://www.myspace.com/churchills and check out The Churchills top friends.

So in the next two weeks or so, feel free to pre-emptively send us gifts to thanks us for the multiple eargasms you experience listening to Near artists such as Holtz, Rhys and The Ruling Party… as well as many other great independent acts.