Interview with Ginuwine and Recap from MoKi Media Launch Party
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 11:13 AM EST
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I can't speak for Ken, but today is not my most productive morning. Over the weeks of the Miss Fedex Field competition, we became friends of the eventual winner, Dannia Hakki. She gracefully extended us the invite to her new PR firm, MoKi Media, launch party, including an open bar of Sapporo, Macallan 12-year scotch, and champagne. Yea...we got after that.
There were quite a few guests of interests, most notably the R&B singer, Ginuwine. I knew he was born and raised in the DC area, so I was looking forward to chat Redskins with him (and I'm never shy to interrupt a star to talk Redskins).
That's where things took a friendly turn for the worse.
Ginuwine: "I'm a Cowboys fan."
WHAT?!?! How?
Ginuwine: "Yea. Ever since I was kid...I just liked their colors and it stuck ever since."
So does that mean your wrote the song "Pony" with Troy Aikman in mind?
Ginuwine: "Hell no!! (laughing)"
For those that don't know the lyrics, they go:
If you're horny lets do it
Ride it my pony
My saddle's waiting
Come and jump on it
If you're horny lets do it
Ride it my pony
My saddle's waiting
Come and jump on it
Oh man...I loved asking that question and seeing his reaction. Ginuwine was a pleasure to talk to and hopefully we'll talk with him again later before the Cowboys games.
We also got to talk to Mark Jenkins, the celebrity fitness trainer for every rap star you can think of. We talked briefly about the Redskins bringing in an entire new conditioning staff, and he said that absolutely makes a huge difference given the different workout programs they set for the guys.
The majority of the night we hung out with Ivan Carter from CSN (Washington Post Live). I posed an interesting question, which I will ask you:
Besides the Caps, which DC team is most likely to win a championship next?
I went with the Nationals. When you look at teams like the Diamondbacks and Marlins, it's much easier to catch lightning in a bottle. The Wizards won't see a championship ever again, and the Redskins simply have so much work to do with the OLine and cleaning out the stubborn free agents. 4 years from now I don't see the Redskins beating this Colts team. I'm usually wrong so hopefully I am!
(Stay classy Hogs Haven commenters).
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that SOB
I used to actually like Ginuwine, but now he can ride Romo’s pony for all I care.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Well, it's actually very common, even among Redskins Nation
I discovered this when I reported from the San Fran game two years ago.
A lot of the people out on the west coast are HUGE Redskins fans. Head-to-toe gear…know all the players, Hanburger, etc….and they’ve never been to the East coast once. They toldmethey either liked the colors, or played Indians as kids and got attached that way. It’s crazy to me how a loyalty like that can derive, but so it does.
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
I think an argument against gayness
should not involve San Francisco. Just sayin’….
by CarverM on Jan 28, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
haha, rec'd!
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
my boy's ex said
she liked Dallas for the same reason. ugh
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
I have run into a bunch of people out here who are skins fans
cuz they grew up in the 80’s. Also it’s funny to hear people from one of the gayest cities in the world, DC, make a SF joke.
by BayAreaBullet on Jan 28, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
hey hey hey
dammit. Atlanta is the gayest city in the world.
Leave DC out of this
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
I consider being tolerant and not bigoted as a positive sign for a city
I didn’t say that to insult DC but to praise it and certainly wasn’t taking offense to the SF jokes just pointing out the humor in DC area residents making the jokes.
by BayAreaBullet on Jan 28, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
of all people that this topic relates to....
why is “Sugar” not chiming in?
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
today's just not Sugar's day is it?
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
dude that song came out in like '93
he was cool back in the day, but this killed him for me.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
For once I feel great about missing something
like 90’s R&B
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Middle School and the 90s
I would end up like Sugar
Aren’t required to stay 400 feet away from all schools and chuck e cheese?
by monk81 on Jan 28, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I managed to miss those, too.
For the most part. How awkward can a room collectively be?
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Probably not as awkward
as if we had a HogsHaven get-together (dance just seemed like the wrong term).
as long as there's liquor
I’m sure it wouldn’t be akward. Just make sure to pat Carver down to make sure he’s not bringing in any Ambien.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
LJP and Cincyboy have to show up if we do this.
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
And they have to have
a Beirut challenge between them.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I was just trying to blend in...
kinda like during those Middle School dances…
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
you guys' dances sucked
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
don't hate on the soul patch
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Porthos, honest and slightly gullible, is the extrovert of the group, enjoying wine, women and song. His eating abilities even impress King Louis XIV during a banquet at Versailles.
I think it still qualifies as a Flavor Savor, though.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
If Porthos sweats when he eats
then call me Big P
fyi…Saint Megan is not 100% in love with the 70’s porn stache. I just couldn’t bear the thought of having a full beard and not trimming down to a killer stache for at least a week or so. I think what kills Saint megan the most is that I chose to rock the stache in such a public venue.
That moustache belongs in movies
like the ones that play on Cinemax at 2am…
Ewwww
I’m his sister. I’m merely suggesting that when he goes to pick up his kids from daycare, it wouldn’t shock me to find that the other parents gather up their children and refuse to stand within 100 feet of him.
Ewwww Carver
you’re sick!
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
what up girl?
How you doin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
by hibachi on Jan 28, 2010 5:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I didn't even bother...
But now that you’ve jumped in – Ha, how lame. Must have thought he was wearing Kevin’s jacket when he posted.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
don't hate on the velvet
tell ‘em Kevin, all the ladies wanted to feel the jacket when you were there didn’t they?
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Next time...
I’m going to wear a velvet starter jacket with a rhinestone Pony on the back. Or maybe that leather 8-ball jacket that was popular for 4 months in the early 90s.
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 29, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Don't hold back!
I’ll expect to see you also in parachute pants and “blinding them with science.” Don’t see a need to rule out the 80’s, do we? Well, maybe….
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
If you did
I’d shake your hand for makin me laugh the hardest I have in my life.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
He's gotta
keep the ’stache, though for it to truly count.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
when the hell did Kevin ever have a 'stache?
and how did I miss it?
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Oh, my bad,
that was Sugs with the French Flavor Saver under the porn stache. I got confused or perhaps….blinded by the science!
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I think it's one of those old guy sayings
just nod your head and smile…. :)
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
I want to know
being a scientist, I think it would be awesome to tell someone after a seminar or something that I was “blinded by the science”
Thomas Dolby circa 1983 - She Blinded Me With Science
A one hit wonder.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Not related
Don’t know his real name, but probably based his stage name on Dolby stereo enhancement. You should check out the video.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
HOL' UP!
Kevin, is that a suede jacket?
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
negative
I think it’s velvet…or some material that feels like it. I’m working on the full velvet jumpsuit ala George Costanza.
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Nationals?
There seems to be a team absent from consideration, and that would DC United. We just got Perkins back and are looking solid. They have a way better chance than Nationals. Even the pool of competition is smaller.
Kudos to you
They have the best chance at a local Championship and have the most recent one as well. They draw more fans per game than the Caps and the Nats. And their ownership doesn’t host every game for the sole purpose of punching all fans squarely in the taint.
the more you know....
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Terps Soccer won the NCAAs in 2005 and 2008
UMD Girl’s Bball won in 2006…if we are talking local teams winning something. Terps Men’s 2002 title is the last major local Championship that is typically cared about and covered by the major news outlets.
I guess now is a good time to plug that...
SB Nation just kicked up a DC United blog…
http://www.blackandredunited.com/
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Kevin Ewoldt on Jan 28, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
DC really is the center of the Sports blogging universe
I don’t think any other market has the variety and quality that we do.
The Ginuwine Article
Wow, between Ken’s schweet ‘stache and Kev’s rockin’ velvet blazer (which franky seems more Usher than Ginuine to me), you two are pretty stylin’ for sports bloggers. I was expecting Skins jerseys and face paint. Now if I could just figure out what that “Pony” song is about….
PS. Nothin’ wrong with being a fan (or not) of a particular team because of the colors of their uniforms. This chick will never, ever be a Ravens fan, for many reasons – not the least of which is that personally I think purple is a stupid color for a football team.
what up girl?
How you doin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
by hibachi on Jan 29, 2010 12:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
don't mind them hibachi
they’re just workin hard for that Miata
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
I already found an 8-track
at the history of music museum I am going to steal.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I was going to mount it on the luggage rack
It does come with a luggage rack, doesn’t it?
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
nah guys, no luggage rack
does have a spoiler though!
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Unfortunately, not as good as it's going with your sister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
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