Saw my first of 100+ Springsteen concerts in 1975 so I get it when he’s trying to be poetic rather than literal. The lyrics to Drive All Night first start showing up as an addendum to the live version of Backstreets. I thought they were dopey then, thought that again when he released the song two albums later and… Read more

Being a shoe whore in the least offensive sense, if Bruce would do this for me, I’d be one happy girl. It’s one of my favorite lines. Funny how the Flievog shoe ad appeared in between the paragraphs of this article in my feed. Thanks for the shoe “tongue in cheek” article. My husband clearly understand this trade… Read more

“Christ,” D’72? You want me to truther that guy now? Hmmm, with that whole water walk and lost weekend and all, I see where you’re coming from. Makes this shoes-for-sex ruse I tried to blow the lid off here seem like small potatoes. But, man, Christ’s flock is only slightly less devout than Bruce Springsteen’s, and… Read more

And I felt uncomfortably dumb reading the entirety of this pedantic horseshit. You’re breaking down gas prices from 1980 and getting expert opinion on fuel injection on old muscle cars in order to discredit a 36 year old song? Hey you know what, how about next article you discuss all the possible legal ramifications… Read more

I mean, I’d write all night again just to use that punchline. Read more

“Imelda Marcos”? You must have had your copy of the Dennis Miller Reference Guide handy. Read more

A married father decided to attempt to woo a friend of mine who was his classmate in an English MA program. She was in a shitty relationship and flirted back a bit, to her current shame, they probably let things cross some lines but then my favorite thing of all time happened. Read more

All I can say is I love my Florsheims. Read more

He made pretty much the same joke at the time. So...Is that you, Charles? Read more

It’s worse than you thought. She gave him shoes and Nunn Bush. Read more

One of my college roommates had been dating a woman for a couple months before she got a job and had to move to West Virginia. Read more

Who did Bruce think he was wooing? Imelda Marcos? Read more

This is awesome and I totally see some regional independent league doing this in order to gain popularity (and ESPN coverage). Games would end in 45 minutes! If multiple teams played at one ballpark throughout a summer day, it could be like a T20 cricket match, a state fair, and a rugby sevens event rolled into one.… Read more

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/us/… Read more

Apropos of nothing in particular, a friend of mine who has no filter once told KJ “don’t touch me, dirt-lip” when he put his hand on her shoulder in a local coffee shop. Read more

Dave (and everyone else at Deadspin/Gawker who worked on these pieces), Read more

agree not to talk to Deadspin again

“I am not 15 years old,” she says. “Kevin Johnson can kiss my black ass.” Read more