On Saturday, August 20, I went out in search of the community car washes that are a staple of the monsoon season here in Phoenix. From Maryvale down through Central to South Phoenix, I came across five stories that, when taken as a whole, will hopefully give a little insight into the importance of these grasroots events.

For some inexplicable reason, Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way” was used as background music for “Best Breakthrough Athlete” at tonight’s ESPYs. This isn’t the first time the song has made its way into a sports broadcast, having been used in CBS’ NCAA tournament highlight montage.

Beyond its status as a gay anthem, it’s somewhat puzzling why a song about the natural gifts one is granted by their creator is relevant to a sports broadcast. Blake Griffin won tonight’s award, and not only was he not born 6 foot 9, but he reached his rookie of the year status through hard work and dedication. To indicate otherwise is to cheapen the accomplishments of these athletes and undermine the hustle, drive and hard work that make sports great to watch.

But what do I know? This was a great year for sports anthems, and it’s time to let your voice be heard. So what was the best sports song of the year? The triumphant “All I Do is Win”? The Steelers and Bruins-specific “Black & Yellow”? The reflective “All of the Lights”? Or was it the song featuring a “drag queen” chant that ripped off Madonna to pander to the same demographic as “Express Yourself”. Let us know.

DELINQ is all about independence. We’re a boutique firm supporting independent business, media and especially thought, and decided to celebrate our independence today by giving away some of our DELINQ Flag Tees to some of our friends on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who entered- we’ve notified winners through email and twitter DM. Check our flag QR code for other ways to get your hands on a tee!

We have a bunch to give away between now and Friday the 8th, so enter on each of these sites for up to three entries a day-

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Here’s the trailer for Will Ferrell’s new movie, EVERYTHING MUST GO. His costar in this flick is CJ Wallace, but you may know him better as Biggie’s son with Faith Evans. The movie was shot on location here in Phoenix, and, True Story, I almost auditioned for the part CJ got. The casting call asked for “overweight African-American boys”, and I really liked that one audition story Trent told in SWINGERS.

EVERYTHING MUST GO gets a limited release on May 6.

I did this mashup of Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and the seminal F. Gary Gray-directed, Ice Cube and Chris Tucker-starring Friday on Monday. I kind of forgot about it after seeing a few people follow mine with similar concepts on YouTube, but saw today it’s been getting a lot of love. I want to thank everybody that has said such nice things about the video, including:

Karlie Hustle |    dascottjr on YouTube  |  Timothy DeLaGhetto (and all his fans)  |  LAWeekly |  Miss Info

Thanks for making my Friday- hope you have a good one, too.

So, Soulja Boy has a diamond-encrusted piece featuring Riley from the Boondocks. Satire is dead- crank that artichoke.

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From the forthcoming Yoshi Behind the Scenes video.

Who knows who thought this was a good idea, but in Force Unleashed “Battle for Endor” DLC, you kill Leia, Chewbacca and Han. If I saw this when I was 6 I would have cried for three months; as I’m a grown man, I expect to stop weeping sometime before the new year.

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