It's coincidentally dumping buckets of sloppy, slushy Northeastern snow on the day I get Sal Masekela on the phone for an interview. From his Venice Beach, Calif., home, he tells me, "You guys need to be in a Western mountain town, bro." I don't disagree. Culture vultures and shrewd celebrity gossip hounds probably recognize Masekela as the host of the E Network's "Daily Ten." However, most ski, surf, and snowboarding bros probably know him as ESPN's dreadlocked and bro-savvy host of both the Summer and Winter X Games. Despite his main gig broadcasting the daily dirt on the latest B-list celebrity sex tape scandal, Masekela keeps his priorities straight by getting on the hill 30 or 40 days in the winter to snowboard. When he's not on the slopes, he's out on the water. "Surfing is the base of my existence. Without surfing I don't really exist." The down-to-earth host says he's able to shred up the waves two or three days a week when he's not living the dream and hopscotching around the world to Figi, Indonesia, and Tahiti in pursuit of the perfect ride. Despite juggling TV gigs and entrepreneurial pursuits, Masekela tells me that a new skate park near his house is luring him out of a so-called "skateboarding retirement." With the Winter Olympics in full swing, I caught up with Masekla to discuss his old buddy Shaun White, his plans to cover the World Cup this summer in South Africa, and his recent foray into the blogosphere on Tanqueray's WeResistSimple.com.  Keep Reading »

Noel Biderman was once "booed" by the studio audience of "The View." "The Tyra Banks Show" crowd cheered at the idea of Biderman getting his ass kicked by an outraged husband affected by his business. His billboard and television spots frequently invoke public outcry. To many, Biderman is a devious, sleazy homewrecker who profits on heart break. To others, he's a marriage-saving saint. So why all the hate? Biderman is the entrepreneurial founder and public face of Ashley Madison, a thriving online community of five million-plus members (and, full disclosure, an advertiser on some corners of this very website). Conceptualized as a dating website for unhappy married couples, Ashley Madison is an online platform that facilitates discrete extramarital affairs for cheating couples. The founder frequently defends the company's mission by firmly asserting that no particular website or advertisement will lead a person to infidelity. BroBible got Biderman on the phone earlier this week to discuss Ashley Madison's post-Valentine's Day spike in female membership, how a bachelor can use the service, and his company's quest to break down the stigma and taboo of adultery.  Keep Reading »

If there was an award for the most notches on the bedpost of a cartoon character, Sterling Archer from FX's new prime-time animated series "Archer" would surely take home the gold medal. The show focuses on the antics of Archer, a deadly secret agent for a fictitious international spy agency headed by his mother. For those who havent seen the show, Archer is not the sappy, love-struck Bond portrayed by Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. In fact, hes just the opposite: hard-drinking, smooth-talking, and quick to jump in bed with every moderately attractive piece of female tail within a mile radius, including his co-workers. The show pushes the womanizing, old-school James Bond caricature to the extreme. It also features some serious comedy star power, including voice-overs by Aisha Tyler, H. Jon Benjamin, and Jessica Walter. BroBible caught up with Adam Reed, the show's creator and producer, a few days after finishing the production for the first season of "Archer." Reed's previous success stories include "Sealab 2021" and "Frisky Dingo" on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Check out our exclusive Q and A and lots of embedded video clips from the show after the jump.  Keep Reading »

Beer pong is a treasured weekend pastime for most bros. But to Ron Hamilton and Michael "Pop" Popielarski, shooting ping pong balls into Solo cups is much more than running the table at a house party on a Saturday night: It's a serious competitive sport with plenty of cash on the line. Known as "Team Smashing Time," the Long Island-based duo has become a reckoning force on the professional beer pong circuit, chalking up victories in major tournaments hosted by WorldPongTour.com. Last week, Smashing Time took home $50,000 in prize money for sinking the winning beer pong shot at the World Series of Beer Pong in Las Vegas -- with more than 500 teams, the biggest beer pong tournament in the world. We caught up with Ron Hamilton just after the big win to discuss his pre-game WSOBP drinking routine, the fierce tournament trash talking, and his 1,000 to 2000 pong shot-a-day practice regimen.  Keep Reading »

College football typically takes a backseat once the BCS Champion has been crowned and the NFL playoffs begin. Tonight, however, college football junkies can continue nursing their bowl-season hangovers by tuning in to "Blue Mountain State," which kicks off at 10 p.m. on Spike. "Blue Mountain State" follows the off-field hijinks of three freshman players at a fictitious Division I football powerhouse. Expect this boozy new scripted comedy to serve up an irreverent double-shot of locker-room humor.

"Blue Mountain State" is the brainchild of Eric Falconer and Chris Romano (a.k.a. Romanski). The veteran comedy writing duo has previously penned episodes of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "The Sarah Silverman Program." BroBible recently caught up with "BMS" creators to discuss college football, their unabashed love of early '80s comedy, and an upcoming episode of "Blue Mountain State" that involves an unfortunate incident with a Pocket Pussy.

BroBible: Why did you decide to develop a television show based on a fictitious college football program?

Eric Falconer and Chris Romano: The college football angle came from Brian Robbins at Varsity Pictures and Kevin Kay at Spike. We heard that they were looking to do a college football comedy, so we went in and pitched our version of one. Our version included masturbating, cookie races, and golden showers, and they said, "Sold!"  Keep Reading »

Soccer player Benny Feilhaber is a man who's seen the world. Born in Brazil, he's lived in every corner of the United States, and played on soccer pitches from Germany to China to South Africa, where last month Feilhaber and his American teammates stunned the soccer world with their runner-up finish at the Confederations Cup. BroBible caught up with the globetrotting soccer star recently and found out all about the intensity of English football, his best goal ever, and that infamous Jordin Sparks video.

BROBIBLE: First of all, tell us about playing in the Confederations Cup semifinal, perhaps the biggest win in U.S. Soccer history. Can you describe those last 30 minutes or so of action and what you and your teammates were feeling when the final whistle blew?

BENNY FEILHABER: It was great to be involved in the Confederations Cup and that win in the semifinals against Spain was unbelievable. I knew I had to come in and help the team out defensively but I also wanted to give the counterattack a chance to close the game out and I had the chance to go forward a couple times. It was great that Clint could get that goal for us to ensure us the win. Once the whistle blew it was a feeling of happiness and a little bit of shock at the same time.

Your grandfather is Austrian, you and your parents were born in Brazil, and you've lived/played in New York, Texas, Connecticut, California, Germany, England, and Denmark. And yet you've always insisted on wanting to play for the U.S. national team. What does it mean to you to represent the United States in a setting like the Beijing Olympics or last month's Confederations Cup?

I definitely have moved around quite a bit. I've lived in the States since the age of 6 and have felt more and more American every year. Once the time came for me to play for a national team I had no doubts I wanted to play for the U.S. It's always an honor playing for your country and it's a great feeling playing in competitions like the Olympics and the Confederations Cup.

How'd you first get introduced to soccer? Have you always wanted to play professionally?  Keep Reading »

In 2007, when the "The Pick-Up Artist" premiered on VH1, the world met James Matador, the faithful wingman of the show's host, Mystery. The Matador is a master pickup artist, a co-author of the book "Revelation," and one of the founding partners of the the Venusian Arts, for which he leads seminars and boot camps throughout the world on the art of seduction. A computer science graduate of Depaul University and former national-champion martial artist, Matador is also an actor, an entrepreneur, and amateur bodybuilder. According to his official bio, he is most known for his "Matador Mayhem" technique, "a process in which he allows himself to be chased by multiple women simultaneously by hugging, kissing, and making out with many women at the same time, causing all the women involved to feel jealous of one another and compete for his attention."

So when BroBible met the Matador at Marquee in New York a while back, we asked if he'd be up for an interview. He was down, so after a few months of telephone and email tag, we finally caught up with him recently for an hour-long interview that we present today and tomorrow in two parts. We learned right off the bat that although a third season of "The Pick-Up Artist" is not in the cards, a different show with a new angle is indeed in the works. The Matador didn't want to reveal too many details just yet, but we got him to open up about plenty more.

This is part 2 of the interview. To read part 1, click here.

BroBible: Do you have a go-to pickup line?

James Matador: Yeah, you know I used to be Mr. Routine. Mr. Pick-Up Line. But there's good news and bad news. The bad news is I'm not the person to go talk to about like all the best routines in the world, but the good news is because after a certain point, these routines all fall under patterns of mine and what happens is when you start talking this way, doing these things, it starts integrating into your personality naturally so you can spot these things on the fly. You can be dynamically humorous, dynamically intelligent without having a set of routines that are funny or a set of routines that are interesting. So this is the most truthful answer at this moment: At this moment I don't really use any openers. I go up and I say hello. Or if there is any one opener that I do use it's a non-verbal body opener; I'll go up and look at the girl and I'll do this very overdramaticized rolling my eyes look like a girl's mannerisms, or do the "Whatever" hand in your face gesture, which usually creates instant laughter. And then I turn around and I'm normal again and introduce myself and immediately start talking and start owning the conversation.

Warm them up with some humor.

Think about it. You have eight emotional dimensions, you know? There's a fear dimension, you have a love dimension, and then each dimension there are shades of that primary emotion. For example, discomfort would be a shade of fear. Agreed?  Keep Reading »

In 2007, when the "The Pick-Up Artist" premiered on VH1, the world met James Matador, the faithful wingman of the show's host, Mystery. The Matador is a master pickup artist, a co-author of the book "Revelation," and one of the founding partners of the the Venusian Arts, for which he leads seminars and boot camps throughout the world on the art of seduction. A computer science graduate of Depaul University and former national-champion martial artist, Matador is also an actor, an entrepreneur, and amateur bodybuilder. According to his official bio, he is most known for his "Matador Mayhem" technique, "a process in which he allows himself to be chased by multiple women simultaneously by hugging, kissing, and making out with many women at the same time, causing all the women involved to feel jealous of one another and compete for his attention."

So when BroBible met the Matador at Marquee in New York a while back, we asked if he'd be up for an interview. He was down, so after a few months of telephone and email tag, we finally caught up with him recently for an hour-long interview that we present today and tomorrow in two parts. We learned right off the bat that although a third season of "The Pick-Up Artist" is not in the cards, a different show with a new angle is indeed in the works. The Matador didn't want to reveal too many details just yet, but we got him to open up about plenty more.

BroBible: Our readers are big fans of you and Mystery and the rest of the "PUA" crew, and are always curious about what kind of trouble you guys are getting yourselves into. Any recent epic or funny stories that you can share?

James Matador: Sure, I was just taking a flight from Las Vegas to L.A., and I met a girl on the plane, and we started talking and one thing led to another and we ended up fooling around on the plane. And then we ended up fooling around in between when we got off the plane and got to the baggage claim, and to my dismay at baggage claim, she's like, "O.K., we have to stop," and I said "Why?" And she said, "Because my boyfriend is picking me up and I don't want him to see." I was kind of shocked, because this was something that she failed to mention to me. It's not my greatest adventure, but it's definitely a funny one that comes to the mind immediately.

It's hard to imagine you not slaying every time you go out, but do you have any really embarrassing stories?

When I was just starting off and practicing, and I remember I was testing the whole cocky-funny paradigm, and going out and trying to be cocky-funny, or trying to do cocky-funny repeatings or gambits, as we call it. So one thing that came to mind, at the time -- and I see the inappropriateness of it now -- but at the time I though it would be cocky and funny to go up to a girl and playfully pat her on the behind as the opener. Well, hey, I thought it was funny, cocky-funny, what's the problem, right? Slap in the face, getting thrown out of a couple clubs. I quickly figured out that that's not working. Those were not one of my finer moments.

A lot of our users, when they fall in love, they fall hard. And if their girl cheats on them, or they have a bad breakup, they don't know how to get themselves back in the game. Do you have any advice for them?  Keep Reading »

After nearly 16 years as host of NBC's 12:30 "Late Night" show, Conan O'Brien debuts behind the desk of the legendary "Tonight Show" tonight. Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam will be his first guests in the 11:35 p.m. time slot. BroBible contributor Kammeo spoke with Conan a few months ago about the big move, and learned all about the red-haired giant's dream guest, how he plans to make his first big L.A. appearance, and his weakness for deep-fried everything.

BroBible: Are you nervous about taking over "The Tonight Show?"

Conan O'Brien: A lot of comedy is about you get used to your space and you get into your comfort zone and I'd be crazy if I didn't have some feeling of, well geez, what's this going to be? It's going to be on a completely different coast in a new studio, we're going to want to try new stuff. Different time slot. I'd be crazy if I didn't sometimes get butterflies in my stomach, but that's all good. I need that. I need that to get the creative juices to make this work.

BroBible: Will be you doing some synergistic stuff with Jay when the shows both come out?

Conan: You know, we haven't talked about that. I don't know. There's that gap because there's the local news in between. So then we'd have to get local newsmen involved. A three-way-orgy. It's disgusting frankly.

BroBible: Are you considering sidekicks for "The Tonight Show?"

Conan: You know, everything is up in the air. I'm at that phase where I'm open. We're keeping all possibilities open. [Ed.'s note: Former sidekick Andy Richter will return as the show's announcer, and will appear frequently in sketches.]

BroBible: What about an online presence?

Conan: I have an abacus at home. I'm a luddite. We're not going to do anything before the start of the show, but once the show is on the air, well that's part of the world now. We actually have something called "Late Night Underground" that this guy Aaron Bleyaert does for us. It's really funny where he takes a lot of really funny things that happen in rehearsals. There are times when rehearsals are the funniest part of our show and he gets it online. I think we'll continue to do things like that and we'll grow. Eventually, I'll only be on the web. We'll all be competing with each other with our own talk shows.

BroBible: Is there a guest that you'd love to have on your show that you haven't had previously?  Keep Reading »

With the quarterfinals of the D-I lacrosse NCAA tournament now behind us, the Final Four is set for Memorial Day weekend: #1 Virginia will face #5 Cornell and #2 Syracuse will battle #3 Duke on Saturday in Foxboro, Mass., for a chance to play in the National Championship next Monday. While the entire lax community debates the big match ups, the players and coaches are going through the most important week of their entire seasons -- and for some, their entire careers. Under intense media scrutiny, with practices every day and film sessions late into the night, these national powerhouses are preparing for the game they've been dreaming of since they first picked up a lacrosse stick years ago. And perhaps no player in recent memory knows what this week is like more than Paul Rabil, the former Johns Hopkins middie and McLaughlin Award winner who helped lead his team to the 2005 and 2007 titles as well as a 2008 runner-up finish. So BroBible asked Rabil, now of the San Jose Stealth and Boston Cannons, to take us behind the scenes of the week leading up to the Final Four. Here's Rabil's exclusive interview with BroBible.

BroBible: What is preparation like the week leading up to the semifinals on Saturday? Do you practice every day? Are girls or partying or anything else of that sort off limits that week? Or does the normal routine of college life help you relax?

Paul Rabil: There's no better time during the year than the NCAA Tournament. It starts with the Sunday night Selection Show on national television, and hopefully ends Monday afternoon of Memorial Day. In terms of routine for the Final Four, the only thing that should really change is that certain excitement and anticipation you get all week during practice, film, and extra shooting. As far as practicing every day, the way I see it is that there is no way throughout the year that a team would even sniff the Final Four if they not only practiced every day, but put in extra work as individuals after. For me, shooting extra before and after practice prepares me for each game every weekend. There's no better way to gain confidence for a game than to feel completely comfortable with your stick. I've done some crazy things on the field, good and bad... but I would have never tried any of it if I wasn't confident in my ability. Lastly, believe it or not, girls and partying are absolutely off limits for me the week of the Final Four. However, this isn't because I don't think it's unhealthy in preparation, but more so I'm just entirely too fired up to get out on lacrosse's biggest stage. Plus, by this time of the year finals are over and each day is wide open to practice and hang out with your boys.

When does the reality of "I'm going to be playing in front of 60,000 people at Foxboro" set in?

Rabil: Call it cocky, call it dumb, but being a Hopkins player, as soon as we step on campus we expect to make it to the Final Four. Most teams are congratulated for making the tournament, but Hopkins is ridiculed for not making a top-4 seed. It's kind of a joke. But in the end, I think all of the pressure, strength of schedule, and exposure to all game situations makes us a better team. If you get caught up thinking about playing in front of 60k, instead of just embracing it and getting excited about it, you'll forget how to catch and throw.  Keep Reading »

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Drugs and music go together like Bob Marley and a blunt, and a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (Citadel), chronicles the good stuff's long, strange trip into the annals of rock history. BroBible caught up with the book's author, R.U. Sirius, to talk about The Beatles, Deadheads, and the five best drug-induced songs of all time.

BroBible: We think of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll" as a line right out of the '60s, but isn't it a sentiment that's been around in some form or other, in most cultures, for a very long time? How and when did drugs become a prominent part of American rock music?

R.U. Sirius: Sure. The obvious one is "wine, women, and song" which has been a hedonistic slogan in many cultures going back many centuries, particularly (but not exclusively) European cultures. The variations on that slogan are sort of fun. The Danes celebrated "beer, cunt, and horn music" and they also got cannabis into the mix at some point. There's also some discussion in the book about the links between music and psychedelic drugs and shamanism in some primitive cultures.

Rock culture really became drug culture during the psychedelic era. I'm sure some musicians used drugs like LSD and mescaline (and, of course, pot) really early (there's a song called "LSD-25" from 1962 that's discussed in the book), but it really went wide in 1966. Of course, during the so-called "summer of love" in 1967, rock was drenched in acid.

Stimulant pills... speed pills like Dexedrine and so forth got around some in the 1950s, particularly for people who had to spend a lot of time on the road touring. Jerry Lee Lewis was absolutely the most crazy-ass speed-psychosis driven motherfucker in rock history. The Jerry Lee stories are some of my favorites.  Keep Reading »

This is a big weekend for Quint Kessenich, the former Johns Hopkins All-American goalie and current lacrosse commentator/aficionado for ESPN and InsideLacrosse.com. On Saturday, Kessenich and eight other Blue Jays will be inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to Hopkins' 1 p.m. matchup against Loyola. Then, Sunday night at 9 p.m., Kessenich and the rest of the ESPN-U crew will host the annual selection show, as they unveil the 16-team bracket for this year's D-I NCAA tournament. BroBible caught up with Kessenich Friday afternoon as he got ready to kick off the most exciting month on the college lacrosse calendar.

BROBIBLE: First, congrats on the Hopkins Hall of Fame inductions this weekend. What are your emotions going into tomorrow?

QUINT KESSENICH: Well I'm excited. You know, I think it means more to my mom and my brothers and my sister and my teammates. As a goalie, your performance is so linked to people you played around, so the guys that I played with deserve all the credit for putting up with me and making me look good.

Right. So let's get to this year's action. How would you assess the D-I lacrosse season so far?

KESSENICH: Early season I really thought that Virginia and Syracuse were a little better than everyone else. But since making that declaration in the middle of March, we've seen both of those teams lose games, we've seen both of those teams win a lot of one-goal games. So it's a big pack this year. It's a pack of eight or 10 teams who can win the national title.

What has tripped up Syracuse and Virginia?  Keep Reading »

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We know the job market sucks and there is barely anything out there. But we still want to make sure that when you find an opportunity, you make the most of it. This week we're offering up some BroBible crash courses in the first step in landing a job in your dream industry: the interview. We'll tackle real estate, sports, law, and more, but up first is finance. We asked five first-year analysts who work at top investment banks in New York City to offer their advice on interview etiquette and how to lock down your dream job in finance. Take their advice, they've been through it and crushed it out of the park.

Slow Down Your Swagger: No one wants to give a job to a 21 year old who already thinks he's a Big Swinging Dick and walks in wearing a blue shirt with a white collar and a Ferragamo tie. Dress well but not over the top. Go with a navy or gray suit and leave the light brown Italian loafers at home -- black lace-ups are a good choice. White shirt. Light blue tie (no Michael Irvin ties with a 3 inch wide knot). It's not a style contest, blend in: the interview is not about your appearance unless you screw something up.

Be Informed: Show up the morning of the interview having read the newspaper for that day and be well versed in what is going on in the world of finance. Also, know latest stock price of whatever company you are interviewing for.  Keep Reading »