Best Player in the World Cries, Snaps

I thought only Crosby cried?  Guess not.  Claude Giroux, the NHL's latest Best Player in the World sheds tears to the refs, throws a tantrum, and then head hunts Dainius Zubrus...

 

The most hilarious part of this video is at the :56 mark (right before Giroux starts whining), when Devils D Mark Fayne nudges Claudia into the bench, Pierre McGuire comments "he's not happy with that." What a baby. Embarrassing.

Easy call for Sheriff Shanahan, here. Or at least it should be. Puck is way gone. Claudia is in the middle of a hissy, and targets the head of Zubrus. Should remind a lot of folk of the James Neal hit in the 1st round.

Now a slew of Flyer "media" folk are stuck trying to dislodge their thumbs from their sphincters. Meat head Chris Therien, the Flyers radio color man, had a whole lot to say about Crosby's antics in Round 1, and the Ovechkin hit the other night on Dan Girardi. Predictably, he remained objectively quiet on the Giroux hit last night. At least until he started dropping child molestation jokes on Twitter.

Stay classy, Flyers.

Breathless - TONIGHT at Regent Square

Liverpool loses. TFC stinks. After today's big Milan derby (FORZA INTER!!!!), I'll have had my fill of sports for the weekend. Tonight at Regent Square, 8:00pm showing of Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 classic, Breathless

 

NBC blows. Saturday night hockey has now become Sunday night hockey. Sorry, not interested. And fuck The Killing. That show has had enough of my time.

The Cup Changes Everything

maybe.  C'MON YOU REDS!!!!!!!

a look back at our last FA Cup winner...

The DEVILS!!!!!

never thought i could root so hard for Ilya Kovalpuke and the NJ Devils. Brayden Louganis took a break from his dives to make a bad line change. Game. Mike Milbury told me so.  Devils up 2-1 in the series...



watching this series is really really tough. Can't stand the douche bag Flyers. And hearing Pierre McGuire pucker his lips while he spews a bunch of his "objectiveness" is even tougher. REAL TOUGH.

Besides that.  Zach Parise.  What a fucking player.

And how in the world is New Jersey shutting down the Best Player in the World?!?  Might as well face it...the Pens suck.

PISSED JEANS coming to Pittsburgh!!!

Pretty jackt for this. Allentown's own, Pissed Jeans....next Saturday at The Smiling Moose in the South Side!! FCKYA!!!! Get TICKETS HERE.  our favoritest video ever...



FCKYA ICE CREAM!!



punk rock like a bastard...



Live at Primavera...

Heads UP: this is a very strange 6:30 START TIME with the doors at 6:00. All ages, unfortunately (no offense, kiddies)...meaning me and my booze will be segregated.

Torts being Torts: "What, are you being a wise ass?"

This guy can be such a bastard.  I love him...

  Seriously...fucking LOVE this guy.

Nail Yakupov

Kid appears to be pretty good...




What I think the Pens should do:

Trade their best 2-way player and best playoff performer of 2012 for another star player who sulks during crunch time, takes stupid penalties, and drops passes into empty spaces that lead to odd man rushes the other way. NOT that I'm stereo-typing, or anything.

As the video info states, Yakupov draws comparisons to Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, and Ilya Kovulchuk.  And those 3 guys have a ton of Stanley Cups between them, so I say go ahead and pull the trigger.

LET'S GO BABY PENS!!!!!!!  Bring us Calder Cup glory!

For all good kids, it's ANOTHER Guided by Voices record!!

The 2nd of 3 (THREE!) GBV records coming out in 2012.  Pre-order the new and awesome Class Clown Spots a UFO LP from Rockathon HERE.  Also available is a 7" of the title track with 2 non-LP tunes available.  It's gonna be a good year.

warning...this tune will rock you right in the face...

  video by navalorama

FCKYA!!!!!

Sharon Van Etten - tonight!

part of the Warhol Sound Series. Tonight at the Carnegie Lecture Hall pretty pretty pretty music.

The Cabin In the Woods: good times

Kinda felt like The Osterman Weekend meets The Evil Dead, and then the real fun begins.

All in all, The Cabin In the Woods is a fun ride.  It's pretty ridiculous, but that's where its awesomeness lies.  I was a little apprehensive at first, and it probably didn't help that some zit faced kid who served me my popcorn tried his best to spoil it for me.

Some of the horror scenes thru the first half of the film are meh, imho.  They are shot much like the genre of today's new horror: Creativity is often sacrificed for dimly lit sets, shaky cams, and quick cuts to the point where you're left wondering what the fuck just happened.  There seems to be a lot of CG utilized in the latter part of the film, but nothing too cringe worthy.

The best part of Cabin is its humor. It's probably not going to scare you as much you will get a chuckle from it.  The best and most hilarious character is played by Bradley Whitford, who plays Hadley...your prototypical jag off antagonist.  We fell in love with Whitford way back in Revenge of the Nerds 2 when he launched his little, "What'ya gonna do about it Skolnick, you gonna make a little speech?" tirade to the Nerds poolside in Paradise.

Also to Cabin's credit, there is an obvious homage to the genre of past horror.  I'll stop there before I spoil anything.  But our advise is to not read or look too far into Cabin...just go and enjoy.

TRAILER HERE.

Cabin In the Woods

I'm doing it.

GEEEE BEEEE VEEEE!!!!!!

So glad to be part of the luckiest fan base ever. This is gonna be the time of our lives with some of the bestest pals on the planet...giving hugs, drinking brews, and losing our voices. The next day...

Best weekend EVER!!!! The last time Guided by Voices played Canal Street Tavern...



btw...what's wrong with this picture below?

If you said any of these 3 bands headlining over the Mighty GBV...ding ding ding. Ah well.  Sons a bitches Death Cab fans will never know what hit them.

Progression of a Stunned: The Special One

With my Beloved Barcelona losing yesterday, this felt nice. No more Champions League for you, Jose!!! Funny hearing Fox Soccer Channel anoint Christiano Ronaldo "The Greatest Player on the Planet" after the 1st half with Real Madrid up 2-1 and Fishy Lips scoring both goals. Then he steps up to the spot in PKs and fails. Despite Messi missing yesterday, does that title revert back to him again? Whatever.

Maybe the best STUNNED moment of the night, after Sergio Ramos sailed one 30 feet over the cross bar, which handed Bayern Munich the victory.

DOH!!!

DEER TICK was pretty awesome last night

Great show.  Great live act that John McCauley and crew.  Here was the capper...


good times.

Hockey Objectivity

Hockey fans have a weird way of looking at things. Depending on which side of the fence you're on, the same player or incident may entice two exactly opposite opinions. Admittedly, as much as we try to be objective, we often look at things through the Black & Gold glasses. Our enemies do the same.

Flyers fans, for instance, can be very creative and clever by calling our best player Cindy Crysbaby. Their chants of "Crosby Sucks" is even more proof that they're some of the most intelligent and witty fans in the NHL. Pens fans, on the other hand, may point out how Peter Laviolette is a smug turd who throws hissy fits when things don't go his way.

It's funny how one side sees something as passion, while the other side sees someone as "losing their cool." For instance... Daniel Alfredsson showed a lot "passion" last night according to what we heard...

 

Claude Giroux, after losing Game 5 in Pittsburgh...

Such "passion" from the newest "Greatest Player in the World." Curious what the reaction would have been if that were Sidney...I mean Cindy Crosby.

Home town announcers usually have a bias, as well. Perhaps not as hard core as the fans and the bloggers, but they still view things from a home town perspective. Doesn't really bother me...I just label it as "passion." However, this douche nozzle from Phoenix took home town bias to an INSANELY NEW LEVEL...

 

Phoenix moron / commentator Tyson Nash describes the Torres on Hossa assault: “as clean of a hit as you are going to get.” He follows that up after watching the slo-mo, defending his stance as "left shoulder right into the jaw" and "EXPLODES thru the hit" before saying "I don't have a problem (with that hit)."

WOW.  FUCKING WOW.