danthemjfan23

i wish all the old PMs i had on the old boards would have transferred...

there's a chance mine falls into this category. i try to keep it small enough so that it's not a major annoyance, but big enough that people can read the pertinent info. feedback?

i know its super short notice, but im playing a show tonight at Underground Lounge (952 w. newport in *wrigleyville). i go on at like 8:30 and ill play for about a half hour. ill also have copies of the Mike Felumlee/Dan Andriano split available for $10 if you havent gotten one yet and dont want to pay shipping! come on out and say hi, VC *i promise its not a bro bar.

sluttering.

on july 7, i'm going to be releasing a record by a band called An Aesthetic Anaesthetic on my label. check it out! www.artisticintegrityrecords.com www.facebook.com/artisticintegrityrecords

sorry, my parents got back in town for the first time in a few months so i was spending some time with them. i think it's a good thing that the best team(s) in the league have the best chance to win the title every year. this is all personal opinion, but to me, it's really fucking cool (like the teams or not) that from 1991-98, the bulls were the best team in basketball. for the next 12 years, the spurs and the lakers have been. and now for the last 2, and presumably the next 5, the heat will be. did they win EVERY championship in that span? no. because sports are still about playing well enough and being lucky enough that some outcomes are a true toss-up. hockey, on the other hand, has had 9 different cup champions in the past 10 years. not because there have been 9 different teams to truly be the best hockey teams in that time frame. i think the general consensus would be that for the last 10 years, the best teams have been the red wings, the devils, and the penguins (maybe i'm wrong?). but when there is literally no advantage for a 1 seed compared to an 8 seed, what is a team's motivation during the regular season? when "anything can happen," why even have a regular season at all? just play a 30 team tournament. it would be just as exciting, if not more so, and you wouldn't have to wait around 82 meaningless games to get seeding that winds up being irrelevant anyway. again, it's just a matter of preference, so i'm not saying i'm right and you're wrong. i'm just saying why i think basketball is more enjoyable to me. it's fun for me to know that every year for the next 5 years, the teams that will be making deep playoff runs are going to be the bulls, the heat, the lakers, the thunder, and the grizzlies. that still leaves 11 open playoff spots for teams to make a surprise run one year. but i like rivalries growing in the playoffs, and teams hating each other because last year the heat knocked us out. to me, there is no intrigue in a phoenix/nashville series. maybe it's because i don't watch enough hockey, but i hardly know any of the players on either team (of course after watching the hawks play the coyotes, i know them now... and i do know a few of the ex-hawks on nashville, but that's not my point), and based on your assessment that every year a whole new batch of teams will be playing for the cup, there's really no point in me getting invested in either team. they're going to be in and out of my life in 7 games if it goes that far. again, just differing points of view for both of us here. i know i'm not going to convince you to think like me, and vice versa. just trying to show you my side of things is all.

you clearly just don't know that much about basketball, so it's not worth getting in an argument about team depth in each sport. that's fine. to me, the biggest problem in hockey is that you have a handful of players who are intent on injuring the best players in the league. do they not understand that their own salaries/livelihoods are dependent upon the stars being healthy and in the spotlight? what good does it do for hockey as a whole to have Toews, Hossa, Crosby injured for extended periods of time due to concussions?

one of the funniest mental images i always get when i think about this band is the fact that i'm sure, at some point, one of their moms/family members has googled "The Paramedic" and found an entire message board community who just hates their son's bands' guts.

college basketball sucks. the level of play is SO inferior to the pro game. and i used to absolutely love college ball. the last 10 years (but especially the last 5), the game has really changed though. most of the regular season in the NBA is a waste of time, i totally admit that. and it's a shame. there's definitely something beautiful about watching the best athletes in the world do something they're great at, though. every few days there's a flash of brilliance on the court that - whether you're a fan of the sport or not - will make you go "...wow." playoff basketball is where it's at. and even the first round may be unnecessary. in any given year, there's only 3-4 teams from each conference with a shot at making it to the finals. sure, an 8 seed or a 7 seed might pull a first round upset, but there's no way they're making it to the championship. that's what i love about basketball over hockey and baseball (i consider football a whole different entity since it only takes 1 win, not 4, to advance to the next round). you can see a team who just gets hot at the right time make a run and win the title, when everybody knows they had no business maybe even being in the playoffs in the first place. that doesn't happen in basketball, and i love it. don't get me wrong, i still watch hockey, and i still absolutely love baseball, but the basketball playoffs are the only true gauge in professional sports as to who the best team in the league really is.

^and here.

i never bought into the lin hype. not even when they won 7 in a row and he was putting up big numbers. he has no left hand and is way too bad of a ballhandler to be a full time, big impact player in this league. it was a cute story, but once the league saw 10 games worth of tape on him, he was done. the heat game where they just absolutely shut him down was the turning point of all the hype, in my eyes. and thank god. i was so sick of hearing about him, especially knowing he wasn't any good. how ironic that steve nash would probably be a really good fit in new york now, and d'antoni is out the door. i still don't think anybody can compete with the heat in a 7 game series (even my bulls, even when derrick is at full strength), but it's nice to have the thought in the back of your mind that maybe a couple teams can at least put up a fight. the regular season means nothing to them. they just need to make it to the playoffs healthy, and they'll be hanging multiple banners in the next 5 years. i hate to say it, but there's no way it's not true.

this isn't shit talk, this is a serious inquiry: what the fuck is up with the knicks? how can they possibly be as bad as they are? SO much fucking talent on that team. was it all d'antoni? did they players hate him and just not give a fuck while he was there? is carmelo going to be around next year?

gloat all you want. at least the bulls are going to make it out of the first round ;-)

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seriously, what is with this?! it's like he's constantly sunburned in a serious way.

can be up to 12 months. it could be as little as 6. but with your superstar and franchise player, pushing him (or him pushing himself) to get back for the first two months of the regular season would be an absolutely horrendous idea.

yeah, the bulls will still win the series. probably in 6, MAYBE in 5. but it doesn't matter. it's just delaying the inevitable. it was going to be hard enough to get past Miami with rose at less than 100% (like beating them with rose fully healthy wasn't a tall enough task already)... but now there's no chance. the season is over, and probably next season, too. recovery time can be up to 12 months. with his explosive style of play, who knows if he'll be able to get back to the player he has been?

welp, that was a fun season.

also, hi, what's up with the dude from Sweet Genius? am i the only one who's super creeped out by him?

^^she's pretty, but that voice.... yikes.

i just don't know who he appeals to. anybody with any real sense of edge looks at him and sees right through his act. and anybody who is more straight-laced just sees him as a 30-something douche with bleached hair, sweatbands, fake bling, and sunglasses on the back of his head. the absolute worst is when he describes things as "rock star." .... "that sandwich is rockstar!" fuck.

i'm the same. all i watch is food network, the Daily Show on demand, and an occasional sporting event basically. i absolutely hate Guy Fieri, but can't stop watching that show. my favorite is Chopped. i can watch that shit all day every day.

love the aesthetic of those.

i'm totally down. shoot me a message and let's figure something out!

this is a delicious idea.