Thanks to the triple-whammy of the Devils playing as late as they did last season, Assassin’s Creed III being released at the end October, and the discovery that “The Voice” does a decent job (in a junk-food kinda way) of filling the “competitive but mostly low-key and fun” role of early-season games, we’ve managed to do a pretty good job of being chill about the fact that there’s no hockey on our TVs. One thing the lock-out has let us do is focus more energies on finding and listening to new (and new-to-us) music; another thing it’s let us do is not see the same NY Kicks commercials a thousand times a night on MSG. So yeah, we’re chill.
Or rather we were! There’s only two reasons why seeing the same NY Knicks commercials a thousand times a night wouldn’t be a pain worse than death. One would be if the commercial started with some dorky dude shouting “We’re baaaaaaallin’!” We’ve never made any bones about how here at stately IPB Manor, the phrase “we’re ballin’” is guaranteed to get more than a snicker from us every single time. That commercial aired years ago, and yet it’s still a source of much amusement for us. We’re very sophisticated.
The other reason would be if the commercial was set to one of our favorite songs:
So what MSG is saying is that right now, if only the NHL and NHLPA could play a little nicer with each other, we could be watching competitive-but-mostly-low-key hockey and listening to good music? At the same time?! A thousand times a night, every night?!? Alright, now we’re pissed at this stupid lockout!
But… we’ll worry about it after this next mission in Assassin’s Creed III.
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
I’d like to ask Tyson exactly what kind of a family he means. The Knicks are a team that plays for the Dolans, after all. The Mafia, perhaps??? I know it’s all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows in Knicks-land now, but wait until they crash to earth and lose a few. Then it will be a meeting of the five families when accounts are settled.
And, yeah, I suddenly looked at a calendar and realized my class at NYU finishes on December 1st, and after that my schedule will be less nuts than it is now. I will have time to miss hockey and these bozos look like they have no intention of getting anything settled in time to have a season. Right now, I’m exhausted and am having a difficult time staying awake much later than 8pm, but once school ends, I might be able to stay up until, woah, wait for it, 10:30. I would be nice to be able to watch the Devils, but I guess it’s not going to happen.
Happy Turkey Day, everyone.
Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving IPBers! You will all be glad to know that despite (actually because of) the lack of the NHL lockout, I will be spending this evening watching hockey and booing the crap out of Gomez. He is playing on the ECHL’s Alaska Aces team, who are visiting my local team the Idaho Steelheads tonight. While I am usually far too snobby and lazy to attend mere ECHL games, tonight I am making an exception.
Curse there being no edit button! I of course meant because of the NHL lockout.
Oh man, Sue, that blows that you’re going to have time soon to realize the absence of hockey in your life. It’s definitely a lot easier to ignore when you’re too wiped out. (As for the Knicks, I had pretty much completely forgotten they existed, since I don’t have to watch their commercials all the time. Then yesterday Pookie was like, “Dude, the Knicks have a commercial set to ‘Paper Money’!” and I was like, “I have a new favorite basketball team!” I’m just that easy. Note to other teams in the NBA: if you make a commercial featuring, say, the concert footage of Marcy Mays singing ‘My Curse’ at ATP in NYC this past September, I’ll be a fan for life.)
Mike, that is SO exciting that you’re going to get to boo Gomez, but at ECHL prices! I bet he never thought he’d be getting booed at that pay rate. Heh heh heh.
Booing the crap out of Gomez (with a bonus of watching any kind of hockey while you are doing it) is a good thing. Have fun!!!
Booing the crap out of Gomez (with a bonus of watching any kind of hockey while you are doing it) is a good thing.
It sounds like a great holiday tradition!
Mike, send some boos Gomez’s way for all of us!
Sue, don’t go too crazy staying up until 10:30! :D
Note to other teams in the NBA: if you make a commercial featuring, say, the concert footage of Marcy Mays singing ‘My Curse’ at ATP in NYC this past September, I’ll be a fan for life.
Actually, that might work for the Devils MSG commercials. Often times, “enslaved” is the word I use to describe how they make me feel!
Often times, “enslaved” is the word I use to describe how they make me feel!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well… yes. Perhaps the five years I spent with that as my favorite song before becoming a hockey fan led to my feeling like that’s just the kind of functional relationship I wanted in my life?
I booed Gomez on everyone’s behalf and you’ll be glad to know the local team made up of actual ECHLers beat his team with 3 NHL players 2-1. Or since it’s Gomez we’re talking about, I guess the Alaska team had 2.5 NHLers.