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Entries in Jaromir Jagr (2)

Thursday
Aug302012

UTP Reviews: Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem

With far more speed than I ever seem to manage alone, Cait and I have prepared an all new review. Our timing is a bit better on this podcast with Handwritten having been released sometime recently. I just started working and have a killer commute until I move, so I'm wipped and thus am going to keep this short. 

Please, to enjoy.

 

 

Sunday
Apr012012

The Death Of "Old Time Hockey"?

The Hanson brothers know Old Time Hockey

Reading the newest issue of The Hockey News, a letter was published that read like a eulogy of “Old Time Hockey”.  As I read it, I had to laugh at the guy’s complaint.  He said, “no longer do we see bench brawls, blindside hits, or breaking sticks over backs”.  He goes on to bemoan the newest trends of hockey, “visors, shootouts, and Twitter” and that the game has been “diminished to the point where players now have to consider the consequences of a hit, instead of the adulation”.

I shake my head at these people. I can’t figure out why they are sad these days are gone.  Do I like a fight or two?  Yeah sure, but to unnecessarily break up the flow of a game; I’ll pass on that.  There’s no skill to whacking a guy with your stick, but there is finesse in today’s game.  Honestly, if I want to go see staged antics and guys wailing on each other for 60 minutes, I’ll turn on WWE’s RAW on Monday nights. 

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