EPISODE 88: It's About The Cup, and the Indy 500

Stanley Cup Finals time and we have two past guests back on to represent their teams. First Puck The Media/SB Nations' Steve Lepore joins us to talk about his beloved New Jersey Devils. Then, from Mayor's Manor, John Hoven joins us to talk about the Kings. We talk about the Indy 500, Pete reviews the new Destroy Nate Allen record, and more.

Music Featured This Week

Distracted Nate-o-bot by Destroy Nate Allen

I Don't Mind It by Screaming Females

Los Angeles is Burning by Bad Religion

American Hearts by Piebald

Episode 87: Why The Midwest Is Fat

This week Brandon and Peter discuss the conference finals, rehash their feelings about the Coyotes and talk about some rather bad decisions made by politicians.

Punk Headlines:

-Dropkick takes issue with Wisconsin Republicans using their songs

-New York politicians consider bill that would ban anonymous posts on the internet

-Riot Fest East is reduced from three days to one day

Playoffs:

New York v. New Jersey

Phoenix v. Los Angeles

Songs Featured In This Episode:

Intro: The Deadly Rhythm by Refused

The Shadow of Greed by Oiltanker

Media Blitz by The Germs

Platypus (I Hate You) by Green Day

Serfs Up by DC Fallout

I Don't Care What's In Your Pants, Just Give Me My Hockey News

Earlier today on CBC.ca, the Opinions section ran a post called "While The Men Watch Hockey Night".  You can read it right there and come back when you're ready for my thoughts.  

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Why You Should Be Cheering For The Kings

I'm going to assume that if you are reading this blog, you are a fan of punk and hockey. I am also going to assume that, like most of us, your favorite team is no longer competing for the cup.

So who do you cheer for?

Let me suggest that if you love punk rock and are a hockey fan, perhaps the Kings are the team you should bandwagon until the cup is handed out.

The Kings have been cultivating a bit of a punk rock culture for some time now. It's sort of expected though.

Southern Califorina has always been a stronghold for punk and we have established that obviously punk and hockey are related. The Kings have been around since before the punk movement began and as one of the only hockey outlets in the region, it's expected punks into hockey would gravitate towards the team.

And some prolific punks have.

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EPISODE 86: 'SHOT BLOCKING IS KILLING THE HOCKEY INDUSTRY' or 'IGGY, PUT YOUR PANTS ON!'

 

The Conference Finals are in full swing and we have, from Puck Daddy and Backhand Shelf, Ryan Lambert on to break down each series. We also talk about the shot-blocking discussion, the announcement of the Riot Fest(Chicago) lineup, and more.

The only exception for "we"

The cheese represents the bonds of our community!

Riot Fest

 Nasum-Scoop

Music Featured This Week:

(The Intro this was) What We Became by No Trigger

Do You Really? by Los Bungalitos(their new record should be available June 5)

Hit Machine by The Deal

Hit Machine by Guttermouth

I want to Conquer the World by Bad Religion