Monday, January 29, 2007

Movie Review and Obnoxious Sabres Fans


The wife to be and I saw Children of Men last night. The movies premise of a future where women can no longer get pregnant and the entire world self destructing obviously doesn't make for an uplifting-feel-good movie, however it was a great great movie that kept me entertained from start to finish. I didn't even get up to piss even though I had drank a whole medium Sprite before the movie and my bladder was ready to burst. I would highly recommend this movie, especially for anyone who likes a visually entertaining movie, outstanding cinematography, and lots of loud gunfire and bomb explosions.

There are some interesting blog posts out from the last fews days regarding how obnoxious Sabres fans are. Apparently Sabres fan was out in full force this weekend in Columbus reeking havoc. Here are another couple of accounts from Off Wing Opinion. I was at the Washington game in early December and it was not bad at all. The fans were definitely vocal and loud before, during, but not so much after the game since they got killed, but I didn't witness anything that would be considered bad behavior. That said, I definitely believe that there were some very very drunk Sabres fans being obnoxious, anyone who has ever been to a Bills game knows that there are MANY Buffalo Sports fans that hail from the shallow end of the gene pool. As for the teams play this weekend what can I say. They really have sucked the last few weeks. I still think that this team has way too much talent to keep falling the way they are. The fact that they have been on top the entire year has to be getting to their heads. I have confidence that Lindy will straighten them out soon.

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Shut Out

Well, yesterday was a bad day for me in regards to trying to see live music in Buffalo. First off I was unable to get Hip tickets. As expected they were sold out in three minutes after going on sale. Then, to add insult to injury the Sloan show that was supposed to be at the Town Ballroom was canceled for some inexplicable reason. Apparently it will be rescheduled. We'll see.

At least the Sabres came back and pulled out a victory against Vancouver last night in a shoot out. I didn't catch the whole game, but from what I saw it was very typical of the way the Sabres have been playing lately. Poor special teams, some bad give aways (what the hell was Spacek doing in OT making that pass in front of Miller?????!!!!!), and stretches when they just seem out of it. At the same time when they turn it on they can generate a ton of pressure that lead to a ton of scoring chances, and or penalties. The problem obviously is that the power play has not worked all year. Anyway, the Sabres were able to tie the game late and force OT. They killed a 4 on 3 and got to the shoot out where they put it away. By the way I think Thomas Vanek has to get another move in the shoot out. You've at least got to get a shot on net. Ales Kotalik's move was sweet and Miller ended up making three huge saves for the shoot out win. One more game tonight against Montreal before the All-Star break. It would be nice to go into the break with three wins in a row after going through a slump.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

I've Been Meaning to Call You


Tomorrow at noon tickets go on sale for back to back Hip shows at the Town Ballroom March 9th and 10th. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get my hands on a pair since there will be only a few thousand available between the two shows. Over the years the Hip have filled The Aud and HSBC Arena with no trouble at all. The Town Ballroom is easily the top smaller venue in Buffalo right now and recently they have been getting some good shows. As a matter of fact tomorrow night I'll be heading down for another veteran Canadian band, Sloan. As for the Hip shows, they should be awesome. The Hip + Small Venue = Good Times.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The Sabres Looked Better Tonight

The Sabres looked for the most part better than they have the last three games against the Bruins tonight. There were still way too many give aways though. I thought Paille, Vanek, Roy, Kotalik all played well; Teppo and Kalinin didn;t play too well at all. Briere still looked tight as well.


Top Ten shoot out goals of 2005-2006
via mirtle

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