6/12-06: the day hockey died in Glens Falls. bye bye Frostbite, Icehawks, Red Wings. i hope someone comes in and saves the tradition first by purchasing the team, then by repositioning them into a more plausible league, like the ECHL. as with many cities before us, we go dark for a year (maybe more). cities like Worcester, who supported the Ice Cats for 10 years before moving to Peoria in '05/'06 are back for '06/'07 with their new San Jose Sharks' affiliation. maybe that will happen to the Adirondack team. it's a very sad day.
very glad to report that a 2006/2007 AHL preseason game with close-by, former rival, Albany River Rats vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers sold out to the tune of 5000+ at $5 apiece to benefit local Adirondack Youth Hockey. then came the announcement that the River Rats would be playing four 2007/2008 regular season games at the Glens Falls Civic Center , trading what would have been wednesday night games at the Times Union Arena for saturday night in gf. now there are three East Division semi-finals River Rats' games vs. top-seeded Hershey Bears at the Civic Center on sunday, april 22, monday, april 23, and because the Rats won game 2 in Hershey, game 5 on wednesday, april 25. a professional hockey pulse is beating in Glens Falls once again.
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Movies:
caught GET SMART on its first weekend of release. having watched the show all through my younger years (and not understanding even half of it i'm sure), this was a no-brainer to see. Steve Carell is the usual funny guy he always is, but Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 steals some of the spotlight in this one. All in all a good time, bolstered by popcorn and cherry coke.
Television:
buy THE JESUS LIZARD LIVE DVD and catch my interview with the band from 1994. i had hair and all that good stuff back then too.
i made it onto YouTube. thanks to adam blye and roger moore. not that roger moore.
me introducing SLAUGHTER SHACK at the 1990 Rumble Final at the Paradise Rock Club. it's the first video listed under Slaughter Shack @ the Rumble 1. fuck yeah!
Books:
about a month ago i started writing a music column called "Static Free" for the bi-weekly newspaper Spare Change. pick one up when you can. my first article was about the ins and outs of the WBCN Rumble and my last one was a trek through Boston area clubs. turns out this piece is a three or more part story, because there a lot of spaces in the city to talk about. or i'm just gabby.
