Holy Crap, General Motors Bought Specialized!

The company that gave us the Stumjumper and the 1998 TDF Great Festina Doping Debacle is merging with the company who brought us the Hummer. I really don't know what to think about this. I threw away an old pair Specialized gloves today. Maybe that was an omen. What does Ned Overend think? This has got to be an April Fools joke.

WTB Stout 29er

Just discovered this tire from WTB. It looks so good I could just drink it. My Monkey needs a new pair of shoes!

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

RETRIBUTION!!!

Dallas demolishes the Kings 7-2. The Stars hold a lead in the third period! Robidas, Eriksson, Barnes, Morrow, Hagman, and Lehtinen all show team effort in bringing it to the Kings. Hopefully they can use this as a spring board for success in the playoffs. Yes, I know it's the worst team in the West, but sometimes you need a little confidence booster when you are slumping this late in the season.
I just got the new Reebok black sweater. I wore it for the first time. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the win. Okay, maybe that's a lie. ;)



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Make March End!

March 1, 1-3 loss to Preds
March 5, 1-2 loss to Coyotes
March 8, 1-3 loss to Avs
March 9, SO the Avs 3-0 (an anomoly)
March 13, 3-5 loss to the Red Wings
March 15, 3-4 loss to Canucks
March 19, 1-2 loss to Ducks
March 22, 2-4 loss to the Kings
March 37, 2-3 OTL to Sharks
BELIEVE?





The Stars continue to fail miserably. The King's game Saturday, I had to endure in person.
San Jose last night, Oh my God! Modano's breakaway with no results. What the hell is going on here??? Mike had Nabokov beat! One point OT loss. Still sucks.
BEWARE THE ICE OF MARCH!!!

What the Hell is Wrong With the Stars!?!!

It's looking like Dallas will play Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs. Dallas has lost six of the last seven games. They've gone from first to third in the Pacific. Most of these losses are Dallas being on the wrong side of on one point games. Yes, Norris Trophy nominated, Sergei Zubov has been out since January with a foot injury, but The Stars should be dialed and seasoned for a playoff run at this point in the season especially against division foes. I blame myself for not following closely enough. I am off to Dallas to fix things with my fan support. I'm hopping a train to Dallas for the Kings game. I'm sure I will be the difference! Of course L.A. is the worst team in the conference, but usually crummy teams like to battle it out for pride and spoil shit from the outside looking in. Whatever the case... KILL KINGS!!!

...More to come.

This Video...

makes me wanna dance like Steve Zissou.

Do The Test

Went to the Air Raid Show the Other Night@Red7

Saw Naked Raygun,Complete Control,Hex Dispensers,Shot Baker,Municipal Waste,Cancer Bats,Dub Trio,Iron Lung,The Architects, and Fight Amputation.

I went to see Naked Raygun, but I enjoyed quite a bit that night.
My favorites were Fight Amputation from West Berlin, New Jersey; Iron Lung from Seattle, Washington; Cancer Bats from Toronto, Ontario; The Hex Dispensers from ATX; Municipal Waste from Richmond Virginia,; and of course Naked Raygun.

I didn't bring my camera, but I caught some video with my phone when I remembered during Naked Raygun that I could...I may add this later via Bluetooth.

I got to the show relatively early and really enjoyed Fight Amp. Slow and heavy, but bright and catchy..if that makes any sense.

Iron Lung is a two man, guitar and drum band. Really fast and relatively brutal. The drummer rants with a witty snip as entertaining as they are relentless.

The Cancer Brats are a super high energy metal band. The vocalist brought as much energy to the stage as I've seen in a long time. While the music might have lost me the performance wouldn't let go.

The Hex Dispensers delivered a wonderfully nostalgic retro punk with full respect to The Ramones and the era when that shit got me really pumped. Driving drums and and catchy vox set to faithful rhythm.

Municipal Waste took the stage and true to reputation, wreaked havoc on an adoring audience. Lots of beer bong, snide stabs at the band performing behind them, Body surfing, Ceiling dives, and slam dancing like I haven't seen since the 80's. They music fast, tight, and fully charged.

By the time Naked Raygun came on I was exhausted. They totally rocked as I would have expected and remembered (I saw them sometime in the early nineties at The Cannibal Club). I stuck around for several songs and heard my favorite, Walk in Cold.

My beer budget for the evening, strained back, jammed thumb, and jacked knee all needed me to go home.

I mounted my Specialized- commute -hopper and split.

Weird thing ...I have never seen so many Brooks Saddles downtown. I felt so incredibly hip!

My Pista

My Bianchi is getting a lot closer to kick ass with my new cranks.

Campagnolo Record Pista cranks
Deda Pista Bar and Stem. Campy Record Headset.
Brooks Swift for good measure, as Merckx looks on.

New Ozone Jerseys

Today's "Group" Ride

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Rode this Bianchi 928 T-cube Veloce. Vytis was sick, so I woke up and went to the shop to lead a group ride. No one showed up. I decided to do it anyway.

Brad Richards 5 Points in Opening Debut

Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist come to Dallas for Jussi Jokinen, Mike Smith, Jeff Halpern, and a 4th round draft pick.
In Richard's debut he gets five assists, he helps Hagman get his first NHL hat trick, and allows Turco to have a sloppy ending.