Last night's show was a good time, no doubt. I feared we wouldn't get it but we just made it, $8 to see this band play in what seems to me a different lower east side than say the one of three years ago. Cake Shop is a small little record shop on Ludlow, they have some kind of coffee bar to the left when you first walk in, and a used vinyl shop in the back. If you hang a left after the coffee bar, you'll find some stairs down to the venue, which is pretty narrowly enclosed. Downstairs there's a bar to the left again, this time its not coffee, and the stage -an unraised little diddy with white christmas lights atop the low celings- is after the bar.
I am a big fan of Mark Robinson from two of the great indie bands of the 90's: Unrest and Air Miami, so without actually hearing and Flin Flon before hand, I knew when I found out last minute about their show that I wanted to go hear them play.
Flin Flon is a three piece band, I thought I read online that they're from Boston, but I heard them say they're from Maryland. The chick bass player is feature in the music heavily, the bass lines are of an Air Miami liking, perhaps even more prominent and catchy. The drummer was great, provided some top-notch indie rock licks. Yet Robinson, inspite his calm stare out to the cake shop crowd, did not overly impress. The music was a bit repetitive (not unlike recent The Fall records) although very catchy and danceable, but I do wish it had been Air Miami or Unrest show. Overall I'm glad I went to see them play and I will buy their album to support teen beat records. They need some Flin Flon mp3's on their flippin' website!
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Knicks news
Former Knicks 2-guard Allan Houston may be joining the ESPN staff as a studio analyst. Houston spent last season as a sideline analyst for MSG Network's televised Knicks games. Kenny Smith will call 20 more Knicks games for the New York Knicks this upcoming season. Patrick Ewing calls out Eddy Curry as not having the desire to be a great player, which is what I was screaming all last year on this here blog. Its not a heart problem that he has, but he's got not heart. Hopefully Curry will prove us wrong this year and prove knicks boss Isiah Thomas right (Isiah predicted he would be an allstar team candidate for the Knicks in his "quick" system).
>>>newsday.com
On MSG's Boomer Esiason Show, Patrick Ewing said he should have finished his playing career where it started.
"It was both our faults, the Knicks and my own,'' Ewing said. "I should have ended my career with the Knicks.''
Ewing, who has resigned as an assistant to Jeff Van Gundy in Houston, said he would consider another job, but there is nothing going on right now. Ewing said he still roots for the Knicks, but he questions Eddy Curry's desire.
"Does he have the drive?'' Ewing said. "Does he want to be greater than myself?''
The show re-airs on MSG on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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For the second straight year, TNT's Kenny Smith will work about 20 games on MSG, filling in for Clyde Frazier.
>>>newsday.com
On MSG's Boomer Esiason Show, Patrick Ewing said he should have finished his playing career where it started.
"It was both our faults, the Knicks and my own,'' Ewing said. "I should have ended my career with the Knicks.''
Ewing, who has resigned as an assistant to Jeff Van Gundy in Houston, said he would consider another job, but there is nothing going on right now. Ewing said he still roots for the Knicks, but he questions Eddy Curry's desire.
"Does he have the drive?'' Ewing said. "Does he want to be greater than myself?''
The show re-airs on MSG on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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For the second straight year, TNT's Kenny Smith will work about 20 games on MSG, filling in for Clyde Frazier.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Knicks Summer School 2006: Steve Francis Studies under legend John Lucas
can't wait to see the new francis team up with the new marbury.
so many doubters, so many critics look to see this Knicks team fail. They just want to kick them while their down, criticize their contracts. Thomas, Curry, Marbury, Francis, all of the Knicks should take that personally and try to be better than the Nets and Chicago this year.
I saw the few moments that Steve and Marbury were on the floor together and it seemed like a great combination for the Knicks, particularly when they were running. I just hope that Francis and Jared Jeffries can make up for the rebounds that Frye and Curry may not get. Rebounding was not a problem for the Knicks last year, incidentally. The Knicks main problem was defense. The Knicks looked confused for most of the season on the defensive end of the floor. Larry Brown could have had something to do with that aspect of their loosing.
"Steve is as gifted an athlete as LeBron (James) or Kobe (Bryant), any of them," Lucas said. "Every year he doesn't make the All-Star Game is an embarrassment. We're trying to get him to slow down and see the game. I've really challenged him in front of his peers. He never answered back. He did the work. Normally, it would have been, 'I don't have to hear this (stuff) from Luke.' Now, he's just worked hard to put it all together."
so many doubters, so many critics look to see this Knicks team fail. They just want to kick them while their down, criticize their contracts. Thomas, Curry, Marbury, Francis, all of the Knicks should take that personally and try to be better than the Nets and Chicago this year.
I saw the few moments that Steve and Marbury were on the floor together and it seemed like a great combination for the Knicks, particularly when they were running. I just hope that Francis and Jared Jeffries can make up for the rebounds that Frye and Curry may not get. Rebounding was not a problem for the Knicks last year, incidentally. The Knicks main problem was defense. The Knicks looked confused for most of the season on the defensive end of the floor. Larry Brown could have had something to do with that aspect of their loosing.
"Steve is as gifted an athlete as LeBron (James) or Kobe (Bryant), any of them," Lucas said. "Every year he doesn't make the All-Star Game is an embarrassment. We're trying to get him to slow down and see the game. I've really challenged him in front of his peers. He never answered back. He did the work. Normally, it would have been, 'I don't have to hear this (stuff) from Luke.' Now, he's just worked hard to put it all together."
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