Stars vs. 'Canes

Went to the game tonight... had like the most awesome seats! (Photos to come...) 3 rows back from the players' benches right at center ice. From there, the hard spots to see are the near-side corners, but even that's not too bad. Even better - we were on the away side, so we were behind the Stars' bench! Woot!

Okay, so there's the part where the Stars lost (5-3), but that's not the important part. The important part is the hockey! It wasn't the most exciting game, but it had some good action. And Mike Modano (see icon) had two penalties! Modano? Really? C'mon man, that's not like you! One for hooking and one for interference.

The good part? 2 of the Stars' goals were Power Play goals! And I was 3 rows back from the bench! 'Could see every line change and every lean against the boards during the TV time-outs. =) The only time I was closer was back in 2000 when I went to a charity event and the guys (different guys then though - well, most of 'em) were on the other side of a 3' table signing autographs.

My boys aren't doing nearly so well this year as they have in the past. Not sure what's going on, but they need to get back on the game.

I miss being able to see hockey on regular TV (regular cable... stupid ESPN). *sigh* Need my hockey back. I also need to go see the Stars play in Dallas one of these days. =)

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Rockapella

No, no hockey photos yet - they're coming. Had to have the film processed - OMG! YES! I still use ordinary film! B/c I can't afford a digital SLR just yet... not even with the Canon Loyalty program... (unless someone wants to happily slip me $300USD *g*). Anyway - hockey photos forthcoming. Possibly as early as later tonight.


Rockapella [see http://www.rockapella.com for details if you're not overly familiar with the group] has had another line-up change. They seem to do this every now and then, so it's becoming kind of familiar, but it's still a rough gig, since they seem to have lost/gained a member every year for the last couple here lately. There are now zero remaining originating band members since Elliot Kerman left last year (or the year before, I can't remember exactly). Which is kind of sad, but the group still knows how to put a tune together!

Personally, I still miss Sean Altman. I *love* his vocal range and the quirky lyrics he puts together. (He's off doing his own solo thing, but it's just not the same - see http://www.seanaltman.com for his solo work.) He's one of the founding members, along with Kerman and a couple other guys whose names I don't remember. When I first saw the group it was the line-up of Altman, Kerman, Scott Leonard and Barry Carl, with the later addition of Jeff Thacher (no 't' in the middle! *g*) when they were on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (WITWICS after this, b/c OMG so long to type!). Altman left shortly after WITWICS was canceled, so they brought in Kevin Wright. A couple years back Carl left and they brought in George Baldi (who has a wicked-awesome deep bass voice), then Kerman left and in came John K. Brown - who I haven't actually heard sing much yet. Now Wright's leaving and Steve Dorian is coming on board. I can't say much about him b/c all I have to go on is the latest version of "White Christmas" Rockapella has up on their website.

The link for that is here: White Christmas video and MP3 download. That's right - you can even download an MP3 copy of it! =)

If their nearest concert to my location hadn't coincided with my Stars game, I might have gone to a concert too. Dammit, why does everything I wanna do always happen all at the same damn time? C'mon planning people - spread shit out so I can do more stuff and have more time between things to find the funds!

Anyway - enjoy Rockapella's "White Christmas", and if anyone's interested in sampling other Rocka-goodness, let me know and I'll dig up some links. XD

ETA b/c I have goldfish-brain today: I've also created a feed for Rockapella updates: rockapella_news_feed

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Hockey photos

Had to do a little cropping and contrast adjusting, but they're all ready for viewing.

Dallas Stars vs. Carolina Hurricanes - 16 Dec 2009 photo album over on H2sMsK

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