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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Black Me Out: Raw Charge
Since opening in 1994, the Stanley Cup has never been in the United Center with a series on the line even in the renaissance era of the Blackhawks. It was 23 years ago when it was last in Chicago, June 1st 1992 when the Penguins complete a sweep of the Hawks at the old barn. The last time the Hawks had the ability to claim the chalice themselves was May 18th, 1971 in Game 7 against the Canadiens. A game that those who remember will never be able to fully forget. The last time the Hawks actually won at home was April 12th 1938, and even then, the Cup wasn’t awarded to them that night after the final horn. No, the last time the Hawks actually hoisted the Holy Grail on home ice was all the way back to April 10th of 1934, 81 years ago. That’s so long ago that the Cup itself doesn’t even look as it does now. But all of these counts can revert back to zero with a win over the Lightning in Game 6 tonight.
The destructive, wildman drummer is something of a played out trope in rock and roll at this point, but it had to originate somewhere. And anyone currently fitting that mold can in some way be traced to the periodically bearded Keith Moon, who basically invented the stereotype starting in the early sixties.
As the powerhouse drummer for The Who, Moon was bombastic in every sense of the word, an impressive feat for a band who had two cults of personality in Roger Daltry and former beard of the day Pete Townshend out in front, not to mention the virtuosity of John Entwistle. Moon and the rest of the band became known for destroying their instruments at the end of performances, and he took it the further by planting explosives in his bass drum. This propensity for destruction seemed perfectly emblematic not only for his technically proficient yet rambunctious style of drumming, but also for his personal life, where Moon’s rampaging alcoholism could not be stopped. And in 1978, at age 32, he died of an overdose of pills and booze.
In his absence he’s left a string of imitators both behind and away from the kit for going on 40 years, but to this point no one has been able to surpass the original in either arena. And it’s unlikely anyone ever will.
I am The Walrus.
Here we are again. But then again so were the Lightning in 2004 so that must mean something, right?!?!? A lot has been made during this series about the types of starts both teams have made. The Lightning have been credited with fast starts and the Hawks with starting slow.
Yet the series was tied 2-2 going into tonight so it probably didn’t really mean a whole bunch. In Game 5, it was the Hawks that started fast and the Lightning that started to pick up their game the longer it went on. Corey Crawford, though, was the difference. Funny how that works.
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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Ache With Me: Raw Charge
And now the home stretch. With a win on Wednesday night, the Hawks now return to Tampa with the series tied at two games apiece. And in order for them to return back to the west side on Monday with the ultimate goal fully in reach, they will have to do something they have not done yet in this post season, and that’s win Game 5 on the road.
As arguably the greatest filmmaker of the 20th century, or of any timeframe since the medium’s inception, the bearded Stanley Kubrick could turn just about any style of film into a masterpiece. Whether it was the minimalist science fiction of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the horror of both A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, the period pieces of Barry Lyndon and Spartacus, or the black comedy of Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket, every piece of his directorial work stands uniquely on its own while still maintaining his signature craftsmanship. Kubrick famously framed every single shot so that any single frame of celluloid even when taken out of context could stand on its own as a visual statement. But when strung together both within a film and over a career, those single frames add up to a legendary body of work.
I am The Law.
