Faxes from Uncle Dale

Author: McClure

  • Beard Of The Day – June 13 – James Murphy

    James Murphy

    Feeling haggard today? A bit beleaguered? Just plain worn-the-fuck out?

    After the fifth longest game in the history of the Stanley Cup Final, it’s more than a little understandable. One can only imagine how exhausted the players on both sides must feel. And it’s with that we present James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem frontman, the founder of DFA Records, and Patron Saint of the Exasperated Hipster, as today’s beard of the day. You know, on the occasions when it’s just too much of a fucking hassle for him to shave today, man.

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  • Third Period Thread – Game 1 – Bruins vs Hawks

    Gigantic, a big, big love.

  • Second Period Therad – Game 1 – Bruins vs Hawks

    Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let’s have a ball.

  • First Period Thread – Game 1 – Bruins vs Hawks

    And this I know, his teeth as white as snow. What a gas it was to see him walk her everyday into a shady place. With her lips she said…

  • The World Is In Your Way – Game 1 – Bruins vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Freshman Orientation

    bruins country bear jamboroo vs AltLogo

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBC, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    The Impression That I Get: Cup of Chowder, Days of Y’Orr

    Now the real fun begins. After an abbreviated 48 game season of intra-conference play and three playoff rounds with their fair share of scares for each team, the Hawks and Bruins will meet in the post season for the sixth time ever, and for the first time ever in the Stanley Cup Final. With the Bruins two years removed from their last title and the Hawks three, it’s a juggernaut matchup that the league has dreamed of, but probably doesn’t deserve after what it’s put everyone through. And though superficial analysis would have one believe that these two teams are diametrically opposed stylistically, they’re actually far more similar than one would expect.

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  • Not In Rivers, But In Drops – Previewing The Bruins Special Teams

    Not In Rivers, But In Drops – Previewing The Bruins Special Teams

    In 2011, the Bruins won their Stanley Cup with a lockdown penalty kill, and a power play that bordered on comically bad. Stop me if this sounds uncomfortably familiar. Finding no reason to fix what isn’t (totally) broken, the Bruins are on much the same trajectory as they were two years ago, though the Blackhawks certainly should not take that as a cue to tempt fate by marching to the box as they have to this point in the post season. Furthermore, the Hawks finding a way to somehow take advantage of the Bruins’ penalty kill will go a long way toward mitigating the physical liberties Boston will no doubt plan on taking.

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  • You’re Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    You’re Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    After dispatching the defending champion Kings on Saturday, the Hawks’ attention now turns east, where they will now take on the other most recent champion in the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.

    There were many concerns about the Kings’ size and forechecking ability against the Hawk defensive corps, but those now seem quite trivial when looking at the team that perfected what the Kings did the year before, and are replicating it this post season with even more offensive flair. The Bruins forwards are large, angry, fast, and unlike the Kings, can finish and have been doing so with ease and frequency.

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 10 – Blake Schwarzenbach

    Blake Schwarzenbach

    A summer Saturday full of screaming deep into the Chicago night after nearly 100 minutes of hockey more than likely left everyone a little bit leather-lunged on this Monday morning. And in the realm of punk rock, there is may have been no one ever raspier than Blake Schwarzenbach and his occasional beard.

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  • Beard of The Day – June 8 – Mick Fleetwood

    Mick Fleetwood

    In the history of rock and roll, there are few, if any acts with as sordid a tale as Fleetwood Mac. In the eye of the storm throughout the band’s entire iterations and various controversies has been half of their namesake and drummer, the perpetually bearded Mick Fleetwood. And yes, he is always making that face when behind the kit.

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  • Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 Thread

    Some hardware might get ignored tonight. Talk about it here.