Jonmc and I just returned from Brooklyn, where we saw The Zambonis perform. We vote for making them the official 9622 band, a.) because they sing songs solely about hockey; b.) because of their insanely catchy hit "Hockey Monkey", c.) because rhythm guitarist/singer/defenseman Dave Zamboni gave us a shoutout. (Closeup here.)
Some more pictures from the evening:
The Hockey Monkey (stuffed), center stage;
the Hockey Monkey (live), in NJ Devils jersey and Hartford Whalers toque, with Jon Zamboni;
Matt Zamboni, in vintage 1971 Canucks jersey, achieving orbit;
the Hockey Monkey, in an Islanders jersey this time, with Jon Zamboni; and
the Hockey Monkey with Steve Zamboni and Dave Zamboni.
(sorry for crummy image quality; phonecam was all I had with me tonight.)
Posted by Vidiot at March 29, 2004 02:19 AMI vote "yay". I have many fond memories of getting chased off the rink by the Zamboni mid-way through our weekly skating session. Let me tell you, that thing is fairly terrifying when you're 5 or 6.
Posted by: salmonberry on March 29, 2004 02:23 AMsalmonberry: not as scary as standing next to a cross-eyed woman dancing like a spastic to a song called "Concussion," in a baggy shirt that made her boobs swing back and forth like leaky sandbags on a rope.
First of all, damn cool.
Second, what's the sign on the monkey say, is that relevant? Or is the monkey itself the shout out?
Tangential 9622 news:
My friend Tom, who tended to our bar needs when Readymade visited New York last year, has never used a computer. Nonetheless, he has been interviewed by Gothamist's intrepid bloggers.
Posted by: liam on March 29, 2004 01:56 PMThey're not as much fun. (Though, oddly enough, I went to college with not one but two BOC members' daughters.)
Posted by: Vidiot on March 29, 2004 04:04 PMCan we add "Space Truckin'" to the monkey songbook? Cause that is such an awesome song.
I'm sure it can somehow be tied to hockey, if the lyrics are analysed properly.
Posted by: salmonberry on March 29, 2004 08:20 PMAnd fes, I'm sure they're burnin', they're burnin' for you.
salmonberry: c'mon, c'mon Let's Play Space Hockey...c'mon...
Posted by: jonmc on March 29, 2004 09:32 PMI don't know if we can endorse the wearing of the Islanders 90's "Gorton Fisherman" Sweaters, even while wearing a gorilla costume.
Posted by: tj on March 29, 2004 10:26 PMThe Zambonis it is! Will there be a bus?
*memories of the great George Roy Hill movie Slapstick with Paul Newman, specially those three bespectacled brothers*
Liam - that friend of yours is both funny and wise:
"Gothamist: Do you have any thoughts on the one year anniversary of the smoking ban in NYC?
Tom: I don't go to gyms to get drunk and I don't go to bars to get healthy."
Posted by: Miguel on March 30, 2004 01:11 AMMigs: those would be the Hanson brothers. Which is the name of another hockey themed band.
Posted by: salmonberry on March 30, 2004 01:43 AMEr, yeah, what she said.
Y'know, if we ever get round to another CD swap (hint hint), I definitely need to track down the Shuffle Demons' jazzed-out version of the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme. Well, if it's anywhere near as cool as I remember it, anyway.
Posted by: arto on March 30, 2004 07:10 AMarto my friend, in my duties as Swapinistrator I've casually solicited prospective interest in a Spring Swap twice now in as many weeks. I got a grand total of two responses, yours being one I think.
Until public opinion comes round to favoring the delightful sharing between friends of song and tale, the ephemeral moment where one hears a song from a band they've never heard before that sends tickles of pleasure from ear to brain to chakra, then I suppose we must languish, like lifetime convicts, inside the comfortable barbwire enclosures of our own cd collections.
Posted by: Fes on March 30, 2004 08:34 AMThe stamp they put on my hand at the bar still hasn't completely washed off*. I remember back in my drinking days, I'd wake up with several different stamps on my hand and have to interpret them to reconstruct my evening.
*this may have to do with the fact that we are out of bar soap and I had to wash my self with Pert Plus. It's unweildy and slippery, but on the plus side my pubes are now soft and manageable.
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 10:06 AMjonmc, knowing that has made my life richer and more fulfilling than ever before. It's like reading Glamour magazine without the annoying subscription cards falling out from between the pages.
Posted by: tizzie on March 30, 2004 10:56 AMI'm here to enlighten, tizzie.
WFMU just played "Run Runaway," by Slade. I fuckin' love that song. I leapt about my cube like a loon. After it was over the DJ came on and said that he just got the new Slade box set in and was gonna play a old Slade song but decided to play a "really gay" Slade song.
I'm a mite steamed, now.
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 11:08 AMNo offense, jon, but Run Runaway is a little lavender, too.
Posted by: Fes on March 30, 2004 11:31 AMSays the BOC fan. Remember their tribute to the undead Joan Crawford? Taht goes beyond lavender into puce & mauve territory, my good man.
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 11:33 AMI can't hide my love for you anymore, Jon. Please be mine?
Posted by: Fes on March 30, 2004 12:13 PMwell, how 'bout this-- you're botth a couple of fancy-pants Nancies.
Posted by: tj on March 30, 2004 12:14 PMSure, fes, what the hell.
Fetch Rev. cardoso and book the flight to San Fran. And somebody deep-fry the wedding cake.
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 12:18 PMPut a little style in his pubic hair and the man goes right off the deep end.
Posted by: tizzie on March 30, 2004 12:35 PMFriggin' metrosexuals. Looks like I'm gonna have to leave Astoria now. There goes the neighborhood.
Bed-Stuy, here I come.
Posted by: Vidiot on March 30, 2004 12:52 PMBut vidiot, you were going to be my best man, or maid of honor. or something.
Oh dear. Chicobangs, where you at, man??
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 01:18 PM"Best man" is good. It outweighs all those screen credits as "best boy" I've amassed over the years.
Posted by: Vidiot on March 30, 2004 01:21 PMI was watching the Sopranos the other night, and was watching the credits at the end, and they actually have a "tattoo designer". I don't remember seeing any tattoos in that show, am I missing something?
Posted by: adampsyche on March 30, 2004 01:47 PMAnd, vidiot my man, if we do ever have to outrun the hipster, metrosexuals and the yuppies who inevitably follow, then we'd skip Brooklyn entirely and move up to the Bronx. The name alone discourages genrification.
Posted by: jonmc on March 30, 2004 02:50 PMDoesn't help if you go metrosexual on us. If we move to the Bronx, I'll bring the bar soap.
Posted by: Vidiot on March 30, 2004 03:07 PMThis shocks me. Dejah's baby is already 15 months old! Wow, time flies. We need updates from the new parents . Dejah, Readymade and Uncle Fes - news, please! ColdChef - progress report?
Posted by: tizzie on March 31, 2004 09:10 AMFeyd-Rautha is 6 weeks old, and seems to be growing disproportionately large in the head and feet. He also farts like a champion. I'm not sure if these items are related.
here's two not-very-well-shot recent photos 1 2.
Posted by: Fes on March 31, 2004 10:32 AM
I just found out via my co-workers that Morrissey (the world's whitest human being) is playing the Apollo soon.
The war's over and good guys lost. I'll be cleaning my rifle and reiforcing my bunker if anyone needs me.
Posted by: jonmc on March 31, 2004 11:40 AM
Well, I can tell you that he's a champion eater: he's 10 weeks old, and 14 pounds. Almost double!
Also, we just got back from a walk when he melted down. It looked something like this, although this picture was taken a couple of weeks ago.
On the whole, he's a smiley happy little tot who has me whipped like butter.
Posted by: readymade on March 31, 2004 04:04 PMmy neice who is now just over 1 year old, cries hysterically whenever she sees me. I'm scary.
Posted by: tj on March 31, 2004 05:00 PMReadymade, that picture is the "motherhood moment" most likely to increase condom sales threefold. I'm just sayin'.
All hollering aside, though, he's a handsome fellow.
Posted by: tizzie on March 31, 2004 10:17 PMQuestion: the "gmail" thing really is an April Fool's day joke, right?
Posted by: tizzie on April 1, 2004 10:32 AMOops.
I meant to say:
"Watch out, monkeys...they've got our number."
Posted by: Vidiot on April 1, 2004 12:08 PMI just entered data on a record of (IANMTU) "Celtic Praise & Worship Music."
Everybody Riverdance For Jesus!
Posted by: jonmc on April 1, 2004 12:14 PMNah, it's just self-protection. 'Cause when you hold your arms straight down like this, it's a LOT harder to nail 'em to anything...
Posted by: Vidiot on April 1, 2004 12:48 PM
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