Jaimoe

Did you get a good seat at the heaven theatre? Miles died in February, 2008. Great list though. You put Phishheads to shame... on every level.

I think the guy was on Off The Record, although I think several Canadian media outlets have been calling out baseball writers. I hate that Morris gets passed over. Morris is still a jerk to the baseball media, but normally not to the fans. Should personality weigh-in as to whether you get votes? It does, and it shouldn't. The media likes to shape or even dictate opinion. Morris was arguably the best AL pitcher of his era (along with The Rocket), which included Dave Stieb and Dave Stewart.

I was listening to a baseball Hall voter from the US and he won't vote for Alomar because he finds his spitting incident dishonourable, but he had no problem voting for McGuire. With idiots like this, Alomar will have his work cut out for him. Jack Morris will never get in and he should have been a first-year eligible shoo-in.

Will you still love Dawson if he chooses to go into the Hall as a Cub? He's gotta choose and I'm hoping he doesn't pick the other team. His Expos years were far more prolific than the ones he had with the Cubbies. If "Lights" can go into the Hall as an Expo, then let's hope Dawson does the same. He's a class act regardless.

Making a point perhaps?

No' date=' but there is a larger pool to grab from when you dont have to limit yourself to age. But you also said it yourself. Some players arent released to play in the tournament. Cant really call them the best juniors in that case, can you? Thanks for that. [/quote'] It's true, but it's never changed, historically. I'd love to see the Olympics go U-23 or even U-21. Then again, the Russians had a KHL bias when selecting their Olympic team.

Well said Booche. The Olympics is the one of the few times we actually see the best of the best. Are you saying that these aren't the best juniors? Other than the ones that make the pros and/or aren't released to play for their national teams, these are the best U20 players playing in one of the best international hockey tournaments. Of course Canadians and TSN blows this thing up way bigger than it should. But it's hockey. Heck, they also show exhibition women's games. And I don't think for a second all these players are going to make the pros. I wore my Christian Dubé jersey last night.

It won't change any time soon regarding worldwide interest. The tournament isn't new or a fad. I could care less if the world is watching, but I don't like blowouts. What is brutal is women's international hockey. It really shouldn't be an Olympic event. And realistically Brad, there's only 5-6 competetive Olympic mens' teams.

CBC Radio 3 and The Fan 590.

I know there's lots of good stuff from 2009, but it might take me another year to find it for myself. Swell Season - Strict Joy Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid Cuff The Duke - Way Down Here Purple Hill – Beechnut St. Them Crocked Vultures Monsters of Folk The Dead Weather – Horehound Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms The Avett Brothers – I and I Love You Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine Von Bondies - Love, Hate and Then There's You M. Ward – Hold Time The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Communion Silversun Pickups – Swoon Bonnie Prince Billy – Beware

Amem to that, and the same with Audioslave.

I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach. My deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family.

I recommend the non-celebrity section (read the rap sheet links too). Funny funny stuff. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/1230094mugdecade1.html

The Avett Brothers (wow, these guys are amazing) Patrick Watson (music that reaches into you soul and gives it a shake) MGMT (I knew some of their tunes in 2008, but I got their last album in December and it has won me over) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (not as crazy or put-on as fellow desert-dwelling communal folksters, The Polyphonic Spree) The Dead Weather (nasty piece of deconstructed blues, and Jack White shows up as a good drummer) Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme's guitar is a bit too busy at times, but still an excellent hard rock record) I hate myself for not hating the new Decemberists, but I still hate The Decemberists. I wish I discovered Massive Attack far sooner than 2008/09. The Great Outdoors (I knew of them in 2008, but gave their Winter EP lots of spins in 2009 and loved it. They are a fantastic and fantastically talented folk/roots band from Vancouver; if only they got their shit together, they'd be better known)

Happy New Year Todd and to the rest of the folks on the board. I've been at work since 7am and I'm pretty sure I'm still a bit drunk.

2010 will be airing on both Turner Classic Movie channels (HD and standard) at 8pm on New Year's Day. TCM is the best goddam channel there is.

It was a little lean, musically speaking, this year: The Dead Weather - Horehound Them Crooked Vultures

Yeah, the Ruskies have great forwards and perhaps the two best power-forwards in the game. But their D isn't too scary and neither are their goalies (although they are solid). I can't believe the Czechs left off Hejduk because he's not 100 per cent coming off an injury. He looks prretty good tonight against the Sens.

I'm glad they took that whole Sharks line, but both Joe and Marleau haven't been good playoff performers, which of course is a worry. The Green omission doesn't bug me because Doughty is better all-round. I was listening to Mike Brophy today and he was saying how Canada lacks depth since "we" no longer can talk about having a competetive B team. Fuck you Brophy. How good would a B Finn or B Russian team look? I generally like the guy, but that really bugged me. Screw Fisher too.