Recommended pre-reading: our guest Mark Byrnes’ post in “The Atlantic Cities” from Dec. 15, 2011 on “Buffalo, Then and Now (1902-2011)” AB Podcast Four: Architecture: physically, mentally and societally Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org
If you hate when I do anything un-sports-related, just head here for my post-Super Bowl podcast, “The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep3″ on Audio Buffalo via Buffalo.com There’s a new entry amongst the art aiming to be athletic in addition to aesthetic, and it’s found on John K. Samson’s “Provincial.” The frontman of Canadian post-punk heroes [...]
AB Podcast Three: Eulogizing romance, eight points for Sam Gagner and the real American dream
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AB Podcast Two: Eulogizing romance, eight points for Sam Gagner and the real American dream
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I love college football. You can all caps that emotive verb if you’d like: I LOVE it. When I’m on the sideline home or road and I see the teams come out of the tunnel with the band and the students and the vibe and AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Love it. So on days like today — National [...]
AB Podcast One: On Sabres, fat kids and positive examples
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One of my musical heroes once sang that, “If patience started a band, I’d be her biggest fan.” I never truly understood that Elliott Smith lyric until the past few months of waiting and waiting for a new project to be proper and ready. When WECK dumped me for Billy Ocean in July 2011, I figured [...]
An ode to Darcy Regier’s search for the man in the middle. Centerman – AudioBuffalo.com Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org LYRICS: Waitin’, watchin’ the clock, another loss, it’s got to stop Fans will take no more, the playoffs out-of-reach Excuses are out the door, so much hubris Didn’t win with Gratton or Dainius Zubrus He lies and says [...]
1) This is my least favorite Sabres team of all-time. 2) Derek Roy and Drew Stafford are playing as if they are in one of the dreams in “Nightmare on Elm Street” and there is no plausible way they are escaping hockey doom on any given play. 3) When Jhonas Enroth looks that far out-of-it, [...]
The news that the Buffalo Bills have hired UB Bulls defensive coordinator William Inge to be their new assistant defensive line coach under Dave Wannstedt is bittersweet for me. For one thing, Inge was not only a good coach for my alma mater but a good person to be around. On the other hand, the [...]
1) Hockey can be a cruel game, as evidenced by the quick whistle before Ville Leino could tap home a possible loose puck that cost Buffalo a regulation win. 2) Yes, Jhonas Enroth was again beaten high-glove again, but he allowed one goal over 60 minutes and made some fantastic saves (When you can’t score [...]
