Pregame
Mood: Nervie McNerverson
Favorite Sabre: I’m going with the underappreciated Jochen Hecht.
Least Favorite Sabre: Don’t know.
Summary of thoughts: I should be practicing the viola right now, but instead I’m going to watch this hockey game.
Symphonic music representing this game: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Johannes Brahms
This can go one of a few different directions. It can be infinitely enjoyable to play, but it can also feel like that dream where you suddenly realize you aren’t wearing any pants right before you have to give a big presentation at school.
After the 1st (1-0, Senators)
Mood: Fidgety.
Favorite Sabre: Mike Robitaille. You guys, I love Mike Robitaille. I know I’ve hinted at it before, but I want to make myself perfectly clear on this issue: Mike Robitaille is a crusty, cranky, shout-y, desk pounding, STUD MUFFIN, and of all the people we see on a regular basis on the Sabres broadcasts (included the Sabres themselves), I like Mike Robitaille the most.
Least Favorite Sabre: Is Vanek even playing tonight? At least Roy-Z was out there flopping around and hooking Senators right and left.
Summary of thoughts: I wonder if Mike Robitaille reads blogs? I bet he doesn’t even own a computer. He’s old school.
Symphonic music representing this game: Symphony No. 35, Mozart
Be spritely and charming, but whatever you do, don’t fuck up. But have fun! Smile! (Don’t fuck up.)
After the 2nd, (1-1)
Mood: non-suicidal
Favorite Sabre: Okay, fine. That was a pretty nice goal Roy-Z.
Least Favorite Sabre: I’m kind of not hating them right now!
Summary of thoughts: I feel like we should have scored 3 goals that period.
Symphonic music representing this game thus far: Don Juan, Richard Strauss
Summary of thoughts: Fuck.
Music representing this game:
I had to listen to the first 5 minutes in the car, and basically the whole way home from Wegman’s I was repeating “I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this”
Yo, Brian Koziol almost said the name “Jason” instead of Dmitri in his pre-game scratch list and my heart stopped. Not a good slip of the tongue, Brian Koziol.
Ooooh. The 5th variation of Brahms Haydn makes me feel the same way I feel every time the Wild play Calgary…
You should play us a piece and upload it so we can enjoy Veeeeolaaaa by KB.
I.hate.this.too. I want to Wooo so bad. I think an uploaded veeeeolaaaa piece would sound very relaxing right about now.
COME ON YOU GUY! PUT THE PUCKIN PUCK IN THE DAMN NET!!!!
hmmm. Did I miss something here? I thought we liked Hecht, Gaustad and Pominville together. Cause I know I did. Then Tallinder plays defense and four of my five favorite Sabres are on the ice at the same time. Maybe Ruff has caught the same disease the Versus announcers have and he’s confusing Goose with Pie-YAY. Not cool Lindy. Not. cool.
The handwritten notes on the Brahms piece could also apply to the Sabres. They need to be steady and think about the tempo of the game.
I meant the Mozart piece, not the Brahms one. Grr.
Steady and think TEPPO! I agree Kate. I love listening to Robey talk.
He’s either the teams biggest cheerleader or the Dad who verbally smacks them all in the head. When Lindys really pissed, he should make the boys listen to Mike between periods.
When does Schostakovitch 5th come?
Shosty 5 is definitely for after a win over the Caps, or any other team with a big ugly Russian star…
Well that was ugly. There went the playoffs.
Sheesh. It’s Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata for me now. And I stand by my Keep the Lines together comment from before.
I still love these guys no matter what they do. Toni, I love you for the way you stand up to the media. You are the man.
Shari, if Toni was the man, he wouldnt have been on the ice for 4 of those ottawa goals in the 3rd. tonight he is NOT the man.
Ahhh. Mahler 6 to close out the evening, I see?
Sam, mahler 6 is waaaay too subtle to represent this game.
Oh, did I write ice? I thought I wrote MEDIA!
The orchestra geek in me loves those shots of the sheet music!
I’m sorry for your pain, Katebits but asides from that– well you know.
Katebits, I loved the sheet music too. You brought my band camp days. West Genny is my version of the Senators. Stupid West Genny. Stupid Senators.
ARRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
WTF Sabres???
2 minutes. That’s what it took and it hurts. :(
But I’m joining the chorus about the sheet music… after being a band geek for almost 7 years, it’s good to see it again!
Sam, mahler 6 is waaaay too subtle to represent this game.
Um, really? I was just going off the pic. Hammerblows, y’know? Tragic? No?
Well, how about the Greatest Hits Of Phil Collins, then? Nothing says Apocolypse like “Sussudio”!
Well, no one actually dies from Mahler 6. :P
Well, no one actually dies from Mahler 6. :P
Boomer has never been a classical music fan. Her idea of pain and torture is to be forced to go to the opera or to a concert on a night her team is playing, even if it’s going to be as tragic a game as last night. I’m pretty sure she’d think she’d died if she was forced to listen to Mahler over hockey! :)
Wow, I’m so glad that trombone pieces never looked like that. At least not until you got to jazz!
Sorry, Katebits. I didn’t see this game…but I think the mushroom cloud says it all. You have my deepest condolences.
Least favorite sabre last night Jochen Hecht.
Yikes was he bad last night.
I’m glad that I missed the game because of my dance class! At least I got some exercise instead of sitting and watching the team implode.
To keep the topic on music and not last night’s heart break, three more Sabres’ playlists were added that were not Paul Gaustad. Spacek chose the Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil, which I think explains the Tampa Bay game. A come back that awesome has to be a deal with the Devil. Bernier likes rap. Apparently all French Canandian hockey players like rap. And Mike Weber got a play list before Goose! And don’t try to feed me any Enya or Simon and Garfunkel excuses this time cause his first song is AQUEOUS TRANSMISSION by Incubus. I play that song when I have extreme insomnia and a bottle of wine with a Nyquil chaser doesn’t work. What was the game plan with that song? Lull the other team to sleep?
By the way, I realized the minute I left my comment about Boomer thinking classical music is torture that it sounded like I was belittling the passion and love that Katebits, Sam, Glenn, Janz and any other of the orchestra folks around here show for their chosen profession. I’m sorry! That’s not what I meant! I meant to issue an apology immediately but then I got distracted by something shiny (or rather, Pensblog dissing on NJ fans for not showing up to games. Dudes, do you know how much those lower level seats that you see on TV cost?!?) so instead I forgot all about it until I got in my car for my hour-long drive to work. Which I spent wringing my hands as much as one can while safely holding a steering wheel. So… um… Please accept my apologies. Or delete my comment. Comments. Because this one got a little rambly. I’m leaving now. :)
Mcguffers, I emailed Brian Wheeler last week to inquire as to WHY Goose didn’t have a play list and he said that he had been after Paul for months, but he keeps forgetting the list at home. He promises to get it, but with only 2 more home games, I’m not holding my breath. I told him that Goose’s fans/admirers want to hear his playlist.
“I play that song when I have extreme insomnia and a bottle of wine with a Nyquil chaser doesn’t work.” Hahahahaahahahaaaa
Pookie: You didn’t offend any non-classical listeners! And Pensblog is not always right, but don’t tell them I said that :P
Jennfer: You got farther than I did on the Goose debacle. I emailed bulldog while Goose was on! He didn’t respond. hehe.
Pookie, you’re BANNED! :P
Pookie, you’re BANNED! :P
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
But, but, but I love Perpetual Motion! Doesn’t that count for anything?!?
Jennfer, that is awesome! And I love how the only reason he doesn’t have one is because he keeps leaving the list at home. It’s okay Goose. I guess I’d rather have you saving the environment and cheering up kids with cancer.