In response to requests for a new thread, here goes. No time to waste, gents! The Stupor Bowel is tomorrow, and our (or some of ours) beloved San Francisco 49ers are going to take the field opposite the Baltimore Ravens and their murderer superstar Ray Lewis. (In case you have not yet seen the cover of SI, there is a photo of Ray Lewis that will soon be made into a mosaic window for Our Lady of Destroying Evidence Redemption in Baltimore).
As my husband and I did before every winning playoff and World Series game, we are going to get nachos and a donut. Don’t try this at home, kids, unless you want to spend a lazy winter exercising. What is your pre-game ritual? I bet that SFDF and Shaman might just be out buying pins for their Colin Kaepernick voodoo doll, amirite?
I look forward to gameday observations and Cahiers du Cinemaesque critiques of commercials. Of course, we can all go to Uncachuck for the best in that, right?
On a better note, pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. Even if you don’t care about football, we all care about baseball. This is what unites us, because there really is nothing better in this world than spending a daytime or evening watching our favorite teams trying to pull out another win.
First of all, thank you for what you do MOW… I can’t tell you how much I appreciate what you do here…OMG, you said Nachos.. Tortilla chips is on the list of things I CANNOT eat post-surgery so I’m screwed in the football food dept. No popcorn, no spicy buffalo wings, no 7 layer dip, no salsa…. So I’m thinking potato skins w/cheddar/bacon bits and sour cream and a bowl of clam chowder.. Beer of choice (tradition) will be Sierra Nevada.. I was going to go to my brothers house because after all, the Super Bowl is all about family and friends but he just notified me that he has to work.. Apparently the VP of a huge tech firm in the south bay really liked the work that he did, so they want another 4 rooms done by monday.. He’s mortified but he has no choice BUT to work.. So I’ll probably watch the first half at the local joint where I watch most of the Niner games with friends (kids will still be napping).. I’ll watch the second half at home with my wife and kids and probably a few stragglers from the local joint.. As for tradition: I like to get pumped up listening to music..
Van Halen’s version of ‘Pretty Woman’ – the intro gets me pumped
Van Halen’s ‘Panama’
The Stooges ‘down on the street’
Metallica ‘stone cold crazy’
Pantera ‘walk’
Maybe a little Motley Crue ‘kickstart my heart’
And a whole lot of Godsmack!
Did I mention beer to calm the nerves?
Awww, stuck with tater skins and sierra? First world problems bro.
And, when it cones to Van Halen, it’s ALL about “Dancing in the Streets’
Whoaaa! Sorry to hear about the no tortilla thing.
Music thing is interesting! Here’s a confession, though: Whenever the SF Giants are up at bat or when the 49ers have the ball, I watch the game. When the other team is at bat or has the football, I am banished to play the piano until the inning/downs are over. He is of the belief that I cause my favorite teams to lose, so we go through this ritual. I’ve also become pretty awesome at piano.
Ha! I totally do the same thing during Giants games…mute the tv and put on music. 49ers games? Uh, I go to the park.
Sooo, looks like I’m going to bernal heights to watch the game. If the Nineahs win, getting home is going to suck.
P.S. If you get a chance to rip the bong and listen ti ’73 Dead, do it! Amazing music
Music prep will be short and to the point for me–the drum intro to the Clash’s cover of I Fought the Law. I’ll play it real loud a couple of times, and then let the song run.
What I’ll do next I still haven’t decided. My attitude toward the Super Bowl sure is different this year than it has been for quite a while. Say, eighteen years. This year I intend to watch the game closely. Parties and prop bets and so forth would be nothing but distraction. I may watch the first half at home and then head out to finish elsewhere. I never like the half-time shows anyway.
Historical note: I attended Super Bowl I. Al Hirt played the friggin trumpet at half time and, being the middle of the VN war and all, the geniuses in charge of the show released hundreds of dove-like pigeons. They had trouble figuring out how high to go to escape the LA Coliseum, so many of them circled and circled endlessly above those of us in the stands. And you all know what terrified flying pigeons do.
I did love the Tom Petty halftime show…followed by the Giants stunning the Cheatriots at the last minute. Best SB ever. Except for Raiders Eagles, that is.
Raiders/Eagles set a standard. During the Nat’l Anthem the Eagles were all singing along with hands over hearts, as if they were boyscouts. Vermeil looked like he was about to cry with sentimental pride. Then the camera moved to the Raider sideline and showed the players smacking each other and joking and laughing and getting ready to kick ass. For years afterward, I picked the SB winner based on which team was the most irreverent during the anthem. Past decade or so, however, the league has cracked the whip on bad behavior and the tv censors have exercised strict control, too. End of an era.
As a child, I once went to a 49ers/Raiders basketball game up in USF. I never cared for the Raiders until that game, when Cliff Branch came in with his big o’ pimp hat, flared pants, long coat, those teeny square glasses and some big ass platform shoes. He outdid Superfly. He also came in at the basketball version of halftime, and John Madden yelled at him in front of all of us. Branch could not give a rat’s ass. Hilarious.
Also, Danny Abramowicz at basketball does not work.
DIdn’t they play those at Kezar pavillion? I’ll be driving to a friend’s house, and listening to the entire London Calling CD is always good. Clampdown is one of my all time faves. And of course the title track. And most of the other songs.
Haha…I was just rocking out to that earlier. Clash rules
Hmm…I thought it was at USF? It was so long ago. London Calling :> My favorite on there is Revolution Rock and, like you, Clampdown.
Brand New Cadillac and I’m Not Down are also pretty damn good.
I love the Clash, but my favorite punk bands were The Damned and Stiff Little Fingers. I have always had a healthy hatred for the British, thanks to the Irish nuns at my school. Every Catholic kid is naturalized Irish, ya know?
I’m digging it! Here’s some chill music.. Dude can surf and sing! Light me up and don’t let me down! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JO4lSEGWjU
Excellent! Would make me less inclined to stay too mad.
T.O.P. in the ’73 or ’74 SB.
“What Is Hip”
This rocked:
“Cuz sometimes what it is, what it ain’t…yeah”
No habitual behaviors around food, music or anything. Just don’t ask me to watch more than an hour of pregame or eat shi shi shit you’ve never prepared before-unless it’s actually “good.”
HOF doesn’t mind his players, titles or the revenue he brought everyone but won’t recognize Eddie D for his contributions to the game…
Not that it bothers me
Owners get in once every 10-15 years. He’s got a while.
Isn’t Al Davis in there? Commitment to excrement!
Oh, he’ll make it in…it’s just a matter of living or posthumously?
Change of plans.. We will be watching the game with some friends at their home in Glen Park (top of Diamond/Moffit) — family friendly.. Our kids love their kids and they should be able to entertain themselves…
Shaman, you’ll be right over the hill so you’ll probably be able to hear me saying ‘Go, Go, Go Go, Touchdown Niners’! You might even be able to smell the burning trees
If the 49ers blow it:
Good God. Looks more like one weekend in Thailand.
Jeez.. Look at those ingredients.. If we lose, I’d take three swigs.
You’ll wake up on a tramp steamer to Shanghai.
I’d like to see you take three swigs of that knockout drug…but leave your truck keys with me first
So the comical goes with a cw nevius article about playmates as their lead story on super bowl Sunday.. Fail
Such a story would hold so much interest for female football fans. Not.
Tell that to Karina Marie…
Devious Nevius is the worst of a bad lot…fuck that prick.
Doctor, valium please..
Use the Maul Method instead…
My buddy is snapping pics from New Orleans.. Drinking in the hotel already
Regency.
I stayed there in’04.
Like a few hundred yards from the Super Dome.
My other buddy is an electrician but he loves photography on the side.. Took this this morning..
Excellent!
A beautiful shot.
B&W rules too.
I’ve walked up to that place several times mighty hungover, and had to work up the street or around the corner. A quick bite and a cuppa joe set me right every time tho…
Looks like Smith is the Voodoo dude…
http://www.sportspickle.com/news/15331/alex-smith-checks-out-new-orleans-voodoo-shop-for-shits-and-giggles-voodoo
http://www.theheckler.com/2013/02/02/alex-smith-spotted-with-colin-kaepernick-voodoo-doll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alex-smith-spotted-with-colin-kaepernick-voodoo-doll
As someone who has read the Onion since the mid-90s, that is some terrible satire there.
It’s about all that came up when I googled “Colin Kaepernick Voodoo Doll”
I was looking for some cool Baltimore image but fouund nothing, alas…
Whoa…when we did we enter the “Your comment is awaiting moderation” zone?
Better question, Why did we enter the moderation of comments zone?
Beats me. It used to happen sometimes when people would post videos. I think it’s something wordpress does to screen spam.
I’ll be off at a friend’s for the game, but I’ll try to check in when I can. If they pull it out I’ll be sure to drunkenly slap together some sappy tribute post. If they lose I’ll see if I can’t toss up some lamenting rant when I emerge from my blackout.
Either way, more JDR posts soon!
Have a good time JD-hell, all of you Dowders have a good time and don’t forget-GO RAVENS!
California turncoat!
I stopped by the local market to pick up some fresh tortillas and salsa and so forth. Guy at the butcher’s counter was wearing a raiders hat. He wants the 9ers to lose. He wants it so bad. I think those fancy bbq tidbits he was buying aren’t going to taste so good. I think he’ll get so upset by the game he’ll ruin the stuff, and end up eating crow, real nasty raven-sized crow. See you all later, much later, tonight.
Go Niners!
Keep up the “positive thought,” Xman…
Allen, Vintage High in Napa and Sonoma St…
Stud.
Culliver for 31!
Happenin’ blog!
Lates Dowders…
Well, nothing like gutless football. I’m ready for baseball season.
Harbaugh will bring the niners back in the 2nd half…may not get them all the way there but this game is def not over by a long shot…
Why waste a hologram on Destiny’s Child when you could make one for Janice Joplin?
Donj’t hayte onna sistuh, sistuh…
Sorry…not a Beyonce fan. Her music is shit.
I walked out of the room and went outside for ten minutes
Power outage? Are you fucking kidding me?
Word…rookie shit from the Ol Granpappy of Domes…(or one of ‘em)
This might be the goofiest Super Bowl ever. My husband is going to watch a First Wave marathon with me because he senses my growing discontent with the 49ers.
Are you bailing?
No, lol. I didn’t bail. Just had a nice time on twitter.
a couple of those guys at chuck’s house are cool. a couple are way not cool.
It usually gets out of hand whan I’m not around. As tonight showed. There are time I think, why do I bother?
I would have warned off JBat had I been around.
If someone needs warning off, they have issues. It was really no big deal.
Well wasn’t that a dagger to the heart.. I truly believe the better team lost.. And yeah, the calls went one way and not the other but still.. 3 pass plays on 1st and goal? With that shitty play calling we deserved to lose.. The shitty safety play notwithstanding.. It hurts. Bad.
Yeah. I’ve been so distraught that my baby poodle has been ultra affectionate. This is going to hurt, mostly because our perfect record is gone, Ray Lewis gets a ring and our Frank Gore didn’t get the ring. I think that hurt to know the most. And Kaepernick? Let’s just comparing people to Joe Montana, once and for all. Only Joe Montana is Joe Montana.
Besides the INT, he played well.. Roman blew it on the play calling when it mattered.. Heartbreak hotel with a ray of sunshine I guess…
Yeah. Kaepernick, when all is said and done, was pretty amazing. But that last series of plays hurt like hell.
I couldn’t believe the play calling.. Holy Shit.. Don’t be surprised if the OC takes a college job.. As for Kaep, the guy throws the football harder than ….. Anybody. As long as we are well coached, we are only going to get better (but we never get this close)…. It hurts. Bad.
Yeah, there’s nothing more painful than watching your team lose a SB…shit, Raider Nation is STILL recovering from that damn Tampa SB.
Damn. It hurts just as much as yesterday.. Shaman, since you’ve been there, how long until the pain dissipates?
:::suppressing laughter:::
Ask SFDF too!
You two should work at old folks homes: abbott & costello…
New thread up!