While growing up in a country that relentlessly bombards youth with the social conditioning to be obsessed with ice hockey, it’s not surprising that I spent a large chunk of my allowance collecting hockey cards (the rest was spent, of course, on comic books and 5 cent candies). I had a lot of great ones – a card commemorating Wayne Gretzky’s “1000th point,” heck, I think I had the card of every Edmonton Oiler that was later sold off or traded for a profit at a loss to the community. Yep, I had a pretty big collection. Also, I think I have bitterness issues still resonating from the late 1980s and early 90s.
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There’s No Tim in Team: A Modest Proposal for the Political Influence of Entertainers
2012/02/27Categories: Matters of Debate, Punk and Politics
Tags: 50 mission cap, Artists, athletes, Bill Barilko, Boston Bruins, Canada, DIY, Duff McKagan, Edmonton Oilers, Entertainers, Entertainment Industry, Gaddafi, Green Day, hockey cards, Ian MacKaye, ice hockey, Ice-T, integrity, Jaromír Jágr, Joey Keithley, mullets, music, musicians, Obama, Picasso, Pittsburgh Penguins, politics, sportsmanship, the United States, the White House, Tim Thomas
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