FINAL SCORE: Angels 2, Yankees 6 ... You rearrange your schedule so that you see good games and the day before you have to go somewhere during a game you start to get antsy and wonder if there is a way to get out of it.
But you've never seen that band so you go, and after the 2nd inning you get in the car, and Hideki Matsui hit a homer and Scott Kazmir is back and you have hope and you pay $25 for parking and get a snack beforehand and every mother and daughter on earth is milling about looking their pseudo-hippes walking toward the Staples Center for the Taylor Swift concert but you, oh you're hip, you have wanted to see the Specials since the early 1980s and they have reunited and are playing Club Nokia. So you're waiting for them to go on and you check the i-phone and see the disappointing score. Picked a good one to miss.
Then the Specials come on. They are tuning up for Coachella and they blast out a great set. Play every song you know, tight, orchestrated, a little rougher than the polished albums but tremendous. The encore is Ghost Town ... and the empty lamentations of that new wave classic cause you to pause amidst the frenzy of seeing one of your all time favorites played live by the band that gave it to the world... and you think about where the team might be headed and all the concerts that you can go to this summer that will not cause anxiety the night before about missing any game at any time...
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When I start making comparisons between the current Angels' playing ability
and the San Jose Sharks’ postseason playing ability, something is really wrong.
Slyintine - April 16, 2010
I nominate Bobby Abreu
for Blame of the Game. His lazy fielding and batting cost the Halos dearly
blast21dave - April 16, 2010
I had to cover She & Him for The Daily Titan (Zooey Deschanel is gorgeous), so I too missed this game. However, I did listen to last couple of innings on the radio. I too am happy that I missed most of it.
And I read your post real quick and thought you wrote that you were going to see Taylor Swift and that The Specials were opening for her. My head about exploded.
CarnivalLights - April 16, 2010
Halos are terrible!
Kazmir is awful…Wood is not a major leaguer…defense is horrible…hitting is untimely…bullpen stinks…starters are only average…base running is not good…team morale looks terrible…on the bright side, Matsui is worth every penny…
Other than the above, everything is great!
Halopauly - April 16, 2010
Welcome to 1975.
Now let’s see what kind of metal your cajones are made out of. Time to earn your Halo Fan Card.
Stirrups - April 16, 2010
I've been there, done that.
I don’t want to do it again for a third time (‘70s, ’90s). The ’80s actually weren’t that bad, just that other teams were better.
red floyd - April 16, 2010
Did this version have Terry hall?
Man I could do with some “Monkey Man” livin’ in a “Concrete Jungle” bein’ chased by “Gangsters”. And the game was played like piss.
eyespy - April 16, 2010
Terry was there!
It was a great show (The Specials, that is). They’re at Coachella too, so hie out there, fans. You might never have this chance again. After all, it had been 30 years between USA shows…
The band was (expletive deleted) tight, and the mix was perfect. Great night.
LittleCupcakes - April 16, 2010
^ agree ^
All original members except the keyboardist.Great show, went out the wrong exit and could not re-enter to buy merch – HA, probably saved $200… they were selling $20 pairs of checkered socks!
Rev Halofan - April 16, 2010
Envy
Is the emotion I’m experiencing.
LAASurfin - April 16, 2010
What a frustrating game to watch.
Kazmir looked good the first two innings and then his mechanics just decided to get on a plane to Toronto or something. Bullpen did well though, which is a good sign. Matsui is a beast, Woody was terrible, Naps deserves more playing time, and the rest of the offense kind of stunk it up. All in all, let’s go pick it up and beat up on the Blue Jays! No matter how frustrating this season goes I’ll still be sitting in front of a TV screaming my ass off for them to win. When I don’t to look i’ll still be looking.
angelskid2210 - April 16, 2010
Fuck you Rudy! hahahahaha
Wytelitning - April 16, 2010
stop
your fooling around. ah AHHH
Rev Halofan - April 16, 2010
Propaghandhi
Higz - April 16, 2010
Nothing getting past the people around here...
“the bands are only in it for the bucks”
Wytelitning - April 16, 2010
That whole album is so good
Higz - April 16, 2010
Yeah. I've had it on here at work for the past hour...
ever since I typed that first comment.
Wytelitning - April 16, 2010
How to clean everything
Soundtrack to my youth…..loved the band until the next album came out
lightupthat420 - April 16, 2010
Agreed about their follow-up efforts
Higz - April 16, 2010
Ska Sucks
Yes. Yes it does.
tolbs1010 - April 16, 2010
The Specials show was amazing!!!!
surfpunk - April 16, 2010
and so was PIL
surfpunk - April 16, 2010
saw them at the palladium in 1984
first time johnny had played Pistols songs since the breakup. GSTQ and AIUK as encores after an amazing set – skipped them this time around.
Rev Halofan - April 16, 2010
wow sounds like a great show...i think that was the same year i saw black flag at the palladium with all the cops waiting out front to say hello...i miss the hole in the floor at the old palladium
surfpunk - April 16, 2010
the black flag show
was November 1985 with the Minutemen and the Ramones. I got my drivers’ license that afternoon and it was off to Hollywood!
Rev Halofan - April 16, 2010
instead of "blame the game"
you should have had “little bitch of the game”
1-2!
jhens76 - April 16, 2010
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