February 4, 2004

When one Weekly Mail just ain't enough.

Need to touch on a couple of items....

News Item I The SuperBowl halftime show.

    Was it an accident, or a purposely timed publicity stunt. Well at first, I
thought Justin Timberlake was surprised. One of the pictures that ran in the
papers captured an expression that to me looked like a dreaded surprise. But
the more I hear about it, the more I believe that both Janet Jackson and
Timberlake were in on it.
     And I read this tidbit in Bob Raisman's column in the Daily News
yesterday. U2 frontman Bono and Jennifer Lopez, approached the NFL about
performing a song they recorded together to promote AIDS awareness. The NFL
turned them down, saying that they didn't want to make halftime about "one
issue"
      Ok, we are all sick of J-Lo, but at least here she was offering to do
something useful. And U2, as far as I'm concerned, put on the greatest
halftime show in the history of sports 2 years ago at the Superdome. (I heard
people who have covered 20 Super Bowls said it was the loudest they ever heard
a halftime crowd)With U2, you can't go wrong. You get the young crowd you
target with a band who is class all the way.
    Instead you had Janet Jackson, from the most dysfunctional family in
music, and Justin Timberlake, who was dumb enough to let Britney Spears get
away. (well maybe he's not that dumb) In any case CBS is in hot water now and
the NFL is furious They both deserve everything they get.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2004

      John Kerry solidified his lead by winning 5 of the 7 states up for grabs
Tuesday night. The only states he lost were South Carolina (which went
overwhelmingly for John Edwards) and Oklahoma (were it looks like Gen. Wesley
Clark edged out Edwards)South Carolina saw the Rev. Al Sharpton place 3rd.
Meanwhile Joe Lieberman, who never came close to winning anywhere, dropped out
of the race. It's a shame. He's a good man who would have made a good
President.
   Saturday, Washington State and Michigan hold primaries. Michigan will be
interesting because they are experimenting with Internet voting. Howard Dean,
Mr. Internet himself, is shooting for his first W here.

Mike Richter has his number 35 lifted to the rafters tonight at the Garden.
The best goalie in Ranger history, the one who led us to the promised land in
1994. My sister's going to be there. I wish I was too. Actually, I wish he was
still our goalie.

Enjoy the rest of the week
Wild. B