Due to the magic of Tivo, and a late Broken Social Scene concert start time of 10:30, the streak is intact: 13-13 in games watched this year. Seemed very possible earlier this week that the BSS show would break up the perfect game, but no, the dream of the 82 game perfect season is still alive. The '96-'97 record of 77 games, certainly, is in serious jeopardy.
6 Thoughts
1) Broken Social Scene was fantastic. Most of the staff at Dos Minutos, and Dos Minutos reader/playboy Thor, are far too old to be at a show that starts at 10:30 in a bizarre club in Pompano Beach. Thor and I agreed tonight, though, we will still be doing it when we are 70, if we live that long. BSS is the crap - a big motley crew of musicians changing instruments and taking turns singing lead, so every song is almost like a different band. If you like music at all, their album You Forgot it in People should be required listening.
2) Also, good win for the Heat tonight. It was a `peer' win. Indiana is a middling team in the East - that is Miami's peer group. You aren't going in to LA and beating the Lakers if you are one of these two teams, so winning games like tonight is important to be competitive. Both teams played really well, high level basketball. Wade is playing at a level that he has only reached during the '06 Finals. It is repetitive to keep saying it, but the lines are consistently ridiculous. Tonight he had 38 with 8 assists - and he missed 5 or 6 six free throws.
3) Club Cinema in Pompano Beach - odd, but great, place. Seemingly only two shows happening there this year: tonight's BSS, and Styx: http://www.clubcinemaflorida.com/. Worth mentioning that it appears David Spade has now joined Styx - here's hoping he replaces Dennis DeYoung's vocals on Mr. Roboto. It is a big, former (we figured from the name) movie theater, with cathedral ceilings, and a two tiered viewing area - probably a good 1500 people in there? Thor? Too many? Thor especially loved the two lonely random banner advertisements hanging from the rafters: one for a Brazillian clothes shop in Broward, and Coli Marble.
4) Big night for Mike Beasley - struggled tremendously early. Again got in foul trouble which limited his first half minutes, and the Heat was down 15 much of the first half. But on this night, in this game, at this defining moment, he sucked it up in the third quarter and went off for 10 quick third quarter points, leading the Heat charge back. And he played the crunch time minutes, and contributed two more big hoops. Good job by him, and good job by Spo for going right back to him after two games where he struggled. This Spo is okay - players seem to like and respect him - they definitely play hard, and are organized. Rotation is definitive. Good young coach. The Heat are lucky to have him. He is lucky to have Dwyane Wade.
5) Had three beers at the concert (Heineken). This crappy blog post should be proof of that. That must push my total to about 20 for the year - certainly the most of this century. I think I actually had 5 this week, as I had, I think, two with Dos Minutos reader Scott from Scotland on Monday. I really feel good about this - I have an absolute passion for drinking an average of a couple of beers per month now. Best moment of the show, I thought: a long torch song where the expressionless dude in the plaid shirt from Montreal (BSS is Canadian) traded verses with the funky girl singer, and then that led right in to the "Park that car/ drop that phone/ sleep on the floor/ dream about me" song. They killed it. I am sure only Dos Minutos reader Thor knows what I am talking about. Thor almost always gets a concert t-shirt; in a rare departure - not tonight. The economy affects us all, my friends. We agreed that we will be downloading music 10 years from now and ruining bands for Owen, Parker, Finn, and Annika, since none of them are going to want to listen to a band their dad likes.
6) Emcee Chalmers missed a full-on tomahawk dunk in traffic. Took off a step too soon, and threw it off the back iron when he was reaching short. Earlier today, three separate times, the Dos Minutos Next Generation point guard, Owen, stole balls at midcourt, steamed in alone and...laid the ball in. That's how we teach them at Dos Minutos - just lay it in, it's still dos points.
