(much like the rest of us, the finest American-born hockey player of his generation cannot pick his friends)
Earlier this morning when I referenced the ’08 NBA Draft, I mistakenly claimed the venue was Madison Square Garden. Actually, the event took place at the adjacent WaMu Theatre, because the World’s Most Dysfunctional Arena was otherwise occupied, as Dave Scheid from Where Is The Hotel? reminds us.
i saw this from the blog:
“How enraged was the mob at MSG last night? Even Jeff Lageman was booing the Knicks™ selection of Danilo Gallinari at no. 6 overall.”
and i thought. “oh shit! wow… why was gerard at the pearl jam show last night”.
in the middle of the show ed ved tells a little story about being asked to come perform in december for the retirement of brian leetch’s jersey. he’s a big fan, ed says. and looking up in the rafters ed mentions that there aren’t a lot of numbers retired here, so it’s a special honor. and the stage is facing these two giant banners with retired numbers and names. messier, #11. leetch #2. elton john, 60 shows.
and at the end of ed’s speech he says “so brian, we hear you’re a real nice guy and you’re a great athlete. so, this one’s for you #11 Brian Leetch”
then one of the olsen twins threw up on chris martin.