Yes, more hockey-related singing. This time around, a number of Deadpanites claimed NHL Playoff teams and assigned them a pair of songs. When a team loses, then the associated Deadpanite(s) must record themselves singing a 30-60 second sample of one of the victorious team’s anthems.
The charts below show the results of the first round (Thanks, Bunny!).
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Laz
(No Levelator again – feedback welcome)
Jack Mangans Deadpan #164: When I’m 164
These are the Happy Days of Deadpan
Promo – Erotica A La Carte (http://www.eroticaalacarte.com/)
Favourite Deadpan Memories as recorded at the Deadpan mmmmmeetup
Dumbass Memory from EssBee (not with the good kind of vibration – oh baby)
Dumbass Nipples
Ed From Texas
Johnny Null
ditto
Amy Bowen
DJ Bunny
Vanamonde (first of the week)
More Favourite Deadpan Memories
Jack talks about irrational hatred
The first round of the Hockey Playoffs are done. Singers, where are your songs?
Jack’s happy news. We are all happy for you Jack and hope for many more in the future.
Outro Babble
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Closing music is part two of the unnamed “sloppy demo” recorded in Jack’s living room
Jack gives us something to think about
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The birth of my son in April 2002 was one of the great moments of my life. My former English Professor’s simple response to the news resonated deeply, and still does:
“Congratulations, you’ve just met the love of your life.”
Fortunately, the profound joy of welcoming my son to the world would be rediscovered two years and thirteen days later, on that April 2004 day when my daughter was born. I’d met the second, equal love of my life.
The wondrous bliss of their very existence helped me to sculpt and define my overall life-definition in countless positive ways. It’s not as if I had been directionless before, but this had truly engendered a greater purpose for my thoughts, focus, and attention than any I’d ever known. My self-definition had a new title; foremost before I was an author, musician, husband, friend, software guy (this was before podcasting), etc., I was a father.
Every day from birth for each of them, I found the most profound sense of pride and love and connection in their every miraculous smile and triumph and adorable action. I was the proudest guide and ambassador to life for these two beautiful little minds. If I’m allowed to take carry-on memories into the next incarnation, then all of the moments I’ll pack will include my son and daughter.
Through no choice or actions (or inactions) of our own, my children and I have endured three long, painful, pointless, damaging eras of separation. The longest so far began on July 13, 2008, and was ended this past Friday, April 23, 2010. No words can describe the fathoms of heartbreak during those stolen six hundred and fifty days, of all that time apart. No words can encompass the depths of happiness from reconnecting with the loves of my life.
I’ll share one amongst a weekend full of beautiful moments:
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It’s fun! Here’s how it works:
Each of the 16 2010 NHL Playoff teams will be assigned a song (or a few songs, maybe). Pick a playoff team (or 2). If your team is eliminated, then you must record yourself singing 30 to 60 seconds of one of the winning team’s anthems.
To play along, you really don’t even need to watch any sports – – we’ll keep tabs of the series outcomes around Deadpan. It’s ok if some teams get multiple supporters; it’s ok if some teams get none.
We’ll determine the team’s anthems by vote. Or something. Team/song suggestions after the break.
Contact me if you have any suggestions or to declare your teams.
This was originally heard in Deadpan 144: Gross.
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Do you think for Yoda’s last birthdays, his family lit 800 candles on a cake and sang “to you, birthday happy”?
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What if Yoda was also dyslexic?
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Do you think Yoda uses that creepy Darth Vader tree for storage when he’s not training a student? Like that’s where he keeps his hedge trimmers?
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Do you think Yoda even notices when his toilet on Dagobah overflows?
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Do you think Yoda would have preferred to just die in peace, without having some punk jedi acolyte badgering him with questions during his final moments?
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Wouldn’t Yoda have quadrupled his credibility if he’d grown in a mustache and goatee?
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Forget earmuffs, does Yoda’s species wear earsocks in winter?
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What is Yoda, 20 inches tall? How the hell could you throw a pitch into his strike zone?
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And if he didn’t use any force powers, who’d win in one-on-one basketball, Yoda vs. Mini-Me?
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Do you think Luke Skywalker still has the ghosts of Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin hanging around him, even after the Empire is destroyed? Dispensing advice, wisdom, and encouragement as he goes through day-to-day activities? Building that extra room on the house, uncomfortable bowel movements, clipping nosehairs, helping the kids with algebra homework, negotiating with jawas for droids, having sex with Mara Jade. . . What would happen if he called the ghostbusters on them?
So, a few of us at Deadpan selected some Olympic hockey teams in a little no-money wager. If a Deadpanite’s selected team loses to someone else’s, then the losing player must record themselves singing the winner’s national anthem. Get it?
The image below shows the participants and their teams, plus the results as of the completion of the first round, or the Olympic Tournament’s “Regular Season”, if you will. The circled names on the chart are required to sing their opponent’s team’s national anthem. The medal round is up next; ie: “The Playoffs”. There may be further Deadpan-relevant matchups to come.
The medal round rematch rule: If your team loses a second time to the same team, then you don’t need to re-perform that national anthem. If your team won in the prelims but goes on to lose to that same opponent in the medal round, then I guess you and your rival are both due to record some singing.
I’ve made this seem more complicated than it really is. Many thanks to The Energizer Bunny for creating this chart.
In the wake of the tragic, sudden loss of his wife to flu complications, our great friend and fellow podcaster/author Tee Morris is facing a mountain of financial concerns, including funeral expenses and the prospect of raising his daughter and paying mortgage on one income. Pip Ballantine has set up a ChipIn site to help pull money together. These kinds of expenses can get out-of-hand, so please help out if you can. Not a dollar of that fund will be wasted.
In the meantime, please read:
http://www.pjballantine.com/2010/01/07/together-we-are-mighty/
Pip’s eloquence has not failed her.
What do you think of the new look? Big thanks and props to Jeremy for putting together the new WP theme for the Deadpan site.
There may be some changes that will feel a little odd or take a little getting used to, so please feel free to email me or post suggestions/requests.
Some of the biggest changes:
-The site should be easier to view on handheld devices.
-Customizable smileys.
-Avatars. (they don’t have to be blue)
Updated, radically-improved graphic of the Duel of the Fates 3 Tournament, heading into the 2nd round:
DotF Standings for the 2nd round
It is to the original as Legend of Zelda is to Atari Adventure.
Big thanks to Jeremy for putting his graphic arts skills to work. I refuse to type “skillz”.
