parallel lives: tom brady, peyton manning, and the nature of great sports rivalries by brian phillips (grantland) // as the sidney crosby and alex ovechkin rivalry nears its end, it still matters by josh yohe (the athletic)
Yohe: Probably how incredible Crosby is with young players. If I had a dime for every time I’ve seen Crosby hanging out with players recently recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after games or practices, I’d have retired long ago. He has a special way with people and his greatest strength is that, though he’s one of the world’s most famous athletes, he’s almost freakishly down to earth. He literally has time for everyone and treats Evgeni Malkin the same as he treated Dustin Jeffrey. It was the secret to the 2016 championship. The Penguins decided to go young and bring up Bryan Rust, Matt Murray, Tom Kuhnhackl and Conor Sheary. He made them feel at home.
Rossi: The Penguins staged a media event inside the Igloo Club at Civic Arena to officially name Crosby as captain. About a month had passed since their opening-round loss to the Senators in the 2007 playoffs. Crosby, who played that series with a broken foot, showed up in a suit that fit snug. “It’s tight, right?” he said, poking fun at himself. “I haven’t been able to do anything because of the foot. If this is what happens when I don’t work out for a month, I’m probably going to get huge after I retire.” His combination of self-awareness and self-deprecation was startling given everybody in the room had gathered on his behalf. But I’ll never forget the last thing he said to me at that event: “Hey, good luck with the house thing — that’s a big deal.” Somehow, Crosby had heard from somebody that I was headed straight for the closing on my house after covering the event. I vividly remember driving to the closing in my car and thinking how ready he was to wear the ‘C,’ that his recognition of my big moment on his big day was something only a natural captain would do.
Favorite quirk?
Rossi: When Crosby really wants to get a point across, he uses a person’s first name instead of their nickname. Don’t know if this is intentional or something from his subconscious. But it’s rare, sort of private, and probably the thing I’ll remember most about him after everything else.
Gentille: Probably the times he randomly grows a mustache and doesn’t shave for a while. Sometimes, there’s no rhyme or reason — just a dude making a goofy facial-hair decision and sticking with it. Nothing to see here. From a guy who isn’t all that funny, deliberately or otherwise, it’s a window into … something. It’s also possible that he just likes having a mustache from time to time, but I’m choosing to add another layer of intentionality. Also, I know I mentioned it already, but the sandwich thing … putting jelly on top of peanut butter, not on the other piece of bread, is unfiltered insanity.
Yohe: I always enjoy watching him stickhandle on the logos in each building during warmups. You know why? It’s the only time you’ll ever see Crosby act like anything resembling a showoff. I’m not even saying he’s being one. But you could theoretically argue, “He’s got some of the greatest hands of all time, and he’s letting people know.” His work on the McDonald’s logo at PPG Paints Arena is very much the stuff of legend.
Crosby’s future looks like …
Yohe: It’s a tough one to answer because he’s so incredibly guarded in certain ways. But I would suggest he’ll always be involved in hockey, and presumably with the Penguins. He truly does love the game and, though he might take some time away from the game after he retires, I bet it won’t be for long. He comes from hardworking people, and he’s not the type to do nothing the rest of his life. My guess is he’ll play until he’s at least 40, maybe longer if his body allows. Then he’ll join the front office in some capacity, or perhaps ownership. He’s got the money to do it.
Gentille: I don’t think anyone knows, really — and that’s cool. The only guarantee, to me, is that whatever he does, he’s going to want to do. Maybe that’s playing until he’s 40, maybe not. Maybe it’s taking the Steve Yzerman route to the front office, maybe not. Maybe it’s spending a couple of post-career years hanging out in Southern California, maybe not. He’s in control, though. And I’m not sure he’s gotten enough credit for that so far.
Rossi: Here’s what I’ve never heard Crosby say, on or off the record: that he plans to play past his current contract. That being the highest-paid player is important. That he wants to play for another franchise. He has said he appreciates that people in Pittsburgh respect his privacy. He has said that he’d like for him, Malkin and Letang to finish what they started. He has said he doesn’t think about where he’ll finish on the all-time goals and points list. And I’ve never known him to lie, so taking Crosby at his word seems a safe bet. I’d like his future to include fatherhood because there’s a joy to him when he’s around teammates’ children that makes me wonder if what Sidney Patrick Crosby was put on this planet to do just about better than anybody else isn’t limited to playing hockey.
-Sidney Crosby through 1000 NHL games, 18 Feb 2021
OK... so. i was researching & scouring the internet about sc&mc, right. normal tuesday night. i find this guide book about schoolhouse rock (cool as fuck), it includes sc&mc, and the entirety of the sc&mc section can be seen in the preview pages on amazon!! it doesn’t give that much new information besides confirming the fact that squire rushnell commissioned the idea & it was based off the fact that kids were afraid of computers. it mainly provides song lyrics (which some are incorrect, by the way) but it includes some interesting things:
1: the book incorrectly states that the voice actor for scooter was jamie aff, who was the kid who sung the schoolhouse rock short about the nervous system, “telegraph line.” the actual voice actor for scooter was darrell stern.
2: the uncolored drawings seen on page 89, 90, 91, 93 and 94 are taken from the speak & learn book.
3, which is probably the most interesting one: the drawing on page 87 is actually from the episode, which isn’t strange until you realize that the master tape was lost by abc, so the tape must have been lost after this book came out in 1996, but before the 30th anniversary of schoolhouse rock in 2002. at first, i thought it might have been a drawing created by tom yohe specifically for the book, but no, it’s two different frames from the original episode put together.
Quarter of the way done! Number 25 - 28 in the 100 Art Style Self-Portrait Challenge are Popeye (Segar/Fleischer), Invader Zim (Jhonen Vasquez), Schoolhouse Rock! (Tom Yohe), and Pokemon (Ken Sugimori).
We Are Live. I'm grateful to be part of this issue. @better_than_starbucks Better Than Starbucks January 2020 Vol V No I The Interview January 2020 - Sarah Ruden by AM Juster Five Poems by Sarah Ruden Featured Poem (Editor’s Choice, Formal Poetry) Unbroken by Kathryn Jacobs Featured Poem (Publisher’s Choice, Free Verse) The Beggar by Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich Featured Poem (Publisher’s Choice, International Poetry) Rain by Adaobi Chilekezi Featured Poem (Editor’s Choice, Experimental Poetry) jp pantyhose pics by John Yohe Featured Poem (Editor’s Choice, Poetry Translations) The Beggar’s Song by Michael R. Burch Free Verse with Suzanne Robinson featuring J. Tarwood, Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich, Sheree La Puma, Jack Henry, Mary Ryan Wineberg, Alex LeGrys, Phil Rowan, Ashby McGowan, and Christian Long. Haiku with Kevin McLaughlin featuring Nishant Verma, Hifsa Ashraf, Pravat Kumar Padhy, Harris Coverley, Aliyah Janay, Barbara Shapiro, Richard Stevenson, Teresa McLamb Blackmon, Paweł Markiewicz, Joseph Davidson, Angela Davidson, and Ted Millar. Sonnet Contest 2019 Winners and Honorable Mentions: First Place: Tara Campbell Second Place: Sean Corbitt Third Place: Barbara Loots, and Lisa Barnett, Wendy Videlock, Frank Osen, Susan McLean, Tom Vaughan, Jeffrey Gordon, and Frank Mundo. Formal & Rhyming Poetry with Vera Ignatowitsch featuring Richard Wakefield, John Beaton, David W. Landrum, Tom Merrill, Donald Carlson, Conor Kelly, Arthur Powers, Jane Greer, Martin Elster, Barbara Loots, Richard Porter, and Jerome Betts. Free Verse with Vera Ignatowitsch featuring Doug Asper, AM Roselli, Susan Richardson, Diane Dickinson, Julia Cirignano, and Allison Maschhoff. Poetry Translations featuring Peter Moltoni translating Heinrich Heine, and Michael R. Burch translating Rainer Maria Rilke and Hafiz. International Poetry with Vera Ignatowitsch featuring Kushal Poddar, Ellen Chia, Lucia Daramus, Balakrishnan VS, and Partha Sarker. African Poetry with Vera Ignatowitsch featuring Aideloje Joshua, Obinna Chilekezi, Stephen Alayo, Nurudeen Ibrahim, Symon Maguru. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yjjIlB8BU/?igshid=1c3ree9826txg
What Does This Button Do?, by: Bruce Dickinson
Fire and Fury, by: Michael Wolff
The Great and Secret Show, by: Clive Barker
All the President’s Men, by: Carl Bernstein/Bob Woodward
In a Dark Dark Wood, by: Ruth Ware
The Colorado Kid, by: Stephen King
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by: Brian Selznick
The Sirens of Titan, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Almost Famous, by: Cameron Crowe
Sharp Objects, by: Gillian Flynn
Everville, by: Clive Barker
What Dreams May Come, by: Richard Matheson
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, by: Paul Kane
Columbine, by: Dave Cullen
Hellraiser – The Toll, by: Clive Barker/Mark Alan Miller
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost), by: Felicia Day
Hellbound Hearts, by: Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane
Gerald’s Game, by: Stephen King
Wild, by: Cheryl Strayed
The Scarlet Gospels, by: Clive Barker
A Clockwork Orange, by: Anthony Burgess
The Night Circus, by: Erin Morgenstern
Fevre Dream, by: George R.R. Martin
The Godfather, by: Mario Puzo
A Good Life, by: Ben Bradlee
The Handmaid’s Tale, by: Margaret Atwood
Girl Interrupted, by: Susanna Kaysen
Breaking Bad – The Official Book, by: David Thompson
Looking for Alaska, by: John Green
Strange Weather, by: Joe Hill
Robin, by: Dave Itzkoff
Writers Dreaming, by: Naomi Epel
The Lamb Was Sure to Go, by: Jackie Sonnenberg
Nightflyers, by: George R.R. Martin
Boredom Kills – A Serial Killer Love Story, by: Melissa Gibbo
The Outsider, by: Stephen King
Kitchen Confidential, by: Anthony Bourdain
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by: Neil Gaiman
Braveheart, by: Randall Wallace
This Star Won’t Go Out, by: Esther Grace Earl
20th Century Ghosts, by: Joe Hill
Purpose for the Pain, by: Renee Yohe
Still Here, by: Rowan Blanchard
Useless Magic, by: Florence Welch
The Dark Half, by: Stephen King
Orange is the New Black, by: Piper Kerman
The Trumpet of the Swan, by: E.B. White
The Books of Blood Vol 1-3, by: Clive Barker
Fear, by: Bob Woodword
The Haunting of Hill House, by: Shirley Jackson
Hocus Pocus & the all-new sequel, by: A. W. Jantha
Stargirl, by: Jerry Spinelli
Elevation, by: Stephen King
Love - Stargirl, by: Jerry Spinelli
Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald, by: J.K. Rowling
If You Feel Too Much, by: Jamie Tworkowski
Pillow Thoughts, by: Courtney Peppernell
Pillow Thoughts II, by: Courtney Peppernell
Seeds Planted in Concrete, by: Bianca Sparacino
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by: Stephen King
Short stories I’ve Read in 2018:
Lost Souls, by: Clive Barker
Report on the Barnhouse Effect, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Epicac, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Unready to Wear, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Harrison Bergeron, by: Kurt Vonnegut
2BRO2B, by: Kurt Vonnegut
Laurie, by: Stephen King
Blue Rose, by: Peter Straub
Reaper, by: Robert Bloch
The Transfer, by: Edward Bryant
Top ten favorite films:
10) Christopher Robin
09) Black Panther
08) Halloween
07) Eighth Grade
06) Ready Player One
05) Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
04) Annihilation
03) Avengers:Infinity War
02) The Post
01) A Star is Born
Honorable mentions:
Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hereditary
Disappointments:
A Wrinkle in Time, A Quiet Place, Skyscraper, Bohemian Rhapsody
Worst film of the year:
The Cloverfield Paradox
On my ‘to watch’ list:
How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Mary Shelley, Adrift, The Incredibles 2, Fahrenheit 11/9, The House with a Clock in its Walls, Bad Times at the El Royale, First Man, Suspiria, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Overlord, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mary Poppins Returns, Bird Box
Favorite shows:
05) Everything Sucks
04) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
03) Castle Rock
02) Sharp Objects
01) The Haunting of Hill House
Classic films I saw on the big screen:
Die Hard, Gone With the Wind, Schindler’s List
Concerts I’ve been to:
Sons of Apollo, Nightwish, Evanescence/Lindsey Stirling
Art F City: Introducing “Explain Me”, a Podcast with Paddy Johnson and William Powhida
Good evening! Hello! I started a podcast with artist William Powhida! You read that right. This right here is the inaugural episode of “Explain Me”, an art podcast that talks about the latest art news and exhibitions through the lens of politics, money and the moral of responsibility of artists. To do this, we bring together the point of view of an artist and a critic, a perspective you won’t get anywhere else.
In this first pod, we discuss Documenta’s massive overspending and near bankruptcy, the closure of Bruce High Quality Foundation University, and a new development along the 7 line describing itself as New York’s best installation. We also talk about a few shows we’ve seen recently in Chelsea, Kara Walker at Sikkema Jenkins, Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper, Tom Friedman at Lurhing Augustine, Franklin Evans at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, Maya Lin at Pace, Robert Motherwell at Paul Kasmin, and Celeste Dupuy Spencer at Marlborough Gallery. Expect honesty. Expect opinions. And expect freewheeling conversation fueled by camaraderie and a general disappointment with the ways are turning out for us all.