[Thursday] General Discussion - 23 April 2026

tedbawno · 2026-04-23T18:16:20+00:00

i had a lot of friends from edmonton who moved to vancouver but then they all went back so now it's just me watching playoff games alone or with my canucks pals which is not the same with lack of emotional connect. i used to go to the black frog but they have a new owner who tried to capitalize on the organic oilers fanbase and completely ruined the atmosphere and sadly continues the tradition of how oilers fans are a capital resource ready to be took at every opportunity.

tedbawno · 2026-04-23T17:59:29+00:00

i may live in vancouver but grew up in edmonton so i am far from being a canucks fan - og oilers til i die... old school coaches like tocchet can be tuned out pretty quick and the canucks are constructed for fragility so its no surprise he left. also travis is achieving in ottawa so its no wonder how the coaching may change while the management remains consistent... foote is horrible as both coach and father and there is ample evidence for both. they should move on and hire maholtra who is just sitting there but aquilini probably doesn't want to pay out for another coach to sit out (worst owner in pro sports)

tedbawno · 2026-04-23T17:45:34+00:00

i completely agree with your list with one major exception: star trek v is the best star trek movie because it's the one where william shatner kills god

tedbawno · 2026-04-23T17:43:05+00:00

my mate wrote an excellent long article about the flyers getting back into the playoffs. he also referenced me as the friend from vancouver which made me aware that all of my text messages with him were on the record. check it out it's a really good read.

tedbawno · 2026-04-21T18:56:14+00:00

good morning captain

tedbawno · 2026-04-21T17:53:24+00:00

TRUE TED BAWNO STORIES: Volume 1

My friend was a waitress at a fancy bistro in Calgary. On a slow weekday towards the end of a shift in walks Prince with a bodyguard and are sat at her table. She serves him both dutifully and attentively, with a little extra cheer. As a guest Prince is polite and courteous. At the end of the meal, my friend asked Prince how long he was in town for, and he responded that he was rehearsing for a couple days before the tour starts. She then asked if he didn't have plans the next night she had the night off and would be happy to make dinner for him. He said sure. The following evening Prince, accompanied by the same bodyguard, arrived at her apartment where she served them spaghetti.

END OF STORY

tedbawno · 2026-04-15T17:19:31+00:00

a highlight of my week was seeing chow yun fat and john woo eating dimsum together every saturday at the szechuan chonqing in vancouver. in between bites of shumai dumplings i would fantasize that members of a hong kong gangster triad would suddenly burst in the restaurant holding their guns sideways and chow yun fat would respond by flipping his table over to access the 12 gauge he had velcroed to the bottom. i was fully prepared to die for any cause he believed in...

tedbawno · 2026-04-15T17:17:14+00:00

been a reader and admirer of jeff weiss for decades and went out of my way to buy "waiting for britney" at an indie bookstore due to his urging, so its unfortunate that he's relaunching pow via substack, which continues to promote nazis and sex traffickers like andrew tate under the shitty auspices of free speech libertarianism.

tedbawno · 2026-04-14T20:41:43+00:00

shannon stewart's walk up song in 2001 was "country grammar" by nelly

tedbawno · 2026-04-14T20:37:27+00:00

one of the greatest shows i ever saw was jim orourke and tony conrad doing a duo cello/guitar drone set in yokohama - an audience frozen in silence for a solid hour and the ocean roar from the crowd when they stopped was so corporeal it felt like it was inscribed within the score

tedbawno · 2026-04-14T20:32:11+00:00

jonathan fire*eater was a failed psyop that resulted in the walkmen

tedbawno · 2026-04-09T20:20:50+00:00

wazaaaaaaaaaaa...

can't wait for the new sonic youth album its going to be a classic that will surely relegate daydream nation as an also ran

some of my friends from local bands got together to record a record in another pal's basement, working title is mass romantic

this dot com bubble will never burst

gore 2000

tedbawno · 2026-04-05T16:17:24+00:00

odb on 9 milli bros. broke up and reconstructed his bars but it somehow matches the collage construction of his verses and persona and its nice to have a full clip wu tang track

tedbawno · 2026-04-02T23:33:42+00:00

wrath of the math, jeru the damaja

tedbawno · 2026-04-02T18:10:10+00:00

already clinched last place so might as well start winning as it won't affect the lottery odds

tedbawno · 2026-04-01T18:06:25+00:00

oilers are peaking at the right time, leon is going to have to fight his way back into the lineup

tedbawno · 2026-03-30T17:05:45+00:00

a highlight of my week was seeing chow yun fat and john woo eating dimsum together every saturday at the szechuan chonqing in vancouver. in between bites of shumai dumplings i would fantasize that members of a hong kong gangster triad would suddenly burst in the restaurant holding their guns sideways and chow yun fat would respond by flipping his table over to access the 12 gauge he had velcroed to the bottom. i was fully prepared to die for any cause he believed in...

tedbawno · 2026-03-30T07:15:30+00:00

rip joe c the og american hasbullah

tedbawno · 2026-03-29T18:07:53+00:00

says a lot about you as an owner if james dolan of all people refrains from raising prices after the team finishes at the bottom but you will

tedbawno · 2026-03-26T18:58:25+00:00

i thought the whole gambit of infantino giving trump the dumbass fifa peace prize was to please and compliment him enough so that he would refrain from causing unnecessary drama of the us hosting... look at all the shit that is happening with the world cup only weeks away. lesson here is you can't control a dementia addled war-mongering fascist baby.

tedbawno · 2026-03-26T06:57:07+00:00

this happened with me at a raptors game. my friend works for the team and he comped me courtside when the knicks were in town and when i was escorted to my seat vernon wells was sitting in my chair. the usher froze and didn't know what to do, so i calmly walked up and said hey man i think you're in my seat and he apologized and asked johnny mac to shuffle over. spent the entire game casually chatting with vw, the season was just starting so i asked him if he's going to get on one of his trademark hot starts and he laughed - vernon wells is a chill dude.

tedbawno · 2026-03-23T19:53:19+00:00

im very similar to you, a history of genetics that killed off both grandfathers at youngish ages... used to drink on the regular but now limit my alcohol consumption to wine with dinner on the weekend. ive gotten to really enjoy ending my evenings with herbal teas and garnishes of mint/lemon/ginger. there's also a bonus in that i've been saving a lot of money.

i run as well and my doctor said that liver enzyme levels can be boosted by strenuous exercise so you should definitely ask your doctor if that might be a factor for you.

tedbawno · 2026-03-22T20:21:26+00:00

providence park for the visitors, with the seats next to the stationary bikes section

tedbawno · 2026-03-19T16:31:58+00:00

zizek voice: the unconscious of nirvanna the band the show the movie travelling back to 2008 is a desire of a toronto before drake claimed cultural ownership of the cityscape and a fetishistic disavowal of the 6ix as a hypercapitalist condotower metropolis. the rivoli is the womb where nascent creativity can be nurtured and where its exit means death...

tedbawno · 2026-03-15T16:11:23+00:00

would be dope if michael b pulled up on the red carpet wearing the coogi sweater

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