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I more prefer story telling hip hop such as biggie or slick Rick myself. My take away was is that serj from system of a down? Not a bad song but not necessarily my cup of tea. Props to him for using hither in a rap song - definitely not your average rapper lyrically (in a good way).

I love that out of 1.5 million only 800k will make it to the workers. Lawyers fees and admin costs are 700k, the people that deserve the money and are the reason for the suit in the first place 800k. At the risk of causing this to go to PPP, America is broken.

Wow I knew there were alot but didn't realize it was that many!!! The grandstand in general has been struggling this year as I mentioned earlier. Reba, Carly Rae Jepsen??? Both of them should have been in the Chevy Court! Very pissed. Which is going to drive sales in future years down. They were lazy and are going to pay for it this year and years going forward. Tickets are too much! The price differentiation is ridiculous as well. The expensive tickets aren't much better than the cheap seats. So once the cheap seats are gone people don't buy the expensive seats. Well they brought back the original bassist last night and Tommy Shaw was there rocking hard. I wouldn't call it expensive either as it was a free show but I did pay $6 to go to the fair and 4$ round trip for the bus so I guess it cost me $10 but was well worth it! It is an interesting question though as Lynyrd Skynard is set to play at the grandstand and tickets there run $25 to $45. Seeing as most of the originals aren't there are they really seeing Skynard? How many people from the original lineup need to be there for it to be considered the band? My answers are no they aren't and why I wouldn't pay for the tickets. Now if they played at Chevy Court, I wouldn't miss it! As for how many people need to still be there that is trickier. I think it depends on the role of the missing musician and why they are missing. I can think of many bands that replaced people and went on to more success (Van Halen, Metallica), or bands that lost members and conitnued to tour (Pink Floyd), that I would still pay to see. When it starts to be more and more replacements the price I am willing to pay goes down.

Ithaca Apricot Wheat is a really good beer as well. I don't judge before I try generally. Sam Adams has a Cherry beer that out of a bottle is really good but on tap is disgusting. However with fruit beers I can't drink many of them before I have to switch to regular beers, they are more for when I'm only going to have 1 or 2.

They really did put on an incredible show. I was most impressed by the energy they had. The people I went with were surprised that their catalogue contains so many familiar songs. Chevy court has done well the last few years bringing in groups that are quite the draw. The grandstand on the other hand can't get huge draw bands, charges an arm and a leg, and has a crappy venue to boot. I'm split on that song. It is a fun song but not a serious song by any stretch of imagination. If you want to really get a good laugh at their expense check out the video for "Too much time on my hands." It was a song I was sure my sister knew so I pulled up the youtube video. Between the pure 80sness of the video and their creepy faces it will at least make you chuckle. The song is awesome, the video leans more towards absurd.

I agree 100%. That is the reason I WANT to believe but after being a fan of this team for so long it is hard to sell it to myself. I've been able to remain even keeled all off season until the Redskins game reminded me that it is still the Bills. I don't expect them to be world beaters but I do expect them to try and compete!

Thanks for making me feel worse!

While I like the draft a lot there is one thing that makes me angrier than anything else this offseason. Currently the Bills sit at 23 million under the cap!!! You know who else is 20+ million under the cap? The Jags and Browns!!! Someone please give me a solid reason why I should feel that this isn't the Bills just stashing cap room. I would like to think (hope) that they are saving the money to extend players but I can't trust that based on how they operate. I'm normally a defender of this team to a fault but this situation bothers me immensely.

I'm not saying Rogers is a potential murderer by any stretch of the imagination. He is however a huge character risk. One who has the potentail to be arrested for something dumb which would be a black eye on an organization that is quickly running out of eyes to be blackened. That IMO may lead them to shy away from him.

I know... if he goes on to have even 1 succesful GAME somewhere we will have to hear all about how we should have kept him. Doesn't matter if it is 3 years from now.... If he comes in and does well THIS year however, those criticisms might be warranted. Maybe he will end up a Marshawn situation - getting kicked out of "the siberia of the nfl" Buffalo may awaken him to how much effort he needs to put in. Then again, maybe not.

I'd also add that it wouldn't surprise me if the Pats* shied away from character risk players after the offseason they just went through.

I think it is an indictment on him that he didn't make it to the final cutdown. Maybe they are pulling the super sneaky route to try and get him on the ps but I highly doubt it. He didn't get much playing time in any of the games. I heard an interesting snippet on hard knocks from Marvin Lewis talking about one of his players. He said something along the lines of players don't make the team in practices, they earn playing time in the preseason game, that is where they earn their roster spots. To me it made it almost a 3 stpe process - do well in practice, do well in game, make roster. Rogers failed step 1!

Got to see Styx at the Chevy Court last night and what a show they put on! It is nice to see a band not just touring for the money and putting their heart and soul into a show. The first cd I ever owned was Styx Edge of the Century and 10/11 year old me annoyed the hell out of my family playing Show Me the Way repeatedly. Needless to say I was excited to see them live. I brought my wife, sister, and friend and they spent all week giving me a hard time for wanting to see them and how excited I was, cracking jokes about how few people were going to be there, etc. until we got to Chevy Court that is... 10k plus were there to see them. They then proceeded to put on an excellent show. Which got me to thinking (and I'm sure this question will receive many smart ass comments) why don't Styx get more respect? If Journey can tour without their original lead singer and people still flock to see them why can't Styx? Tommy Shaw is an amazing guitarist who doesn't ever get mentioned as one. Lawrence Gowan more than adequately fills in on vocals and keyboard. They have an impressive catalogue inlcuding many hits and songs that should have been hits. So again I will ask - why doesn't Styx get more respect?

I want to see... Less penalties! No injuries!

First off that penalty and rule are absolute horse poop. Secondly, something that has always driven me crazy while at games is fans yelling, screaming, and cheering right until the ball is snapped and then dead silence. Why doesn't the crowd continue the noise through the play? It seems like the smart thing would be to continue yelling and screaming but that isn't what happens. Has anyone else noticed this? Can anyone explain to me why this happens?

Well they pulled it off. Ennis looks to be for real too. Hard to be too excited about this as it wasn't pretty but what the hell it is cuse bball!

This is clearly taunting as much as I HATE to defend the Pats*. He holds his jersey, won't let him go, and wags a finger in his face. Lord only knows what he was jawing about too. That said cry baby Brady looking over at the ref like "c'mon he can't do that! Makes me wonder how he gets any respect around the league. He looks like a huge baby!

That competition might be rigged I'll take the over! Somehow he/she/it has lasted 10 days aready!!!

Man tht homer off of the unhittable Eckersley!!! I hated the A's when I was a kid and loved that hr. What a magical moment!

2 questions: How many warning points do you have? How long does a clear troll get to be around before banishment?

I didn't intend my post to be disrespectful if it came off that way. Just stating that those threads were started after the Bills had already proven to be their same old mediocre selves. I don't need other threads or any for that matter. I'm sure people complained. Just like people complain when it's to sunny outside.

For Blues you have to check out Luther Allison. SPecifically his live in Chicago disc. Chicago Blues has always been my favorite though so it may not be your cup of tea. I don't mind Atreyu and loved Deftones. I still pull out an early album when I feel nostalgic. However 3 dollar bill y'all usually is my go to late 90s album. I haven't caught Amon Amarth yet so I'll give them a listen. Thanks!

2 answers for you. Mo is getting all of this love because of the absolute class act he is AND how dominant he has been and still is. The behind the scenes stuff is not publicized by him but by sports media. It shouldn't sour you on him. He is treating long term employess at parks to very special treatment because they have been good to him. He is just paying back and showing gratitude to the "little guys" that most players probably don't care at all about. For all of the hate the Yankees get it is hard to argue that he and Jeter have done everything "the right way." (yes I am a Yankee fan and Mo is my favorite player - lay of me ) Secondly, Ripken announced his retirement in June. This link shows you what teams did for him - including the Yankees. Lately it has been difficult to honor great players as most of them have the steroid cloud hanging over their head. Those that do it the right way (Ripken, Mo, and I'm sure Jeter when the time comes) are sent off the right way.... With the respect they deserve. edit: Ripken also won the all star mvp award his last year after announcing his retirement.

Both of those threads were from November. By which time the Bills were sporting a 3-5 record including losses by 20 to the Jets, 24 to the Pats*, and 42 to the 49ers!