Filed under: hot, in praise of athletic beauty, starfucking | Tags: detroit red wings, henrik zetterberg, hockey, starfucking
Though I would be lying if I told you I had more than the most superficial interest in hockey, that’s not to say that I’m completely ignorant of its charms. It’s pretty much the only sport I like to watch in person, for one, and NHL games make a lot more sense to me now that half the games don’t end up with a tie. I still don’t understand why the season drags into June when it should be over by, I don’t know, early April, but really who am I to say.
Anyway, the Stanley Cup might be decided tomorrow. Detroit’s up 3-2 over Pittsburgh in the finals, and if the Red Wings win tomorrow they’ll keep the trophy for the second consecutive year.
One of Detroit’s superstar players–and the reason I’m writing this post–is Henrik Zetterberg, the Swedish left wing. Last year he won the Conn Smythe trophy, which goes to the most valuable player in the post-season, and this year he’s scored 24 points during the playoffs. More importantly, he’s a total hunk. After the jump, Exhibits A-I, showing why this man does things to me. He’s a little bit Jared Leto-y, as many have noted, but clean-shaven he also looks a lot like Bobby Briggs. Obviously I prefer him with his beard, though.
(nb: That’s his girlfriend, Emma Andersson, in the next picture. Holy botox!)
Filed under: design of a decade, music | Tags: design of a decade, stars, this charming man
6. Stars, This Charming Man
Canadian duo Stars won me over in February of 2001 with their languid cover of the Smiths’ classic This Charming Man; sadly, it’s also the only Stars song that’s ever really grabbed me. Actually, the whole reason I like it so much is that it borrows the classic opening guitar bit from the original but waits until the song’s halfway point to introduce it.
The song’s whispered vocals are performed by actor-musician Torquil Campbell, which surprises me because I had always assumed it was a woman singing. (Stars do have a female vocalist, though she didn’t enter the picture until late in the recording of the Nightsongs album, on which this appears. Evidence that it’s actually Campbell singing appears in this oddly-textured video of a 2008 live performance.) (more…)
