Monday, February 07, 2005
I'm not the only one who was apathetic
I guess rioting and hooliganism can get dull after a few years of winning. There was lots of screaming on our block when the game ended, but nothing like when the Sox won, and not nearly as much as after last year's Super Bowl. No debris or newspaper boxes in the middle of the road or anything this morning. Pretty damn dull. We saw cops setting up blue barricades on Brighton Ave, in front of the Kells, two hours before the game even began, so they were prepared.
The complete lack of any post-game excitement didn't keep Fox 25 from running an hour and a half of post-game coverage before showing The Simpsons. They'd keep on showing aerial views of Kenmore Square (near Fenway, sports bar central), where there were a thousand cops in riot gear standing around with nothing to do. They recapped the commercials and the half-time show, ran interviews with what seemed like every god-damned player and coach, and spent five minutes visiting a family in Lynn or Revere or somewhere who host annual massive SuperBowl parties in their house. Finally, right before midnight, they started to show The Simpsons. And of course it kind of sucked. But lordy was I pissed, and I wrote Fox 25 a very strongly worded email to let them know it.
Speaking of the Kells, by the way, they used to have a really great, cheap Sunday brunch, where you could get a stack of pancakes, fruit, and bacon for like four bucks. Back in the fall they changed their menu, and now all they serve is low-carb Asian food. It's an Irish pub with art-deco interior, Asian health food, and regular electro / techno / house dance nights. It no longer has any logical reason to exist.
Collins, who watched the game at The Kells in Brighton, spoke for millions in Patriots Nation who were surprised by the drama of last night's game, if not the outcome. He also could have been speaking for Boston police, who turned out in force and presided over street celebrations that were nearly nonexistent, in contrast to last year's deadly riots. The crowds were miniscule, and there were just a handful of arrests
I guess rioting and hooliganism can get dull after a few years of winning. There was lots of screaming on our block when the game ended, but nothing like when the Sox won, and not nearly as much as after last year's Super Bowl. No debris or newspaper boxes in the middle of the road or anything this morning. Pretty damn dull. We saw cops setting up blue barricades on Brighton Ave, in front of the Kells, two hours before the game even began, so they were prepared.
The complete lack of any post-game excitement didn't keep Fox 25 from running an hour and a half of post-game coverage before showing The Simpsons. They'd keep on showing aerial views of Kenmore Square (near Fenway, sports bar central), where there were a thousand cops in riot gear standing around with nothing to do. They recapped the commercials and the half-time show, ran interviews with what seemed like every god-damned player and coach, and spent five minutes visiting a family in Lynn or Revere or somewhere who host annual massive SuperBowl parties in their house. Finally, right before midnight, they started to show The Simpsons. And of course it kind of sucked. But lordy was I pissed, and I wrote Fox 25 a very strongly worded email to let them know it.
Speaking of the Kells, by the way, they used to have a really great, cheap Sunday brunch, where you could get a stack of pancakes, fruit, and bacon for like four bucks. Back in the fall they changed their menu, and now all they serve is low-carb Asian food. It's an Irish pub with art-deco interior, Asian health food, and regular electro / techno / house dance nights. It no longer has any logical reason to exist.
