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Tuesday, April 27
Hey Nerds!
We have a new RSS feed, if you're into that sort of thing. Some nerd told me if you click on that link, you can subscribe to our website in your browser or favorite news reader and keep up to date with the latest
Now if you nerds will excuse me, I have to get back to my Batman: The Brave and The Bold marathon.
Tuesday, March 9
Charles Garcia heading to the NBA
Seattle U forward Charles Garcia has announced his will skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft this spring, leaving Seattle with even less reason to watch basketball at the Key. Sigh. . .
Wednesday, March 3
Follow the Wheedle on Twitter!
And while you're at it, be sure to follow Supersonicsoul on Twitter as well. Because we hear that's what the kids do nowadays! Now if you'll excuse me, my Metamucil is getting cold.
Monday, March 1
Bring Back the Sonics night at the Key
It's "Bring Back the Sonics" night at Key Arena tomorrow night. Bonus: there's also a basketball game!
Sunday, February 28
Hockey Schmocky
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| After winning the gold in hockey, the Canadian fans go wild. |
Congrats to our neighbors to the north, as Canada beat the U.S.A. for the gold medal in hockey today. Somewhere in Vancouver, Supersonicsoul writer Pete Nussbaum is overcome with indifference.
Thursday, February 25
Supersonicsoul Hall of Fame
Ladies and gentlemen, we present the Supersonicsoul Hall of Fame:
(Artwork by Rafael Calonzo, Jr. / Words by Peter Nussbaum)
Jack Sikma
Lenny Wilkens
Gary Payton
Shawn Kemp
Blackburn / Calaboro
Xavier McDaniel
George Karl
Dennis Johnson
Spencer Haywood
Nate McMillan
Gus Williams
Tuesday, February 23
Happy Birthday, Chunkstyle!
Happy birthday to Supersonicsoul co-founder and co-creator of "Danny Fortson: Cyborg Smasher" Rafael Calonzo, Jr. (aka Chunkstyle).
BONUS: For the first time, the entire "Danny Fortson: Cyborg Smasher" mini-series is available in one place online. Read the entire epic here!
Monday, February 22
Saddest Ebay listing ever?
From Supersonicsoul reader Todd Frank:
Now for auction on Ebay:
"BLANK Seattle Sonics throwback NBA jersey Durant Zombie"
Don't miss out on this great auction for the incredibly rare blank Seattle Sonics uniform, with the alternative road jersey in deep red, green shorts with Sonics logo, and authentic sewed-on NBA logo on both. This is an awesome NBA throwback jersey and shorts set made by Champion that you could easily customize! Get some one to stitch on DURANT and 35 and you'll have quite the collector's item. Or put KEMP and a "40" to symbolize his number of children. Or put a Starbucks logo on it or perhaps use it to hang Clay Bennett in effigy. Put a 0 on it with ZOMBIES across the front. I don't care what you do with it. Sadly, there wasn't even a "Seattle Sonics" in the eBay drop-down box for NBA apparel.Make your bid here!
Wednesday, February 10
Vote for Kemp!
The folks at ESPN are voting on the best "in-your-face" dunk of all-time, and of course, Shawn Kemp's infamous "Lister Blister" (see above) is one of the nominees. So go vote already!
UPDATE: Kemp is in the semi-finals . . . but is losing to Pippen (oh the irony!). So go vote NOW!
Tuesday, February 2
Tender Juicy Fans Rejoice!
Supersonicsoul's new favorite basketball team, the Tender Juicy Giants, now have their own official Facebook page. Sign up to become a fan of the squad that Alton Lister calls "the deepest team in the league". Plus, they're named after processed meat!
Monday, January 25
1979: Good year for Sonics, bad year for robot-related deaths
For most of us here at Supersonicsoul, 1979 will always be remembered for one thing: the year the greatest basketball team of all-time won Seattle's first championship.
For those with robot-phobia, however, this date back in 1979 marks a far different kind of anniversary:
January 25, 1979: A 25-year-old Ford Motor assembly line worker is killed on the job in a Flint, Michigan, casting plant. It’s the first recorded human death by robot.So the next time you're watching those '79 highlight reels, be sure to raise a glass to the first victim of the Robot Apocalypse.Robert Williams’ death came on the 58th anniversary of the premiere of Karel Capek’s play about Rossum’s Universal Robots. R.U.R gave the world the first use of the word robot to describe an artificial person. Capek invented the term, basing it on the Czech word for “forced labor.” (Robot entered the English language in 1923.)
Williams died instantly in 1979 when the robot’s arm slammed him as he was gathering parts in a storage facility, where the robot also retrieved parts. Williams’ family was later awarded $10 million in damages. The jury agreed the robot struck him in the head because of a lack of safety measures, including one that would sound an alarm if the robot was near.
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