What's up with Beyond Bowie?

by EngineerScotty on May 12, 2009 2:40 PM PDT Comment 41 comments

BeyondBowie.com hasn't had an update in several days. Erik Barmack is no longer listed as one of the bloggers. And the site still seems to think the Houston/Portland series is going on--it lists the Rockets as leading 3-2, with Game Six forthcoming.

Anybody know?

I actually was enjoying some of the writing there--if the site is to be successful, it needs to find something to do that's different from other successful Blazer blogs (like this one), and do it well. I kinda thought that a Blazer Bill Simmons approach would work best, and in some ways that's what Max and Erik were delivering.

But there hasn't been much written there lately--either by the bloggers or in the comments. Even though the season is over, the draft is coming up. The fact that we don't care about the upcoming draft lottery is a reason to celebrate. And there's the Sergio intrigue, questions about other players such as Blake, Outlaw, and Frye--sufficient stuff to keep a blogger busy.

Might be Max is busy with the finishing touches of the film he's producing. I don't know how involved he is in the production, or if he's mainly in an investor/executive-producer role. But still--having more well-written blogs in the blazerblogosphere is a good thing.

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But will they get away from the event horizon in time?

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 12, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, wait, wait...

Why are they trying to get BACK to the Island?

by Twith on May 12, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ummmm

I think this is a star trek thread, dude.

Get Lost.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

funny stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LgdXVkXgM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eredszone%2Ecom%2Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D75545&feature=player_embedded

“if I wanted to watch a bunch of young kids running around I’d watch sports”

by two4larue on May 12, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see some stuff posted on the 8th

Nothing to post about during the off season I guess.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 12, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's what they get for using that stupid name...

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 12, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs

^ this

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 12, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You think Bowie sued them? A foot injury to a writer? Ignored by fans?

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 12, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup yup.

Don’t they live in New York and LA? The last time I read that site was the first day it appeared on this site.

I didn’t think they could keep up their blazer fandom from afar.

"It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays." - R. Pitino

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."- Jimmy V

Go Blazers!!

by DaNoose on May 13, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey now

Don’t hate on the far-away Blazer fans! We keep it real no matter where we’re living.

by kickbrass on May 13, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

w0rd

Keeping it real down here in LA is harder than keeping it real in Portland, yo. And both are fair ways to be a Blazers fan.

I rep my fandom every day, no matter where in the world I am.

BLAZER FANS WORLDWIDE.

Morty Pie McGillicuddy

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blazer fan in Reno...obviously--

I am still surrounded by Laker fans, however.

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will kill the face of anyone who questions my fandom.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Get off my lawn,

you Kobe-loving, Staples-squatting, Rodeo-driving, quiche-eating, second-quarter-arriving, third-quarter-leaving, waiting-tables-until-I’m-discovered bandwagon-jumping son of a Kemp.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My brobro used to live in Vegas

Moved away last year after graduating from UNLV. He sez everyone there is a Laker fan loser who knows nothing about basketball, or about their ‘favorite team’. They show all the Laker games on local TV.

He also says Vegas is incredibly racist, and that’s coming from a non-bleeding heart sensitive soul type. I think the link behind ignorant racists who don’t know pooh from shinola and Laker fandom is extraordinarily strong.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was funny

that in a town that’s filled with gangsters and low-lifes from top to bottom; and in a town that’s designed to turn you upside-down and shake the loose change out of your pockets before it drops you in the gutter in your underwear—-

the 2007 NBA All-Star game, and the tourists who came to town to watch basketball’s midseason showcase, scared the holy livin’ bejeezus out of the locals.

Now why do you suppose THAT was?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holding down the fort

here in Texas

Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash

by HurraKane212 on May 13, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa nelly...

sorry folks, didn’t mean to come off appearing to be hatin’ far away fans. Much respect to your fandom. I am a Lions fans no doubt, so I understand and applaud your loyalty and challenges.

I was just poking at these guys specifically because they are trying to sell us on their blog. I just didn’t think that they could keep up with Portland realistically with their LA/NY jobs and whatever might pull at them. Like national media trying to be as in touch with the Blazers as the local talent, I have my doubts.

"It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays." - R. Pitino

Go Blazers!!

by DaNoose on May 13, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's all good--

I don’t think anyone took it the wrong way….

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

their plan failed

they didn’t embrace the bedge so they were shut out

easy as that

blazersedge is on perm. g status

sophia

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare

Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow

by BlazerFan1 on May 12, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Their other plan failed

They wanted to court hardcore Blazer fans (almost all of us are) and named their site after a nasty little pain-point that has been freshly reopened in the media. It feels like a name that a national media org would pick, thinking Blazer fans would appreciate it.

I couldn’t add them to my RSS feed… purely due to the name. Sure it’s superficial, but hey, it’s my RSS aggregator. If that’s their idea of a witty site name, I wasn’t sure their writings were worth the time.

by Timmay! on May 12, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

True true

I’m a-watchin’ your game, drinkin’ a suds.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 12, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Its why I won't go there

I believe them when they say they are lifelong big Blazer fans, and that’s cool, but the name is TOTALLY what a person assigned to write about the Blazers would pick… like “hey guys, there’s stuff about the Blazers that is Beyond Bowie, did you know? Like, their full name is the TRAIL Blazers. And, like, other stuff too”.

Bowie is pretty much before my time. I didn’t feel that pain growing up and never really cared about him… beyond wanting to move past him and leave it in the past. It has zero relevance for today’s world.

It’s such a horrible name.

by Mortimer on May 12, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec

I didn’t get the name at first, David came to my mind first. I was listening to a podcast the other day and one dude said no one thought Portland made a back pick at the time. It’s loser fans from other teams that define the Blazers by that pick. The name implies to me that it’s a Blazers information page from folks that only know Portland because of that draft. Real fans identify with the team in so many more ways than that draft.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They're checking to see if they can change their website name to

Petro goes Batum

by two4larue on May 12, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

lol

"It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays." - R. Pitino

Go Blazers!!

by DaNoose on May 13, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Might as well name the site

couldofhadjordan.com

"Respect everyone, fear no one." -TP

by Arby on May 13, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

how about

jailblazersnomore.com?

by two4larue on May 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

rememberthatbeyondbowiewebsitemeneither.com

"There goes Brandon Roy... the best there ever was in this game"

by two buck chuck on May 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or really go back in time with

If only the Moses malone dynasty had taken place and management wasn’t a bunch of idiots.com

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on May 15, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs