SiFTcast in Print: Jersey North Shore
Brian Langille’s collection of hockey jerseys make more than just a fashion statement
When it comes to fashion, specifically guy fashion, there aren’t nearly as many questions to answer as there are for our female counterparts. There’s no, “Do these shoes go with this skirt?” There’s no “Does this hat go with these gloves?” And there’s definitely no “Do these pants make my as…” oh, never mind.
See, it’s not that guys don’t care about fashion and it’s not that guys don’t care about looking good. Clearly we do, it’s just that we take a different approach. Normally it’s, “Is this clean?”, “Where are we going again?”, or “Are the Leafs playing tonight?” You know, the basics. (After all, you wouldn’t want to wear a jersey of a team that isn’t playing, right?)
See, we mention jerseys because our resident jersey collector Brian seems to have the ability to polarize a crowd with his jersey choices. It’s kind of like if two women show up at the same event wearing the exact same dress; people stop and they notice and they talk. It happens…and it happens to Brian, too.
Brian’s gimmick is that he wears hockey jerseys…a lot. He wears them on his YouTube show, The Langille Show. In fact, it’s rare that you don’t see him in one on TLS. He also wears them to local events – it’s how most people recognize him for the most part. So his fashion question isn’t so much, “Does this jersey go with these jeans?”; it’s more like, “Do I wear the Calgary Flames Heritage Iginla jersey, or the Boston Bruins Tim Thomas Finals?”
This year, we saw firsthand how the wrong jersey choice can be disastrous. While covering the ECMAs for SiFTcast, Brian was complimented, photographed and even offered money for his Calgary Flames Heritage jersey. However, during the Cavendish Beach Music Festival, he was jeered, mocked and cursed at for wearing the exact same jersey. That’s not to say that he wasn’t complimented there either; it just goes to show how the perspective was completely different.
Earlier this month, while attending an IHW wrestling event in Moncton, New Brunswick, Brian was told that he wasn’t getting in wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey…over the loud speaker, no less. People seem to really go out of their way to either “yay” or “nay” a fashion choice.
So ladies, we feel for your dilemma. Really, we do. However, as guys, we also have a bit of advice: whatever you do, it’s in poor taste to wear white after Labour Day… unless it’s an away team jersey.
Brian Langille’s collection of hockey jerseys make more than just a fashion statement When it comes to fashion, specifically guy fashion, there aren’t nearly as many questions to answer as there are for our female counterparts. There’s no, “Do these shoes go with this skirt?” There’s no “Does this hat go with these gloves?” And [...]
SiFTcast in Print: Land of Confusion
During an episode of SiFTcast, it’s not uncommon to hear Brian Langille tell stories about his parents. These stories are both hilarious and entertaining. This particular story struck a chord with SiFTcast listeners and it bears repeating in print.
When I first moved to Prince Edward Island from Nova Scotia back in 1997, my parents had an impression of the Island that reflected what they saw on TV; you know, shows like “Anne of Green Gables” and “Road to Avonlea”. They saw the Island not as it “is”, but rather as it “was”…or at least as it was portrayed on TV.
When they would call to check in with me, they’d tell me how jealous they were of the Island’s laid-back lifestyle. They loved the fact that everyone knew each other and the people were so friendly – a stark contrast to that of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where every night the news would start off with a story on what gruesome crime had been committed that day.
So, when I explained that Island newscasts start off with stories about a potato field being too wet to harvest or a play-by-play of issues of the day from Province House, it really didn’t do much to change their point of view.
However, they always asked me the same question. “What about Anne?”
See, to my parents, Anne of Green Gables was THE celebrity of the Island. They didn’t care about athletes, politicians or comedians; to them, it was Anne or nothing. To me, Anne was a tourist attraction, but if they believed that strongly in the spirit of Anne, who was I to crush a 50-something’s dream?
During one particular visit to the Island, I figured I’d treat my parents to lunch. After all, I had a job, I had money – how great would it be for me, their oldest son, to take them out to lunch?
Where did we go, you ask? Did I take them to Cavendish? Did I take them to COWS?
No, I was a struggling call center worker at the time and wanted to avoid all of the touristy stuff, so…I took them to Wendy’s.
There we were, having a great (albeit value-priced) lunch when I noticed there was a children’s birthday party taking place. There were lots of kids, balloons and cake – they even had Wendy herself participating in the festivities.
My Mom looked over, saw Wendy and said to my Dad, “Isn’t that wonderful? They really celebrate the Island heritage over here. You can even have Anne come to your birthday party!”
I sat there, stunned. Really Mom? REALLY?
My Dad chimed in and said “You know Brian, you may laugh at our interest in Anne, but see, you’re the one who doesn’t seem to get it.”
I couldn’t hold it in any longer. “You know that’s not Anne, right? You guys DO realize you’re at Wendy’s, don’t you?”
My Mom, in all seriousness, said “Yes Brian, we know this is Wendy’s, but we think it’s great that the Island embraces Anne like this. You don’t see this in Nova Scotia”
I slowly took a sip of my pop, looked back at my Mom and said “Mom, that’s not Anne, it’s Wendy, we’re at Wendy’s. THAT’S WENDY!”
To which my Mom replied, “You know her?”
I just gave up at that point….
To my parents, it doesn’t matter if another red-haired girl with another name is the mascot of a completely different establishment. It doesn’t matter, because Anne is THE biggest celebrity of PEI.
As Kris says, that will do it for another article of SiFTcast. You can check us out at SiFTcast.com, send us an email at info@siftcast.com or follow us on Twitter: @SiFTcast . We’ll see you next month!
During an episode of SiFTcast, it’s not uncommon to hear Brian Langille tell stories about his parents. These stories are both hilarious and entertaining. This particular story struck a chord with SiFTcast listeners and it bears repeating in print. When I first moved to Prince Edward Island from Nova Scotia back in 1997, [...]
SiFTcast in Print: Quarter Back Issues?
NFL players learn about saving their pennies
By SiFTcast
2011 sure is a rough year to be a pro-football player.
On a recent episode of SiFTcast, we discussed how players are dealing with the 2011 NFL lockout by team owners. Not so much what they would do with all their new free time – no, it was how they planned on saving money now that their million dollar salaries have taken a time out.
The NFLPA (National Football League Players Association) has given players a sixty-four-page guide full of tips on how to watch their spending (i.e. how to live like everyone else in the country) in an effort to make things easier and more manageable during the lock out. Yes, we said sixty-four pages.
Now, most people would think that this would be common sense – if you don’t have any real income at the moment, the last thing you want to do is “make it rain” on a constant basis. But just in case this wasn’t 100% clear, thankfully, there’s a list of things to do and/or not to do.
So while SiFTcast have a hard time relating to what it’s like to bring in millions of dollars a year, we all can agree that these money saving tips all made sense, so we figured we’d share some of these tips with you so you could get a laugh out of them as well.
* Eat at home, don’t go out to restaurants
* Wash your clothes in cold water instead of hot
* Lower your thermostat to save on heating costs
* Hold off on buying any “motorized toys” and expensive jewelry
* Reduce the size of your entourage
* Say “No” or “Not right now” to people or family looking to borrow cash
Now, most of these are common practice 95% of the time for any and everyone living on a normal income. We were kind of shocked that these “money saving tips” had to be printed and handed out to the NFL when in most cases, with the state of the economy as it is, this all should have been happening already!
So what have we learned here?
1) Most football players had little concept of or no worries about “saving for a rainy day”.
2) Maybe we should have all looked into being football players!
As Kris says, that will do it for another article of SiFTcast. You can check us out at SiFTcast.com, send us an email at info@siftcast.com or follow us on Twitter: @SiFTcast . We’ll see you next month!
NFL players learn about saving their pennies By SiFTcast 2011 sure is a rough year to be a pro-football player. On a recent episode of SiFTcast, we discussed how players are dealing with the 2011 NFL lockout by team owners. Not so much what they would do with all their new free time – [...]
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