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This article explains copyright law through every episode of The Office
The same guy also made a supercut of every cigarette smoked in Mad Men
And the trailer for Season 7. Which tells you absolutely nothing.
And the trailer for Season 7. Which tells you absolutely nothing.
Burn, Destroy, Wreck, Kill
Turns out the Sounders have too many fans. In 2009, their first year in the MLS, the Sound Wave - sponsored by the club — played in the middle of the ECS section. That was bad. The ECS wanted to sing chants that include lines like "We don't hear a fucking thing!" and "I'm always drinking!" The band played music that was more family friendly — still fun, like samba riffs and death metal and classic rock ... but nothing with the word "fuck" in it.
The band got pushed out. Now they set up on the direct opposite side of the field from the ECS, in what's called the "Hawks' Nest" — the eponymous fan section for the Seattle Seahawks, for whom the stadium was primarily built.
On top of that, lots of people in the ECS say the band tried to hijack their march to the match, the weekly parade from Occidental Square to CenturyLink an hour before kickoff. The band tried to get in front of the supporters. So the supporters let them march. Alone.
Now the band marches in the back.
The ECS won. But a lot of their members won't let it go.
"I fucking hate that band. I feel like that's pretty common," Josh Chambers says the morning of the opener, drinking a vodka and Red Bull at Fuel. "They try to ruin our march every fucking time .... They're still a fucking marching band playing terrible CeeLo Green songs."
I asked two friends named Roman and Zach what they thought of the Sound Wave. "Bullshit," they said together. Then Roman added, "I hope they die in a fire."
Turns out the Sounders have too many fans. In 2009, their first year in the MLS, the Sound Wave - sponsored by the club — played in the middle of the ECS section. That was bad. The ECS wanted to sing chants that include lines like "We don't hear a fucking thing!" and "I'm always drinking!" The band played music that was more family friendly — still fun, like samba riffs and death metal and classic rock ... but nothing with the word "fuck" in it.
The band got pushed out. Now they set up on the direct opposite side of the field from the ECS, in what's called the "Hawks' Nest" — the eponymous fan section for the Seattle Seahawks, for whom the stadium was primarily built.
On top of that, lots of people in the ECS say the band tried to hijack their march to the match, the weekly parade from Occidental Square to CenturyLink an hour before kickoff. The band tried to get in front of the supporters. So the supporters let them march. Alone.
Now the band marches in the back.
The ECS won. But a lot of their members won't let it go.
"I fucking hate that band. I feel like that's pretty common," Josh Chambers says the morning of the opener, drinking a vodka and Red Bull at Fuel. "They try to ruin our march every fucking time .... They're still a fucking marching band playing terrible CeeLo Green songs."
I asked two friends named Roman and Zach what they thought of the Sound Wave. "Bullshit," they said together. Then Roman added, "I hope they die in a fire."
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