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Cheap Seats Daily: Still More from Chris Cooley™?
Dan Snyder is still getting crushed because of the Paul McCartney debacle.
Traffic to and parking at his stadium were hideouser than usual. For some reason, the official FedExField web site is still pumping up the public transportation option as a way to arrive, and indicates that shuttles would be running from closest Metro stops to the stadium "every 15 minutes."
Alas: Snyder stopped the shuttle service for his stadium events a year ago. So anybody who believed what they read on the FedExField site got stranded.
Those who made it to the show found that bathrooms were shut down, since plumbing to big chunks of the stadium went out in the early evening.
But food vendors continued selling food even though the ability to keep things clean largely went away when running water disappeared. Ewwwww!
Just another day at the office for Snyder.
The comments section for the Washington Post's story about the debacle makes for some fabulous reading. A couple tidbits:
thefrontpage1 wrote: Why on earth does everything having to do with Dan Snyder and FedEx Field end up being over-priced, under-organized, a pain in the neck to people, handled poorly, organized poorly, managed poorly, and a rip-off for consumers? Why does everything associated with Dan Snyder work out so poorly? It's a viable question.
jbtjbtjbt wrote: Our pal at the Redskins office apologized "for the inconvenience". That's nice. How about refunding some of those "convenience" and "facilities" fees?? Welcome to your nation's capital. Toilets were backed up BEFORE the concert.
And, rletra wrote: As I waited for my wife to come out of one of the few working bathrooms, I mentioned to a Redskins' sales guy that in the men's room the toilet flushed but the sinks were dry. He said, "No big deal, guys don't wash their hands anyway."
Yuckety yuck yuck!
Snyder should just sign Michael Vick now.
AFTER THE JUMP: Chris Cooley's new app? DC United has a Real foe? Rabbit ears will get you the United/Real game? Would we stoop so low as to use Pablo Dean's free throw championship to hype the Eddie Dean/Tim McGraw Feud? The Nationals won? It's still baseball season?
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Cheap Seats Daily: La Canfora Replacement from RavensLand? Mike ‘Biggest Loser’ Williams Not Big Enough for Madden? Brunell’s Band to Play Six Flags?
The typists' gathering spot sportsjournalists.com has been rumoring that the Washington Post will hire a former Baltimore Sun columnist, Rick Maese, to replace Vinny Cerrato nemesis Jason La Canfora on the Redskins beat.
As predicted in this space, the beat wasn't big enough for the Skins' GM/racquetball partner/DJ and the Post's writer/blogger/agitator.
La Canfora left the paper to work the NFL Network.
Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, and the Boss?
Bruce Hendricks, director of 2008's Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour and present bomb Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, told MTV that he'd love his next 3D concert film to feature...Bruce Springsteen.
Considering Springsteen's knee-slidin', shtick-filled Super Bowl performance, perhaps the idea isn't so far-fetched. Hendricks has yet to pitch the Boss.
Kiss My Wax
Evangelical hottie alert! Today, Chinatown's Madame Tussauds wax museum welcomes three new carved celebs: Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas, those wholesome little handsomes better known as "The Jonas Brothers." Between 1:30 and 2:30 today, the real brothers Jonas will be on hand at the museum's 1025 F Street location to hang with the wax versions of themselves. But before you fake your way out of school, be advised---only the first 50 visitors waiting in line today will get in to see the curly-haired cuties. And according to Tussauds PR, real Jonas fans have been waiting in line for, like, ever.
Still, there might be a benefit to waiting for the real bros to exit the building. According to (sigh) "Rachel's Washington, DC Blog" on About.com, visitors to the wax likenesses "will be able to pick up a Gibson guitar or sit behind a set of drums and jam with the Jonas Brothers ... they will also be able to take photos with, hug and even kiss the figures." Kissing on the real Kevin, Joe, and Nick---all of whom wear purity rings on their left hands to show their commitment to stay chaste until marriage---might be more difficult.
Srsly! His Name Is Freedom!
The Post's J. Freedom du Lac wrote about the Jonas Brothers yesterday and called Kevin Jonas "the other one." He (or, more accurately, his e-mail inbox) was then set upon by furious Jonas fans, who have told him in no uncertain terms to stop being so old and bald and mean.
Today, Style fronted a piece about the fans' reaction, reprinting several letters. This has allowed several bloggers, including this one, to get posts out of the whole sitch.
Via instant message, du Lac (a friend, FWIW) says he's gotten "about 50" e-mails from furious Jonasites, "not really a huge number, but ... enough!" And as to jokes about his byline---Gawker's Richard Lawson said "(srsly?)" after citing him---du Lac says, "Glad the writer noticed my name. I'd hate to be 'the other one' of the Style staff."






