Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Featured Replies

He would have been 55 today.

He was hip. His death was tragic. 

Poetic, don't you think?

Don't tell me what the poets are doin. Sorry I missed this last week. Gord was a treasure.

  • 8 months later...
  • 1 year later...

It requires an Athletic subscription but you should already have one.  @Asithappens

https://theathletic.com/2542210/2021/04/28/joe-thornton-and-gord-downie-inside-a-friendship-that-changed-a-hockey-star-and-inspired-a-music-legend/

I miss Gord.

 

Thornton’s career is littered by the kind of no-look, behind-the-back passes few players in NHL history had the brains, or the audacity, to try. Thornton remains the active leader in NHL assists, and is seventh all time.

He got there by sticking to this credo: “Safe is dead.”

During one of their many hangs, Thornton casually dropped the phrase in conversation.

Downie stopped in his tracks.

“Wait, what?” he asked, stunned. “Safe is dead?”

Thornton began likening his approach to Downie’s intense and uninhibited onstage persona.

“It’s like you, Gord, when you’re up on stage; nothing you do is safe. Safe is dead, man,” he said.

Having never heard the phrase before, it stuck with Downie, both as a lyricist and a person.

Edited by Shoxthemonkey
targeting

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.