Fall 2002 Gong Show (part 1)
by the Webmaster

As a a public service, the staff here at the Page like to bring all fans of A-Town up to speed as to the dealings of the ASU Geto Boys and Girls. So far, the 2002-2003 academic year has been a fruitful one for the GBs, with almost perfect attendance by some of its members, the successful acquisition of jobs, and other notable achievements.

Vignette One - "No car? No problem!"
The University at Albany is in the tradition of giving off Jewish holidays to the entire student body. These holidays happen to fall early in the school year, so after the first full week of classes, students here have 4 day weekends the first two weekends of the year. Not bad a scenario, and it gets the year off on the right foot. It was on one of these said weekends, that the first notable achievement of the year occurred. It was a monday night, and a throng of prospective revelers assembled at the ASU Geto Boy Central Headquarters - 518 Hudson Street. As they sat in the air conditioned comfort of the stadium seating living room, plans were being hatched. Classes did not resume until 1pm the next day, so chances were good that something special was going to happen this evening. The usual progression of plans started - "Should we get an 18 pack?" to "How about a 30?" to "Fuck it, let's get a keg." Every one threw money into the Keg Kollection Fund (KKF) and things were moving swimmingly. It was then that the major problem was realized, there were no automobiles to transport said keg from Quail Street Market back to 518 Hudson. The ringleader of this rigamole (who shall remain nameless, but definitely not faceless - if you check out the pictures from that night) grabbed four people to "transport".

The ringleader walked into Quail Street Market and purchased the keg with no problems, as usual. He almost tripped up when the stand-up guys behind the counter asked him where his car was. He replied, "Errr, you can just leave it outside on the sidewalk." This was greeted with funny looks and a long stare, but it was made so. Once outside, the point man gave way to the four Keg Transportation Komrades (KTK) who carried the keg back to the house.

Let's inspect this fact. Quail Street Market is four city blocks from 518 Hudson. To carry a keg that distance is a feat bordering on superhuman. These gargantuans were performing this task under the most strenuous of circumstances; not only were they lugging an incredibly heavy metal object, but they were doing it down one of the most busy thoroughfares in all of Albany. Adding the potential of getting caught - there is no doubt that four people walking down the street with a keg would garner interest from A-Town's Finest - to the already arduous task of carrying the damn thing, and we have a special story.

This event was immortalized by a camera, so check back to clevercitizen.com for the images of this worthy event.

Vignette Two - "Rookie Gong Show"
As is the tradition with the Albany Hockey family, there is a party at the beginning of the year, thrown for the rookies and new members to the team. This fall was no different. On September 27, 2002, the 2002 Rookie Party went down at 518 Hudson. For only fifteen dollars charged to the returning players, a keg was purchased, along with bottles of various and sundry spirits. Since what transpired exactly is a secret, extreme details cannot be given, but various high points will be mentioned. For those of you who wish to learn more, please click on the link above for pictures.

-Rain and Kitty were the main entertainment for the night
-Mikey "The Brain" Rich and Kevin Matthews (former ASU players) were in attendance
-Rookie Matt received a trim to the hair of his butt crack with scissors
-The Dude performed as a lesbian
-Rookie Gomez received a mullet hair cut
-Rookie Schulman's eyebrows were shaved off by Charland and Twitch
-As The Dude stood outside, leaning against the house vomiting, Rookie Brad Frank leaned out a window next to him and vomited
-Rookie Suckup was in bad shape, but had the best night of his life
-All rookies received a permanent marker tie and the number and name of a player who had graduated before
-Beads were used
-Josh Charland was out of of control
-Rookie Dan was really out of control, and was the only obnoxious one in attendance
-Mike Crean was not in attendance
-Rookies were spanked

Those are the high points of the night. For those of you who saw these rookies out later that night at Pauly's were in for a treat. Rookies who make it to the bar after the shenanigans at the party are a fiendish bunch, and these are the ones that did it. They deserve much congratulations and propage:
-Rookie Zecca
-Rookie Schulman
-Rookie Matt (with butt crack trim)
-Rookie Bartone
*There may have been others, but the author can't remember*

All in all, this year promises to be a decent one.