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rd_books (edited )LinkI support the Colorado Rapids and Arsenal. The Rapids came first; I lived in Colorado and started to get into soccer in the early 2000s. It can be a tough slog as a Rapids fan but we’ll always...I support the Colorado Rapids and Arsenal. The Rapids came first; I lived in Colorado and started to get into soccer in the early 2000s. It can be a tough slog as a Rapids fan but we’ll always have 2010. Thanks, Kandji.
I became an Arsenal fan in 2008, partly because of their connections to the Rapids when Kroenke started to buy shares in Arsenal. As I recall, for a little while the Rapids used to fire off a cannon at Dick’s. I also loved Arsene Wenger’s philosophy and the way Arsenal played. Why I thought it was a good idea to support another Kroenke-owned team when he already owned almost every other team I support (Rapids, Nuggets, Avs), I don’t know. I live in the US so have spent way more time at pubs drinking on Saturday and Sunday mornings than I care to admit and I’ve made it to quite a few matches at the Emirates (I was there for that Wilshere goal against Norwich) and a few away matches.
Love the Arsenal women’s team too and I get to Meadow Park when I’m in London for a match. Can’t wait for the upcoming season with Viv, Beth, Leah, etc back and the addition of Russo and Lacasse. I’ve never really gotten into an NWSL team since there wasn’t one in Denver but I’ve lived in Houston for a bit and dabble with the Dash.
Really excited for Arsenal’s future and the cohesion that’s been built across the club and fan base in recent years. Wish I could say the same for the Rapids.
I haven’t seen it mentioned so I’ll throw Townes Van Zandt Live at the Old Quarter, Houston out there. Townes at his very best, I think. It’s an album that I can almost feel; the Houston heat, the quiet buzz of the audience at the Old Quarter. And Townes just feels so present on it, from the corny little stories and jokes he tells between songs to that simultaneously sincere yet distant delivery on songs like “If I Needed You.” I don’t know that I can fully articulate what makes me love the album but I’ve loved it since the first time I heard it; it’s music I can feel deep in my bones.
After I moved to Houston, I went to the spot where I believe the Old Quarter used to be. It was of course long gone, there was a law office there at that point, but I sat outside the law office in my car and listened to Live at the Old Quarter from start to finish.