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For Openers
Song For Stanley
home studio just two days later. Scott contacted his
cousin, Carolyn Krieger-Cohen of West Bloomfield, •
who used her public relations firm to get the word out.
As quick as a Brett Hull hat trick, metro Detroit radio
ith the Detroit Red Wings well on their
stations started putting the song on the air.
way to the Stanley Cup finals, some of
"I got more than 100 e-mails asking for the song
their fans felt restless during the shoo-in
the first day," Scott said. "It was the No. 1-requested
May 31 game with the Colorado
song on 99.5 FM, and the Wings requested the song
Avalanche (Wings won, 7-0). They were still looking
to play on the plane" to North Carolina before their
for excitement.
second game against the Hurricanes.
"We had all heard song parodies and thought we
"Without Stanley" also has been played on radio sta-
could do better," said Bryan Scott, 24, of Birmingham,
tions 97.1 FM, 101.1 FM, WDFN Sports AM and
who was watchinab the game with his best friend and
1270 Sports Talk AM, among others. Scott and Gritt
roommate Mike Gritt, 23, and Bryan's brother Jason
have been interviewed on most of the stations as well as
Scott, 29, and his friend Howard Freeman, 29, who
featured on news programs on WXYZ-TV (Channel 7)
both live in Los Angeles.
and WJBK-TV FOX 2. Red Wings forward Sergei
"Eminem's new song, 'Without Me,' was huge, so I
Federov put the song on his Web site, and Scott and
Gritt have it on their own new Web site,
vvww.stickarms.com
While they have been creating their own music for
several years — ranging from hip-hop, rock-and-roll,
jazz and r&b — they say they weren't prepared for the
overwhelming response to their song.
The first public performance
of the song — and the band
"Without Stanley"
— was during a Red Wings
(excerpts)
party held June 10 at the
(Bryan Scott, Howard
Royal Oak Music Theatre.
Freeman,
Mike
Gritt
Reporter Kam Carman interviews Bryan Scott
The
event was sponsored by
and
Jason
Scott)
and Mike Gritt on Fox 2 NewS . kori. ing
radio station WRIF for Game
— A parody of Eminem's
4 of the Stanley Cup finals.
"Without Me" (M.
Stick Arms was one of three
figured, why not combine the
oth ers,' K. Bell, J. Bass, M. Mclaren, A.
bands performing their own
hottest team with the hottest
Dudley, T Horn)
odes to the Wings. Stick Arms
song?" Bryan Scott said.
We've waited this long were not complaining
was nosed out of winning in
By 6 the next morning,
ettZ were back we're on the ice and dominating,
an unscientific vote based on
these inspired Jewish guys
Wort. may think that you can stop our reign
shouts and applause.
had written a parody they
but the Red Mrigs hot streak is not yet fading,
As undaunted as the
called "Without Stanley." It
so the referee won't let us be calling penalties
Wings after their early losses,
refers to the Stanley Cup, the
so let me see well score shorthanded on a 5 on 3
Scott, Gritt and the rest of
trophy named for Lord
-
but it feels so empty without Stanley
Stick Arms plan to achieve
Stanley, which the top profes-
so get out your seat stand on your feet
their own "victory" some
sional hockey team gets to
get pumped you're gonna see another defeat
time soon. The young men
possess for the next year.
and get rowdy cuz were all about to party
are hoping to turn the popu-
The young men now
so let's start planning the parade,
larity of the song they wrote
looked to record and distrib-
thank you Scotty!!!
with their friends "just for
ute their song. Conveniently,
fun" into a jumpstart for
Scott and Gritt are band
Chorus:
their band.
mates in a new group, Stick
Now this looks like a job for Detroit everybody
Their challenge now will be
Arms. With Scott doing
just fillow Steve cuz we need another cup
to do it "Without Stanley." ❑
vocals and Gritt producing,
can't: you see cuz itfeeLs so empty without Stanley.
they cut the song in their
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Quotables
"No one in this game needed this more than I did,
because I was getting pretty down." •
— Los Angeles Dodgers' Shawn Green after becoming the
14th major leaguer ever to hit four home runs in a game.
The Jewish right fielder was batting .231 and in a one-for-
19 slump before the May 23 game.
"Eleanor and Saul Bluestone honor the memory of their
beloved son Bradley, of blessed memory, through their
dedication to Jewish education for all our children.
Their generosity is offered in a humble and selfless spir-
it, and they are role models for all of us in the Jewish
community."
— Rabbi Daniel Nevins of Ada Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills, referring to Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit's 2002 Dream Maker
Award winners.
"Imagine the feeling of accomplishment that our stu-
dents get when they are told that by the time they
graduate they will be empowered with the tools to 'ana-
lyze any biblical passage on their own and by the end
of the first year they begin to see that they actually do
have that kind of power over the text."
— Rabbi Lee Buckman,
head of school, at the Jewish Academy
of Metropolitan Detroit annual
reception in West Bloomfield