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  1. New one just released. Okay, now they're just screwing with us... Of course, referencing the "Night Owls" finalist. Cheesy. Bet the next one says "Our new name really takes the cake!" (Baby Cakes) On this teaser, I think we are seeing a stylized fleur-de-lis in the back ground.
  2. More on the Brandiose front; the New Orleans Zephyrs organization has put out a teaser ad stating that the new name/logo is to be announced November 15th. Previously it was announced (not widely) that of the 7 listed this summer, it was down to 3 finalists: Baby Cakes, Po' Boys and Night Owls. The following graphic teaser, I think, may be not just hinting at the new name but giving it away: The use of 'BOYS (with the obvious apostrophe) pushes the idea that it will be Po' Boys. But what about the slight color differences in the background? Not sure what the darker shape is on the left-- it appears to be a close-up of a logo element-- but the lighter shape in the upper right appears to be the bottom of the Zephyrs' traditional 'Z". This could mean a couple of things. One (and I can only hope) this whole thing is a red herring, and they will come out and say "We listened to the fans, and we are sticking with Zephyrs, with new colors (a dark teal combining the historical Zephyrs colors of blue and green), new logo, fonts (like the one used above) and maybe even some better connections to the old roller coaster at Pontchartrain Beach." But part of me can just see their babbling narrative now: "As an homage to the Zephyrs history and their iconic use of "Z" not only for the last 23 years in New Orleans, but also before that in Denver, we have decided to honor and include that iconic letter by naming the team the "PO'BOYZ"
  3. Ad, old buddy, old pal, I assume/hope you're being sarcastic, as i expect you would . That's NOT a sailboat-- (and just for reference, the "poles" or what someone may confuse as "masts" fold out for use in trawling with nets):
  4. Jeez, in looking at that strip in detail I'm shaking my head again. One of the "finalists" (which I thought would have been great, and much better than "Shuckers"), was "Biloxi Schooners". Like Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers and Florida Panthers, it not just a placename-mascot name combo, but also refers to an actual thing in toto, a specific type of historical sailing boat design that is not in common use anymore (although the city has built two used for charters and historical purposes). To whit, this: And here I see Brandiose with a photo and cartoon drawing of a modern motorized "Biloxi Lugger" used in shrimping: I sure as heck hope they weren't planning on using THAT as the possible "Biloxi Schooner" logo. Though with the made-up BS names for New Orleans that no one here uses ("Baby Cakes" for King Cake babies, "Red Eyes" for crawfish), and the fact that the Shuckers' "oyster" shell looks more like a symmetrical clam shell, I wouldn't have put it past them.
  5. One of my thoughts on conference expansion is that the BEST conferences are contiguous (at least on the basis of state presence) while the worst are disjointed and spread all over the place. Nothing scientific, it just seems and looks right. Some positive examples: Big 10: SEC: The Big XII (and both of its predecessors, the Big 8 and Southwest Conference) used to be that way, but now they are not: The AAC has to be the worst: Strangely enough, Conference USA -- which started off as a loose amalgam of teams all over the place -- has now become a contiguous one: : Damn Maryland for leaving the ACC and giving them that narrow gap between Virginia and Pennsylvania:
  6. I'm so old, I can actually say I saw Wichita State's football team before they dropped the program (in 1984, vs. LSU)
  7. You know what, I'm getting REALLY ticked off about this now. Especially after today's article in the New Orleans Advocate The big and small of it is that we are ALL getting played. The so-called "contest" is and has been a farce. The average Joe's submission didn't mean squat, and this online vote doesn't mean squat (just as it was with the selection of the Biloxi Shuckers): Officials said they expect to unveil the new nickname after the season ends. Klein said it’s a long process even after the fan vote. “The fan vote is an important factor, but it’s not the only factor,” he said. These out-of-town know-it-all cutesy-mongers from San Diego are making up stuff themselves. There is NO WAY anyone with a connection to New Orleans would EVER come up with the name "Baby Cakes" related to king cake babies, or "Red Eyes" related to crawfish, or even "Tailgators". Listen to their process: Brandiose owners Jason Klein and Casey White visited New Orleans on May 10-11. They met with Zephyrs officials and toured the New Orleans area speaking with season ticket-holders, corporate and community leaders, then local historians. Klein and White then came up with the nicknames from those submitted. Baby Cakes was derived from a combination of king cakes, which as we know contain a plastic baby, and area people referring to each other as “baby,” which Klein and White noted during their tour. “They counted the times people would say, ‘It’s OK, baby,’ or ‘That’s right, baby,’” Rojas said. “So that was from a cultural aspect.” REALLY? So now we have Brandiose coming in FOR TWO DAYS (and I'm being generous; I wouldn't be surprised if those days included flight time here and back) and interpreting OUR culture for our AAA team nickname. A one-year job for them; several years of stupidity foisted on us. The current name has far more LOCAL history, culture and attachment to locals than their three made-up names (Red Eyes, Baby Cakes, Tailgators) and is also a much better name than the remaining four finalists.
  8. All seven of these are TERRRRIBBBLLLLE! Let's go through each of them: New Orleans Baby Cakes: A tribute to the Mardi Gras king cakes where small plastic babies are sought after, the Baby Cakes celebrates a unique Louisiana tradition. "Baby Cakes?" This is just STUPID and shows that whoever is running this renaming effort has NO CLUE about New Orleans. The term is "King Cake Babies" not "Baby Cakes". And they are not "sought after"; you don't want to get the baby in your piece of cake; that means you have to buy the next cake at your office or for your classroom.... "Baby Cakes" is a freakin' term of endearment, fer cryin' out loud, not a baseball team name. Even if it were "King Cake Babies"; yeah let's name the team after a cheap plastic thing that's like a booby prize... New Orleans Crawfish: Pays tribute to those lovable and tasty critters we hold festivals for, and who call New Orleans home. Knew this one would be in there. When did it become popular to name a team after something harmless that you EAT as opposed to something intimidating that may eat YOU (Tigers, for example)? New Orleans King Cakes: The King Cake tradition bring families and community members together to celebrate the joyous season of Mardi Gras, just like Minor League Baseball draws families together. Again with the food? And it's a seasonal thing, to boot-- with that season being NOWHERE near baseball season. New Orleans Night Owls: Both a play on words and an alliteration, Night Owls celebrates the New Orleans nightlife and a night out at the ballpark. No it's not really a play on words; only a few types of owls are diurnal, and nearly all owls are nocturnal and thus automatically "night owls". So you are naming a team after bar-hoppers and people who stay out late. Fantastic. Can't wait to see Brandiose or whoever make a drawing of a drunken owl holding a beer bottle, go-cup or Styrofoam daiquiri cup. New Orleans Po’boys: A tribute to the culinary capital of the Gulf Cost, this fun name falls in line with other wacky names Minor League Baseball is known for. Again with the food... Oh yeah, let's have a "wacky, fun" team name. Not to mention there's even a discussion among locals as to whether the sandwich even should be called "Po' Boy" or "Poor Boy". New Orleans Red Eyes: New Orleans Red Eyes honors Louisiana’s crawfish festivals, and the bright red crawfish New Orleans love. Still, no clue. How in the hell does "Red Eyes" honor crawfish festivals and crawfish, when NO ONE EVER has called crawfish "red eyes"? THEY DON"T EVEN HAVE RED EYES!! Just beady black ones. New Orleans Tailgators: Alligators are synonymous with Louisiana, and tailgating is synonymous with baseball. What a forced contrivance. While gators are common here, tailgating is not "synonymous with baseball", and certainly not around here. It's more like, 'park the car and get inside in the concourse under the shade and ceiling fans, to alleviate the 95 degree heat and humidity-- at sunset'.
  9. Cool idea/gimmick. I sure hope for that night they switch to the iconic Green and Yellow (maybe with a touch of red) color scheme of Nathan's.
  10. It wasn't a record for Mumford and Sons, it was a Zephyr Field stadium attendance record. Also, Ad, although Metairie (actual site of Zephyr Field) is a suburb of New Orleans, and thus has backyard crawfish boils, drive-thru daiquiri stands, parades for any and all reasons, and lots of great little food joints, it is still a suburb filled with suburbanites and their middle-class America pop culture tastes (although they definitely like jazz, zydeco, funk, and R&B more than your usual American suburbanite). Me? I didn't go near that place that evening...
  11. Re: The Zephyrs name change, here is a local's point of view.... This is a bunch of stupidity, BS, and to be blunt, a cash grab by new owners. As they put it in their announcement, "After nearly a quarter of a century".. with more than a generation growing up with the name and older locals clearly used to it... why change now? Not true. If you are New Orleanian, it fit quite well, and the whole deal about "a name that finally reflects the city it represents, as the "Zephyrs" name carried over with the franchise when it arrived from Denver in 1993" is BS. Anyone who was around back in 1993 when the team was moved from Denver remembers that this was discussed back then, and the fact that we had a beloved and iconic roller coaster with the same name made the "Zephyrs" name fit perfectly. Not without imitators, either-- the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn name adopted that name (in honor of the roller coaster nearby at Coney Island) in 2001. Frankly, the whole image/ mascot thing took a wrong turn with the addition of the Boudreaux/nutria thing back when they moved into the new stadium. For awhile there, Boudreaux was even in the actual logo, taking a bite out of the wordmark.... In the early days they had a mustachoied big-head mascot called "Zydeco Zeke" which was much better. Then, the new owners have the gall to say, "It will also serve as a continuation of the momentum the franchise has built in recent months, including a record-setting attendance for the Mumford & Sons concert. How does a concert crowd at the stadium have anything to do with the franchise's momentum? Did the Saints experience momentum after the Rolling Stones' largest indoor concert in the Superdome back in 1981? The name-the-team campaign is supposed to run for not even two weeks-- from April 25th to May 6? Sounds like a set-up, and a new name is already lined up... And they've got the Brandiose firm working on it, so you can expect something stupid and cutesy like the Biloxi Shuckers, Montgomery Biscuits, Lansing Lugnuts, or Omaha Storm Chasers... Take an inanimate object or concept and anthropomorphize it by putting eyes on it... I can see it now, freakin' beignets with eyes on them: And again, those in charge have even admitted it's essentially a quick cash grab, with money to be made off the sale of new merch. From an Article in The New Orleans Advocate: “It’s nothing new to baseball,” said Pete Barrouquere, who covered the team as a sportswriter and now is a fan who will be on the panel. “It’s a merchandizing thing, probably." (owner) "Schwechheimer said the sale of new team apparel will bring a much-needed infusion of cash."
  12. True, but it looks those homes are zero-lot line (i.e. no side yard), so if you slipped down that gabled roof, you wouldn't fall off the roof, just stop where the peaked roof adjoins the adjacent flat roof.
  13. Actually, Carroll Rosenbloom died while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean surf outside his beach house at Golden Beach, Florida. And despite the rumors of foul play, there was a witness to his death, a French-Canadian tourist named Raymond Tanguey, who saw Rosenbloom 150 yards out to sea screaming for help and tried to save him, but by the time he got to Rosenbloom he had been face-down in the water for about 5 minutes. The Golden Beach police department had been called and arrived while Tanguey and Rosenbloom were still far out in the water. By the time the police were able to get Tanguey and Rosenbloom's body back to shore, they were about 150 yards north along the beach due to the heavy seas and cross-current. Also according to his son, Steve, "Carroll was never a good swimmer." (The League, p. 372-375).
  14. Yeah, I did leave that out, but since you brought it up, I will expand (not speculate) upon it. After Jacksonville made the first cut, the Jacksonville City Council refused to agree to Weaver's demand that the City (not the team) finance any cost overruns on a major stadium renovation. Weaver bowed out in July 1993, but the City continued their bid. In late August, Jacksonville's city council caved. It agreed to pay up to $121 million for stadium renovation and practice fields, plus more for concession workers and ticket takers. Even then, Weaver announced he wouldn't go back to making a bid until local businesses bought 10,000 season tickets at $1,500 apiece. They did, and so he came back on as potential owner. You don't think the NFL owners and Paul Tagliabue didn't notice and appreciate that kind of bargaining with the local government? Many articles back in the day (they are on the net; you can look them up) said that the NFL and Tagliabue "prodded" him to rejoin as potential owner. The book "Glory for Sale: Fans Dollars and the New NFL" provides a great deal of behind-the-scenes insight on the expansion process and Weaver/Jacksonville's eventual selection for the last NFL slot. One line was telling: "Afterwards, owners cited several factors for their votes. The potential of the Jacksonville market was appealing, they said, but so, too, was franchise owner Wayne Weaver. Weaver was viewed as a strong addition to the league and a future leader." (p. 194) ... I also had a whole file of articles and clippings on the 1993 expansion which I lost in Katrina. I can't find confirmation online, but I swear I remember reading that at one point NFL officials tried to get him to go as owner of St. Louis or Baltimore; they wanted him that bad.
  15. The three that were not directly related to "steals" of founding AFL franchises: New Orleans (1966), Tampa Bay and Seattle (1974). My back-up in that regard comes from two main sources: the excellent book "The League: The Rise and Decline of the NFL" by David Harris (which is highly referenced) and "The Saga of the Saints", a great history of the franchise put out during the Saints 25th season. I tried to scan and OCR some text from The League, but for some reason it is not working, so I'll have to quote and summarize. The 1960 Minnesota and Dallas expansion were special situations, as they were tied into the formation of the AFL. Essentially, the NFL's plan was to steal two of the founding franchises of the AFL, which as initial franchises of a start-up league already had franchise ownership in place. They were successful in that regard with the Vikings and their owner Max Winter. Similarly, the NFL Dallas franchise was offered to Lamar Hunt who was founding the whole AFL as well as owning the Dallas franchise but Hunt didn't want to turn his back on the other AFL owners once he put the league together. (see The League, p. 104). Clint Murchison was selected as a back-up when Hunt said no; Oakland was picked to replace Minnesota in the AFL, and the rest is history. The 1965 expansion to Atlanta is similar. The AFL had awarded an expansion franchise to Atlanta with Rankin Smith as owner on June 7, 1965, contingent upon a deal being worked out for the use of Atlanta-Fulton County stadium. Within the month, Peter Rozelle came in and told Smith and city officials that they could have an NFL franchise instead if they wanted it, so both Smith and the city agreed to go with the NFL and on June 30, 1965, the City was awarded the NFL franchise. The City of New Orleans was awarded a franchise on (appropriately) Nov. 1st, 1966 - All Saints Day. No owner was announced at the time, and local papers began discussing potential owners: According to Rozelle, there were as many as "six local groups and individuals had expressed interest". With some input from David Dixon, who spearheaded the expansion effort, John Mecom, Jr. was announced as the owner of the franchise on December 15, 1966, six weeks after the franchise had been awarded to the city. The Dolphins and Bengals expansions were of the AFL, not the NFL (though the Bengals expansion did take place after the merger agreement, but before the actual merger was finalized). Finally, let's get to the expansion of 1974. This expansion occurred after a League study on potential expansion sites was completed in 1973, and a list of five finalists - Seattle, Phoenix, Tampa, Memphis and Honolulu - was presented in February 1974 at the league's winter meetings. In April 1974, the league resolved to expand to Tampa with the following verbatim language: "RESOLVED, that the National Football League grant an expansion franchise to the City of Tampa to begin play in the 1976 season and that the NFL expand by at least on more city before the end of 1974. The price for the franchise is to be sixteen million dollars to be fully paid no later than the spring of 1976. The Expansion Committee is authorized to research potential ownership for the Tampa franchise and to make recommendations to the full membership after discussing the financial terms and methods of payment with the parties interested in ownership" Seattle was admitted to the League on June 4th, 1974 under the same terms. The League goes into great detail on how the ownership for the two franchises was to be subsequently chosen, including criteria and standards. It also details how the Tampa franchise was first awarded to Tom McCluskey on October 30, 1974 - six months after the franchise was awarded to Tampa. Hugh Culverhouse, a finalist for Tampa, was actually then offered the Seattle ownership (which he declined). Good for him, as McCluskey bowed out, and on December 5th, 1974, Culverhouse was announced as his replacement in Tampa, and the Sarkowsky group in Seattle were awarded ownership of that franchise - six months after the city was awarded it. Jacksonville also guaranteed visiting teams the most money at the time, $1.1M/game.The 1993 expansion was undertaken differently compared to previous expansions. In previous expansions, the city/metro area was first chosen, then an ownership group for that franchise was selected. After the NFL's adventures with such owners such as Al Davis, Bob Irsay, and Leonard Tose, on the 1993 go-round they asked that not only did a city need to offer its credentials, but also an owner or ownership group be identified.Um, yeah, all except for the part where... no, actually, the entire thing. Every time the NFL has expanded in its history (dating back to Dallas and Minnesota some 55 years ago), the league has had one (in some cases two competing) ownership group in place, ready to roll upon award of a franchise. Davis, Irsay and Tose? None were involved in an expansion process, and all were approved in accordance with AFL or NFL ownership vetting processes in place at the time. Mac, tell you what, I'll split this with you. You stated: "Every time the NFL has expanded in its history (dating back to Dallas and Minnesota some 55 years ago), the league has had one (in some cases two competing) ownership group in place, ready to roll upon award of a franchise" which I think I just disproved. On the other hand, I did say "previous expansions". While I didn't say ALL previous expansions, I guess I could have clarified better with "the TWO previous NFL expansions". Fair enough? That is true. The original franchise holder, Thomas McCloskey, changed his mind six weeks after being awarded the team in 1974. Good link, dfwabel. And thanks for having my back, Admiral.
  16. Because Paul Tagliabue was going to move heaven and earth to make sure the NFL expanded into new Sun Belt cities instead of Baltimore and St. Louis (even if at least one of those ciites was much smaller and would struggle to draw fans for many years). Jacksonville also guaranteed visiting teams the most money at the time, $1.1M/game.The most important reason Jacksonville was selected (and somewhat contradictory to Leopard's reason) was their potential owner at the time, J. Wayne Weaver. The 1993 expansion was undertaken differently compared to previous expansions. In previous expansions, the city/metro area was first chosen, then an ownership group for that franchise was selected. After the NFL's adventures with such owners such as Al Davis, Bob Irsay, and Leonard Tose, on the 1993 go-round they asked that not only did a city need to offer its credentials, but also an owner or ownership group be identified. Memphis at one point in the early 90s was seen as a front runner, as Fred Smith (founder of FedEx) was heading that city's expansion effort, but he dropped out as majority owner before the formal expansion process even started, leaving Memphis an afterthought. The conventional wisdom at the time was that one "new' city and one "old' city would be selected. Charlotte was in the driver's seat, as they had shown recent strong support for the Hornets, was a growing city, and had a former NFL player and self-made businessman Jerry Richardson as the potential owner. They were easily selected as the 29th NFL franchise. The vote on the 30th team was about a month later. Baltimore had three different ownership groups vying for a franchise in that city, and St. Louis changed ownership groups in mid-process. With that much uncertainty on ownership, the other owners went with someone like them, someone that "fit the mold", and J. Wayne Weaver was that guy. Interesting to note that one of the proposed Baltimore ownership groups was headed by Malcolm Glazer, who went on to own the Buccaneers, and the St. Louis "replacement" ownership group was headed by ... Stan Kroenke.
  17. Laughed so hard at this, tears came out of my eyes.
  18. No, depends on what kind of shorts, and no. There's no rule for most courses that say you can't wear shorts, it's just that the pros choose not to wear them The PGA has a dress code that mandates pants so the pros don't choose to wear pants. Your average schlub can wear whatever they want when they play. Nobody's stopping anyone from wearing shorts on the course. I see it more frequently than I see pants in fact. With colors and patterned pants coming back into fashion and new golf shoes that actually look like athletic footwear I'd say golf looks better now than it did 20 or 10 years ago. "Dress code" depends on the course: Publicly owned/municipal courses-- no one is going to control anything. Privately owned course open to the public-- usually need to wear a collared shirt. Private country club open only to members and guests -- you wear what is in the code or the member gets in trouble.Shorts-- hemmed shorts with at least the appearance of a front fly (not track shorts, jams, board shorts, jorts or cut-offs)-- are typically welcome anywhere. No golfer with any interest in his/her game would play golf in sandals or flip-flops, as they have no grip. Shoes with (soft) spikes actually help your game by providing a stable surface during a swing. Tennis shoes/sneakers with a decent tread are almost as good. Topsiders suck for golf; far too slippery.
  19. But what's even more interesting about that is that it's the only Rose Bowl not played in Pasadena, California. Mac's statement is correct, but the original statement is totally false . Richard Nixon graduated from the Duke Law School in 1937. By the time the 1942 Rose Bowl was played (in Durham) he was about to turn 29 years old, and he and his wife Pat were preparing to move from his home state of California to a new job in Washington DC.
  20. Not sure where that last bit is coming from. 1. Unlike the other two teams listed, the Saints have a season ticket waiting list of over 70,000, and have no trouble selling out the terrace level (upper deck). In fact, with New Orleans' generally lower income, it is almost a kind of a blessing-- allowing more of the rabid "little guy" or "common folk" fans the opportunity to have season tickets at a manageable price. 2. The Saints franchise has a very secure lease with the Superdome that runs through the year 2025. No one expects Tom Benson (who is currently 87) to be around for that long, but as is commonly known, he has a transfer plan (via an irrevocable trust) to move both the Saints and Pelicans on to his current wife (who is a full 20 yrs. younger than he) rather than his granddaughter and daughter, as he had originally planned. I fully expect that a few years prior to the lease's end in 2025, discussions will begin on a replacement for the Superdome (which will be 50 years old at that point), but not "when Tom Benson dies".
  21. I can't stress enough that the big difference between the Tom Benson and Stan Kroenke comparison is that most of the worst (San Antonio) stuff happened after Hurricane Katrina, which was a very serious and scary time. Most, if not all, of the people down here for weeks (sometimes months) wondered if they could EVER go home and if they did, could they EVER get back to a new normal. No major city in modern times has faced the same level of effect-- I think you'd have to go back to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 or the Chicago Fire to find an adequate parallel. National pundits (and many on this board) were ready to write off New Orleans COMPLETELY, much less as a major league home. While most in town give a strong acknowledgement to Tagliabue to seeing things through with the Saints' return, most of them find it hard to blame Benson for his actions at the time when they didn't know if THEY would be coming home either (the Shinn/Hornets thing is a whole other story, which we won't get into here). So, yeah, Benson within a year gets the team back to New Orleans; he's viewed as one of us, dealing with recovery and committed to rebuilding. He also doubles down on the city, buying real estate next to the Superdome, the Saints primary TV outlet (the local Fox affiliate), AND he buys the Hornets, saving them for the city. New Orleans has always been a city of live and let live, forgive and forget, and that's what has happened. Funny, though, now Benson's heirs are claiming he's senile and saying his current wife is pulling a Georgia Rosenbloom in swaying ol' Tom to leaving the team to her instead of them. And the "New Orleans Mayor" who gave those statements? That waste of space is currently in the federal penitentiary. It's always something down here.
  22. City size doesn't mean diddly squat. That only deals with population within the strict political boundaries (city limits) of a given city, and do not include bordering cities or suburbs in adjoining counties (or in St. Louis' case, right across the river in another STATE) counted in their "city limit" population. You need to look at the metro areas; known in census data as MSAs (metropolitan statistical area). On that note, the two are similar: the San Diego-Carlsbad CA MSA is 17th, while the St. Louis, MO-IL MSA is 19th. I think the better comparison is that the Chargers have been in San Diego for all but their first year of existence-- for 54 years. St. Louis, meanwhile, had a team, lost it because of stadium issues, got a relocated team, and after about 20 years may yet lose this one over a stadium issue.
  23. Re: "Biloxi Shuckers" Extremely disappointing. The name itself was possibly the weakest of the finalists, yet it was selected. The locals do NOT seem to be happy with it, going by the ratio of negative to positive responses over the internet (local paper, Facebook page, etc.). Displeasure seems to be with the name itself, the fact that the initials on one of the caps spell "B.S." (which can, of course, have its own meaning), and the fact that "shuckers" rhymes with at least two different sexual connotations. There have even been several posts dissing the color scheme, saying it should have featured "Biloxi" Red (local high school color) as opposed to the "Gulfport" or "Ocean Springs" blue. But I'm mostly disappointed in the relationship of the name to the logo. A "Shucker" is a person, one who shucks oysters. It is not an oyster, as featured on the logo. Using the oyster, it would have been more appropriate to call the team the "Shuckees", or the "Shucked". But to use an actual shucker would be pretty boring-- an early 20th century Slavic immigrant or Cajun relocatee (most likely a woman), sitting on a stool in a factory shucking oyster after oyster assembly line-style. If they did that, then Brandiose couldn't have had yet another cutesy logo, adding big eyes to a thing that has none, and creating a cartoon anthropomorphic creature. And the shell doesn't even look like an oyster shell; it looks like a clam. Any of the other names would have been better, and made for a better design set: Schooners, Mullets, Black Jacks, Shrimpers, even Beacons would have been better. Having been born in Biloxi and still having family there, I was looking forward to buying and proudly wearing some merch, but I doubt I will now. The Biloxi Lighthouse logo-- probably left over from the "Beacons" logo brainstorming sessions-- is also MY favorite item. However, it has a major problem: the fact that there are waves up near the top of the lighthouse. It brings to mind too may negative connotations of storm surge and flooding a la Hurricanes Camille and Katrina. Makes it look like that's the top of the Biloxi Light House during the worst part of the storm.
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