The one year retrospective

Here is a collection of our work over the past year for those of you who may have jumped on board late in the game. These are in no particular chronological order (except that our first post is the first one), and it is more or less a random selection. I believe that all of our posts are of a high quality, so I'd like you to think of this more as a random sample than as a "greatest hits" compilation.

The past year has meant a lot to us, and we hope that what we do has reached at least some of you out there. As Babcock said, the best is still to come. We will most definitely be podcasting within the next month, and with the NBA season right around the corner we know that things are really picking up again for 2008. So, please take a stroll down the Roomofzen's first year.....


Our first ever post, written one year ago today. I still feel this way about Manny, and I will always be a fan of his.

Season Preview of the Boston Celtics........Dancers.

In a summer when the entire national media seemed convinced that Kobe and the Lakers were headed for split. The roomofzen knew better. Note: the reason we mention Tracy McGrady so much here is that there was a lot of talk of a Kobe-TMac swap at the time. This trade most likely would not have landed the Lakers in the playoffs, nevermind the Finals.


NBA All-Star Weekend: One of the best in recent memory.


Our NBA Finals interview with Kurt from Forum Blue and Gold (a sick Lakers Blog that you can find here)


We actually had an interview with a real metal band. Genghis Tron was kind enough to sit down and chat with us (after we saw them play 6 times this year).

Hagerstown, MD: The American Dream

Ted connects the dots in the divorce between Brett Favre and the Packers.

Babcock finally finds himself in Cancun for Spring Break......and misses Newburyport before he can even unpack.


Gilby reviews a Danzig concert.


Red Sox World Series parade, shot with a disposable camera and probably of a higher quality than you got with your digital.

One of many Oracle speaks.

God, why can't this '07 Giants team stop shooting themselves in the foot?


Babcock and I chat before the week 17 matchup between the Patriots and Giants.

The Giants are going to the Super Bowl!

The Giants are World Champs!

A year later, this video still gets me choked up (yes, I do realize that's pathetic):




Ted sees Megadeth.

Baroness blew our minds in February (note that in this one we didn't know how to put in links...so young and foolish)..............and then they did it again in March . They're back in Boston on November 23rd. The Roomofzen will be there.


Baroness playing Rays on Pinion live in Germany......sick:





Going to an early season Celtics game turns into an adventure for two Roomofzen bloggers. We got kicked out of the Four's on this night, which would be a low point for any Celtics fan (and made me the shame of my family for about a month).


The Celtics and Cavs are going to game 5, and Chris Paul is nasty.

The Celtics made things much harder than they needed to be throughout the entire postseason. Very frustrating.

The Celtics are up 2-0, and Phil Jackson won't stop whining.

The Celtics are the NBA Champions!

Cake, Pie, and George Carlin.



I found the Beijing Olympics to be surprisingly entertaining and uplifting. As this post demonstrates, I wasn't expecting much.

All the dirt on the sordid affair between Roger Clemens and Mindy McCready.

Babcock weighs in on a forgotton aspect of the 2007 Patriots, their punter.

We've never faltered from our belief that the Mavericks trade for Jason Kidd was the worst trade in the history of sports.


This is one of my favorites of all time, Ted's post on a big playoff victory for the Wizards over the Cavs. My favorite quote: "Centuries from now the Muses will ask, “how did the Wizards fight their way out of the third circle when their best player fell silent in the first quarter?”

One last Baroness video, so sick: