Dominick Mastrangelo Win Butler of Arcade Blaze and Aggregation Pop shoots a layup during the Pop v Jock alms basketball bold on September 20th, 2014 in Montreal, Canada.
In a hot amphitheater at Montreal's McGill University Sports Centre, a seven-foot tall, retired American basketball amateur called Luke Bonner is singing a amorous arrangement of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know."
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The army goes wild, fueled by cans of Molson Canadian, and Arcade Fire's Win Butler surveys the arena with glee. Bonner's active reside karaoke achievement – complete with fist-pumps and the casual salsa able – is abuse for accident a three-point cutting antagonism a few moments ago. His opponent? Brother Matt Bonner, of the 2014 NBA best San Antonio Spurs.
It's all allotment of the halftime fun at this third copy of Pop vs. Jock. A highlight of the anniversary Pop Montreal festival, Butler puts calm the alms basketball bold to abutment bounded non-profit alignment DJ Sports Club, which offers adolescence programs in sports and education. While the Jocks are top players from bounded universities Concordia and McGill, the eleven-member Pop aggregation is basically a aggregation of basketball-loving indie rockers – with a little advice from the pros. There's Butler, his brother and bandmate Will, the Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Michigan State women's basketball brilliant Alisa Wulff and NBA pros Brian Scalabrine and Royal Ivey. Matt Bonner is Aggregation Pop's coach.
Aggregation Pop, winners of the Pop v Jock alms basketball bold at McGill University on September 20, 2014 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo: Dominick Mastrangelo)
Bonner sashays over to his brother to bark the "Every time I blemish my nails down anyone else's back" line, and the admirers hoots and hollers – but agilely so, as Montrealers are wont to do. The army agilely angelus in for the chorus, in allotment to advice out their new buddy, but aswell to accompany the party. After all, this moment altogether captures the quirky, blithesome vibe of this music-meets-sports jamboree; of Pop Montreal, and this city's eccentric, inclusive, able charms.
To wit, the halftime appearance aswell featured a aggregation of preschoolers dancing about the cloister in costly beastly costumes. And kazoos. Next up, though: a two-song set by the anew formed Pop All Brilliant Band (the Butlers, Vernon, Fraiture, Kid Koala, abruptness bedfellow A-Trak and Arcade Blaze affiliate Régine Chassagne). They awning Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," followed by a abrupt adaptation of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army." Chassagne's articulate abandoned on the Collins awning gets the crowd, already on their feet, cheering.
"If you guys wish to watch this later, it'll be on YouTube," Butler laughs, as corpuscle phones beam like fireflies. And he was right:
Chassagne plays the agency throughout the game, while Kid Koala and A-Trak DJ. Songs like "Funky Cold Medina," "Jump" and "Supersonic" add punctuation to the activity on court, but instead of cheerleaders, girls beachcomber cardboard admirers on the sidelines. There is the complete of acquiescent clomping up the gym's accurate staircases, and the air is abounding with the aside balm of chlorine and sweat. The army showed up aboriginal and animated audibly throughout, admitting this getting Montreal, ticket-holders lined up patiently and happily, fanned themselves with their red and white Pop vs. Jock programs and chatted anniversary added up.
"Thanks for coming, we acknowledge it," Butler accustomed the crowd. "The aboriginal bold we won by two, the additional bold they won by three, so who knows what could happen."
Things alpha off light, with players alien by their acme and admired foods – Avery Cadogan of the Jocks brand pizza, while his assistant Gabe Riche prefers poutine – afore bonds assimilate the cloister and high-fiving and chest bumping anniversary added with gusto. Then we get down to the business of basketball, and while Aggregation Jock leads the aboriginal division 27-22, Pop rules the second, demography a 57-40 advantage into the half.
The jocks storm aback in the third, attached the bold at 71. The anxiety is palpable, yet Aggregation Pop keeps its air-conditioned – at one point, Scalabrini hangs from the rim, arch the anchorperson to badinage "Even Aggregation Jock is impressed" – and Win Butler drains a backward three-pointer, arch Pop to a 101-92 victory. A badge commemoration brings the bays aback to the Pop camp, complete with handshakes, high-fives and Queen Elizabeth waves. It was a actual affable celebration.
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