Seasons don't fear the reefer

With spectacle the order of the day, Pink Floyd was a logical if difficult get, but now that Rick Wright is playing The Great Gig in the Sky, pigs will fly before David Gilmour and his old sparring partner Roger Waters reunite. Kreaky old Kiss, however, could surely deliver the goods.

Other requisitely hoary longshots (our odds): The Police (15-1), Fleetwood Mac (25-1); Santana (25-1), Phil Collins & Genesis (25-1), Journey (100-1), Foreigner (100-1), Yes (150-1), Electric Light Orchestra (200-1), Deep Purple (200-1), The Kinks (250-1), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (300-1), Meat Loaf (350-1), Jethro Tull (500-1) and Detroit's most beloved act in the wake of their little Stanley Cup gaffe: Def Leppard (6000-1).

Halftime acts this space wants to see:Iggy Pop (gotta do "No Fun" at the No Fun League's biggest game), Primus, They Might Be Giants and -- if he can be coaxed out of retirement, Captain Beefheart

While the fighting debate rages in the NHL, those who enjoy a few flying fists with their ice hockey will no doubt take heart from this video, which our sources at The Pig 'n Gristle (a fine purveyor of spirits across the street from the league's New York HQ) assures is of the new hush-hush Goon Development Program.

"With the economy in the crapper, they got to do what they can to keep a big chunk of their audience happy and take a bite out of the MMA crowd," chortles our source. No doubt, the Islanders won't be pushovers for long...

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