What has 9 arms and sucks? Def Leppard. Congratulations to Def Lep lead singer Joe Elliot who is the winner of my brand spankin' new "You're an Arse" award. This interview with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette earned him the award. In this interview, which I stole from melodicrock.com, Elliot bristles at the notion that Def Lep is a hair band and slags Led Zeppelin in the process:http://forums.melodicrock.com/phorum33/read.php?f=1&i=239604&t=239604
Lighten up Joe. Your hair was just a touch better than Billy Ray Cyrus. Quit being so sensitive. I'm sorry you didn't get the respect you think you deserve. I hope your piles of money give you some satisfaction at night you untalented ass clown.
Things could be worse for Joe. He could be Clay Aiken:http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/08/people.aiken.ap/index.html
Had a lousy Best Buy experience. Wanted CD-R's that were in their Sunday ad...none in stock. Wanted new Crowded House cd..not in stock. Wanted Nintendo Wii...not in stock. At least Sony is trying to compete with the Wii now......they are lowering the price:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19674547/
they need to lower it another 100 bucks.
The British are coming, the British are coming! To save TV news:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-bbc9jul09,0,999381.story?coll=la-home-entertainment
Why do we need debates on pulling out of Iraq? Just get out already:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/washington/09prexy.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1183990038-897mUL5z0Lf8c3UphJiJkg
I watched a little bit of Live Earth over the weekend. Crowded House lost lights but not sound during their set, the Japanese really seemd to like Linkin Park and Richie Sambora looks like a fat drunk. USA Today recaps what you missed (not much...Live Earth sucked):http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/
In fact, Live Earth sucked so badly I started a tire fire in protest.
I am a golden god! Oh wait...I'm dead...man tries to be Jim Morrison, man dies. :http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/07/09/2007-07-09_jim_morrison_wannabe_killed_in_sixstory_.html
People dig the Transformers movie...a lot:http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/B/BOX_OFFICE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT
The Transformers should enjoy the top while they can....Harry the boy wizard is coming to kick their morphing ass:http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20033259,00.html
Rocklahoma is just days away! What kind of town is Pryor, Oklahoma anyway? Is it the lost city of mulletts? Is there a larger hole in the ozone there due to heavy Aquanet consumption? Is it a town where its always 1987? Pryor's population of 12,000 should grow by at least a few hundred this weekend:http://www.pryorok.com/
More crap as it happens.....
Monday, July 9, 2007
Bringin' on the Crap
This may be the best review since the "shit sandwich" review of Spinal Tap's Shark Sandwich...from the Dispatch:
Chalk one up for the proletariat.
Before 20,000 fans in a jam-packed Germain Amphitheater last night, English hard rock band Def Leppard took average to new heights.
Lead singer Joe Elliott is affable enough in a bloke’s sort of way, but his voice is the very definition of mediocre and the years have not been kind to it. He sang off key for much of the band’s hour and a half set and strained to reach high notes on hit singles that most assuredly were reached in the past thanks to the magic of the recording studio.
He’s functional at best.
And certainly there are better guitarists in rock 'n' roll than Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell. Not that there’s anything at all wrong with Collen and Campbell. They’re both fine players. They are simply unexceptional.
And yet, two of Def Leppard’s discs have sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. and the quintet continues, long after grunge, alternative and rap supplanted straight ahead rock ‘n’ roll as the mainstream music that mattered, to play to appreciative sellout audiences all over the world. (The band’s greatest hits collection has sold 7 million copies worldwide.)
Their secret live is no secret at all: play all (or at least most) of the hits the people want to hear, including Photograph; Hysteria; Mirror, Mirror; Rocket and, of course, Pour Some Sugar on Me.
(Is there anything more disheartening than a pair of 55-year-old suburban women who've been once too many times to the well attempting a little "dirty" dancing under the stars? We think not. Moves that were oh-so sexy back in '81 just wilted in the heat.)
Def Leppard definitely took long enough to get going: Rocket was oddly flat as the opening cut and Animal wasn’t much better. Elliott’s vocals were washed out in the mix and both tracks sounded monolithic.
It wasn’t until the band covered David Essex's Rock On that things began to pick up, and that thanks to founding member Rick Savage’s excellent bass solo introduction. They took that momentum and almost squandered it, moving to the front of the stage for a pair of acoustic songs, Two Steps Behind and Bringin’ On the Heartbreak.
Though both guitarists were consistently nondescript, they were awfully proud of all the hours they have logged in the gym. By the third (or was it the second?) song both Campbell and Collen were stalking the stage shirtless, tights abs glistening.
It was as if they were mocking the bellies of most of their middle-aged male fans, bellies that strained mightily to escape from the confines of whatever shirt (often a Hawaiian print) had been draped over and tucked under them.
Def Leppard’s sum is larger than its parts. But just barely.
Its success is a byproduct of meticulous production (thanks Mutt) and a yeoman-like approach to the rigors of rock ‘n’ roll. In an outdoor season at Germain of only a handful of concerts, that’ll have to be enough.
Illinois bands Styx and REO Speedwagon opened for Def Leppard. A pox on REO lead singer Kevin Cronin for reminding us that the band’s first single, Ridin’ the Storm Out, was released in 1973. As if most of us in attendance didn’t already feel as if we were at our high-school reunion.
Styx sang Come Sail Away or, rather, allowed the audience to sing Come Sail Away. It must be something, even (or especially) for a has-been rock band to have penned a song that 20 times 20,000 fans know by heart 30 years after it first came out.
Likewise, REO let the audience take over the vocals on several of their hits including Keep On Loving You and Take It On the Run.
These bands mattered in their day, maybe more than a little. They don’t matter now, not even a little, unless nostalgia counts for something.
http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/07/08/def.html
Chalk one up for the proletariat.
Before 20,000 fans in a jam-packed Germain Amphitheater last night, English hard rock band Def Leppard took average to new heights.
Lead singer Joe Elliott is affable enough in a bloke’s sort of way, but his voice is the very definition of mediocre and the years have not been kind to it. He sang off key for much of the band’s hour and a half set and strained to reach high notes on hit singles that most assuredly were reached in the past thanks to the magic of the recording studio.
He’s functional at best.
And certainly there are better guitarists in rock 'n' roll than Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell. Not that there’s anything at all wrong with Collen and Campbell. They’re both fine players. They are simply unexceptional.
And yet, two of Def Leppard’s discs have sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. and the quintet continues, long after grunge, alternative and rap supplanted straight ahead rock ‘n’ roll as the mainstream music that mattered, to play to appreciative sellout audiences all over the world. (The band’s greatest hits collection has sold 7 million copies worldwide.)
Their secret live is no secret at all: play all (or at least most) of the hits the people want to hear, including Photograph; Hysteria; Mirror, Mirror; Rocket and, of course, Pour Some Sugar on Me.
(Is there anything more disheartening than a pair of 55-year-old suburban women who've been once too many times to the well attempting a little "dirty" dancing under the stars? We think not. Moves that were oh-so sexy back in '81 just wilted in the heat.)
Def Leppard definitely took long enough to get going: Rocket was oddly flat as the opening cut and Animal wasn’t much better. Elliott’s vocals were washed out in the mix and both tracks sounded monolithic.
It wasn’t until the band covered David Essex's Rock On that things began to pick up, and that thanks to founding member Rick Savage’s excellent bass solo introduction. They took that momentum and almost squandered it, moving to the front of the stage for a pair of acoustic songs, Two Steps Behind and Bringin’ On the Heartbreak.
Though both guitarists were consistently nondescript, they were awfully proud of all the hours they have logged in the gym. By the third (or was it the second?) song both Campbell and Collen were stalking the stage shirtless, tights abs glistening.
It was as if they were mocking the bellies of most of their middle-aged male fans, bellies that strained mightily to escape from the confines of whatever shirt (often a Hawaiian print) had been draped over and tucked under them.
Def Leppard’s sum is larger than its parts. But just barely.
Its success is a byproduct of meticulous production (thanks Mutt) and a yeoman-like approach to the rigors of rock ‘n’ roll. In an outdoor season at Germain of only a handful of concerts, that’ll have to be enough.
Illinois bands Styx and REO Speedwagon opened for Def Leppard. A pox on REO lead singer Kevin Cronin for reminding us that the band’s first single, Ridin’ the Storm Out, was released in 1973. As if most of us in attendance didn’t already feel as if we were at our high-school reunion.
Styx sang Come Sail Away or, rather, allowed the audience to sing Come Sail Away. It must be something, even (or especially) for a has-been rock band to have penned a song that 20 times 20,000 fans know by heart 30 years after it first came out.
Likewise, REO let the audience take over the vocals on several of their hits including Keep On Loving You and Take It On the Run.
These bands mattered in their day, maybe more than a little. They don’t matter now, not even a little, unless nostalgia counts for something.
http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/07/08/def.html
Friday, July 6, 2007
My Rocklahoma Home
Next weekend every hair band of the 80's (RHINO BUCKET!) will infest Pryor Oklahoma for a 4 day music festival called Rocklahoma. Had something like this taken place in 1987 it would have been a major happening. Now it makes me wonder whether or not the promoter has lost his mind. A show with hair bands...in Oklahoma...in the year 2007? I'm curious as to what kind of guarantee the bands have received. I've not seen anything concrete in regard to advance sales which makes me wonder how sound an investment this was on behalf of the promoter. Message boards have spread rumor that a pay per view broadcast or VH1 Classic special will be shot but I'm doubtful of that being the case. With a handful of exceptions the lineup at Rocklahoma (which can be found here:http://www.rockfeverfest.com/artists.php) with a handful of exceptions (Poison, Queensryche)would have a hard time filling a club with 100 people. Still, I enjoy a good train wreck and this could be a dandy. If nothing else, it beats discussing the Summer of Love.
Big Brother 8 made its debut last night. Here's what ya missed: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13720999/
I haven't been able to find a Nintendo Wii, the PS3 is too expensive and the Xbox 360 sucks. It sucks to the tune of $1 billion in repairs:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/business/06soft.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1183730462-r/dxqyPN8PIHOpi6F7SjkA
Avril also sucks. And she's a (alleged) thief:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/07/06/girlfriend.html
rocknrolluniverse.com loves the new American Dog record:http://rocknrolluniverse.com/rocknrolluniverse_472.htm
Meet the new pot:http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/05/drug.use/index.html
Its no Rocklahoma...what if you threw a big rock concert for tree huggers and no one gave a rats ass? Meet Live Earth:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-liveearth6jul06,1,2924232.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=3&cset=true
If you're interested Bravo is showing 18 hours of the concert. Sirius and XM are running the whole thing.
Who wouldn't want to spend $100 on a pair of Homer Simpson Vans?:http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-07-05-movies-clothes_N.htm
First it was Beverly Sills, now its jazz violinist Johnny Frigo (and father of the also deceased Derek Frigo the great guitar player of the vastly unappreciated Enuff Z'Nuff) who has passed away:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070501899.html
Why does this story amuse me so? Morgan Stanley sex scandal!:http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/07/06/2007-07-06_boss_stole_my_undies_exmorgan_aide_says-1.html
Here's another beauty queen scandal:http://www.nypost.com/seven/07062007/news/regionalnews/n_j__miss_in_a_fix_over_her_pics_regionalnews_austin_fenner__with_post_wire_services.htm
Whatever you do this weekend...don't trust a punter!:http://deadspin.com/sports/stabby!/the-nationwide-punter-menace-tredges-on-275172.php
More crap as it happens.....
Big Brother 8 made its debut last night. Here's what ya missed: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13720999/
I haven't been able to find a Nintendo Wii, the PS3 is too expensive and the Xbox 360 sucks. It sucks to the tune of $1 billion in repairs:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/business/06soft.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1183730462-r/dxqyPN8PIHOpi6F7SjkA
Avril also sucks. And she's a (alleged) thief:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/07/06/girlfriend.html
rocknrolluniverse.com loves the new American Dog record:http://rocknrolluniverse.com/rocknrolluniverse_472.htm
Meet the new pot:http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/05/drug.use/index.html
Its no Rocklahoma...what if you threw a big rock concert for tree huggers and no one gave a rats ass? Meet Live Earth:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-liveearth6jul06,1,2924232.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=3&cset=true
If you're interested Bravo is showing 18 hours of the concert. Sirius and XM are running the whole thing.
Who wouldn't want to spend $100 on a pair of Homer Simpson Vans?:http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-07-05-movies-clothes_N.htm
First it was Beverly Sills, now its jazz violinist Johnny Frigo (and father of the also deceased Derek Frigo the great guitar player of the vastly unappreciated Enuff Z'Nuff) who has passed away:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070501899.html
Why does this story amuse me so? Morgan Stanley sex scandal!:http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/07/06/2007-07-06_boss_stole_my_undies_exmorgan_aide_says-1.html
Here's another beauty queen scandal:http://www.nypost.com/seven/07062007/news/regionalnews/n_j__miss_in_a_fix_over_her_pics_regionalnews_austin_fenner__with_post_wire_services.htm
Whatever you do this weekend...don't trust a punter!:http://deadspin.com/sports/stabby!/the-nationwide-punter-menace-tredges-on-275172.php
More crap as it happens.....
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Midweek Holidays Suck
Still trying to recover from a midweek Holiday. I'd rather be packing for Rocklahoma.
Is there a more patriotic way to celebrate the 4th of July then watching Team America and grilling up something on your Brad Delp grill?
Did take time yesterday to read the book "So Ya Wanna be a Rock n Roll Star" by Jakob Slichter the drummer of the band Semisonic. Semisonic is best remembered (if they are remembered at all)for their hit Closing Time. Its quite a fascinating read. I'd read a review of it written by James McMurtry in the NY Times a few years back. I'd forgotten about it but much to my surprise I found it at my local library. Its a quck read and a very eye opening look at the sad state of today's music industry. You'll come away angry at record labels and radio programmers and feel sympathy for a group of guys who naively thought they were creating art instead of product.
Here now the news:
Here's more bad news for the record industry:http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-07-04-album-sales_N.htm
Dubya proves again that he's an idiot. Here he compares the war in Iraq to the Revolutionary War, forgetting of course that we won that one: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/washington/05prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Say goodbye to the endangered species list:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-species5jul05,0,3532473.story?coll=la-home-center
Al Gore's son got busted for going nearly 100mph hour in a Prius. That oughta help move sales of hybrids. Of course, he was stoned at the time. Now he's entered rehab to boot. The inconvenient truth for me is I guess Al won't be running for President.
Kiss singer Paul Stanley is following the path of David Bowie and John Mellencamp and exhibiting his art. I guess the Kiss Army no longer has a don't ask, don't tell policy.
I never watch ESPN anymore. But their upcoming series on the 1970's Yankees could be worth watching. Gotta be better than their flick on Pete Rose:http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20040769_20040771_20044556,00.html
In the middle of the road...is a vegetarian restaurant...owned by Chrissie Hynde...that I'll never eat at:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/04/chrissie.html
There's a Sex and the City movie coming. Could be some great Happy Meal tie in's with that one:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33233
Rolling Stone has put up some pics of rock star death sites:http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/03/this-is-the-end-a-60-second-tour-of-rock-star-death-sites/
I suggest reading Chuck Klosterman's excellent Killing Yourself to Live in which Chuck sets out to visit the spots where rock stars died. Like most of Chuck's stuff, it turns out to be about something else. There's a great bit where he compares his girlfriends to former members of Kiss.
What rock bands changed lead singers and actually improved? My pick would be Deep Purple. Ian Gillan was the signature voice of the band and gave the group an identity it lacked with Rod Evans. Discuss.
More crap as it happens.....
Is there a more patriotic way to celebrate the 4th of July then watching Team America and grilling up something on your Brad Delp grill?
Did take time yesterday to read the book "So Ya Wanna be a Rock n Roll Star" by Jakob Slichter the drummer of the band Semisonic. Semisonic is best remembered (if they are remembered at all)for their hit Closing Time. Its quite a fascinating read. I'd read a review of it written by James McMurtry in the NY Times a few years back. I'd forgotten about it but much to my surprise I found it at my local library. Its a quck read and a very eye opening look at the sad state of today's music industry. You'll come away angry at record labels and radio programmers and feel sympathy for a group of guys who naively thought they were creating art instead of product.
Here now the news:
Here's more bad news for the record industry:http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-07-04-album-sales_N.htm
Dubya proves again that he's an idiot. Here he compares the war in Iraq to the Revolutionary War, forgetting of course that we won that one: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/washington/05prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Say goodbye to the endangered species list:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-species5jul05,0,3532473.story?coll=la-home-center
Al Gore's son got busted for going nearly 100mph hour in a Prius. That oughta help move sales of hybrids. Of course, he was stoned at the time. Now he's entered rehab to boot. The inconvenient truth for me is I guess Al won't be running for President.
Kiss singer Paul Stanley is following the path of David Bowie and John Mellencamp and exhibiting his art. I guess the Kiss Army no longer has a don't ask, don't tell policy.
I never watch ESPN anymore. But their upcoming series on the 1970's Yankees could be worth watching. Gotta be better than their flick on Pete Rose:http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20040769_20040771_20044556,00.html
In the middle of the road...is a vegetarian restaurant...owned by Chrissie Hynde...that I'll never eat at:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/04/chrissie.html
There's a Sex and the City movie coming. Could be some great Happy Meal tie in's with that one:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33233
Rolling Stone has put up some pics of rock star death sites:http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/03/this-is-the-end-a-60-second-tour-of-rock-star-death-sites/
I suggest reading Chuck Klosterman's excellent Killing Yourself to Live in which Chuck sets out to visit the spots where rock stars died. Like most of Chuck's stuff, it turns out to be about something else. There's a great bit where he compares his girlfriends to former members of Kiss.
What rock bands changed lead singers and actually improved? My pick would be Deep Purple. Ian Gillan was the signature voice of the band and gave the group an identity it lacked with Rod Evans. Discuss.
More crap as it happens.....
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Big Bro's Back
The new season of Big Brother kicks off Thursday. Last year's Big Bro All Stars blew...but this one looks kinda cool. Thanks to Rory for the link:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19493556/
Meanwhile, I'm never gonna find a friggin' Wii:http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/02/wii.demand.ap/index.html
Meanwhile, I'm never gonna find a friggin' Wii:http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/02/wii.demand.ap/index.html
Bush Blows.....it Again
So Dubya did the expected and gave Scooter Libby a get out of jail free card yesterday. Proving again that he isn't the brightest bulb in the appliance store, Bush should have waited until today to announce the commutation in order to take advantage of the slower holiday news cycle. So chalk up another bad decision by the decider. Today's NY Times has a nice editorial on how Dubya is soft on crime:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/opinion/03tues1.web.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
I have no doubt that before he leaves office Bush will wipe out the $250,000 fine levied on Libby as well. Disclosing the identity of Valerie Plame was a treasonous act at worst and immoral at best. The de facto pardon comes down to this....keeping Libby out of jail buys his loyalty and silences him. Had the Bush/Cheney camp not stepped up for Scooter its likely he would have broken the administrations code of silence and spilled what he knew. Thats a chance that this secret cabal wasn't willing to take.
I was never a fan of the first President Bush but at least I respected the man. Here's a great quote I found on Crooks and Liars from President 41 that is further proof of how far apart he and his offspring are: "Bush 41: “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.”" Scooter Libby is a traitor and so is Dubya. Bush 43 needs to stop worrying about how history will remember him and save his soul and the lives of innocents by getting us out of this quagmire in Iraq he dragged us into.
Now that I got that off my chest....
John McCain is faring worse on the campaign trail than John McClane at the box office. America's favorite crazy tortured POW presidential candidate has to can 50 staffers and his campaign is nearly broke. Here's some straight talk Senator McCain...drop out of the race. You hitched your trailer to Bush and the wheels have come off. Go back to Arizona. You support a war the American public is tired of. The American people hate you:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/02/AR2007070201205.html?hpid%3Dartslot&sub=AR
Don't look for the Simpsons movie to premiere in Springfield Ohio:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/03/simpspring.ART_ART_07-03-07_B1_IQ76JIP.html
Another reason why I love the internets....Emmy nods leaked early...OOPS!:http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/03/television.emmys.reut/index.html
How great of a band is Cheap Trick? Answer...VERY. One of the greatest American rock bands EVER. Here's hoping they come thru the area this summer.
My 2 highlights of the baseball season: My Indians are in first place and the Yankees suck. ARod came up lame last night after colliding with Joe Maurer of the Twins now he could be going on the DL. The New York tabloids are having a field day with him after being seen on the town with a woman who isn't his wife and now his wife shows up at a game with a shirt that said "F*** You" on it. USA Today takes a look at the first half of the season:http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-07-02-halfway_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
No you're not imagining it....concert ticket prices are stupid crazy expensive:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-prince3jul03,1,5400789.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=2&cset=true
One late addition to my rocknrollgenocide list...Eric Clapton. I've never met anyone under the age of 50 who actually likes this guy. I swear to Jebus that if I hear Layla one more time I'm gonna puke.
Happy 4th of July....More crap as it happens.
I have no doubt that before he leaves office Bush will wipe out the $250,000 fine levied on Libby as well. Disclosing the identity of Valerie Plame was a treasonous act at worst and immoral at best. The de facto pardon comes down to this....keeping Libby out of jail buys his loyalty and silences him. Had the Bush/Cheney camp not stepped up for Scooter its likely he would have broken the administrations code of silence and spilled what he knew. Thats a chance that this secret cabal wasn't willing to take.
I was never a fan of the first President Bush but at least I respected the man. Here's a great quote I found on Crooks and Liars from President 41 that is further proof of how far apart he and his offspring are: "Bush 41: “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.”" Scooter Libby is a traitor and so is Dubya. Bush 43 needs to stop worrying about how history will remember him and save his soul and the lives of innocents by getting us out of this quagmire in Iraq he dragged us into.
Now that I got that off my chest....
John McCain is faring worse on the campaign trail than John McClane at the box office. America's favorite crazy tortured POW presidential candidate has to can 50 staffers and his campaign is nearly broke. Here's some straight talk Senator McCain...drop out of the race. You hitched your trailer to Bush and the wheels have come off. Go back to Arizona. You support a war the American public is tired of. The American people hate you:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/02/AR2007070201205.html?hpid%3Dartslot&sub=AR
Don't look for the Simpsons movie to premiere in Springfield Ohio:http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/03/simpspring.ART_ART_07-03-07_B1_IQ76JIP.html
Another reason why I love the internets....Emmy nods leaked early...OOPS!:http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/03/television.emmys.reut/index.html
How great of a band is Cheap Trick? Answer...VERY. One of the greatest American rock bands EVER. Here's hoping they come thru the area this summer.
My 2 highlights of the baseball season: My Indians are in first place and the Yankees suck. ARod came up lame last night after colliding with Joe Maurer of the Twins now he could be going on the DL. The New York tabloids are having a field day with him after being seen on the town with a woman who isn't his wife and now his wife shows up at a game with a shirt that said "F*** You" on it. USA Today takes a look at the first half of the season:http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-07-02-halfway_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
No you're not imagining it....concert ticket prices are stupid crazy expensive:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-prince3jul03,1,5400789.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=2&cset=true
One late addition to my rocknrollgenocide list...Eric Clapton. I've never met anyone under the age of 50 who actually likes this guy. I swear to Jebus that if I hear Layla one more time I'm gonna puke.
Happy 4th of July....More crap as it happens.
Monday, July 2, 2007
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Little Brother
A staple of the Columbus music scene closes its doors for the last time tomorrow. Little Brothers, once known as Stache's, is ceasing due to a lease dispute. I've seen many good shows there over the years and I hope its passing doesn't mean we've seen the last of artists like James McMurtry coming thru town. Indpendently owned homes of live music are becoming a thing of the past. The Wal Martization of America continues.....There are rumors that the local shed formerly known as Polaris Ampitheatre is up for sale. I won't mourn its passing but if it does close up shop artists big and small may be skipping Columbus completely.
Melodicrock.com reports this morning that the David Lee Roth led Van Halen reunion tour is back on. I'd love to see it but I won't believe it until I see it in person. VH with DLR was one of the great American bands ever. I loathe the Hagar era and do not recoginize the Cherone record as part of the holy canon. Those VH records with Roth are timeless and still rip your face off.
The Transformers movie opens tomorrow. The NYTimes says as a film it makes a pretty good commercial:http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/movies/02tran.html
Heidi Fleiss proves once a whore always a whore:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19539971/
Apple's launch of the Iphone was quite the success. Over 500,000 sold in the first weekend. Just imagine how many more they could have sold if it were also a weight loss supplement or assisted with erectile dysfunction.
60,000 Brits with nothing better to do came out to remember Princess Diana....again. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-07-01-diana-concert_N.htm
Wish I had one near me....as the Simpsons movie approaches its release date 7-11 remakes some of its stores as Kwik-E-Mart...Apu not included: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-7-eleven-kwik-e-mart,1,2611387.story?coll=chi-bizfront-hed
While Dubya and Putin continue their man-date or "bromance" (thanks Rescue Me) in New England, another one of Dubya's poorly thought out lame brain ideas gets shot down:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missiles2jul02,0,4834011.story?coll=la-home-center
Big sports weekend....Mike Hargrove quits as manager of the Mariners despite their 8 game winning streak (burn out victim)...Jerry Narron canned as manager of the Reds (cuz ya know its his fault the bullpen sucks)....Barry Bonds elected as starter to the All Star game (wouldn't have happened if the game weren't in San Francisco)....NHL free agency started...and the Jackets sign no one of note. Came across this article over on Deadspin.com.....is that trophy what I think it is?:http://deadspin.com/sports/cherished-dildos/christie-kerr-is-going-to-celebrate-274075.php
More crap as it happens....
Melodicrock.com reports this morning that the David Lee Roth led Van Halen reunion tour is back on. I'd love to see it but I won't believe it until I see it in person. VH with DLR was one of the great American bands ever. I loathe the Hagar era and do not recoginize the Cherone record as part of the holy canon. Those VH records with Roth are timeless and still rip your face off.
The Transformers movie opens tomorrow. The NYTimes says as a film it makes a pretty good commercial:http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/movies/02tran.html
Heidi Fleiss proves once a whore always a whore:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19539971/
Apple's launch of the Iphone was quite the success. Over 500,000 sold in the first weekend. Just imagine how many more they could have sold if it were also a weight loss supplement or assisted with erectile dysfunction.
60,000 Brits with nothing better to do came out to remember Princess Diana....again. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-07-01-diana-concert_N.htm
Wish I had one near me....as the Simpsons movie approaches its release date 7-11 remakes some of its stores as Kwik-E-Mart...Apu not included: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-7-eleven-kwik-e-mart,1,2611387.story?coll=chi-bizfront-hed
While Dubya and Putin continue their man-date or "bromance" (thanks Rescue Me) in New England, another one of Dubya's poorly thought out lame brain ideas gets shot down:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missiles2jul02,0,4834011.story?coll=la-home-center
Big sports weekend....Mike Hargrove quits as manager of the Mariners despite their 8 game winning streak (burn out victim)...Jerry Narron canned as manager of the Reds (cuz ya know its his fault the bullpen sucks)....Barry Bonds elected as starter to the All Star game (wouldn't have happened if the game weren't in San Francisco)....NHL free agency started...and the Jackets sign no one of note. Came across this article over on Deadspin.com.....is that trophy what I think it is?:http://deadspin.com/sports/cherished-dildos/christie-kerr-is-going-to-celebrate-274075.php
More crap as it happens....
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