Black Sabbath

There are simple things you can do to piss off your friends and make them think you're crazy. For instance, tell them you thought Mash was better when Charles, BJ and Potter were on it. Tell them you like Andy Griffith after Don Knotts left. Tell them that Three's Company was just hitting its stride when Priscilla Barnes joined the cast. The doozy tho is this...and its a doozy cuz its true...Black Sabbath was better with Ronnie James Dio than it was with Ozzy Osbourne...Dio Sabbath..your Rocktober feature artist of the day.

Blue Oyster Cult

Confession...When I was a kid...a wee little kid...I liked Blue Oyster Cult. I thought rock music could never get better than Godzilla. I hear BOC now and they just sound silly but ya know what? They are a hell of a lot better than Rush. Blue Oyster Cult...your Rocktober feature artist of the day.

Jake Rules the Jake & Hail to the O.M.O.M

Did Jake Westbrook (with the exception of one pitch) make the Red Sox his bitches last night or what? Other than the bats going silent against the Bo Sox relievers, last night was a perfect game for the Tribe. Just two more wins and its on to the World Series to meet the Colorado Rockies. Who in the hell saw that coming? Paul Byrd will take the hill tonight with a chance to give the Tribe a commanding 3-1 advantage. The knuckleballer Tim Wakefiled toes the hill (I've always wanted to say that) for the Sox. Wakefield is 110 years old and hasn't pitched since September 29th due to injury. Wakefield, is the only Red Sox player who was on the roster win the team won the World Series in 1918. I also hear he may have killed a guy. Sadly, that guy wasn't Joe Buck.

Friend of the Furniss O.M.O.M. sent me a preview of his latest music vid for American Dog. "Rock-n-Roll Dog" is a killer tune and the video is outstanding. O.M.O.M. says it could be on the upcoming American Dog DVD. I'm under oath not to share it but I will give you some spoilers...American Dog is in it, beer is consumed, boobies are flashed. A good time is had by all. To take a look at some of O.M.O.M.'s camera work visit his website www.fromoutofnowhere.com (which is also under the Things That Don't Suck portion of this here blog). For the latest on American Dog, check them out at www.americandog.us . To learn more about American Dog, beer, and boobies, visit your local library.

How does a man who believes Jesus danced with American Indians get the support of Christian Evangelicals? Mitt Romney hopes to find out:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21318180/

Further proof that Al Gore should be President: The GOP is f'ing scared to death of the man. Look at the smear campaign they tried to run after Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize last week:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?em&ex=1192680000&en=bec1610449387747&ei=5087%0A

Let me say this....no one can replace William Shatner. You want to be like him but you can't. I don't know who Chris Pine is but as long as he realizes he's not Bill Shatner he and I are cool. Who the hell is Chris Pine you say? He's officially the new Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek movie:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34452

TV Guide has an interview with Zach Quinto, the man who'll fill Nimoy's pointy ears as Spock, here:http://www.tvguide.com/news/zachary-quinto-heroes/071015-01

Sci Fi channel and G4 have won the rights to Lost reruns. Episodes will start running next fall.

Cracked has a countdown of the worst movie twist endings of all time. Mine has gotta be that awful ending in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. As Spinal Tap tells us "Its a fine line between clever and stupid.":http://www.cracked.com/article_15621_10-most-asinine-movie-twist-endings.html

I have no use for the royal family but Prince William's girlfriend is HOT.

You know you're doing a lot of drugs when Keith Richards tells you to back away from the crack pipe:http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/r_m/2007/10/15/2007-10-15_stones_wood_i_did_so_many_drugs_keith_ri.html

Slash is the latest rocker to write a tell all....I bet ya drug use is mentioned about 50,000 times:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2187757,00.html

Here's a link to that Springsteen/Arcade Fire meet up the other night that all the kids are talking about:http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/10/071015_springsteen_arcadefire/

Why does Billboard now have more album charts than boxing has champions?:http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/albums_index.jsp

I mentioned this last week but didn't have any pix to show you. Here's a link to Target's line of David Bowie inspired clothing. No word if WalMart will launch a clothing line inspired by Toby Keith:http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/fashion/mens/album.aspx?id=5015

Why are teenage girls dying to see Across the Universe?:http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/10/is_across_the_universe_the_nex.html

Our friends at the Diatribe have the Tribe covered:http://www.thediatribe.com/

After the Tribe finishes the Sox off Thursday night, remember this story. This is gonna be the excuse on the lips of every Red Sox fan..Big Papi had a boo boo! Thats why we lost!:http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/16/ortiz_deflects_injury_talk/

David Ortiz is one fat bastard. He's like a cross between King Kong Bundy and Mo Vaughn but with Backstreet Boys style facial hair.

As mentioned earlier, the Rockies are going to the World Series. The long suffering fans in Denver have 15 years of pain lifted. Do you hear that? Its the sound of Cubs fans slitting their wrists this morning:http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7185576

Ohio's other MLB team, the Cincinnati Reds have a new manager. A hiring that makes you stand up, take off your hat and ask "what the f is this all about?"http://homerderby.com/archives/1377

Why is Jimmy Kimmel everywhere? He has his own show...plus he's sitting in for Regis and last night he was on Monday Night Football:http://www.awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/

Thats all I have. I'll do better tomorrow. If there is a tomorrow.

Rainbow - All Night Long

I have to confess. I loved Rainbow once. Didn't matter if it was Dio, Graham Bonnett or Joe Lynn Turner on vox...just dug these guys. Have no clue why. The Dio version was the heaviest, the JLT era the wimpiest. Graham Bonnett wanted to look like David Bowie and he just never seemed to fit in. I could have gone with Rainbow's best known song from the JLT era, Stone Cold, but I elected to go with a Bonnett tune sung by JLT....Rainbow...today's Rocktober feature artist.

Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running (at Jonathan Ross 2007)

Just because they have someone playing a hurdy gurdy, Arcade Fire is todays Rocktober Feature Artist

Monday Morning Chili & Baseball Hangover

Saturday night was one of the longest nights of my life. 11 inning baseball games and pots of chili are a flammable mix. Once my hero Trot Nixon (you do remember my glowing piece on Trot Nixon last week don't you?) put the Indians in the lead I thought I might finally be able to drift off. But noooooooo....By the time the Indians had finished off the Red Sox I was too wound up to sleep so I watched the postgame show on STO. Finally at 3am I'm asleep...or so I thought out. 2 hours later the chili that I enjoyed so thoroughly decided to attack me like the midges did the Yankees at Jacobs Field. With God as my witness, I will never eat chili again. Still, the discomfort would have been far greater had the Indians lost that game Saturday. They got the much needed split at home and with a little luck they can take the next 3 games at Jacobs Field and move on the World Series. FYI.....when the Indians advanced to the World Series in 1995 and '97 they lost the first game of the ALCS. Of course when the Indians advanced in 1997 the met the expansion Florida Marlins. When the Indians clinch the AL pennant they'll meet the Colorado Rockies who own a commanding 3-0 lead over the Dbacks in the NLCS. The Rockies have won 20 out of their last 21. Thats just sick.

When I wasn't watching sports or dealing with the attack of the killer chili, I was cleaning out my DVR. I'm giving Bionic Woman another couple weeks and then I'm done. Every episode is the same. Journeyman remains solid and well worth watching. The HBO miniseries Five Days is quite gripping but I sense I'll be let down with the ending. I watched two episodes of Life over the weekend and I'm really enjoying it. Damian Lewis, who was great in Band of Brothers is fantastic and this and Sarah Shahi is just smokin' hot. I'd watch it just to gawk at her. Reaper and Aliens in America give me a reason to watch the CW. So much quality tv, so little time.

I hate Jay Leno. There are forms of cancer that are more funny than Leno. After agreeing to hand the Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien in 2009, Leno now has 2nd thoughts:http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-leno15oct15,0,2479443.story?coll=la-home-center

Like Leno, this putz is replacing a legend....Drew Carey makes his debut as host of the Price is Right today...if anyone cares about such things:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/10/14/2007-10-14_the_price_is_right_for_drew_carey.html

The Justice League movie is gonna feature a whole lot of people I don't know:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34438

Tony Soprano whacked John McCain:http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152007/gossip/pagesix/mccain_down_one_soprano.htm

Whats your favorite vampire movie? I gotta go with the Lugosi Dracula...my least has gotta be the Frank Langella remake. For pure fun, you can't go wrong with Blacula:http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-mxa1014artpage5oct14,0,49684.story?coll=chi_tab03_layout

Springsteen pairs up onstage with Arcade Fire:http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003658294

You can now legally download Led Zeppelin:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/arts/music/15musi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

It will soon be safe to type in acdc.com again.....:http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22588773-7642,00.html

RATT lead singer Stephen Pearcy and his RAT BASTARDS have announced the first dates for their 2007 "Metal In America" tour, also featuring Jetboy. Pearcy will be in Columbus December 4th at Whiskey Dicks. Remind me not to go.

Did you watch any NFL action over the weekend? Never did I think the Browns would go into the bye week at 3-3. I thought they'd win 3 games all season.Their offense is like something out of a video game....the defense is horrid and will keep them from making a serious playoff run. Who would have the Browns would have a better record than the 1-4 Bengals? But then again, its hard to compete when you have so many players hurt or missing practice due to court appearances. The highlight of the NFL weekend wasn't the overhyped New England/Dallas matchup....it was 400 year old Vinny Testaverde, who won the Heisman the year I got my drivers license, coming off the streets and leading the Carolina Panthers to victory:http://deadspin.com/sports/nfl-roundup/vinny-vinny-vinny-everywhere-310767.php

Someone has taken the time to put Bob Ueckers Major League play by play with the Indians game 4 clincher over the Yankees in the ALDS....:http://homerderby.com/archives/1370#more-1370

The NHL oughta just cancel the rest of the season now and hand the Stanley Cup over to the Minnesota Wild:http://melroserocks.blogspot.com/2007/10/minnesota-wild-have-got-to-be-killing.html

Thats all I got kids...I'm off to find some antacids...stupid chili.

SNL Rips Dane Cook

I never much liked Dane Cook but thanks to TBS and FOX I've moved into outright hating him. Every other ad on TBS during the ALDS was a Dane Cook promo or for Frank TV. Fortunately, someone at SNL was annoyed too. These SNL parody ads are funny...which is more than I can say for Dane Cook.