RANDOM THOUGHTS: PART 3
PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS....
Wouldn't it be funny if a tattooed man and a tattooed woman had a baby and the baby has some mixed form of their tattoos on its body?
I have way too much time to think up these things.
PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS....
Unless you’ve been in a coma or live in a media/ad-free environment, you surely know this summer will see the release of more sequels than any in the history of the universe. On top of that, they’re mostly parts of big-budget franchises. Spring gave us a small percentage of them with Are We Done Yet? and The Hills Have Eyes 2, neither of which made much of a dent at the box office. But today sees the release of Spider-Man 3, which is rumored to have the most excessive budget in film history (an alleged $237 million plus whatever the inescapable advertising costs add up to) so the race is on. From here, the next few months are loaded with over-the-top, big-budget studio productions. Here’s a breakdown of release dates:
This has been posted all around the internet and I like it so it's going on my page too. Jimmy Kimmel semi-recently hosted Larry King Live where the topics were the paparazzi and celebrity stalking. Rather than go into lots of detail about facts you'll pick up from watching the video, I'll just suggest you click on the "Play" button.
I don't know if the band Fall Out Boy can get anymore annoying. Not only does their music suck, but I hate the way they and other bands get attention.
I don't know if anyone has seen the ads for this show, but it looks really awful. Some of you may remember the plot of the dreaded She's All That, a girl who wears glasses and her hair in a ponytail and we all know how awful that looks to very high school jock asshole and frat mattress. Well, this show is called Ugly Betty because the girl wears glasses and has unexciting hair and braces. I find it hilarious how if a girl or woman doesn't look like one of the skanks on The OC or Desperate Housewives (or as I call it: Sex in the Suburbs), she is called ugly and gets a show named for that. What a strange culture we have.
As anyone who knows me already knows, I buy many concert tickets. As a result, I get emails from Ticketmaster for certain special promotions for ticket presales. I received one a few weeks ago which almost literally knocked me out of my seat.
Okay, so there will be no big apology explaining why I haven’t done a blog since August. I’ve been busy.
I know we’re a quarter of the way through the year but now that I’m settled into my new habitat, I can catch up on my bitching. These are the things I loved and hated about 2005 listed in no particular order. Here we go. We’ll start with the big one….
CDs
THE BEST
Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth: I was so anxious waiting for this album to be released. I drove my sister crazy playing “Lyla” on the band’s website every day since March until the album’s release on May 31….then I played the whole thing all day. I love this album! There isn’t a song on there I skip by and even though I’m an enormous Oasis fan and really love every album, I can only say the same about (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?. This really is a killer album which everyone should own, whether or not you’re a fan of theirs. It’s too bad the public didn’t have the same reaction I did. Although the band had a sold-out arena tour (which included
Crash Kelly – Penny Pills: I bought this album on the strength that they did a cover of Cheap Trick’s should-be-an-arena-anthem “ELO Kiddies” and the fact the label described the band as a mix of Alice Cooper and T. Rex. This CD rocks! This is the closest you will get to “classic rock”-style rock these days (they’re Canadian but I’ll overlook that….hehehe). Sean Kelly, the front man, sounds a hell of a lot like Steven Pearcy from Ratt minus the smug attitude and is also a cool-ass guy. I saw this band at The Saint in
Audioslave – Out of Exile: Let me start this one off by saying I don’t like Chris Cornell. He annoys me in the same way Jewel does whereby she will introduce songs with the sappy “I wrote this one while I was living in my car” and he says “I wrote this one day while I was thinking about killing myself.” I hate that. Let me also say I’m not at all into Soundgarden or Rage Against The Machine. Both are equally intolerable, yet this album is surprisingly very, very good. I’ve never been too keen on their first album but my girlfriend likes it so I decided to check this new one out. Dare I say it’s even Led Zeppelin-like at points. It’s kind of a shame Audioslave gets knocked in the press and by fans of their former bands for the fact they as heavy as them. Plus, a lot of magazines like to compare them to the overrated Velvet Revolver since both bands are made up of once-popular bands and are now “super groups.” This is a very cool album and I’m sorry I didn’t see the band live this past Fall. I will be seeing them the next time they come around.
Def Leppard – Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection: Finally, a two-disc career-spanning collection from one of the greatest bands ever! Basically an expanded version of the 1994 hits compilation Vault, this set is a near-perfect crash course for newcomers and a definite staple in car stereos for long-time fans like me. The new track, a cover of Badfinger’s “No Matter What,” is kick-ass as well. The band released a slightly varied version of this collection in the rest of the world which included a cover of “Waterloo Sunset,” which was originally done by The Kinks. This was already my favorite Kinks song and I was sorry to see it replaced on the US version (since it’s incredible) but luckily both tracks will be featured on the band’s covers album Yeah!, which will be released on May 23. If you’re not already one of the one million plus who bought this collection, join in already!
The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead: This album was released in the
Bruce Dickinson – Balls To Picasso, Skunkworks, Accident Of Birth, The Chemical Wedding: Finally, the Iron Maiden frontman’s solo releases get reissued with all the b-sides and single tracks I’ve shelled out hundreds to acquire on eBay. Oh, hell, at least I have them all on one disc now. To make these packages even sweeter, they’re all on two-disc sets with the original album on the first disc and all the bonus material on a second disc. This is the exact way I want to reissue albums one day (in order to preserve the impact of the original album). Bottom line: they were all great to begin with but are now remastered with all the songs completists like me have been searching for, making them essential. I’m sorry to say there was no
THE WORST
Bon Jovi – Have A Nice Day: I believe the last great (and best) Bon Jovi album was 1994’s These Days. It was personal, it was painful, it was upbeat. Crush and Bounce were attempts to fit in with the Backstreet Boys and all other current pop music. This one is different in that it sounds like a band imitating Bon Jovi with their typical riffs and “catchy” choruses. I bought it the day it came out and sold it in no time. It’s all disposable standard formula rock music for soccer moms to rock out to when no one is looking. I’m not a fan of Disturbed but I was happy to see they were #1 in sales that week over Bon Jovi. I understand they’re getting older and are parents and all that good stuff but there are plenty of bands who have been around longer than them who maintain a strong new catalog to coincide with their old one. Like I said, it’s forgettable.