I have been addicted, and I mean addicted to this song since the new disc came out. Absolutely love Audioslave, which makes sense, because I was a big fan of both Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine. Thanks guys for forming a band.
Statisticians Blues by Todd Snider
Good Todd Snider song, but not the best. He's been one of my favorite artists for years. You have to be able to listen to country-ish music to like him though. He's far from being mainstream rock or country, kinda folksy... Think Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Ben Harper... Singer/Songwriter type stuff.
Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails
This is one of the most depressing songs I have ever heard. In other words, I LOVE IT!!! This is one of those curl up in the fetal position, listen to music, and not move for a week songs.
Pardon Me (acoustic) by Incubus
This is one of those bands I was so addicted to for a while, then I pretty much got bored with and stopped listening to. What was once a unique sound got copied a bit too much, and their songs seemed to start to blend together.
With Plenty of Money and You by Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett rocks. I love some of the older swing/crooners... I'm not sure exactly how they are classified. The Tony Bennetts, Frank Sinatras, Dean Martins... All I know is I like the music.
Mysterious Ways covered by KMFDM
What better than a band from Ireland's song being covered by a German/US industrial rock band? Studio recording none-the-less, not even a bad version from a live show. Good song for me to jam to and confuse people at the same time.
Rubella by the Smoking Popes
This song is why punk rock used to be cool, but is now trash. They write about Rubella (the german measles) and make it sound like a love song. "And my heart now it has swollen, to twice its natural size..."
Vow by Garbage
I've been in love with Shirley Manson for years. Ever since I saw the video for "Queer" I had an interest. Then I saw the video for "Only Happy When It Rains" and fell in love. Not only was she hot, but the whole band put out some good music too.
Personal Jesus covered by Gravity Kills
Before Marilyn Manson decided to cover this song, Gravity Kills (another industrial rock band) covered it. Ya know what? If you heard the Gravity Kills version, you'd hate Manson's version even more. Just picture the Manson version, but good. Yeah, thats this.
Lyric by Zwan
Billy Corgan could surround himself with a bunch of 8th graders, and put out good music. He was the Smashing Pumpkins. D'arcy tried acting... failed. James Iha tried to record a solo cd... failed, now he is rhythm guitar for A Perfect Circle. Its all Billy. This album proved it. Still haven't heard his solo CD, but as far as I'm concerned, every album he's been on has been solo, including a band's disc that he didn't even appear on (Holes only recording since Courtney drove Kurt more insane.)
That wacky Saddam is back in the news, and for something he didn't even do!!! While we all know how he loves his Doritos and makes a great pet, we weren't aware of other peoples endeavors to make money off of his oh so beautiful Image.
Way down south... yes, farther than even Texas!!! Actually in Brazil, they have been making phone cards with Saddams oh so sexy image on them. Pictures of him in prison with guns pointed at him, on a phone card.
To keep from offending people, the cards were removed. We all know how well Saddam is loved by all, and we wouldn't want his huge world following to be upset by images of him in prison, where he is awaiting trial for war crimes.
Lovely Rio. Place of one of the highest murder rates in the world. A woman sadly dies of a heart attack. At her funeral, there is a nearby gunfight between police and drug lords. A stray bullet strikes the coffin, and hits the deceased in the hip.
"This is just too sad. My God, to get shot after death," a reporter quoted the deceased sister. I can think of something sadder, and much worse... to get shot when you're still alive!!!
Yes, disturbing that it happened and all, but when I'm dead and being buried, I'd gladly take a bullet for any of you. I mean that.
You answered 85% of the questions as a geek truly would.
You're a geek and you know it. You've got all sorts of fringe hobbies and socially unacceptable tendencies. Chances are, whenever possible, you hate to be grouped with other people and sometimes go out of your way just to be different.
You're smart too. You're more willing to depend on your own brainpower to solve problems, instead of relying on others to pull you through life. You probably read a lot, and generally enjoy learning new things.
So what's it all mean? You may be considered by some to be uncool, but you probably don't care either. In social situations you may be either slightly passive or slightly loud (geeks always fall into the extremes). In a nutshell, you answered enough questions correctly supporting a geek philosophy to be considered a more potent geek than 60% of the population.
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
Since I don't do a lot of posting about myself, I came across this survey while frequenting the Almighty Goths website. So, I decided to fill it out, so people could get a little more of an idea about me, and my evilness. Here is survey.
So, all you Republicans think your bad-ass tough guys huh? Well, y'all ain't nothing. Yeah, you heard me (er... read me).
How much would someone be willing to pay dubs to marry his daughters? Not a DAMN thing. But, Big Daddy Bubba Clinton got an offer for Chelsea. A Kenyan man offered Bubba 20 cows and 40 goats for Chelseas hand in marriage.
That is quite the dowery. The Bush Daughters together couldn't get an offer like that.
That is why, we Democrats are better than you Republicans!!!
Residents of a Yukon town in Canada have spotted Sasquatch, BKA Bigfoot taking a leisurely stroll through town. Besides leaving footprints, our buddy Sasquatch left a hairball behind too.
Since this physical evidence was left behind, scientists at the University of Alberta are performing DNA tests on it, to determine if it is from a known animal, such as a bison or moose.
Through my research, I am under the firm impression that the hairball fell out of the fro of the long lost leader of the Hair Bear Bunch. The group has not been seen since the 1970's era explosion of poor, look and sound alike cartoons of Hanna Barbara.
As depicted in the picture, he is the cross between Yogi Bear, Fred from Scooby Doo, and a Harlem Globetrotter. Even if he brought you joy as a child watching the crazy antics of the Hair Bears, do not approach him. The years of running feral have probably left him wild and menacing like a normal bear. By now, his once well maintained fro may have become dreds. So sad when the famous fall...
I regularly read Aljazeera, just to see some of the opinions and views expressed by an Arab news site. It gives a view that I myself am not quite able to see. Its a way to "put myself in someone elses shoes."
One of their regular columnists, Soumayya Ghannoushi, has a tendancy to aggravate me. If somone wanted to find out who a textbook American-role-in-the-middle-east-basher is, they would probably find her picture next to the definition.
Today, I read her column that was focused on something else... Al-Qaida. She speaks of how disgusted she is with them, their actions, and what damage they have done to the middle east, along with damage to Islam.
If anyone wants to take a peak inside the mind of an average, educated arab journalist, read this one. Might piss you off, might make you scream liar at your screen, might make you open your mind a bit to a different view.
If you thought the death star subwoofer from last week was cool, got something even better this week. Its a Japanese built, 4 meter tall, land walker. Looks a lot like the AT-ST walkers from Star Wars. Moves at a ferocious 1.5 km/hr!!! (for those who don't know metric, that's 0.68 mph. In a full 24 hour day, at top speed, you'd go 16 miles.)
All this for the low price of just $43,500!!! I wonder if an insurance company would cover it against Ewok attacks?
Lets see, where can a governent official go to campaign? How about the funeral of a soldier killed in the line of duty!!!
In the most disgusting of all possible moves, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania decided to do just that. Showed up, said condolences, then handed out business cards and said the State of Pennsylvania was against the war.
So respectful huh? People are saying goodbye to a brother, a son, a friend, a nephew, a grandchild, and you show up on the campaign trail. Did you get a picture of yourself kissing the corpse too? I'm sure that would be a good publicity shot. People love it when you kiss the body.
You make me ashamed to affiliate myself with the Democratic party. Now, I must give the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, the "I'm a Fucking Idiot" award. Congratulations. I hope you get syphallis, and it burns when you pee.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course, especially of course, if the main course, Is the famous Mr. Ed!!!
Oh yes, a restaurant in New Zealand is offering a meal on its menu called "Mr. Ed is Dead." The meal consists of a char grilled horse steak. Mmmmm... sound tasty?
The place is getting a lot of complaints, but is also selling a lot of horse meat. Its part of a month long contest in that area to see which restaurant can offer up the most unique entree.
Me being more or less a city boy, looks at a horse like I do a cow. Its some farmyard animal, that might make a decent meal. The thought of grilling a horse doesn't offend me at all.
Then, I think of people who have horses as pets. I can completely understand them getting aggravated, and complaining how barbaric it is. I know I'd get pissed off if I found out some place was selling grilled kitty steaks, or k9 surprise stew.
Maybe we spend too much time humanizing animals. No matter where you go, animals are held in different regards. In some places eating dog is common, while here, it is against the law. The same as in some cultures me eating a hamburger would be outragious, a huge moral wrong.
So people eat what ya want. Just kill the animal in as humane a way as possible, and stay the fuck away from my pets!!!
Besides, I've heard guinea pig is quite the delicacy in some places, so I might need to try that one day.
Japanese scientists are looking at new ways to provide caretakers to the elderly, by using robots. Soon, one fourth of Japan's population will be age 65 or older, and the nations existing healthcare would not be able to handle the load.
They don't want to be like the US or Europe, and allow cheap foreign people to do the job, so they are turning to robots.
As an American, my top choice for someone to care for me should I become unable to, would be another skilled, well trained, American. Of course you can't always get what you want.
Now, if you give me the choice between an illegal alien, who speaks broken english, but was well trained by standards in their home country, or a robot, to change my catheter... who do you think I'd choose?
Surprise, surprise, it isn't the robot. Give me the illegal alien ANY DAY!!!
I really don't know many songs by Boston, really just that one.
Show Me A Little Shame by Ben Harper
Good slow/mellow tune. Reminds me a little of old 1970's era R&B.
Outshined by Soundgarden
This song is a strong reminder why I miss this band so much. Classic grunge.
Cold by Static X
I've never listened to much Static X, but I am addicted to this song.
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi
This is one of those songs that makes me laugh, but then it somehow got me to be a serious fan of the song. I still laugh at the "Cuz I'm a Cowboy." I think this song is Kid Rocks wet dream.
Lap Dance by N.E.R.D.
Lots of folks claim knowing stripper songs. This is a perfect one that is hardly ever used. *sigh*
The Fall by Ministry
Good song, on an album where ministry just wasn't themselves. Wall long drawn out textures of songs, not the loud, jagged guitar work of the Psalm 69 cd.
Jam On It by Newcleus
This is about as old school hip hop as you can get. I used to walk around my old store with our store manager, after close, checking up on people, humming the bassline to this song.
Creep (single version) by Stone Temple Pilots
Yeah, in case ya didn't notice this a long time ago... I'm a child of the grunge era.
Scenario feat. L.O.N.S. by A Tribe Called Quest
This is probably my favorite Tribe song. This is also the song that introduced Busta Rhymes to the world.
Two flying superstars, who tried to fly an America West Jetliner got sentenced to 5 and 2 1/2 years, after they got shitfaced, and decided to do some flying.
Nice to see there isn't a huge difference between flying a plane drunk, with hundreds of lives at hand, and driving a car drunk. Good lawmaking.
I like beer. I was introduced by my brother to a little brewery nearby, in Munster, Indiana. The brewery is called Three Floyds. They make a wide array of tasty, hoppy beers. They were just rated on a website, by amatuer voters (ie people like you and me) as being the second best brewery in the world.
I couldn't help but noticing, that another small brewery out here, in Flossmoor, Illinois came in at number 49. I am surrounded by excellent microbrews, and I love it.
No beer makers in the south made the list. The survey said the south is big on the domestic, watery, nasty stuff, like budweiser, miller, and coors.
James Doohan, best known for his character on Star Trek Scotty, passed away today. He was 85. He had quit his public life a year ago, after his diagnosis with alzheimers.
I've been a Star Trek fan for a long time, and the character of Scotty which Doohan played was always a favorite. He was a believable character. This gruff, serious engineer who always told the Captain (his boss) that what he was asking for was crazy, but always managed to come through and save the day in the end. Plus, he could handle his liquor better than a Klingon.
Thanks for the life you brought to the Character Mr. Scot.
Who here likes Star wars? Who likes having their room shake while watching movies in surround sound?
If you answered yes to these questions, have I got the ultimate subwoofer for you. Its big, its loud, and it was handcrafted by some guys in Reading, UK. Its the Death Star Subwoofer. Available now for purchase on E-Bay.
I know I would be the proud owner of this thing if it was in the US, nearby, and I had that stuff called money.
Tomorrow, I will be traveling a bit to babysit the queen again. I must travel to actual Chicago, instead of being in my usual undisclosed location near Chicago, so that I may watch over the Queen, whom also goes by the name of the Foo Fighter.
Babysitting the Foo Fighter is no simple task. The Foo Fighter is very demanding, and requires much to satisfy her fickle tastes. It is here, where I shall chronicle the adventures of babysitting our high and exhaulted majesty.
Behold the Queen. For she is powerful, unwavering, and demanding. To oppose her is suicide, to serve her is not just a blessing, but any mere peasents duty.
Once again, there has been a Chupacabra incident. It seems the fabled beast is traveling northwards, as the incident happened in Texas.
For those who don't know, the Chupacabra is a cryptozoological creature. It has been predominantly sited in Mexico and Puerto Rico. They are believed to be 3-5 feet tall, with sharp fangs, glowing red eyes, and they smell like sulphur. They kill their victims, usually chickens and goats, and suck their blood (and sometimes organs) from their bodies.
On a few occasions, the Chupacabra has been known to attack humans, but it is extremely rare.
So, if you live in the south, beware, the Chupacabra is coming, and will eat your livestock!!!
Bubblegoose by Wyclef Jean feat. Kenny, Stan, Kyle, and Eric Cartman
Yeah, Cartman mack 10!!! This song cracks me up. Chef Aid is one of the most underated albums of all time. Its got everything. Cartman singing, Rick James and Ike Turner together, and of Course Chef (Isaac Hayes) singing about simultanious lovin'...
Female folk song version of the NWA classic. Its beautiful.
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi
This song makes me laugh. I need to sing it karaoke.
Mary Mary by Run DMC
Old school hip hop at its finest. It was a simpler day, without bling, bitches, and who carries the most guns, got shot the most, etc. Run DMC wore Adidas, not bulletproof vests. That is why they rock, and 50 cent is a talentless piece of shit.
Cold by Static X
I've never really, really gotton into Static X. I do love this song though. Its been in my regular rotation for a few weeks now.
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) by Metallica
About 15-20 years ago, Metallica was cool. Great metal band. This song is one of the top reasons why.
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
JC and his country music, were precursers to a lot of the Rap today. He wrote about guns (don't take your guns to town), people on hard times (man in black), killing people (Folsum Prison Blues), and stealing Cars (One Piece At A Time) long before almost anyone else. You are the man Johnny.
Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue
You have to love a song that was inspired by one of the bandmembers overdosing, and having to be defibulated (sp? is it even a word?). Yes, shocking someones heart so it beats again... i.e. kick starting it.
Most unborn babies are riddled with pollution. This ranges from gasoline, to high levels of mercury. Samples taken from umbilical cords show disturbingly high levels of these dangerous chemicals and substances.
So, remember to wash your unborn babies regularly, and don't use harmful pesticides on them. Your unborn baby will thank you.
Big baggy trunks, or a speedo? THAT my friends, is the question.
American men (and I am going to take a guess at Canadian men too) are partial to big, baggy, swim trunks. Europeans are partial to the speedo. It doesn't matter if you look like Brad Pitt, Ron Jeremy, or even Abe Vigoda... you wear a speedo in Europe.
Face it, in a speedo you get a better tan, and can swim faster since you don't have the aerodynamic (or is it hydrodynamic?) drag of trunks. So American men, especially all you George "The Animal" Steele look alikes, get yourself a speedo and hit the beaches!!!
(I would like to point out that my extremely pale self will remain locked up in my basement, avoiding all contact with direct sunlight.)
Here is a tale, a tale of great stupidity. It is also the tale of a crook.
A man steals another man's cell phone. The phone rings, repeatedly. He never shuts it off. The man who the cell phone belongs to, catches up to the theif, and asks for his phone back. The theif gives it to him, then punches him. Police are called, the theif is arrested.
Note: the theif has a prior record. He broke into a retired Texas Ranger's house, and got his ass beat by the retired man. The theif has beaten up an old woman, and has many other minor offenses on his record.
While in court, the prosecuters offer him a plea bargin of 15 years, the minimum sentence they can give him with his record. He refuses. The case goes to trial.
The defendent/theif cusses out the jury, gives obscene hand gestures to witnesses, and tells the jury if he wants to steal something, he will. He also tells them they can sentence him for life in jail, it doesn't matter.
So, he was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He is a mental giant.
Remember when dubs was giving a speech of some sort a few years ago? Yeah, he was talking about the "Axis of Evil." It was Iraq, North Korea, and... Iran. Yeah, sounds about right. He wanted regime change in all of them.
Well, he got it in Iraq. Odd thing is... Iraq just hooked up with its long time rival next door, Iran, who would still be on that axis of evil list, to have military cooperation, and for Iran to help train Iraqi troops.
Considering most conservatives believe if you aren't with me, your against me, and the friend of my enemy is my enemy, does this mean we have to overthrow the newly elected Iraqi government, because they are cooperating with their neighbors? Can't be friends with the devil and not be a demon, right?
I'm so confused. I don't wanna invade Iraq again. We do have a good position for an Iraqi invastion right now, with our troops already being there. So, lets just get it over with, and overthrow our puppet governemnt, and put in a new puppet government.
The hip hop and rap music industry is now crunk pop, hip pop, or some other bad cliche. The state of music of the mainstream laden person seems to be growing up on the backstreet boys, then when you are too old for boy bands (who amazingly aren't really bands) to hip hop. Its pop for 16-24 year olds.
I could rant forever on how musically, for every innovator like Outkast there are ten Mase's-the guy with no talent that just happens to be a friend of someone who made it big. That is not my beef right now. I can easily just listen to what I like, or in the Case of Lil John and the Ying Yang Twins, pick out my three songs, and ignore the rest because they all sound the same.
My knock is the lack of creativity with names. It does go back to the days when there were too many Ice's and MC's. Ice Cube, Ice-T, Vanilla Ice, MC Ren, MC Hammer, The Young MC... It continues on to this day.
Just as I was looking through the Best Buy ad today, I saw another one-Slim Thug. Now I know Eminem decided to take up three names, which is unfair to an original name deprived industry, that gives you no reason to use the Slim Shady theft. Nowadays we have a bunch of Lil's, even if "Bow Wow" doesn't use it anymore, him and the aforementioned Lil John, and all the other Lil's followed in Lil Kim's footsteps (who probably followed in the Lil footsteps of someone else).
If the musician can't even be original in picking out their name, how can you expect any of their music to be original? I know I would be the last in line to buy a CD by a metal band called Marvin Manson.
I Like Pancakes - Foamy expresses his love for pancakes... and syrup.
Modeling - Strongbad's a model, you know what I mean? and he does his little turn on the catwalk. On the catwalk, on the catwalk, yeah, he shakes his.... The Internet Is For Porn - Yes it is. Yes it is. I always knew cookie monster liked porn.
When Doves Cry? - Here's a good idea. Have a ceremony, and have two little kids hold a dove for a while, and release it...
Please make sure your sheep are not depressed, and if they are, give them prozac. 1500 sheep in Turkey just tried to off themselves. They all jumped off of the same cliff. Luckily, only 450 died. Seems the rest survived by landing on a wooly pile of sheep, cushioning their fall.
With recent happenings in the world, the fear of terrorism has spread and begun to run rampant again. I go from blog to blog, and read about it. These posts range from expressing sympathy to those who have suffered loss, to posts of disapproval of our own war on terror, to posts against Islam.
It is the last of that group that just disgust me. With all of the wars Christianity has waged against others in the name of religion (the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades) Christians have no right to infer that our religion can't do anything bad in its name.
On the same note, in the past hundred years, there was a war on a Religion. Millions of people were killed because the rulership of those countries thought that religion was a threat to their existance. The Holocaust killed millions of innocent people. It was one of the darkest periods in human history. By calling on a destruction of Islam, puts an individual standing on the same ground as Adolph Hitler.
Putting a terrorist on trial is a noble cause. Labeling an entire religion as evil and condemning all who practice its faith as being an enemy isn't. That is called genocide.
So everyone, stop finding a scapegoat for your fears. In order to put an end to the violence taking over the world, we have to find the culprit, not blindly lash out.
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda
Our pal dubs went off riding his bike really fast the other day, in rainy weather, on the grounds of a hotel in scotland. He ran over a cop, fell off his bike, and got a bunch of booboos. Luckily that nice doctor guy sprayed bactine on them, and gave him some bandaids. He wanted GI Joe bandaids, but the doctor didn't bring them, since the other world leaders at G8 wouldn't take him seriously.
Seems wittle dubs jr. has a history of doing such things. He fell off his bike before, he's even fallen off a seguay scooter, which should be pretty much impossible. He also, somehow managed to scrape his face after choking on a pretzel and fainting. Yeah, its even unsafe for the man to eat a pretzel.
I think, in the interest of the American People, we need his bike to have training wheels, limit him to a liquid diet, and have him ALWAYS wear a helmet.
This one is off the stoned immaculate disc. A lot of good bands on it, covereing the doors. Days of the New would have been an amazing Doors cover band. Then again, so would The Cult, Creed (I shudder saying that), and even Stone Temple Pilots. The choice of Smash Mouth on the disc scares me. Also a cool version of Roadhouse blues is on it with Jim Morrison and John Lee Hooker.
Rexall by Dave Navarro
Seems that anyone who was once a guitarist for the Chilli Peppers, ends up with solo CD's. Somehow I end up owning their cd's, but not a single RHCP cd. Know why? I can't STAND Anthony Kiedes's voice.
Take the Power Back by Rage Against The Machine
One of Rage's best songs. Good lyrics, a catchy bass line, and amazing Tom Morello guitar work.
Amsterdam by Coldplay
This just may be my favorite Coldplay song.
Take a Picture by Filter
I know a lot of Filter fans that hate this song. Luckily I'm not a filter fan, and I can like their non screaming song.
Prelude 3.0 by Slipknot
This is the first song off of Vol. 3, the Subliminal Verses. The song is way different than the stuff off of their older CD's. Really showed a maturity, and a level of musicality (Made up word I think, but it covers it) in the band.
Burn One Down by Ben Harper
Ben Harper will never stop amazing me. He just does too many genre's of music on one CD. Reggae for this track.
When World's Collide by Powerman 5000
Rob Zombie's little brother at work here. Really an underated band. You have to like loud guitars, screaming, and catchy beats to get into them though.
Licking Cream by Sevendust
Another band I can't get enough of. They are one of those bands that constantly cross the line between being a metal band, and being a rock band. Bands like this have always been some of my faves. Just look at band #1 on this list. They did it thoughout their careers too.
Ok, everyone, be alarmed. The terror alert has gone from Master Shake (elevated) to Frylock (high), due to the events that have unfortuneately already transpired in London.
Its good we have such a warning system, that makes us tighten up security after terrorists strike. One day, we might actually have it working so well it tells us before they strike.
*edit* they have since changed the terror alert to being split. We now have Frylock telling us we are on high alert for mass transit, and Master Shake telling us elevated for everything else. Thanks for the clarification, I'll go back to living my life in fear of terror attacks, but more on mass transit than in the Nuclear Bomb shelter in my basement. I was afraid i was gonna have to stay in the duck and cover stance under the desk in there forever. */edit*
A scientist has been using our nations most valuable genetic resource, the inbred Amish population of Pennsylvania. Seems a few hundred years of keeping the gene pool closed off, has left them with tons of genetic disorders. So, a scientist took advantage and set up shop.
He set up a clinic, in an Amish built building, to help out the little inbred childrens, and to do genetic research. The community has been very helpful, as even though they shun technology, they look at their role as helping others, which is highly encouraged by their branch of Christianity.
So far, the research has led to dozens of discoveries, as well as some cures for genetic diseases.
Even though I don't understand the Amish community, I do have a lot of respect for them. They respect other's for their differences, and offer whatever help they can. Wish more people could follow that example.
Then again, I wish that they could get that gene pool broadened a bit. That's just too nasty when you really think about it.
The first of possibly many lawsuits has been filed against NASA. A woman in Moscow is suing NASA for 300 million dollars because by crashing a satellite into a comet, it alters her horoscope.
This is terrible that NASA is so oblivious to the rammifications of its actions. Millions could live or die just because of the alignment of objects in the heavens. By doing such acts in the name of junk science, the very basis of all that we know and are used to could change.
A comet might seem insignificant, but what if NASA decides it wants to keep Mercury from going into retrograde? What will happen to a Virgo like me? I won't have my brief moment of not being myself. This could destroy the very foundation of our entire world!!!
We must save the future, and end all space exploration before we alter the cosmos. We don't know the rammifications on people by doing things out there. We already know what happened to religion when that heritic said the sun was the center of the solar system, and not earth.
Everywhere I turn on the net, I'm seeing something about live aid. I see pictures of Bono with his sunglasses, singing. I'm sick of it. Live Aid 8, and the make poverty history campaign are all a bunch of bullshit.
Live Aid 8 is not the same thing as the original live aid. Its not raising money to provide to charitable organisations to help starving people. Its about raising money, to bail out third world governments. Its to erase national debts.
The national debt for Derka Derka gets erased, so the rulers of Derka Derka use their new found buying power to help buy food for its people, or buy bigger guns because their neighbors in Flacidstan are building up a big ass army.... I bet they spend money on weapons.
To go into the ideal that by erasing a debt is going to make everything ok is exactly that, idealistic. We don't live in a shiny happy world, filled with shiny happy people. The world is a fucked up place. Clearing up a bank account ain't gonna make it all roses.
So if you want me to pledge to help feed a family, I'm for it. If you want me to pledge to save someone from disease, I'm for it. If you want me to help pay off someones credit card debt, fuck you. They'll just buy groceries for a week and a plasma screen tv. A week later they'll be asking if you have money for some McDonalds.
"OK students, here is your final for chemistry. You are to steal my car, and see what happens in a chemical reaction if you cover it in gasoline, and add fire to it."
"It burns. FIRE FIRE FIRE. Heheh. Yeah."
"Good job. You pass."
Yup, high school teacher passes two students because they stole her car, and torched it for her. Seems she couldn't make the payments, and needed an out.
Great plan and scheme, except the stupid teacher bought a new car a week before they torched it. Kinda screams insurance fraud when you buy a new car, when your old car is behind on payments. Then the old car is remarkably stolen and found burned to nothing.
So, for all you wanna be insurance fraud people out there, here is the order.
Decide how you are going to dispose of the car. Burning is kind of pointless, but easy. A chop shop is a better scheme, since you'll get some cash for the car being parted out, and on top of that you'll get insurance money.
Have the car stolen, and disposed of in the manner of your choice.
Collect insurance money.
Buy new car.
If you go out of order, it kinda makes this big flashing light of insurance companies, and police go off.
Ladies, ever think that men are confusing? Well, that is simply because we are confused ourselves. The modern woman having a stronger role in society has left men wandering around, scratching themselves going "ok, so what am I supposed to do?" As women have re-defined their roles in society, they have left our traditional roles in limbo.
If we show the older, archaic roles of what a man is in society, we would be deemed as being chauvenist dinosaurs from a time long past. While in turn, if we are too dosile, we are considered weak poor excuses for men. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Over 50% of men in the US feel their role in society is unclear. The increase in male confusion is not just a US trait, as the study was done in ten countries, and all show new high levels in male confusion as to their societal roles.
These findings are in no way an assault on feminism, and the female movement. It is just a appeal to be understanding to the men in the world. As women have chiseled out a new place in society, men have had their place altered, and need to figure out exactly what that new role is.
Yet another bad cover. The horn part was replaced by the kazoo. The vocals are done by, what sounds to be, a guy with a high pitched voice, with an accent. Its horrible, yet strangely entertaining.
Violence Fetish by Disturbed
One of the better bands to make it big the past 5 years or so. The question is, when are they going to finish the album they have been working on forever, and is the bands chemistry going to be the same with a new bass player, who was taken from a better, although broken up band (The Union Underground).
Change (in the house of flies) by the Deftones
I miss the old deftones. The My Own Summer (shove it) and around the fur deftones. The angry, screaming, loud Deftones. Although I do like some of the newer songs, the world didn't need someone who seems to try to sound like Billy Corgan singing.
Living Without You by Sister Machine Gun
I think I raved about this band a few weeks ago. Although this isn't one of my favorite songs (just happened to show up as iTunes grabbed songs), it does show the uniqueness of the band. Don't run into many saxophone solo's in rock nowadays.
Love, Hate, Love (live) by Alice In Chains
Hearing this song live at a show made me realize, to the full extent, how great a band they were. This song is one of those ultimate break up songs. Layne Staley just hit the vocals, and the emotions of this song head on.
Exorcism by Killing Joke
Killing Joke was one of those, kinda random bands I was listening to for a CD in the early to mid nineties. Good disc, fit in with what I was listening to at the time, but never quite gelled into a long term following for me.
I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown
About 9 years ago (July 4th weekend, 1996) me and a friend of mine hung out at my brother's apartment at school for the weekend. My brother's roomate had this James Brown boxed set. We've both been hooked ever since.
Crazy by Willie Nelson
A lot of people would expect this to be listed as being a Patsy Cline cover. Nope. Willie wrote the song, she just made it famous. Can't cover something you wrote. Willie wasn't blessed with the greatest voice in country, but he is one of the best lyricists in country music history. Willie is to country what Bob Dylan is to rock.
Selling the Drama by Live
Another band I was once a loyal follower of. Solid rock band, and a great singer... if he could just keep the oooooaaaaaahs under control.
It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones
One of my friends got me into Tom Jones. When we were in high school, we had those regular nights of going out, and just driving around. We had.... now I show my age.... Cassette Tapes with a ton of music on them that was just a bit off. This is where my own series of odd party CD's known as "The Happy Music" came from. Well, one night my friend played the new Tom Jones single "If you only knew" and we couldn't stop laughing at the, *laughs* rap part. Yes, Tom Jones rapping. A few years later Tom had that role in Mars attacks, which made a greatest hits CD a must have for me. Might I add, Tom Jones is a PIMP!!!
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