Monday, August 29, 2005

I am not a "holla" back anything....

Let me understand something here:

Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani has the word shit in it 34 times. Who is her target audience? Latin Gansters in Oakland, or Italian club dancing thugs? According to the only portal I have to real life, Laguna Beach, the girls there like her. No offense to either, but I thought she might be looking at cashing in on the 12-17 year old girls.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that what she is doing is wrong, or right...I am just a shade surprised that such a song appears on an album I pigeon holed as teen pop. A song like this belongs on The Game's next lp. Maybe I listen to too much Jack Johnson and Coldplay and harken back to the days where subtle sexuality was what drove a band, and its audience. Where have you gone Mick Jaggar? Oh crap that's right you're still here and creeping the bejesus out of the 12-17 year old girls, singing that your shit is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s! Because it is, not but bananas.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Katrina is a Big Girl

As a confesed news a holic, I've got to tell you I won't be able to sleep tonight. I actually plan on going to bed soon, so I can get up really early and watch the hurricane coverage before I venture out to work. I couldn't feel worse for the gulf coast americans, but also am thankful that I will not face such a storm.

We got word early in the week this thing could be ugly. The worst case scenario's played out and here we are playing the waiting game. My first thoughts are I'd like to be there to help do something for those people and that city. I believe once I get bored enough with the grocery business I'll seek a job with emergency preparedness. I find the whole thing alluring. I might be a little out of my mind.

Well this is the last of my stream of consciousness for today. I don't normally tell people to pray or what have you, but today it might not be a bad idea to think about how quickly an act of nature can destroy something as simple everything.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Nuttin' but a G(T) Thang

If you found $384.00 what would you buy?

You gotta buy something what would you get. Well, I was pressed between bike and guitar, I think I'm gonna get both. I just spent 2 large on a bike... and its kickin' my arse.

http://www.gtbikes.com/mountain/catalog/detail.php?id=833&country=usa&brand=moun

I got a deal and a half at Dick's Grand Opening and now I'm guitar searchin'.

I guess you're wondering about the money, I roll my change. I rolled some quarters yesterday. I had $190.00 in quarters. People that's nuts. I had $116.50 in other such change(s) and a pitiful bonus check of $84.00. So I figure I use my paychecks to afford my necessities: rent, power, smack, cable, food, porn, meth lab accoutrements, manicures, hair mayonaise, Captain and Tennelle concert posters, you know the necessities.

I need to add ben-gay to my necessities list...my hind quarters are sore.

DOA. foo fighters....cool rock song

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Fire represents heat....

I have been watching quite a lot of Survivor Outback and Survivor I on Outdoor Life lately. I forgot how terrific those seasons of television were. The first Survivor was groundbreaking for its relationship study, the battle of man against nature, and best of all it brought reality tv into the mainstream. Previously only Fox, MTV, and Foreign stations dealt with reality, now the grandaddy of them all had a hit.

The second season was my favorite. I loved every waking minute of Australia. Kimee protected chickens, and Alicia wagged her pointer. Mike killed a pig, and fell into a fire. Roger was the salt of the earth and provided the season's fatherly type. Jerri was a bitch, Colby was the Alpha male. Amber was only becoming a reality superhero. Of course though my favorite was Elizabeth Filarski, now Hasselback and now on The View.

I just watched the episode where Mike fell into the fire, its just as moving now as it was then. It is riveting television. Each person's emotion was palpable, its just a game...until now when someone gets hurt. The accident was foreshadowing for the tribe, as they all met his fate, save Elizabeth who makes the final three.

Unfortunately I guess everything has a shark jumping episode, and for me that came during my favorite season, when Jeff Probst took a helicopter from Austraila to Los Angeles. Uh, okay.. and now we're live and Colby's five o'clock shadow has shown up late.

The latter Survivor seasons pale in comparison to the first to. Most had their moments, stupid Fairplay, incandescent Jenna Morasca, and that sorry Boston Rob. Now we deal with kids that have studied what you "should do".

I'll tell you what my advice would be, and what strategy I'd take. I would forbid the use of the word alliance. I'd use confederacy, or coalition, but not alliance. I hate hearing that on reality shows, it represents more than the word actually means. Use trust, or fellowship they all mean the same thing, but now alliance means so much more. I figure were not far from a political canidate announcing his alliance to his running partner.

Well this began as a faithful love letter to the Survivor first seasons, and ended as a rant on how much I despise the latter shows. You can tell how long I've been on the island, its getting to my head.

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Bleach Bubble Bath

It's a bloody mary morning, that's a good line. Willie Nelson is a genius on parallel with Bob Dylan.

Okay, I logged in to tell a tale of horror and disgust from last night. The language of these events may be coarse at times but it will be necessary.

Last night was the first night I went out in August, a new record of some 19 days. It was not a mistake but it has a regret. I went with my normal local crowd; Ricky, Julia, Jackson, Jay and FGDP*.

Our night begins in earnest when I recommend avoiding the hastles of back to school by going to an off the beaten path place, Salty Mikes. I Love this Bar. Its a good coastal place, very humid, salty infact. By this point Jay headed to the local dance club, and FGDP moved on. After about two beers, we make a group decision to tie one on pretty tight. We move from bottle purchases to buckets. Our first bucket is killed in twenty to thirty minutes and I'm on deck. I bring back a new bucket full of ice, and bud light.

We're four beers deep when a woman appears at our table. She immediately thrusts her hands into the bucket and grabs a beer while asking for a beer. Before anyone could say "gasp" she lifted her wife beater and popped the cap. This road whore** was drunk and ready to party with some young guys and a girl. She immediately asks me to scouch over...then yelled what you don't let women with tattoo's sit next to you? I ask befuddled "What". She rips her pants down exposing that thunderbird you see on mud flaps, and some pubic hair. That's right I got a small peak at her formerly special treasure.

With my experience and serious fear, I couldn't say no. She plops down next to me. I ask her if she has been partying, already knowing the answer. This woman was as drunk as Liza Minelli. From here I will refer to her as Lucille 3. If you must question it, it isn't relative to the rest of the story, its just a name. After some banal conversation, our booze monkey reaches in the steel bucket for some ice. Lucille 3 grabs a handful and shoves it down her shirt rubbing it all over her boobs. I said "you must be hot". Well that was the worst mistake I'd made in awhile. Minutes, nay, seconds later her top was off and the bra unhooked.

This road whore, Lucille 3, was nearly 50. I estimate 43 with some serious smoking and druggin'. Now these tits were the worst I'd ever seen. She looked like she nursed a dozen orangutans or possibly was a female wrestler in the '70's. They were beaten badly by time. I understand and respect the aging process, but lets not forget I'm an immature 28 year old that still laughs at farts and boogers. Especially when I'm at Dairy Queen and I fart and pick my nose waiting for my Blizzard. But I digress, afterall we are experiencing public nudity of the worst kind.

It wasn't enough that those really nasty things were out there on some bird flu carrier, they were right next to me. I figured she was gonna pick pocket me or something. Ricky and Julia bolt. Jackson and I sit with Lucille 3 on a picnic table for about forty more seconds, most of which are consumed with laughter, stares and nervousness. She approaches my head to give me some action and I can't move far enough away.

I panic and slide away, all the while looking up to see whats 'acomin'. I look up and see a sweaty $5.00 stuck to right booby. I tell our monster, who casually flicks it off as if it's a fly. Now the boobs are clean enough to slap against my face. Which she does, as I fall down the picnic table towards the ground, where I roll from my knees to a running position. Had this been war I would have gone AWOL, but since I left a man behind I did wait.

After getting regrouped back at the bar, we alert the bartender to a half nude lady drinking beer at the table to his left. He springs into action. Throwing her out of the bar, forcing her to call for a ride. That must not have worked because it turns out this lady is driving. She proceeds to get in a car and smash a couple of others as she hauls whore ass back to well, wherever.



*I want this on record FGDP is not my invention, unfortunately. I thought it might be something everyone knows about, but I actually think I heard it within this click over a year ago and it just wasn't used for a long time. It is however going to be a great band name for when I find a band to attach it to. FGDP is the "inside" nickname for a couple of girls we hang out with. Fat Girl Dance Party.

**Road whore-n. Not my invention, but certainly something I've propagated. Road Whores are the kind of women that look like they fell off of a Harley hit the pavement face first, lit a cigarette and walked to the nearest crackhouse. Road whores are white trash with a special twist.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Shaken

Greetings all.

This is post #150. A decent milestone. Here's what's on my mind now.

I just finished Kill Bill vol 2. I hadn't seen it allthough I've owned it since it debuted on DVD. The quality of the first was nearly matched by the second. Many prefer the second to the first, but for my dollar vol 1 was greater. I enjoyed both throughly, and really enjoyed Tarantino getting out of his movie and into directing.

Next James Bond? Pierce Bronson got word that he's out, says Entertainment Wkly. So lets do the casting game for about a second. There are many who think the front runners include Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and semi unknown Daniel Craig ( who will probably land the role ). Why isn't Colin Firth getting more pub I wonder? And why was Colin Farrell even thought of, why not Robbie Williams? I still think Clive Owen will be the second place finisher, with an even more unknown maybe younger person landing the job. I think a 25 year old type to create a younger Bond would add life to the series.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Think Dodgeball meets Dangerous Minds

Lazy Saturdays. I don't know if I can think of anything I like better than doing nothing and lying around to do it.

I did however do some serious Netflix work this week.

I watched Friday Night Lights, which for all of its continuity errors and racism I enjoyed it. Tim McGraw was great. There's something about the country music community and their acting ability that has me intrigued. Dwight Yoakum, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, have all made good turns and Dwight Yoakum, I predict could win an Oscar in his career. That dude is mean.

I also watched Blazing Saddles, and the Ox Bow Incident. Two great movies for obviously different reasons. First, Blazing Saddles, was truly hilarious as I had always heard. Yes, that's correct I had never seen it before. Not for any reason, just never got around to it. Anyway, very interesting polical messages going on in this one. Ox Bow Incident is still one of the great unhearlded movies. A morality play that must have been extremely controversial during its time. Released 62 years ago it contains material that wouldn't have been on TV in the Eighties.

This morning I watched Scary Movie, I guess I'm into spoofs this week, I really liked this one. Scream is one of my favorite horror (?) movies of all time, because it had a sense of humor unlike most slasher flicks. The weird thing about Scary Movie is how it plays as a mystery. For some reason, maybe the early hour of my screening, I couldn't figure out "who done it". I should have known, but I figured it would be a weird 80's TV character or something. I did however like the ending a take on The Usual Suspects.

Also this morning I caught a little of Summer School. I love that movie, as we all do. It's harmless good 80's comedy, played out by has beens. I would love to see a remake casting of this. Unfortunately my casting would get done and it would suck. So some other genius would do some sucky casting and it would work.

I would cast:

Luke Wilson as Shoop
Christine Taylor as Fat Actress's Part (not because she was on AD last night, because she'd be good)
Steve Carrell as Vice Principal- they may be twins
Nikki Reed as The Courtney Thorne Smith Part

Of course Rob Reiner would be attached to direct...

Some Elton John today

Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters-love it
This Train Don't Stop-love it
I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues-love it
Someone Saved My Life Tonight-LOVE IT

Friday, August 12, 2005

Coming Attractions III

Three movies you should be aware of:

Jarhead, Waiting, and Pretty Persuasion.

Check Yahoo for trailers, Arrested Development comes on in a few minutes so I should peace out.

Monday, August 08, 2005

What the hell are you waiting for?

So long Peter Jennings. I always have a special thought about anchors, my thought on Jennings was two fold. He did 24 hours straight 12-31-99 at like 4 am until the last Happy New Year was shouted 24 hours later, carrying each one live. And his thing on Sept. 11th telling parents that he spoke to his kids, and urging them to "call 'em up". Quite good.

Things I'm doing this fall:

buying a guitar
watching football
researching for a book I'm writing ( I will only discuss details with my agent and future publishers, if there are any)
sitting around hoping Rehnquist doesn't die

Is Mena Suvari pretty to you?

Relative Ways=And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Our Dead
Brown Paper Bag=Roni Size/Reprazent
Fit But You Know It=The Streets-featuring the Futureheads-Good Version!!!
Dirty Harry=Gorillaz

I don't think I will ever get tired of the music from Numb/Encore, the Jay-Z-Linkin Park "mash-up" ( I hate that term). When I go to the park late at night and beat up old ladies that song is playing in my mind, its kinda chilling.

later taters

Saturday, August 06, 2005

This story is probably the funniest thing going on the nets right now.

If you haven't read it or seen something about it here goes.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/tomluv/13923.html for a follow up read this:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ohnotheydidnt/2990262.html

This makes my day. I like being right. I'll never forget Hootie throwing those losers out of Columbia.

Monday, August 01, 2005

My Retirement Speech

I believe in a few things:

A good "show" should involve some of the following. An old standard everybody loves, a new song that leads into the bathroom break, an encore we expect, some tall idiot, and a little crowd involvement, call and respond if you will. Last night I got each of the above. I was happy with the turnout at The House of Blues, Myrtle Beach for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. Figured on a packed club, and some annoying situational problems, but folks last night was my last club show for a long time. I think I still might go see Chris Isaak, but its in jeopardy.

I have never had a worse time in this situation. I don't mind being crowded if everyone is into what's happening, but the people surrounding the lower level were beyond non-involved. The crowd around me was comprised of 50% fans paying attention, and 50% Seth Cohen clones not giving a rip if their $40 ticket went to waste. I call it waste. I call it waste because I don't spend $4 and go to a club and text message people, or talk during the entire performance. I wouldn't do that during an opening band. If you don't know Ben Harper his songs have a slightly heavy tone to them. For no apparent reason some meatheads and prototype alpha males decide slower quieter songs are the time to do shots and text message each other whilst giving high fives over some chica. Imagine being at a kegger encircled in Abercrombie wannabe's while reading Emily Dickenson's poetry.

I said Ben Harper's songs have a heavy tone and by no means does he have the talent of an Emily Dickinson, but this high-fivearama, and kamikaze party took place during a song called (I'm not making this up) Widow of a Living Man. The title gives away that it isn't bubblegum.

Ben and the band were really pretty good, but his voice doesn't work in the surroundings of last night. He sings really high and quietly which doesn't work well with noise. I enjoyed the music but will forever have bad feelings about the time and place. I didn't have a good time last night.

One thing I will say in favor of the crowd last night is how nice some people were. I genuinely appreciated being around so many like minded people. Because trust me the minority was the problem, and it took my buddy Dave, others like him and myself to our limits. Screaming in the faces of these jerks didn't fix any problem.

This is just pure rambles of what happened, I can't keep a thought together, but I have developed a new theory: It's not quite as controversial as my "Everything's New" theory, but its not nice. This one I'll publish.

I believe that today's children are more healthy, smarter and more attractive because of at least one thing, mothers don't drink or smoke while pregnant anymore. I guarantee we all know someone who is a little slower, or plain old not normal, and if you look back you can pretty well bet their fetus floated in Wild Turkey during some developmental stage. Anyway I'm tired, so see ya.