I'm tempted to say the National Enquirer took it too far with the Whitney casket photo but I guess you can't really say that anymore. What exactly is too far? Nice of Whitney's limo driver to wait 'til after the funeral to start telling everyone she was a crackhead lesbian. What is the preferred wait time post funeral to start speaking ill of a departed celebrity? And how long until "Stink of Life" figures out there's $500,000 worth of pawn-able jewelry just a shovel full of dirt away?
ALLAH IS GREAT:
There are several hard and fast rules that apply when flying on a major US carrier. You have to stow your carry on under the seat back in front of you. Your seat must be in the full upright position during take-off and landing. There is no smoking on the jet at anytime. And, if this video is any indication, it's best not to shout "Allah is great" during a confrontation with a flight attendant. (see video below) The issue here is definitely the confusion over those stupid electronic cigarettes. Are you allowed to "smoke" em in places where you can't smoke? Are they a tobacco product or just something like a cellphone that will give you cancer after ten years of use?
I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU:
Everything I read or hear about Adelle glows about how sweet, unassuming, charming and gregarious she is. Unless, of course, you cut her speech short at an awards show like last night's BRIT awards. Maybe she was signaling the waiter with the number of additional entrees she would need when she sat back down? As a card carrying chin club member, may I remind her we are supposed to be "jolly".
GASSHOLES:
While you were reading this, the potential Memorial Day gas price just went up another buck. I swear. It's now expected to be six dollars. These guys are basically telling you to get ready to bend over and be anally manipulated. Don't make plans to drive anywhere this summer. Somewhere in Dubai, a prince is laughing while he smashes eight former Miss USA's he's holding hostage in his lair. Isn't it about time we started drilling for our own oil? I don't care where it is. Smack dab in the middle of Yellowstone for all I care. There's no reason why your summer trip to Clark's Trading post should cost you the same as a year at Harvard.
KRYSTA:
I'm leaving you today with a picture of the Mantown Girl of the Week that you may have missed. Krysta is a bartender at Uno's in Framingham. Her full gallery of pics is here. If you don't check her out, the terrorists win.
I could be happy listening to Chris Cornell sing the phone book. His voice is unmistakable. If you see him live, on his solo tours, he will surprise you with some amazing cover songs... Last night, he surprised the audience with a performace in tribute to Whitney Houston. Yes, it's a Dolly Parton song, but Whitney made the song hers, and now Chris Cornell has done something different to this classic song. What do you think?
Here's a few things that didn't make it on the show today before I race out of here so the stink of life doesn't follow me home:
POLITICS:
Does anybody else get igged out when someone of Ron Paul's age says "why is it we can't put into our body whatever we want?" I mean, like what do you want to put in there? Don't worry, gramps, the federal government isn't clamping down on Metamucil suppositories.
MUSIC:
No…that's not the actress playing Cruella DeVille in the "101 Dalmations" sequel. That's Bruce Springsteen shortly before his recent face-lift procedure.
RANDOM ACTS OF CRIME:
Exton, PA: Cops taze nude, 300 pound man who was trying on sox at Wal-mart. After making sure he wasn't just a regular, every day Wal-Mart shopper. I would assume you have to do an awful lot to stand out at Wal-Mart. Congrats to this guy.
NEWS:
Any good prop bets for Whitney's funeral tomorrow? How many times Aretha passes out from the heat in the church maybe? What about odds that Bobby Brown is wearing the white tux from the wedding? Will Kevin Costner be able to sneak a plug for the director's cut release of "The Bodyguard" into the Eulogy? Will the gravy boat have it's own pew? Kind of disturbing that you can watch this on the internet.
SPORTS:
NBA All-Star game this weekend in Orlando. I'm excited for the 12,000 feel good pieces on Jeremy Lin. Great story, complete overkill by the media. Floyd Mayweather is gonna be pissed that an Asian is on tv all weekend. I do love stories of the little guy who overcomes incredible odds to survive and live to fight another day. Like Tim Murray when he beat that mysterious black ice outbreak in Sterling.
Make sure you check out today's podcast of some of the music from Jeremy's favorite Christian rapper. You can check that out here: Listen
Pretty amazing editing by Eclectic Method on this. It must have taken days. But after about a minute I think I started to get motion sickness...or vertigo....or maybe he spliced in images of gigantic wart infested penises like in "Fight Club" Woops...I'm not supposed to talk about that.
It looks like "A Farewell To Kings" got the ass crack. I would have put "Hold Your Fire" there. And of course my "Red Barchetta" would be in a different place.
After Foo Fighters Rock-N-Roll Domination(or Damnation) of the Grammys last Sunday Dave Grohl has decided to take a much needed break for a year to sit on the beach in Maui and get his hair cornrowed....yeah right. I believe, much like my boss, Dave Grohl has cloned himself 5 times so he can be everywhere at once to do everything all at the same time.
Grohl is not only still touring the World with Foo Fighters, but he is also working on a documentary about bthe fabled and now defunkt Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. The place where he recorded "Nevermind" with Nirvana, where Rage Against The machine recorded their first album. Fleetwood Mac recorded "Rumours" and the self titled album there. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers cranked out "Damn The Torpedoes" and Charles Manson recorded some songs there months before his "Family" went on their killing spree in Benedict Canyon. The list is long and impressive. Check it out here. Grohl and many others have said it's a special space that has a certain vibe. Grohl has also proclaimed that Sound City has the best Drum sound anywhere often citing the drum sound on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as an example. The point where the drums kick in in that song is still pretty powerful. Check out the teaser trailer below:
Grohl is also working on some secret project that has so far involved Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini of Ratt, Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon and Corey Taylor form Stone Sour/Slipknot. Apparently Grohl is also using the old equipment from Sound City for the recordings.
As far as this years Grammys I think there were few real musical moments in the show. Where Nicki Minaj's Vatican baiting and Chris Browns auto-tuned lip-syncing were low points, Bruce Springsteen And The E St. Band, Bonnie Raitt and Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, The Civil Wars, and Glen Campbell provided some musical purity along the lines of what Dave Grohl was talking about before The Grammys cut him off:
I was accused of being a racist this morning by a texter who said I shouldn't criticize the choice of Chris Brown as a performer during the Grammy telecast last night, without criticizing the choice to honor Glen Campbell. You know what, they were right! Yes, we all know Chris Brown bashed Rhianna's face in three years ago and I, personally, find it freakin bizarre that she is supposedly back with him now. However, it is well known that Glen Campbell did the same to Tanya Tucker for many years during their tumultuous relationship and I should have said the same thing. I guess it's easier to forgive as the years pass and to forget. And I guess maybe what someone does in their personal life should have nothing to do with whether they are honored for their musical achievement. If you read the tweets floating around this morning, there are apparently a ton of women who think he's so hot, they don't mind that kind of thing. Where should the Grammy organization draw the line? Do they have any obligation to impressionable men (and women) to reward only those who have led a stellar life? Would they be able to find anyone to nominate? Maybe there should be a five year moratorium on nominating spousal batterers. If you can keep yourself out of jail on assault charges for five years, hell yes, we'll nominate you for a Grammy! For whatever reason, and it's not because I'm a racist, Chris Brown's nomination, win and performances annoyed the piss out of me. And Glen Campbell's did not.
Cool Interview/Conversation between The Van Halen Brothers and David Lee Roth. It proves sobriety and time build patience. Sometimes Roth breaks in with too much me time but if you're not familiar with the history of the band then there's a lot of information to be had. I never knew Eddie couldn't read music. Which is amazing! He learned all of his classical piano lessons by ear and watching his instructor's hands. Still winning first place prizes in yearly piano competitions.
A couple of unrelated observations:
With the goatee Eddie looks kind of like the late great Boston Vocalist Brad Delp.
Alex is starting to look like an emaciated Louis Black or a California version of Richard Belzer.
I'd like to see David Lee Roth interview Mitt Romney. I just think it would be Ultra-weird.
I'm tempted to say the National Enquirer took it too far with the Whitney casket photo but I guess you can't really say that anymore. What exactly is too far? Nice of Whitney's limo driver to wait 'til after the funeral to start telling everyone she was a crackhead lesbian. What is the preferred wait time post funeral to start speaking ill of a departed celebrity? And how long until "Stink of Life" figures out there's $500,000 worth of pawn-able jewelry just a shovel full of dirt away?
Everything I read or hear about Adelle glows about how sweet, unassuming, charming and gregarious she is. Unless, of course, you cut her speech short at an awards show like last night's BRIT awards. Maybe she was signaling the waiter with the number of additional entrees she would need when she sat back down? As a card carrying chin club member, may I remind her we are supposed to be "jolly".
While you were reading this, the potential Memorial Day gas price just went up another buck. I swear. It's now expected to be six dollars. These guys are basically telling you to get ready to bend over and be anally manipulated. Don't make plans to drive anywhere this summer. Somewhere in Dubai, a prince is laughing while he smashes eight former Miss USA's he's holding hostage in his lair. Isn't it about time we started drilling for our own oil? I don't care where it is. Smack dab in the middle of Yellowstone for all I care. There's no reason why your summer trip to Clark's Trading post should cost you the same as a year at Harvard.
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No…that's not the actress playing Cruella DeVille in the "101 Dalmations" sequel. That's Bruce Springsteen shortly before his recent face-lift procedure.
NBA All-Star game this weekend in Orlando. I'm excited for the 12,000 feel good pieces on Jeremy Lin. Great story, complete overkill by the media. Floyd Mayweather is gonna be pissed that an Asian is on tv all weekend. I do love stories of the little guy who overcomes incredible odds to survive and live to fight another day. Like Tim Murray when he beat that mysterious black ice outbreak in Sterling.
