It may not sell a lot of product but it’s the basis for about 65% of all sitcoms.

Tom has a theory on music appreciation. If he is correct, I am definitely part of the same group he’s in.

I have a theory on music application. If a white person/band covers a song originally performed by a black person/band, they will speed it up (exhibit a)

If a black person/band covers a song originally performed by a white person/band, they will slow it down (exhibit b).

Discuss.

On that video I linked yesterday, says Tam:

How shocked they’d be to find that on so many issues we’re on the same page. The difference between us is that I plan on using something more, ummm… authoritative than an iPod to keep from being shoved into the cattle car.

Indeed. I’m sure the aging yuppies who are trying to sell hip to the teen masses had some sort of conservative Chimpy McHitlerburton disregarding the constitution blood for oil spiel burning a hole in the back of their little noggins when they produced that ad. And thought this was some sort of War On Terror shtick. But when I saw it, I wondered if the folks on the cattle car had carbon footprints that were too big, someone was home-schooling, or if one of them didn’t sign up for Free Federal Health Care^tm.

Seriously, MTV made this?

Via Gunner.

New Battlestar Galactica starts April 4th!

Max and Igor (of Sepultura) are back with Cavalera Conspiracy. They have an album coming out on 3/25.

Gary Gygax, inventor of D&D, has died. Phelps 1d4 + 1 moments of silence, please

Chris knew the man.

In middle school, his game provided me with many nights of enjoyment. Godspeed, Gary.

Unlike Al Gore, who is the cult of no personality

Ya know, I thought the same thing. And Vernon Reid is a total bad ass.

R. Neal:

Is it just me, or were the Daily Show and the Colbert Report better without writers?

I concur. Well, on The Daily Show. I don’t watch Colbert anymore.

First two were pretty lame. What’s up with that?

Update: The Dorito’s commercial was funny. And so were Carville and Frist in the Coke ad.

And the Giant’s offense woke up. Note to Eli Manning: you’re on TeeVee and all so let me help you out, don’t sit there with your mouth open. You look like you’re catching flies.

John Lott:

I normally like NCIS on CBS, but this week was extremely disappointing. This week’s show entitled “Tribes” starts off with the absurd claim that “Nearly 30 percent of all gun related deaths are the result of the owners’ own weapon.”

I seem to recall reading that a fairly high number of police officers are killed with their own weapon.

I’ve addressed misinformation in cop dramas before, including that they get you acclimated to the notion that you don’t have certain rights and that cops are better than regular citizens.

Brittney on Romney:

Forget the fact that he flips positions more than Jenna Jameson.

In other news, bitter reports that Jenna Jameson is retiring.

Tam:

Yes, you’re reading it right. On CNN this morning more people were interested in who got custody of Britney’s kids than in who got custody of “The Button”.

Against movies?

I love The Tick. Jay has a good Tick quote. That somehow led me to this list of Tick quotes:

And, isn’t sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you’re good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit.

Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once. Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope. And you’ve got to get a good spiral on that baby, or evil will make an interception.

Good stuff. And the comic rocked too:

And then he threw a chimney at us.

Update: And how could I leave off:

Tick: It’s your turn now, Thorace-bog.
Thrakkorzog: It’s Thrakkorzog. Thrakkorzog. With a K.
Tick: We’re only serving humble pie, Whatchamazog.
Thrakkorzog: For the last time, it’s…
Tick: Thorax-and-a-bog. Four-yacks-and-a-dog.
Thrakkorzog: No.
Tick: Ah, laxative-log.
Thrakkorzog: No, no, no.
Tick: Sapsucker-frog.
Thrakkorzog: Thrakkorzog.
Tick: Susan?
Thrakkorzog: Now you’re doing it on purpose. How juvenile.

1 We Built This City - Starship. Awful on every level. Dumb lyrics and the music sucks. Seriously, a group of musicians got together and this was the result?

2 Hero - Some whiny bitch err Enrique Iglesias. Seriously, I’ve heard this song twice. Once at the bank. It’s awful. It’s a whine fest and makes me want to choke random people or gouge out my own ears. Make it stop.

3 Warrior - Patty Smyth: lyrics:

Shooting at the walls of heartache
Bang, bang!
I am the warrior

’nuff said.

4 - I wanna sex you up - some more whiny bitches err Color Me Badd. Not only is it awful but the title makes no sense.

5 - Anything by Rob Zombie. Oh, look. Two chords over and over again. Just like the last song.

Seems an Aerosmith fan board linked to where I met Steven Tyler. It was odd at Reno to see Tyler. First, the TSA guy asks me if I’m a fan of Steven Tyler. I said From Aerosmith? He said Yeah, he’s standing right there. And he was. He was standing their putting his clothes on after the TSA searched him. And, in hindsight, I really take issue with the TSA guy pointing that out. I mean, seems Tyler is entitled to some sort of privacy. And at least the privacy involved in TSA folks not pointing him out to random people going through security. People were asking him for pics and stuff while he was still trying to get his stuff together. Kinda lame.

And, hats off to Tyler. He smiled and took photos with anyone who’d ask. And was a nice guy. I didn’t ask for a photo because I figured he was tired of it.

And, by the way, Tyler is about five feet tall and weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet with his pockets full of quarters.

So, that idiot that Bonaduce slammed is now suing.

It’s not that bad, Tom. My wife has me watching Don’t Forget The Lyrics.

Sailorcourt reviews Tales Of The Gun for A&E.

I just thought this was a neat idea from Aunt B. So here are ten random songs in order (with youtube links) from my MP3 player (I have an LG not an iPod because I don’t buy Apple anything).

1 ‘Til Tuesday Voices Carry

2 Guano Apes Open Your Eyes

3 Korn Word Up

4 Hed PE Suffa

5 Terence Trent D’Arby Wishing Well

6 Sepultura Roots Bloody Roots

7 All That Remains This Calling

8 Deftones Engine #9 (no relation to the blogger here)

9 Talking Heads And She Was

10 Anthrax & Public Enemy Bring The Noise

This guy is either a decent actor or has no life.

But Bon Jovi will now suck worse since the latest album will be country.

Sylvester Stallone circa 1998: Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you’re gonna have. It’s pathetic. It really is pathetic. It’s sad. We’re living in the Dark Ages over there.

Then why does he have a concealed carry permit. In LA, where they only give them to the rich and famous.

Like you and me, only better.

Et tu, Bernie Mac?

Via David.

We’re winning:

Has anybody seen the latest instalment of The Power Of 10?

The week of August 20th, 2007, Host Drew Carey posed a question about gun control to the contestant: what percentage of Americans believe that Americans should be allowed to own automatic weapons?

The answer was 41%. I watched the show and the audience applauded. If, as Drew notes from time to time, that the Poll was conducted of New Yorkers, man, am I impressed! The significance is that on the question of ‘automatic weapons’, the finding is not 1 or 2 percent or even 10 or 20 percent, but a thriving 41%.

And Drew, thank you for your service. I didn’t know you are a Marine.

Awesome.

A couple of recent DVD releases you might be interested in. For fans of the 1980 Sci-Fi cult classic with the glorious Queen soundtrack, be sure to check out Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe Edition. It’s especially relevant, given the recent launch of the not-very-good SciFi Channel series.

Also, The Tick vs. Season Two is now available, albeit with one episode missing (as was also the case with the Season One DVD). Sadly, the missing episode this time is “Alone Together,” the Omnipotus episode, one of my favorites from that season.

Go forth and support our economy!

Cross-posted at Lean Left

American politics and civil life may be in the toilet but by golly at least dogs are evolving. Go to youtube and do a search for “Skateboarding Bulldogs” and have your conciousness expanded without using the clutch.

And while you are there you might as well catch: OK GO on treadmills.

So, I finally spent Sunday catching up on TeeVee. Four months after it aired, I finally caught the season finale of Battlestar Galactica. That is one seriously good show.

Stickwick writes a Dear John letter to the movie theater. I concur. The last movie I saw at the theater was Bad Santa in December of 2003. Lately, it has been tempting. I did not go see 300 because, as with most movies, I thought I’d be disappointed. I am tempted to see both Transformers and Live Free or Die Hard.

was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

Welcome back.

Update: For reference, lest ye think I’m a perv.

Live Earth: Private jets and tour buses for climate change!

I wrote before that:

I hop on YouTube on occasion to watch old music videos and the like. And I search for songs for which I have never seen the video.

One of my favorite bands is Machine Head. I never knew that they had videos for their first album. But they did. However, the reason that I did not know that was because in the mid-90s, MTV wouldn’t play their video because the song was called Davidian and contained the lyrics Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast. So says Wikipedia. The singer, though, says the song is not about Waco.

Any way, here’s the video.

Tom nails it. The impact of TeeVee on culture is strong, particularly when subtle.

Barry is in a band. Rich caught the band on video here and here. Barry has pipes, who knew?

Well, that could explain it. I await verification but I thought the truck driver looked familiar. Kinda doubtful that all those folks would be in it together.

Here.

First Deadwood, now The Sopranos. Seriously, did you see that shit? So, Meadow walks in, Tony looks up, screen black? I thought my TeeVee went out. Feh. I am totally not watching another HBO series.

Update: In other news, I decided to check the news to be sure. Nothing there. But there are already hundreds of angry bloggers noting the same thing. Blogs: like news but faster. But they’re right, that sucked and just served to leave the door open for other crap.

Update 2: hbo.com is down. I’m guessing everyone is pissed. My prediction: a movie.

Fast: wikipedia.

Of course, it was no big deal in 1938.

That they’ll make a movie about anything. Guaranteed to suck. My idea for a movie would sell, though.

Last night’s The Sopranos blew some folks theories out of the water. So, a reposting of the poll:

No, it never sounds cool. And it’s one of the few things I don’t like about that show. Actually, the only thing. BSG rules.