I just love this guy's comic strips, and there ain't a damn thing I can say to top this one! You have done well, Young Grasshopper...
TAKE YOUR TIME, FELLAS...
I saw an ad in the paper today about a band called 90 Minutes—"A tribute to the '90s". I doubt they'll even need that much time to cover that which was good music during the wretched decade that gave us the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Dishwalla. 30 Minutes should easily suffice...
BOO—RED STRIPE BEER ADS!
Have you seen any of these dreadful commercials? Do they make you want to run out and buy their beer? Not me...
I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS...
Can you believe it was 30 years ago today that the original Star Wars was unleashed to the masses? 30 bloody years, already? Somehow, I can't help but feel just a tad old now. A little trivia for you, btw—the above phrase in bold was uttered by a different character in all six of the Star Wars flicks. With us, The Force has been, says Master Yoda...
TRULY HONORABLE?
Anyone catch the 2nd-annual "VH-1 Rock Honors" show last night? If not, relax—it'll air again on VH-1 Classic about as often as Rosie O'Donnell, Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin says something stupid, so don't worry. Great concept, actually—it's sort of a slap in the face to the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame in that they mostly salute great bands who've been snubbed by said institution so far—last year's honorees included Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Kiss and Queen (although Queen's already in the HOF)—and this time they had a rather eclectic mix: Heart, Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne and ZZ Top (also already in the HOF). The show featured live performances by each band, but in best "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" tradition, the event was taped a few weeks back at the Mandalay Bay casino arena in Vegas, along with "tribute" performances by bands like Alice In Chains and other current nobodies, plus introductions by Hollywood types like Billy Bob Thornton, Cameron Diaz and Robin Williams, et al.
Don't mean to bitch too much, but I'd much rather see more live performances from the groups being honored, and less of all this ancillary crap VH-1 insists on airing. And couldn't they at least find a more credible emcee for the damn thing? This year's event was hosted by one Bam Margera, that venerable skateboard personality famous for appearing in Jackass-The Movie—a guy who isn't even old enough (born 1979) to remember when Ozzy bit the head off the canary, let alone remember when Ann Wilson was thin. Last year's hostess, Jaime Pressly, wasn't much better—she ain't even old enough to remember when Kiss took off the make-up or when Def Leppard's Rick Allen still had two arms. Hell, they had Mark Goodman from the old MTV days doing backstage interviews throughout—he'd make a more appropriate host than those other 20-something twits. Nice try, VH-1, but methinks you can do better...
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