MASTODON, VOLBEAT, DEATHCYCLE Sunday, March 29, 2009 VOLBEAT Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood Mascot Records
A dash of Misfits, a pinch of Johnny Cash, and a touch of Life of Agony. Mix it all together and what do you get? Danish Elvis-Metal rockers, Volbeat. These guys have just been introduced to me and I am thoroughly impressed! I, along with thousands of other fans, have always been a fan of the Misfits (and yes, I am privy to the Michale Graves era over the Glen Danzig...fuck off) but do not for a second think Volbeat is another Misfits clone. No sirree. Think of Volbeat as the guys who will fill the need for a metalbilly genre. Don't think they're metal? Check out the raging double bass and melting riffs on Hallelujah Goat and get back to me.
TOP TRACKS:Back to Prom, Hallelujah Goat, Maybellene Hofteholder, We, Wild Rover of Hell, Light A Way
FINAL VERDICT: I've been searching for something like these guys ever since the Misfits and Graves split ways and Jerry Only thought he can be a one man band. 50s style swing-rock fused with rockabilly and metal. You really can't go wrong. Check out their rendition of I'm So Lonely I Could Cry and their cover of Social Distortion's Making Believe. But why, for the love of Danish patries would you go on tour with Nightwish!?
MASTODON Crack the Sky Relapse Records
Prog metal has seen some talent injected into itself in recent times. (Gojira, High on Fire, The Sword, etc...) But none have left the scene wanting more such as Mastodon. I'll be the first to say I don't know all too much of the band. I know I liked a few songs off Leviathan and who the hell didn't like Remissions? That being said I gotta say I'm pretty disappointed with Crack the Sky. Musically its on par with or as good as anything else the band has released but vocally I think its crap. At times I thought I was listening to Ozzy as the vocals on Crack the Sky are a shitload more cleaner than any previous release. I'm not too happy about that as I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't go and change your vocal style".
TOP TRACKS: Crack the Sky, Divinations
FINAL VERDICT: Maybe I'm just not big enough a Mastodon fan to appreciate the band and what they do musically. I could do without 10 minute tracks and as said earlier the Ozzy-like vocals, but these guys can definitely play, bar none. With that I decided to post an old video instead of something off the new album.
DEATHCYCLE Prelude to Tyranny Lifeline Records
Yawn. No disrespect but its all been done 3x over already. Deathcycle recently played their final show and from what I hear it was a pretty sick way to go out. Sadly I have never seen them live.
PRO vs. CON: WHO THE HELL IS LORDI ANYWAY? Monday, March 9, 2009PRO from a Pro
Ok so last week I'mwatchintv and I'mwatchin this show about Black Metal. They were talking about how some Norwegian metal bands were allegedly burning churches and turning their backs on Christianity, but that's not what I'm here writing about...but it did get me in a very metal mood. So fast forward a few days when I was hanging in the basement from hell with 'The Gut" and I was telling him about this metal mood I have been in since watching a bunch of Nordic motherfuckers burn shit and he brought me to a web site with this band called Lordi. I was like "What the fuck its this shit?!"( if I'm late to the party about this band.... FUCK YOU ALL! I was listening to Venom when you were still swimming in your daddy's sack!) They were all made up with these fuckin costumes as if they were out of some B-rated monster movie. We ended up finding their video and listened to their one cdThe Arockalype. Dude if you like old school metal like Accept, Manowar, Armored Saint, get this fuckincd! Dude I thought I was in high school again! They even have UdoDirkschneider, Jay Jay French and Dee Snider doing some guest appearances throughout the album. The music has catchie choruses, like Hard Rock Hallelujah, Bringing Back the Balls to Rock, and more. They seem like Gwar but without the politics. So if you're looking for some old school metal like you used to listen to back in the day pick this cd up.
~THE GUY ON THE WALL
CONfrom a CON
My esteemed friend, The Guy On The Wall, can not be wrong enough when it comes to the rubber enveloped ripoffs known as Lordi. I mean really. Really? Seriously? These guys have about as much to do with Black Metal as I do... and I can put on a mean Black Metal outfit for Halloween. So here's my take on these fakes. Yes, they sound like a good throwback, viking metal band. But lose the costumes fellas. If you haven't noticed, its been done before. And done with waaaaay more creativity than these wannabes. Yes. I am speaking of the alien beings who have conquered and enslaved Earth nIne times over...GWAR!!! Not only are GWAR a brilliant sideshow circus act, but they are a damned talented trash metal band to boot. Lordi may sound old school, but do they behead the likes of Osama Bin Laden, both president Bushs' and Paris Hilton? Does the singer of Lordi have an alien penis which sings soprano? Better yet, how many feature films have these dopplegangers made? ZERO! Gwar have starred in numerous entertaining films such as Phallus in Wonderland and Rendezvous With Ragnarock, both are pretty much Oscar material. I couldn't even tell you how many albums these sick puppies have put out at this point, but the two best are Scumdogs of the Universe and Violence Has Arrived. Classics in their own right by all means.
~GDEVILTWO FROM THE VAULT: AS FRIENDS RUST vs. THE LUNACHICKS Tuesday, March 3, 2009
AS FRIENDS RUST
Here we go again (no not the Shelter song) I’m trying my hand at reviewing again. This time it’s not an album, it’s a band. That band is As Friends Rust. Besides winning an award for having one of the best band names ever, they were actually pretty damn good.
I don’t feel like getting into the whole, who, what, where etc of the band but I will say they are from Gainesville, Florida. Vocalist, Damien Moyal you might remember him from such great bands such as Culture, Morning Again and oh let's not forget Shai Hulud for a short period after AFR. If you don’t know any of those other bands you should go check em out. To start out with I love the songs on 6 song EP. Especially Half Friend Town and Like Strings. Oh and their cover of the Circle JerksOperation is great. The whole cd is fast and full of heartfelt lyrics. Damien’s voice has a great smooth aggression to it.
Their next album, Won is a great sophopmore effort which shows off AFR's maturity. The music is still fast but has great melodic breakdowns. Opening with a song like We On Some Next Level Shit is a great start. In a smart way it pokes fun at the kids that are always telling you what’s best for you. As far as great auto-biographical lyrics, Fourteen Or So has it nailed down. This song is fast and just filled with honesty. Laughing Out Loud probably has the best and most disturbing opening lyrics, “sometimes I’d like to know the insides of my wrist”. This song has great melodic/screaming, back and forth vocals. There’s just a great feeling of acceptance and fed up in this one song. The music echoes the lyrics perfectly. The record takes a darker slower turn. But it holds up. It’s not one of those records that your all amped on for the first 5 songs and than you have it on and it’s over and you didn’t even realize it. Ten ends the album perfectly.
Last record I’ll sum up is A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times. Ok granted the title is kinda ehhh. The songs also gained wordy titles but their word play titles so it works. For example “more than just music, it’s a hairstyle”, wordy wise ass title and great song. It’s slower but still strong. A lot of it I believe has to do with Damien’s voice and lyrics. It maintained the honest and angst. The music also raised it’s levels. The rest of the band has a great way of mirroring the feelings in the lyrics, or vice versa. There is only six songs on the cd, so it does go pretty fast even though the songs are slower. Especially with a 46 second sorta ballad. And well than there’s the last song, Where The Wild Things Were. This is another one of Damien’s auto-bio songs. It basically picks up from where he left off. It starts fast than leads into a great breakdown and than picks back up. You start to understand his issues a little and his acceptance of himself with them.
If you ask me, if you like bands like Avail or even the Bouncing Souls, you’ll probably like As Friends Rust. The sincerity in each note and lyric is astounding.
The year was 1994. I, along with Chris and some other of our friends made the trip into the city to see a great lineup at Irving Plaza. The Offspring may have been the headliners (don't laugh, back then, they weren't all about the pop and were actually a great act to see) but the real show-stealers in my book were a band called The Lunachicks.
As soon as they took the stage I'll have to admit I fell in love. There stood Theo Kogan, lead singer of The Lunachicks, decked out like a barbie doll on speed, grilled with tattoos, towering above all who gazed upon her. Sigh.... my heart and groin still remember that night, because it was the first time I saw an all female band actually kick some ass. Theo is one of the best front-person I have ever seen perform. She was the whole package. Gorgeous, talented and hysterical. Yes, to see a Lunachicks show and not laugh is pretty much unheard of. I was a fan from the moment she answered a heckler who yelled out "Show us your tits!" with a belly bursting belch from hell. I tell ya, a small part of me died when I heard she got hitched to Toilet Boys guitarist, Sean Pierce. (And let's not forget Gina Volpe, guitarist...she was friggen hot as well!)
The band formed in 1987 according to their bio. I got hooked on them when they released Binge & Purge in 1992. That album in my opinion showcases The Lunachicks at their most raw. Tracks such as Apathetic, Superstrong and This Is Serious are the top tracks and were all show-closers even in more recent years. The best way to describe The Lunachicks were by no means, redefining music in any way. They were all about having fun and kicking ass. But they did it in a way that empowered females but never shunned away the fellas.
One can find great tracks on all of their records. I kind of lost touch with them when they released Pretty Ugly, but Binge and Purge, Jerk of All Trades and Luxury Problem will always have a home in my iPod. As will any tattoo mags with Gina and Theo in them...double sigh...
(Since calling a hiatus in 2000, members of the band have went in various directions. Theo has been heading Theo and the Skyscrapers while landing various acting jobs. Gina Volpe is vocalist for the power trio, Bantam, who happen to be pretty damn kickass. Squid was, or is a tattooist in NYC someplace.)
ALBUM REVIEWS: BLACK TIDE, DEADLOCK, GHOST OF MAINE GHOST OF MAINE EP & THE HEALER SINGLE UNSIGNED
What grabbed me first about these guys is the name of the band. First off, they aren't from Maine. They are in fact, an up and coming blend of music and brutality from lil ol Indiana. Secondly, after first listen, you totally forget what the band is called and are lost on a beautiful arrangement of technical metal goodness. Its not math rock by any means but you can tell these guys know how to play and aren't just killing time between weekends playing in backyards. Why aren't these guys signed yet? I have no clue. I imagine it won't be too long before someone gobbles them up. Alas, if only we had a label...
TOP TRACKS: The EP is absolutely incredible. Most notable are "Isn't That Right Mr. Scream?" and We All Float Down Here (Stephen King's It made me afraid of clowns forever). Their more recent release is a single entitled The Healer which is also pretty killer.
GDEVIL'S VERDICT: You should download everything by this band as I did. Do it now so when they do cruise through a town close to you as an opener who steals the show you look like you know your shit by singing along to who is one of the best unsigned metal bands I've head in a while.
DEADLOCK Manifesto Lifeforce Records
Sig heil for Deadlock! German metal marauders have been around for quite some time, ever evolving into the melodic metal-core fusion we have today. Deadlock has written the book on diversity with Manifesto. The melodic chants of Sabine Weniger are perfectly complimented with the furious death barking of Johannes Prem throughout the album. The samples and keyboards add to the diversity of the album.
TOP TRACKS: Martyr to Science, The Brave/Agony Applause, Dying Breed GDEVIL'S VERDICT: Diversity is good for many things. Like your 401k plan. I'm all about trying new sounds out in metal but sometimes its just a bit much. At times I feel Deadlock is trying to do too much on Manifesto. I mean, I'm all for keyboards and saxophones but I could do without the hip hop guest vocals (unknown artist) at the end of Deathrace. Metal is metal in my book. I have to see this band live in order to see some metalheads start boppin their head to rhymes. Top notch.
BLACK TIDE Light From Above Interscope Records
Yes its a year old. Forgive me for not being on top of everything that is rock and roll. And that my friends is exactly what the Black Tide are! Rock and fucking roll!!! This album made me want to dig out my Iron Maiden dungaree jacket and give the middle finger to the local authorities. This kids are obviously influenced by old schoolers such as maiden, Manowar and Metallica (OLD Metallica!). I say kids because the average age of the members is around 16-17 years old. What do a bunch of kids know about good, old school metal? Who knows. maybe they had cool older brothers to show em the way like I did.
TOP TRACKS: Shockwave, Warriors of Time, Shout, Light From Above, and yes...the cover of Metallica's Hit The Lights rips it up.
GDEVIL'S VERDICT: New? No. Refreshing? Yes. It's good to know some people know their roots. Is it a marketing ploy? Who cares. Black Tide pulls it off perfectly and will have you bangin your head for hours.
**GDEVIL**
AND NOW THE NEWS...2/19/2009 Wednesday, February 18, 2009
ITS NO HORSE SHIT!
After 82 years, the Model T is set to replace the horse - again.
A city lawmaker wants to phase out controversial buggy-pulling horses and replace them with eco-friendly electric replicas of vintage Model T Fords.
The proposal - which has been pitched by animal-rights activists for months - has been taken up by Councilman Daniel Garodnick (D-Manhattan), who is hoping to put it before the City Council this spring.
"We have been exploring the idea that would essentially create a substitute for the horses," said a source close to Garodnick.
Its about fucking time. I'm not a super animal rights activist or anything but have you ever walked passed a Central Park horse and buggy? Or better yet actually been victim to a horse and buggy ride? The smell of horse shit permeates throughout. Its enough to make you want to vomit. How romantic can a buggy ride be when it smells like your significant other bathed in shit for hours prior? I say good move going to the old Model T. Alas, I'm sure some fuckwad liberal cunt will be protesting about the ozone next however. Ya gotta love this city.
JEW NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS
A Hasidic Jew indicted on shocking kiddie-porn and child-rape charges claims he's too religious to even look at the grotesque photographic evidence against him.
The 23-year-old Rockland County man is due in a Manhattan court today to seek bail. If convicted, he could go to jail for as many years as he's lived.
Prosecutors say David Silverman and two buddies - both now fugitives in Israel - used MySpace to lure three girls, ages 14 and 15, from their Westchester County homes to nightclub-style porn set near the Javits Center in March 2007.
Once there, the men allegedly plied the girls with alcohol and filmed the resulting orgy.
"The worst part is, we have no idea if these pictures - and there's video, too - are still out there," one source said
Raised in a Hasidic family upstate, Silverman left home in his teens, shaved his hair, tattooed his body, pierced both ears multiple times, and joined the sex- and drug-drenched rave and trance music scene.
The girls knew him only as David or his online names, "DJ Rings" and "King Dingling." By the time cops found him, his two friends had fled the country, the illegal "dance club" on 34th Street had been dismantled, and his computer's hard drive was wiped clean.
Or so Silverman thought.
Three days into jury selection last month, prosecutors resurrected a series of triple-X photos implicating Silverman and his two alleged accomplices.
Silverman has insisted he never touched the girls.
On the strength of the new evidence, Silverman, who had returned to the Hasidic lifestyle and moved to Spring Valley, was tossed into jail in lieu of $50,000 bail on charges of child pornography and statutory rape.
Now, he is refusing to discuss anything to do with the charges or look at the evidence "for religious reasons," says his lawyer, Israel Fried.
"He was 21 at the time, and the girls were 14, 15, but did not represent themselves as such," Fried claimed.
Isn't it funny how religion an come in handy when the shit hits the fan? Get caught playing patty cake with a few underage teenagers and all of a sudden Yahweh is your savior once again. If this story is true let's hope "King Dingaling" gets his bells rung while in C-Block by a guy named "Bubba". As if I didn't hate the rave and trance scene enough...
A-ROID PHENOM
You'd have to be deaf, Dumb and blind not to hear any of the bullshit, New York Yankee all-star, Alex Rodriguez has been spewing about his past steroid use. When the story first hit, his reply was ,
"Well to be honest, I'm not sure what I was really putting into my body."
I smell cop out. Alex. Here's some advice. Admit you shot yourself full of GH or whatever teh hell it was, admit it wasm a mistake, admit it was to gain an advantage and to keep your edge, and I would have more respect for you. But alas, what does the dipshit do? He holds a press conference, of which was televised on virtually EVERY major news channel. In this press conference one can see how nervous Mr. Rodriguez was. Look how many times he goes for a drink of water!!!! And he STILL does not admit the truth. Instead he, his agent, and teh Yankee public relations team concoct this story in which he and his un-named cousin tried taking steroid. "To be honest, I'm not even sure we were doing them correctly."
Boli!? I'm no doctor but common sense tells me that "boli" may be short for "anaBOLIC"? Just maybe? And what's with that long, drawn out, over-exaggerated pause when he goes to address his teammates? SOOO SCRIPTED!!! Must have been taking acting lessons from that talentless hag, Madonna.
To be honest??? In my experience, anyone leading off with "To be honest" is anything but! I have officially given up on baseball and maybe even sports in general. Fact of the matter is its a new age, sports and science go hand in hand and athletes will do anything to gain an edge, to be that much better, to make that much more money. I blame teh fan for allowing such nonsense such as million dollar signing bonuses to enter into professional sports. These guys forget what exactly they are doing for a living here. They are PLAYING a game that more than likely we have all played at some point in our lives. And at some point we decided these guys should make millions in order to give us a little excitement. Priorities America. Priorities.
NO MORE MONKEY BUSINESS!!!
A chimpanzee, considered a fixture in the north Stamford community, turned into a monster on Monday afternoon, attacking a 55-year-old woman after she showed up at the home of the animal's owner, at 241 Rockrimmon Road.
"He bit both of her hands off and the cop told me he just kept eating her. It's terrible," said Lynne Mecca, a friend of the victim.
The 200-pound animal was a celebrity in Stamford. It appeared in TV commercials. People would stop to take photos with "Travis the chimp" as he was called.
But that all changed when it attacked Charla Nash, a friend of the animal's owner.
Ok. I know some woman is in critical, hell she may have even died by now. But I have to say this. You mess with the bull you get the horns. Or in this case, you mess with the chimp, you get your face ripped off. Seriously, is ANYONE out there shocked by this? A random pitbull attack is one thing. But when you mix anti-depressants, wine and a 200 lb chimpanzee your just playing with fire. My thing is that you actually have to tell people this!?
We're not sure what caused the attack?!?! How about keeping a 200 lb, wild, jungle dwelling, creature in a residential area and raising it as a pet, or a human? How about doping it up with Xanax???? I must be a horrible person because I can't help but laugh everytime I hear that 911 tape! I know i know! It's terrible! But I just can't help thinking that the 911 operator is thinking in the back of his head, "Man, if I get one more prank phone call today, I'm gonna go ape-shit!" That was funny. Admit it.
Anyway we could all learn a lesson here. Don't feed your primate Xanax and alcohol. No matter how much they beg. Never feed them after midnight. And never get them wet...oh wait wrong movie...
How about we turn towards this flop of a movie starring B-Horror hero, Bruce Campbell and Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson in 1995's Congo? Its almost as if the writer's predicted this chimp uprising!!!
Ahh, if only all primates were as good as Amy was....
And that's the news!
TWO FROM THE VAULT Monday, February 9, 2009Ever hear an old school hardcore/punk/metal guy complain about the "scene"? Chances are if you've been reading my blogs for a while now you're more than likely tired of reading about how i think the "kids" today are all jerkoffs and don't have a clue about music..blah, blah, blah... So today I decided to let my friend Chris from Robots Will Kill do the ranting, or in this case, reviewing. He's so jaded he refused to review a new album and dug through his collection to write up an old one. Hey whatever man, I'm just glad the guy can actually form sentences...more or less. I thought this was a pretty good idea. Maybe, just fucking maybe, some youngster will read about these albums, check them out and realize there's more to music than crying about murdering a girl who broke your faggot, emo heart. I joined in the fun and grabbed an new/old album to review. At least mine is a brand new compilation of an old band. Beat that Chris! Enjoy!
ENSIGN Love The Music, Hate The Kids Blackout!
I remember being at a show on Staten Island and this band shows up with H2O. They weren't billed to play and we were all standing there as they set up wondering who the fuck these guys were. The mystery band ended up being NJ natives, Ensign. That night they played an extremely short set, but it was enough for me to buy their EP and to follow them for years to come. Fast forward about 13 years and here I am, still listening to Ensign. I chose their 2003 release Love The Music, Hate The Kids (Love that title). The album features cover songs of bands who influenced them over the years. Tim Ensign's voice has always had a great old school sound. So when he does Underdog's Say It, it actually sounds as if it were recorded in 1988. And musically? The band is tight as hell. Take a listen to the breakdown on Say It. It's on point! For me, its great to see what influenced a band I basically grew up on. Having similarities with their taste in music, you get to see why you actually like them o begin with. Ensign covers Bad Brains, to The Descendants to Infest, Bad Religion and so on. I remember when they use to do Inside Out's Burning Fight, Tim would take over on bass, and Nate led what would end up a huge sing-along, pile on the mic, frenzy. i mean every fucking kid in the place would be on stage singing their hearts out, so hearing on this album took me back to a VFW hall someplace in New Jersey. The way hardcore was meant to be heard.
TOP TRACKS: I'm Not A Loser (The Descendants), Trial (Verbal Assault), Say It! (Underdog), Telltale (Killing Time), I Will Deny You (The Dwarves). ~ Chris of RWK
FINAL VERDICT: Worth every penny. Especially for me since years ago some dick broke into my car and stole most of these original cd's. Fucking savages in this town.
MOUTHPIECE Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography Revelation Records
There once was a time when bands played in the auditoriums of Catholic elementary schools, V.F.W. halls and the local Moose Lodge. The shows, while not of the greatest sound quality, definitely put forth the most energy hardcore and punk could and would, ever harness. Call me old, but I would trade today's over produced shows for yesterdays DYI shows any day. Hell, back then we didn't even call them "DYI" shows! It was just a fucking show. Of course we did it ourselves! Who else would have a bunch of hardcore/punk kids throw each other around like animals in their establishment?! My favorite was going to a Veteran's hall for a show and seeing some of the Vets who take care of the place as we were leaving. The look on their faces were always priceless. Like "We just allowed this to happen in our place!!?" Anyways, Since the subject of today's update is "old school" I decided to write about a band who I think is the total embodiment of old school, DYI, hardcore, and that band is a little group from New Jersey known forever as MOUTHPIECE. Yes, I'm from NYC but I think there as no hardcore scene like the 90s NJ hardcore scene. And if you had to crown someone king, Mouthpiece would definitely be in the running. I have yet to see a sing along, pile on bigger than when Mouthpiece sang Can We Win. True, Mouthpiece was a straight edge band, but they didn't preach or shut anyone out of their shows. They didn't put on the tough guy act and didn't start any cliques. They were there for the music and the "kids" who supported them. Old school. Anyways, Can't Kill What's Inside is a complete discography that contains everything ever recorded by the band. This includes 1995's "Face Tomorrow" EP, 1994's "What Was Said" full-length, the self-titled 7" from 1991; and tracks from the "Anti-Matter", "It's for Life", and "Words to Live by, Words to Die For" compilations - in addition to three previously unreleased tracks that were recorded live way back in 1991. As a bonus, the disc also contains mp3's of a 13-song, surprisingly clear-sounding live set recorded at CBGB's in 1996 (and it appears this material's available as part of the album on iTunes as well, which is awesome) and the video for "Cinder". But most interesting are the liner notes. Lead singer, Tim McMahon must have known they were on to something special, because he kept track of every show they ever played, where and with who and when. It's an absolutely awesome album.
TOP TRACKS: All of them. Fuck you. I said ALL OF THEM.
GDEVIL'S VERDICT: It seems redundant to even say, but if you're fan of hardcore, past and/or present it would behoove you to have this album in your collection. I said ALBUM! Buy the fucking thing in a record store so you could read the liner notes. Reading is fundamental ya dolts! ~ gdevil
AND NOW THE NEWS...2/6/2009 Friday, February 6, 2009
Welcome to yet another addition to the Riot Act. As you all know, I have plenty to say on the many different topics of the world. Sometimes...most times, it gets me in more trouble than what its worth, but that's the greatest thing about this country. I can call anyone I want an asshole on the Internet (or in person at times) and not fear being thrown in a Turkish prison for the rest of my life. I'm going to try and sift through the morning paper on a weekly basis and give my opinion on some of the headlines, because I know your all sitting there in your fucking cubicles with some mindless comic strip someone cut out staring you in the face making a piss pour attempt at being witty about how monotonous your work day is. I figure I would try to livin you up a little, maybe cause a revolt or two. If I can take responsibility for at least one Office Space gang beatdown of a fax machine, my job is done. And now....
THE NEWS!!!!!
SINGLE MOM TURNS HERSELF INTO BABY FACTORY
You've all heard about the single Californian mom who had herself impregnated an insane eight times through in-vitro fertilization, or as I like to describe it as a spermicidal turkey basting? If you haven't heard of her you will. She just scored her first television interview with Ann Curry of NBC. If having eight children at once isn't insane enough for you, how about the eight will add to Miss Nadya Suleman's brood of six! That's fourteen total children people!!! Last I checked this country was bordering on fiscal suicide. People are having a hard enough time paying their bills and this lady is popping out children as if she gets a prize for having the most! Oh wait, she actually DID score a prize. A television interview??? I know the networks are after ratings but rewarding someone for totally irrational behavior by giving them their 15 minutes of fame is just wrong. The article in the New York Post goes on to state that Nadya has been on disability since 2001. Apparently she suffered a back injury during a riot at a psychiatric hospital where she worked. She has collected $165,000 in disability from 2002-2006. By my math that's about what? $27,000 a year? I don't know one tax paying, hard working couple who can live on that themselves AND raise ONE child. How the fuck is the Octomom going to raise 14 kids on that!?!
No idiot. It's controversial because a.) you don't have a job and b.) YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB!!!! And kiss any hopes of landing a husband goodbye lady. I've heard of "baggage" before but any guy willing to take on fathering responsibilities for 14 kids needs to have his head examined as well.
Prediction. Out of the fourteen kids this loon is "raising" I bet at least 6 of them land in jail, crazy, handing out blowjobs in seedy motels for meals, or a combination of all three scenarios. Nadya, are you sure you weren't a patient at that psyche hospital you use to work for? Hmmm, I wonder? All I know is not one cent of my taxes better go towards this irresponsible jerkoff who states in the article, "After the first successful IVF...I just kept going". I'm not knocking single mom's by any means, but it has to be difficult for one WORKING single mom to raise ONE kid let alone fourteen.
OBAMA'S TAX DODGIN' CABINET NOMINEES
Before I even get into this I will say this. I despise politicians. They are all full of shit. I don't care what party they are in, what they promise, what color they are or what cult religion they follow. Bottom line, they are all in it to get over on the working man. With that said I find it pretty funny that Obama has attempted to name four nominees to his cabinet who all have had a problem paying their taxes in the past. I won't start bashing Obama because I don't need the zombies that follow him sending me hate mail on a daily basis. All I will say is that if I were running something important as say, the country, I would probably look into people's financial history before naming them to something as important as say, the Treasury Secretary. Just my opinion is all. And even if I let it slip my mind, because I am running THE COUNTRY and all, wouldn't I have people that look into that for me? Just sayin.
MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON
Captain Chelsey B. Sullenberger, the pilot who crash landed a plane loaded with 150 passengers in the middle of the Hudson River was interviewed by CBS' "60 Minutes". I believe every pilot should be forced to take flight lessons from Captain Sullenberger and his crew. Nuff said.
TSA FASHION SHOW
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) will be allotted $50 million dollars to purchase new uniforms. I have a better idea. How about instead of squeezing the overweight, sometimes overzealous, but always rude glorified security guards into new uniforms, how about spending the money on training them to speak English? Speak English already? Good, how about spending the money on more training so they catch more people trying to stuff C4 explosives in their shoes? I've flown a lot in the last few years. And I gotta say most of these people are absolutely incompetent. I can't tell you how many times I have packed my carry-on in a haste and forgot a pocket knife in one of its pockets. I have been through security unscathed. Never once pulled to the side and made to disrobe....ok one time, but that was voluntarily.
A WORD ON MICHAEL PHELPS
The half human, half dolphin found himself in a heap of tuna shit this week when a photo of him hittin a bong surfaced. WHO THE FUCK CARES! I firmly believe I am the only person in this country that does not smoke pot and I don't have a problem with the Olympic super star taking a few hits after collecting how many fucking medals? No, being a sports superstar shouldn't get you out of trouble, but seriously folks, is this THAT serious? First off if I were Phelps I would vehemently deny it. "Yes its a photo of me an d a bong, but it wasn't marijuana, it was that delish tobacco I tried in China while conquering the entire world in watersports", is exactly what I would say. How the hell can anyone prove it was actually marijuana from a photo?!?!? Mike. If you want a lawyer, I'm available.
MOVIE REVIEW: HE'S JUST NOT INTO YOU
Joking. I have what they call a penis, attached to it are two testicles. I would not be caught dead seeing this movie. And men, please... if your girl "makes" you go see it, leave her where she stands. Any girl who makes their boyfriend, husband, slave see any movie which stars Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Anniston all at once is a sadist and enjoys watching you in pain. The only excuse to see this is if Miss Aniston is nude throughout the entire flick, which sadly, does not occur. An shame on you Justin Long for indulging in such a script!
