eff you, wanna buy me flowers

Do you ever consider that each time you hear a horrible song from yesteryear, the offending artist gets money? So not only do the Spin Doctors ruin my day, but they actually get ASCAP money for it. All because these bs mix stations have zero imagination, much like the acts they play.

I’d much rather hear Palisades park as written by the great Chuck Barris, that would be a win-win.

Run to the hills

Remember the tape cases with the holes?

Back in the day if you looked at Iron Maiden tapes at a place like K-mart, they would be stored in a big enclosed case with glory holes cut into the clear plastic doors. The hole allowed you to reach inside and handle any of the tapes, but they couldn’t be removed through the hole. This way we were unable to steal, but could still read the track listing without sales associate help. Never mind that we looked like hazmat handlers with both arms stuffed inside this fixture.

Excuse me, dude? Can you unlock the case so I can get ‘Maiden Japan’ out?



This pre-dated the longbox which I also hated. Nowadays they just stick security tags everywhere, and if it jacks up the artwork oh well. At any rate I can download and burn a cd from Itunes faster and cheaper than brick and mortar anyway. Not as much fun though is it?

Of course I remember when you could buy a gun AND ammunition at Kmart with no waiting period, or background check. Is it strange that you could load a gun more easily than steal an Iron maiden Cassette or 8-track?

Listening to the old phongraph

American idol needs a shot of youth. The show is ostensibly a young show, so why do all the kids sing their grandparent’s record collection. These are young kids who want to be pop stars, but insist on performing the Big Chill soundtrack year after year. Never mind how small you can sound trying to sing Aretha, it’s not exactly topical. A guy sang a 4 year old Keane song the other night, and he may as well have walked on water. What on earth makes an 18 year old think Celine Dion is cool? The sound of Jack Black from High Fidelity rings in my head ‘she can’t like that!

Imagine if you had a succession of stand up comics all doing Ethel Merman, Jimmy Stewart, and James Cagney in their act.

Later this year the idol contestants will team up with Gwen Stefani among others.

Gwen-‘well for starters, I look really hot, can you do that?