Yikes

Rape charges in Mississippi against Poison’s Rikki Rockett were dismissed after it was revealed that an impostor claiming to be Rockett actually committed the crime.

I can't decide which is worse: that someone impersonated Rikki Rockett or that someone gave a shit enough to fall for it.

Sweet

Yeah, that's right! Represent the Five-'FO!



Also, write this down: Girls don't like it when you make their arms jiggle. At all.

NMT 41

Will a redneck's truck not start if he has his shirt on?


Ok, I'm telling you this Amazon.com MP3 download is the way to go (If you're not just stealing it- V, Mormon Girl...). DRM free, which means you can play it on anything, not just in iTunes or on an iPod (or if say, you're trying to put together a slide show for someones graduation and it won't let you use iTunes purchased songs. if you don't have some awesome person available to email it to you. As an example). Now they are doing a daily deal, last week since their new album came out, everyday they had one of Coldplay's older albums for $3.99 or so. Today's deal is The Police Synchronicity for $3.99, but if you don't already own that, then you're an ass and need to stop trying to be cool and get with it.

They also offer 5 albums on Friday's for $5 each. Which is where this week's pick comes from.

I'd been eyeballing this album for a while, but just never got it. Then it was offered for $5 and well, what the hell. It seemed an odd pairing when you hear about it, but when you listen it all makes sense. It's very somber since it is covers of old Blues and Hillbilly songs. Obscure ones at that. It was produced by T-Bone Burnett who put together the O, Brother where art thou soundtrack. So, here we are. From Amazon.com. Five bucks. Can't beat it (well, Vicki and Mormon girl could, but can't beat it legally and morally)

From West Bromwich, England and Decatur, Illinois:

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Please Read the Letter":



Bonus Tracks:

To honor a legend. One of my favorite bits (Mormon Friendly):




Careful; Two white guys dancing. Someone might lose an eye. Lead song from my favorite R.E.M. album:



I Miss The 90's:

You're sitting around your duplex out in the middle of nowhere, no cable, jamming with your band. You think, dude let's try that Pumpkins song. Sounds easy, it's not. Well, it probably is easy, just not to you cause you kind of suck still and could either practice more or just piss and moan about how bad you suck. We usually chose the latter. This is from their first record, Gish, which is the one the cool kids always referred to as the better album when their major label debut came out and they got on the radio (It's not. They're two different albums).

Smashing Pumpkins - "Siva"

Update

To update a previous post about Massholes and their pregnancy pact:

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - The city's mayor said Monday there is no evidence a group of young girls made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together, seeking to dispel an explosive theory put forth by the high school principal.

"Any planned blood-oath bond to become pregnant — there is absolutely no evidence of," Mayor Carolyn Kirk said Monday after a closed-door meeting with city, school and health leaders.

Yep, no pregnancy pact here, our daughters are just whores.

Just wanted to keep you informed.

We have lost a voice of reason

This is truly sad. One of the funniest people ever put on this earth and a voice of reason trying to tell us it's all a sham and we needed to ask more questions.

Comedian George Carlin dies at 71

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.

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Well worth the $19

Seriously? $9.50? I don't want to be in the movie, I just want to watch it.

We saw Get Smart and it was quite good. Very fun and funny and holy crap, Anne Hathaway is hot. So, hot in fact, that during the Entrapment like bending over the lasers scene, even my 125% Hetero-girlfriend leaned over and said, "Wow, that was kind of hot". And it was.

Like I said, it was good for other reasons as well, but I'm not sure why you would need others. I mean, quiet, fun and not icky, fake blonde. What's not to like?

Steve Carrell is basically Michael Scott, but Smarter (pardon the pun) and not trying to make every one like him. Even The Rock puts in a good performance. It's good, clean, Mormon Friendly PG-13 fun.

Oh and did I mention Anne Hathaway is hot?

There is no hope

I have no hope for the future. Yes, I am cynical, but Jesus Mabumba. WTF?

Teen ‘pregnancy pact’ has 17 girls expecting

"An investigation has been launched into an apparent teenage "pregnancy pact" that has at least 17 high-school girls expecting babies, four times more than last year, including many aged 16 or younger.

A high school health clinic became suspicious after seeing a surge in girls seeking pregnancy tests. Local officials said Thursday nearly half of those who became pregnant appear to have entered into a pact to have their babies together over the year."

Man, you can talk High School girls in to ANYthing.

"Some of the girls reacted to the news they were pregnant with high fives and plans for baby showers, Sullivan said. Superintendent Christopher Farmer confirmed the deal to WBZ-TV, saying the girls had "an agreement to get pregnant."

He said the mothers-to-be are generally "girls who lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life."

One of the fathers "is a 24-year-old homeless guy," Sullivan told the magazine. Others were boys in the school.

Wow. So, your self esteem was so low that A) you entered into a ridiculous suicide pact cause trust me, your life is over. and B) You fucked a homeless guy! In your totally sane and logical thinking process, you decided on this and then instead of just lying to some guy in your class and telling him you were on the pill like a decent person, you thought "Nope. Not the clean kid who has a home life and a better environment to do this. That just won't do. Got to do this the right way...Oh yeah, how about the smelly, digging through the garbage, possibly insane, wearing every article of clothing he owns while walking around in his own feces guy. Yeah, that guy. He's the big winner here."

What a bunch of dumbasses. I weep for the future.

And where did this amazingly wonderful thing happen, you may ask.

In Podink, Mississippi? Nope.

Alabama? Nope.

South Gwinnett High? My first guess, but no.

Some ghetto? Nope.

Gloucester, Mass.

Hannah, you may now make the appropriate "Masshole" jokes.

"Under Massachusetts law, it is a crime to have sex with anyone under the age of 16."

A crime?: Yes. Difficult?: apparently not.

NMT 40

I bought the new Alanis last week (had a gift card) and it's not bad. Little different than her last one, dance-ier, little darker, but I guess losing a fiancee will do that.

(Oh and Ryan Reynolds: You go from Alanis to Scarlett. Now you're just showing off.)

Our pick this week is from the album, what she described as "the absolute rock bottom moment on the album". Apparently, she had some stuff to deal with. It's an achingly beautiful piano ballad about having to start over as a single when you've been in a serious relationship ( I guess being engaged counts as serious, if not completely unnecessary).

Alanis has the ability to be open and unafraid to show her emotions in her work. I admire that. I wish I could be that open and honest about feelings, I mean I do ok, but I'm also not sharing it with 5 million people.

Think about it; imagine the most personal and emotional thing that's ever happened to you and then imagine discussing it with that many strangers. It's hard enough to do it with people who love you.

Anyway, this is what I've picked for this week. This performance is the very first time she performed it live, which is cool. I mean, here you are about to sing a song reflecting your emotions about a situation in your life everything thinks they know about because they read about it in a magazine plus you have to hope it doesn't suck, cause these are the first people to hear it and if it does, you'll know.

So, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:

Alanis Morissette - "Not as We":



Bonus Tracks:

Can these guys suck at anything?

Radiohead - "Ceremony" (New Order cover):




I miss the 90's:

The other day Vicki mentioned that she enjoyed the BBQ Chicken pizza from Pizza Slut. I said, "Funny story about BBQ pizza from Pizza Hut...." Which of course led me directly to this. I loved this song and it didn't hurt that it was on the soundtrack to one of the bestest movies ever with one of the hottest ladies ever.

Alice in Chains - "Would?":

NMT 39

OK, do I know any girls who don't know all the words to friggin' Grease?

Our pick this week was the pick for NMT 13 (the Glorious Downer Express edition). That week they were picked for their rendition of the song their lead singer did for the I'm not There movie.

Their new record came out today and as I haven't heard any of their other records, the comments I have read indicate that it's a sort of departure from the older stuff. This, of course, has totally pissed off all of their little fans who just need to deal.

Good bands change and try new stuff. R.E.M. didn't make Murmur or Automatic for the People or "Losing my Religion" 14 times. U2 didn't make The Joshua Tree over and over. (I have a whole rant on this, but I'll spare you) You have to grow and expand. Doesn't always work, but great works aren't always safe. That's for pussies like Matchbox 20 and Daughtry (who I was told is HOT! WTF?!)

Anyways, this song seems good and I may go out and pick this record up tonite.

So from Louisville, KY (I looked it up this time):

My Morning Jacket - "I'm Amazed":



Bonus Tracks:

Our dear friend Lynn has had to make a tough choice recently. She took a higher paying job that, ultimitly didn't work out. The pay was good, but the stress and strain weren't worth it. (you can read all about it on her blog) I think she made the right decision. Happiness and stress free living are more important than money. She has many talents and will land on her feet (If you live in the Orlando area and need a theruputic massage and/or need a website designed, she's your girl). So, we'll pick something to make her happy. (Hopefully, I'm kind of guessing)

The The - "Uncertain Smile":




Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities":




I miss the 90's:

It's the early 90's. I'm 18 years old. Living in the middle of nowhere with some friends. We have no cable TV and we work retail, so we have no time for it anyway. We mostly sit around the living room till all hours writing (mostly bad) poetry, listening to literally hundreds of records (two of us worked in record stores) and discussing how this record,from beginning to end, was one of the greatest things we'd ever heard. It was a very formative time.

Pearl Jam - "Go":

NMT 38

We have some sad news to report. KG's Grandfather passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday. She was able to make it down there before he passed and the family was able to say good-bye.

So, let's all give her our best wishes and happy thoughts.

We'll be doing a special edition of NMT for her (and as such, we won't be missing the 90's this week).

Thinking about ya, KG. We all love you.


R.E.M. - "Find the River":





Patty Griffin - "Rain":