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Impertinent Thoughts on Pertinent Subjects XXIXAug 09 '03 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line We interrupt "corporate rock week" to bring you a much overdue Impertinent Thoughts column...
...besides, does anyone really care what I have to say about Train and Sugar Ray? First Up...Fred Durst There is NO better music news story this year so far than what happened to Mr Durst and his ultracrappy band in Chicago. After getting pelted with water bottles (a la Justin Timberlake in Toronto) and other assorted items (change, batteries), Fred took his band off the stage. Damn, Chicago just became my new favorite city. Durst was apparently whining backstage about how "they'll be back" and how Limp Bizkit is "the greatest band in the world." Dude, your band sucks, you made a great first album and then sold out faster than Ben Affleck sold out J-Lo. And oh yeah, you have NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER covering Behind Blue Eyes..."corporate co*ksuckers (like you) should just leave these songs alone." String Cheese Incident RULES They're suing TicketMaster and apparently have some badass proof of TicketMaster being naughty. Here's hoping the Justice System kicks TicketBastard's a*s. Hopefully more bands jump on, because TM fees are RIDICULOUS at this point. http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1951167 Jason Mraz...I Got His Remedy Am I the only one who just can't stand this guy? That song is so f*cking irritating, I never thought I'd say this but it's gaining on Headstrong by Trapt as "annoying musical moment of the year." The guy tries oh so hard to sound like he's got soul, but in reality, he's just a dork white guy trying to sound soulful. And here I thought it couldn't get any worse/more annoying than John Mayer (although I admit to having a bit of a guilty pleasure thing for that Why Georgia song). Ladies and Gentlemen, the Female Eminem Well not really. Am I the only one who's seen this video by this girl Sarai? Man, I don't know about you, but I love seeing little girls who are no more than 90 pounds soaking wet with a brick in each hand acting like they're tough and bada*s. Seriously, I nearly spit out my Honeycomb when I saw her video on MTV Hits (thank you digital cable). "The best thing to come out this year?" Hell, I'm a moron when it comes to hip hop but even I can tell you there's gotta be 250 rap albums that will come out this year that are better than that. Enough of The White Stripes Yes, Elephant kicks a*s. Yes, they're somewhat intriguing. But they've been on the cover of every magazine like 3 times each in the past year. Enough is enough. These guys are as over-exposed as a band can get. And how p*ssed would I be if I had front row tickets to see them a couple weeks back at their cancelled show in Boston, only to find out the rescheduled date will have a GA floor at an entirely different venue in September? Pretty p*ssed, let me tell you. The End of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? Rumors are rampant that the band who can be credited with making it possible for bands like Reel Big Fish and No Doubt to become popular will break up at the conclusion of their tenth Hometown Throwdown in Boston in December. Message boards across the net are alive with gossip from people in the know, but perhaps most damning is the fact that Reel Big Fish's members are confirming the rumors. Aaron Barrett (no relation to Dicky of the Tones) has apparently told numerous people the Bosstones are done, and when another RBF member was asked about the situation, he began humming "For Whom the Bell Tolls." I for one (duh) hope this isn't true, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was. Here's hoping that there are many more Throwdowns after this one. Krist Novoselic...Shut The F*ck Up Apparently, the former Nirvana bassist is leaving the music industry because no one cares about his last couple music projects. "I just don't get it" he whined to MTV.com. Shut up Krist...you were the weak link in Nirvana, and your one shining moment in the band was having your bass hit you in the head after throwing it in the air at the 92 VMAs. And even that's being generous, good riddance to you you untalented f*ck. Quick Hits * Early reviews of the Kiss/Aerosmith tour have been pretty good. Aerosmith is playing 2-3 tunes from their upcoming (now not til January *wah*) blues album and apparently, they sound great. Rumors have the tour being extended to the end of the year. * The fall is shaping up as a busy new release season. Dave Matthews goes solo, while Rancid and Andrew WK also have discs coming out soon. Here's hoping these releases are worth the hype that will be given to them. * Wow, Vince Neil has a warrant out for his arrest because he assaulted a prostitute. A member of Motley Crue in trouble with the law? I don't believe it! * If there's one musician on this planet I'd love to have a baseball bat and be alone with in a room for 5 minutes, it's Chris Carrabba. Jesus he irks me. * Is there anyone who's had quite the career decline in terms of popularity the way Mariah Carey has? Six months before Glitter came out, she sold out the FleetCenter here in Boston. Now she's having trouble filling the Wang Theatre (about 1/3 the size of the Fleet). * My guilty pleasure of the moment: Sean Paul's Like Glue. * This "Girlz Garage tour" is ridiculous for one reason: for who's on it. The headliner is Lillix. With a tour name like that, wouldn't a lineup of The Donnas, Sahara Hotnights and a couple of other up and coming bands be much much cooler? * Bassist Paz Lenchantin, formerly of A Perfect Circle, has now left Zwan as well. In a word, that basically sucks. * Speaking of A Perfect Circle, they played a show in Boston last weekend, and apparently, were unbelievably good. Hope the 1200 people there realize how lucky they were to see them in that small a venue. And lastly for now, boy do I have egg on MY face. About a year ago, I posted the following in one of these columns: Something a bit different: I'm offering a REWARD for anyone who tracks the song down for me. I've heard this song on WAAF here in Boston twice, both times in the car. It's Robert Plant singing, it SOUNDS like Jimmy Page on the guitar, but it's NOT from the Page/Plant discs, NOR is it Zeppelin. It's got this ultra catchy groove to it, and it's AWESOME. It sounds older, just based on production values alone (like 80s era) If you figure out what I'm looking for, I'll give a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate to you. Start looking. Well, it took over a year but I found my song. No, it wasn't Robert Plant, just a really good Plant impersonator: Billy Squire, and the song was Lonely is the Night. Oh well, I guess that goes to show that sometimes, even I can make mistakes. I'll be back next month, until then, keep on rocking in the free world.  |
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