ELECTRIC SIX=ROCK N ROLL DOMINATION

I'm having a love affair. That's right. I said it. It began three years ago. When I first discovered Electric Six. The were raw; Equal parts rock, punk and disco infused with sly humor. A powerful combination as far as I'm concerned. If anyone out there saw my drunken lip synch concert I put on in Shipley's basement to their last album Fire after Todd & Nicole's wedding, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

This year they have delivered me a wonderful Valentines day present in the form of a new album titled Senor Smoke. They come back in fine form giving me and any of their fans exactly what they want but with a little added anger and frustration aimed at president Bush and his cronies. Make no mistake. Senor Smoke kicks major ass!

ANOTHER NIGHT OF WORK

Recently, the long out of print movie Trouble Man got the DVD treatment. What a treat! Everything you love about the 70's Blaxploitation films is here and then some. Tough lines and tougher dudes, this movie has a good story line and the production values are better than most. In fact, the main characters name is Mr. T and yes, it does pre date the Mr. T we all know and love. Trouble Mans first line in the movie is a reply to a hot chick who dared ask if she could she him again. He replied with 70's cool by saying "I don't know. I'd have to think about that baby." And then he leaves. Classic! I'm tellin' you to check this movie out for some old school action. If your not sold on it yet, how about this tag line;

"Mr.T. You jive him and he'll wash you away!"

Check it!!!

BACK TO IT

Well, it's been over two months since my last post. Two long crazy months. Throughout the month of November Budget Music & Video experienced some remodeling. We shrunk by 12 feet throughout the store. At first I didn't like it but now I think I like it better than before.

The holidays were great! The store was busy and I love it when friends and family come back into town. I had a Christmas party that I hope people enjoyed. Then it was New Years. I went out with Dave & met Tony and Keli at Sports On Tap for some Foosball. I suck so Keli kicked me off her team. Then it was back to my place for shenanigans.

I have purchased another lightsaber since my last post which enabled Keli to kick my ass in a lightsaber fight. I think she nailed her brother in the throat too. Next time Keli, next time...

I watched this movie yesterday and boy what a movie! It's got everything a 50's horror movie should have(except cool cars). Ancient mystical amulets and an unscrupulous scientist who misuses the amulets power, wild teenage girl parties complete with boys who sneak in and break out in song. Plus a vampire! Don't try to make sense of it. If you enjoy cheaply made movies from this era, then this is for you.

Three Great Albums to give a listen to

More than a few people would agree with me that 2005 sucked for worth while music releases. But November held a few surprises.

Kate Bush returned after twelve years with Aerial, an album that is renascent of her 80's albums Hounds of Love and The Dreaming which were highly experimental with her vocals and sound textures. Aerial is a welcome return from one of music most original and influential artists. Aerial manages to sound new and fresh but keeps in line with her own sound. It sounds like nothing else out there right now and with all the cookie cutter bands in the lime light right now, Aerial is something not to miss.

INXS. Yes I know. INXS Rockstar...but I've loved these guys since 1984's the Swing. It was one of my very first cassettes! Their 90's output was by and large forgettable but damn if Switch didn't blow me away! It is hands down their best album since Kick and has splashes from all of their 80's albums. The new singer sounds so much like Michael Hutchence that it can be eerie. Still it's good to have these guys back!

Imogen Heap, the new indie darling found an audience with Frou Frou via the Garden State soundtrack. Speak for yourself is her second solo album. It too blew me away. Wow, some really good song writing here. "Hide and Seek" is a wonderful song too bad it's been on the O.C.. Other songs of interest are "Have You Got It In You?", "Closing In". One thing Imogen does well is supply a paranoid feel with her lyrics that seem to feed off the music. She also has a very beautiful voice. With these qualities it's easy for the listener to see them being played in the backround of many movie scenes.

A LIGHT SABER ATE AWAY AT ME

A couple of my friends bought the expensive($120.00) Lighsabers. Master replicas have made several different styles of them. Mace Windu's, Obi Wan Kenobi's, Anakin's(my roommate lance bought this one), Darth Vaders-I have no idea how many but I just went online and purchased this one:

The hilt is made of metal the blade is made of carbon fiber. It makes different clashing sounds and power up & down sounds but the coolest thing is the hum. Trust me. This thing is badass! Anthony, you'll know what I'm talking about as soon as you hold it around Christmas time.


In other news today, I'm officially a dork.

MARK & CARLA, YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT?

Since I didn't receive your phone call over the weekend, I have to assume that you experianced Hurricane Wilma's rath. Although, I hope that's not the case. Maybe you got into a bottle of Jameson and forgot to call?

WHAT'S WITH THIS HELL HOUSE BULLSHIT?

What is it about religion, something that in its bass form was supposed to be about acceptance, forgiveness, love and treating people like you would like to be treated that makes people want to kill, brainwash, scare, threaten, beat, spread lies and disinformation about events and people if they do not have their same views. Seriously people use your brains. If you believe that God created us all, then HE CREATED US ALL no matter what differences exist between you or anyone else genetically or religiously. Did you ever stop to think that maybe God made us all different to test you? To see how you might treat people who are different than you? Stuff like these "Hell Houses" really get to me. It's an outright trick and plays on peoples fears by intimidation. Enough ranting here's a link if you want to learn about them.

THIS IS A REAL MOVIE?!

I can't believe it! Man, who approves this crap? A reviewer stated that "The armored suit was great, the acting wasn't." Crappy movies like this give me hope that one day I might be able to get a movie made.

RFTC

Rocket From The Crypt are calling it quits. Shit. They have been a fav for many years.

Circa Now! was one of my favorite albums way back when.


Of course Paint as a fragrance was excellent as well.


Thank you James T. Boyd for introducing folks in Minot to RFTC. I never got to see them live though, so I'm jealous of those that have. I think they had a great attitude towards fans, hell if you tattooed a rocket on yourself you got into a show for free. I wonder how many rocket tattoos are out there? I guess if you live in or around San Diego you can see their last show as stated in the article I linked to at the top on Halloween! I bet that'll be fun.