Back off Tiger!!! He's just a dude...

I know this is a little off topic from my usual rants and whatnot's but, seriously people gotta get off this whole Tiger Woods cheating on his wife thing. Do you really care? Like really???

My first point, HE'S A FUCKING GOLFER!!! My brother brought that to my attention. That is the one of the least physical sports out there. You whack a ball, fucking drive to that ball, whack it again, into a hole. You can be 85 with Parkinsons and still be decent.

Secondly, Tiger (one of the greatest golfers of all time) cheats on his wife, loses a Gatorade contract. JFK (one of the greatest American Presidents in history), bangs Marilyn Monroe on his birthday of all days (coins "Happy Birthday Mr. President"), and he gets an Airport. So if JFK ruler of a country gets not even blinked at for having an affair, why does Tiger (who is a FUCKING GOLFER) have to apologize to the free world?

Third and finally, it was (and a very very recent 'was') okay for Michael Jackson to sleep with little boys, yet Tiger fucks around on his wife and it becomes the top story for a days, DAYS. Tiger beat out the HST!!! And we pay for that shit!!! What about Mr. David Letterman, who recently was blackmailed into confessing his numerous affairs on-air and that doesn't even rattle headlines. BLACKMAILED ON-AIR! I give it 6 years before Fox gives the script the 'green light' for a made for TV movie.

All I gotta say is, leave him alone. People fuck up and sometimes (like in this case) FUCK in the process. He's just an average person with (God forbid), regular human emotions.

Peace I'm OUT!!!

Saints and a Concert

I just saw Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Two Irish-brother vigilantes kick the shit out of the Italian Mob in Boston. Incredible. Shot just like its 1999 counterpart, it has Judd Nelson, the three buddy cops from the first, Billy Connolly, and bloody action. It even has Ricky from the Trailer Boys. Shot in Toronto... uh... just a fun film. A really fun film...

My buddy Blake and I are putting on a show at Rancho Relaxo on Thursday, November 26th. Its called The Altered Brew: Music's Moonshine and is going to be featuring the talented: Sleep for the Nightlife, The Dildoniks, and Soundspeed. Plus, it is only $3! You can check the the bands at:

Sleep for the Nightlife - http://www.myspace.com/dontforgetthismyspace
The Dildoniks - http://www.myspace.com/dildoniks
Soundspeed - http://www.myspace.com/soundspeedband

Later Kids...

Instrumental Bands

How do you feel about instrumental bands? I get mixed reactions when I throw on Pelican (from Chicago), Explosions In The Sky (Texas), Sleep For The Nightlife (Toronto), or Mogawi (Scotland). If people are in mid-conversation and I slide some on gracefully, people seem to dig and ask "Easty, who is this?" But, when it comes to mentioning an instrumental band/song, and I get "Aww, geese". Like, if what's the big deal if your not going to pay attention to the words anyway? People don't give the the song the respect it deserves. When it's all quite and songs with melodies and emotion begin to over-power their thoughts, then and only then do you understand that instrumental music is meant to be felt and not just heard. Is that it? Do people not want to feel the emotion of just instruments or are they afraid too? Or does the average person not have the patience for the movement? I sure as shit don't know, but it bothers the hell out of me.

If you haven't listened to any of these bands, I strongly recommend you do so.
Also Check out The Dildoniks (from Toronto) on either Myspace or Youtube. They have a 50's surf-rock feel that you may feel different about if you don't like the other bands listed above.

Later cats...

What happened to kid movies???

So, I'm at my sister's place and 'Teen Wolf' (1985 classic starring Canadian Michael J. Fox) was on the TV. I couldn't help but wonder "what the hell happened to the good kid movies?" Growing up being the youngest of five, I saw all the classic 80s kids movies: 'The Goonies', 'Flight of the Navigator', 'Little Monsters', I even had 'The Explorers' (another 1985 classic starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix) on beta. But its seems as though films then were more edgy, by allowing more fowl language. One of my favorite lines of all time is in 'The Goonies' when Chunk says "Oh Shit What?!" after he breaks Mikey's Mom's statue and he thinks that she notices. 'Monster Squad' (1987 comedy/horror starring... nobodies) has a whole load of those... OH, it also had an old school hip-hop song with the title of the movie in the chorus, and you sure as shit don't get those anymore. They were all really entertaining movies. Today there is nothing that even comes that close.

That's just how I feel anyway.....

Top 5's

So given that this is my first blog. I figured I'd just give you a list of my all-time top 5's you know what your dealing with (pretty much you mention anything on this list and you have my full attention, but i like a lot more then whats on these lists):

Movies
1)Ghostbusters
2)Dark Knight
3)Wayne's World 2
4)Heat
5)The Big Lebowski

Bands
1)Metallica (circa 1984-1990)
2)Guns N' Roses
3)Minus the Bear
4)Rolling Stones
5)Kyuss

Recording Artist
1)Elvis Costello
2)Van Morrison
3)Billy Bragg
4)George Clinton
5)Biggy Smalls

Authors
1)Nick Hornby
2)Jack Kerouac
3)Alan Moore
4)James O'Barr
5)Robert Munsch

Books
1)High Fedality
2)The Elegant Universe
3)Man's Search for Meaning
4)The Crow
5)Thomas' Snowsuit

This could go on forever but, whatever.