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OK, We've got a lot to get to and a short time to get there...so let's get started
First, an end to hostiliies has been called in the Pearl Jam-Creed wars. Willie is right, we'd argue for years and nothing would be resolved, although I will dispute the asertion that you have to average the first three albums. I think it's only fair to average all studio albums. but It was fun while it lasted.
Now the Steve Austin situation.....Where do I start? Steve walked out on RAW, a few hours before it went live because he had problems with the plans for him that night, reported to be a match with Brock Lesner. This, on top of his major problems with the direction of his character and the company in general that he's talked about many times, including on WWE's own Internet show Byte this! was enough for Austin to book a flight home for him and wife Debra. He booked the tickets in such a way that the WWE would not know that he was gone. The only reason he was found out was that President of WWE talent relations Jim Ross called Austin on his cell phone as he was boarding the plane. It was only then that anyone from WWE knew that Austin was going to "no-show"
This is not the first time that Austin has walked out. The night after Wrestlemania, Austin walked out, again due to creative problems. This caused the rewriting of a major storyline (The Draft) that put the company behind the eight ball at a time when they needed all thier ducks in a row. After two weeks, Austin came back and his absence was chalked up to "burn out"
On wednesday, this was posted on WWE.com:
On March 18, 2002, the day after WrestleMania, without company approval and without notice, Stone Cold Steve Austin walked off the job and failed to appear at WWE’s Raw show in Montreal. Stone Cold Steve Austin was advised by WWE management that this was unprofessional and unacceptable. After a two week hiatus, Austin returned to work.On Monday, June 10, 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin again failed to appear for the scheduled Raw event in Atlanta, instead choosing to return home to San Antonio without notice and without company approval.Although Steve was unhappy with his character’s creative direction, Steve made the personal and unprofessional decision not to report to work to address his concerns.Therefore, Stone Cold Steve Austin is no longer an active member of WWE’s talent roster.
About 10min after it was posted, the story was making the rounds on Internet sites. to be clear, Steve Williams (Austin's real name) has NOT been released from his contract so he's not going to NWA:TNA or anywhere else. This would not be the last we would hear on the subject.
Last night, on WWE confidential, an exclusive interview was aired with Vince Mcmahan and Jim Ross, who gave the company side and proceeded to bury Austin's character (and his career) by calling him a child and a coward. Vince also stated while he would never say never, he can't see a situation where he could trust Austin to come back.
Not long before Confidential aired a report was posted on the Wrestling Observer site that San antonio Police had been called to Williams house, by Debra, who was sporting some bumps and bruses, saying that Steve had slapped her around and she didn't know what to do because he is "Stone Cold". After a while the announcment was taken down, giving internet watchers some hope that the observer was just taken in by a hoex. A few hours later it was reported by other sites and then confrimed by the Pro Wrestling Torch website.
The reaction online has been swift and almost with one voice, no matter what people think of Austin the wrestler, People are calling this the most dramatic personal and professional freefall that most people have ever seen. Some poeple have compared it to Bret Hart and Montreal..but in my opinion, this is worse for the simple reasen that austin brought this entierely on himself.
As much as I'm tired of Hart talking about Montreal, it's true that Vince screwed Bret, was he right to do so..that's a different rant. But here, Austin left because he didn't like where his job is heading. If you have a problem you do one of two things, buckle down and take it or complain. Ausitn has in the past to Vince and it has brought some of the best storylines in history (both creatively and moneywise). Austin became bitter that the young crew was making it's way up and he was slowing down.
With the troubles that Nash, X-pac and some others have been causing lately, maybe it's time to do like the Aftermath of Montreal, clean out the top of the card and start over from step one..it worked before...Right?
Email's go here
First, an end to hostiliies has been called in the Pearl Jam-Creed wars. Willie is right, we'd argue for years and nothing would be resolved, although I will dispute the asertion that you have to average the first three albums. I think it's only fair to average all studio albums. but It was fun while it lasted.
Now the Steve Austin situation.....Where do I start? Steve walked out on RAW, a few hours before it went live because he had problems with the plans for him that night, reported to be a match with Brock Lesner. This, on top of his major problems with the direction of his character and the company in general that he's talked about many times, including on WWE's own Internet show Byte this! was enough for Austin to book a flight home for him and wife Debra. He booked the tickets in such a way that the WWE would not know that he was gone. The only reason he was found out was that President of WWE talent relations Jim Ross called Austin on his cell phone as he was boarding the plane. It was only then that anyone from WWE knew that Austin was going to "no-show"
This is not the first time that Austin has walked out. The night after Wrestlemania, Austin walked out, again due to creative problems. This caused the rewriting of a major storyline (The Draft) that put the company behind the eight ball at a time when they needed all thier ducks in a row. After two weeks, Austin came back and his absence was chalked up to "burn out"
On wednesday, this was posted on WWE.com:
On March 18, 2002, the day after WrestleMania, without company approval and without notice, Stone Cold Steve Austin walked off the job and failed to appear at WWE’s Raw show in Montreal. Stone Cold Steve Austin was advised by WWE management that this was unprofessional and unacceptable. After a two week hiatus, Austin returned to work.On Monday, June 10, 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin again failed to appear for the scheduled Raw event in Atlanta, instead choosing to return home to San Antonio without notice and without company approval.Although Steve was unhappy with his character’s creative direction, Steve made the personal and unprofessional decision not to report to work to address his concerns.Therefore, Stone Cold Steve Austin is no longer an active member of WWE’s talent roster.
About 10min after it was posted, the story was making the rounds on Internet sites. to be clear, Steve Williams (Austin's real name) has NOT been released from his contract so he's not going to NWA:TNA or anywhere else. This would not be the last we would hear on the subject.
Last night, on WWE confidential, an exclusive interview was aired with Vince Mcmahan and Jim Ross, who gave the company side and proceeded to bury Austin's character (and his career) by calling him a child and a coward. Vince also stated while he would never say never, he can't see a situation where he could trust Austin to come back.
Not long before Confidential aired a report was posted on the Wrestling Observer site that San antonio Police had been called to Williams house, by Debra, who was sporting some bumps and bruses, saying that Steve had slapped her around and she didn't know what to do because he is "Stone Cold". After a while the announcment was taken down, giving internet watchers some hope that the observer was just taken in by a hoex. A few hours later it was reported by other sites and then confrimed by the Pro Wrestling Torch website.
The reaction online has been swift and almost with one voice, no matter what people think of Austin the wrestler, People are calling this the most dramatic personal and professional freefall that most people have ever seen. Some poeple have compared it to Bret Hart and Montreal..but in my opinion, this is worse for the simple reasen that austin brought this entierely on himself.
As much as I'm tired of Hart talking about Montreal, it's true that Vince screwed Bret, was he right to do so..that's a different rant. But here, Austin left because he didn't like where his job is heading. If you have a problem you do one of two things, buckle down and take it or complain. Ausitn has in the past to Vince and it has brought some of the best storylines in history (both creatively and moneywise). Austin became bitter that the young crew was making it's way up and he was slowing down.
With the troubles that Nash, X-pac and some others have been causing lately, maybe it's time to do like the Aftermath of Montreal, clean out the top of the card and start over from step one..it worked before...Right?
Email's go here
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Btw, anyone else who wants in on this, email me your comments and I'll post them...no matter who you agree with, but please keep it civil, this is just a disagreement between friends.
Well, well... Allow me to retort
First, read this, then come back.
Nice to see you've returned, first off, Willie, could you have least thrown me a bone and Linked to the Blog? :) now to the important stuff.... me from the previous blog in Italics, willie in bold
While I agree that Scott Stapp comes off as a glory hogging jerk (and can they please just do a performance video), Creed is a successful band that sell an amazing amount of CDs and has received mainstream success that most bands would give their left arm for.
No argument there. Creed is, indeed, exteremely successful. I would even go so far as to say they're the most popular rock band in the world today. However, that doesn't justify the behaviour we've seen them exhibit. Plus, I wouldn't think most bands would want the level of success that Creed has. In many cases, when a band reaches a pinnacle of such heights, they are very uncomfortable being there, with the spotlight on them 24/7. Sure, every band dreams of making it, but seldom really want to make it THAT far...
Bands that don't want to reach the levels of succees that Creed has reached should pack up thier gear and go home. The drive for success is what makes you work for what you want. No one, IMO gets in to Music or anything else for that matter to be second best. If you do, I question your desire.
how dedicated are they? I mean, there aren't many bands who can keep a strong fan base, especially when a band goes three albums into their career without any sort of significant artistic growth. Creed (and a whole lot of other bands) are like cheeseburgers... if you offer the same burger with the same toppings every day for lunch, eventually folks are going to want to try a different restaurant that offers different toppings.
While I do agree, in this 15 min of fame world, that it can be hard to keep a fan base for a band,but it is not as if these guys are just hitting the scene now. and as for artist growth, why...oh why must a band go somewhere find a different higher power and then start spouting lines from books and poems. If a band is enjoying the type of music they put out, and it's saying what they want it to say, why should they change it in order to experience "Artistic Growth". and for the cheeseburger analgies, Why would you want to limit yourself to one type of burger (or band) in the first place, go and sample different types of food (or music) and if you want to come back to the first burger (or band), do it anytime you want..
.if we must drag my boys into it, very well. While Creed has a larger fan base at this moment, what fans Pearl Jam have left are rabidly dedicated. And I'll gladly lay a five on the fact that one decade from now, there will be more Pearl Jam fans than Creed fans. It's one thing to make an album you know fans will enjoy, and it's another completely to offer it up again and again. The only band I can think of that's followed that formula to success over a long period of time is AC/DC. Let's face it, Creed's got a lot of haters now, and the numbers are only growing.
The only reason that I meantioned "your boys" is you do so in the piece that started this (something about thanking eddie for the voice) and the fact that some of the knocks against creed is that they're pearl jam ripoffs. Now, are you saying that Creed does not have for "rabidly dedicated" fans, I would beg to differ on that point. Are they younger? probibly, based on the fact that Creed's hayday is now and not 5 years ago(at least). but just as "PJ" had their fair-weather fans. Creed does too and when the fall comes, I think we'll see Creed sell a smaller amount of records, but still an amount of records that a lot of bands would sell thier souls for. There's an old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", the "Creed Formula" is working so why try something different just for the sake of trying something different. Another very successful artist tried something radically different from what he'd been doing for years and was raiked over the coals both critically and sales wise....who was it? Garth Brooks for the Chris Gains project. and BTW, I'll take that bet.
ONE: Never doubt a radio hit for Pearl Jam. They turned a cover song that was originally supposed to be released only to their fan club members into their biggest radio hit ever. That song was "Last Kiss", and it didn't get on the radio because they sent it to radio. Programmers actually added the song in their own volition, actually seeking it out on the internet or dubbing their own copy (which wasn't easy to do, seeing as how when it broke on radio, it was available only as a vinyl 45, and as I mentioned, only to members of their fan club). Only after this happened was the single properly serviced to radio. Pearl Jam didn't ponder for a moment whether that was going to be a hit, but it was, and a big one, EVEN without a video. Which brings an interesting point: how many bands do you know of that can consistently sell a million copies of each record, even after not appearing in a video since 1992?
I do doubt a radio hit from Pearl Jam, for the very reason that you state, they didn't send thier biggest radio hit to radio. radio had to go out if it's way to get it. The song (which I will agree is a good one) had to be pulled from a fan club album. How many times has Radio done this? how many times has Radio said "you don't want us to play this, but we're going to go through the trouble to play it"? Don't think this is going to happen again, it was a once in a lifetime situation. and please don't try to pass this off as a planned thing by Pearl Jam. If they had thought that "Last Kiss" was going to be as big as it was, it damn sure would have been on an album. but they thought so little of it, they threw it on a fan club freebe. as to your last question, none, Why? two reasons, how many of the top 40 bands from 1992 are still successful? I would guess not many, and tht's just a guess and I stand to be corrected on it. and second, how many artists would want to take that chance of not having something to go on MTV, MTV2, Much, Much More, to promote the album to people outside the core fan base?
TWO: The market may be driven by video play, but (and I'm saddened you didn't know this, considering your profession) 95% of hit songs are broken into the mainstream by radio stations. Think about it: every time a hot new artist comes along, they trace the roots back to some radio station in St. Louis, or Tampa, or wherever, that "broke the single". Besides, if the market were really so driven by video play, do you really think 'Weathered' would have sold so well in light of how incredibly shitty their videos have gotten lately?
First off...I said that the market is driven by Radio and (even more so) video play. I think we'e going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I will allow that hit 'artists" can be broken to radio, but as soon as they become successful artists, they run to MTV or Much to break their songs. but again I'll allow that's more "Top 40/pop" artists then "Rock". and yes, while the "weathered" video's are a little hard to look at as Stapp's Jesus complex, comes out, that didn't stop MTV/Much from playing 2 out of the 3 ad nausem. (Bullets being the exception). Also, 'My Sacrifice" was helped by the really cool WWF Desire Video's at a time when ratings were a bit highter then they are now.
Creed's first two albums have sold a combined 12 million copies in the U.S. (commonly referred to as the centre of popularity gauging when it comes to record sales). Pearl Jam's first two albums have sold a combined 18 million copies. I'll give you the fact that Creed is bigger than Pearl Jam ARE, but they most certainly aren't bigger than Pearl Jam WERE.
Here's some more math, from riaa.org Pearl Jam has had 6 studio albums that have sold aprox 26 million which comes out to an average of 4.3 million in sales. Creed has has 3 studio albums which have sold 20million making an average of 6.6
Pearl Jam:
Live on two Legs- Platnum
Binaural- Gold (gave them credit for 1million to make the math a bit easier and to also address some of the Bootlegs sales)
Vs.- 7xplatnum
Ten- 11xplatnum
No code- platnum
Vitalogy-5xplatnum
26/6=4.3
Creed:
Weathered- 5xplatnum
Humen Clay-10xplatnum
My own prison-5xplatnum
20/3=6.6
Be careful when your working with numbers,willie, you may not like what they say
I look forward to the rebuttle....
First, read this, then come back.
Nice to see you've returned, first off, Willie, could you have least thrown me a bone and Linked to the Blog? :) now to the important stuff.... me from the previous blog in Italics, willie in bold
While I agree that Scott Stapp comes off as a glory hogging jerk (and can they please just do a performance video), Creed is a successful band that sell an amazing amount of CDs and has received mainstream success that most bands would give their left arm for.
No argument there. Creed is, indeed, exteremely successful. I would even go so far as to say they're the most popular rock band in the world today. However, that doesn't justify the behaviour we've seen them exhibit. Plus, I wouldn't think most bands would want the level of success that Creed has. In many cases, when a band reaches a pinnacle of such heights, they are very uncomfortable being there, with the spotlight on them 24/7. Sure, every band dreams of making it, but seldom really want to make it THAT far...
Bands that don't want to reach the levels of succees that Creed has reached should pack up thier gear and go home. The drive for success is what makes you work for what you want. No one, IMO gets in to Music or anything else for that matter to be second best. If you do, I question your desire.
how dedicated are they? I mean, there aren't many bands who can keep a strong fan base, especially when a band goes three albums into their career without any sort of significant artistic growth. Creed (and a whole lot of other bands) are like cheeseburgers... if you offer the same burger with the same toppings every day for lunch, eventually folks are going to want to try a different restaurant that offers different toppings.
While I do agree, in this 15 min of fame world, that it can be hard to keep a fan base for a band,but it is not as if these guys are just hitting the scene now. and as for artist growth, why...oh why must a band go somewhere find a different higher power and then start spouting lines from books and poems. If a band is enjoying the type of music they put out, and it's saying what they want it to say, why should they change it in order to experience "Artistic Growth". and for the cheeseburger analgies, Why would you want to limit yourself to one type of burger (or band) in the first place, go and sample different types of food (or music) and if you want to come back to the first burger (or band), do it anytime you want..
.if we must drag my boys into it, very well. While Creed has a larger fan base at this moment, what fans Pearl Jam have left are rabidly dedicated. And I'll gladly lay a five on the fact that one decade from now, there will be more Pearl Jam fans than Creed fans. It's one thing to make an album you know fans will enjoy, and it's another completely to offer it up again and again. The only band I can think of that's followed that formula to success over a long period of time is AC/DC. Let's face it, Creed's got a lot of haters now, and the numbers are only growing.
The only reason that I meantioned "your boys" is you do so in the piece that started this (something about thanking eddie for the voice) and the fact that some of the knocks against creed is that they're pearl jam ripoffs. Now, are you saying that Creed does not have for "rabidly dedicated" fans, I would beg to differ on that point. Are they younger? probibly, based on the fact that Creed's hayday is now and not 5 years ago(at least). but just as "PJ" had their fair-weather fans. Creed does too and when the fall comes, I think we'll see Creed sell a smaller amount of records, but still an amount of records that a lot of bands would sell thier souls for. There's an old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", the "Creed Formula" is working so why try something different just for the sake of trying something different. Another very successful artist tried something radically different from what he'd been doing for years and was raiked over the coals both critically and sales wise....who was it? Garth Brooks for the Chris Gains project. and BTW, I'll take that bet.
ONE: Never doubt a radio hit for Pearl Jam. They turned a cover song that was originally supposed to be released only to their fan club members into their biggest radio hit ever. That song was "Last Kiss", and it didn't get on the radio because they sent it to radio. Programmers actually added the song in their own volition, actually seeking it out on the internet or dubbing their own copy (which wasn't easy to do, seeing as how when it broke on radio, it was available only as a vinyl 45, and as I mentioned, only to members of their fan club). Only after this happened was the single properly serviced to radio. Pearl Jam didn't ponder for a moment whether that was going to be a hit, but it was, and a big one, EVEN without a video. Which brings an interesting point: how many bands do you know of that can consistently sell a million copies of each record, even after not appearing in a video since 1992?
I do doubt a radio hit from Pearl Jam, for the very reason that you state, they didn't send thier biggest radio hit to radio. radio had to go out if it's way to get it. The song (which I will agree is a good one) had to be pulled from a fan club album. How many times has Radio done this? how many times has Radio said "you don't want us to play this, but we're going to go through the trouble to play it"? Don't think this is going to happen again, it was a once in a lifetime situation. and please don't try to pass this off as a planned thing by Pearl Jam. If they had thought that "Last Kiss" was going to be as big as it was, it damn sure would have been on an album. but they thought so little of it, they threw it on a fan club freebe. as to your last question, none, Why? two reasons, how many of the top 40 bands from 1992 are still successful? I would guess not many, and tht's just a guess and I stand to be corrected on it. and second, how many artists would want to take that chance of not having something to go on MTV, MTV2, Much, Much More, to promote the album to people outside the core fan base?
TWO: The market may be driven by video play, but (and I'm saddened you didn't know this, considering your profession) 95% of hit songs are broken into the mainstream by radio stations. Think about it: every time a hot new artist comes along, they trace the roots back to some radio station in St. Louis, or Tampa, or wherever, that "broke the single". Besides, if the market were really so driven by video play, do you really think 'Weathered' would have sold so well in light of how incredibly shitty their videos have gotten lately?
First off...I said that the market is driven by Radio and (even more so) video play. I think we'e going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I will allow that hit 'artists" can be broken to radio, but as soon as they become successful artists, they run to MTV or Much to break their songs. but again I'll allow that's more "Top 40/pop" artists then "Rock". and yes, while the "weathered" video's are a little hard to look at as Stapp's Jesus complex, comes out, that didn't stop MTV/Much from playing 2 out of the 3 ad nausem. (Bullets being the exception). Also, 'My Sacrifice" was helped by the really cool WWF Desire Video's at a time when ratings were a bit highter then they are now.
Creed's first two albums have sold a combined 12 million copies in the U.S. (commonly referred to as the centre of popularity gauging when it comes to record sales). Pearl Jam's first two albums have sold a combined 18 million copies. I'll give you the fact that Creed is bigger than Pearl Jam ARE, but they most certainly aren't bigger than Pearl Jam WERE.
Here's some more math, from riaa.org Pearl Jam has had 6 studio albums that have sold aprox 26 million which comes out to an average of 4.3 million in sales. Creed has has 3 studio albums which have sold 20million making an average of 6.6
Pearl Jam:
Live on two Legs- Platnum
Binaural- Gold (gave them credit for 1million to make the math a bit easier and to also address some of the Bootlegs sales)
Vs.- 7xplatnum
Ten- 11xplatnum
No code- platnum
Vitalogy-5xplatnum
26/6=4.3
Creed:
Weathered- 5xplatnum
Humen Clay-10xplatnum
My own prison-5xplatnum
20/3=6.6
Be careful when your working with numbers,willie, you may not like what they say
I look forward to the rebuttle....
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
OK..now that that's out of my system...
RAW last night,was a good show. Something that can be taken as surprising, seeing that 25% of the show had to be rewritten on the fly with the departure of Steve Austin, who walked out yesterday afternoon after being asked to put over Brock Lesner. He felt that he would be hurt by doing such a "Hot-shotted" angle. This caused the show we saw, and if this is what they do with Austin home, Steve get cumfy on the couch, cause they don't need ya.
The reuniting of the ownership situation was going to happen anyway, so why hold off on it. Maybe the rumors that Eric Bischoff is on his way in to take over (on-air) maybe as a member of the nWo, will breath some life in the ratings.
and speaking of the nWo, I'm happy with the turfing of Booker T, the fans want him as a face, let him be a face and not doing it last night was delaying the enivtable. HBK's back looked good with him nearly taking T's head off with that sweet chin music.
FOr the first time in a while, I watched all of RAW, although it was the late replay I saw, for the first time in a while, I can't wait for Smackdown!, or atleast to see the spoilers.
LAter,
RAW last night,was a good show. Something that can be taken as surprising, seeing that 25% of the show had to be rewritten on the fly with the departure of Steve Austin, who walked out yesterday afternoon after being asked to put over Brock Lesner. He felt that he would be hurt by doing such a "Hot-shotted" angle. This caused the show we saw, and if this is what they do with Austin home, Steve get cumfy on the couch, cause they don't need ya.
The reuniting of the ownership situation was going to happen anyway, so why hold off on it. Maybe the rumors that Eric Bischoff is on his way in to take over (on-air) maybe as a member of the nWo, will breath some life in the ratings.
and speaking of the nWo, I'm happy with the turfing of Booker T, the fans want him as a face, let him be a face and not doing it last night was delaying the enivtable. HBK's back looked good with him nearly taking T's head off with that sweet chin music.
FOr the first time in a while, I watched all of RAW, although it was the late replay I saw, for the first time in a while, I can't wait for Smackdown!, or atleast to see the spoilers.
LAter,
Tuesday, yep..It's tuesday
First off.. note to willie: Stick with the PV's my friend, A day in the life of: came off as spiteful and not funny at all. While I agree that Scott Stapp does come off as a glory hogging jerk (and can they please just do a performance video), Creed is a successful band that sell an amazing amount of CD's and has recieved mainstream success that most bands would give thier left arm for. While you may see them as "Pearl Jam Light", I would go on to say that Creed would have a larger fan base. That dosen't make them better then "Pearl Jam"..dosen't make them any worse either. and I'm sure that there will be some rebuttle, but the fact is Creed is a big name right now. Maybe when a new Pearl Jam album comes out, that will change, but with this being a market seemingly driven by radio and (even more so) video play, and Pearl Jam's resistence to doing videos and my doubt's that there will be a major radio hit , I doubt it. Willie, enjoy their music, but don't get bitter that Creed is bigger then they are and were
And before anyone else asks..I'm not a huge Creed fan..I own 2 albums (Human Clay and Weathered) but it's not something I play on many occasions
Music is a very personal thing. It can not be form-fitted. Everyone's tastes are different. Mine run from a Celtic,east coast folk sound (Great big sea, Natalie Macmaster, The Corrs) to pop-rock (Michelle Branch, Barenaked Ladies) to hip-hop (Dr. Dre, Eminem, Naughty By Nature). Basically, everything but Dance and Heavy Hard rock. That last one puts me at odds with friends and co-workers. To me, it's screaming Guitars and long haired tattooed pierced guys screaming about anything they can think of. Yes, some of it can be good in the right situation, but I don't enjoy it enough to buy cd's or Downoad it. (If you look at the Kick Arse Archives, there isn't much Hard rock, Heavy Metal on the CD's) I don't listen to music to think so bands that have a real big "Message" (ie: Rage against the Machine and the like) are out. When I listen to music, I want a good beat, something that I can sing along with, nod my head too and in the right situation, hit the dance floor. To some people, I'm what's wrong with the music industry.
When you come right down to it, music is entertainment. People can take what they want from it. As I'm writing this, Much Mega Hits is on and in the past little bit, they've played The Tragically Hip, Pink and Bow Wow, a mix that I'm very happy with.
I'm Dok Doyle...and that's my opinion. What's yours?
First off.. note to willie: Stick with the PV's my friend, A day in the life of: came off as spiteful and not funny at all. While I agree that Scott Stapp does come off as a glory hogging jerk (and can they please just do a performance video), Creed is a successful band that sell an amazing amount of CD's and has recieved mainstream success that most bands would give thier left arm for. While you may see them as "Pearl Jam Light", I would go on to say that Creed would have a larger fan base. That dosen't make them better then "Pearl Jam"..dosen't make them any worse either. and I'm sure that there will be some rebuttle, but the fact is Creed is a big name right now. Maybe when a new Pearl Jam album comes out, that will change, but with this being a market seemingly driven by radio and (even more so) video play, and Pearl Jam's resistence to doing videos and my doubt's that there will be a major radio hit , I doubt it. Willie, enjoy their music, but don't get bitter that Creed is bigger then they are and were
And before anyone else asks..I'm not a huge Creed fan..I own 2 albums (Human Clay and Weathered) but it's not something I play on many occasions
Music is a very personal thing. It can not be form-fitted. Everyone's tastes are different. Mine run from a Celtic,east coast folk sound (Great big sea, Natalie Macmaster, The Corrs) to pop-rock (Michelle Branch, Barenaked Ladies) to hip-hop (Dr. Dre, Eminem, Naughty By Nature). Basically, everything but Dance and Heavy Hard rock. That last one puts me at odds with friends and co-workers. To me, it's screaming Guitars and long haired tattooed pierced guys screaming about anything they can think of. Yes, some of it can be good in the right situation, but I don't enjoy it enough to buy cd's or Downoad it. (If you look at the Kick Arse Archives, there isn't much Hard rock, Heavy Metal on the CD's) I don't listen to music to think so bands that have a real big "Message" (ie: Rage against the Machine and the like) are out. When I listen to music, I want a good beat, something that I can sing along with, nod my head too and in the right situation, hit the dance floor. To some people, I'm what's wrong with the music industry.
When you come right down to it, music is entertainment. People can take what they want from it. As I'm writing this, Much Mega Hits is on and in the past little bit, they've played The Tragically Hip, Pink and Bow Wow, a mix that I'm very happy with.
I'm Dok Doyle...and that's my opinion. What's yours?
Sunday, June 09, 2002
Leaked from Miramichi City hall:
The City of Miramichi transportation and public works department wants to advise the motoring public that the King George Highway will be closed for repairs effective June 10/2002. This is to repair the 562,124,102 potholes between the Night Owl Building and Northumberland Square. Residents who are trying to get from the former town of Newcastle to the former village of Douglastown are formally screwed and are advised to learn how to swim. The City of Miramichi will do it's best to somehow pin the blame for this major screw-up on the people in Nelson. any complaints can be sent here
The City of Miramichi transportation and public works department wants to advise the motoring public that the King George Highway will be closed for repairs effective June 10/2002. This is to repair the 562,124,102 potholes between the Night Owl Building and Northumberland Square. Residents who are trying to get from the former town of Newcastle to the former village of Douglastown are formally screwed and are advised to learn how to swim. The City of Miramichi will do it's best to somehow pin the blame for this major screw-up on the people in Nelson. any complaints can be sent here
It's Sunday, Sunday, it's really really Sunday
Tonight my First "Stump the Dok", kind of. Dave Lavoie dropped me a long note asking me what I thought of "Tough Enough 2 " where the two women left, Jackie and Linda, were chosen over the two guys, Jake and Kenny and somehow this has become some sort of problem. Why? because in the First "Tough Enough" there was 1 male and one female WWE contract, this time around it was assumed that this was the case, although in one of the early episodes of "TE2" it is said that there was just 2 contracts.That being said, I think they made the right choices, Linda has a different look for a WWE "Diva" and can wrestle while Jackie is just..that..damn...hot that she will never have to step in the ring and will sell a lot of Diva calenders and videos. Jake on the other hand has that look that Vince goes to bed dreaming about at night, but in the ring was TERRIBLE!! while Kenny made everyone around him look good but I believe fell victom to the "He's too small" trap, espically with Jamie Knoble, and Rey Mystero Jr.~ debuting or on the way. Let me say, however that the TE1 crew was head and shoulders abouve this crew, in the end of TE2, they're doing basics, in TE1, they're doing moonsaults. It's all leading to a "Tough Enough" Fued on Smackdown! with Chris Harvard and other TE people coming to take out thier frustrations on Maven, although that might have got pushed back due to Maven's broken leg.
and may i also say that I am very happy to see Shawn Micheals back, although I missed it live. I was watching RAW and decided to shut off the TV just before Kevin Nash came out. and after I found out what happened, I knew that I had missed a markout moment. When everyone else were Bret Hart fans, I was the HBK fan, espically during the Diesel/HBK "Two dudes with attitudes" period. While Bret Hart has become one of many "Bitter Old Wrestlers", HBK got his head on straight and I'm happy for it. Now of they would just get rid of the "Black and White" nWo and bring back the "Red and Black" I"d be happy.
Blogger Really needs to add a spellcheck to their program :)
For a comprehensive list of Wrestlers, check out Earl's Wrestling page. For the most part, I agree with him. It's a good read. I wonder who would win a wrestling trivia contest.....hmmmmmm...
Send your questions and other things (no bills accepted) here. Send your complaints Here:)*854
Tonight my First "Stump the Dok", kind of. Dave Lavoie dropped me a long note asking me what I thought of "Tough Enough 2 " where the two women left, Jackie and Linda, were chosen over the two guys, Jake and Kenny and somehow this has become some sort of problem. Why? because in the First "Tough Enough" there was 1 male and one female WWE contract, this time around it was assumed that this was the case, although in one of the early episodes of "TE2" it is said that there was just 2 contracts.That being said, I think they made the right choices, Linda has a different look for a WWE "Diva" and can wrestle while Jackie is just..that..damn...hot that she will never have to step in the ring and will sell a lot of Diva calenders and videos. Jake on the other hand has that look that Vince goes to bed dreaming about at night, but in the ring was TERRIBLE!! while Kenny made everyone around him look good but I believe fell victom to the "He's too small" trap, espically with Jamie Knoble, and Rey Mystero Jr.~ debuting or on the way. Let me say, however that the TE1 crew was head and shoulders abouve this crew, in the end of TE2, they're doing basics, in TE1, they're doing moonsaults. It's all leading to a "Tough Enough" Fued on Smackdown! with Chris Harvard and other TE people coming to take out thier frustrations on Maven, although that might have got pushed back due to Maven's broken leg.
and may i also say that I am very happy to see Shawn Micheals back, although I missed it live. I was watching RAW and decided to shut off the TV just before Kevin Nash came out. and after I found out what happened, I knew that I had missed a markout moment. When everyone else were Bret Hart fans, I was the HBK fan, espically during the Diesel/HBK "Two dudes with attitudes" period. While Bret Hart has become one of many "Bitter Old Wrestlers", HBK got his head on straight and I'm happy for it. Now of they would just get rid of the "Black and White" nWo and bring back the "Red and Black" I"d be happy.
Blogger Really needs to add a spellcheck to their program :)
For a comprehensive list of Wrestlers, check out Earl's Wrestling page. For the most part, I agree with him. It's a good read. I wonder who would win a wrestling trivia contest.....hmmmmmm...
Send your questions and other things (no bills accepted) here. Send your complaints Here:)*854
Thursday, June 06, 2002
It's Thursday and I'm updating from Work Shhhhhh :)
So I was to the doctor and he said I fucked up my knee...well not in so many words..but close. a torn left lateral maniscius(sp?) means x-rays today, a MRI in my future as well as a Date...cool haven't had one of those in a while..oh it's with a doctor to go under the knife. that ain't so good.
So that''s all the news for now..I 'll talk to ya'll later and for willie EAT MORE CHICKEN!!
So I was to the doctor and he said I fucked up my knee...well not in so many words..but close. a torn left lateral maniscius(sp?) means x-rays today, a MRI in my future as well as a Date...cool haven't had one of those in a while..oh it's with a doctor to go under the knife. that ain't so good.
So that''s all the news for now..I 'll talk to ya'll later and for willie EAT MORE CHICKEN!!
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
Happy Tuesday
So went to see "The Sum of all Fears" last night, not expecting a good movie. I've read the book and, for the most part liked it (Like a lot of Tom Clancy's books, the military detailing gets a little tedious, more on that a little later) Two and a half hours later, Myself, Willie and Gully left the theatre awestruck. You can tell how much Willie enjoys a movie by the number of words he speaks, this time, 1 ("popcorn") This is a defenate must see for everybody. One of the problems that I have with the movie is the fact that I have a hard time buying Ben Afalac (I know it's spelled wrong, Carrie) as Jack Ryan, as the Ryan I know from reading the books is married, has 3 kids and is older then the Ryan that Afalac plays. One real good peice of casting was Lief Schriber as John Clark. I'm hoping that they'll make movies of the Clark Books, Without Remorse and Rainbow Six. 8/10
Now for the Top 5 Tom Clancy Books:
The Before meantioned Rainbow Six, Where Clark and Ding are sent to England, to run a secret elite NATO anti-terrorism force called Rainbow. Clark is the leader (the "6") while Domingo Chavez, Clark's protge (and new son in law) is the leader of one of the two teams of Rainbow. Some of the members of the team have been meantioned in other books, but none as real major characters. Short on the detailed military hardware descriptions, but long on counter-terrorism strategy and what could happen when the terror hits close to home.
Without Remorse, the first Clark book, gives us the background on the man who Clark was before he was CIA Agent "John Clark" A look at a Vietnam Veteran diver who's first wife has died in a random car accident, also killing his unborn child. After some time, he's traveling to take a weekend on the bay, picking a beautiful young hitchchiker. After spending some time together, they have fallen in love and she tells "Clark" that she is a drug addicted former prostitute who escaped from her pimp. 'Clark takes this in and decides that He still loves her and, with the help of two doctors that they met after they had boat troubles on his island, try to clean her up. It is an amazing read and shows that Clancy not only knows battle but also knows people and how to craft thier stories.
Debt of Honor is one that must be read to get jist of the rest of the series, It takes place 2 years after 'The Sum of all Fears", Ryan has retired from goverment service but is asked by the president to come back as his national security adviser. The Cold war is over but that dosen't mean that all is well in the world but Ryan soon learns that the old rules no longer apply. along with foregn policy problems, there are also domestic problems for the President Durling, and they cause him to dump his Vice- president in favor of Jack Ryan, who's encouraged by the fact that after this he's done in public service. The Congress confrms Ryan's appointment and then..well I don't want to spoil it but let's just say it leads in to...
Executive Orders, where the actions at the end of "Debt", directly affect Ryan and is family and puts the entire United States in the clasp of not one, but two crises as well as a political standstill. I can't really go in to the Plot or I'll give away the ending to "Debt" but it's worth the hefty read (over 1000 pages)
Patriot Games, a little farther back in the ryan-verce, it's the subject of the movie that starred Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan, He's a history professer at the US Navel Academy on vacation in London with his wife and daughter, when they get in the middle of a assassination attempt by the Ulster liberanation army on a member of the British Royal Company. His marine training kicks in and he prevents the deaths of the Prince and Princess of Wales and thier newborn child, The CIA head, General James Greer sees this as the chance to get Ryan in to the agency. The book goes off on two different stories, both in the name of Patriotism
For more on these and other Clancy books go here
Untill next time Drop me a lineLAter
So went to see "The Sum of all Fears" last night, not expecting a good movie. I've read the book and, for the most part liked it (Like a lot of Tom Clancy's books, the military detailing gets a little tedious, more on that a little later) Two and a half hours later, Myself, Willie and Gully left the theatre awestruck. You can tell how much Willie enjoys a movie by the number of words he speaks, this time, 1 ("popcorn") This is a defenate must see for everybody. One of the problems that I have with the movie is the fact that I have a hard time buying Ben Afalac (I know it's spelled wrong, Carrie) as Jack Ryan, as the Ryan I know from reading the books is married, has 3 kids and is older then the Ryan that Afalac plays. One real good peice of casting was Lief Schriber as John Clark. I'm hoping that they'll make movies of the Clark Books, Without Remorse and Rainbow Six. 8/10
Now for the Top 5 Tom Clancy Books:
For more on these and other Clancy books go here
Untill next time Drop me a lineLAter
Monday, June 03, 2002
So much for a more frequent update :)
There really hasen't been much going on lately. My back seems to be coming along ok but now my legs and knees are giving me problems. having a hard time walking any distince at all, tylenol and advil help a bit but.... I've got an Doctor's appointment on thursday so we'll see how that goes.
Was able to pick up the Harry Potter video on the day it came out and enden up watching it 2 1/2 times in one day. it was that good I didn't mind (although I must say it's not as impressive as it is on the big screen) can't wait for the next one it will be out November 15/2002 for the most up to date details go here
I'll be going to see "The Sum of All Fears" tonight so I'll have something on that tommorrow. I've read the book, so I can't wait to see what the movie is like.
LAter
There really hasen't been much going on lately. My back seems to be coming along ok but now my legs and knees are giving me problems. having a hard time walking any distince at all, tylenol and advil help a bit but.... I've got an Doctor's appointment on thursday so we'll see how that goes.
Was able to pick up the Harry Potter video on the day it came out and enden up watching it 2 1/2 times in one day. it was that good I didn't mind (although I must say it's not as impressive as it is on the big screen) can't wait for the next one it will be out November 15/2002 for the most up to date details go here
I'll be going to see "The Sum of All Fears" tonight so I'll have something on that tommorrow. I've read the book, so I can't wait to see what the movie is like.
LAter
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