Each week I will be bringing you three things that failed or continue to fail, followed by three things that should be hailed for their current or continuing awesomeness.
Bon voyage.
Fails:
3. I don't understand the hype behind All Time Low. Their new album, Nothing Personal (Hopeless 2009), released July 7th. I listened to the single, "Lost in Stereo," and was confused and frustrated. It's supposed to be their single, but there's no hook, not catchy riffs, no a capella singing - just shitty 80s synth vocals and a 2-bit drum machine intro. Their music is so incredibly bland and stripped down. If they ever stopped making crap albums, I'm sure they'd have a job working for Kid's Bop.
2. Joe Jackson, father of the recently deceased Michael Jackson, just might be the hugest asshole on the planet. When asked how his family was doing after the death of their beloved child and brother, Joe stated that they were fine... and then proceeded to plug his record label. Twice.
(Original source.)
2. Joe Jackson, father of the recently deceased Michael Jackson, just might be the hugest asshole on the planet. When asked how his family was doing after the death of their beloved child and brother, Joe stated that they were fine... and then proceeded to plug his record label. Twice.
(Original source.)
During an interview with CNN, in which he was expected to make comments about Jackson's funeral, the 79-year-old introduced his business partner, Marshall Thompson, and went on to explain the workings of his new venture.
He told reporters, "Marshall and I have -- we own a record company. Talking about Blu-ray technology. That's the next step."
But despite the outcry over Jackson's apparent lack of emotion, he has explained he is "crying on the inside," and was simply answering questions posed to him by journalists about what his own future holds.
He says, "I was asked a question last night about the record company. ... We have a lot of good artists fixing to come out.
"I was asked that question and I answered just like it was asked because they wanted to know what else I was doing."
1. By far the biggest fail of this week, and of recent weeks, has to be the seemingly endless rate of deaths both public and private. All I know is that I wouldn't mind waking up and not having another loved one be dead. If this is the beginning of the apocalypse let me know now so we can try to reach Joe Jackson for comments.
Hails:
3. Christian metalheads August Burns Red are set to release their latest album Constellations (Solid State 2009) in less than a week, July 14th. When I originally planned to write this piece, I had only listened to two of the new songs, and I was planning on including ABR in the "Fails" section. Not that they necessarily "failed," but I wasn't too impressed. Upon further inspection, and listening to the entire album (streaming on their MySpace), I decided to retract their "fail" status. While Constellations isn't ground breaking in the least, it does seem to contain more focus than Messengers (Solid State 2007) before it. Their patented breakdowns are tighter, more innovative, and more rhythmically creative than before, and their melody lines follow suit. Overall, it does sound a bit like the same old stuff, but it appears ABR have matured and grown stronger just enough to earn the number three spot of the "hails." Next time I won't be so lenient, boys.
2. Al Franken finally made it into the Senate and, as I paraphrase, made comments about pushing hard for a public health care option. Further, Sarah Palin stepped down abruptly as governor of Alaska, and although her aspirations for the Presidency in 2012 are in speculation, we can all thank God that she is at least not in a position of power for the time being and therefore is no longer being paid tax payer money to be a hypocrite.
1. I received news via Alternative Press that Canadian rockers Protest the Hero were set to release a CD/DVD package. After some further snooping, I found that indeed PTH are set to release a live DVD in August or September of 2009. Word right now is the DVD is to include eleven tracks, with most of them coming from Fortress (Vagrant 2008). However, there are a couple of tracks from the bands first big break-out release, Kezia (Underground Operations 2005). In further related news, "Bloodmeat," the first single from Fortress, will be released as a Guitar Hero track in late July. Score.
2. Al Franken finally made it into the Senate and, as I paraphrase, made comments about pushing hard for a public health care option. Further, Sarah Palin stepped down abruptly as governor of Alaska, and although her aspirations for the Presidency in 2012 are in speculation, we can all thank God that she is at least not in a position of power for the time being and therefore is no longer being paid tax payer money to be a hypocrite.
1. I received news via Alternative Press that Canadian rockers Protest the Hero were set to release a CD/DVD package. After some further snooping, I found that indeed PTH are set to release a live DVD in August or September of 2009. Word right now is the DVD is to include eleven tracks, with most of them coming from Fortress (Vagrant 2008). However, there are a couple of tracks from the bands first big break-out release, Kezia (Underground Operations 2005). In further related news, "Bloodmeat," the first single from Fortress, will be released as a Guitar Hero track in late July. Score.
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