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#17521 Re: The Garden » Wisconsin liberals trying to rig election » 945 weeks ago
Gore blew it because he surrounded himself with the absolute worst people to run a campaign.
Obama has done the same unfortunately.
#17522 Re: Guns N' Roses » AFD CERTIFIED 18 MILLION UNITS IN US » 945 weeks ago
What's amazing is that the Illusion albums did half of AFD's numbers, yet are not near as respected.
There's artists out there that NEVER had an album go 7x platinum. GN'R have two, AND one with 18x plat.
Damn.
Plus who in the fuck other than GN'R has an EP that goes 5x? AN EP! A platinum COVERS album.
When you see this stuff, you know CD will do major bank on the GN'R name alone.
#17523 Re: Guns N' Roses » Baz mentions Axl, possible Xmas shows (July '08) » 945 weeks ago
Great, well thought out post monk.
#17524 Re: Guns N' Roses » Del James Interview » 945 weeks ago
How can you accurately write a story, for which you have a bias?
Still Del shells out pretty awesome interviews, that are the one place to see the story from the other side of the fence. Kudos.
#17525 Re: Guns N' Roses » i was thinking, and it occured to me... » 945 weeks ago
I don't think the new band is mediocre BY ANY MEANS. They are a great band. They just aren't - GUNS N' ROSES.
And over the years you've had guys like Richard & Tommy basically say "I wouldn't stand in the way of a reunion". Now granted in reality they don't really have a choice, but when you've got your 'own replacements' sitting back and going with the flow, but looking at Axl Rose and thinking to themselves "dude, what the fuck are you doing?"
Even he doesn't know.
#17526 Re: Guns N' Roses » Bob Lefsetz: Best Buy Deal confirmed/Azoff response to leaks » 945 weeks ago
The shows I was at The Blues & CD really grabbed the audience, but by 2am in the morning, only the diehards were still there anyways. 2/3 of the crowd were long gone.
#17527 Re: Guns N' Roses » update on MSL's site » 945 weeks ago
I guess that is some sort of Axl-ism that we don't understand.
Alot of the extreme anxiousness in wanted to hear CD material and for leakers to leak the stuff they have, is because Axl keeps things so top secret. Anytime you create an attitude that "I have all this great stuff, and you can't have it", you make everyone want it that much more.
Unfortunately for Axl, even though as a diehard GN'R fan I love the material, I can understand it's issues, and he's certaintly not holding any kind of massively special album in his hands, going on the leaks.
In hind sight you begin to think this attitude has been based more on the fact that Bob Ezrin was right ("three good tracks") and they know it. The GN'R camp keep up this act because "the hype" is all they've got at this point. If the majority of the world heard this material, reactions would be mixed at best.
#17528 Re: The Sunset Strip » Psycho franchise (1960-1990, 1998) » 945 weeks ago
PSYCHO - 4 stars - excellent
Truely a masterpiece.
PSYCHO II - 3 stars - good
A good straight-forward sequel to the original. Doesn't recapture any atmosphere which leaves it feeling disconnected from the original, but it's a strong effort for a sequel, especially one 23 years later.
PSYCHO III - 1 star - poor
Kudos to Perkins directorial debut as he creates an extremely dark and nicely shot atmosphere, as well as Carter Burwell's original score. The cast & script destroy this film however. The script is just awful, and I can't believe got greenlit, and the casting is about as worse. Alot of the supporting cast from PSYCHO II reprise their roles, which is a good thing, but the new characters fall flat. Jeff Fahey is a good actor and enjoyable, but the character is cookie-cutter, and the two main female leads are just terrible, not convincing, and just all around bad.
PSYCHO IV - 3 stars - good
A nice rebound from PSYCHO III, focuses on being a prequel/sequel to the original PSYCHO. Joseph Stefano the original writer returns for the film, as does Bernard Herrmann's original score, which creates an atmopshere similar to that of the original. Fantastic performances, primarily from Perkins and "Shield" star CCH Pounder drive the film home and leave it extremely satisfying. Shout outs also to Henry Thomas (young Norman) and Olivia Hussey ("mother" Norma Bates) who turned in good performances also. A good film, especially for something that was 'made for cable TV'.
PSYCHO 1998 - no stars - waste of time
A truely pathetic remake, that is awful at all turns. This is the Ishtar-remake of horror films. One of the worst films i've ever watched.
#17529 Re: The Garden » Wisconsin liberals trying to rig election » 945 weeks ago
Even if it's the Peace Corps, no elected official will ever mandate obligated civil service. Not in this country. We don't live in the same America we were in 50 years ago. If someone were to re-instate the draft or mandate some other form of civil service, half the country would bring weapons to Washington and cry revolution.
That 'fear' of the U.S. government is no longer there. After the 60's, an entire generation was convinced talking shit and saying "no" gets things done. Whether that's true or not... hopefully we won't ever have to find out.
#17530 Re: The Sunset Strip » Gay Aiken? » 945 weeks ago
The strange thing is how these celebs are like this. They're so proud of themselves when they come out, and that's cool, but they state the obvious alot, like it's shocking news.
I wonder if Elton John still has friends he stops and says - "you know i'm gay right?", friend replies "yes Elton, i've known you for 35 YEARS!. I know you're gay, jesus." Elton responds, "why you homophobe".
