the label want slash.
or axl to bend over.

i find it one of the many unresolvable(?) contradictions & dichotomies of Axl & GnR. they do make that great art, but they are dogmatic in their business dealings - to their detriment.

it does appear to me that the $$$ is more important than the music (therefore prob not unresolved...)

but when they bring it, they bring the fucking ruckus. so to speak.

i just wish he could find an easier way.
but he seems forever intent on saying "no" unless it's on his terms.
& that's another thing i love about him, but also something that can piss me off!

he's holding the new music ransom, the way he always has done, to get the best deal for himself.
& whenever he wants to release music the label hold it ransom in the hope of getting Slash on there.

that's supposing he has new music of course..

or at least that's what i can tell from it.
now, if that is the case, there are of course two sides to it: he's right not to let himself get short changed, especially in a business which does make a lot of money for people who have very little to do w/the creation of the music. but at the same time, fucking hell, y'know? there's more important things than petty business victories. that shit'll be gone when you're dead & nobody'll give a toss. but the music, it could last forever & reach places he'd never even dream of - & that's what should be important.
just let it fucking go, y'know?

eh.. it's too late now tho. the chance has gone. the power's diminished & the spirit's broken.
they fucked it up.

re: the big lebowski

p much every single line or action in that film is hilarious. the coens are almost always funny (tho they went a bit shit for a few yrs before No Country) but they perfected it on the big lewbowski.
watched it again a few months ago (for about the 1000th time). first time i'd seen it in a couple of yrs & it just made me so happy & made me laugh so damn hard. it's perfect. it is the most perfect script & so many great performances - career highs from almost everyone - buscemi is so underrated in that film, the scene where walter pulls the gun on smokey for instance, or when he asks the dude what does he need his johnson for! omg that film... fucking perfection.
i hate the fucking eagles, man.

Yea it's great to read people talking about music they love.
& yea think its tommy. Think it came from his FB one time..
Tho if u'r talking about Paulie u have to talk about Alex Chilton, bar Townes n Neil he was my fave songwriter of the 70s & his solo output is exceptional too, & of course his performances in the box tops.