It’s official: Finland rocks…and rocks hard.
The oft-neglected European country took home the victory in the Eurovision song contest this year, thanks to the metal band Lordi and their song “Hard Rock Hallelujah.”
This is Lordi:
I’m sorry, but that’s awesome.
Europe presents us with Lordi, and who do we have to offer as our democratically-voted-upon superstar?
People, George W. Bush is not the only reason people think America sucks.
Seriously. I don’t mean that as a backhanded swipe, but I just don’t get it anymore. (Some) Nirvana fans are pissed off at the Red Hot Chili Peppers for their video of “Dani California” which features Anthony Kiedis dressed up like Kurt Cobain in one segment. Is it just me or is treating Cobain like some holy grail of rock just beyond the pale anymore? The Peppers went and got permission from Dave Grohl of all people to make sure it was OK that they even had it in the video. But apparently that’s not good enough for some folks. I’ll say it again: Nirvana was just a band who were in the right place at the right time. They had some good songs, but there have been tons of artists who came before Kurt Cobain who wrote the same kind of tortured introspective lyrics, and there will continue to be tons in the future. I wonder if these same fans have ever seen the “Robot Chicken” episode featuring “Zombie Idol”, a parody of “American Idol” in which zombie rockers come back from the grave and try to win the contest. Of course, all hell breaks loose and it soon turns into a parody of the remake of “Dawn of the Dead” and when Ving Rhames is about to kill the Kurt Cobain zombie, Kurty takes the shotgun himself and eats it. Yeah, it’s really dark, but I can’t help but laugh every time I see it because I know some fan out there is undoubtedly screaming about it.
It’s important to Jack White that you know that his new band The Raconteurs is not just a backing band. OK, I can dig it. But as someone who really couldn’t stand The White Stripes until Get Behind Me Satan was released (save for a song or two per albums prior), what the band actually “is” makes no difference. It’s just nice to see Jackie expand into a full-blown band sound. Seriously, there’s only so much you can do with Meg. But we’ve all known that for a long time. So it’ll be interesting to see how The Raconteurs play out in the long run. Go ahead and place your money on ’em. It certainly won’t be the mess that, say, Billy Corgan’s Zwan was.
No, seriously.
Bruce Brodeen, president and CEO of Not Lame Records, has sent out an E-mail to those who regularly frequent his online shopfront…but it hits home so strongly that it needs to be made available to anyone who believes in sticking up for the merchant once in awhile.
She just couldn’t compete with Linda’s frozen entrees. Nope, Heather Mills is done with Paul McCartney. Paul insists she didn’t marry him for his money. I believe this. However, I’m sure there’s only so much PETA hobnobbing and vegetarian meals you can eat, too. Or maybe she split because he didn’t win a Grammy. Who knows. One can only speculate. In the meantime, maybe Paulie can get some of his Beatles tunes back. The dude can have any chick he wants. That’s right girls, Paul’s available again!!! You don’t mind a few decades difference do you?
“Hi, I’m really old.”
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