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Fans Love Their Ravenous Dogma
So. I'm talking to my friend J this late hour. Apparently he's mentioned in the new No Depression over something he wrote in their 18 months ago.
You see, we went and saw BR549 back in 2002. They had come to Chicago (well Berwyn, but it's almost like Chicago, and it has the car on spikes!) and we were very excited. He was a bigger fan than I, but we both liked their older music very much. What (and it's hazy here) we didn't know was that they had basically a completely new line up, and the guy who basically made the band what it was, was no longer with the band.
So, technically we were seeing BR549, but it hardly sounded like them. I don't think we stuck around to see the whole show. The sound was too different. We didn't like it.
I just forgot the show, but J ended up writing in to No Depression, asking how a band could use the name when they have a completely different line up and sound nothing like before. He raised some good points. He didn't go on about how much they "sucked" or "blew" but wanted to voice his disappointment as a one-time fan.
The other die-hard fans found little to like about his letter. In fact, people wrote in complaining about his complaints. They posted on the BR549 message boards about how they hated him. And then it all died down.
Until this month apparently. Nearly two years later, No Depression writes an article about BR549 and they actually spend three paragraphs talking about J's letter and how much it pissed the band off.
J: there's a BR549 article in the new No Depression, and THREE freakin' paragraphs are devoted to me and my letter and teh fact that the band ALMOST came to my house (because they were so pissed).
Me: Wait. Seriously? You were nearly assaulted by BR549? That's AMAZING.
J: I was scanning the article and there were 3 whole freaking paragraphs devoted to how much my letter affected the band. On one hand, it's kinda cool, on the other hand, it mentions how the guitarist "investigated" me and "found out where [I] lived."
Me: That's....disturbing. But. On your gravestone would could have had "His love of music killed him." Or possibly, "Shivved by an angry guitarist. Who knew?"
J: It even says how one of the band members jokingly asked the guitarist (whom I insulted the worst) if he wanted to stop at my house during their last tour through Illinois, and, "Chris looked me in the eye and said, 'Yes, I do.' He was serious! Of course, we didn't, and Chris is over it now, but we stil laugh about it."
I'm worried some psycho BR549 fan is gonna get ideas.
So J went over to the BR549 message boards, where they're talking about him again.
Some BR549 Fan: I'm glad to hear that the article is favorable. It doesn't take away the negative comments made last year, but it may stick in some readers mind. And, they sure don't want to hear from me again. I will have to read it, and if it is good, send a response, to counter my vindictive (but true) response from last year. And, I believe it was my brother, braddict, who also sent a letter to the editor. I'm sorry to hear the guys took that article to heart. It was just one person's opinion; however, one person with the power to hurt others. We all know the band is just the best! They should ask the fans to do the reviews! I've never personally seen this magazine. Where is it available?
Some other fan: Why does that cranky mid-Westerner keep getting press?
Me: You're a cranky mid-westerner!
J: Sure as fuck am!
Me: I wonder if you're like this huge BR549 enemy, where they slur you at the start of every show.
J: That'd be great! The funny thing is the poster's hanging in my basement!
Spendthrift
I bought a Tivo. Why? Because I could.
Someone needs to take my money from me.
I Wonder Why
Wonderfalls? Excellent. Theme song by Andy Partridge? Brilliant. The fact that the theme song is on iTunes? Priceless.
Making It In The Big Time
I was provided with a chance to go see The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra tonight. Won a pass from Landmark Theatres and everything, and I ended up sleeping for nearly an hour instead. At what point in my life did it turn into this? I used to love the idea of going to Chicago and seeing a movie. Maybe get some dinner. Now? Now I come home from work and sleep. I'm quite the catch ladies.
Just Plain Gross
I'm all for slow moving, book like shows. I'm a huge fan of Carnivale. But, Kingdom Hospital is sucking the life out of the room. Tonight's episode.....was a third hour of exposition. Nothing happened. At all. The biggest plot bit took place in the last two minutes of the show. They could have cut out the other 50 minutes and tacked this on to last week's episode and no one would have missed a thing.
The Big Bang Of Small Things
Here's a little tip to anyone whose main arguing point in defending The Passion Of The Christ to me is "You didn't like it because you're not religious":
I didn't like the movie because it was a poorly constructed movie relying on assuming that since you think your religion is the most important, everyone already knows the story.
I also don't like the majority of religious people because they use their religion as an excuse when they have no other defense.
It Won't Happen Again
Okay. So here's my theory. And it's sacreligious. So turn back now if you're offended about jokes based on the Christian ideology.
Because of the silly music that was played in the final scenes of Passion of the Christ, and I know I'm not alone in thinking it sounds like the Terminator theme song, I'm now convinced Jesus was actually a terminator sent back in time to destroy humanity.
This would explain why he was crucified. They discovered his horribly secret, and tried killing him. But, not knowing how technology works, he "rose from the dead" when it actually turns out that he was just repairing his circuits.
It would explain how he was able to prophesize and be all soothsayer.
And, as is apparent at the end of the movie, based on the music, he was set to head out and destroy humanity with a robot army before he was "taken back to heaven" when it actually turns out they brought him back to the future. I know the current movies say that's not possible, but there's no proof they didn't have the technology at one point.
So, my point is that Passion of the Christ is actually a prequel to the Terminator movies.
Sure. Japanese McDonald's get a tofu burger. But screw Americans!
Never did hear back from the teacher. Does the two day rule apply if it's a guy that gives the girl a number? Why do I involve myself in these silly politics?
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I took a break from writing the novel. Instead, I decided to focus on ideas for my OTHER novel, which is now no longer the novel (HA!) idea that it once was. I had this grand idea to create a collection of short stories all based in a universe where superheroes exist. But, it was a world, that because of the superheroes, was being destroyed through meteor showers and natural disasters. Somehow, the heroes threw the world off balance years ago. Because of this, the superheroes are shunned and hated, forcing to go into hiding. The chapters were going to focus on different aspects of the whole idea. A butler's point of view. A suicide note. But, the world was both blessed and cursed by these creatures that just appeared one day.
I wrote the first story as part of a joke for A a few years ago now. And another idea popped into my head last night. It focuses on a girl who has the ability to read the minds of people, but only on their sexual deviations. Driving around with her father, she uses her ability to get revenge on those who have wronged the people who hire her.
I'm currently typing, laid out in bed from some crippling back pain. I spent the better part of the day transferring home videos for A & B onto my computer to make them a DVD of their ultrasound and birthing experiences. When I wasn't doing that, I was retouching a photo for my mother to use on a birthday cake. The woman, who the cake is for, is turning 90, and they want to use an original photo of her all dressed up as youth in her flapper outfit.
I think I did a decent job for the amount of time I spent on it, but I'm not getting paid, so I'm not spending 30 hours on something for free. I can't keep offering my services for free. I'm the worst business man in the world, if I do.
Unique Timepieces
klockwerks - Unique Timepieces
These are amazing, and continue the long list of artists that help me feel like my work is crap.
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