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Michael Jackson Dead

Post author By admin
Post date June 27, 2009

I really didn’t like Michael Jackson or his music. I left town for a camping trip and came back to find he’d died. Maybe I should go camping more often.

I felt sorry for the guy really. He never had the chance to be a kid when he grew up. He was thrown right into the spotlight and had to perform and tour at a very young age. Later in life he tried to be a kid, but had the hormones of an adult. Not a good combination.

He owned the rights to the Beatles and married Elvis’ daughter. He really tried to be the King of Pop and whatever else he could. Then he died, apparently just like Elvis, via a prescription drug overdose. You have to wonder if that was actually his plan.

I for one am glad that chapter of the freak show is over.

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Saddened by death of Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle

Post author By admin
Post date June 17, 2009

My rock & roll band covers many Ventures tunes like “Hawaii Five-O” and “Walk Don’t Run,” “Wipeout,” “Penetration” etc. There are no tunes more fun to play than those classic Ventures surf tunes.

Tribute to Bob Bogle

Bob Bogle, guitarist for the Venutres, died yesterday at 75. Hats off, wine glasses up to you man. Your plunky, reverberant guitar style is classic and influenced many guitar players. And your sound with that Fender Jaguar guitar through a Fender Reverb Amp is one of the best guitar tones in the history of rock & roll.

My Ventures memory

Years ago my band opened for the ventures and the coolest club in town. The place was packed and we had a GREAT time. It was an honor to share the stage with such legends and to meet them.

It was hilarious during their rendition of Hawaii Five-O when the drummer was doing his solo on his gigantic kit with his black gloves. The bass player’s amp went down and they were trying to figure out how to get it running again. The drummer kept soloing and soloing. He’d anxiously look at the bass player, who would throw his arms up in the air. The drummer got the most classic looks on his face because he was shot but had to keep soloing… Classic.

During that show I didn’t sit in the audience. I sat on the stage, with Bob Bogle’s guitar amp sitting next to me. I absolutely loved it. Every time he’d do one of those plucky riffs where he slid down the neck of the guitar made me a giddy as an elementary school girl.

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Boneheads

Recession hits rappers. Be on the lookout for cubic zirconia and iron pyrite bling yo. Obama to socialize hip-hop industry…yo.

Post author By admin
Post date May 27, 2009

The recession is hitting rappers hard. No more stackin’ bank for these mofos. Sales of gold and diamond “grillz” are down 60%. Some hip hop artists are resorting to fake gold and cubic zirconia in their bling and their grillz, yo. That ain’t dope. That ghetto.

“A lot of these rappers simply don’t have the money for real stuff anymore.”
“It’s to the point where they are wearing imitation jewelry, and that’s ridiculous.”
“People think these big pieces are blindin’ but they be like D-quality diamonds, and when you try and sell them you learn they ain’t worth a thing.”
“If you admit you wear fake jewelry, it is over for you. It’s like bragging you drive a Lamborghini when you really drive a Toyota.”

“Times are hard, ain’t nobody rocking it like that anymore,” says rapper and record executive Bryan “Birdman” Williams.

…actually Mr. Williams, you’ve employed a what is called “double negative.” What you stated means that they are in fact “rocking it like that.”

The vultures opportunists are circling

Now places are popping up like SellYourGoldTeeth.com, where rappers can exchange their bling for cash. I’m sure it is pennies on the dollar…. Pardon me, “dolla” yo.

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Perhaps it is time for President Obama to step in? It is time for the government to bail out and socialize the hip-hop industry. Hip-hop is just too big for us to allow it to fail.

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