What the fuck is this thing?

I had a new one sprung on me this week, as I went and checked out the ECMA showcase at the Seahorse on saturday night. The reason I was there was to check out Jill Barber, never having seen her before. She was good, but her style is a bit too shmoopsie for me. Who got me was Carmen Townsend. She is proof positive that the music industry is fucked in the brain. This leads me back to the new one on me. I requested one of her tunes on CKDU today, and very disappointingly, she hasn't recorded an album yet! Or at least she hasn't released one. Here I am, clenching money in my fist, ready to throw it any kind of recording of hers, and I'm stymied.Get to work lady!

She is a sight to behold on-stage rockin out lemme tell ya. I hate it when people try to do this, but I'm gonna say that with a little more crunchyness in the guitars, she and her band might be like a perfect mix between old Heart (as in the first two albums) and Queens of the Stone Age. If you don't believe me, google her, check her myspace, there are 4 songs there. Rough recording, but you'll get the picture.

And apparently there is a kind of demo thing that she used to hand out, so if anyone has that, please let me know or hook me up with it.

Oh yeah, I didnt take that pic (no shit, I know), its from her website www.carmentownsend.ca

An open question: Is Evgeni Malkin really a thawed out caveman? You be the judge.

Hello again. Recently I've introduced myself to the mad world of Doug Stanhope. In case you haven't heard of him, he is a stand-up comic who is very upset that the world is a big, illogical, irrational shit-hole. Every once in a while you see someone who is so outstanding at what they do, that it not only changes how you view that particular thing, but a lot of other stuff as well.

I'm going to pull a move I saw in that Idi Amin movie, and chastise my friend Jack who told me about Stanhope a long time ago, but didn't convince me to check it out. Shame on you for not being able to penetrate my ignorance and smug self-assurance that I really know whats going on.

Now, before you go jumpin on Youtube to check this dude out, know this: if you are easily offended, you're probably a stupid ass anyways and you won't get many of the jokes. But then again, if yer reading this blog, you probably trust my judgement on these types of things anyways. If you dont, then fuck you, and stop reading my fucking blog right now you asshole.

Oh, and check out his website: www.dougstanhope.com

Hey there. It has recently come to my attention that more than 3 people have actually seen this blog, so I figured I might as well post something. Unfortunately for you, I'm too lazy to do anything more than a crummy movie review.

This confused comedy/date crap thing is called "School for Scoundrels". It shouldn't surprise me that I didn't like it, I didn't really like that Napoleon Dynamite movie much either. I guess I'm just confused as to how that Jon Heder keeps getting starring roles. Maybe this straight to video stinker will finally finish off that creepy douchebag. He's really more suited to play something like a defendant on Night Court or something. So anyways, the movie has people getting hit in the head, the groin, and the face, with tennis and paintballs, kooky pranks for the love of a perky Australian neighbour, and an ending that would have been perfect if everyone in the world was a retarted fifth grader. Just like Jon Heder. So, on a scale of 1 to 10, where a 1 is Suburban Commando and a 10 is Garbage Pail Kids, this movie gets a 1.73 which is roughly equivalent to "3 Men and a Baby".

And as a footnote, what the fuck is Billy Bob Thorton doing in a piece of shit like this? Come on Sling Blade, you're better than this.