When I wake up, you better be ready to walk me! Blast! Damn you all! Victory is Mine!!Dixie is sniffing my face which means she wants a walk. But before we take a walk, it's time for a little Midnight Madness!
I watched the movie Hot Fuzz on DVD this week, a silly parody of action movies starring Simon Pegg. It was a slight film and had a little bit of a "college movie" feel, but it did an excellent job of paying homage to a much loved but little respected genre.
Also in that film as the main villian was Timothy Dalton. It's the second Dalton film I've seen in a week (I watched The Rocketeer on Easter) and really enjoy his oily old school sense of evil. Almost like a silent movie bad guy, Dalton revels in his cartoonish performance. It's weird, all of the magnetism and charisma he lacked as 007 shows when he plays non heroic characters. Too bad he couldn't do this in his James Bond era.
The Ebert-less Ebert and Roeper show is starting to pick up steam, pairing Roeper with Michael Phillips (at least on the episodes I've seen lately) instead of a rotation resulting in some of the best differences of opinion since the Siskel and Ebert hey day. Granted, Roeper and Phillips are more smirky and bait each other more than the intellectual bloodbaths Siskel and Ebert would get into in their PBS era. Still, Roeper and Phillips are the best movie critic team in a long time.
Dixie is starting to bark at nothing for attention. Her walk is coming soon. She'll bark at a leaf blowing in the wind 15 miles away if you don't give her attention.
In American Idol, Chakeize found returning to his R&B lover man routine an Idol ending mistake as he was voted off the show. The coming week is Country week with mentor Dolly Parton, which means Kristi Lee Cook is going to be on a roll now. Can the other non Country performers adapt? It will be interesting to see.
On another Fox show, Don't Forget The Lyrics, childhood hero Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon played for charity and gave a very entertaining show. It was capped by a great performance of REO's classic "Roll With The Changes".
At one of my favorite sites Melodicrock, there is an in depth interview with Herbie Herbert who managed Journey from the beginning thru the 80's. He also managed such bands as Roxette, Eric Martin Band and Mr. Big. He speaks his mind about all sorts of subjects regarding his career (a Herbert interview is not for someone who has an idealized vision of Steve Perry as a person) and is a facinating read. The interview is at http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/herbieherbert.html
Speaking of Journey, the word is out that they will be touring with Heart and Cheap Trick. Wow, it's 1978 again!
Def Leppard's new song "Nine Lives" is now online and is a welcome return to the Adrenalize sound with a little Tim McGraw to modernize and countrify it.
Today I had a nice time taking a day trip with my wife, we saw nice scenery and ate a good meal. My wonderful wife always has good ideas!
Well, Dixie is starting to get hyper and jump around the room which means its time to take a walk. Give the Dixie her due I like to say. C'mon dog, let's take a walk.
I watched the movie Hot Fuzz on DVD this week, a silly parody of action movies starring Simon Pegg. It was a slight film and had a little bit of a "college movie" feel, but it did an excellent job of paying homage to a much loved but little respected genre.
Also in that film as the main villian was Timothy Dalton. It's the second Dalton film I've seen in a week (I watched The Rocketeer on Easter) and really enjoy his oily old school sense of evil. Almost like a silent movie bad guy, Dalton revels in his cartoonish performance. It's weird, all of the magnetism and charisma he lacked as 007 shows when he plays non heroic characters. Too bad he couldn't do this in his James Bond era.
The Ebert-less Ebert and Roeper show is starting to pick up steam, pairing Roeper with Michael Phillips (at least on the episodes I've seen lately) instead of a rotation resulting in some of the best differences of opinion since the Siskel and Ebert hey day. Granted, Roeper and Phillips are more smirky and bait each other more than the intellectual bloodbaths Siskel and Ebert would get into in their PBS era. Still, Roeper and Phillips are the best movie critic team in a long time.
Dixie is starting to bark at nothing for attention. Her walk is coming soon. She'll bark at a leaf blowing in the wind 15 miles away if you don't give her attention.
In American Idol, Chakeize found returning to his R&B lover man routine an Idol ending mistake as he was voted off the show. The coming week is Country week with mentor Dolly Parton, which means Kristi Lee Cook is going to be on a roll now. Can the other non Country performers adapt? It will be interesting to see.
On another Fox show, Don't Forget The Lyrics, childhood hero Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon played for charity and gave a very entertaining show. It was capped by a great performance of REO's classic "Roll With The Changes".
At one of my favorite sites Melodicrock, there is an in depth interview with Herbie Herbert who managed Journey from the beginning thru the 80's. He also managed such bands as Roxette, Eric Martin Band and Mr. Big. He speaks his mind about all sorts of subjects regarding his career (a Herbert interview is not for someone who has an idealized vision of Steve Perry as a person) and is a facinating read. The interview is at http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/herbieherbert.html
Speaking of Journey, the word is out that they will be touring with Heart and Cheap Trick. Wow, it's 1978 again!
Def Leppard's new song "Nine Lives" is now online and is a welcome return to the Adrenalize sound with a little Tim McGraw to modernize and countrify it.
Today I had a nice time taking a day trip with my wife, we saw nice scenery and ate a good meal. My wonderful wife always has good ideas!
Well, Dixie is starting to get hyper and jump around the room which means its time to take a walk. Give the Dixie her due I like to say. C'mon dog, let's take a walk.
Def Leppard featuring Tim McGraw "Nine Lives"
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