UNO Attack - You might get AIDS

So you might get AIDS if you play UNO attack. Um. How is this a televised ad. I mean seriously, to a unsuspecting ear, it totally says AIDS.

Enjoy.

Where oh where have the Pop.Is.Dead posts gone?

Well for starters they haven't gone very far. They have been accumulating in my head for quite some time now. The past week or two have been very eventful for me at least, which has been keeping me away from the realm of music for a bit. Its crazy how life goes. One week i will be immersed in music and another, ill be completely torn away from it.

Anyway lets get started.

The new Brand New album "The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me" has been out for a week and let me tell you, it is definitely worth the 13 or so dollars at your local record store. Ive listened to it too many times to count but that is what I usually do to get a feel for the album. most tracks on the album are solid. You can tell that Jesse Lacey has done a lot of maturing since "Deja." The music aspect of it kicks ass, you get a feeling that "Your Favorite Weapon" and "Deja" mated, and this was the product. Going into this album I had expected something more along the lines of something more epic. I love this album to death, I just don't think it was worth the 4 year wait.

I plan on starting something every Tuesday, that's along the lines of "Whats new?" I promise it wont have that bad of a name, I'm the king of title making. It will be a summary of the 5 albums that I add on the CMJ charts for each week. It will give those looking for new music a chance to see whats out there and get something new to listen to.

I had originally intended this post to be more of a post with news but i cant stop myself from mentioning my actions of last week.

For those who do not know, I was in the 80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I was on the Build-A-Bear Workshop Float shaking my bear tail as Bearemy the BABW mascot. I got to share the float with pop sensation "Hannah Montana" aka Miley Cyrus aka Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter (yes "Achey Brakey Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus). I never realized how many people were Hannah Montana crazy. The parade was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I also got to share a bus with Ciara (of "1,2 step" fame) and she is absolutely stunning in person.

Anyway, I'm actually pressed for time I need to run to Spanish class but I'm back and full of fun stuff.

In the meantime, if you need something to listen to today, check out the new ep out by The Rocket Summer titled "Early Days." Also I've been listening to Forward, Russia! more and more, its good stuff.

I'm out like a light,
Jimi

Vinny Testaverde is the NFL's Barbara Streisand

How can I make a comparison like that? They both just don't know when to give up. So i'm sitting in psych class, just finished a test, and i picked up the New York Times' sports section. I flip through the pages to get to the NFL section when I see a sentence that sofar has been uttered in every article in every paper regarding this topic.

Vinny Testaverde, who came out of retirement last season to help out the New York Jets, was signed on Tuesday by New England.

Questions for two people.

First one, for Vinny. Why? I think New Yorkers remember hearing something about "never playing for another team other then the Jets" when his father died. Also I think we remember hearing "I'm helping the jets because I want to, not because they asked me to"

Second question, for Bill Belichick (head coach for the Patriots). Why? Vinny is a shell of his former self, his stats for last season show that. Lets review his numbers.

For passing:
GP - 6
Comp - 60
Att - 106
Pct - 56.6
Yds - 777
TD - 1
INT - 6

Rushing:
Att - 7
Yds - 4
TD - 2

Not the worst of his career, but certainly nowhere near the best.

He's a fossil now. If the Patriots defense is letting Brady get manhandled, whats to say Vinny won't get the same beating? They are just asking to have another potentially injured QB.

Well im done ranting, I think the fumes have settled. Maybe i'm just a angry New Yorker, maybe i'm ranting because I feel betrayed, but nothing good can come of this. I hope he plays soon so when the Patriots lose, ill feel good about myself.

Another Pop.Is.Dead post.....is in the can.
Jimi

Teleprompters are all the rage nowadays.

Ill start off with this picture.

Yup. Axl Rose, with a teleprompter. Now axl using it is not news to any of us. He has been using one since Guns and Roses was in its heyday but it seems that this trend has caught on.

One would think that when you write a song, it would hold some sentimental value, and you would like to remember it. Even when you perform it time and time again @ 100+ shows, you would think that it would stick in your head. In Axl's defense, im sure that the years of drug and alcohol abuse has done a number on his brain cells.

So want a list of people who use teleprompters? Sure ill tell you.

The Boss - Bruce Springstein
Jay Z
Panic At The Disco ( it was reported that teleprompters are being used on their headlining tour and they are being disguised as monitors.)
Nickelback (although who really cares, they arent entertaining)
Third Eye Blind
Black Sabbath
Justin Timberlake
Bjork
Depeche Mode
Britney Spears
Beyonce
Mariah Carey
Blink 182

The list goes on but it is pretty much anyone who has put on a big tour with lots of flashy things going on the background.

Well anyway, ill end on one more thing.

Go buy that. Build your own Mumble and buy his friends, and the soundtrack and outfits for your Mumble at the LARGEST Build A Bear Workshop in the world on 5th avenue at 46th street(or go to your local BABW).

Until next time,
Jimi

The King of Pop, is back.

Yup. The man that conquered the world of pop, then dropped off the face of the earth, is back performing! Wacko Jacko, the King of Pop, the cute one from the Jackson 5, or whatever he is going by these days will be showing his "face" again. We havent seen MJ since his child molestation charges. He vacated to Europe and has been spending a large portion of his time either a. molesting children in Europe or b. working on a new album. Im pulling for the later of the two. Anyway, he will be preforming at the World Music Awards (which are being hosted by everyone's favorite Long Island floozy that got rich Lindsay Lohan). He will be in London to accept a lifetime achievement award, entitled the "Diamond Award," which is only given to artists that sell 100 million albums all over the world. After that, middle aged women everywhere can relive their teen years while watching Jackson perform "Thriller".

Im excited. Are you?

Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller (or Michael's plastic surgeon)



Jimi

Music For America Benefit Concert TONIGHT!

TONIGHT.
8pm
Pace University (1 pace plaza NY NY 10038)
take the 4,5,6,j , m,z to brooklyn bridge
R, W to City Hall
2, 3, C, E to Fulton St.

PEARLS AND BRASS
PISSED JEANS
THE EVERYOTHERS
THE KING LEFT

students speak about social issues in between the bands
raffles and awesome music merch giveaways
premiering the WPUB zine with reviews, art, interviews

Open to the public!

SUGGESTED DONATION: $8
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MUSIC FOR AMERICA (WWW.MUSICFORAMERICA.ORG)

brought to you by WPUB.org

K-Fed Dumped by Text Message?!

When I saw this I died. What a tool.

K-Fed, your free ride is over.

Well, it lasted longer then most of us expected. Finally after about 2 years, and two children later Britney is done with being white trash with a daddy and went to a new all time low. White trash without a daddy. Although who can blame Britney for leaving this loser. I mean nobody ever took him seriously, even she didnt take him seriously.

When Kevin brought his album home, it has been reported that:

"Britney listened and then laughed. Apparently, all she had to say was something like “it might sell 'a hundred, maybe a thousand' copies”, if he was lucky.“He” as in husband Kevin Federline, who’s currently trying his talent as a singer. The former dancer has recently brought his first recordings home, to his wifey.But the reaction was far from the one expected. Maybe because of her suffering from baby blues, Britney had no mercy. Or maybe it was just a revenge of the pop star, as sources say Kevin is not spending enough time helping her with their baby son, Sean Preston." - Source "Britney Mocks Her Husband's Music" Softpedia News

Do we see this as a possible Britney comeback? I sure as hell hope so.

So much for Kevin's Career.

ttfn
Jimi