The Knack - Rocket O'Love

A blast from the past (1991).

Personally I really liked The Kanck's album "Serious Fun", it was labelled as a "comeback" album - which it didn't achieve a new found popularity for The Knack - BUT, I found it to be a really nice combination of catchy pop, with some classic late 80s crunchy guitar.

This video for this song - "Rocket of Love", was considered 'suggestive' at the time. In hindsight this would be anything but such no were it released now. All in all I've always found this to be a fun/pop song with that (I cringe to use this term) "hair metal" guitar sound.

Sometimes a good song (to me anyways) is just that - fun, catchy and just enjoyable. I don't think it is necessary for music to always thump me over the head with some "message". I mean - musicians perfom music, that's their chosen "job(s)". If you want to be a musician - perform music, and if you want to champion a cause, do that - but when you try to do both, you lose me.

Same goes for actors - just act, ok? If you want to be "political" - run for office. Just make the choice, for it is wrong to leverage your "fame" to sway your "fans" to follow YOUR views. If you want to be an actor and then become a politician - no problem. But again - do one or the other.

There are too, too many guillable people who almost lust after fame and those who are "famous', and they seem to idolize (worship?) celebrities, and emulate the views of such....

Corporate America cares????

I was reading an AP article entitled, "To avoid overdoses, some test their heroin before taking it"...so let me get this straight - it's now a matter of there are ALOT of junkies in the USA, so let's make sure they don't o.d. by selling drug potency test kits?
Please don't get me wrong - I am not a heartless lunatic who wants anyone to die - I just find it way, way to bizarre that by not trying more methods to stop or prevent drug usage - companies are making money on addicts?
You know the boardroom mindset is, "Hey I see there's alot of deaths from people od'ing, ya know, we need to help (said in a sarcastic tone) this people. Research how cheaply can we develop and get a say...oh I don't know meth testing kits...non, no..a - wait a heroin potency test kit...how bout $1 a test strip? Really, we can do it - great - get on it and let's have to market A.S.A.P. Ah ain't it great, and with our great demand and supply system..oh ha ha..supply and demand system, we'll be rich....um...er, I mean, saving untold lives before ya know it"...
Good old Corporate America has such a huge heart doesn't it?

Relaxing with a comedy classic

What can I say about Buster Keaton? Besides being a comic legend and cinematic genius, his ability to convey humor almost entirely in pantomime. He had pride in the fact that he almost never used "title cards", it was through expressions and amazing timing. I personally have watched this one of Buster's films, dozens and dozens of times and always enjoy it.

friends,liars and fires

I'm not like many people who claim to have thousands of "friends".
My friends are my true friends. I mean - I can't stand liars. So I am cognizant of the company I keep.
To me - if you hang with liars, it's like sitting on a stove - eventually you'll get your ass burned.

some trippy motivational tunes

Some peg Nickelback as a bland and calculated band - Personally I view them as being talented musicians. This song is both a good and heavy song (musically) AND has almost twistedly (is that a word) mind-bending lyrics.

Fall is coming

Cruising for bruising

If I would have known how many times people would lie to me in life, and I was given the choice to either be lied to, or slapped in the face.......

I'd rather walk around with a permanently bruised cheek than to deal with the petty lies, that people for whatever reasons, tell.