Okay. You have the link. Go see one, if not, THE, hottest woman in Rock N' Fuckin' Roll.
Rock N Roll. Not emo. Not screamo. Not prog. Not speedmetal. Not heavy metal. Not death metal. Not black metal. Not pop rock. Not hair rock. Not post emo. Not grunge. Not even 70s laid back rock.
ROCK N FUCKIN ROLL. PERIOD.
Okay. Now onto topic number one in this fucker :
Based on Nielsen's fast national numbers, NBC's Saturday Night's Main Event bombed in the ratings yet again, only scoring a 2.65 rating. Not the final rating of course, but a total disaster for WWE. It's not hard to figure, in my opinion. The show felt like just another episode of Raw, with a slight taste of Smackdown and ECW. Its amazing, WWE has three separate brands and the SNME show came off like another edition of Monday night entertainment.
Nuff said about that piece of shit.
Topic two : Those who don't read. Now, I've been trying to make this fucker mighty interesting because of the shit E've been reading lately. My job burned my brain cells out today [at least those that haven't been burned out by my weekly Camel smoke [[talk about cutting down!]] and the occasional COCA COLA BLAK, the JOLT! Cola of a new generation ... fuck, why not just say COFFEE COKE? .... Well, ya might want to check this out
Okay, so back to this blog. I took this day off to do nothing, absolutely, totally nothing ... nothing at all ... Picked up some Pet Shop Boys and Janet Jackson at Half Price Books, even though I wore a Christian Death tour shirt from 1994 ... okay, a bit of history : Christian Death was headed by a guy named Valor, at the time, who was too heavy for my taste. His bassist/vocalist Maitri, made out with a friend of mine. And Electric Hellfire Club opened up for them [all of this was at the former (I can't see myself saying that) Dallas club, Trees ]. __________________________________________________ From Wikipedia :
Around 1992, Valor recruited bassist/vocalist Maitri (eventually his new wife), and re-established his Christian Death as a rock outfit with the album Sexy Death God.
During the late 1980s to mid 1990s, Rozz Williams and Rikk Agnew played some reunion shows with the name Christian Death. Rozz also put out a couple new albums on Cleopatra Records under the Christian Death name with his wife Eva O supplying guitar and back up vocals during the 1990s. One of those albums, The Iron Mask, is interestingly a reference to the Alexandre Dumas novel about an usurper who imprisons the rightful heir to the throne. Valor became enraged at the use of his now trademarked name 'Christian Death'.
On 1 April 1998, Rozz Williams committed suicide by hanging. He did not leave a suicide note and it is not known why Rozz would have wanted to take his own life, though it is known that he was struggling with a heroin addiction. Valor immediately seized control over all Christian Death material made by Rozz Williams on Cleopatra records.
In 1998 & 1999 two European and one American tour was done for the "Pornographic Messiah" album. In both European tours the line up was: Valor(vocals, guitar), Maitri(vocals, bass), Fernando Medina (drums) & Wim Leydes (guitar). Fernando Medina as well as Wim Leydes both left after these tours. Also members of the crew on these tours had enough tension for a while and moved on. Wim Leydes (Cryscendo)started together with Sonja Kraushofer what became Persephone and have co-written material and recorded on three albums which were released via Trisol Records. Fernando Medina is currently a freelance drummer in Boston. Although both members were also in the song "Cavity" on the first track of "The Bible" live album, both members were not mentioned in the credits.
Valor continues to put out new material under the name Christian Death, though his current incarnation of the group is a lot heavier and has lost a lot of the gothic style for a more metal sound, this is shown on their last album Born Again Anti-Christian (2000) which features members of black metallers Cradle Of Filth, including vocalist Dani Filth. With this album they saw their fanbase decrease to an even lower level.
The new millennium saw Valor's bassist Maitri establish a side project called Lover of Sin. Though Valor does not perform in this project, he did produce and co-write their self titled debut album released in late 2002. Since the album was released as Christian Death Presents Lover of Sin, the promoters for Lover of Sin's 2003 world tour wrongly billed them as Christian Death. This put fans under the impression that this was yet a new incarnation of the group that not only lacked Rozz and the other original members, but even lacked Valor.
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The Cramps tour was better. But then again, I suspected that Lux Interior was coked out and he screamed, jumped on the big 7 foot Fender amps and stuck the microphone down the front of his pants and screamed, jamming it into his mouth, while his wife, Poison Ivy, and the rest of the band rocked the roof off.... Hell, I know this blog is going nowhere, but so what? Why should EVERYTHING have a point to it? Why can't we just chill and relax? ... More stuff I saw today while browsing the World Wide Web :
Nude bloggers upset China beauty contest
Chinese blog company refuses to remove 'immoral' photos
Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com 25 May 2006
A recent 'beauty contest' for female bloggers has attracted huge attention and aroused fierce controversy in China.
The contest has been criticised as "sexist" and "immoral" after some contestants posted nude photographs on their blogs.
In the first stage of BlogChina's Beautiful Blogger contest, which was held earlier this month, several million Chinese web users voted for female bloggers whose online diaries are hosted on the BlogChina site.
The 20 highest scoring finalists were brought to Beijing to compete in a more traditional beauty contest, for which BlogChina provided free hair styling, make up and beauty treatments.
As well as physical appearance, the contestants were ranked on a variety of other criteria, including the quality of their blog postings and the popularity of their blogs.
The winner, who blogs under the name Yi Lan, is a business student from Beijing. She received a $2,500 prize.
Additional prizes of $1,250 each were awarded in four runner-up categories including 'most talented blogger' and 'sexiest blogger'.
BlogChina announced that more than two million people voted to choose the finalists. However, the contest attracted harsh criticism in some quarters, with accusations of sexism and sensationalism from the media and other bloggers.
One finalist, blogging under the unlikely name 'Hedgehog Mumu', posted several semi-nude photographs of herself on her blog. She received the most votes in the public voting, but won none of the prizes in the finals.
Opinion columnists attacked her for "offending the dignity of women", but Bo kee refused to remove the photographs because they "do not break state laws", according to Chinese news portal AnHui Hotline.
Others claimed that the woman in some of the photos was not in fact the blogger, although 'Hedgehog Mumu' denied these accusations, the news portal reported.
The publicity seeking nature of the contestants and organisers was also criticised. BlogChina has been accused of cooking up a "news stir fry", a Chinese phrase which implies frantic attempts to hype a small news story into a big event.
"I like beautiful women and I like BlogChina. But to combine the two together, I don't see the reason for it," wrote one male blogger, who uses the name 'Idai'.
"To use the beautiful women as a kind of bait, how meaningful is that? Basically it's just a 'news stir fry'. This is the essential character of China: nobody really cares about the result, they only care about the process."
BlogChina, which is better known inside China as Bokee.com, was accused earlier this year of attempting to artificially boost its standings in the website traffic rankings measured by Alexa.com.
Alexa's data is often used by advertisers and investors in China to judge the popularity of websites. Bokee.com suffered an abrupt fall in the rankings after Alexa apparently wiped dubious visitor data from its records.
BlogChina executives have said that the company's short-term goal is to list its stock on the US Nasdaq market later this year.
There were more than 33 million bloggers in China by the end of the third quarter of 2005, according to local research firm Analysys.
Mumu the nude hedgehog
Miss World, Miss USA, Miss Hong Kong, and now here comes Miss Blogger PRC! Earlier this month, BlogChina, a poupular -- you guessed it -- Chinese blog site held a nationwide beauty contest for female bloggers. Both the public and a panel of celebrity judges took part in deciding the outcome. In addition to the usual “hotness” factor, contestants’ writing/blogging talent also played a significant role, supposedly. One look at the final awards had us convinced that was indeed the case: Cash prizes between 10,000 and 20,000 RMB were given to the “Most Beautiful”, the “Sexiest”, the “Most Popular”, the “Most Fashionable”, and last which may or may not be the least, the “Most Talented”. Where Shanghaiist just had a few chuckles, some of the more self-righteous web crawlers felt compelled to opine. One male blogger, “Idai” had this to say:
“I like beautiful women and I like BlogChina, but to combine the two together, I don’t see the reason for it.”
A collective gasp of incredulity was heard in BlogChina’s marketing department immediately after.
Hedgehog MumuThe contest ran into trouble and all kinds of bad press when one finalist who blogs under the name "刺猬穆穆/Hedgehog Mumu" posted a number of semi-nude photos of herself (NVSFW) to attract visitors and votes : Traffic exploded, votes soared and, of course, critics poured in. Though Mumu’s ploy seems to have worked (she received the most votes in the public voting phase of the contest), she was awarded none of the prizes in the finals.
Opinion columnists attacked her for “offending the dignity of women”, but Bo kee refused to remove the photographs because they “do not break state laws”, according to Chinese news portal AnHui Hotline.
… She received the most votes in the public voting, but won none of the prizes in the finals.
Thanks for playing!
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Mumu the Nude Hedgehog
Chinese blog site BlogChina recently held a “Beautiful Blogger” contest in which Chinese web users cast votes for female bloggers who are hosted on BlogChina.
The 20 highest scoring finalists were brought to Beijing to compete in a more traditional beauty contest, for which BlogChina provided free hair styling, make up and beauty treatments.
As well as physical appearance, the contestants were ranked on a variety of other criteria, including the quality of their blog postings and the popularity of their blogs.
Hedgehog MumuThe contest ran into trouble and all kinds of bad press when one finalist who blogs under the name “Hedgehog Mumu” posted a number of semi-nude photos of herself (NVSFW) to attract visitors and votes. Though Mumu’s ploy seems to have worked (she received the most votes in the public voting phase of the contest), she was awarded none of the prizes in the finals.
Opinion columnists attacked her for “offending the dignity of women”, but Bo kee refused to remove the photographs because they “do not break state laws”, according to Chinese news portal AnHui Hotline.
Others claimed that the woman in some of the photos was not in fact the blogger, although ‘Hedgehog Mumu’ denied these accusations, the news portal reported.
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French blogger fired for online journal
An English woman writing about her life in France has been fired for entries on her blog.
The woman blogged anonymously under the name Petite Anglaise, meaning 'Little English', a term French people use to refer to English females. Her site attracted between 40,000 and 60,000 visitors a month.
Writing in her blog, she described how she was "Dooced", a reference to Heather Armstrong, who used the online pseudonym Dooce and was fired from her job in 2002 for comments posted on her blog.
The woman was originally accused of gross misconduct and suspended without pay for bringing her company into disrepute, despite never mentioning her name or the company's name on her blog.
This was later revised to "dismissal for real and serious cause - breakdown of trust" for which she will receive paid notice.
Writing about the experience, she said: "I am handed a letter to read and sign, which invites me to attend a dismissal interview the following week.
"There is a phrase I do not understand, 'mise à pied conservatoire', the horrible significance of which only becomes clear once I get hold of a dictionary at home.
"I have been suspended without pay, pending my dismissal interview for gross misconduct, the kind of grizzly fate usually reserved for people who endanger the lives of other employees, turn up to work under the influence or embezzle funds."
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Novelist Mickey Spillane dies at 88
Mon Jul 17, 8:01 PM ET
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane, who created the tough-guy private eye Mike Hammer, died on Monday at his South Carolina home at age 88, a funeral home official said.
The cause of death was not immediately announced.
"Mr. Spillane died this morning at his home here. His family was with him," said Brian Edgerton, funeral director at the Goldfinch Funeral Home in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
Born Frank Morrison Spillane on March 9, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York, Spillane grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and began his career as a magazine and comic writer. The first incarnation of his Mike Hammer was a comic book character named Mike Danger.
Spillane wrote more than two dozen books, including 13 in the Hammer series. His books sold more than 140 million copies around the world, according to a fiction writers Web site.
The first book, introducing Hammer, was "I, the Jury," which he reportedly wrote in nine days and was published in 1947. Spillane's Hammer books also included "My Gun Is Quick," "Vengeance Is Mine," "Kiss Me Deadly" and "The Big Kill."
"There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate," The New York Times once said of his work.
Spillane, a Jehovah's Witness who taught Bible class, occasionally acted in movies and played Hammer in the 1963 film of "The Girl Hunters," as well as parodying his gritty image in television commercials for Miller Lite beer.
Spillane had no pretensions about his writing, going about it with the philosophy that "If the public likes you, you're good."
He was known for blunt writing and blunt talk and had no trouble admitting that money was a prime motivator for his writing.
DISTINGUISHED CRAFTSMAN
In 1995, when he was named a grandmaster of his craft by the Mystery Writers of America, he recalled the days when he didn't write mysteries.
"I used to write true confessions stories like 'I was a pregnant teen-ager' and 'My boyfriend said we stopped in time,"' he said. "I write when I feel the urgent need for money."
Spillane was immune to critics who thought his style was uncivil, and once said, "Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar."
Spillane's fans did not always include fellow authors. Raymond Chandler, creator of another rugged detective, Philip Marlowe, described Spillane's work as "nothing but a mixture of violence and outright pornography." Ernest Hemingway boycotted a Florida restaurant after the owner put up a picture of Spillane.
"He thought I was a lousy writer and didn't like the idea that I outsold him," Spillane said in the December 2003 issue of Vanity Fair when he was promoting a new Mike Hammer book, "Something's Down There."
Spillane had lived in Murrells Inlet, which he discovered when he was an Army flight instructor during World War Two, since the 1950s.
Spillane was married to his third wife, Jane Rodgers Johnson. His first wife was Mary Ann Pierce, with whom he remained on speaking terms. His second was Sherri Malinou, a Los Angeles publicist from whom he split bitterly in 1983.
He had four children from his marriages.
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Why do I take on Mickey Spillane on my blog? Because he is a Man's Man Writer. The kind of guy that shoots straight from the gut (no pun intended) and had the juevos to back it up. He and Elmore Leonard make the character just not only jump off the page, but stomp off and kick ya in the ass. Action without a lot of verbal extras.
Exhibit to Honor Country's Ray Price
Country singer Ray Price, a close friend and protege of Hank Williams, was known for hits such as "Talk to Your Heart," "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," "I'll be There" and "Crazy Arms." In 1996, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Next month, the hall will feature an exhibit devoted to PRICE's life and music. This interview originally aired on Jan. 19, 1999.
I heard this afternoon while fueling up and heading back up towards home. This afternoon I was reminencing about things in my life that gave me delight. So this blog seems to go South, but I just keep going, my mind slipping in and out ...
Okay. So this didn't go anywhere. Well, I am decompressing in my antisensory chamber, so cut me some slack, k? I'm goin' to watch an American classic, Married ... With Children and get a hardon from Kelly and Peg ... yummy!
Okay, kiddos ... grab a free helium balloon and a Marlboro from Obnoxio The Clown
And get your kids photos with The Easter Bunny [Jeffrey Jones in Costume] and Santa Clause [Michael Jackson, Also In Costume]
That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
dr phibes
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