Morons on absolute punk...

So I came across this forum posting on absolutepunk.net while I was killing time at work and apparently fans of 30 Seconds to Mars not only like bad music, they're also uneducated morons. This kid didn't even know that Jared Leto was an actor or even that the only reason that 30 Seconds to Mars has been successful is because they're relying on his previous celebrity status. Get a clue kid and watch old episodes of My So Called Life or one of my favorite movies of all time, American Psycho.

EWE TOO ROCKS ME's first show....

alright so we had our first show at Adam's mom's 50th birthday party and I'd like to say it was a success. We played all our songs pretty well, our costumes were a hit with everyone, and our stage pressence was outstanding and we even managed to kind of blow up a guitar and destroy an amp. We videotaped the whole show (I'm working on transferring it onto my computer) and there were a ton of pictures taken that are posted on our myspace so check it out. This is only the beginning for EWE TOO ROCKS ME... we tentatively have a couple of shows coming up at the end of the summer and I'm working on putting together a party at my house for us to play. So keep an eye out and if you're looking to book EWE TOO ROCKS ME for your next party or gathering let me know and we can make it happen.

www.myspace.com/ewetoorocksme

DRUNKEN OBSERVATIONS...

Observations from a night spent at Dolan's down by the 7-11 in Ridley Park.

1) The dart game Cricket is only fun if the chalkboard that is supposed to accompany the game is next to / near the dartboard instead of further down the wall from the board.
2) It is never too early to talk about fantasy football even if training camp hasn't even started. You heard it hear first, LaDanian Tomlinson will unfortunately get hurt this year. He's due... that's all that I'm saying.
3) The 7-11 in Ridley Park is illequiped for drunks as they're leaving the bar. This 7-11, run by that crazy Vietnam Vet, didn't have any tacquitos (my favorite) or pizza rolls (Coz's favorite). What the fuck am I supposed to eat to suck up all that beer that I drank tonight. COME ON!!
4) It's a lot cheaper to get water from the water cooler you have at home than to buy a bottle of water at the store.
5) Double Decker should stay open later to accomodate drunkards. You know how much money they would make on all of the ISOPs that drunk people would order...

The NEW Sunday Night Lineup...

Having gone through a week of conspiracy theories galore with everybody's individual opinion of how The Sopranos ended, I'm ready to move on enjoy some other great shows that HBO has to offer. In The Sopranos' former time slot, I've got an amazing show in John from Cinncinati. Some crazy shit is going on in that show and I'm completely drawn in. I highly recommend this show to everyone. At first you're gonna be like, "What the hell is this?", but once you start to grasp what is going on, it's pretty enthralling. So John is followed up by an HBO classic, Entourage, where the guys are busy working on / screwing up their masterpiece, Medellin. Gotta love it. At the 10:30 slot, we've got a new addition in Flight of the Conchords, about a New Zealand musical duo trying to make it in New York City. The first episode was a little slow, but it had its moments. Should be more to come from them. Looks like my Sunday nights are booked for the next couple weeks / months.

Ewe TOO ROCKS ME..........@aol.com

Alright so everyone must check out the newest and greatest cover band to hit the scene... EWE TOO ROCKS ME. It's me and three of my friends from the radio station butchering all of your favorite cover songs. We're playing our friend Adam's mom's 50th birthday party next weekend, then a possible show in my backyard later this summer, maybe a party over at steph's over in jersey, and there's talk of playing my aunt's labor day party down the shore in september. So check out what we've recorded so far, befriend us, and keep an eye out for when the next show will be near you.

This is my new girlfriend...

...AMY WINEHOUSE

She's everything you would want in a girlfriend. She has a drinking problem, it's rumored she has been diagnosed as manic-depressive and won't take meds for it, she admitted to having eating disorders at one time or another, and she's got some sick pin-up girl tattoos.

So I heard all the hype about her months ago and didn't bother listening to any of her music and then I randomly came upon her performing "Rehab" on the MTV Movie Awards and I was immediately drawn in by her music and her beauty. What can I say, I'm smitten with her now...

Bees Can Suck It...

So I found this bees nest hanging right outside the window at one of the bank branches I work out and I found that it's extremely entertaining to tap on the glass and aggravating the bees. The bees get pissed off and there's nothing they can do about it... HA-HA

Observations from a weekend down the shore...

This past weekend was the 4th Annual "I have my Uncle's beach house for the weekend" weekend down in Sea Isle City and it was quite the good time. This year's participants were Matt & Steph (Steph S and Kelly were down for a little bit but not long enough to attain full participant status). So Friday night we pre-gamed at the house and then headed out to the Ocean Drive and Saturday night was Sean's graduation party down at his grandmom's house in Cape May. Plenty of observations were made:

1) Bars down the shore during the summer season are a rip off with $7 covers and $4.50 Miller Lite bottles.
2) The only girls that go out to these bars are extremely slutty, extremely hott (and out of my league), or extremely slutty and extremely hott.
3) It's important to put sunscreen on your legs and also the bottoms of your feet.
4)A notice to girls: Don't wear a bikini bottom that causes you to have a constant wedgie. Guys notice when you're picking out said wedgie.
5) Nothing brings a family together better than drinking games like Flip Cup & Beer Pong
6) Apparently it's a Finnegan family trait to want to beat me in competition.
7) I've got a new Grams down in Cape May and I've offered my services to stand in for Sean (we've got the same body type) at family functions since he lives up in Long Island now.
8) Matt Lenza is a P.I.M.P.
9) Don't drink wine that comes from a can that looks like an energy drink can.
10) The "Big Mofo" at the Steak Out & Waffle House is the greatest breakfast meal I've ever had: Two waffles, two scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, & fucking waffle fries - yes waffle fries.
11) An iPod on shuffle mode is the greatest road trip companion.

My Thoughts on the final Sopranos episode...

If you haven't seen it yet, I'm about to ruin it for you. I was a little hyped about seeing what was going to happen but it was a little bittersweet because the show that had encompassed what I did on Sunday nights was now over (I've still got Entourage and I'm digging the new John from Cincinnati - more on that later). So my dad was in one of his weird moods where he wants to know who the singer is of each song that he heard on the show. So that ended up being our running joke of the night, making fun of my dad.

But anyway back to the Sopranos. While alot of people are complaining about how it was one of the worst endings of a show ever, I found it to be pretty comical. David Chase spent the final minutes of the show, setting up what looked to be a big bang ending with Tony finally getting whacked, but instead the screen just went to black before we found out what happened. When it first went to black, everyone in my family thought that it was the HD signal, but when the credits came up shortly after that, you could feel everyone's disgust, with me being the exception. It's awesome that David Chase ended it like that. It was the biggest pie-in-the-face that we could have gotten as viewers. I was reminded of some of the stunts that Andy Kaufmann used to pull off. COMEDY GOLD. But in regards to some of the closures that came about with this being the final episode: I think Phil Leotardo finally got what was coming to him with him getting whacked. And the icing on the cake was when his car ran over his head with his grandchildren still in the car in their carseats. AJ's character is one of the worst human beings (if he were real, but I'm sure there is someone out there just like him) that I've ever encountered. He was well informed about any of the realities of the world that he was complaining about and it was amazing how quickly he went from depressed whiner back to his old self by just getting a cushy job with a movie production company. Why can't I get a job like that?? I also didn't understand why everyone kept visiting Junior. At this point, he doesn't know what's going on and I don't think anything was resolved or achieved by having that in the script.

All in all, The Sopranos was a groundbreaking show and highly entertaining over the past 8 years and I'm glad that I was able to enjoy it all this time. Thanks for the memories, Sopranos, and thanks for showing me how many different ways a person can be killed. I still think my all-time favorite, even though the guy didn't die, was when Tony curbed the guy on Phil's crew who made some crude comments to Meadow. FUCK YEAH, KISS THE CURB...

Immediately following The Sopranos was the debut of John from Cincinnati. I was intrigued to watch it because it was from the guy who did NYPD BLUE and Deadwood and also because we had been doing some subliminal advertising of the show on MGK. The first episode was pretty out there, but I was immediately drawn into it and I highly recommend it to everyone. The highlight of the show so far has to be crazy Vietnam Vet played by Ed O'Neill. Very reminiscent of the chracter he played in Wayne's World, except he's more caring and less vengeful. CLASSIC

You Gotta Love our Justice System...

Paris Hilton was released from jail this morning after only serving 5 days of her 3 weeks sentence. So she's being put on house arrest for 40 days. Who wants to make a bet that she'll end up going out to some club because she thought her publicist said it was okay to go outside if it was for business... just another reason why our justice system is so jaded

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas...

I'm sitting here at work listening to the radio and Tom Jones' "She's a Lady" came on and whenever I hear that song, I immediately think of the scene in F & L in Las Vegas when they're driving down the Vegas strip in a drunken / drugged out haze. My favorite book / movie of all-time and if you didn't know that already, take a look at my right arm sometime. If you haven't seen the movie yet, read the book first then watch the movie. The book is always better than the movie. And if you've never heard of Hunter S Thompson, I don't know if we can be friends anymore.


ALSO I should be posting a review of HORSE the band's new album, "A Natural Death" later tonight when I have enough time to actually listen and digest this musical masterpiece

NEW MUSIC ALERT...

...or at least it's new to me. My friend Tristan has turned me onto Girl Talk - "hip hop hits, soft rock radio standards, party classics, grunge masterpieces, R&B singles, glossy club-shakers, and rock anthems are all layered and pieced meticulously together into one non-stop celebration of pop and excess" That was the best description I had gotten of this guy, but yeah the music is amazing and both Tristan and I highly recommend it. It's the shit. Here's two links for Girl Talk:

www.myspace.com/girltalkmusic
www.girl-talk.net

ENJOY

I got paid to see Roger Waters live....

Have I mentioned that I love the perks of my job at the radio station? Last night I got paid to watch Roger Waters play at the Wachovia Center. I was able to watch most of the show about 15 feet away from the stage and it was probably one of the greatest concert moments of my life. He performed the whole Dark Side of the Moon album, uninterrupted and it was just simply amazing. I was getting goosebumps just taking in everything. And the lead guitarist had me questioning who David Gilmour was, again? Highlights included Time, Money, The Great Gig in the Sky, and my favorite Pink Floyd song, Have a Cigar. I will definitely be buying tickets the next time he's in town because it's just one of those concerts that you want to experience as a whole and not just in segments as my job permitted me to do. I also noticed that there was a lot of hott girls that attended the Roger Waters concert and I'm going to say the highlight of night girlwise, was probably the hottest Mother/Daughter combination I have ever seen (there was some debate among my co-workers as to whether they really were mother and daughter but I decided for fantasy's sake, they've got to be a Mother and her daughter attending the Roger Waters show). And for any of you people that think I'm a pervert, no the daughter was not in her teens, she had to be around 21 because she had a beer.