Seriously, Randy even tried to save her ass to no avail.
Watching her is like the first two weeks of the show with all the shitty singers never ended.
Paula was later asked for a comment, to which she responded.
"Brrrrr uh dabble wabble cheese doodle frog!"
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Paula Abdul is confused! HA HA HA HA
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Today in History (VERY NSFW)
WARNING EXTREMELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!!
WARNING EXTREMELY HILARIOUS!!!!!
25 Years ago today,April 29, 1983, Cubs ManagerLee Elia lashed out at Cubs fans for their fair weather support of the team. (Their consistent booing and heckling at Wrigley completely unnerved Elia.) A member of the press secretly recorded this "off-the-record" session with reporters.
This is quite possibly the greatest Manager Tirade in Baseball history.
Concert Review: The Swell Season
There are moments where music leaves you completely speechless; there are moments where inspiration, creativity and all out beauty combine in a way that make you feel like your heart might explode.
I am not exaggerating when I say that to see The Swell Season is to have one of those moments.
That was at least the case last night at Keller Auditorium.
Glen Hansard took the stage alone and opened the set with the heart wrenching “Say It Too Me Now”, bellowing with the same intensity he showed singing the song on a street corner in “Once”.
With that the rest of the band took the stage, which included the amazing Markéta Irglová and the rest of The Frames (sans drummer).
The lineup is fitting because the majority of The Swell Season’s songs are reworked Frames tunes, but even for someone like me who is familiar with The Frames, the songs still take on immediate new life.
The group was joined at times by the two traditional Irish folksters who opened the show (who Hansard later revealed were old street busker friends of his from Dublin) bolstering the band to 7 pieces.
The night also featured brand new material from both Glen and Markéta peppered throughout the evening, fitting in perfectly alongside Soundtrack standouts like “Lies”, “When Your Minds Made Up”, and the Oscar-winning hit “Falling Slowly”.
The absolute moment of the night, and possibly one of the greater concert moments I have seen, came when Hansard told a story of a pre-gig walk through Portland and a meeting with a particularly inspiring music fan named Joseph.
Hansard then shocked the entire room, but Joseph most of all, by inviting the youngster to the stage to sing along side them.
Joseph picked “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” by Looking Glass, (which was impressive, because put in the same situation I have my doubts I could have thought of anything) which Hansard and the aforementioned busker pals obviously didn’t know, but as the song went on the consummate musicians picked out the tune and were joined by the rest of the players to created a 7 piece backing band for the visibly shocked and nervous new man of the hour.
After gaining a standing ovation and taking a bow, Joseph left the stage with the greatest story he’ll ever be able to tell.
Following that, the band played a cover of Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” which (huge apologies to all Van Fans) may be the definitive take on the song.
After the break the night finished up with the two Frames classics. The amazingly inspirational “Fitzcarraldo” and the gorgeous “Star Star”.
And with that band left the stage, and left all in attendance with the warmed hearts that come from seeing a truly magical evening of music.
I am not exaggerating when I say that to see The Swell Season is to have one of those moments.
That was at least the case last night at Keller Auditorium.
Glen Hansard took the stage alone and opened the set with the heart wrenching “Say It Too Me Now”, bellowing with the same intensity he showed singing the song on a street corner in “Once”.
With that the rest of the band took the stage, which included the amazing Markéta Irglová and the rest of The Frames (sans drummer).
The lineup is fitting because the majority of The Swell Season’s songs are reworked Frames tunes, but even for someone like me who is familiar with The Frames, the songs still take on immediate new life.
The group was joined at times by the two traditional Irish folksters who opened the show (who Hansard later revealed were old street busker friends of his from Dublin) bolstering the band to 7 pieces.
The night also featured brand new material from both Glen and Markéta peppered throughout the evening, fitting in perfectly alongside Soundtrack standouts like “Lies”, “When Your Minds Made Up”, and the Oscar-winning hit “Falling Slowly”.
The absolute moment of the night, and possibly one of the greater concert moments I have seen, came when Hansard told a story of a pre-gig walk through Portland and a meeting with a particularly inspiring music fan named Joseph.
Hansard then shocked the entire room, but Joseph most of all, by inviting the youngster to the stage to sing along side them.
Joseph picked “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” by Looking Glass, (which was impressive, because put in the same situation I have my doubts I could have thought of anything) which Hansard and the aforementioned busker pals obviously didn’t know, but as the song went on the consummate musicians picked out the tune and were joined by the rest of the players to created a 7 piece backing band for the visibly shocked and nervous new man of the hour.
After gaining a standing ovation and taking a bow, Joseph left the stage with the greatest story he’ll ever be able to tell.
Following that, the band played a cover of Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” which (huge apologies to all Van Fans) may be the definitive take on the song.
After the break the night finished up with the two Frames classics. The amazingly inspirational “Fitzcarraldo” and the gorgeous “Star Star”.
And with that band left the stage, and left all in attendance with the warmed hearts that come from seeing a truly magical evening of music.
Monday, April 28, 2008
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
As you may or may not know, I have a deep seeded hatred for "Pop Country" so nothing makes me happier then to see Douche du jour (I've met the prick and he is) Kenny Chesney hurt his foot by getting it stuck in the fancy lift device at his show in South Carolina last weekend.
Listen close at the end for the moron who states the complete obvious!
Concert Review: Mike Doughty
I Figure I'll start this bad boy off with a concert review (there will be many of them on this site).
As is usually the case with me, because I am a huge music geek, my excitement level was high heading into Mike Doughty's show.
Having been a fan of Mike's work, both solo and with Soul Coughing, I was chomping at the bit to get into the show.
The evening started with an "opening band" that was nameless and at first glance pointless. Taking the stage in hunter's caps and fake beards, they basically played disjointed sections of music and unintelligibly howled over the top of it all. As they continued some members of the gathered masses actually began to cheer this group on, which confused me even further.
That is until I realized that the "lead man" of the band, who kept his back turned the entire time, shared body characteristics with Mike Doughty himself. It was then I realized it was all a big work, a big goof that I was now the butt of… brilliant.
Next came The Panderers, a three piece from Indiana that are new signees to Doughty's label (Snack Bar). They were fantastic and had the Wonder Ballroom in the palm of their hands.
Finally the time came for the man of the hour, taking the stage with a crack band that shares Panderers members Pete McNeal (drums) and "Scrap" Livingston (Bass), as well as John Kirby (Electric Piano).
It is always fun to see and act with such a devoted fan base like Doughty's, because there is very much a family atmosphere at the show.
Mike and the band obviously love to play and let it show, peppering the set with songs from all of his solo work. Crowd pleasers included fantastic takes on "Tremendous Brunettes" and "I Hear the Bells" from 2005's Haughty Melodic. After deflecting numerous Soul Coughing cover requests, Doughty did placate the loving room with "Circles".
Tracks of the new, and beautiful, Golden Delicious were on display as well, including "Fort Hood" (which lifts directly from "Let the Sun Shine in" from the musical Hair and brought with it a rousing sing-along) and the sample-ridden, Soul Coughing-esque "More Bacon Than The Pan Can Handle".
As the opening "opening band" dictated, the night was tongue in cheek throughout. Right up to the point where Doughty and Band announced the "Fake Last Song", a cover of Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" before turning their backs to the audience for a minute rather than taking a traditional encore break.
The "encore" consisted of favorites "27 Jennifers" and "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well", wrapping up another excuse to call Doughty a great showman as well as storyteller.
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