Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Odd Couple

Meow!
Taylor Swift & James Corden
New Couple Alert! Bare witness to Taylor Swift and James Corden out on the town. JK Last night was the premiere of the movie Cats and the two of them co-star in it. But how fun would it be if they were really dating? Yeah, I thought so too 😃

Anyway, "Yes" about last night, it was the premiere of the movie musical Cats and it was a big to do. Director Tom Hooper says he finished the final cut of the film 36 hours before the premiere. Wow! That's really "cutting" it close! 

Oddly enough, or perhaps not. There is no word on how good it is or isn't really. That may be because of it getting it's final touches at the last minute, or it could be that they fear the critics will not like it.

Personally I have not interest in seeing it one way or the other. Nothing about it appeals to me which is why, never have I ever seen the Andrew Lloyd Webber show.

C'est La Vie!

Cats on the WWW:
https://www.catsmovie.com/

Monday, December 16, 2019

Monday Motivation

Rock On With Your Bad Sweater!
Ozzy Osbourne 
With a scant 9 days until Christmas I thought I would motivate you with the gift of laughter. "Yes" today's Monday Motivation arrives in the form of Ozzy Osbourne wearing an ugly Gremlins inspired Christmas Sweater.

Seriously are there truly any good looking Christmas Sweaters? Aren't they all by law ugly AF?

But this particular one really stood out when I spied it. It made me recoil, repulsed, had my head spinning round 360 degrees, yet at the root of all that tomfoolery was laughter.

Yeah, I am giver, and so is Ozzy apparently, or is it unwittingly? 

Honestly I don't know how anyone celebrity or otherwise thinks the Christmas Sweaters they wear are not an assault on the senses of common decency.

Now get motivated, it's Monday after all!!!

Ozzy on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/ozzyosbourne/?hl=en

Sunday, December 15, 2019

"Play That Rock n' Roll"

Supersuckers
The band's 13th studio album arrives February 7th via Acetate Records

Listen to the single "Ain't Gonna Stop" HERE

Pre-order HERE


"Ain't gonna stop until I stop it, Ain't gonna let it go until I drop it," growls Eddie Spaghetti on the first track off the Supersuckers 13th studio album, "Play That Rock n' Roll."  Tracked over the course of four sweltering days at Willie Nelson's Austin, TX studio, "Play That Rock n' Roll" rocks with an amphetamine intensity, delivering muscular riffs, big choruses and more than a few tricks up it's sleeve.
 
Raw, immediate and often times hilarious, "Play That Rock n' Roll' is the album a band makes after slugging it out on the road for thirty years (barring a one year hiatus while Eddie battled throat cancer).  No frills, no guest stars and no collaborations, the album earns the listener's ear - the Supersuckers have lived this shit and you can feel it.
 

Songs like "Bringing It Back" and "Last Time Again" deliver a Ramones-like wall of sound, courtesy of guitarist Metal Marty Chandler, while "You Ain't The Boss Of Me" recalls Dirty Deeds-era AC/DC - and never one to be taken too seriously, Eddie and company make sure to keep the Supersuckers tongue firmly planted in cheek with "That's a Thing?" and "Gettin' Into Each Other's Pants".   The album also includes a rousing cover of Michael Monroe's "Dead, Jail or Rock n' Roll" and a long overdue revival of the Allen Toussaint penned "A Certain Girl," which appears as an "unlisted track."
 
All in all, "Play That Rock n' Roll" delivers the middle finger brand of Rock n' Roll the band has been known for since signing to Sub Pop in the early 1990's.  Combining the ferocity of Motörhead, the off kilter humor of Cheap Trick and the swagger of Steve Earle, the 'Suckers earned their spurs playing everywhere from dirt floor dive bars to The Tonight Show. Thirty years later, they still deliver the goods, or in the words of Eddie Spaghetti himself...
 
"The Supersuckers have been doing this for a long time. A LONG time. And the fact that we're still doing it is not lost on us. We still love Rock n Roll. I mean, we must. There's no other explanation for why we would still be putting out fresh, new rock music anymore. No one NEEDS it. Hell, hardly anybody even WANTS it. But here it is. Another master class in quality Rock n' Roll. Sure it's for the few, the proud, the People of Impeccable Taste, the Connoisseurs Of Quality but it makes us happy to know we still got it. And we do. We might be better than we've ever been and that's exciting. So here it is, our love letter to good, ass kicking rock n roll. Turn it on, turn it up and listen to the Supersuckers play that Rock n' Roll!!" 
 
 
US TOUR DATES:
  • 1/16 - Steamboat Springs, CO @ Schmiggity's Live Music
  • 1/18 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
  • 1/19 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
  • 1/22 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links Deep Ellum 
  • 1/23 - Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room & Garage 
  • 1/24 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger 
  • 1/26- Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 
  • 1/29 - Outlaw Country Cruise
* Full European tour starts Feb 7, US dates continue in May 2020

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Waxing Nostalgic

We Go Together
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
Being it is the season for nostalgia, sentimentality, etc... this photo really brought back fond memories for me of my youth. That's correct minions, I've got chills they're multiplying!

My first girl crush Olivia Newton - John and John Travolta got their inner Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson on for a Grease Sing-A-Long in Palm Beach, FL.

Olivia captioned the photo on Instagram with: "First time in costume since we made the movie! So excited!" 

Indeed as were the attendees of the three day event called "Meet N Grease" which will include a Q&A session with the dynamic duo.

Thus today's secret word is "Grease" because, after all "Grease" is the word!

ONJ on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/therealonj/?hl=en

Friday, December 13, 2019

David Archuleta "The Christmas Song"


David Archuleta releases his brand new video of the Nat King Cole classic "The Christmas Song - https://youtu.be/9g_dacm4KDM .  The track is one of three new songs on David's Deluxe Edition of his "Winter In The Air Christmas album available here https://lnk.to/WITADeluxe.  

David's cover of the NSYNC holiday gem "Merry ChristmasHappy Holidays" - https://youtu.be/yr6UP-I7LDc also appears on the Deluxe Edition of the album as well as other hits “Christmas Every Day - "Christmas Every Day"  (which went Top 10 on the Billboard Holiday chart) and title track “Winter In The Air” - Winter in the Air with that video featuring World of Dance dancer Cassidy Forsyth and So You Think You Can Dance & World of Dance dancer Ezra Sosa. 


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Michael's Musings

I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas...
Michael Shinafelt
"Heaven help me for the way I am, Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand, But I keep livin' this day
Like the next will never come" - Criminal, Fiona Apple 

I guess this classic from the great Fiona Apple wasn't what you might could be expecting so close to Christmas. Well don't ever gossip that I can be pigeonholed. In fact perhaps you should never gossip at all, if you are getting my drift in a snow covered hill, and make sure the landslide doesn't bring you down with it Darlin'... "Yes" that was shade.


Tacky as usual, or is it unusually tacky?


Kendall Jenner telling X Harry Styles that Mother of three Kourtney Kardashian is the worst parent out of all her sisters, now That's Entertainment!


You got your stripper girlfriend to bang a married man? Was her name Melania?


"Really I’m just tweeting about Christmas lights because I can’t handle the impending civil war" - Liz Phair


Just a reminder that the President's Children are straight up grifter trash too


Think happy thoughts, say it three times fast, maybe Tinkerbell won't die


Can anyone actually win over Renee Zellweger for her amazing portrayal of Judy Garland this Awards Season?


Put a little lust in your life


Naughty or Nice isn't a thing anymore, did you get caught?




Woman Crush of the Week - Kerry Washington, because according to Vogue Magazine her "Gilded Twists Are a Seasonal Showstopper" indeed!

Where's the Grinch when you need him? I ask you? I'm waiting...


Ford v Ferrari? Eff that I want to take a ride on Christian Bale


I found it in synthetic form


May all your Christmases be white. How long before that phrase gets called out as racist?!


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