Finally, Obama have been exposed for his cover-ups in one of his scandals… “Operation: Fast and Furious”. Obama have been caught protecting Eric Holder and his wife over the gun running operation. The gun running operation where they sent guns to Mexican drug lords which ended up in gun violence leaving one American dead… Brian Terry.
Obama have used executive privileges as a way to help hide Eric Holder’s e-mails to his family which had evidence that Holder lied to Congress when he first found out about “Operation: Fast and Furious”.
While this is good news, could this lead to Obama impeachment proceedings? Hopefully. We’ll just have to wait and see.
All this shows is that all Obama does is cover up all the crimes that happened under this administration. Obama have been covering up Benghazi, IRS, NSA and everything else you can think of.
When will people wake up that Obama is nothing but a fraud and a criminal? Will this latest report on “Operation: Fast and Furious” be good enough for liberals to see what kind of man Obama really is? I think no.
Hopefully this does get Obama in big trouble. He should have been in big trouble a long time ago as has done lots of impeachable offenses long before this. It’s amazing that he’s still standing and in the White House. Hopefully, he gets impeached and thrown in jail soon ’cause that’s what he really needs.
Now you know exactly why Eric Holder resigned all of a sudden.
I probably did this list in the past a couple of times before but I’m gonna do it again. A lot of people wonder why I’m always critical about Albany’s music scene. I have been a part of the Albany’s music scene for over 10 years. Had my share of performing some gigs (which I don’t do much anymore) and I have supported other local bands shows (which I also don’t do much anymore). I have no interest in the Albany music scene as much as I used to.
In this list, I’m gonna name 10 reasons why I think the Albany music scene is crap. I know some musicians around here and some local band lovers are gonna get their panties in a bunch, cry about it and get all offended but I don’t care. I’m a realist and tell the truth no matter what anybody thinks. Some of you out there may even agree with everything I said but either way the truth is gonna get said.
Here we go:
THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY VENUES TO PLAY AT: Venues come and go around here. I’ve seen it happen all the time. Long time venues close down and new ones open up. This is one reason why it’s getting harder for bands and musicians to book gigs ’cause of the lack of venues around this area. No places to play at anymore. You may play at some crap bar rooms and coffee houses, that’s about it but you’re not gonna find too many venues with a large stage.
SHOW BOOKINGS ARE GETTING MORE STRICT: If you’re a cover band or an original country/bluegrass act, you’ll do fine in booking ’cause that’s what everyone wants to hear… but for an original rock band or a solo acoustic act, good luck on getting gigs around this area.
TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY, DRAMA and OPINIONATED PEOPLE AROUND HERE: Need I say more??? There are way too much musicians and local people around here who feel it’s okay to say what they want about others. A lot of bullying and harassment around here. Especially online. I’ve witnessed too many crazy stuff with musicians around the scene. A lot of people like to look at musicians as friendly and wonderful people but not all of them. Yes, there are a lot of scum bags and dishonest people around here that you can’t trust, get over it.
TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH LARGE EGOS: A lot of people like musicians living in their own delusional fantasy worlds. Thinking they’re rock stars and all. Too many who think they’re the shit. Not naming names.
PAY TO PLAY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE SCENE: I have noticed this. Pay to play is a new thing in this area recently. I would NEVER do pay to play just to get my foot in the door at some bar. Not gonna do it. Musicians are too dumb to fall for these “pay to play” schemes around here. When you get a gig booked and the venue gives you tickets to sell, that’s “pay to play”.
TOO MANY BAND COMPETITIONS AND RADIO CONTESTS: This have been going on a lot in this area. Band competitions and radio contests where they have local bands enter and they win “big prizes”… Yaaayyyy!!! Ridiculous prizes like $5,000 worth of studio time, opening for a national act and shit like that. You don’t need to win awards to prove something. Yeah, your music may be good but that doesn’t mean that you’re gonna win every competition out there. I hate when bands enter every contest. If I ever get my own band going, I’m never gonna enter these things at all. I’m totally against band competitions. They’re nothing but popularity contests, that’s all they are, in my opinion.
NOT A LOT OF GOOD TALENT AROUND HERE: There may be like a few good bands and solo artists that I like around this area but that’s about it. I remember in the 90’s, there were a lot of great local acts but there’s not much good talent anymore. The scene isn’t what it used to be.
NOBODY GOES TO SHOWS: Once again if you’re in a cover band or if you’re in a country/bluegrass act, then you should be fine getting people out to your shows… however, if you play original rock, metal or acoustic music good luck on trying to get people to support you at your gigs. It’s very hard to get people to go out to your shows. No matter how hard you promote your show and no matter how many people you ask to come out, nobody shows. Chances are an original rock band or acoustic act would probably get a small crowd like 2 – 10 people.
IT’S GETTING TOUGHER FOR BANDS TO GET NOTICED: Yeah, it’s getting tougher for bands to get some local press here like making the cover of newspapers or getting radio interviews… things like that. I don’t know why it is but it is what it is. There is a lot of great talent getting ignored around here.
THIS SCENE IS OBSESSED WITH DRINKING AND PARTYING: Sorry to say but I’m not a party kind of person. I used to be but grew out of it. It’s amazing how this area is obsessed with drinking alcohol at local band shows. It’s like it seems that’s the only reason people go to shows for in this day and age. Bands playing at bars and clubs is getting popular around here ’cause all people wanna do is drink and get hammered. Well guess what, I’m not that kind of guy. I’m not a bar and club kind of person. I stay away from bars and clubs as much as possible. I try to stay away from playing at bars & clubs and I have played gigs at them before but if I were to play a bar and club again in the future, I would have to get paid for it. It be nice if we had more non-alcoholic venues like Cafe Lena for bands to play at but the bar and club scene is dominating this area.
That’s it. Enjoy it or get pissed off at it or whatever.
I think this is Charlie Daniel’s best “Soapbox” write up. He’s so right that Obama elevated lying to a new art form. It’s just crazy. Sure, president’s lying over the years is nothing new. All Charlie is saying here that Obama made lying a lot worse. Everything that comes out of Obama’s mouth is a lie. Obama is a pathological liar. He never believed in telling the truth. Why? Like I said before, I think that’s the whole part of the Muslim thing. It’s what the Qur’an tells him to do.
If you believe that everything Obama or the rest of his administration says, then there is something definitely wrong with you. The last thing you wanna do is listen to those people. The last thing you wanna do is believe in them.
Why do delusional liberals still support Obama? Is it because they are misinformed with their politics and don’t know anything or they just enjoy Obama lying to the American people? I think a little bit of both.
This is why a lot of us have a hard time trying to take this guy seriously, Obama. His obsessive lying. He’ll never take responsibility for his actions. If he does something bad or commits a crime… he’ll cover himself, lie his head off about it and that’s how he gets away with these things.
It can’t be that difficult to pick up on his lies. When was the last time he told the truth about something? I’m sure you won’t be able to think of anything. This is why I can’t listen to his speeches anymore. I don’t see how anybody could listen to this asshole anymore. This guy is a fraud and lies about everything.
It doesn’t make any sense to me why idiots keep defending Obama and acts like he does nothing wrong no matter the situation after all the lies he gave us over the years. That’s why I’m pretty much done debating politics with everyone. I don’t care to hear anybody’s opinion anymore. From this point on, I’ll just get my opinions and thoughts on here and IGNORE everyone’s bullshit. Debating politics in this day and age is just pointless.
Even though the legendary band, Cream which had Eric Clapton (guitar), Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums) only lasted for two years… the band’s music was still unforgettable and amazing. Sadly, we learned today that one of their members passed away which is their legendary bass player, Jack Bruce.
Cream was partly responsible for starting the psychedelic movement in rock music back in the late 60’s.
Jack was the one who wrote the main riff to “Sunshine Of Your Love” and it became one of the most important riffs in rock music history.
I love the music of Cream and we just lost one of the greats. Below are two videos of Cream’s reunion show at the Royal Albert Hall.
I’d say it’s about damn time this fucking garbage show got cancelled! YES!!!! This family should have never gotten a show to begin with. I hate Mama June and that girl Alana or “Honey Boo Boo” or whatever the fuck her name is, I don’t want to say hate since she’s young and all but I can say that she is definitely annoying. Most reality shows are pretty bad but this one was the worse.
As far as fat Mama June dating a sex offender goes, I’d say that’s karma for TLC giving her a TV show. Whatever it takes to get this show off the air, I’m happy.
I always hated that, “Honey Boo Boo” name. Not the kid, just the name itself. It’s just annoying and dumb. Why would you want to name a kid that? So fuckin’ stupid!!!
Here we go. The Pee Wee Herman official facebook page just started teasing the new Pee Wee movie. Look like he’s about ready to announce it.
What’s the new Pee Wee movie gonna be about??? The last I heard, I think it’s gonna be, “Pee Wee’s Playhouse: The Movie” based on that TV show but the movie could be something different, though. If there’s gonna be a “Pee Wee’s Playhous” movie, then Laurence Fishburne needs to reprise his role as Cowboy Curtis!!!
There’s a lot of controversy over Taylor Swift going pop for her next album, “1989” which is about to get released next week. I really meant what I said when I said that I really dug her new song, “Shake It Off” and I’m probably gonna end up getting her new album, “1989”. Admittedly, I’ve always dug Taylor Swift’s music even her country stuff.
When I say that I dig Taylor Swift’s music, I usually get knocked for it and people make fun of me for it but I don’t care. Am I supposed to have the same taste in music with the majority of the public? No. I will like what I want to. While I mostly love to listen to rock n’ roll, hard rock, metal… I would listen to a little bit of everything else and that includes some pop and country.
When it comes to Taylor Swift’s new album, “1989”, I’m seeing a lot of angry comments from Taylor Swift fans who were fans of her country music stuff. She’s getting a lot of flak for switching to pop music. She’s getting a lot of pissed off fans threatening to never support her again and they even threatened they wouldn’t buy her new album ’cause of the genre change.
Stop. Time out.
Artists switching genres is nothing new in the music business. When artists decide to do something different, they get a lot of flak for it and controversy sparks out of their genre changes. I can name a bunch of examples…
Remember when Bob Dylan made the switch from folk music to full blown rock n’roll in 1965 when Dylan went electric at Newport??? Dylan fans gave him a lot of shit for that.
Neil Young switches genres all the time. He goes from acoustic music to full band electric with Crazy Horse… it’s always back and forth with Neil. This time Neil have changed genres and stayed away from acoustic/electric by doing an album with an orchestra with his next album called, “Storytone” about to get released next week too. Neil is getting a lot of mixed criticism for that too.
I remember when Metallica made the switch from thrash metal to alternative music with the release of “St. Anger”, “Load/Reload”. People gave them shit for that too.
David Bowie often changes genres from rock n’ roll to dance and electronic music.
U2 decided to go electronic music with their albums “Zooropa” and “POP”. Yes, they got a lot of flak for that too.
Led Zeppelin did the same with their “In Through The Outdoor” album. That album was a more mellower and different than the earlier albums ’cause it had more piano driven songs on it. The critical reception to “In Through The Outdoor” wasn’t very well received ’cause people expected them to play their usual hard rock stuff and they didn’t hear that on that album.
I respect artists that tries to do something ballsy and risky. They just want to try something different and if Taylor wants to try something different, more power to her. On top of that, I don’t think Taylor’s switch to pop music is gonna be a permanent thing. Maybe she will do a Neil Young kind of thing and she’ll switch back and forth to country and pop.
I respect Taylor for this ballsy move and I’ll probably get the new album ’cause of it. I’m liking the new songs I’m hearing on it so far.
Black Sabbath is not quite finished with their career yet. They have one last album and one last tour in the works; however, the band still wants Bill Ward to be a part of it. The reason? Ozzy simply wants the four original members to finish what they started.
Bill bailed out on the last reunion ’cause he complained that he didn’t get a negotiable contract so Sabbath went ahead without him. Why? Why did Sabbath go ahead without Bill Ward and didn’t give him what he requested? Was Bill asking for too much money? That’s probably it!
Like most fans, I’m hoping they bring Bill back ’cause Sabbath deserves to go out with it’s founding members. I’m sure Bill still can kill it on the drums. I just wish he would stop being so strict and greedy. It’s just music, Bill!!! Who needs a negotiable contract!!! Just go up there and play!!! The end!!!
Last night, I started watching Season 2 of the TV show starring Kevin Bacon titled, “The Following”. Season 2 is already even better than the first season. If you wanna see a binge watch worthy show, this one will do it to you. This show will get you hooked from the very start. I like the Joe Carroll story who is a serial killer and cult leader. Kevin Bacon’s character, Ryan Hardy, tries to hunt him down and tries to stop the cult thing he started.
If you like binge watchy shows like “Game of Thrones”, “Dexter”, “Breaking Bad”, etc. Check out “The Following”. I’d suggest everyone to check out “The Following” so the show can continue to be successful and stay on the air.
Kevin Bacon have been in so many great movies over the years, he’s one of my favorites but this is the best thing he has ever been in. It’s his best role, indeed.
If you’re a Netflix subscriber or on Hulu Plus or where ever, definitely check this show out. I’m probably gonna watch some more tonight.
One thing that I’m thankful for is that Leo Dicaprio did a good move pulling out of the Aaron Sorkin scripted, “Jobs” movie. Today, Aaron Sorkin himself just confirmed that Christian Bale is playing Steve Jobs.
There’s a lot of people complaining that why is Hollywood doing another Steve Jobs movie when they just did one with Ashton Kutcher? Yes. I know there is another one and I did see the Kutcher version. The Kutcher movie was pretty good but I didn’t think Kutcher played Steve Jobs very well. The movie was well written and was surprisingly pretty faithful to Steve’s story but Ashton wasn’t a good fit to playing Steve Jobs.
Christian Bale is a perfect fit and I think he’s gonna kill it. Of course, he’s gonna kill it. He’s fucking Christian Bale. He kills every role he plays in. My three favorite movies that Christian Bale has ever played in were: “The Fighter”, “3:10 To Yuma”, “American Psycho” and “American Hustle”. I’m sure there’s more great movies he played in but those I listed are my favorite.
He was an okay Batman but not the greatest, though.
As far as the Jobs movies go, I’ve heard that the Kutcher and Bale movies are gonna be completely different. Kutcher’s version was a straight up biopic, Bale’s version is not gonna be. I’ve heard that Aaron Sorkin only wrote three really long scenes for the film, that’s it. The Bale film is not gonna be what you think it is.
I’m looking forward to Sorkin’s “Jobs” movie. I’m just so glad Leo Dicaprio is no longer involved. I can’t stand Leo. Now that Bale’s in, I’m definitely gonna see this!
Kev
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