One man’s trash is another man’s...well...trash
Current mood: okay

The other day I was driving around the city looking for an address that I was having some trouble locating. But that's not really important here. What IS important is the number of antique stores I passed while trying to find this place. It's absurd!

I did a search, and there are 89 antique stores listed with twenty miles of my home. 89! I know everyone is on this big recycling kick right now, cuz they think they're gonna 'save the planet' or some inane shit like that. (By the way, the 'planet' is fine, doesn't need, didn't ask for, and doesn't WANT your help.) But c'mon! This is freakin' ridiculous.

And EVERYTHING is an antique now. I remember when I was younger, for something to be an antique it had to have some sort of inherent value to it in the first place. Now we got people trying to charge ten dollars for a freakin' bottle top from Coke bottle from the 60's! That's just insane.

Just because you bought new dishes for your own house doesn't mean the ones your mom gave you twenty years ago are worth anything. SHE was just trying to get rid of them so she could go get new ones! Here's a quick rule of thumb; 99% of the shit you don't need or want anymore is JUNK. THROW IT OUT! Don't open a fucking store!

Yes, sometimes something WILL be valuable, and there IS a need for a few of these stores, because there is a market there. But for Christ's sake, not everything is worth something just because it is old. And most of these stores have the exact same junk in them. It's ridiculous. It's like everyone bought the same set of glassware from K-Mart in 1974, and now they are ALL trying to pass it off as something valuable.

It isn't.

Throw it away.

PLEASE.

And close down the junk shop to make way for something we might actually need.

Like another Starbuck's.

But that's another blog...

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Simpletons running amuck
Current mood: irritated

So it seems recently, according to a couple of people who I have talked to, that there are people out there talking a lot of shit about me. And I mean other than that sad, pathetic excuse for a human who continues to blog about me even though I have been gone for three and a half months. (Apparently, even though he read what I posted, he completely missed the part where I mentioned it was amusing. His little rant skipped over that fact. Go figure. But then, with all the times he lied to me when I was his boss, it’s not really a surprise that he would twist things around now.)

Anyway, enough with the worthless crap. Done with him. Other people, people I thought were decent, are talking shit about how I have been acting for the past few months, and they DO NOT KNOW THE WHOLE FUCKING STORY! Because I have not TOLD people the whole fucking story.

Are people’s lives so completely bankrupt and empty that they have nothing better to do than discuss someone who isn’t around? Someone who has some serious issues and is trying, unlike them, to get some help for them? Apparently the answer is yes. This would be WHY I am an advocate for the destruction of humanity. Because people you thought you could trust turn around and stab you in the back, and it happens fucking constantly.

People think they know what is going, or more often simply make something up to fill the void in their own sad little existences. And NOT ONE of the people talking shit even has the slightest clue. Just go on about what I do without knowing the reasons. And the people who truly know me, the few who are TRULY friends, they KNOW I don’t do anything without a reason. They may not know WHAT that reason is, but they know it’s there, and have the respect to know if I want to talk about something, I will, and if I don’t, they accept that and don’t talk about me behind my back. 

There is a LOT more going on than people know about, and I am NOT going to fill you in. It’s a private thing. The people who actually care, who are friends understand this and don’t judge me for it. The rest can go to hell. I don’t fucking care.

There. Now all the wastes of DNA can start discussing THIS, because their own lives are so devoid of anything worth talking about. And I can’t WAIT to hear what people say now, cuz I know there will be even MORE shit instead of less. Small people are SO predictable. 

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Once more to the musical wasteland...
Current mood: cynical

A few weeks back I wrote a blog about local hard rock/metal bands, and about how I realized, after much discussion with others, how much they all suck. I mentioned this same subject on the air on the radio show. I just felt the need to get my point out there.

And a few people responded. Of course, there were about 40 people who READ that particular post, and only a handful had the stones to say anything. Obviously nobody left a comment on it, which is probably for the best - for them. Because without exception, the responses I got were, to put it nicely, juvenile. Pretty much exactly what I expected from that crowd. A bunch of, "You obviously don't know anything about music," or just, "Fuck you, man. You suck." I mentioned in the last blog that I wasn't sure any of these twits was capable of an intelligent, actually thought-out response. I was proven correct in that assumption.

So, yeah, way to argue in favor of your own point. So now, along with being painfuly devoid of ANY musical talent, these pinheads also have no originality, and/or no stones. It's sad really. C'mon Mr. or Mrs. Junior Rock Star Wannabe. Lemme know what ya think. I'm DYING to hear it. I'll even do this for ya: if you're from one of these bands, or some "fan" of one of them, (for whatever stupid reason, like you hit your head, a LOT,) if you send me a message asking to be added as a friend so you can comment on this subject, I WILL add you. I am not afraid of this cnoversation, and I certainly don't wanna be accused of trying to censor anyone else. So please, PLEASE send those messages. I would LOVE to hear from you. It'll be entertaining.

FAR more entertaining than your "music"...

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Pre-school adults
Current mood: cantankerous

So I went back down to Show World today because I had to talk to Joe, and he had some stuff for me. And while I was there, I found out something that both disgusts and amuses me.

It seems someone who still works there has been defacing pictures of me that were still hanging up. Yeah, that's fucking mature. What is this, fucking Romper Room? We're four again? Seriously.

I'm not gonna name names, because I am not going to sink to the level of the individual doing this stuff. Just like I didn't respond to blogs written about me, because of how pathetic and childish the whole thing is.

But it's also amusing on some level. I mean, it's been almost FOUR MONTHS. Defacing a photograph four months later? That's the level of maturity displayed by this person? How can something like that NOT be amusing? Not in a "Ha-ha, you're a funny guy," kind of way though. More in a "Wow, you are even more sad and pathetic than I gave you credit for," kind of way. I just have to laugh when grown adults act less mature than my four year old niece.

At least I am adult enough to admit I have some problems, and try to get help for them.

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Nice guys STILL finish last
Current mood: sad

Okay, I know this was a bulletin, but that'll be gone in a day or so, and people won't see it. And I know this stupid thing has been around so many times its ridiculous. I've done it a bunch of times myself. But maybe if I put it here, I won't have to keep posting it every fifth time someone sends it to me, because seriously, I get this thing like once a week. Not that it bothers me all that much, because I think it's kinda interesting, kinda sad and kinda telling all at once. It's unfortunately indicative of our society and the people who inhabit it, and it makes it extremely difficult to continue being this guy.

To every guy that's said, "SEX CAN WAIT"
To every guy that's said, "You're beautiful."
To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town to see her.
To every guy who has given her flowers just because thats how he rolls.
To every guy that said he would die for her.
To every guy that really would.
To every guy that did what she wanted to do.
To every guy that cried in front of her.
To every guy that she cried in front of.
To every guy that holds hands with her.
To every guy that kisses her with meaning.
To every guy that hugs her when she's sad.
To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.
To every guy who would give their jacket up for her.
To every guy that would sit and wait for her for hours just to see her for ten minutes.....
To every guy that would give his seat up.
To every guy that just wants to cuddle.
To every guy that reassured her that she is beautiful no matter what.
To every guy who told his secrets to her.
To every guy that tried to show how much he cared through every word and every breath.
To every guy that believed in her dreams.
To every guy that would have done anything so she could achieve them.
To every guy that never laughed at her when she told him her dreams.
To every guy that walked her to her car and opened the door.
To every guy that gave his heart.
To every guy who hopes that she is happy even if you are not with her.
To every guy that loves her for who she is and not what she looks like.
To every guy who has listened and never complained.
To every guy who has the balls to repost this...


Not many girls appreciate nice guys anymore. (TROLL EDIT: There are NO girls who do.)
And because of this, there are not many left out there.

I guarantee 90% of the men on your page will not repost this cuz they care more about their image.

If you are a nice guy repost this with: "Nice guys STILL finish last "

If you are a girl that thinks every guy should treat a girl this way
repost this with: "To Every Guy

and to the nice guys this is so so true so trust and believe

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Tales from the musical wasteland
Current mood: irritated

So last weekend I went up to Buffalo to see Winger with a couple other people from the radio station. And they put on a hell of a show, but that's not what this is going to be about.

There was some local band openning for them, called Stealin', and the absolute nicest thing I can say about them is they blew goat. Seriously, they absolutely massacred the cover songs they were attempting, (when they got to Iron Maiden's 'Wrathchild', we had to leave.) And the original songs they performed were if anything, even MORE horrendous.

But it got me to thinking, and we discussed this a bit on the way back from the show. I have never heard a decent local hard rock or metal band, anywhere in western New York. Never. And I have listened to literally hundreds of local metal bands. If they are a local metal band, I have either heard them played on the show, listened to them on MySpace, or know someone in the band. And each one simply sucks worse than the last one.

MySpace particularly, and the Internet in general is a breeding ground for musical incompetence. It lets people who have less talent than month-old road kill find an audience. And all their friends leave them messages about how great they are, and then some poor unwitting bar manager hires them and you have a couple hours worth of audio garbage to inflict upon everyone who manages to remain through the entire set. MySpace lets these untalented twits believe they are actually something worth listening to, when in fact listening to the internal battles of the large intestine of a 900-pound woman who just ate an entire Taco Bell 'restaurant' is more pleasant than almost any of these bands.

Out of the hundreds of bands I have listened to on MySpace, only ONE has genuine musical talent. They are NOT from New York. They're from California.

Western New York is a GREAT area for jazz and blues musicians. I have heard dozens on fantastic bands from these genres in local bars and clubs, but not a single metal band that didn't completely suck ass.

And yeah, I like hard rock. I like metal, as long as it's not that ridiculous, playing as fast as we can, growling or screaming because nobody in the band can actually sing, death metal shit. That stuff is just crap no matter who is doing it, because the form itself is worthless. People play that when they simply aren't good enough to play anything else. it's the lowest form of 'music', period. The only thing under it is rap, which isn't music to begin with.

Off hand I can only think of TWO hard rock musicians who came from Western New York who are any good. And that was YEARS ago. The current crop has about as much musical talent, collectively, as an over-ripe summer squash.

I don't know why this area sucks so hard for metal or hard rock. Maybe it simply cannot co-exist with all the great jazz and blues we have around here. After all, you don't hear about all that many blues greats coming from California. Perhaps since this area is so overwhelmed with tremendous jazz and blues, it will never be a breeding ground for decent rock. Certainly if there ever will be any decent metal here it will have to come from a new generation of musicians, because the current crop could practice from now til the Second Coming, and they still wouldn't be able to play anything worth listening to. The talent simply isn't there. It's not their fault, they simply aren't any good. They should be doing something else, that doesn't involve music. They shouldn't even be allowed to work in the electronics department at Wal-Mart, because even selling CDs might give them the idea that they can do this again.

And the truth is they can't.

Now, I am sure there will be people who will disagree with me, for different reasons. That's okay. People can delude themselves if they want to. It's still sort of a free country, and if people want to convince themselves they like crap, then they can.

However, if people leave comments here about it, and I think the comments are retarded, I WILL make fun of whoever leaves them. I have no problem doing that. I'm not saying people shouldn't leave comments, and in fact I encourage them, as long as they are at least semi-intelligent. Even from some of these, for lack of a better term, 'bands.' If any of them are capable of anything even remotely resembling intelligence after all the drugs.

But that's another blog.

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A Knight to remember?
Current mood: crushed

So tonight I watched the new Knight Rider. I kinda grew up watching the original show 25 years ago, and yes, I will admit to that. I know the show was cheesy, but it was also fun. A mindless kinda fun that is missing from most of the TV shows today, which is part of what makes TV suck now.

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Kissing Time...
Current mood: contemplative

Okay, so it isn't exactly a secret that I am a huge Kiss fan. They've been my favorite band since...well, a LONG time ago. More than 25 years, at least. And I have been going to Kiss shows since '84. The first time I saw them was when they were in the no-makeup phase of their career. Twelve years later I saw them on the 'Reunion Tour' when they put the makeup back on again. And there was a difference in the attitude of the show.

This is something I have discussed with some other fans, but have never written about, for whatever reason. But tonight I am sitting here watching a DVD of them from 1994, one of the last times they performed without the makeup. And right now, only four songs into the set, that difference is so glaring it almost hurts.

The difference is in the way Paul Stanley talks to the crowd. I had never really noticed it until they put the makeup back on, but all through the 80's when I saw them, Paul swore like mad during his banter with the crowd. Nothing was off-limits to him then. But as soon as he put the makeup back on, the "naughty words" went out the window. I went back and listened to the older live albums, and no swearing. Then I watched some older bootleg shows, and no swearing.

Now, I don't really care if he swears or not. It doesn't affect my enjoyment of the show either way. I just think it's kind of interesting, that's all. And I know why this happened. Because all of a sudden FAMILYS were going to see them with the makeup back on, so it's understandable. I don't agree with it. If you're gonna bring junior to a rock 'n roll show, then they SHOULD be introduced to what really happens there. The band shouldn't have to tone things down just because you couldn't find a babysitter. But I do understand it, and like I said, I just find it interesting.

And I thought I would point it out to you, because I know this is vital information, and you were dying to know aboput it. Even if you didn't realize there was something you WERE dying to know about. So now you DO know...

...And knowing is half the battle.

(It HAD to be said.)

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The perfect season that wasn’t
Current mood: amused

I watched the Super Bowl yesterday. This really shouldn't be a surprise, since I am a man, and I like girls. Anyone who fits that description who wasn't working was watching the game. Y'know, especially with the Patriots' big undefeated season and all. Oohhhh.

So I am happy the Giants won. Not that I am a Giants fan or anything, although I am happy for my brother-in-law because he IS a Giants fan. Hey - I had my happiness two years ago.

But I guess it's more accurate to say I am happy the Patriots lost. I have never liked the Patriots. I have never liked Bill Belichick or Tom Brady. They whine a lot about things, and they annoy me. And I am happy their perfect season was ruined at the last second. They deserve it.

Although now we still have to deal with the '72 Dolphins, some of whom are the most annoying people to ever play the game. Celebrating another team's failure publicly like that is simply classless. It's NOT the same as fans doing it. Fans are SUPPOSED to behave this way, but other professionals are not.

But I will be smiling when all next year they are talking about how close the Patriots got. It's a shame they weren't playing horseshoes. Then that might have mattered. Heh heh.

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Cheese and elections

Wondering how the two things in the title fit together? I would be, if I hadn't been the one who wrote this.

I just had a sandwich for lunch. It had cheese on it. I bought a different brand of cheese than I normally do last time I was at the grocery store. I'lll admit it - it's because it was less expensive, and I am poor after being fucked over at my last place of employment.

I went to open the cheese, and y'know how sliced cheese has that flap on it that ya pull up to open the slice of cheese itself? I know, everyone knows about it, and how to operate it. It's not brain surgery, after all. Well, this particular brand of cheese has an arrow printed on every single slice, pointed at that flap with the word "open" printed next to it.

Seriously? There are people out there who cannot figure out a SLICE OF CHEESE?!?

Then I thought about the people I have met in my life, and I understood why that was on there. Now I am wondering why the OTHER brands of cheese don't include this, to help out the cheese-impaired of our society.

How does this all fit in with elections? Simple; it DOESN'T MATTER who we elect as the next presient, because they come from the same gene pool as people who cannot deduce how to open sliced cheese without instuctions. People will still be morons. So why bother arguing about who the next Commander-in-Stupidity will be? It's irrelevent.

Yeah, that's just how my mind works. Instructions for sliced cheese to the presidential race. Scary isn't it?

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