First CD

Someone asked me the other day what was the very first CD I ever bought. I had to think about that one for a bit. Then it came to me... (I'm gonna lose alot of readers here, I know it). CD number one was: Taylor Dayne - "Can't Fight Fate" circa 1989. Oh yes... I was going through a transition period back then. I was in eighth grade I believe and hadn't yet fit into what was my real taste in music. (I could sure cut up the 8th grade dance floor though...)

Nothing against Taylor of course, she's screamin' hot and she can sing the head off of a turkey but obviously the ROCK hadn't hit me yet. This was just about the time I picked up drumsticks for the first time. Now that I think about it my next CD purchase around that time was Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood. I was right on track after that.

I hope you can forgive me and judge me not by what I was but by what I am now... please I beg of you.

No wait..., I don't thnk that's much better either. Damn this Blog!!!

Friday

8am, cereal is in my tummy and now I'm suckin' down some coffee. I had mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I can easily fall into routines. Well, a recent routine I've fallen victim too lately has been craving Special K (w/ red berries) cereal in the mornings. I HAVE TO HAVE IT. My day just doesn't feel right if I don't load up a bowl of this stuff every morning. I've had to make extra trips to the grocery store in the morning before work with a massive hang over just to get my fix of this stuff. I do believe it's got me by the balls. I dunno how I'm gonna break this routine... perhaps maybe I can take up some equivalent like crack/cocaine or something.

Happy Friday.

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Pause for sanity

"It tastes so good when it hits your lips...!"

Tool

What is up with so many bands who's singer sounds like Maynard from Tool...? C'mon man. Maynard is cool, you mr. "sound alike" are not.

Thursday

Finally got off my ass last night and caught "Superman Returns". I've been waiting to see this flick for some time now. Yeah, yeah..., I'm that guy that scours the internet when I hear about a new movie coming out that looks interesting to me and I've been following this one for about a year now. (My inner geek...) Anyways I thought it came through and delivered well. Granted there may have been some obvious special effects but it's fr*ckin' Superman for cryin' out loud!!!

Anyways... I'd say what I liked about it the most was the little spots in the movie that paid tribute to Christopher Reeve. If you are old enough to remember those earlier Superman movies then you should have noticed a few things that were "old school" so to speak. My gripe? Kate Bosworth... sorry, not sold on her at all. I think they could have found a better Lois Lane, perhaps an actual brunette maybe?

Also wanted to add that I went solo to this one. I don't recommend it, movies are always more fun with good company but hey, sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet.

(Please excuse the badly timed pun).

Bonk'.

Clueless as to what the hell to do tonight. I might just give in and watch "RockStar Supernova" (The Tommy Lee project...) uuugggghhhh'. Please oh' please I don't wanna sellout like that but it's so tempting... !@#$%^& !!!!!

My buddy Chucky Chuck is out of town (yes I know you're gonna read this chuck) and I am bored as hell. I miss you chuck. Please be good.

That's about it. Oh yeah' also found out that I owed a whopping amount of late fees on my Hollywood video rental of "Walk The Line". I ended up holding on to it or really actually forgetting I had it for about 3 weeks. The employees there at Hollywood smirk now when I visit them. Dirty little kids.

Also, another band I'm in had the "Mp3 Of The Day" spotlight for today on RockStarLottery.com. The project is called "CigarBox" and the track is "Tired Of Waiting". And yes that is me smackin' dem' skins!

check it out and enjoy.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Bikini!!! - 60 yrs old today.

Ugh.

A wednesday that feels like monday.

Wednesday

And just like that the Fourth of July weekend has come and gone... hope ya'll (yes that was a "ya'll") had a good time this year. Me? had to do some dog sitting and kept my vacation to a minimum this year. One of these times I imagine I'll go out on a boat or hit the lake etc. etc. but can't say that I'm in a big hurry to get out there.

On more exciting news I got a great gift for my birthday, Sirius satellite radio... I never thought I would be one to get on the satellite radio bandwagon but after having it for a few days I can already see what all the hype is about. So far I've already programmed my favorite hardcore, heavy metal, r&b, rap, hair metal, reggae and jazz channels into this baby and am lovin' it. It's amazing how different radio can be when it's commercial free and offered in such variety! I highly recommend looking into it if you don't already have it and if you can swing the $13 a month service fee. There's also a Playboy channel on there somewhere that I'll be checking out of course...

happy wednesday.

Happy Fourth

Go Out Or Not In Out...

Super Dud.

I don't know how I feel about
this yet. I mean, is this just some TV network executive's stupid idea to get these three musicians together and capitalize on Tommy's new found (recycled) fame or what? Spells disaster and I am predicting a dud. Don't get me wrong... I am and always will be a Tommy Lee fan till the end but this new project that he's putting together has no track record and could sound like a car wreck. Super groups don't always work out and from the looks of it I don't think this one's gonna be any different. My problem is that I can't stand these reality shows so I probably won't even watch the damn thing to find out if it sucks or not. For Tommy's sake I hope it works out for him because he is a celebrity BUT he is a bigger celebrity with his band and can never seem to break out of that. Maybe he shouldn't... Even if they do find some kick ass singer there is no guarantee that their original stuff is gonna be good or more importantly sell.

I believe I will retract my earlier statement. I thnk I do know how I feel about this...

it's gonna blow ass.

Monday

Weekend hangover in full effect. So tell me that you did SOMETHING this weekend? Shop? Eat greasy food? Tequila shots? Made out w/ somebody? If you haven't taken the time to stop and smell the July 4th weekend aroma then you should visit you nearest doctor's office and have your pulse checked because you might be dead.

Me? I spent some quality time on Friday night and Saturday night partying it up and celebrating my glorious 32nd birthday. Thanks to all you people out there whom thoughtfully wished me a happy birthday. You make me all giddy and fuzzy inside and I really appreciate it no matter how old Im getting. Fortunately for me my bday fell on a saturday this year which made for 2 weekend nights of partying, friday night ringin' it in and saturday night ringin' it out. Good times, good times baby.

Last night me and the boys also got to see Cinderella and Poison out at Cricket pavilion. First time me seeing both those bands and yes I will admit it... I am a full blown closet 80's metal head. Good times were had by all and still after 20 some odd years of touring and God knows what else they both sounded pretty good. I must say I was impressed. And oh yes' big rock drum solos always get me everytime. For those of you that know me and have seen me play it's pretty obvious that I'm all about the big drums, big sounds, and big theatrics. Kudos to Chuck for getting us wired in on the show.

On more music news, my band... yes you heard me, will be playing a week from tonight at Martini Ranch. I can't tell you how psyched I am about this. Even though it's on a crummy Monday night I'm still looking forward to getting back down to business if only once this month. I haven't posted much news about the band lately because well, there really hasn't been anything to report but finally I have something of interest to throw out so if you ain't got nothing going on next Monday night and you don't mind going into work with a little bit of a hangover (I know I will...) then come out and git' your shake on.

How about that for a crummy Monday bloggidy' blog blog.

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