Hello,
Former Warrant singer Jani Lane was found dead in a LA hotel room last night. He was 47. Warrant was one of the mid-80's hair metal bands that I kind of grew up with. Now some of these people whose music I grew up with are starting to die. That reminds me of my mortality even more, Lane is only 3 years older than me. Also to me it's incredibly sad when your body is found in a hotel room. R.I.P. Jani.
Warrant was of the generation of Cinderella, Motley Crue, Tesla, Ratt, Whitesnake and Poison. Many people consider Nirvana's rise as the death knell of heavy metal. Heavy metal had a good 10 year run, I'm still surprised it got as popular as I did. The terribly lame "AI" contestant James Durbin is trying to bring heavy metal back. Instead he's only killing it more. Maybe someday I'll write up a heavy metal blog.
When I think of Warrant and Jani Lane, this will be the video I think of first. Warrant's song dedicated to food, "Cherry Pie". It is about food, right? As of Friday morning this song has 1,664,065 page views.
Some people said Jani Lane hated the above song. Sure it's cheesy and I can see why he would be embarrassed by it. However it's another song that's fun, isn't that what rock music is suppose to be. That song came from their second album. Their first album was much more hard rocking. Here are a few of my favorite songs from their first CD, "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich":
I believe this was their first song, "Down Boys":
The following song is "32 Pennies". Not only does the song rock, but I love the lyrics. This is one of your more intelligent hair metal songs, all things being relative of course.
Yes I know I'm being sappy, but I really love this song:
It's official: all three lame judges from last season's "American Idol" are coming back for Season 11. I guess that J Lo. couldn't find anything else better to do. Well at least she doesn't have to be in "Hawthorne". You could tell in her body language that she was tired of being on the show at the end of last season. These lame, tired judges will lead to another boring season. The 3 praise only judges made me miss Simon Cowell even more.
This show is already so tired. I'm hoping with "X Factor" debuting this fall and another lackluster season of "AI", that its 11th season will be its last season. Fox, you've sucked nearly all the money you can out of this tired franchise, now you are only tarnishing it's rapidly fading reputation. Also returning is Nigel Lythgoe. That means another season of emotional manipulation, excessive hype and under talented performers. Can they find another winner who will under achieve more than the last 3?
I'm still madly in love with Black Stone Cherry. On Spotify I was listening to some of their older music. On their new CD, "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", they show a lot of growth. There is still some lowest common denominator rock lyrics, but rock music won't ever escape it. However the boys show their growth by branching out with their musical palette. Their brand new CD has 11 solid songs on it and the 12th song probably should have been left off. In trying to create a classic heavy metal ballad, like Warrant's "Heaven" above, they made a very sappy song. But I'll forgive them for having 11 great songs on one CD. With the corporate America emphasis on marketing rather than musicianship not many CDs have even 3 or 4 good songs now.
Here's a couple of other songs from "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea":
I'm starting off with probably the most fun song on this CD. This song will not mentally tax you in anyway, it's just dumb, fun and goofy. This is "Let Me See You Shake":
This is "Such A Shame" live:
Quick sports hits: 1) The USMNT (United States Men's National Team) played a rematch with Mexico in a friendly in Philadelphia. The USA looked a lot better than they did in their 4-2 beat down at the hands of Mexico in the Gold Cup finals. Some of the main players for both teams didn't play, but that doesn't take away from the USA's effort. I keep on hearing about this Jozy Altidore, but he's never impressed me. However playing for the USA was 18 year old Juan Agudelo. Wow he's really fun to watch and I can see him scoring many goals for the USMNT over the next several years. Put him and Landon Donavon up front and let them attack the defense. It was a good debut Mr. Klinnsman.
2) Baseball: The red hot Phillies start a new series against the mediocre Nationals today. Philadelphia has won 12 of 13 and won 9 of 10 on their recent road swing. The road trip finale was them sweeping the woeful Dodgers, which really isn't that impressive. Not a slight on Philadelphia, but a slight on the damage that Frank McCourt continues to do to this team. All I'm asking is can someone please beat this team? This team is gaining momentum going into the stretch run of this season. They are already going to be very formidable in the post season.
Dan Uggla has hit in his last 31 games and he puts his streak on the line today. The Braves will play at home against the woeful Cubs. (Although the Cubs have shown some life lately, winning 8 of 10 and two in a row.) The temperamental and volcanic Carlos Zambrano will be pitching for the Cubs.
3) I know it's only preseason, but it was so good seeing some real life NFL football last night. Although when I turned on the Dallas-Denver game the first play I saw was Dallas quarterback Stephen McGee being intercepted. I hope that's not an omen for the entire season. He played the rest of the game after Tony Romo and Jon Kitna each played one series. Now if we could only figure out a way to get Tony Romo to only play one series in the regular season:) Again I know it's only preseason, but a win is a win. Against second and third stringers Stephen McGee looked good. He completed 14 of 24 passes for 208 yards. He did throw the interception but he also had 3 touchdown passes. He showed poise in getting the Cowboys a touchdown and two point conversion near the end of the game. Rarely do I see Tony Romo play that well in crunch time and I don't expect it to start this season.
Here are some other good songs:
"Postcards" by An Horse:
Matchbox Twenty's "Back 2 Good" (live):
My favorite Matchbox Twenty song "Bright Lights":
themusicaddict
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Hottie Hannah Storm, themusicaddict's August bookclub
Hello,
The above picture is of the incredibly gorgeous Hannah Storm. It was good to see her back on ESPN's morning Sports Center. She's been gone too long. She's one of the hottest women involved in sports currently.
Going from the hottest to the lamest. Carlos Boozer and his idiocy strike again. With the NBA lockout extending for who knows how long, he's talking about playing internationally as well. If you want a good laugh, find that story at ESPN and then read the fan comments. Many of the comments are from Chicago Bulls fans. The best comment is along the lines of "hearing the bench is more comfortable in Europe" I would say at least 85% of the comments have the theme that he should go international and stay in whatever country he ends up in. Many Bulls fans don't want him and his $15 million average per year contract back. I think the Bulls now realize how worthless he is and they've been bamboozled. Boozer I hope you tipped your agent appropriately. Boozer won't finish the contract, the Bulls will cut him long before it is over. I would say someone might trade for him, but who's going to pay for a whiny, oft injured Loozer?
Dear NBA players: please stop telling us your going to play internationally if the lockout eats into the season. We don't believe you and who would want some of the players being mentioned? Does anyone really want Ron Artest and all the baggage he brings? No! With Boozer thinking he's better than he is, which international team will pay him to his demands? No one! A lot of teams may want Dwayne Wade and Kobe Bryant, but how many international teams can afford to pay them? I'm guessing not many. With both having injury problems, how good of an idea is it for them to risk their career internationally? My guess is the player's union is telling it's players to say they will play internationally in hopes of pressuring the NBA to accept their demands. However I don't think the players are going to win this game of chicken.
Again the book club selection for this month is Colin Harrison's "The Havana Room". I've read to page 182 so far. Here are some questions that you can think about and respond to if you would like.
First here's a list of the main characters. The protagonist is Bill Wyeth. He's a lawyer, unlike most lawyers he seems to have some scruples. He's divorced and father of a son. His ex-wife and son has moved to California and married a Silicon Valley big shot. She divorced him following a disastrous lawsuit that financially ruined him.
Jay Rainey seems to think of himself as a real estate mogul, a low rent Donald Trump. He recently traded property he grew up on. However the land he got rid of and the land he traded for both have many legal issues. Jay is also hard to find, he makes himself scarce. He seems to be hiding from someone.
Allison Sparks is the manager of the unnamed Manhattan steakhouse. At this point the book alludes to the fact that Sparks and Rainey are lovers. They don't have a set schedule for when they get together. Jay calls Allison and lets her know where to meet him. I question whether they are really lovers. While sex may be a component of their relationship, there seems to be more to the relationship than that.
The Havana Room is a private room at the Manhattan steakhouse. Very few people are allowed in there and you must receive an invite. Although an invite is never guaranteed and you can lose your invite if you are an idiot.
Other characters. Ha the mysterious man behind some of the "entertainment" that occurs in the Havana Room. Lipper claims he's the owner of the steakhouse. Marcelo is the new owner of Jay's old property. Mrs Hallock is a realtor that was involved in a private sale of Jay's old property. Poppy is the nephew of Mrs. Hallock and an employee of Jay. Hershel is the man who died on the tractor, we only meet him after he died. He was doing something suspicious, presumably at the direction of Rainey, when he died. For some reason he was out in the cold without his socks on.
Why doesn't the Manhattan steakhouse have an official name? Who really owns the Manhattan steakhouse? Old man Lipper says he owns it now and that Frank Sinatra used to own it. However Bill didn't find either name listed when he looked at city property records. What does that mean? Who really owns the steakhouse and why are they so secretive about it?
The more we learn about Jay the more it seems like he's hiding something. But what is he hiding? Also it seems he had an abusive childhood. Did he kill his Dad? Is his Dad buried at his former property? Jay obviously is very complicated, is he a good guy or a bad guy?
What is so important about the new property Jay has bought. From watching too many TV shows and reading too much fiction my thought is there's something hidden there. And that Jay will only have claim to it if he owns the property.
I'm not liking that the story has veered so far away from the steakhouse. The story just seems to have a tangential link to the steakhouse now. As the story continues, the action seems to be getting further away from the steakhouse. Do you like this and why do you think the author is doing that? I don't like it although I remain very intrigued by the story.
There have been multiple explicit sexual scenes. Some of the sex acts are described in excruciating detail. Do you like this or not? Do you think this adds or detracts from the book. How much does graphic sex scenes determine your pleasure in reading?
We keep on meeting characters that don't seem to be the most wholesome people in the world. We meet Mr. Marceno, he's the owner of Jay's old property. He wants to create a vineyard on that property. However he has some concerns. There seems to be a threat of things not going well for Bill if things don't work out for Marceno. How much of Marceno's threat is a bluff? If it's not a bluff, how far will Marceno go to get what he wants?
Jay is giving me the creeps with his binoculars watching the 14 year old Sally Cowles play basketball. Especially with her dad being own of the business owners at Jay's new property. Nothing is as it seems in this book. The only straight shooter, at least at this point, is Bill Wyeth.
After meeting the classy but threatening Marcelo, the next person we meet is the scummy HJ. He's related to the dearly departed Hershel. He's also the owner of dance club and studio. That makes me wonder why didn't Hershel work for his own relative. Or did he and this is his way to blame his death on someone else? HJ has no pretensions or sophistication, he's a gangster that loves the benefits that brings. He has Wyeth taken to visit him and demands $300,000 from Wyeth.
At the bottom of page 172, most of the above is explained in a more concise fashion. These are Bill Wyeth thoughts: "I began to see that whatever was going on with Marceno, H.J., Poppy, Mrs. Jones (also related to Hershel) and Jay constituted, in its entirety, a piece of machinery, call it a gear, that was engaged with another smaller gear, this one sprocketed by Jay, and the building on Reade Street he so badly wanted, a building that housed the business owned by David Cowles, whose daughter, Sally Cowles, apparently so fascinated Jay that he was secretly attending her high school basketball games. Did Jay himself understand these two sets of complications? And where did Allison fit in?"
My thoughts about where Bill fits in. Is he involved because he happened to be a random lawyer when Jay desperately needed one. Or is he part of a plan that he's completely unaware of. I'm hoping this and other questions are answered in the next 200+ pages.
themusicaddict
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Bad Boy Rock and Roll of AC/DC
Hello,
A band that seems to me that doesn't get the respect they deserve is AC/DC. I'm not specifically talking about their hits, I'm talking about some of their more obscure songs. For instance, I was listening to the "Highway To Hell" CD on my way to work this morning. Basically the only well known song off that CD is the title track.
However there are other good songs on that CD, examples include "Girls Got Rhythm":
One cliche that holds true about AC/DC and many other rockers is that they only sing about one thing. We see that with the above and this song. "Beating Around The Bush":
"Shot Down In Flames":
Another worthy older AC/DC song "Shake Your Foundations":
I also like some of their boogie rock. They have a reputation for all their songs sounding the same. However that's not true. They have the crunch rock of "Back In Black", the almost tender feeling of "Ride On" and the funky underbelly of "She's Got The Jack". Also who doesn't love the cannons of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" or the bells of "Hells Bells"? They're also one of the very few older bands who have new music as good as their earlier stuff. Their most recent release, "Black Ice" is 15 slabs of excellent rock music. If you don't agree you need to listen to "Black Ice" again.
"Money Made":
"War Machine":
I'd love to take a ride on the "Rock 'N Roll Train":
Congrats to Dan Uggla, last night he hit in his 30th consecutive game. He's now tied with the Dodgers' Andre Ethier for longest consecutive hit streak this season. (We Dodgers fans have to take the bright spots where we can find them this season. Those bright spots have been hard to find.)
Also the Dallas Cowboys were going to attend Terrelle Pryor's pro day, it has been postponed though. The NFL still needs to make a definitive ruling on whether he's eligible for that or not. I hope this is Dallas finally admitting that Tony Romo isn't a good enough quarterback to be their starter. Not that I think Pryor will be an outstanding pro quarterback, I'm just glad the Cowboys are considering their options.
Then from the are you kidding me file? Rex Grossman, probably the worst quarterback to ever start a Super Bowl, is predicting the Redskins will win the NFC East. Please Rex! Grossman goes on to say, "We're fine being the sleepers right now". Rex you guys aren't sleepers, the Redskins are in a coma! If you or John Beck are the Redskins quarterback you'll be lucky to finish .500. In fact, I predict Washington will be battling Dallas for third place in the NFC East this season. Hey but thanks Rex for the laugh.
themusicaddict
A band that seems to me that doesn't get the respect they deserve is AC/DC. I'm not specifically talking about their hits, I'm talking about some of their more obscure songs. For instance, I was listening to the "Highway To Hell" CD on my way to work this morning. Basically the only well known song off that CD is the title track.
However there are other good songs on that CD, examples include "Girls Got Rhythm":
One cliche that holds true about AC/DC and many other rockers is that they only sing about one thing. We see that with the above and this song. "Beating Around The Bush":
"Shot Down In Flames":
Another worthy older AC/DC song "Shake Your Foundations":
I also like some of their boogie rock. They have a reputation for all their songs sounding the same. However that's not true. They have the crunch rock of "Back In Black", the almost tender feeling of "Ride On" and the funky underbelly of "She's Got The Jack". Also who doesn't love the cannons of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" or the bells of "Hells Bells"? They're also one of the very few older bands who have new music as good as their earlier stuff. Their most recent release, "Black Ice" is 15 slabs of excellent rock music. If you don't agree you need to listen to "Black Ice" again.
"Money Made":
"War Machine":
I'd love to take a ride on the "Rock 'N Roll Train":
Congrats to Dan Uggla, last night he hit in his 30th consecutive game. He's now tied with the Dodgers' Andre Ethier for longest consecutive hit streak this season. (We Dodgers fans have to take the bright spots where we can find them this season. Those bright spots have been hard to find.)
Also the Dallas Cowboys were going to attend Terrelle Pryor's pro day, it has been postponed though. The NFL still needs to make a definitive ruling on whether he's eligible for that or not. I hope this is Dallas finally admitting that Tony Romo isn't a good enough quarterback to be their starter. Not that I think Pryor will be an outstanding pro quarterback, I'm just glad the Cowboys are considering their options.
Then from the are you kidding me file? Rex Grossman, probably the worst quarterback to ever start a Super Bowl, is predicting the Redskins will win the NFC East. Please Rex! Grossman goes on to say, "We're fine being the sleepers right now". Rex you guys aren't sleepers, the Redskins are in a coma! If you or John Beck are the Redskins quarterback you'll be lucky to finish .500. In fact, I predict Washington will be battling Dallas for third place in the NFC East this season. Hey but thanks Rex for the laugh.
themusicaddict
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Pia Toscano, Quick reviews, Pennant Race Baseball
Hello,
Here's the gorgeous Pia Toscano's new CD, "This Time":
When is her CD coming out already?
Kelly Rowland's new CD, "Here I Am" is out now. I listened to it this morning thanks to my friends at Spotify. I hate to write this but it sucks. Unbelievably 8 of the 14 tracks have guest rappers. Having a guest rapper on a song rarely works. But why would Kelly's producers have 8 songs with a guest rapper? That's a crazy lack of originality. The producer has run out of ideas and brings a rapper on to rap some unneeded lyrics. As usual the rappers add almost nothing. When someone can sing as well as Kelly Rowland, why clutter her music with rappers? Kelly please see below and learn from Janet Jackson. No guest rappers just great songs. This is the very good and easily the best song on "Here I Am":
I also listened to a lot of Theory of A Deadman yesterday. Another band that needlessly uses explicit lyrics. They are okay, but one of many okay rock bands that are currently working. They don't do anything that makes them stand out from the many other similar sounding bands. My favorite song of theirs is the following song. When it started playing I thought "hey I've heard that song before", then I realized it's an Alice in Chains cover. Theory Of A Deadman do a nice cover of "Got Me Wrong":
I would have the official video but again embedding is disabled by request. They've chosen that over getting a free plug on my blog. My favorite of their original songs is this song that hits really close to home. This is "Not Meant To Be":
I finished listening to the "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" soundtrack. It's decent, rightfully Lea Michele is spotlighted. She has such an amazing voice. The highlights include "Glee" versions of "Born This Way", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), "Sing", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Forget You" and "Don't Rain On My Parade". They also do justice to Cee Lo's "Forget You" it is an undeniably catchy song. I'd have liked to see "Bad Romance" been their Lady Gaga song though. Also where's Michele's version of the powerhouse song "Taking Chances"?
This is the Glee version of "Forget You" with special guest star Gwyneth Paltrow:
One of the least appreciated singers of the 90's is the lead singer of Sixpence None The Richer. Her name is Leigh Nash and she simply has an amazing voice. I've also been enjoying them on Spotify today. What an amazing voice, this is their big hit "Kiss Me":
I realize that Sixpence None The Richer isn't the first to sing "There She Goes", but they perform it to perfection:
I also like their take on Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over":
One final song "Breathe Your Name":
Pennant race baseball: The Red Sox won two of three against the evil empire this past weekend. Bill Simmons, who is The Sports Guy and a big Red Sox fan, was on PTI yesterday. I just want to mention that only because Bill you need to get rid of that hideous caterpillar on your lip.
Boston also won again last night and lead Darth Vader's minions by 1.5 games in the AL East. It was good to see David Ortiz have a great game. He had four hits and 3 RBIs, he now has 74 RBIs on the season. He also hit his 22nd home run. The Red Sox really need his offense coming this post season. I have a feeling this year's World Series is going to come down to Boston's offense against Philadelphia's pitching.
Alfredo Aceves won the game in relief and is 8-1 on the season. Johnathan Papelbon pitched a very efficient 9th inning to pick up his 25th save on the season. With those two pitching very effectively Daniel Bard was able to get a rest. It's too bad that Tim Wakefield wasn't able to get his 200th victory. Wakefield has been very crucial for the Red Sox this season. I'm so happy he's still playing with all their injuries and John Lackey's inadequacies.
Pittsburgh also won finally, they broke their 10 game losing streak. They beat the other team that's choking as much as them, the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have lost 9 of their last 11 games. To show how weak the NL West is, they still are in first place. The Pirates are now 55-59, but they are 9.5 games out of first place in the NL Central. While the Pirates have been choking, Milwaukee has won 9 of 10. It was a nice run for the Pirates this season, even being able to spend a few days in first place. But unfortunately reality has come crushing down. All I now want for the Pirates is to learn how to win and incorporate that into their culture. I also would like to see them finish their season at least at .500.
Finally Atlanta won again, they beat Florida 8-5. They won't catch red hot Phillidelphia though. The Phillies have won 9 of their last 10 games and lead second place Atlanta by 8.5 games in the NL East. Atlanta leads Arizona by 3.5 games in the NL wild card. The other story from the Braves-Marlins game is that Dan Uggla has hit in 29 straight games. (Fellow Brave Freddie Freeman had a recent hit streak stopped at 20 games.) After a horrendous start, Uggla has really bounced back. (Uggla probably has the most unfortunate name in MLB.) The Braves really need him to perform well if they have any hope of knocking off the Phillies in the NL Playoffs.
The most annoying "controversy" has got to end. That's Tiger Woods firing his caddie Steve Williams. Steve Williams bounced back and became the caddie for Adam Scott. Scott went on to win the tournament, which was played last weekend. Meanwhile Tiger finished in 37th place. Isn't it about time for him to change his name to Kitten Woods. I'm worried about that because Kitten sounds like a stripper's name and that just might confuse Tiger. How about Lion Woods, or even better Lyin' Woods. Anyway Williams is a caddie, so who cares? I don't care what Tiger Woods has to say and the same goes for his former caddie. Can this story please just go away?
Happy 44th Birthday Neon Deion Sanders. He just was inducted into the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame. He gave a very emotional speech talking about his Mom and all the sacrifices she made for him. Not only that but Deion Sanders played for the Cowboys back when they were actually relevant.
Dallas starts this season on September 11th by traveling to New York to play the Jets. It will be a showdown between the Ryan brothers. Rex is the head coach of New York and Rob is the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys. Usually this time of year I'm very excited about the Boys. However that's not the case this season. I'm dreading this season because I think the Cowboys are going to be dreadful. Right now I'd be happy with a 8-8 record. They just didn't do enough in free agency. And Tony Romo inspires no confidence in me. He has good stats but he simply isn't a winner. He's talking about the second phase of his career. I'm hoping he'll be good this phase of his career. If he doesn't have a career best season, it's time for the Cowboys to start over at quarterback. I wish they would do that anyway.
Here's some songs brought to my mind thanks to my iPod while I was exercising this morning.
R.E.M.'s "Near Wild Heaven":
And because R.E.M. recently released a pretty amazing CD, here's a new song off that CD "Collapse Into Now". This is "Walk It Back":
Janet Jackson's "Nasty". Kelly Rowland you can take some lessons from Miss Jackson. "That's Miss Jackson if you're nasty". "The only nasty thing I like is a nasty groove, will this one do? Uh huh" Kesha can also learn from Miss Jackson. Kesha likes to talk during her songs and for the most part it's lame. Kesha listen to how the funk princess Janet does it.
Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue":
I think this might be my favorite Thompson Twins song "You Take Me Up":
I love the blues. This song is an example of why, I love the exquisate guitar work. Albert King's "Driving Wheel":
Nada Surf's "Do It Again":
One of the greatest bands ever singing their best song. This is Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":
This is also pretty cool, although Jimmy Fallon is a bit lame here. I won't criticize this is how I might act if I was introducing the mighty Zepp.
themusicaddict
Here's the gorgeous Pia Toscano's new CD, "This Time":
When is her CD coming out already?
Kelly Rowland's new CD, "Here I Am" is out now. I listened to it this morning thanks to my friends at Spotify. I hate to write this but it sucks. Unbelievably 8 of the 14 tracks have guest rappers. Having a guest rapper on a song rarely works. But why would Kelly's producers have 8 songs with a guest rapper? That's a crazy lack of originality. The producer has run out of ideas and brings a rapper on to rap some unneeded lyrics. As usual the rappers add almost nothing. When someone can sing as well as Kelly Rowland, why clutter her music with rappers? Kelly please see below and learn from Janet Jackson. No guest rappers just great songs. This is the very good and easily the best song on "Here I Am":
I also listened to a lot of Theory of A Deadman yesterday. Another band that needlessly uses explicit lyrics. They are okay, but one of many okay rock bands that are currently working. They don't do anything that makes them stand out from the many other similar sounding bands. My favorite song of theirs is the following song. When it started playing I thought "hey I've heard that song before", then I realized it's an Alice in Chains cover. Theory Of A Deadman do a nice cover of "Got Me Wrong":
I would have the official video but again embedding is disabled by request. They've chosen that over getting a free plug on my blog. My favorite of their original songs is this song that hits really close to home. This is "Not Meant To Be":
I finished listening to the "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" soundtrack. It's decent, rightfully Lea Michele is spotlighted. She has such an amazing voice. The highlights include "Glee" versions of "Born This Way", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), "Sing", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Forget You" and "Don't Rain On My Parade". They also do justice to Cee Lo's "Forget You" it is an undeniably catchy song. I'd have liked to see "Bad Romance" been their Lady Gaga song though. Also where's Michele's version of the powerhouse song "Taking Chances"?
This is the Glee version of "Forget You" with special guest star Gwyneth Paltrow:
One of the least appreciated singers of the 90's is the lead singer of Sixpence None The Richer. Her name is Leigh Nash and she simply has an amazing voice. I've also been enjoying them on Spotify today. What an amazing voice, this is their big hit "Kiss Me":
I realize that Sixpence None The Richer isn't the first to sing "There She Goes", but they perform it to perfection:
I also like their take on Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over":
One final song "Breathe Your Name":
Pennant race baseball: The Red Sox won two of three against the evil empire this past weekend. Bill Simmons, who is The Sports Guy and a big Red Sox fan, was on PTI yesterday. I just want to mention that only because Bill you need to get rid of that hideous caterpillar on your lip.
Boston also won again last night and lead Darth Vader's minions by 1.5 games in the AL East. It was good to see David Ortiz have a great game. He had four hits and 3 RBIs, he now has 74 RBIs on the season. He also hit his 22nd home run. The Red Sox really need his offense coming this post season. I have a feeling this year's World Series is going to come down to Boston's offense against Philadelphia's pitching.
Alfredo Aceves won the game in relief and is 8-1 on the season. Johnathan Papelbon pitched a very efficient 9th inning to pick up his 25th save on the season. With those two pitching very effectively Daniel Bard was able to get a rest. It's too bad that Tim Wakefield wasn't able to get his 200th victory. Wakefield has been very crucial for the Red Sox this season. I'm so happy he's still playing with all their injuries and John Lackey's inadequacies.
Pittsburgh also won finally, they broke their 10 game losing streak. They beat the other team that's choking as much as them, the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have lost 9 of their last 11 games. To show how weak the NL West is, they still are in first place. The Pirates are now 55-59, but they are 9.5 games out of first place in the NL Central. While the Pirates have been choking, Milwaukee has won 9 of 10. It was a nice run for the Pirates this season, even being able to spend a few days in first place. But unfortunately reality has come crushing down. All I now want for the Pirates is to learn how to win and incorporate that into their culture. I also would like to see them finish their season at least at .500.
Finally Atlanta won again, they beat Florida 8-5. They won't catch red hot Phillidelphia though. The Phillies have won 9 of their last 10 games and lead second place Atlanta by 8.5 games in the NL East. Atlanta leads Arizona by 3.5 games in the NL wild card. The other story from the Braves-Marlins game is that Dan Uggla has hit in 29 straight games. (Fellow Brave Freddie Freeman had a recent hit streak stopped at 20 games.) After a horrendous start, Uggla has really bounced back. (Uggla probably has the most unfortunate name in MLB.) The Braves really need him to perform well if they have any hope of knocking off the Phillies in the NL Playoffs.
The most annoying "controversy" has got to end. That's Tiger Woods firing his caddie Steve Williams. Steve Williams bounced back and became the caddie for Adam Scott. Scott went on to win the tournament, which was played last weekend. Meanwhile Tiger finished in 37th place. Isn't it about time for him to change his name to Kitten Woods. I'm worried about that because Kitten sounds like a stripper's name and that just might confuse Tiger. How about Lion Woods, or even better Lyin' Woods. Anyway Williams is a caddie, so who cares? I don't care what Tiger Woods has to say and the same goes for his former caddie. Can this story please just go away?
Happy 44th Birthday Neon Deion Sanders. He just was inducted into the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame. He gave a very emotional speech talking about his Mom and all the sacrifices she made for him. Not only that but Deion Sanders played for the Cowboys back when they were actually relevant.
Dallas starts this season on September 11th by traveling to New York to play the Jets. It will be a showdown between the Ryan brothers. Rex is the head coach of New York and Rob is the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys. Usually this time of year I'm very excited about the Boys. However that's not the case this season. I'm dreading this season because I think the Cowboys are going to be dreadful. Right now I'd be happy with a 8-8 record. They just didn't do enough in free agency. And Tony Romo inspires no confidence in me. He has good stats but he simply isn't a winner. He's talking about the second phase of his career. I'm hoping he'll be good this phase of his career. If he doesn't have a career best season, it's time for the Cowboys to start over at quarterback. I wish they would do that anyway.
Here's some songs brought to my mind thanks to my iPod while I was exercising this morning.
R.E.M.'s "Near Wild Heaven":
And because R.E.M. recently released a pretty amazing CD, here's a new song off that CD "Collapse Into Now". This is "Walk It Back":
Janet Jackson's "Nasty". Kelly Rowland you can take some lessons from Miss Jackson. "That's Miss Jackson if you're nasty". "The only nasty thing I like is a nasty groove, will this one do? Uh huh" Kesha can also learn from Miss Jackson. Kesha likes to talk during her songs and for the most part it's lame. Kesha listen to how the funk princess Janet does it.
Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue":
I think this might be my favorite Thompson Twins song "You Take Me Up":
I love the blues. This song is an example of why, I love the exquisate guitar work. Albert King's "Driving Wheel":
Nada Surf's "Do It Again":
One of the greatest bands ever singing their best song. This is Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":
This is also pretty cool, although Jimmy Fallon is a bit lame here. I won't criticize this is how I might act if I was introducing the mighty Zepp.
themusicaddict
Monday, August 8, 2011
"Falling Skies" Finale Review, Black Stone Cherry Rocks!
Hello,
Last night's season finale was broken down into two parts. I'll review both episodes together as sometimes it's hard to remember what happened exactly in each episode.
Tonight's first episode starts off with many of the resistance is relaxing watching a cartoon. Meanwhile Dr. Glass and Tom Mason are looking at the innards of a skitter. It seems clear that the skitter probably was some other creature previously. This is confirmed definitively later when we see Megan. She clearly is being transformed into a skitter. That seems something that she wants.
Dai comes back from a mission with instructions from Porter. He's severely injured and is barely able to tell Weaver the plans. Those plans are contingent on the 4th and 5th Mass being able to meet up with the 2nd Mass. Although things aren't looking good for the 4th or 5th Mass or for Porter. Essentially they are going to try and bring down one of those alien base structures.
Rick the freak continues to be a freak. He can hear the frequencies coming from the skitters and mech communications. It seems Ben can hear those same frequencies though not all the time. Rick puts on his inner skitter and climbs up the wall and attacks Scott. As part of his skitter transformation, he's gaining some of their physical abilities. I loved him climbing up the wall, even though he's still seemingly human. He then escapes past several of the resistance, who for some reason fail to act. Rick spills the beans on everything about the resistance to Megan. The aliens, via Megan, rejects him and he has to go back to the humans, who are his second choice. I thought it was interesting they had the black kid utter the line "I'm not one of you, I'm not one of them". I have no idea what or if that means anything.
Someone on ew.com suggested that Rick was a spy. That's an interesting thought. But if he is why does he admit he told the aliens everything? I do think Rick is a spy, but I thought that ever since he has been rescued. Although Rick probably contends that he's been kidnapped.
I love the history references to Pearl Harbor, Lexington and Concord. The force that may be smaller but is fighting for its home. Mason could have also named the Vietnamese. They simply outlasted the Americans at a terrific loss of life.
This show also builds up the drama, "The Killing" did as well. But unlike "The Killing" the buildup has a nice payoff. The finale seems not to be have written in order to gurantee a second season. That worked for "The Killing", but if their ends up not being a second season of "The Killing" I wouldn't care. I'm afraid of more filler and unfiltered stupidity.
"Falling Skies" is the perfect length of season. They probably could have added a few more episodes and more filler, but they didn't. I remember watching last night's first episode and I was so glad there was going to be another episode that night. I look forward to this show every week. The ending felt natural. Enough story lines were wrapped up, but enough were continued so that I'll be thinking about it all year.
I do have several questions. What made the humans so "interesting" that the skitters wanted to open up a dialogue? Was it the fact that the humans figured out how to jam the alien frequencies? Was is that the humans were able to come up with the mech bullets. Was it the never give up fighting spirit they have shown? What do they hope to gain from the dialogue? It's obvious that they won't be able to compromise. Do the aliens have a request that the humans can provide?
Why haven't the tall, skinny aliens been given a nickname yet? Why did the aliens want to talk to Tom Mason? Why did they take him on their ship? Did they kill Weaver once Mason was in the ship. What's going on with Ben Mason in regards to being a skitter? Is he going to be a skitter no matter what or is there some way to escape the fate? Why does he not want to be a skitter and Rick the freak does? Rick said he missed his father last night. With his human father killed, did a skitter become father like to him?
Why did it take so long for Mason to get together with Dr. Glass? I know there's a war going on, but those two have had an attraction since the first episode. Also why hasn't anyone got together with Lourdes yet? She's very attractive, heck even Hal hasn't hooked up with her. She's one of the few female characters he hasn't hooked up with.
I've been listening to Black Stone Cherry all morning on Spotify, they really kick butt. I've seriously liked all their songs I've listened to. And I have nearly listened to every one of their songs. They seem to mainly tour in the southeast and it seems they don't come anywhere near to Salt Lake City. I'm suggesting that they make a Western swing. It would be good to see them live.
Here's a selection of some of their better songs. Having many of their videos with the embedding disabled by request is so short sighted though.
This is "Hell and High Water":
"Things My Father Said":
This is easily my favorite Black Stone Cherry song. "Blame It On The Boom Boom":
Black Stone Cherry get tender with "You":
It's about time for these guys to break out. Another tender and great song from the boys of Black Stone Cherry, "Stay":
Too bad the sound isn't a lot better on this song. It sounds like they kick butt with this song too. Black Stone Cherry covering Adele's amazing "Rolling In The Deep":
"White Trash Millionaire"
This is their last video for now, but this isn't the last you will hear from me about them. Anyone that quotes Haggard should be cool. "Rollin On":
I'm officially inviting Black Stone Cherry to Salt Lake City.
themusicaddict
Last night's season finale was broken down into two parts. I'll review both episodes together as sometimes it's hard to remember what happened exactly in each episode.
Tonight's first episode starts off with many of the resistance is relaxing watching a cartoon. Meanwhile Dr. Glass and Tom Mason are looking at the innards of a skitter. It seems clear that the skitter probably was some other creature previously. This is confirmed definitively later when we see Megan. She clearly is being transformed into a skitter. That seems something that she wants.
Dai comes back from a mission with instructions from Porter. He's severely injured and is barely able to tell Weaver the plans. Those plans are contingent on the 4th and 5th Mass being able to meet up with the 2nd Mass. Although things aren't looking good for the 4th or 5th Mass or for Porter. Essentially they are going to try and bring down one of those alien base structures.
Rick the freak continues to be a freak. He can hear the frequencies coming from the skitters and mech communications. It seems Ben can hear those same frequencies though not all the time. Rick puts on his inner skitter and climbs up the wall and attacks Scott. As part of his skitter transformation, he's gaining some of their physical abilities. I loved him climbing up the wall, even though he's still seemingly human. He then escapes past several of the resistance, who for some reason fail to act. Rick spills the beans on everything about the resistance to Megan. The aliens, via Megan, rejects him and he has to go back to the humans, who are his second choice. I thought it was interesting they had the black kid utter the line "I'm not one of you, I'm not one of them". I have no idea what or if that means anything.
Someone on ew.com suggested that Rick was a spy. That's an interesting thought. But if he is why does he admit he told the aliens everything? I do think Rick is a spy, but I thought that ever since he has been rescued. Although Rick probably contends that he's been kidnapped.
I love the history references to Pearl Harbor, Lexington and Concord. The force that may be smaller but is fighting for its home. Mason could have also named the Vietnamese. They simply outlasted the Americans at a terrific loss of life.
This show also builds up the drama, "The Killing" did as well. But unlike "The Killing" the buildup has a nice payoff. The finale seems not to be have written in order to gurantee a second season. That worked for "The Killing", but if their ends up not being a second season of "The Killing" I wouldn't care. I'm afraid of more filler and unfiltered stupidity.
"Falling Skies" is the perfect length of season. They probably could have added a few more episodes and more filler, but they didn't. I remember watching last night's first episode and I was so glad there was going to be another episode that night. I look forward to this show every week. The ending felt natural. Enough story lines were wrapped up, but enough were continued so that I'll be thinking about it all year.
I do have several questions. What made the humans so "interesting" that the skitters wanted to open up a dialogue? Was it the fact that the humans figured out how to jam the alien frequencies? Was is that the humans were able to come up with the mech bullets. Was it the never give up fighting spirit they have shown? What do they hope to gain from the dialogue? It's obvious that they won't be able to compromise. Do the aliens have a request that the humans can provide?
Why haven't the tall, skinny aliens been given a nickname yet? Why did the aliens want to talk to Tom Mason? Why did they take him on their ship? Did they kill Weaver once Mason was in the ship. What's going on with Ben Mason in regards to being a skitter? Is he going to be a skitter no matter what or is there some way to escape the fate? Why does he not want to be a skitter and Rick the freak does? Rick said he missed his father last night. With his human father killed, did a skitter become father like to him?
Why did it take so long for Mason to get together with Dr. Glass? I know there's a war going on, but those two have had an attraction since the first episode. Also why hasn't anyone got together with Lourdes yet? She's very attractive, heck even Hal hasn't hooked up with her. She's one of the few female characters he hasn't hooked up with.
I've been listening to Black Stone Cherry all morning on Spotify, they really kick butt. I've seriously liked all their songs I've listened to. And I have nearly listened to every one of their songs. They seem to mainly tour in the southeast and it seems they don't come anywhere near to Salt Lake City. I'm suggesting that they make a Western swing. It would be good to see them live.
Here's a selection of some of their better songs. Having many of their videos with the embedding disabled by request is so short sighted though.
This is "Hell and High Water":
"Things My Father Said":
This is easily my favorite Black Stone Cherry song. "Blame It On The Boom Boom":
Black Stone Cherry get tender with "You":
It's about time for these guys to break out. Another tender and great song from the boys of Black Stone Cherry, "Stay":
Too bad the sound isn't a lot better on this song. It sounds like they kick butt with this song too. Black Stone Cherry covering Adele's amazing "Rolling In The Deep":
"White Trash Millionaire"
This is their last video for now, but this isn't the last you will hear from me about them. Anyone that quotes Haggard should be cool. "Rollin On":
I'm officially inviting Black Stone Cherry to Salt Lake City.
themusicaddict
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Random Thoughts, "Falling Skies" finale, MLB update
Hello,
Tonight is the two part finale of the TNT series "Falling Skies". I'm looking forward to it. This has been a great show that I've enjoyed very much. I look forward to it every week and I'm glad they've announced a second season already. From the previews it seems the aliens want to negotiate. That's a little disappointing as I want to see the resistance kick some alien ass! Are Tom Mason and Anne Glass finally going to get together tonight as well? All season long we've been teased by that storyline. I should be writing about the two part finale in my blog tomorrow.
Hopefully the finale isn't as bad as the finale for "The Killing", that was one of the worst finales ever. That finale was so bad it turned off many people who were fans of the show. It also completely wiped out many fans who were holding out to find out who the killer was. (I still say it was Rosie's Dad, Stan.) It's mind boggling how bad that finale was. It turned off so many people, I'd be surprised the show survives it's full second season.
One thing I would recommend to AMC for season two of "The Killing" is to limit it to just 10 episodes. Having 13 episodes in the first season was too many as there was so much filler. Including the entire filler episode when Linden and the other detective search for her son. Yawn. Next to the crappy finale, that was the second worst hour of the first season.
Another example of the filler of "The Killing" is the alleged move to California and get married story line between Linden and her non-fiance fiance. That tired story line lasts the whole season. It seemed like it ended after the 8th episode, but then at the end of the last episode Linden and her son are flying somewhere. That story line covered all 13 episodes but early on it was easy to predict that Linden was never moving to California or going to get married. That was a non starter story line that very few people care about. That was a waste of time and filler that could have been trimmed if the show was only the 10 episodes it should have been.
AMC is redeeming itself with "Breaking Bad" being back. And thank goodness early next year the fifth season of "Mad Men" will finally be here. They are currently filming with Jon Hamm directing the first episode. January Jones is pregnant in reality, but she's not pregnant in the storyline. They'll be hiding her pregnancy someway.
Simon Cowell's new series, "X Factor" starts on September 21st I believe. For some reason he's bringing back Paula Abdul. Cowell is saying that he thinks his new show can be bigger than "AI". That's one of those statements where I think of course he's going to say that. He's not going to come out and say "AI" will kick our butt. I expect the first episode will have a large audience, but drop precipitously for the second episode. Which is exactly the same reception I expect for Scotty McDreary's career.
I disagree with Cowell I don't think his show will be bigger than "American Idol". That's not a reflection on the "X Factor". That's more a reflection on singing competition reality shows. 10 years of watching the manipulations of "AI" will do that for an audience. That's especially true with "X Factor" being on Fox as well. Although "The Voice" sounded like an interesting twist on the concept, I just couldn't watch it. I might start watching the "X Factor" but I doubt I'll watch the whole season. Once it ends just a few weeks later, the crappy 11th season of "AI" will start.
I'll be coming up with some questions for my book club selection this month, "The Havana Room". I've read about 180 pages so far and as the story moves away from the Manhattan steakhouse, I'm losing interest. It reminds me of one of the big weaknesses of "The Killing". The story moves away from what the title promises.
I've taken a break from that book and started reading a couple of other books. One book is Geraldine Brooks "People of the Book". That book is for a local book club on Wednesday. Then yesterday I went to one of my favorite places, the library. I just randomly looked through the books. I do that from time to time as a way to find new books. One book I came across was Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files".
They didn't have the first book in the series, "Storm Front", in. They did have the fourth book in the series though, it's "Summer Knight". I read the first 37 pages last night. I probably won't finish this book now, I just wanted to get a taste for the series. In this literary world of vampires, werewolves and wizards, do we really need another series from that genre? I would say "no" initially. However Harry Dresden is a fine chap to hang out with. He doesn't take himself too seriously and brings a much needed cheeky sense-of-humor to that genre.
Now for my baseball teams. Boston (the resistance) won last night and will battle the evil Yankees (the skitters) for first place in the AL East. Pittsburgh has completely fallen apart while Chicago has won 7 straight games. Not that it matters for the Cubs as they've been so awful most of the season and I expect them to return to that quickly. I would like to see the Pirates bounce back and at least finish at .500. Powered by great pitching and some actual offense the Dodgers have won a couple of games against one of the best teams in the NL West, Arizona. It shows you how good that team could be if they had an owner who had money to surround Matt Kemp with some more bats. Last but not least Atlanta is now just battling for a wild card spot. The Phillies have completely put them in the dust with their 9 game winning streak. They are going to be hard to beat in the playoffs this year.
themusicaddict
Tonight is the two part finale of the TNT series "Falling Skies". I'm looking forward to it. This has been a great show that I've enjoyed very much. I look forward to it every week and I'm glad they've announced a second season already. From the previews it seems the aliens want to negotiate. That's a little disappointing as I want to see the resistance kick some alien ass! Are Tom Mason and Anne Glass finally going to get together tonight as well? All season long we've been teased by that storyline. I should be writing about the two part finale in my blog tomorrow.
Hopefully the finale isn't as bad as the finale for "The Killing", that was one of the worst finales ever. That finale was so bad it turned off many people who were fans of the show. It also completely wiped out many fans who were holding out to find out who the killer was. (I still say it was Rosie's Dad, Stan.) It's mind boggling how bad that finale was. It turned off so many people, I'd be surprised the show survives it's full second season.
One thing I would recommend to AMC for season two of "The Killing" is to limit it to just 10 episodes. Having 13 episodes in the first season was too many as there was so much filler. Including the entire filler episode when Linden and the other detective search for her son. Yawn. Next to the crappy finale, that was the second worst hour of the first season.
Another example of the filler of "The Killing" is the alleged move to California and get married story line between Linden and her non-fiance fiance. That tired story line lasts the whole season. It seemed like it ended after the 8th episode, but then at the end of the last episode Linden and her son are flying somewhere. That story line covered all 13 episodes but early on it was easy to predict that Linden was never moving to California or going to get married. That was a non starter story line that very few people care about. That was a waste of time and filler that could have been trimmed if the show was only the 10 episodes it should have been.
AMC is redeeming itself with "Breaking Bad" being back. And thank goodness early next year the fifth season of "Mad Men" will finally be here. They are currently filming with Jon Hamm directing the first episode. January Jones is pregnant in reality, but she's not pregnant in the storyline. They'll be hiding her pregnancy someway.
Simon Cowell's new series, "X Factor" starts on September 21st I believe. For some reason he's bringing back Paula Abdul. Cowell is saying that he thinks his new show can be bigger than "AI". That's one of those statements where I think of course he's going to say that. He's not going to come out and say "AI" will kick our butt. I expect the first episode will have a large audience, but drop precipitously for the second episode. Which is exactly the same reception I expect for Scotty McDreary's career.
I disagree with Cowell I don't think his show will be bigger than "American Idol". That's not a reflection on the "X Factor". That's more a reflection on singing competition reality shows. 10 years of watching the manipulations of "AI" will do that for an audience. That's especially true with "X Factor" being on Fox as well. Although "The Voice" sounded like an interesting twist on the concept, I just couldn't watch it. I might start watching the "X Factor" but I doubt I'll watch the whole season. Once it ends just a few weeks later, the crappy 11th season of "AI" will start.
I'll be coming up with some questions for my book club selection this month, "The Havana Room". I've read about 180 pages so far and as the story moves away from the Manhattan steakhouse, I'm losing interest. It reminds me of one of the big weaknesses of "The Killing". The story moves away from what the title promises.
I've taken a break from that book and started reading a couple of other books. One book is Geraldine Brooks "People of the Book". That book is for a local book club on Wednesday. Then yesterday I went to one of my favorite places, the library. I just randomly looked through the books. I do that from time to time as a way to find new books. One book I came across was Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files".
They didn't have the first book in the series, "Storm Front", in. They did have the fourth book in the series though, it's "Summer Knight". I read the first 37 pages last night. I probably won't finish this book now, I just wanted to get a taste for the series. In this literary world of vampires, werewolves and wizards, do we really need another series from that genre? I would say "no" initially. However Harry Dresden is a fine chap to hang out with. He doesn't take himself too seriously and brings a much needed cheeky sense-of-humor to that genre.
Now for my baseball teams. Boston (the resistance) won last night and will battle the evil Yankees (the skitters) for first place in the AL East. Pittsburgh has completely fallen apart while Chicago has won 7 straight games. Not that it matters for the Cubs as they've been so awful most of the season and I expect them to return to that quickly. I would like to see the Pirates bounce back and at least finish at .500. Powered by great pitching and some actual offense the Dodgers have won a couple of games against one of the best teams in the NL West, Arizona. It shows you how good that team could be if they had an owner who had money to surround Matt Kemp with some more bats. Last but not least Atlanta is now just battling for a wild card spot. The Phillies have completely put them in the dust with their 9 game winning streak. They are going to be hard to beat in the playoffs this year.
themusicaddict
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Greatness of "Battlestar Galactica" continued
Hello,
Thanks to wikipedia.org, these are the episodes of "BSG" I watched yesterday. The episode's title, date it was originally shown and the number of survivors at the start of the episode.
"Flight of the Phoenix" September 16, 2005 47,853
Galactica's crew fights to contain a Cylon computer virus spreading throughout the ship while Tyrol launches a project to build a new fighter.
"Pegasus" September 23, 2005 49,605
With the arrival of the Battlestar Pegasus, the fleet is exuberant. However, Adama soon worries about Admiral Cain, Pegasus's commanding officer and Adama's superior, in command of the fleet.
"Resurrection Ship (Part 1)" January 6, 2006 49,604
The conflict between Galactica and Pegasus is put on hold with the discovery of a vital Cylon ship.
"Resurrection Ship (Part 2)" January 13, 2006 49,604
The battle to destroy the Resurrection Ship begins as both Adama and Cain make plans to seize complete command of the military.
"Epiphanies" January 20, 2006 49,598
Roslin lies on her deathbed, recalling her last day on Caprica with startling revelations. Meanwhile a group of sympathizers want to make peace with the Cylons.
Should Cylons be capitalized, we don't capitalize human.
Somehow the Battleship Pegasus escaped the Cylon attack on Caprica through a lot of fortuitous timing. Then somehow it caught up with the fleet. I really didn't like how Admiral Cain welcomed the main part of the fleet back to the colonies. Obviously she thought she was in charge already.
Pegasus' XO, Jack Fisk, tells Col. Tigh some of the secrets of Admiral Cain and the way she commands. She has a backbone and has got her people this far. But at what cost as she has used ruthless tactics to get this far. She seems almost cylon like in her decision making, she doesn't seem to consider the human toll in her decisions. She uses almost many Cylon like tactics. (Is she a cylon sleeper agent?) She has shot members of her own crew, had civilians killed and stripped civilian ships of their parts. She left those civilian ships virtually defenseless.
We see yet another copy of Number 6, this one is a prisoner on Battleship Pegasus. She's been savagely beaten and raped while a prisoner. Also nearby there's a large Cylon ship that is a place where damaged cylons can be resurrected. Destroy that ship and these cylons really die and their programs aren't transferred to another body. Obviously it was critical that the colonial fleet destroyed that.
I was a little disappointed by the fortuitous timing of the prisoner copy of Number 6 escaping. She manipulated Gaius into letting her out and then she killed Admiral Cain. I thought that was sort of lazy story telling. But forgivable in a show that gives so many other exciting plot points.
Again another copy of Number 6 shows up. This copy isn't just in Gaius's mind. She's a physical entity and he wants to enjoy that. She shuts him down. Only in the open minded story telling of "BSG" would they have a cylon in charge of a group of humans that want peace with the cylons. She's crusading as a peace advocate and still is manipulating Gaius. Seriously is he not the dumbest smart person ever? At the end of the last episode I saw he gave her a present of a nuclear bomb. What would now the Admiral Adama and President Roslin think of Gaius giving a nuclear bomb to the cylons?
Thankfully President Roslin was able to have an injection of the miracle cylon blood and recover from the cancer. Ironically if Caprica hadn't been destroyed she would have died. Gaius as President would work out as well as when Col. Tigh stepped in for Commander Adama. I can see why the cylons are trying to make him the President. That would be the end of the fleet quickly. Of course, it would also be the end of the series, how will the writers work that out?
Also it seems that Gaius is about to get his comeuppance, President Roslin remembers seeing him kissing Number 6 on Caprica right before the attack. Gaius, who betrayed the humans, actually is benefiting from his betrayal. How long will that last, how long until karma catches up? He's escaped karma even longer than Scam Newton. Are the "BSG" writers just teasing us or will something really come of that?
themusicaddict
Thanks to wikipedia.org, these are the episodes of "BSG" I watched yesterday. The episode's title, date it was originally shown and the number of survivors at the start of the episode.
"Flight of the Phoenix" September 16, 2005 47,853
Galactica's crew fights to contain a Cylon computer virus spreading throughout the ship while Tyrol launches a project to build a new fighter.
"Pegasus" September 23, 2005 49,605
With the arrival of the Battlestar Pegasus, the fleet is exuberant. However, Adama soon worries about Admiral Cain, Pegasus's commanding officer and Adama's superior, in command of the fleet.
"Resurrection Ship (Part 1)" January 6, 2006 49,604
The conflict between Galactica and Pegasus is put on hold with the discovery of a vital Cylon ship.
"Resurrection Ship (Part 2)" January 13, 2006 49,604
The battle to destroy the Resurrection Ship begins as both Adama and Cain make plans to seize complete command of the military.
"Epiphanies" January 20, 2006 49,598
Roslin lies on her deathbed, recalling her last day on Caprica with startling revelations. Meanwhile a group of sympathizers want to make peace with the Cylons.
Should Cylons be capitalized, we don't capitalize human.
Somehow the Battleship Pegasus escaped the Cylon attack on Caprica through a lot of fortuitous timing. Then somehow it caught up with the fleet. I really didn't like how Admiral Cain welcomed the main part of the fleet back to the colonies. Obviously she thought she was in charge already.
Pegasus' XO, Jack Fisk, tells Col. Tigh some of the secrets of Admiral Cain and the way she commands. She has a backbone and has got her people this far. But at what cost as she has used ruthless tactics to get this far. She seems almost cylon like in her decision making, she doesn't seem to consider the human toll in her decisions. She uses almost many Cylon like tactics. (Is she a cylon sleeper agent?) She has shot members of her own crew, had civilians killed and stripped civilian ships of their parts. She left those civilian ships virtually defenseless.
We see yet another copy of Number 6, this one is a prisoner on Battleship Pegasus. She's been savagely beaten and raped while a prisoner. Also nearby there's a large Cylon ship that is a place where damaged cylons can be resurrected. Destroy that ship and these cylons really die and their programs aren't transferred to another body. Obviously it was critical that the colonial fleet destroyed that.
I was a little disappointed by the fortuitous timing of the prisoner copy of Number 6 escaping. She manipulated Gaius into letting her out and then she killed Admiral Cain. I thought that was sort of lazy story telling. But forgivable in a show that gives so many other exciting plot points.
Again another copy of Number 6 shows up. This copy isn't just in Gaius's mind. She's a physical entity and he wants to enjoy that. She shuts him down. Only in the open minded story telling of "BSG" would they have a cylon in charge of a group of humans that want peace with the cylons. She's crusading as a peace advocate and still is manipulating Gaius. Seriously is he not the dumbest smart person ever? At the end of the last episode I saw he gave her a present of a nuclear bomb. What would now the Admiral Adama and President Roslin think of Gaius giving a nuclear bomb to the cylons?
Thankfully President Roslin was able to have an injection of the miracle cylon blood and recover from the cancer. Ironically if Caprica hadn't been destroyed she would have died. Gaius as President would work out as well as when Col. Tigh stepped in for Commander Adama. I can see why the cylons are trying to make him the President. That would be the end of the fleet quickly. Of course, it would also be the end of the series, how will the writers work that out?
Also it seems that Gaius is about to get his comeuppance, President Roslin remembers seeing him kissing Number 6 on Caprica right before the attack. Gaius, who betrayed the humans, actually is benefiting from his betrayal. How long will that last, how long until karma catches up? He's escaped karma even longer than Scam Newton. Are the "BSG" writers just teasing us or will something really come of that?
themusicaddict
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