My online attempt to rant about things that interest me in ways that are entertaining (and possibly insightful) enough to get people to read them. In other words, the stuff I'd talk about over a beer with a friend.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Shutting It Down??
For anyone who's still reading, I'm considering shutting this blog down. My goal was to learn to create a blog but I've found that my time has been severely strained and I know I'm not updating new content regularly. I find that contributing comments to my friend Dan Brown's blog has also left me with very little distinct content to contribute here. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and all the best in the future.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Rockin'
OK, this is another of those,"Steve is getting to be a grumpy old man" posts but I've had this belief ever since I was a kid. I find it offensive when someone says they are "rocking out" to non-rock music. For example, the recently departed Michael Jackson sang, "Rock With You". Now, this is clearly not rock n'roll music, but yet he had a big hit with it. If you are going to "rock", there need to be loud guitars, a real drum kit, and some very loud amplifiers. This also goes for all the talk about "rocking out" to dance music, rap, hip-hop, etc. Umm, you may be jumping around but unless it makes you want to pump your fist in the air (see Springsteen, Bruce as an example of real rock n' roll ), you aren't really rockin' are you?
Saturday, July 4, 2009
IMO, This Is Just Wrong
While watching the July 1 The Daily Show episode, we were treated to a clip about high heels for babies. OK, now we live in a semi-democratic, pseudo free market society, so I guess it's every parent's choice but does this not strike you as wrong?
During the same Canada Day viewing, we were subjected to uncountable re-airings of the promo for Lady GaGa's latest "song" and video. Now, women again have the freedom to do what they want, but when my wife looks @ the video & says,"who's the stripper??, it kinda says a lot about this performer's "talents". Ladies, if you are going to walk around with your lacy thong underwear showing and your belly button piercing right there, guys are gonna look and/or leer. I'm not saying I don't approve (as long as said females low rider jeans don't have a fat roll hanging over but women's lib is basically dead.