GSOTD: Fish and Whistle

"Fish And Whistle" by John Prine

I been thinking lately about the people I meet
The carwash on the corner and the hole in the street
The way my ankles hurt with shoes on my feet
I'm wondering if I'm gonna see tomorrow

CHORUS
Father forgive us for what we must do
You forgive us and we'll forgive you
We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue
And we'll whistle and go fishing in the heavens

I was in the army but I never dug a trench
I used to bust my nuckles on a monkey wrench
I'd go to town and drink and give the girls a pinch
I don't think they ever even noticed me

CHORUS

Fish and whistle, whistle and fish
Eat everything that they put on your dish
When we get through we'll make a big wish
That we never have to do this again, again? again??

On my very first job I said thank-you and please
They made me scrub a parking lot down on my knees
Then I got fired for being scared of bees
And they only give me fifty cents an hour

CHORUS

Fish and whistle, whistle and fish
Eat everything that they put on your dish
When we get through we'll make a big wish
That we never have to do this again, again? again??

CHORUS

We'll whistle and go fishing in the heavens
We'll whistle and go fishing in the heavens

Doherty Claims Needle Was Empty

LATEST: Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY has told police he was drawing blood from the girl who featured in the British newspaper photographs which prompted his arrest on Saturday (29APR06). The pictures, published in Friday's (28APR06) edition of The Sun, appear to depict the self-confessed drug addict injecting himself with heroin, as well as a comatose young fan on his kitchen floor. But 21-year-old LAURA MCEVOY, who is seen lying with her eyes closed while the BABYSHAMBLES singer inserts a needle into her arm, insists she was fully conscious when the picture was taken. Doherty told police following his arrest he was taking blood from MCEvoy to use to paint pictures - and six of his friends have given statements that no drugs were involved. Doherty was bailed yesterday (30APR06) after spending a night behind bars. An unnamed friend of the singer sold the images to the newspaper, claiming they had been taken over the past five weeks.
01/05/2006 02:34

100 Greatest Horror Movies

1. The Exorcist - (1973, William Friedkin)
2. Psycho - (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Jaws - (1975, Steven Spielberg)
4. The Silence of the Lambs - (1991, Jonathan Demme)
5. Nosferatu - (1922, F.W. Murnau)
6. The Shining - (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
7. The Sixth Sense - (1999, M. Night Shyamalan)
8. Bride of Frankenstein - (1935, James Whale)
9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - (1920, Robert Wiene)
10. Frankenstein - (1931, James Whale)
11. Island of Lost Souls - (1933, Erle C. Kenton)
12. Rosemary's Baby - (1968, Roman Polanski)
13. Freaks - (1932, Tod Browning)
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street - (1984, Wes Craven)
15. Halloween - (1978, John Carpenter)
16. Dawn of the Dead - (1978, George A. Romero)
17. The Thing - (1982, John Carpenter)
18. Alien - (1979, Ridley Scott)
19. The Hound of the Baskervilles - (1939, Sidney Lanfield)
20. Night of the Living Dead - (1968, George A. Romero)
21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - (1923, Wallace Worsley)
22. The Phantom of the Opera - (1925, Rupert Julian)
23. Peeping Tom - (1960, Michael Powell)
24. Dracula - (1931, Tod Browning)
25. The Evil Dead - (1981, Sam Raimi)
26. Evil Dead 2 - (1987, Sam Raimi)
27. The Ring - (2002, Gore Verbinski)
28. The Thing - (1951, Christian Nyby)
29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - (1956, Don Siegel)
30. London After Midnight - (1927, Tod Browning)
31. The Wolf Man - (1941, George Waggner)
32. Dracula - (1958, Terence Fisher)
33. The Omen - (1976, Richard Donner)
34. Night of the Demon - (1957, Jacques Tourneur)
35. Village of the Damned - (1960, Wolf Rilla)
36. Poltergeist - (1982, Tobe Hooper)
37. The Mummy - (1932, Karl Freund)
38. The Devil Rides Out - (1968, Terence Fisher)
39. Carrie - (1976, Brian De Palma)
40. Cape Fear - (1991, Martin Scorsese)
41. Bram Stoker's Dracula - (1992, Francis Ford Coppolla)
42. Son of Frankenstein - (1939, Rowland V. Lee)
43. The Fly - (1986, David Cronenberg)
44. Near Dark - (1987, Kathryn Bigelow)
45. The Last Man on Earth - (1964, Sidney Salkow/Ubaldo Ragona)
46. Scream - (1996, Wes Craven)
47. House of Wax - (1953, Andre De Toth)
48. Misery - (1990, Rob Reiner)
49. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - (1974, Tobe Hooper)
50. Re-Animator - (1985, Stuart Gordon)
51. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (1920, John S. Robertson)
52. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (1941, Victor Fleming)
53. The Curse of Frankenstein - (1957, Terence Fisher)
54. The Brides of Dracula - (1960, Terence Fisher)
55. White Zombie - (1932, Victor Halperin)
56. The Mummy - (1959, Terence Fisher)
57. Hellraiser - (1987, Clive Barker)
58. The Wicker Man - (1973, Robin Hardy)
59. Deep Red - (1975, Dario Argento)
60. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - (1986, John McNaughton)
61. Dracula: Prince of Darkness - (1966, Terence Fisher)
62. The Company of Wolves - (1984, Neil Jordan)
63. Day of the Dead - (1985, George A. Romero)
64. Tarantula - (1955, Jack Arnold)
65. Friday the 13th - (1980, Sean S. Cunningham)
66. The Revenge of Frankenstein - (1958, Terence Fisher)
67. The Plague of the Zombies - (1966, John Gilling)
68. The Howling - (1981, Joe Dante)
69. New Nightmare - (1994, Wes Craven)
70. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man - (1943, Roy William Neill)
71. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed - (1969, Terence Fisher)
72. Salem's Lot - (1979, Tobe Hooper)
73. The Stand - (1994, Mick Garris)
74. Candyman - (1992, Bernard Rose)
75. What Lies Beneath - (2000, Robert Zemeckis)
76. The Curse of the Werewolf - (1961, Terence Fisher)
77. The Vampire Lovers - (1970, Roy Ward Baker)
78. Phantasm - (1979, Don Coscarelli)
79. Suspiria - (1977, Dario Argento)
80. Arachnophobia - (1990, Frank Marshall)
81. The Birds - (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)
82. The Blob - (1958, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.)
83. The Phantom of the Opera - (1962, Terence Fisher)
84. Zombie - (1979, Lucio Fulci)
85. Videodrome - (1983, David Cronenberg)
86. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - (1994, Kenneth Branagh)
87. The Mummy's Hand - (1940, Christy Cabanne)
88. House of Frankenstein - (1944, Erle C. Kenton)
89. Christine - (1983, John Carpenter)
90. Night of the Living Dead - (1990, Tom Savini)
91. Child's Play - (1988, Tom Holland)
92. The Blair Witch Project - (1999, Daniel Myrick/Eduardo Sanchez)
93. Needful Things - (1993, Fraser Clarke Heston)
94. Cat People - (1942, Jacques Tourneur)
95. Black Sunday - (1960, Mario Bava)
96. Stir of Echoes - (1999, David Koepp)
97. 28 Days Later... - (2002, Danny Boyle)
98. It - (1990, Tommy Lee Wallace)
99. Black Christmas - (1974, Bob Clark)
100. The Hills Have Eyes - (1977, Wes Craven)

GSOTD: Dear Abby

"Dear Abby" by John Prine

Dear Abby, Dear Abby ...
My feet are too long
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
Won't you write me a letter, Won't you give me a call
Signed Bewildered

Bewildered, Bewildered...

Chorus:
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up Buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
Signed Unhappy

Unhappy, Unhappy...

Repeat Chorus

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me It's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed Noise-maker

Noise-maker, Noise-maker

Repeat Chorus

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
Well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed Just Married

Just Married, Just Married...

Repeat Chorus

Signed Dear Abby

John Prine Cover Art

GAOTW: John Prine

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer/songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine. He and friend Steve Goodman (another folk singer/songwriter) had been minor stars in the Chicago folk scene before being "discovered" by Kris Kristofferson. The album John Prine included his signature songs "Illegal Smile", "Sam Stone", and the environmentalist newgrass standard "Paradise". The album also included "Hello In There", a song about aging that was later covered by Joan Baez, Bette Midler, and Eddi Reader, and "Angel From Montgomery", a song now also associated with Bonnie Raitt, who occasionally brings Prine on-stage with her for live performances of the song. The album received many positive reviews, and some hailed Prine as "the next Dylan". Bob Dylan himself appeared unannounced at one of Prine's first New York City club appearances, anonymously backing him on harmonica.

Later albums include Sweet Revenge (1973, containing such Prine fan favorites as "Dear Abby", "Grandpa Was A Carpenter", and "Christmas In Prison"), and Common Sense (1975, with "Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard").

In 1991 Prine released the Grammy Award-winning The Missing Years, his first collaboration with producer and bassist Howie Epstein. The title song records Prine's humorous take on what Jesus did in the unrecorded years between his childhood and his ministry. In 1995 Prine released Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, another collaboration with Epstein. In 1997 Prine followed with In Spite of Ourselves, which was unusual for Prine in that it contained only one original song; the rest were covers of classic country songs. All were collaborations with Prine's favorite female country vocalists, including Lucinda Williams and Iris DeMent.

In early 1998 Prine was diagnosed with throat cancer, but survived after an operation to remove the tumor [1]and this has added gravel to his voice. In 2003 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for songwriting by the UK's BBC Radio 2 and that same year was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The following year saw his classic "Sam Stone" covered by Laura Cantrell for the Future Soundtrack for America compilation.

In 2005, Prine released his first all-new album since In Spite of Ourselves. This new album, Fair and Square, tends toward a more laid-back, acoustic approach than, for example, Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings. The album contains songs such as "Safety Joe," about a man who has never taken any risks in his life, and also "Some Humans Ain't Human," Prine's protest piece on the album, which talks about the ugly side of human nature and includes a quick shot at President George W. Bush. Fair and Square won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

The 2005 Americana Music Awards marked another significant achievement for Prine. At the September 9th ceremony, Prine was honored with the Artist of the Year award, which was accepted in his name by awards host and long-time friend Billy Bob Thornton.

GSOTD: Who Do You Want to Be?

"Who Do You Want to Be?" by Oingo Boingo

CHORUS
Who do you want to be today?
Who do you want to be?
Who do you want to be today?
Do you want to be just like someone on T.V.?

Oh boredom is so terrible, it's like a dread disease
Nothing could be worse
than when there's nothing on T.V.
I'd rather be a cowboy than to stare blank at the walls
I've been reborn so many times
I can't remember them all
(And I say)

CHORUS

Just like someone on T.V.!

I think I'll be a teddy boy, I think I'll be a hunk
I think I'll be a tough guy and I think I'll be a punk
I might just be a fashion star
All dressed in frilly rags
Or perhaps I'll cross the other side
and walk around in
Drag!

CHORUS

Just like somebody on T.V.!

Do you like to be just like a rock
in the middle of the sea
Do you want to suffer by yourself
in a pool of blissful misery
Do you want to feel like a saint in artists' clothes
With a rosary in your hand
Do you wanna be crazy like Van Gogh like a
stranger in a
Strange, strange land

Would you rather push the buttons
And be feared by all humanity
Or perhaps you'd like to be a bum
Do you wanna be stupid, just like me

CHORUS

Just like somebody on T.V.!
Who do you want to be . . . . . . .

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

For Tom Robbins fans—and this collection would interest few others—the most revealing piece in Wild Ducks Flying Backward is a 1967 review of a live Doors show that Robbins wrote for a Seattle underground newspaper. There lying embryonically are both the skills that would bring him fame and the limits that mire him today. The lad was clearly strong on crafty wordplay and insightful homage to all the hip deities, but woefully weak in descriptive detail and critical balance. The tarot couldn’t have nailed his future better.

These days, Robbins borders on irrelevance. He made his name in the late ’70s by gently introducing alternative cultures to a generation or two of literary thrill seekers, back before alternative cultures could present themselves via the web. Perhaps even more than Jack Kerouac, Robbins rendered tasty concepts such as Zen Buddhism, hedonistic adventuring, and self-liberation. These days, though, there’s less mainstream for Robbins to swim against. His giddily overripe mien has been appropriated by advertising copy, and he has been slow to move ahead, with each novel a bit paler than the last, Villa Incognito a wraith of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.

As Robbins’ first collection of magazine pieces and other unpublished or obscure writings, Wild Ducks Flying Backward disrupts that novelistic death march. There’s plenty of choice Robbins moments scattered about, but in unusual surroundings. A 1988 Esquire piece “Canyon of the Vaginas” has Robbins journeying to a remote canyon in Nevada that does indeed resemble a giant female vulva. That this feminist pussy hound radiated at length about the “inner intensity of feminine sexuality” in that old pussy-hound mag is inspired. We get unpublished poems, which are pretty playful. We get some early, and surprisingly somber, art critiques. Also uncharacteristically subdued is a 1988 appreciation of cultural autodidact Joseph Campbell, penned for Seattle Weekly. Robbins is as careful with his words about his hero as a repentant criminal before a parole board. “[A] myth is something that never happened but is always happening” is one of his best observations published anywhere.

There’s plenty of other primo bits in Wild Ducks, and plenty of schlock, too (a hungry Robbins could wax rhapsodic about a candy machine). But by decocting the humor, inventiveness, and verity from the narrative stronghold Robbins usually welds over his novels, Wild Ducks Flying Backward opens up all sorts of new possibilities about what could appear between the covers of a Tom Robbins book. Let’s see if it also reawakens that old cat’s thirst for a few more adventures.

by Joab Jackson

Paul Myers Remembered

(from J. Gomez)
I also am not a person that can verbalize my emotions... This tragedy has opened up allot of emotions that for so long I have bottled up inside for many years.

Even though I didn't get to know Paul as well as others I too have my few encounters and memories of him. Half of the time he left me scratching my head because he was just so off the wall.....I can see now after this devastating event for me to see Paul for the unique, funny, and one of a kind guy he was. Even shy at times.

Why is it that I can picture him at his desk making that folder for Ruth? It makes me feel good to know that for some odd reason..... One phrase that comes to mind with Paul is "Mikey, He'll eat anything." No shame in grabbing or asking for food.

Maybe this could be something for everybody to do within our Dept to help us in voicing and venting our feelings. I know it's helped me.

Here is a little message from Manny Torres that had me laughing! I thought I would share this with all of you...

I'm gonna miss him a lot. He was a good guy. At times he could be strange but that was just paul and you loved him for that. Otherwise he would have been just some boring white guy. Steve used to call him blackie cause he would show up to the basketball games with his white shoes and black work socks :-)....

Sorry Steve... Whoever you are...

(From H. Dow)
We the friends and coworkers of Paul Myers want you to know the person you will be fighting for. We also want the people of the jury to know that Paul was not a random stranger whose life was tragically taken but a son, brother, and friend to so many people. The loss of Paul’s life has left an empty space in many people’s hearts. The careless actions of another have now forever changed the lives of all those people.

There were no strangers to Paul, he only saw potential friends. He could start up a conversation with anyone and in a very short time have a new friend. Paul treated everyone with the same respect and concern. He talked to the cleaning lady each and every day. How many of us can say we take the time to do that even with our families or some of our closest friends and coworkers?

Paul was phenomenally smart but he always would take the time to share anything he knew with you if you asked. He was quirky in a way that always had us laughing from his comical takes on life in the office to his strange cooking concoctions that he tried to pawn off on us. Every one of us has more than one story of something he did or said that made them laugh.

Paul always made you feel important. I can’t remember a time when I talked with him that he did not give me his full attention. If you went to his cubicle to ask him a question he always turned to face you and listened to you. No matter how busy he was if you needed help with something he would stop what he was doing and help you as best he could in that moment. When Paul told you he would do something for you he did it. He never let anyone down.

The words above only begin to touch the surface of who Paul was as he was many things to many people. It would take pages upon pages to fully explain the wonderfulness of Paul; however I hope this letter gives you enough insight to understand that Paul was more than just another person on the street. Paul was a privilege for us to have in our lives and we are angry, distraught, sad and hurting that we will no longer get that privilege.

Work Rules

GSOTD: Ain't This the Life

"Ain't This the Life" by Oingo Boingo

Livin' way up now in a penthouse high
Our steaks are rare and our martini's dry
Folks below they say it ain't fair
Hell with them, I really don't care
Joie de vivre, mon amie
Ain't this the life

Having a party on a big jet plane
I got so drunk that I could feel no pain
Hangin' out in Acapulco,
Drinkin' rum and sniffin' co-co
Pretty senorita look this way
Dancing through the night
Everything's alright
Girlfriend and a wife
Ain't this the life, Ain't this the life
Ain't this the life, baby, baby, baby . . .

Tropical island in the deep blue sea
The natives are friendly and the lobster's free
Sipping cognac like a French king
Plenty of room, I own the whole thing
Joie de vivre, mon amie
Ain't this the life

Think I'll go out now on a shopping spree
Breakfast in New York, dinner in Parie
Hangin' out with Lynn and Suzie
Have a massage and a jacuzzi
Climb into bed and see what's on TV
Dancing through the night
Everything's alright
Girlfriend and a wife . . .
Ain't this the life, Ain't this the life
Ain't this the life, tell me, tell me, tell me . . .

Shows About Shows

Tonight, Delve Research paid me $60.00 to give my opinions on Tina Fey's pilot. I'm a big fan of SNL and Tina Fey but this pilot was complete shit. Casting, Rachel Dratch, Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey in this was SNL overkill. Add a dash of Baldwin and you have an unwatchable show. I wish it were better but like most Lorne Michael productions lacks focus. It would have been great with no SNL ties and if it played out more like the Larry Sanders Show.

At “Saturday Night Live,” when two writers come up with the same sketch idea—Hey, we should do Dick Cheney shooting his buddy in the face!—the sketches are said to be “bumping” to get on the air: usually, only one succeeds. Now two promising TV pilots loosely inspired by the backstage goings on at “S.N.L.” are themselves bumping to get on NBC’s fall schedule.

Aaron Sorkin, the creator of “The West Wing,” has written “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” starring Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford as a creative team that’s called in to rescue the network’s signature live sketch-comedy show. Tina Fey, the “S.N.L.” star, has written a show called—for now—“The Untitled Tina Fey Project,” starring Tina Fey, of all people, as the head writer at the network’s live variety show. Her pilot features Alec Baldwin as the network’s meddlesome new “V.P. of development for NBC/GE/Universal/Kmart.”

Fey’s comedy is set in New York at a fictional NBC, and Sorkin’s drama is set in Los Angeles at a slightly more fictional NBS, but both feature network heavies named Jack. Kevin Reilly, the real-life president of NBC Entertainment (which is a division of General Electric and a sister company of Universal but is not, as of this writing, affiliated with Kmart), explains, “Jack was G.E.’s pre-approved network executive name.” More seriously, he says that when both scripts arrived on his desk, last fall, “I saw the problem coming from a mile away. But these are very particular artists, who write what they care about. They’re not writers for hire who say, ‘Whattya got—a boy and his dog? I’ll write that!’ ” Reilly is at pains to note that neither show is based on actual NBC dynamics and that each is tonally distinct: “Tina is more madcap, and Aaron is exploring issues and character dynamics and has a real romance at the center.” Sorkin’s pilot begins with Wes, the executive producer of NBS’s show, reacting to a censor’s decision to kill a sketch called “Crazy Christians” by addressing the camera and urging viewers to turn off their sets:

WES
We’re eating worms for money. . . . Guys are getting killed in a war that’s got theme music and a logo. That remote in your hand is a crack pipe [that profits] this prissy, feckless, off-the-charts greed-filled whorehouse of a network you’re watching.

“That part,” Reilly acknowledges, “is based on us.”

Lorne Michaels, the longtime executive producer of “S.N.L.,” is also an executive producer of Fey’s pilot. When Sorkin asked Michaels to permit him to observe “S.N.L.” for a week, Michaels, protecting his turf, declined. “I haven’t read Sorkin’s script,” he says, “but God knows I’ve been told about it. Since we do sketches about Christians all the time, I guess he’s going for a bigger set of issues, his characteristic subject being power and its responsibilities. But is this a new insight, that networks are not to be trusted?” Michaels goes on, “The reality is that the network isn’t that powerful anymore—talent is.”

Fey’s pilot takes a swipe at talent in a scene in which Liz, the head writer, meets with Tracy, an unhinged movie star whom her new boss wants as a regular on the show. Tracy takes her for a ride in his red Hummer:

LIZ
This is a great car. What does it run on? Jet fuel?

TRACY
It runs on fame juice.

LIZ
Wonderful.

Alec Baldwin, who has hosted “S.N.L.” twelve times, says, “I’d be stunned if NBC picked up both shows. And ours has the tougher task, as a comedy, because if it’s not funny, that’s it. Whereas a drama can start off as a hard-hitting medical show about real issues, and before you count to three it’s about who’s fucking who.” Tina Fey, taking a somewhat higher road, says, “It’s just bad luck for me that in my first attempt at prime time I’m going up against the most powerful writer on television. I was joking that this would be the best pilot ever aired on Trio”—a cable channel, owned by NBC Universal, that ran failed shows. “And then Trio got cancelled.”

Sorkin, taking an even higher road, one dictated by his studio, Warner Bros. Television, a unit of Time Warner (which is also not, as of this writing, connected with Kmart), was unavailable for comment. But Kevin Reilly says that NBC might well have room for both shows, particularly if Fey’s ends up as a midseason replacement. “The only way we could screw it up,” he says, “is if the audience gets confused.”

Networks being what they are, Fey suspects that confusion is inevitable: “We’ll probably end up doing a terrible crossover, where the Matthew Perry character on the drama rapes my character on the comedy—and then the ‘Law & Order’ team solves the crime.”

GSOTD: Nothing Bad Ever Happens

"Nothing Bad Ever Happens" by Oingo Boingo

Nothing bad ever happens to me
Nothing bad ever happens to me
Why should I care?

A man broke into my neighborhood
He threatened the family with a loaded gun
He tied them all up and beat 'em real good
He took everything and he got away clean
And I can't believe that anyone would
Wanna do such a terrible thing
But why should I care?

Did ya hear about Fred, he's unemployed
They threw him away like a useless toy
He went down the drain after 20 long years
No warning, no pension and nobody's tears
And I can't believe that anyone would
Wanna do such a terrible thing
But why should I care?
Why should I care?

Every time I look around this place
I see them scream but I hear no sound
And the terrible things happen down the road
To someone else that I don't even know

CHORUS
Nothing bad ever happens to me
Nothing bad ever happens to me
Nothing bad ever happens to me
Nothing bad ever happens to me
Why should I care?

Have you heard about the Joneses, my, my, my
It happened so quick and no one knows why
Their teenage son, he seemed O.K.
But his suicide ruined everyone's day
And I can't believe that anyone would
Wanna do such a terrible thing
But why should I care?

CHORUS

(Nothing bad ever happens to me)
Nothing bad ever happens to me

Folds Pens Tunes For Animated Film

After recently producing William Shatner’s clever ‘Has Been’ album, Ben Folds will again team up with the ‘Star Trek’ legend in the new DreamWorks film, ‘Over The Hedge’.

The film tells the story of a raccoon and a turtle who, along with a gang of their forest creature buddies, fight for their territory as suburbia encroaches. Folds will contribute three new songs, and teams up with Shatner in a re-working of Folds’ appropriately titled hit, ‘Rockin’ The Suburbs’. He also provides a cover of The Clash’s ‘Lost In The Supermarket’.

The film also features the voices of Bruce Willis, Eugene Levy, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell and Wanda Sykes. Score composer Rupert Gregson-Wilson says, “I could have written this sweet orchestral score for the movie, but with Ben's sound, we could do something different, something a bit more rock 'n' roll. We had never even met each other before this, but when he came in to work, there was no ego with him. He just loves music, so it was great fun working with him.”

Folds will soon collaborate with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, who will provide a lush accompaniment for Folds’ upcoming collection of Live EPs.

by Daniel Zugna

Dolls use sex as selling point

A very dynamic duo, The Dresden Dolls has hit new sexually-charged heights with its recent release, "Yes, Virginia …" out now on Roadrunner Records.

Comprised of members Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione, the combo combines haunting melodies with overt feminine sexuality that makes you feel like you're seeing a old fashioned cabaret show in the Addams Family mansion. The music forces you feel the cobwebs as you gaze at classy starlets shrieking their hearts out, garter belts and all.

While the feel is easily described, the sound is hard to name. Most songs on this current disc involve pounding keyboards and smooth rhythmic drumbeats topped off with the sulky and borderline pornographic vocals of Palmer. Her voice truly is the best part of this album. Her lyrics are thought provoking and insightful, ranging from powerful sexuality to critiques of modern day political culture, with a deviously sensual delivery that would give most 80-year-old perverts a heart attack. She truly does shine on this disk.

The disadvantage to their minimalist approach is that most of the extremely talented musicianship on this album will inevitably fall upon deaf ears. The bouncy piano lines, combined with highly syncopated drum beats, create a rather rare type of music that could only be described as gothic jazz mixed with a tiny piece of late 1950s rock 'n' roll. Very honky, and even awkward at times, it still remains extraordinarily atmospheric and as precise as a sniper's bullet.

This minimalist style has most recently been made popular by bands such as The White Stripes and The Strokes, and The Dresden Dolls could easily go toe-to-toe with anyone of the modern day "garage" greats. The sound of it new music could fill halls with booming sounds and emotive lines. That truly is the goal of minimalist music: to create a monstrous sound using only the bare basics of songwriting, and letting the passion of the music speak more than a stage full of musicians ever could.

This is about as close to the peak of the minimalist mountain that you can get. With songs such as "Backstabber" and "Shores of California," this album is a great fit for anyone who believes in passionate people doing something they love, feminists bound on women being the sexually-dominate gender or anyone who is in love with basic, bare-bones heartfelt music.

"Yes, Virginia …" is worth at least a listen. It's a rare feat for two people to take nothingness to the heights of passionate ecstasy, and this new musical piece is most definitely a rare feat.

By: Stan Schulte

100 Greatest War Movies

Holy shit! I though I knew my war movies but have seen only 30 on this list.

1. Apocalypse Now - (1979, Francis Ford Coppola, V) (Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, M. Brando)

2. All Quiet on the Western Front - (1930, Lewis Milestone, WWI) (Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim)

3. Saving Private Ryan - (1998, Steven Spielberg, WWII) (Tom Hanks, Edward Burns)

4. Schindler's List - (1993, Steven Spielberg, WWII) (Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley)

5. Platoon - (1986, Oliver Stone, V) (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen)

6. The Bridge on the River Kwai - (1957, David Lean, WWII) (Alec Guinness, William
Holden)

7. Patton - (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner, WWII) (George C. Scott, Karl Malden)

8. The Dirty Dozen - (1967, Robert Aldrich, WWII) (Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas)

9. The Longest Day - (1962,Ken Annakin, WWII) (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum)

10. From Here to Eternity - (1953, Fred Zinnemann, WWII) (Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift)

11. Sergeant York - (1941, Howard Hawks, WWI) (Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan)

12. Full Metal Jacket - (1987, Stanley Kubrick, V) (Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin)

13. The Great Escape - (1963, John Sturges, WWII) (Steve McQueen, James Garner)

14. Das Boot - (1981, W. Ger. Wolfgang Peterson, WWII) (Jurgen Procnow)

15. The Deer Hunter - (1978, Michael Cimino, V) (Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep)

16. Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein, Odessa revolt-1905) (Alexander
Antonov)

17. A Bridge Too Far - (1977, Richard Attenborough, WWII) (Dirk Bogarde, Michael
Caine)

18. The Thin Red Line - (1998, Terrence Malick, WWII) (Sean Penn, Nick Nolte)

19. The Guns of Navarone - (1961, J. Lee Thompson, WWII) (Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn)

20. Open City - (1945, Roberto Rossellini, WWII) (Vito Annicchiarico, Nando Bruno)

21. Midway - (1976, Jack Smight, WWII) (Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Toshiro Mifune)

22. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - (1944, Mervyn LeRoy, WWII) (Van Johnson, Robert Walker)

23. Stalag 17 - (1953, Billy Wilder, WWII) (William Holden, Otto Preminger)

24. Black Hawk Down - (2001, Ridley Scott, Somalia) (Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett)

25. Where Eagles Dare - (1969, Brian G. Hutton, WWII) (Richard Burton, Clint
Eastwood)

26. Battle of Britain - (1969, Guy Hamilton, WWII) (Michael Caine, R. Shaw, Laurence Olivier)

27. The Story of G.I. Joe - (1945, William Wellman, WWII) (Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith)

28. The Desert Fox - (1951, Henry Hathaway, WWII) (James Mason, Richard Boone)

29. Paths Of Glory - (1957, Stanley Kubrick, WWI) (Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker)

30. Wings - (1927, William Wellman, WWI) (Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Gary
Cooper)

31. Battleground - (1949, William Wellman, WWII) (Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban)

32. In Harm's Way - (1965, Otto Preminger, WWII) (John Wayne, Kirk Douglas)

33. MacArthur - (1977, Joseph Sargent, WWII, K) (Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders)

34. Pork Chop Hill - (1959, Lewis Milestone, Korea) (Gregory Peck, George Peppard)

35. The Blue Max - (1966, John Guillermin, WWI) (George Peppard, James Mason)

36. The Desert Rats - (1953, Robert Wise, WWII) (Richard Burton, James Mason)

37. The Big Red One - (1980, Samuel Fuller, WWII) (Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine)

38. Battle of the Bulge - (1965, Ken Annakin, WWII) (Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw)

39. The Train - (1965, John Frankenheimer, WWII) (Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield)

40. Back to Bataan - (1944, Edward Dmytryk, WWII) (John Wayne, Anthony Quinn)

41. They Were Expendable - (1945, John Ford, WWII) (Robert Montgomery, John Wayne)

42. Guadalcanal Diary - (1943, Lewis Seiler, WWII) (Preston Foster, Anthony Quinn)

43. Closely Watched Trains - (1966, Czech., Jirí Menzel, WWII) (Vaclav Neckar, Jitka
Bendova)

44. Sink the Bismarck - (1960, Lewis Gilbert,WWII) (Kenneth More, Dana Wynter)

45. The Dawn Patrol - (1938, Edmund Goulding, WWI) (Errol Flynn, David Niven)

46. Sahara - (1943, Zoltan Korda, WWII) (Humphrey Bogart, Lloyd Bridges)

47. Soldier of Orange - (1978, Netherlands, Paul Verhoeven, WWII) (Rutger Hauer)

48. In Which We Serve - (1942, Noel Coward, David Lean, WWII) (Noel Coward, John Mills)

49. The Young Lions - (1958, Edward Dmytryk, WWII) (Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift)

50. Battle Cry - (1955, Raoul Walsh, WWII) (Van Heflin, James Whitmore, Anne Francis)

51. The Boys in Company C - (1977, Sidney J. Furie, V) (Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens)

52. To Hell and Back - (1955, Jesse Hibbs, WWII) (Audie Murphy, David Janssen)

53. Halls of Montezuma - (1950, Lewis Milestone, WWII) (Richard Widmark, Karl Malden)

54. The Lost Patrol - (1943, John Ford, WWI) (Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff)

55. Destination Tokyo - (1943, Delmer Daves, WWII) (Cary Grant, John Forsythe)

56. The Bridges at Toko-Ri - (1954, Mark Robson, K) (William Holden, Mickey Rooney)

57. The Fighting Sullivans - (1944, Lloyd Bacon, WWII) (Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond)

58. Sands of Iwo Jima - (1949, Allan Dwan, WWII) (John Wayne, John Agar)

59. Flying Leathernecks - (1951, Nicholas Ray, WWII) (John Wayne, Robert Ryan)

60. Kelly's Heroes - (1970, Brian G. Hutton, WWII) (Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland)

61. The Bridge at Remagen - (1969, John Guillermin, WWII) (George Segal, Robert Vaughn)

62. Operation Pacific - (1951, George Waggner, WWII) (John Wayne, Patricia Neal)

63. Memphis Belle - (1990, Michael Caton-Jones, WWII) (Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz)

64. The Caine Mutiny - (1954, Edward Dmytryk, WWII) (Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer)

65. Von Ryan's Express - (1965, Mark Robson, WWII) (Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard)

66. Wake Island - (1942, John Farrow, WWII) (Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey)

67. Courage Under Fire - (1996, Edward Zwick, Iraq'91) (Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan)

68. Objective, Burma! - (1945, Raoul Walsh, WWII) (Errol Flynn, Henry Hull)

69. Twelve O'Clock High - (1949, Henry King, WWII) (Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe)

70. Run Silent, Run Deep - (1958, Robert Wise, WWII) (Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster)

71. Gallipoli - (1981, Australia, Peter Weir, WWI) (Mel Gibson, Mark Lee)

72. The Tuskegee Airmen - (1995, Robert Markowitz, WWII) (Laurence Fishburne, Allen
Payne)

73. 633 Squadron - (1964, Walter Grauman, WWII) (Cliff Robertson, Harry Andrews)

74. Cross of Iron - (1977, Sam Peckinpah, WWII) (James Coburn, James Mason)

75. Kanal - (1957, Andrzej Wajda, WWII) (Wienczyslaw Glinski)

76. Force 10 From Navarone - (1978, Guy Hamilton, WWII) (Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford)

77. Casualties of War - (1989, Brian De Palma, V) (Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox)

78. The Sand Pebbles - (1966, Robert Wise, China uprising 1926) (Steve McQueen)

79. Hell Is For Heroes - (1962, Don Siegel WWII) (Steve McQueen, James Coburn)

80. Too Late the Hero - (1969, Robert Aldrich, WWII) (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott)

81. A Rumor of War - (1980, Richard T. Heffron, V) (Brad Davis, Brian Dennehy)

82. A Midnight Clear - (1992, Keith Gordon, WWII) (Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise)

83. Three Kings - (1999, David O. Russell, Iraq'91) (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg)

84. Dunkirk - (1958, Leslie Norman, WWII) (John Mills, Richard Attenborough)

85. Tora! Tora! Tora! - (1970, Richard Fleischer, WWII) (Martin Balsam, Joseph
Cotten)

86. Behind Enemy Lines - (2001, John Moore, Bosnia) (Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman)

87. The Story of Dr. Wassell - (1944, Cecil B. DeMille, WWII) (Gary Cooper, Laraine
Day)

88. The Green Berets - (1968, Ray Kellogg, V) (John Wayne, David Janssen)

89. Windtalkers - (2002, John Woo, WWII) (Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater)

90. Enemy at the Gates - (2001, Jean-Jacques Annaud WWII) (Joseph Fiennes, Ed Harris)

91. Operation Crossbow - (1965, Michael Anderson, WWII) (George Peppard, Sophia
Loren)

92. The Naked and the Dead - (1958, Raoul Walsh, WWII) (Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson)

93. King Rat - (1965, Bryan Forbes, WWII) (George Segal, Denholm Elliott)

94. Stalingrad - (1992, Joseph Vilsmaier, WWII) (Dominique Horwitz)

95. Torpedo Run - (1958, Joseph Pevney, WWII) (Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine)

96. Mosquito Squadron - (1970, Boris Sagal, WWII) (David McCallum, Charles Gray)

97. Heartbreak Ridge - (1986, Clint Eastwood, Grenada) (Clint Eastwood, Mario Van Peebles)

98. A Walk in the Sun - (1945, Lewis Milestone, WWII) (Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges)

99. Castle Keep - (1969, Sydney Pollack, WWII) (Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk)

100. U-571 - (2000, Jonathan Mostow, WWII) (Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton)

Bad Break-Ups

Oingo Boingo Cover Art

GSOTD: Only A Lad

"Only a Lad" by Oingo Boingo

Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell
Everyone said if you don't get straight
You'll surely go to hell

But Johnny didn't care
He was an outlaw by the time that he was
Ten years old
He didn't wanna do what he was told
Just a prankster, juvenile gangster

His teachers didn't understand
They kicked him out of school
At a tender early age
Just because he didn't want to learn things
(Had other interests)
He liked to burn things

The lady down the block
She had a radio that Johnny wanted oh so bad
So he took it the first chance he had
Then he shot her in the leg
And this is what she said
Only a lad
You really can't blame him
Only a lad
Society made him
Only a lad
He's our responsibility
Only a lad
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused

His parents gave up they couldn't influence his attitude
Nobody could help
The little man had no gratitude

And when he stole the car
Nobody dreamed that he would
Try to take it so far
He didn't mean to hit the poor man
Who had to go and die
It made the judge cry

Only a lad
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused

It's not his fault that he can't believe
It's not his fault that he can't behave
Society made him go astray
Perhaps if we're nice he'll go away
Perhaps he'll go away
He'll go away

(Repeat chorus)

Hey there Johnny you really don't fool me
You get away with murder
And you think it's funny
You don't give a damn if we live or if we die
Hey there Johnny boy
I hope you fry!

Memorial Announcement for Paul Myers

Arizona Barbies

Scottsdale Barbie:
This princess Barbie is only sold at The Borgata. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey and a cookie cutter house. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic Ken sold only in conjunction with "augmented" version.

Arcadia Barbie:
This princess Barbie is only sold at Scottsdale Fashion Square. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus or Suburban, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey and a refurbished house. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic Ken sold only in conjunction with "augmented" version.

South Phoenix Barbie:
This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a Chevy with tinted windows and her own Meth Lab kit. This model is available after dark and can be paid for only in cash. Preferably small, untraceable bills. Unless you're a cop. Then we don't know what you're talking about. Sorry, Ken can not be found. Shoes are not available with this Barbie.

North Central Barbie:
This yuppie Barbie comes with choice of a Lexus SUV or Ford Windstar minivan. She gets lost easily and has no full time occupation. Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card and country club membership. Optional matching gym outfit. Also available for this set are Shallow Ken and Private School Skipper. But you can't afford them anyway.

Glendale/Peoria Barbie:
This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR shirt and has a tattoo of a Tweety bird on her shoulder. She has big, stiff hair, a six pack of Bud Light and a Hank Williams, Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and can kick Mullet-haired Kenny doll's ass when she's drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a lift kit absolutely free. Sorry, Ken can not be found. Shoes are not available with this Barbie.

Ahwatukee Barbie:
This collagen injected, rhinoplastic Barbie wears a tight leopard-print outfit and drinks margaritas while she entertains girlfriends by the hot tub in the back yard. No vehicle necessary, she can't find her own house. Percocet prescription available.

Chandler Barbie:
This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeledsandals with one broken heel from the time she chased her beer-gutted boyfriend out of West Side Barbie's house. Her make-up is dark red lip liner with your choice of lips covered in a sparkly pink or no fill-in at all. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans with assorted colored G-strings that stick out the back and a white see-through halter-top. Accessories include: CD-player equipped with Bon Jovi and a
rusty old Ford pick up.

Texas Transplant Barbie:
This Barbie comes with a Ford SUV (with Texas plates), a knife to stab other Barbies in the back, tons of makeup, and really big hair. Carnivore Ken sold separately.

Mesa Barbie:
Pale Blonde shoulder length hair and blue eyes with android expression, complete with bible in one hand and a crucifix in the other. This Barbie sports a special limited edition "What Would Jesus Do?" Sweatshirt and drives an American car with an "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart" Sticker. Sedan also available with Focus on the Family bumper sticker.

North Scottsdale Barbie:
This Barbie is the most expensive, due to her extravagant outfit: Mink full length coat and 5 carat diamond ring, Prada shoes and Versace pantsuit, with real human hair that has been personally styled by Jose Heber. This Barbie also has a blank stare and is nicknamed Botox Barbie. North Scottsdale Barbie drives a chrome accented Mercedes SUV that has never seen a dirt road. North Scottsdale Ken also comes with Prada outfit and is sold with a snifter glass of brandy and a Cuban cigar.

Tempe Barbie:
This Barbie comes complete with dirty, bare feet, acid washed jeans, T-shirt with a kitten on the front, denim purse from the "Out-of-business" sale at Pic-N-Save and food stamps. If you can afford it, her accessory package includes primer colored 1982 Pontiac Sedan, suspended license and a mutt with 13 puppies

GSOTD: Little Girls

"Little Girls" by Oingo Boingo

I love little girls they make me feel so good
I love little girls they make me feel so bad
When they're around they make me feel
Like I'm the only guy in town
I love little girls they make me feel so good

They don't care if I'm a one way mirror
They're not frightened by my cold exterior

They don't ask me questions
They don't want to scold me
They don't look for answers
They just want to hold me
Isn't this fun
Isn't this what life's all about
Isn't this a dream come true
Isn't this a nightmare too

(Repeat first verse)

They don't care about my inclinations
They're not frightened by my revelations

Uh oh take a second take
Uh oh it's a mistake
Uh oh I'm in trouble
Uh oh the little girl was just to little
Too little, too little, too little
Isn't this what life's all about
Isn't this a dream come true
Isn't this a nightmare too . . .

And I don't care what people say
And I don't care what people think
And I don't care how we look walking down the street

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat first verse)

GAOTW: Oingo Boingo

I realize this is a pretty weak entry but I'm up to "O" and there is not a hell of a lot of decent bands that begin w/ this letter. I thought of Oasis but can't stand those pretentious pricks. There was a small window (in the 80's) where I did jam to Oingo Boingo. Since this is a short week (I've been in IL celebrating my sister's wedding), Oingo Boingo will get some props!

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OINGO BOINGO
Oingo Boingo EP (IRS) 1980
Only a Lad (A&M) 1981
Nothing to Fear (A&M) 1982
Good for Your Soul (A&M) 1983
Dead Man's Party (MCA) 1985
Boi-ngo (MCA) 1987
Boingo Alive: Celebration of a Decade 1979-1988 (MCA) 1988
Skeletons in the Closet: The Best of Oingo-Boingo (A&M) 1989
Dark at the End of the Tunnel (MCA) 1990

DANNY ELFMAN
So-lo (MCA) 1984
Music for a Darkened Theatre (MCA) 1990

This eight-piece LA outfit (with a three-man horn section) started out trying to be a West Coast answer to XTC and Devo, but suffered from a surplus of studied wackiness/quirkiness and managed to hide solid cleverness behind overproduction and hamminess. While singer, chief songwriter and iconic frontman Danny Elfman grew to become king of the soundtracks, Oingo Boingo plied its rather pointless trade with little modification.

The EP, all 10 inches of it, is the band's most succinct engagement. The four cuts belie the size of the lineup — a trio might have made these long slices of mild perversity. The album that followed, however, plays up OB's flaws, letting contrived bits diminish the impact of demi- clever lyrics and thoroughly competent music. The only track that stands out is "On the Outside," and it succeeds because it sounds normal. Despite obvious talent, Only a Lad is a waste.

Taking a turn towards synth-funk (as either a commercial ploy or an amused art statement), Nothing to Fear is more likable, yet still sounds phony. A couple of the tunes, especially the title cut, are forceful enough to be exciting. When not pushing pressurized dance rock, Oingo Boingo revert to their previously established lighter style, and the horns play it subtle rather than brassy. Better, but still a derivative disappointment.

Electronic music veteran Robert Margouleff produced Good for Your Soul and trimmed some of the usual excess, giving Oingo Boingo a streamlined and powerfully driven attack. The timely "Wake Up (It's 1984)" and "Who Do You Want to Be" are among the most invigorating and engaging things the band has ever done. There's still significant quantities of chaff, but on this outing the wise-guy dance-rock largely works.

Elfman made So-lo with five members of the band, but it offers a slightly different, more synthesized outlook. "Gratitude" is a brilliant construct combining Elfman's best melody and absurd vocals in one wacky tour de force; other tracks (a ballad, a raveup, etc.) are more like Oingo Boingo's work. Displaying Wall of Voodoo B-movie aspirations, Elfman unfortunately lacks the focus or vision to counteract his grandiose, theatrical instincts. (Of course, figuring out how to make a living on those instincts was a lot smarter for him than working on means of suppression.)

Dispersing rumors of nonexistence, Oingo Boingo returned with their least obnoxious record yet. Dead Man's Party benefits from one captivating soundtrack single ("Weird Science") and a couple of other strong songs (including "Stay," a soulful "Help Me" and the Akron- oriented title track).

Did Spike Jones mix Boi-ngo or what? Instruments fly out of the speakers at crazy angles as if this were a stereo effects demonstration record. The absurdly busy arrangements make the songs take a back seat to the studio showboating as each guitar chord, horn toot and drum beat calls attention to itself. Elfman is really in control here, and his mastery of this hyperkinetic niche (at times it sounds like two coordinated recordings being played simultaneously) is an awesome individual accomplishment. The LP jitterbugs, bounces and slides from start to finish, leaving listeners either happily exhausted or utterly exasperated.

With Elfman's career as a composer of film and television scores in superstar overdrive (the Music for a Darkened Theatre compilation — orchestral excerpts from Batman, Dick Tracy, Scrooged, The Simpsons and many more — provides a summary of his soundtrack work that no one need actually hear), he still finds time to fit the band into his schedule. And Boingo — with just two personnel changes in eleven years — just keeps on keeping on, issuing a double-live set (recorded, without the distraction of an audience, in a Hollywood rehearsal studio), a straightforward studio retrospective of the band's A&M era and Dark at the End of the Tunnel, an all-new LP of Elfman originals which won't surprise anyone at all familiar with the group's past work.

[Ira Robbins]

Most Influential Rock and Roll Artists

1. Elvis Presley
2. The Beatles
3. Chuck Berry
4. James Brown
5. Bob Dylan
6. Buddy Holly
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Ray Charles
9. The Beach Boys
10. Little Richard
11. Aretha Franklin
12. Led Zeppelin
13. Sam Cooke
14. Stevie Wonder
15. Pink Floyd
16. Clyde McPhatter
17. Bill Haley & The Comets
18. Fats Domino
19. The Velvet Underground
20. Bo Diddley
21. The Rolling Stones
22. The Who
23. Johnny Otis
24. Black Sabbath
25. The Byrds
26. The Kinks
27. Prince
28. Neil Young
29. The Everly Brothers
30. Sonny Til & The Orioles
31. Eddie Cochran
32. Sly and The Family Stone
33. The Supremes
34. The Ramones
35. Cream
36. Big Joe Turner
37. David Bowie
38. Link Wray
39. The Clash
40. Janis Joplin
41. The Shirelles
42. Marvin Gaye
43. George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
44. The "5" Royales
45. The Sex Pistols
46. Nirvana
47. Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
48. Otis Redding
49. R.E.M.
50. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
51. Roy Orbison
52. Joni Mitchell
53. The Stooges
54. Carl Perkins
55. Van Halen
56. Patti Smith
57. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
58. The Yardbirds
59. Queen
60. Van Morrison
61. The Temptations
62. The Doors
63. Iron Maiden
64. U2
65. Professor Longhair
66. Deep Purple
67. The Flying Burrito Brothers
68. Bob Marley
69. The Ventures
70. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
71. MC5
72. The Grateful Dead
73. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
74. Jefferson Airplane
75. Metallica
76. Little Willie John
77. The Pixies
78. King Crimson
79. The Allman Brothers Band
80. Elvis Costello
81. The Ravens
82. AC/DC
83. Roy Brown
84. Kraftwerk
85. The Isley Brothers
86. The Clovers
87. The Band
88. Alice Cooper
89. Crosby, Stills & Nash
90. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
91. Bruce Springsteen
92. Booker T. & The MG's
93. Pearl Jam
94. Lynyrd Skynyrd
95. Dion
96. Guns 'n' Roses
97. Jerry Lee Lewis
98. Rush
99. Todd Rundgren
100. Alice In Chains

100 Greatest Metal Songs

1. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
2. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
3. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
4. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
5. Master of Puppets - Metallica
6. Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
7. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
8. Ace of Spades - Motorhead
9. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
10. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
11. You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
12. Stargazer - Rainbow
13. Angel of Death - Slayer
14. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
15. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
16. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
17. One - Metallica
18. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
19. Raining Blood - Slayer
20. Fade to Black - Metallica
21. Am I Evil? - Diamond Head
22. Painkiller - Judas Priest
23. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth
24. Running With the Devil - Van Halen
25. Cemetary Gates - Pantera
26. Seek and Destroy - Metallica
27. Symptom of the Universe - Black Sabbath
28. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
29. Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath
30. 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
31. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
32. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
33. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
34. Holy Diver - Dio
35. Aces High - Iron Maiden
36. Peace Sells - Megadeth
37. The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
38. Queen of the Reich - Queensryche
39. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
40. Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
41. Take Hold of the Flame - Queensryche
42. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
43. Souls of Black - Testament
44. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
45. Hell Bent For Leather - Judas Priest
46. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
47. Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
48. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
49. Creeping Death - Metallica
50. Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
51. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
52. Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
53. War Ensemble - Slayer
54. Revolution Calling - Queensryche
55. Into The Void - Black Sabbath
56. Tornado of Souls - Megadeth
57. Detroit Rock City - KISS
58. Panama - Van Halen
59. Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
60. The Four Hoursemen - Metallica
61. Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
62. Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath
63. Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
64. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
65. Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
66. Gates of Babylon - Rainbow
67. Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
68. Enter Sandman - Metallica
69. Halloween - Helloween
70. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne
71. Indians - Anthrax
72. Battery - Metallica
73. Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
74. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
75. Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
76. Welcome Home - Metallica
77. The Divine Wings of Tragedy - Symphony X
78. Five Minutes Alone - Pantera
79. Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
80. Ivory Gates of Dreams - Fates Warning
81. Keeper of the Seven Keys - Helloween
82. Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
83. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
84. Dante's Inferno - Iced Earth
85. Witching Hour - Venom
86. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
87. Wicked World - Black Sabbath
88. At War With the Devil - Venom
89. Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
90. We Are Stars - Hear 'N' Aid
91. Fast as a Shark - Accept
92. The Last in Line - Dio
93. I Am A Viking - Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
94. Blood of My Enemy - Manowar
95. Warriors of the World United - Manowar
96. Kill the King - Rainbow
97. Metal Health - Quiet Riot
98. Black Out - Scorpions
99. A Touch of Evil - Judas Priest
100. Metropolis Part I - Dream Theater

300 Greatest Popular Artists

1. Elvis Presley
2. Louis Armstrong
3. Bing Crosby
4. The Beatles
5. Frank Sinatra
6. Duke Ellington
7. Billie Holiday
8. James Brown
9. Bob Dylan
10. Johnny Cash
11. Hank Williams
12. Ray Charles
13. Ella Fitzgerald
14. B.B. King
15. Al Jolson
16. Louis Jordan
17. Miles Davis
18. Charlie Parker
19. The Rolling Stones
20. Mahalia Jackson
21. Stevie Wonder
22. Nat King Cole
23. John Coltrane
24. Chuck Berry
25. Aretha Franklin
26. Bessie Smith
27. Woody Guthrie
28. Patsy Cline
29. Billy Murray
30. The Beach Boys
31. Muddy Waters
32. Led Zeppelin
33. Sarah Vaughan
34. Marvin Gaye
35. Paul Whiteman
36. Sam Cooke
37. Bruce Springsteen
38. Little Richard
39. Bob Marley
40. Jimi Hendrix
41. Fats Domino
42. Benny Goodman
43. Dizzy Gillespie
44. John Lee Hooker
45. Dolly Parton
46. Buddy Holly & the Crickets
47. Michael Jackson
48. Tommy Dorsey
49. Glenn Miller
50. Thelonious Monk
51. Elton John
52. The Who
53. Pete Seeger & the Weavers
54. Joni Mitchell
55. Otis Redding
56. Leadbelly
57. Madonna
58. Run DMC
59. The Mills Brothers
60. Celia Cruz
61. The Carter Family
62. Willie Nelson
63. George Jones
64. Robert Johnson
65. Charles Mingus
66. Diana Ross & the Supremes
67. Count Basie
68. Jelly Roll Morton
69. Prince
70. Lester Young
71. The Ink Spots
72. U2
73. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
74. Son House
75. Dinah Washington
76. The Drifters/Clyde McPhatter/Ben E. King
77. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
78. Thomas A. Dorsey
79. Loretta Lynn
80. Coleman Hawkins
81. T-Bone Walker
82. The Temptations
83. Eric Clapton/Cream
84. Bill Monroe
85. Bo Diddley
86. David Bowie
87. Neil Young
88. The Everly Brothers
89. Howlin' Wolf
90. Pink Floyd
91. Public Enemy
92. Perry Como
93. Etta James
94. Sly & the Family Stone
95. Art Tatum
96. The Clash
97. Bill Evans
98. The Platters
99. Merle Haggard
100. Sidney Bechet
101. Sonny Rollins
102. Herbie Hancock
103. Art Blakey
104. Scott Joplin
105. Jerry Lee Lewis
106. Queen
107. The Doors
108. Billy Joel
109. Henry Burr
110. Elmore James
111. Charley Patton
112. Tina Turner/Ike & Tina Turner
113. The Ramones
114. Carole King
115. Mariah Carey
116. Ornette Coleman
117. Tammy Wynette
118. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
119. Clifford Brown
120. Van Morrison & Them
121. Stan Getz
122. Willie Dixon
123. Blind Lemon Jefferson
124. Little Walter
125. Barbara Streisand
126. Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
127. Aerosmith
128. Fleetwood Mac
129. Roy Orbison
130. Enrico Caruso
131. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Band
132. AC/DC
133. Emmylou Harris
134. Garth Brooks
135. Jimmie Rodgers
136. The Eagles
137. Bonnie Raitt
138. Tony Bennett
139. Bud Powell
140. George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic
141. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
142. Albert King
143. Freddie King
144. Crosby, Stills, & Nash
145. Ruth Brown
146. Waylon Jennings
147. Patti Page
148. Nirvana
149. Pat Boone
150. Peter, Paul, & Mary
151. Elvis Costello & the Attractions
152. Conway Twitty
153. Roy Acuff
154. Ma Rainey
155. Dean Martin
156. Nina Simone
157. Odetta
158. The Kinks
159. The Byrds
160. Judy Garland
161. The Grateful Dead
162. 2 Pac
163. Harry MacDonough
164. The Andrews Sisters
165. Big Joe Turner
166. The Carpenters
167. The Orioles
168. Joan Baez
169. Charles Brown
170. Tito Puente
171. Janis Joplin
172. Haydn Quartet
173. Bill Haley & the Comets
174. The Bee Gees
175. Lavern Baker
176. The Isley Brothers
177. Flatt & Scruggs
178. Whitney Houston
179. Patti Smith
180. The Police/Sting
181. Velvet Underground
182. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
183. Bert Williams
184. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
185. The Allman Brothers Band
186. The Pretenders
187. Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
188. Professor Longhair
189. The Soul Stirrers
190. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
191. The Band
192. Sonny Boy Williamson I
193. REM
194. The Caravans
195. Antonio Carlos Joabim
196. Gladys Knight & the Pips
197. The Ravens
198. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
199. Ada Jones
200. Clara Ward & the Ward Singers
201. Cab Calloway
202. Martha & the Vandellas
203. Brenda Lee
204. The Clovers
205. Deep Purple
206. The Beastie Boys
207. Bobby "Blue" Bland
208. Carol Channing
209. Enya
210. Big Bill Broonzy
211. Jefferson Airplane
212. Blondie
213. The Mamas & the Papas
214. Peggy Lee
215. Harry Belafonte
216. Fats Waller
217. Cher/Sonny & Cher
218. Eric B. & Rakim
219. Dinah Shore
220. Wynonie Harris
221. N.W.A.
222. Judy Collins
223. The Shirelles
224. The Coasters
225. Jackie Wilson
226. Johnny Mathis
227. Reba McEntire
228. Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
229. The Peerless Quartet
230. Rev. James Cleveland
231. Stevie Ray Vaughan
232. Eddy Arnold
233. Rosemary Clooney
234. The Kingston Trio
235. Creedence Clearwater Revival
236. Van Halen
237. Janet Jackson
238. Buddy Guy
239. The Four Tops
240. Linda Ronstadt
241. Donna Summer
242. Dionne Warwick
243. Lynyrd Skynyrd
244. Memphis Minnie
245. Rudy Valee
246. Kate Smith
247. Nancy Wilson
248. Billy Eckstine
249. Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
250. Jimmy Smith
251. Bobby Darin
252. King Crimson
253. Pearl Jam
254. Chaka Khan & Rufus
255. Sammy Davis Jr.
256. Metallica
257. Tori Amos
258. Ethel Waters
259. The Yardbirds
260. Ricki Lee Jones
261. John Lennon
262. Connie Francis
263. Julie Andrews
264. The Talking Heads
265. Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
266. A Tribe Called Quest
267. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
268. Notorious B.I.G.
269. Lionel Hampton
270. Lena Horne
271. Neil Diamond
272. Paul Robeson
273. Earth, Wind, & Fire
274. Django Reinhardt
275. Lefty Frizell
276. Gene Autry
277. Phil Ochs
278. Buck Owens
279. Jo Stafford
280. Wilson Pickett
281. ABBA
282. Yes
283. Glen Campbell
284. Tampa Red
285. Eartha Kitt
286. LL Cool J
287. Kenny Rogers
288. Iron Maiden
289. Sun Ra
290. Ethel Merman
291. Outkast
292. Mabel Mercer
293. Chicago
294. Rick Nelson
295. Luther Vandross
296. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
297. Rod Stewart
298. Tennessee Ernie Ford
299. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
300. Annie Lennox & the Eurythmics

100 Greatest Songs By Bob Dylan

THE 100 GREATEST SONGS (in order of greatness):
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Tangled Up In Blue
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. Desolation Row
5. Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Blowin' In The Wind
7. The Times They Are A-Changin'
8. It's Alright Ma
9. Hurricane
10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
11. Masters Of War
12. Forever Young
13. Tombstone Blues
14. Idiot Wind
15. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
16. Subterranean Homesick Blues
17. Visions Of Johanna
18. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
19. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
20. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
21. With God On Our Side
22. Shelter From The Storm
23. Dear Landlord
24. Just Like A Woman
25. It Ain't Me Babe
26. Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat
27. Not Dark Yet
28. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
29. Maggie's Farm
30. Political World
31. One More Cup Of Coffee
32. Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
33. Jokerman
34. My Back Pages
35. Chimes Of Freedom
36. Ballad Of A Thin Man
37. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
38. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
39. Positively 4th Street
40. Highway 61 Revisited
41. Most Of The Time
42. Lay Lady Lay
43. It Take A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
44. Gotta Serve Somebody
45. Sugar Baby
46. Wedding Song
47. I Shall Be Free
48. Simple Twist Of Fate
49. Gates Of Eden
50. Things Have Changed
51. Changing Of The Guards
52. When The Ship Comes In
53. If Not For You
54. Meet Me In The Morning
55. Everything Is Broken
56. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
57. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
58. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
59. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
60. You're A Big Girl Now
61. Shooting Star
62. Black Diamond Bay
63. Summer Days
64. Isis
65. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
66. Cold Irons Bound
67. Where Are You Tonight?
68. Honest With Me
69. Time Passes Slowly
70. Hazel
71. Born In Time
72. License To Kill
73. Mississippi
74. Winterlude
75. Lonesome Day Blues
76. Queen Jane Approximately
77. Oxford Blues
78. Girl From North Country
79. All I Really Want To Do
80. Oh Sister
81. Love Sick
82. Where The Teardrops Fall
83. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
84. New Morning
85. Every Grain Of Sand
86. Alberta
87. Tight Connection To My Heart
88. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
89. No Time To Think
90. Blind Willie McTell
91. Silvio
92. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
93. Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
94. Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
95. On A Night Like This
96. Mixed Up Confusion
97. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met)
98. Solid Rock
99. Groom's Still Waiting At The Alter
100. You Angel You

100 Greatest Songs By The Who

In order of greatness:

1. Won't Get Fooled Again
2. My Generation
3. Baba O'Riley
4. Love Reign O'er Me
5. Who Are You
6. Substitute
7. 5:15
8. I Can See For Miles
9. Pinball Wizard
10. My Wife
11. A Quick One, While He's Away
12. Behind Blue Eyes
13. The Kids Are Alright
14. The Real Me
15. Young Man Blues
16. We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me
17. I Can't Explain
18. Bargain
19. Pure and Easy
20. Eminence Front
21. The Seeker
22. You Better You Bet
23. The Punk and the Godfather
24. Sparks
25. Happy Jack
26. Doctor Jimmy
27. Heaven and Hell
28. Boris the Spider
29. I'm Free
30. I Don't Even Know Myself
31. Summertime Blues
32. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
33. Squeeze Box
34. Pictures of Lily
35. Sea and Sand
36. Naked Eye
37. Magic Bus
38. Join Together
39. Another Tricky Day
40. Sister Disco
41. Let's See Action
42. Dreaming from the Waist
43. Drowned
44. I'm a Boy
45. Tommy Overture
46. Baby Don't You Do It
47. The Ox
48. Armenia City in the Sky
49. Relay
50. Shakin All Over
51. Whiskey Man
52. The Rock
53. They Are All In Love
54. Success Story
55. Call Me Lightning
56. Love Ain't For Keeping
57. Tattoo
58. The Acid Queen
59. How Many Friends
60. The Song Is Over
61. A Legal Matter
62. Long Live Rock
63. Had Enough
64. Fortune Teller
65. In a Hand or a Face
66. Sally Simpson
67. Athena
68. I'm the Face
69. It's Your Turn
70. Real Good Looking Boy
71. Too Much of Anything
72. Cut My Hair
73. So Sad About Us
74. Guitar and Pen
75. Helpless Dancer
76. The Quiet One
77. Bell Boy
78. Odorono
79. Water
80. Getting In Tune
81. Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand
82. I'm One
83. Much Too Much
84. The Dirty Jobs
85. Amazing Journey
86. Is It In My Head?
87. I've Had Enough
88. Going Mobile
89. Quadrophenia
90. Circles (Instant Party)
91. Rael
92. Disguises
93. Run Run Run
94. Our Love Was
95. Sunrise
96. Old Red Wine
97. Fiddle About
98. I Can't Reach You
99. Sensation
100. Relax

RIP: Paul Myers

Paul was a good dude who didn't deserve to be killed by some asshead with too many beers in his gut. Paul was always there to help anyone out and lend his peculiar insight to whatever was going on in the world. He orchestrated daily push-ups within our department and was a unique person who will be missed. Hopefully, the judicial system will put away the fuckup who caused this tragedy, ideally finding him a nice lonely cellmate (with a costco sized jar of vaseline) to help him remember the pain he has caused the Myers family as well as Paul's friends.

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Man accused of DUI arrested on charge of manslaughter

SCOTTSDALE - A man believed to have been drunk was arrested and charged with manslaughter in a fatal collision near Hayden and Chaparral roads.

William Ward, 30, was intoxicated when he ran a red light at 10 p.m. Monday on southbound Hayden Road, smashing into an eastbound Toyota Camry on Chaparral Road, police said.

Ward's Dodge pickup demolished the smaller Camry, immediately killing the driver, Paul A. Myers, 29, of Scottsdale. advertisement

"This is tragic reminder not to drink and drive," Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said.

"With that violent of a collision, there are obvious fatal impacts."

The Hayden/Chaparral intersection was shut down for several hours as Scottsdale police investigated.

Ward was charged with two counts of felony endangerment, in addition to felony manslaughter, police said. Other charges could be issued, pending an investigation.

Ward is suspected of speeding faster than the 45 mph speed limit on Hayden Road.

The Camry hit two other cars after it careened into them at the northbound traffic light on Hayden.

Ward suffered minor injuries in the collision. He was taken to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn, and was arrested immediately upon release.

The accident was Scottsdale's fourth fatal collision of 2006, according to police.

Michael Ferraresi
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 19, 2006 12:00 AM

GSOTD: Ball and Chain

"Ball and Chain" by Mike Ness

Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears
And look at the mes I'm in-
A broken nose and a broken heart,
An empty bottle of gin
Well I sit and I pray
In my 54' Chevrolet-
Well, I'm singin' to myself
There's got to be another way

[Chorus:]
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain

Well I've searched and I've searched
To find the perfect life-
A brand new car and a brand new suit
I even got me a little wife-
But wherever I have gone
I was sure to find myself there-
You can run all your life
But not go anywhere

[Chorus]

Well I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room-
I spent all my money
I've been drinkin' with the drag queens all afternoon-
I'll wake there in the mornin'
Or maybe in the county jail-
Times are hard getting harder
I'm born to lose and destined to fail-

[Chorus]

GSOTD: Dope Fiend Blues

"Dope Fiend Blues" by Mike Ness

In a police car I feel so very small
I see my lover's face and I watch her teardrops fall
And I try to figure out where I'd fallen off the track
I sold my soul to the devil and then I stole it back

Chorus
And in the end, you know a dope fiend ain't got no friends
And a junkie is a junkie to the bitter end
Hope to die now, cuz you know I'm better off dead
Hey brother, won't you lend me a helpin' hand?

I tie myself off, shoot it in my veins
I feel like Marlon Brando and I've hid another day's pain
I'm goin' back where it's safe, goin' back to the womb
I find my mother's comfort, here in a needle and spoon

Chorus
And Christmas for a dope fiend ain't no fun
Waitin' for good times that seem to never come
Goin' out now, gonna get myself a gun
Please stop me, don't you know I'm on a run?

Aren't you tired of the detox and the places in the mind?
Aren't you tired of the misery, aren't you tired of doin' time?
And I try to figure out where I'd fallen off the track
You know I sold my soul to the devil and then I stole it back

Chorus
I'm a dope fiend, I'm a liar, a cheat and a thief
At my funeral, won't you bring me a red rose wreath?
Dress in black now, show everyone your grief
Well, I'm gone now, you can all feel relief!

GSOTD: Cheating at Solitaire

"Cheating at Solitaire" by Mike Ness

You can lie to yourself, you can lie to the world
You can lie to the one you call your girl
You can humble yourself to the hearts that you stole
Wondering who's gonna love you when you grow old?

With a fistful of courage and a heart full of rage
I realized I'd locked myself in a cage
I'll be the one standing there with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you whyasking why

When I got to the end of my dirty rainbow
And I found that there was no pot of gold
Well, I learned that I was empty and not quite as strong
For I had robbed my heart and cheated my soul

Look for the one with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you why
Cursing lovers in a warm tender embrace
Scoffing at the world and the whole human race

Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always loseat the game

Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
With the hearts that you stole
And an empty pot of gold
And the lover's warm embrace
And the whole damned human race
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always loseat the game

For I cheated myself at solitaire

Greatest Metal Bands

1. Black Sabbath
2. Iron Maiden
3. Judas Priest
4. Metallica
5. Megadeth
6. Van Halen
7. Slayer
8. Ozzy Osbourne
9. Guns N Roses
10. Queensryche
11. Dio
12. Motorhead
13. KISS
14. Rainbow
15. Venom
16. Pantera
17. Def Leppard
18. Mercyful Fate
19. Dream Theater
20. Death
21. Anthrax
22. Tool
23. Motley Crue
24. Helloween
25. Fates Warning
26. Iced Earth
27. Scorpions
28. Symphony X
29. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
30. Manowar
31. Opeth
32. King Diamond
33. Savatage
34. Soundgarden
35. Mayhem
36. Rage Against the Machine
37. Napalm Death
38. System of a Down
39. Alice in Chains
40. Exodus
41. Diamond Head
42. Skid Row
43. Blind Guardian
44. Sepultura
45. Testament
46. Accept
47. Faith No More
48. Mudvayne
49. Children of Bodom
50. W.A.S.P.
51. Stratovarius
52. Dokken
53. Twisted Sister
54. Thin Lizzy
55. Saxon
56. Machine Head
57. Slipknot
58. King's X
59. Suicidal Tendencies
60. Immortal
61. Cradle of Filth
62. Racer X
63. Danzig
64. Emperor
65. Dimmu Borgir
66. Gamma Ray
67. Hammerfall
68. Tesla
69. Cacophony
70. Black Label Society
71. Edge of Sanity
72. Rob Zombie
73. Overkill
74. Annihilator
75. Kreator
76. Nevermore
77. Killswitch Engage
78. Arch Enemy
79. Kamelot
80. Shadows Fall
81. Lamb of God
82. Celtic Frost
83. Living Colour
84. Bruce Dickinson
85. Amon Amarth
86. Edguy
87. Morbid Angel
88. Krokus
89. Mr. Big
90. Halford
91. Adagio
92. Rhapsody
93. Burzum
94. Nightwish
95. Fear Factory
96. Cannible Corpse
97. Mastodon
98. Dragonforce
99. Metal Church
100. Nitro

Rock's Greatest Basslines

1. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
2. Roundabout (Yes)
3. Money (Pink Floyd)
4. Super Freak (Rick James)
5. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Sly & Family Stone)
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell)
7. Dazed And Confused (Led Zeppelin)
8. Badge (Cream)
9. Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
10. Taxman (The Beatles)
11. Freewill (Rush)
12. Brick House (The Commodores)
13. Thela Hun Ginjeet (King Crimson)
14. NIB (Black Sabbath)
15. Good Times (chic)
16. Bernadette (Four Tops)
17. London Calling (The Clash)
18. Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
19. Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
20. Ramble On (Led Zeppelin)
21. No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne)
22. Boris The Spider (The Who)
23. The Lemon Song (Led Zeppelin)
24. The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
25. Come As You Are (Nirvana)
26. Stand By Me (Ben E King)
27. Come Together (The Beatles)
28. White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
29. Would (Alice In Chains)
30. Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
31. Schism (Tool)
32. Lowrider (War)
33. Guns Of Brixton (The Clash)
34. Take The Power Back (Rage Against The Machine)
35. Longview (Green Day)
36. Heart Of The Sunrise (Yes)
37. Young Lust (Pink Floyd)
38. The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
39. Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)
40. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash)
41. Jerry Was A Racecar Driver (Primus)
42. Break On Through (The Doors)
43. Only In Dreams (Weezer)
44. Sober (Tool)
45. Coffee Shop (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
46. Whipping Post (Allman Brothers Band)
47. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
48. After Midnight (JJ Cale)
49. Last Ride In (Green Day)
50. The Big Money (Rush)
51. Susie Q (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
52. My Name Is Mudd (Primus)
53. The Day I Tried To Live (Soundgarden)
54. Strange Brew (Cream)
55. Peace Frog (The Doors)
56. 46 and 2 (Tool)
57. Soul To Squeeze (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
58. Fire (Jimi Hendrix)
59. Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
60. Under Pressure (Queen)
61. Distant Early Warning (Rush)
62. Truckin (Grateful Dead)
63. Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
64. Maybellene (Chuck Berry)
65. One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic)
66. Heat Of The Moment (Asia)
67. Play That Funky Music (White Boy) (Wild Cherry)
68. Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd)
69. Sloop John B (The Beach Boys)
70. Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
71. Legs (ZZ Top)
72. Carouselambra (Led Zeppelin)
73. Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath)
74. Josie (Steely Dan)
75. Sing A Simple Song (Sly & The Family Stone)
76. Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
77. Day Tripper (The Beatles)
78. I Feel Free (Cream)
79. 25 Or 6 To 4 (Chicago)
80. Limelight (Rush)
81. Rats (Pearl Jam)
82. Call Me Up (Rick James)
83. Ding Dang (The Frog Brigade)
84. Red Barchetta (Rush)
85. Peace Sells (Megadeth)
86. White Room (Cream)
87. Too Many Puppies (Primus)
88. Sparks (The Who)
89. Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)
90. Here Come The Bastards (Primus)
91. Tom Sawyer (Rush)
92. Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Beach Boys)
93. I Am The Resurrection (Stone Roses)
94. Rain (The Beatles)
95. Otherside (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
96. I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea (Elvis Costello)
97. Orion (Metallica)
98. Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd)
99. Week and Powerless (A Perfect Cirlce)
100. Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
101. Ticks and Leeches (Tool)
102. Lie (Dream Theater)
103. Epic (Faith No More)
104. Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
105. Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
106. Can't Stop (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
107. Moondance (Van Morrison)
108. Riddles Are Abound Tonight (Sausage)
109. Around The World (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
110. Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)
111. Cosmic Highway (The Frog Brigade)
112. Crazy Train (Ozzy)
113. Happy Jack (The Who)
114. Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
115. Living In The Past (Jethro Tull)
116. Crossroads (Cream)
117. Drive My Car (The Beatles)
118. Substitute (The Who)
119. Falling To Pieces (Velvet Revolver)
120. Oh Darling (The Beatles)
121. Paradise City (Guns N Roses)
122. Baba O'reilly (The Who)
123. Geek Stink Breath (green day)
124. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (Ramones)
125. What'd I Say (Ray Charles)
126. Lovely to See You (Moody Blues)