Vol IV: Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil

New Loose album! The best Irish band around return with their third album. I picked it up yesterday and it's typically in turn hilarious, awesome and just plain weird! It's more like the second album than the first but with a slightly fuller sound. The main point is that it's fuckin' class. Mick Pyro's lyrics remain as brilliant as ever with this choice line from 'Poquito' my favourite so far:

"I've been on the wagon a year,
man I haven't even touched any beer,
I'm feelin' healthy
I'm feelin' wise,
man I feel like fuckin' Greg Kinnear"

Daecent! Also, there's loads of duets on the album for whatever reason. Isabel Reyes-Feeney is on two tracks. I really liked her singing on 'Break' from "AAAGH!" and the two tracks with her on them on the new album are pro too. The first single off the album is 'I like Music". There's two versions of it on the album, one which heavily features rapper Styles-P and one that...eh...doesn't. Both versions are class. I implore all to buy "Vol IV: Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil" so the Loose can stay in business and keep producing quality choohns. I usually wouldn't think twice about downloading music but in this case I'm happier to fork out the cash so the band can enjoy the benefits and don't go down the tubes.

LOOSE! LOOSE! LOOSE! LOOSE!

Earth to the Dandy Warhols

One of my favourite bands, Portland, Oregon's the Dandy Warhols, have decided to bless the world with another album of recorded works. The album was teased out today with the opening track available as a free download with the full album to follow on the 19th. The Dandys are one of the few bands I like enough to buy the album pretty much as soon as it comes out and thus will do so. Conveniently my last exam is on the 19th so I can trek into town afterwards and pick up 'Earth to the Dandy Warhols'. I can't wait. I don't buy new music as it comes out very often but I did get the Raconteurs sophmore effort 'Consolers of the Lonely' recently. Top notch stuff. Hopefully the Dandys won't dissappoint either and will be back on form after the enjoyable but very unfocussed 'Odditorium or Warlords of Mars' album.

Here's a link to the opening track of the new album 'The World The people Together (Come On)'

http://bits-8.topspin.net/nin/TheWorldThePeopleTogether.mp3

Lessons learned from watching 'Troll 2'

1) Bright green food is not harmful

2) being Kneed in the nuts can possibly turn you into a homo

3) Ghosts need time to learn the layout of houses

4) Holidays in your parents' RV with your feminine friends are boring

5) Always take a "group fund" on holiday

6) doing kinky stuff with corn is what chicks dig

7) people in nilbog dont have much to do so they feed kids ice cream

8) you can't piss on hospitality

9) don't expect to see any trolls in troll 2

10) Leaving meat in vinegar the whole night gets blood out of it

11) when your on fire, a pair of gloves will magically appear on your hands

12) doing bench-presses every night does not equip you to fight goblins

13) if someone throws a spear at you very slowly, its best just to watch it enter you

14) before e-mail and mobile phones, messages were conveyed on tennis balls

15) tightening your belt will make you less hungry

16) coffee's the devils drink

17) the stone henge magic stone is a magic stone from stone henge

18) some mothers fave songs include row row row your boat

19) "eating with a voracity that has no equal on earth" means "smearing liquidized vegetables gently over your un-moving lips

20) Nilbog milk, though gross, is free

21) you can ask you spouse "who are the goblins" and they wont laugh you out the room, then call your mutual friends and tell them what a tit you are

22) goblin queens are pretty hot

23) corn on the cob can make popcorn

24) old people can create confusion with fire extinguishers

25) if you turn into a plant chainswas only feel like a tickle

26) when nilbog farmers are supposed to sleep in the evening its actually mid day

27) no one actually farms in nilbog

28) A punch to the Nuts will turn you Homo.

29) The Waites have all the major appliances

30) Vegetable Cook Books work better than any sleeping pill

31) Vegetarians in Nilbog would prefer to go to the hassle of turning meat into vegetables, rather than just eat vegetables.

32) There is nothing wrong with doing a random dance that looks more like a seizure in front of a mirror at night.

33) Doing a bench press for a prolonged time is always a good exercise.

34) going outside to have a smoke is a good way of getting 'fresh air'

35) it's ok to drink a strange ladies potion that has mist coming off of it

36) nilbog residents throw really good parties

37) ghosts randomly carry fire extinguishers with them

38) people smirk, shake and blink when they are frozen in time

39) you can tell a goblin by the shamrock-shaped pimple on its face

40) put your hands on the magic stonehenge rock and the goblins will go away

41) or you can eat a bologna sandwich in front of them

42) in fact, just pack your own lunch when visiting Nilbog

43) if your sweat is green, game over

44) harry potter, jr. does not make an appearance

45) Grandpa seth is not in hell

46. Stock up on Double Decker Bologna Sandwiches if you're going to Nilbog.

Old School Seagal

Check out this Earth shatteringly awesome clip from 'Out For Justice', one of Steven Seagal's best efforts. This bar scene is one of the most famous scenes from Seagal's career in that he just walks in, acts like a total prick, kicks the shit out of everyone and then leaves! I especially like the bit where he hardcore punches the guy on top of the pool table in the balls - PRO. Apparently he's got a nasty habit of doing that to people on the sets of his movies just to assert how much of a badass he is. He's such a shithead, it's class!

I am not Canadian....

...but I am going there this Summer. I'm starting to get well hyped up about my forthcoming trip to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and as a result I'm posting this rather excellent Molson Beer ad that promotes all things Canadian and great. I've also set the backround on my laptop to the red, white and Maple Leaf of the Canadian flag, just to get me even more in the mood not to mention give me the impetus to get cracking on some hardcore study.

Also, I'll TOTALLY be picking up an Edmonton Oilers jersey when I'm over there.

I absolutely love jerseys, especially ones from American sports like hockey and football. I just love the design and given that they're hard to find around here I may well go nuts and pick up a good few while I'm over there. Currently I only have two American football jerseys, a New York Giants jersey a friend brought me back from New Jersey and a classic Lawrence Taylor Giants jersey I got in this 'American themed' clothes shop in town. I had a Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts jersey but it was too big so I gvae it to charity. I also have a Boston Celtics jersey that I wear in bed. If I was to create/be a character in a fighting game I'd make/be 'The Boston Brawler' a tubby red-headed Irish bastard in a Boston Celtics jersey who's as slow as an ox but packs a serious punch and has a very high pain threshold given the fact that he's/I'm had a couple of pre-fight bottles of Samuel Adams. Pro.

The Real Deal

I picked up "Becoming Holyfield", Evander Holyfield's autobiography the other day and although it is almost as badly written as Hulk Hogan's 'autobiography'(hilariously,but accurately, described by PowerSlam as a work of science fiction!), I must admit to really enjoying it so far. I'm about a third of the way into it and am having a great time reading it. I'd hardly claim to be all that into boxing and do kind of see it as barbaric given the fact that it is essentially getting punched in the head for a living. Nonetheless, there is that idiotic macho kick out of watching two guys just go at it and punching the hell out of each other that comes with being a guy. Up 'til now any interest I had in boxing was largely restricted to the Rocky movies (and by proxy 'Rocky Legends' on the ps2 - awesome game, highly recommended) and rooting for Bernard Dunne when they showed his matches on tv. I suppose not having sky sports etc I just don't have access to many fights and might well check them out if I had the channels. Ditto a lot of things really I guess. Certainly not having Sky Sports to get my much needed dose of wrestling hurts; I haven't seen WWE in months now which is a total kick in the teeth. In any case "Becoming Holyfield" is an entertaining but ultimately poor literary experience but hey, what do you expect from someone who got punched in the head (and punched people in the head to be fair) for a living (and some living it was to be fair vol. II). I guess it goes into the simple thrill/easy kick category.

In other news my Sopranos addiction continues unabated. I'm up to Season six disc three at this stage. Damn it's just so good I'm actually not getting ANY work done on any of my dissertations or exams, I'm just watching The Sopranos and kicking it old school with friends all the live long days. Hopefully next week will be more productive.

Mike Gravel is a pro.

Mike Gravel has shifted from the Democratic party and is now seeking the Libertarian party nomination for President. He obviously hasn't a hope but I really like the look of the guy and agree with him on most issues.