Jeremy_Ross's Blog

I have yet to see a cowbell or triangle version of "Guitar Hero." Till then this
is the lamest version I've seen. Enjoy.

Not sure if all music videos just play this way in Seattle, WA or if the programer/ designer just OD'ed on Pixy Stix?

Please do enjoy -- really weid music video/ Bad Atari 2600 game intro.

I think I had a seizure just watching that.

You Decide...

What if I decided to "change-up" my thoughts every sentence?

Here's how that would go:

Yesterday, I was watching the Brewer's game and noticed something odd at Miller Park. I've decided to get an Xbox 360 over the Wii. I love Coffey. Pandas are funny!

Annoying? Totally disjointed? Sound somewhat insane? ... You bet!

That's how I felt when I was in a bar in the Phoenix area this past week and I noticed the DJ was changing the songs every 60 seconds. You might be able to hear a chorus then soon after -- he would mix into another song.

One minute of a tune then on to the next? Really people? Are we that brain-dead that we can't even listen to a coherent 3 minute song anymore? Are our attentions spans that small they make Webster look like Shaq?

I decided to ask the people who work at the bar if they liked this format or if they even noticed it? One woman said she liked it because it kept her attention, another said it was all about the art of "interweaving" one song into the other and it was the mark of a good DJ.

DJ's I'm putting you on notice -- DO NOT BUY INTO THIS TREND. First off -- there was no art here -- it was likely a computer program that after "x" amount of seconds performed an audio mix of "x" seconds into the new song and repeated that pattern.

Second -- The songs played -- the music is the art (and I use that term loosely "Hip Hop Artists" -- you know who you are) or the primary art. I'm certain the artists responsible would appreciate DJ's playing the majority of their songs.

Third -- 60 seconds? No -- that's not right.

DJ's don't fall into this. More importantly consumers if you hear a DJ doing this -- tell him or her to stop it. It's an insult to your intelligence and to your attention span. If that DJ doesn’t stop it, go to a bar that gives you more credit.

Gone in 60 seconds was a decent movie -- it is not a good way to enjoy music.

You be the DJ. Coolest webtool I've seen in a while.

Click here to rock out at home or work.

Special thanks to my brother who sent this one to me.

OK, just when you thought you had enough of the song  "Chocolate Rain" -- I give you the puppet renditions;

McGruff the Crime Dog turns to a life of crime -- apparently killing the song -- Click Here

Kermit should have stuck to "The Rainbow Connection." -- Click Here.

 

 

 

OK...this is "Chocolate Rain"....(click here)

Now "The Dark Side" of Chocolate Rain...(click here)

 

Not sure if this DJ takes requests...please do enjoy "Golden Retriever spins the mad hits."

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO.

Special thanks to my brother for the link.

 

I've got to be honest -- I do not like "Hip-Hop" music. I don't know when I started disliking it, but for years now I've marveled at how bad, how lacking originality, how devoid of musical innovation and artistry the contemporary genre is.  

I just don't think a "good drum-machine" and average lyrics equals a good tune.

I am by no means an artist myself, but if I can simulate the same beats "Hip-Hop's Grand Artists" belt out on a 1984 Casio 100 synthesizer -- I believe their songs are just as amateurish.  

That said, I've been watching and waiting over the musical category -- not unlike the Grim Reaper has hovered over Keith Richards -- Checking to see when "Hip-Hop" would flatline.  

All musical trends eventually come to an end -- I submit "Disco Demolition Night" 1979 in Chicago.  

Well, I follow that with "Hip-Hop's" "Waterloo" -- June 18, 2007 on my Television.    Behold -- "Hip-Hop" crushed underneath its own drum-machine weight and desire for liquid product endorsement. (CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE VIDEO)  

"50 Cent" is not the reason for its demise -- but only "The straw that broke the camel's back." I blame "Lill John", DJ's who insisted on playing "Usher's" "Yeah" into the ground, "Sean Paul"  and almost any song by "Nelly."  

RIP "Hip-Hop." While I don't imagine I'll turn on the radio and never hear you again -- I look forward to the next musical trend that's poised to replace you.   I'm sure "50 Cent" would, however,  not toast some "VitaWater" to that.

One word -- Awesome.

That's how I'd describe the re-launched "Beastie Boys" Site.

On that site is a complete listing of all -- yes -- almost all of their music videos.

And for the record if I were stranded on a desert island "Paul's Boutique" is one of the albums I would need to have (sorry "American Idols").

Click here for the site.

Just think of it as "Sabotage" "on demand".

Jeremy -- aka -- Vic Colfari -- aka "Bobbie the Rookie."

Congratulations to Nicole for doing a great job in L.A. reporting on Idol. I don't know how she was able to work so much but...caffeine comes to mind.

Kudos Koglin...

Just wanted to pass on the website of a friend of mine and a talented singer and musician. His name is Kai Brown and he's from Australia.

 

 

 

He's a very funny guy who was a pop star down under and is now working on a solo career. Chek out his site if you have a chance.

 

 

I got the following from an e-mail sub called TVspy. It's funny unless you're the reporter.

"...from the Hollywood reporter.com...Sanjaya Fan Disrupts Newscast...Unidentified Man Interrupts CNBC Reporter On Location:

CNBC reporter Mary Thompson on Tuesday was reporting live about Citibank on the financial news channel in front of Carnegie Hall on West 57th Street when an unidentified man with a cap came up and shouted the name of Sanjaya Malakar, the "American Idol" contestant who has kept making the cut and is the subject of an on-air campaign by Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern.

"Is this about Sanjaya?" the man asked Thompson on-camera. Thompson said no, whereby the man said he was going to vote for him on the Fox reality show.

Another staffer pulled the man away, and the network switched back to the CNBC's studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Anchor Sue Herera said that Thompson is a New Yorker and knows how to handle situations like that."


The moral of the story is two-fold:
1) When you interrupt a person doing his or her job, karma has a funny way of getting you in the end (No thanks to the dude's vote -- Sanjaya got booted).

2) Don't be "That guy!"