Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Fuck Alpay And The Turkey Team --- In the Euro 2004 qualifier on Saturday, England faced Turkey, the winner gaining a guaranteed spot in the 2004 tournament. Turkey defender Alpay resorted to dirty tricks against England captain David Beckham. Alpay made remarks about Becks' mother and then jabbed him in the face after Becks slipped on his run-up to a spot kick. As the players walked off at halftime, Alpay continued needling Becks and a full shoving match between the sides occured in the players' tunnel. Later of course, Alpay claimed he was the victim, that Beckham spat on the Turkey logo on his shirt. Alpay, fucking suck it, you jackass. Alpay has brought the game into disrepute. Ban him from English football. Let Alpay enjoy Turkish soccer where he can wallow in that sort of cheater's paradise. Article, here, from BBC Sport.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Campfire Girls --- New record in stores today! It's called "Tell Them Hi" and it musically picks up from where they left off so many years ago, but with a modern, cleaner approach. Pick this up, citizen! Then go see CG on tour:

Tourdates:
11/1/2003 -Agora Theater Cleveland, OH, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/3/2003 -Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, PA, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/4/2003 -Webster Theatre Hartford, CT, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/6/2003 -Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/7/2003 -Clutch Cargo's Pontiac, MI, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/8/2003 -Bogart's Cincinnati, OH, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/10/2003 -Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/11/2003 -Club Laga Pittsburgh, PA, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/13/2003 -The Quest Club Minneapolis, MN, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/14/2003 -The Rave Complex Milwaukee, WI, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/15/2003 -Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN, W/ S.T.U.N. & Chevelle
11/18/2003 -House of Blues San Diego, CA, W/ Chevelle
11/19/2003 -Rialto Theater Tucson, AZ, W/ Chevelle
11/21/2003 -Fox Theater & Cafe Boulder, CO, W/ Dredg & Chevelle
11/24/2003 -Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom Dallas, TX, W/ Dredg & Chevelle
11/26/2003 -Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Houston, TX, W/ Chevelle
11/28/2003 -New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN, WMFS Show w/ Dredg & Chevelle
12/1/2003 -Rechter Theatre Baltimore , MD, WIYY Show w/ Dredg & Chevelle
12/17/2003 -House of Blues Chicago, IL, Q101 Radio Show

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Eliza Dushku --- She was that hot gymnast who moved to town and joined the cheerleading squad in "Bring It On." Now she's got her own show, "Tru Calling," and I didn't recognize her. What happened? Bring back the foxy Eliza! Now she looks like she's been given a makeover to have her look more like Jennifer Alba, of the cancelled vacuum "Dark Angel."
Baseball --- The incredibly dull American "pasttime" got a little more interesting yesterday in the Red Sox v. Yankees game. Personally I don't blame Pedro Martinez for grabbing that fat old man by the head and throwing him on his ass, he did rush Pedro and try to punch him. You'd have thought he'd have learned something in 72 years, but evidently he did not and it must have been a long time since he's had his ass kicked. And then 2 Yankees jumped on and beat down a Red Sox employee for pumping his fist in the bullpen. Boston police have already corroborated the guy's story, so save your breath for your porridge, Yankee fans. The guy had his back cut open with cleats. Couple of Yankee tough guys. From the Boston Globe,

"Lt. Kelly McCormick of Area B-3 forwarded witness information to Det. Dunn and P.O. Pankievich regarding their eyewitness account of the incident where they stated they observed member(s) of the NY Yankees baseball team initiate an unprovoked attack upon the victim. Summonses to be sought in Roxbury District Court for assault and battery on both Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia of the Yankees baseball organization."

No wonder everyone outside of NYC hates that team. Baseball mostly just annoys me. 2 guys sweat, the pitcher and the catcher. You can play an entire game and there's no physical contact between the teams. How is that a sport? I really love how the announcers dredge up astonishingly meaningless statistics every 20 seconds, to make you feel like you're watching History. I wish you could just get the game sounds and turn those fucking jackasses off. Give me that option on Tivo, and you just made a sale.
The Libertines --- Are rumored to be playing the Rough Trade 25th Anniversary show on the 14th. Hopefully this signals that Pete is back in the band and won't be burgling his mates' flats anymore in a heroin-fueled stupor. Progress!

Kings Of Leon --- They're from America, they are young, and related. That's all you need to be the new rock hype sensations. A professional songsmith also came in and has co-writing credits on all of their songs. The record ain't bad, but it certainly ain't lightning either. Southern fried rock pop. Novel.

Jet --- How many times did I hear "music biz" dipshits crowing over how they were going to the Jet show at the Roxy 2 weeks ago. The Roxy holds about 450 people, so it was 2 for 1 Industry Dork Nite. Again, Jet's record is okay, not great. In fact, it's the kind of record you might listen to twice before taking it down to Amoeba to sell.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs --- Karen fell off a stage in Australia during their set. Not permanently damaged. When the YYYs played the Greek in support of The White Stripes, Los Angeles was treated to the real deal, a genuine rock 'n' roll animal. Karen is a female Iggy. She really is that character on stage. Fuck yeah, for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!