Lenny from Indy

Here are those wacky cats at HowItShouldHaveEnded.com with their unfunny view on how the movie Inception should have ended.

AYE!  IT’S PAINFULLY UNFUNNY!  KUDOS!

THE WAIT IS OVER!!!  King of Leon are back and if you are a pigeon… all debts will be paid in full.  “Radioactive”, the first single from new album, Come Around Sundown will make its way to the public on September 13th, with a video premiering on kingsofleon.com and Vevo the week before (September 8th). 

Come Around Sundown will be released to the public on October 19th, but available for pre-order via iTunes starting September 14th. Fans who pre-order the record will receive “Radioactive” immediately as a free download.  The album will be available in two configurations – standard as well as a deluxe version that will include bonus tracks.

Here’s the titles the songs that make up the opus now know as Come Around Sundown:

The End
Radioactive
Pyro
Mary
The Face
The Immortals
Back Down South
Beach Side
No Money
Pony Up
Birthday
Mi Amigo
Pickup Truck

Come Around Sundown was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios and produced by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King.

Your move pigeons… your move.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a long rich and beautiful history with Indianapolis, Indiana.  Check out this clip of the Chili Peppers from 1985 at the Patio.

Major league baseball has become a lame, tame, boring, who cares sport.  The National Hockey League laughs loudly at Major League Baseball.  About the only thing that is remotely interesting is when you have these “fights” that erupt all too infrequently.

Let me set the scene for you…  The Washington Nationals were taking another ass beating, this time courtesy of the Florida Marlins.  Chris Volstad, who hit Nyjer Morgan with the pitch last night throws the ball behind him in this clip.  Nyjer obviously not happy with the blatant disrespect that just happened, charges the mound and hilarity ensues.

Check the sadness here…

That was one punch and a lot of grab ass.  Much like the sport of baseball, I rank this fight LAME!

I have a simple equation that Baseball should follow.

Home Runs = People care.  Home runs = The only reason people talk about baseball.

No one cares for pitcher domination.  Which by the way is what happens in this sports when you do not allow player to JUICE UP ON STEROIDS AND HGH TO HIT NOTHING BUT HOME RUNS!

These fights are more fodder to show that this sport as the joke that it has become.  Major League Baseball is most definitely on the decline.  The 1/3 full stadium that watched this “classic baseball fight” couldn’t even muster up loud booing.  Pathetic.  Everyone in the stands should be ashamed of themselves.

Hey Baseball… Here’s what a sports fight really looks like…

Look at these animals in Philly… This is what kicking ass looks like.  Normally I despise Philadelphia.  The city’s sports teams, its people, its location on the map of the United States but, here they are beating Canadian ass.  That trumps any hatred I have for the slow moving, open mouth breathing dolts of Philadelphia.  THIS IS WIN WIN WIN!

F U Baseball… F U for all that you have become.

RECOGNIZE!!!

Remember when?!?!?!?!?

Talk about missing the mark.

Look… if I had to play a rock show in Cincinnati, I too as well would give my voice the night off and lip sync as well.  However, you make the call music fans.  Can the singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots fall off of a stage, in the middle of singing and still keep the same pitch and key?

My vote leans towards lip syncing.

What could be better than on Halloween a premiere of an Original Series about zombies based on the fantastic THE WALKING DEAD graphic novel?!   It’s directed by Frank Darabont (he did the Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile).  Your answer is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!  Finally something worth watching on TV that isn’t a live sports event.

So many Zombies to kill… so little time…

When you think of Baltimore, Maryland what comes immediately to mind?  Murder.  The incubator city for the Colts.  Murder.  Cleveland Browns disguised as purple birds.  Murder.  It’s near the sea.  Murder.  A terrible baseball team and murder.

However, it turns out that American composer Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore.  I know… he escaped being murdered.  Good for us!

This changes our thoughts a tad on the city of murder.  I’m of the belief that Frank while not the inventor of music, most definitely perfected the art form.

The people who haven’t been murdered yet in Baltimore made it official.  They will have a day to commemorate the birth of Frank Zappa.  Frank Zappa Day!  RECOGNIZE!!!

A full weekend of events to take place in Baltimore (city of Murder) on September 18-19, in support of the City’s dedication of a sculpture to legendary musician, composer and social icon, Frank Zappa.

As part of the celebrations, the Mayor’s office will issue a proclamation moving ‘Frank Zappa Day‘ to September 19, a date significant because it marks the anniversary of Zappa’s 1985 testimony on Capitol Hill in favor of free expression by recording artists at the Senate hearing instigated by members of the PMRC concerning censorship and record labeling.

In addition, the stretch of Eastern Avenue between Conkling and Eaton Streets in Highlandtown will be marked ‘Frank Zappa Way’ with a ceremonial street sign to be unveiled for the dedication. Most of the events, including the outdoor dedication and free concert, will take place along this stretch of Eastern Avenue in the heart of the Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District. Fresh off an international tour, Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil and his band Zappa Plays Zappa will headline the concert on Sunday afternoon.

The events are being produced by Clearpath Entertainment in collaboration with the Zappa family, the Southeast Community Development Corporation, Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, in coordination with Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts on the dedication ceremony. The schedule includes:

Saturday, September 18th

2pm- Free Open Dialogue with Gail Zappa, Pratt Library Southeast Anchor Branch (3601 Eastern Avenue, Highlandtown): Frank Zappa‘s wife Gail will speak about topics ranging from freedom of expression to the place of the library in society, and just about anything else the audience wants to engage on in a free-form open Q&A format. Space is extremely limited – contact the library for reservations at ckleback@prattlibrary.org.

Sunday, September 19th

12pm- Free Outdoor Concert begins, intersection of Eastern Avenue and Conkling Street, Highlandtown, opening lineup to include Baltimore-based experimental rock ensemble Arbouretum and more to be announced

2pm- Dedication Ceremony, intersection of Eastern Avenue and Conkling Street, Highlandtown

3pm- Free Outdoor Concert continues, intersection of Eastern Avenue and Conkling Street, Highlandtown, featuring: Dweezil Zappa and Grammy Award-winning Zappa Plays Zappa

7pm- Doors Open for the ‘Arts District After Party,’ the Creative Alliance at the Patterson (3134 Eastern Avenue), featuring: Big in Japan and Telesma, food and bar available onsite

Although the dedication ceremony and the concert are FREE to the public, special VIP passes for the concert are available at www.MissionTix.com (keyword Zappa), providing access to a reserved viewing enclosure close to the concert stage, talent meet-and-greet, and other fan incentives.

Transportation and Parking:

All are encouraged to use public transportation to the venue on Sunday. There is Free street parking available throughout the neighborhood on Sunday as well as a private lot that will be made available for free parking on the SE corner of O’Donnell and Conkling Streets. Use of MTA and Downtown Circulator buses is strongly encouraged.

Accommodations:

For information on hotels, dining and all other local accommodations visit www.visitbaltimore.com.

Hopefully no one will be murdered on these great days.

this is fantastic!!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!!!

Gong golf!

I know… it’s not a sport… It’s an activity.  Whatever.  Don’t judge… just watch!

This band hella rules.  Check out their scene.  You’ll like it.

…I might consider illegally downloading some of his music in the form of music industry killing MP3 files.  Some dude name Shamantis took a Justin Bieber song and slowed it down by 800%.  Turns out Justin is an ambient king.

Take a listen.

Download it while you can at Shamatis’ soundcloud website.

If you’d like to create your own slowed down songs.  Find out how here!

True Blood is the only reason why you should have HBO.  Here are some of the characters from True Blood on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.  I know… I had no idea Rolling Stone was still around as well.

I find it funny how every couple of years some pop girl comes along and fools lots of people into liking really badly structured pop songs.  So I’m of the belief that Lady Gaga’s music is absolutely terrible.

With her rise to fame she has found a way to start her own record label and her first signing is a equally terrible scuzz-rock band called Semi Precious.

Let’s watch Semi Precious and Lady Gaga jam at the American music festival Lollapalooza.

What have we learned?  Semi Precious’ music is audio goat pee.  Lady Gaga is a skank yet I really would like to sleep with her if given the chance.

Shallow?

Mos def.

Ashamed?

Nope.

Kudos Lady Gaga.  Long may you fool people.

Every self respecting rock fan (and a few who have no respect for themselves) pray for the original Guns N’ Roses to reunite. This dream seems to be just that, a dream.  So, when the original members do not comply, technology takes over. Enter DJ 5agge.  He combined Axl Rose’s vocals from Chinese Democracy with tracks from Velvet Revolver (featuring Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner) and Slash’s new solo album.

The mashups contain elements of Axl Rose’s vocals from “Prostitute,” “Chinese Democracy,” “If the World,” “There Was a Time,” “Scraped,” and “Madagascar,” as well as audio from Axl Rose’s performance as DJ Tommy “The Nightmare” Smith from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The instrumentation comes from Slash’s “Beautiful Dangerous,” and Velvet Revolver’s “Slither” & “Messages,” (an iTunes bonus track from the band’s much-maligned 2007 release Libertad).

This is better than anything these knuckleheads have done post 1993.  The only bummer moment on these songs is no music from Duff McKagan’s various solo ventures through the years.

So in conclusion… Enjoy the new Guns N’ Roses.