GNR vs DRP

Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose, after releasing his long awaited and shitty album Chinese Democracy, has called out Dr. Pepper for not living up to their promise -- which was to give a free Dr. Pepper to every American if GNR actually released their new album in 2008. The fact is, Dr. Pepper made coupons available on their website after the albums release and left it up to the discerning consumer to notice it. Personally, I see this as being a fair and balanced, but Axl is having none of it. The corn-rowed lead singer of the band has apparently threatened with litigation, even though he's apparently shot himself in the foot according to the UK's The Register (The Register article).

To be honest, I could care less. The band GNR no longer exists. They have totally lost all appeal (if they ever really had any) since Slash left, not to mention the fact that Axl traded in the 80s metal style for the much more up to date Fred Durst look. Even the fact that the name "Chinese Democracy" doesn't seem like such a juxtaposition anymore (economically speaking) is enough for me to know this album is out of touch with the world of music, if not the world in general.

Sharple Boon

columnist

Kanye West

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Kanye West declare that he was the "voice of the generation" (here's the link to the Breitbart Article I read it in). I said to myself, "this guy has absolutely lost it". First of all, although he has been hyped to be the best thing since sliced jay-z, I would say he has maybe only three good songs, and thats even debatable. Secondly, his new album "808s and whatever the hell its called" is basically him on a T-pain pitch correcting machine with repetitive African beats in the background (in every friggin song). So, he can't sing for shit, his lyrics blow ass, and the songs are carbon copies of each other. Where does he get the nerve and the arrogance to say what he says? Maybe the same place that gives him the balls to tell Conan Obrien that he needs to "go to the bathroom real bad" in front of a live audience before standing up and giving an absolutely embarrassingly bad performance (here it is). He sounds like a six year old girl singing a made up song in to a little tikes mic at a family reunion. What a moron. Maybe if he paced himself like Timberlake does he may actually do something of some quality (not that I'm saying I love Timberlake, but the guy has some catchy fucking songs).

On a more uplifting note, The Knux released the first actually good hip-hop album in a while. Here are the links to their first two singles:

Cappuccino
Bang Bang

Sincerely Yours,
Punk Horse

Upcoming Films Dec 08

The Wrestler, Milk, and Doubt are three films due out in theaters this December. All three of them seem to be on track to brighten up our holiday season, dealing with subjects ranging from the inevitability of death, hate crime, and child abuse. I am interested in all three, as I love to see well written scripts performed by great actors at the top of their game (Rourke, Streep, Hoffman... not Penn). Here are links to their trailers:

The Wrestler

Doubt

Milk

Blowhole

Editor

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Blowhole

Editor