FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND
Oh no, it’s Monday! 4th of July weekend is over! Oh well, time to saddle up! At least I have a few things to talk about - and yes, that includes movie reviews! First up, I went to go see the new Angelina Jolie flick Wanted which was amazing even though I’m normally not into assassin movies. From start to finish the film was damn near flawless with a great storyline with some clever twists and phenomenal special effects. I had heard great things about the movie but wasn’t expecting to have that much delivered. I’ve actually been debating over whether to give the film four and a half or five rockers. So I compromised and gave it four and three-quarters.
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Friday, the 4th, when I wasn’t on the air, I was in my uncle’s pool and eating hot dogs off the grill! That night I went out to Ground Zero to see KITTIE, DOPE and some great local bands throw down on Independence Day! Screw fireworks! I got there as A VACANT SOUL was on the stage and, I gotta say, those guys keep getting better every time I see them! Can’t wait to see them open for SHINEDOWN tonight! Expect another blog tomorrow!
After AVS, DEAD 7 hit the downstairs stage for which I was up front virtually the whole time considering they hit their first notes as I was walking out of the john! They put on a helluva great set throwing in Johnny Cash’s classic “Folsom Prison Blues” as well as some new material. Back upstairs A NEW REVOLUTION hit the stage. I wasn’t too familiar with them but they put on a good set. BOOLOW hit the downstairs stage next and they have really stepped up their game which is really a feat considering bassist/vocalist Jason Scoggins was running the upstairs bar the whole night when he wasn’t onstage! Hats off to ya, bro!
DOPE was next upstairs followed by HEADSNAP downstairs. Our Spartanburg boys never disappoint when they take the stage! And, of course, KITTIE wrapped up the night on the main stage and I was pooped by the time they finished! Yeah, I know I’m a pansy!
I went straight home, took a harlot’s shower and went to bed. A couple of hours later I woke up starving so I went to Waffle House at about five in the morning. Chopped steak, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and toast never tasted so good! I sat up for a while to let my late night feeding frenzy digest and then passed back out after seeing the sun come up and slept until time to go back on the air. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my Saturday.
Sunday (yesterday) I met my family at Golden Corral to have an early birthday dinner for my brother Anthony. We then went to Hollywood 20 to catch the new Will Smith flick Hancock. I really enjoyed the movie until the main character’s background was revealed and I was rather disappointed. It wasn’t bad, but I thought they could have done better. Nevertheless, the film was quite entertaining overall and definitely worth checking out on the big screen.
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Last week I got a copy of the new horror DVD The Ruins which hits stores tomorrow (I love my job!) and I will be giving away copies of it all week long only on my show being I am the resident horror movie nut. I finally got around to watching the film last night and got what I expected which wasn’t much. I was surprised to see Shawn “Iceman” Ashmore from the X-Men films sporting the bearded nappy-headed look. As a matter of fact I wasn’t sure it was him until the credits rolled.
Anyways, the movie had the whole Cabin Fever vibe to it where something organic yet sinister ‘eats’ its way through its victims and there is virtually no hope for its college-aged characters. It was very predictable in places but had its redeeming moments of gore to appease horror fans’ bloodlust. Not a must-have or even a must-see, but if you manage to win a copy off of me this week, it’s a fun run for a ‘got nothing better to do’ movie night.
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