WHAT ARE THEY SMOKIN?

YO GABBA GABBA....WHAT IN THE HELLLLLLL?



So my 2 year old son kinda likes this kids show Yo Gabba Gabba that started back in 2007. It has lots of music, bright colors, funny characters and actually does teach some good things, sharing, healthy snacks, exercise, love of music etc. It was created by a memeber of the group the Aquabats, so you know he has to be a little weird to begin with, but after watching this show you have to wonder what they are smoking.

The show stars DJ Lance Rock who is a skinny ass dude wearing an orange jump suit with a furry orange kanga hat. He carries a big freakin 80's style boom box where 4 creatures and a magic robot live in and are brought to life when he yells YO GABBA GABBA.

They sing and dance and play teaching about sharing, not cutting in line, eating healthy, trying new foods, exercising, resting, and so on.

Mixed in with all of them are short animated clips with songs from such groups as the Shins. They have Happy Music Fun time whith groups performing such as the Aggrolites, the Aquabats, and others. They also have Dancy Dance time where Elija Woods and Tony Hawk and the dude that played Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite among others show up to teach the crew a new Dancy Dance.

Oh it gets even better, ocassionally Biz Markie drops in to give the beat of the day. My son laughs at this. Also, Mark Mothersbaugh draws a picture of the day, usually quite poorly. He looks like a kookie old uncle, draws the picture, usually a cat or dog or potato bug, then the drawing walks off the paper and he jumps in surprise and goes after it.

You watch this show and go what the hell was that, but all in all it is a pretty good kids show with out being all kiddy and annoying.

Check it out, it comes on Nickelodeon and Noggin, or on you tube I think there are videos posted there.

THE CLASH CITY ROCKERS...KINDA.

CARBON/SILICON - THE LAST POST

I picked up a cd by CARBON/SILICON this weekend, not bad. I am a huge CLASH fan so of course I was going to pick up a cd that Mick Jones was involved in.

THE LAST POST fits in somewhere between THE CLASH and B.A.D., falling closer to the CLASH. Mick and Tony James (from Generation X) have written some good tunes. Over the p ast few years they have been writing and recording tunes then posting them on their website as soon as they finished for the fans to devour. I have heard a few tracks that were pretty good, but none are as tasty as the 12 tracks on their first traditionally released cd, THE LAST POST.

"The Magic Suitcase", "The whole Truth" and "Why Do Men Fight" are three great songs. They are simple guitar songs, with a nice funky beat to them. The lyrics are incredible and together they are pure extacy to your ears.

With the passing of Joe Strummer, Mick has picked up where Joe and the Mescaleros ended.

HOW BOUT A TWO - FER?

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS & DRIVE-BY-TRUCKERS


NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS - HERNANDO

If you are looking for good ol' fashioned, bad ass, raw, crunchy blues then look no further. The boys from Mississippi have let loose what could possibly be their best album yet.

The songs are juct incredibly written, musically and lyrically, and then Luther's guitar playing has never been better. On Hernando, he has captured the rawness of his live guitar playing for the first time.

While "Shake" kicks the record off right it is chocked full of great blues tunes, "Rooster's Blues", "Keep The Devil Down" and "Take Yo Time Rodney" to name a few, but I think the best tune is "I'd Love To Be A Hippy". Hearing Chris Chew sing a song is a nice change of pace.

I have been wearing this cd out, and my son really digs it, he gets his groove on when the Dickinson boys are jamming.

DRIVE-BY-TRUCKERS - BRIGHTER THAN CREATION

When Jason Isbell bolted the Truckers I was a little worried about what their future endevors would sound like. I didn't have a damn thing to worry about. This record is quite tasty. The Truckers have once again put together a cd full of southern, swampy, trailer park tunes that kicks ass from start to finish.

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley dominate this record with songs that bring a smile to your eardrums. I have been listening to this record over and over and it is much better than DIRTY SOUTH and right on par with DECORATION DAY and SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA as another Trucker's masterpiece.

While Patterson and Mike 's tunes feel like an old pair of underwear, comfortable, easy to get into, and a bit dirty, the big surprise are the songs by Shonna Tucker. Her voise was a pleasant surprise thrown into the mix.

Check this cd out, you will totally dig it.

STUPID AS HELL, BUT FUNNY.

HOT ROD

I didn't want to plunk down the $8 bucks for this flick so I just waited. The other week it finally came to pay-per-view and our satellite company had a special where a lot of the movies were half off. Half off of $4.99 is pretty damn good.

So me and the missus got the kid chucked into bed and quiet for the night, got the popcorn popped and the sodas over ice, and ordered that damn movie.

Hot Rod was one damn stupid movie, and I laughed my ass off.

The simple breakdown is Rod is a daredevil wannabe who is trying to raise money for his step-dad to get a heart transplant so he can then beat the crap out of him.

Samburg and Hader are a great team in this movie.

Will Arnett plays a great asshole, but was not in the movie nearly long enough.

I think the best part of the movie was Ian McShane. He playes Rod's step-dad who will not show Rod any respect as a man until Rod kick's his ass. He is freakin awesome.

Thats a quick run down of this flick, definately check this bad boy out.

A NEW YEAR AHEAD

Hello everyone who reads this, which by the comments I get are me and my brother on occasion.

Starting in January I am going to get back into the swing of things and posting a lot more.

Music, movies, and any other thing I can think of.

If anyone else happens to be checking this blog out, please let me know what you think.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

Later