Development.Arrested.

Undeserving....!!

2009-02-25T11:04:00.000-08:00

Just so you know...

Kate is Single!..There is a God!

2007-11-17T05:12:00.000-08:00

Evangeline Lilly is single again!...Finally,the world makes sense again.

I'll never know how Dom scored her in the first place, but,things finally makes sense. Does this have anything to do with Charlie dying in the Season finale? That's make Lil a real bitch,eh? Ah well,Charlie's dead, so there was no reason for the fake relationship to continue.

Now I'm looking forward to Season 4 with renewed enthusiasm. The Kate-Jack-Sawyer love triangle just got interesting! Now stop whining,Dom,you had it coming.Good luck with the campy horror flicks. Buzzkill!

Until Next Time

AJ

9th Wonder!

2007-09-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

Jessica Biel is starting to look like a man. Look at those muscles. What was she thinking?... It's bad enough that Justin Whatziznehm is boinking her. And now I assume he's HER bitch.

She's supposed to play Wonder Woman in the new Justice League of America movie. The all-star superhero geek-fest will also star Batman, Aquaman, Superman and The Flash.

She should play She-Hulk. Just throw some baby diarrhea on her and she's good to go. No prosthetics needed. Why doesn't she just stick to nice rom coms. They should get JT to play Wonder Woman. He's more of a woman than Jess is!

Still, ass-wise, she is perfection...

Sigh!

Until Next Time

AJ

Oh Sweet Sweet Lord!

2007-09-24T01:51:00.001-07:00

Life's a bitch.

I'm not just saying that.I mean it.Look at this.

Nicole Richie in a bikini. I am speechless.Yes, .....I am without speech.

Nicole, however,had this to say about Joel Madden -"he's a good mama’s boy in a bad boy body".

Again, without speech.

Until next time.

AJ

Photoshopped!

2007-08-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

So it looks like Keira Knightly is going for some kind of record. 35 magazine covers in a month.

She's on the cover of OK!,Hello,Vanity Fair,Elle....you get my point.

Now that's ok.She's the new "IT" girl in Hollywood after the Pirates trilogy and her "action" movies Domino and The Jacket.

Personally, I hated her in Bend it.Hated her in Pirates.Loathed her in King Arthur.Hated her in Love Actually( which is my favorite movie of this lifetime).

I don't know why.She's got a decent mug,and well...life is not all about breasts. It's also about incredibly muscular abs. So I said to myself,"Ok,she's making it.Good for her!"

Then she had to say something stupid like "I hate being airbrushed in magazines".

[Pffffft]

Are u serious?...do you not have a mirror next to your bottle of sleeping pills and Oxycodone? She actually thinks people would buy a magazine with her "un-airbrushed" picture on it unless it was some kind of WHO or Unicef Fortnightly?

Here's an idea.Why don't you start by NOT POSING for 35 magazine covers?.huh?..I'm sure they airbrush her smile into it anyways, coz she looks pissed and grumpy half the time.

Loathe her.Still don't understand why.But I do.Weird. I thought I liked Brit girls.

Until next time.

AJ.

PS:Liv Tyler's still so hot!

Just go already!

2007-08-24T18:27:00.000-07:00

Why you shouldn't date Amy Winehouse.Or other skank whores.

OK,so she's been nominated for a Mercury.And she used to be "kinda" hot.But that was 2003.She looks like a dude now.

Whatever happened there?Make your girlfriends eat,people.And keep 'em off drugs.And blue belts.

There,that's my good deed of the day.

Until next time.

AJ

Are you there God?..It's me,AJ.

2007-08-21T16:42:00.000-07:00

Thank you.

Thank you,oh so much.For this.

That's Jessica Biel's ass,by the way.And it makes me happy.

If you don't who she is,please feel free to come out from under that rock and smell the dirty socks.Seriously,come out already.Jessica Alba is passe and Jennifer Ellison should have her breasts reduced before she suffocates her new boy toy.Jesscia Biel is here to stay.Not much of a face,way too muscular a body for my liking,but..it's all good.All is forgiven.

I know I'm coming across as pretty shallow to BLOG about an ass.So just so you know,her ass deserves a lot of things.A blog entry is just one of them.I'm not much of an ass person,but I could not look away when she wiggled her cheeks as if to say,"In your face,Lindsay Lohan!!".(I just realized what that sounded like in my head.)

After a long week full of unit tests and assignments,it's one of those guilty pleasures to watch a cheesy Adam Sandler flick..and admire and enjoy the beauty in the world.It's like a calming factor that actually works.

And then there's the "Hoyts" experience.YouTube isn't quite the same,is it?Gotta love Hi-Def.

Again.

Are you there God?It's me,AJ.

Thanks,for these little things that make me happy.I hope you don't judge me...yet.

Until next time.

AJ

Hot Mama To Be.

2007-08-15T03:17:00.000-07:00

See,this is why I never saw pregnancy as a bad thing.Look at the bright side.

See what I mean? That's Nicole Ritchie,in case Mischa Barton's tri colored mini apron ensemble distracted you.

If she gets any bigger,she's gonna have major back problems.

She should just STAY knocked up.And walk around aimlessly.Damn you,Joel Madden.Your music sucks.

Until Next Time.

AJ

Rx-Lily Allen's Doctor.

2007-08-14T05:22:00.000-07:00

If you listen to good decent British rock music ,you probably haven't heard of Lily Allen.Fair Enough.If you read NME magazine,you probably have,since she's all over it.I remember buying this issue of Mojo from Free School Street in '06,and there she was,plastered on the cover wearing a dress straight out of Aesop's Fables.I daresay she looked quite pretty,but the fringe had to go!

And then came "Smile".Now she was showing off her third nipple all over UK TV.Hard to miss.

So news was that she was canceling part of her Europe tour.Apparently,coz she's down with something.Lily posted this message on her MySpace along with a PICTURE of her holding up her Doctor's Certificate just in case we didn't believe her.

Now c'mon, isn't that sweet? How every unceleb like.Kelly Clarkson said she was too tired.Aerosmith said Steven Tyler lost his voice and Spinal Tap's drummer choked and died on his own vomit.I don't see any medical statement confirming that.

Aww,she's just plain sweet.And honest.And not a good speller.

Excerpt:

"Hello everybody ,

Ive have literally been around the whole world in two weeks from London to Japan around Australia and then to LA and Vegas then back to LA for a 17 hour video shoot , and now I'm back in London eating my mums chicken soup cause im afraid the travelling has caught up with me . I've got sinusitis and strep throat ( i don't even know what that is ) and have been advised to take a couple of weeks off by a doctor in LA and a doctor here .Before anyone starts trying to accuse me of neglecting my fans I want to apologise and say how sorry I am , but I cant risk causing any permanent damage . I hope people can understand and arent too angry .

The canceled gigs are as follows

Oya Festival - Norway
Way Out West Festival - Gothenburg -Sweden
Sagres - Portugal
Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen -Holland

I should be better by V festival so once again I'm sorry and I'll see you at V"

Until Next Time.

Goo Goo Ga Ga...

2007-08-13T08:50:00.001-07:00

Admittedly, I know very, very little about babies. But I know an adorable baby when I see one.And Suri Cruise is easily one of the most beautiful and adorable babies out there.

However,one little thing about babies.. aren’t they supposed to — you know — look like babies? I found this picture of her and I’ll be damned if Suri isn’t a full grown child! How the hell did this happen? I feel like I’ve been duped, just like when Chrissy Seaver from Growing Pains went from being a baby to an eight year old girl over the course of a three month summer hiatus.Yeah,I bought that alright!

I don’t even want to know what kind of freaky placenta-eating Scientology shit they did to this poor kid to make her rapidly age this way.Freaks.

Until Next Time.

AJ

You go,girl!

2007-08-05T05:08:00.000-07:00

Ooooh.This is a rarity!....Methinks she might actually finish the whole thing.

And it's about time too.The baby's supposed to be a boy, and they really should do something about the gene pool.Again,WTF was she thinking?

Tsk Tsk.

Until Next Time.

AJ

And in Sports...

2007-07-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

Woooo hoooo!!

It's official.The Great Khali is the first Indian ever to win a major WWE title.And it's the most major WWE title!Edge is injured (translation:Lita hit him with a candle stand) and so,they had a 20 man battle royal to determine the new champ and our best man Khali came through!

Oh,this is such a great day for all Indian WWE fans.It's almost as if these 19 years I've been hooked onto WWE,is ..justified!

Damn! Patriotism hits you when you least expect it!

Go Khali!

Until next time.

AJ

Expecto Patronum.

2007-07-13T02:37:00.000-07:00

So apparently JK broke down and started crying while completing Deathly Hallows.

"When I finished one chapter near the end I absolutely howled," Rowling said. "I was sobbing my heart out, I was in a hotel room on my own. I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face. That was really tough."

She says she's gonna kill off at least two of the "main" characters.I'm guessing Hagrid and Voldemort.I have no idea why.I just think she wouldn't kill off the kids.Hey,maybe she thinks Nearly Headless Nick is a main character too.No wait,that would'nt work.

Cheap Plug:The Deathly Hallows is the final book of the Harry Potter series. Almost 325 million copies of the first six books have been sold worldwide, making Rowling the first "billionaire" author.

She's made reading cool again.Cheers to that.

Until next time.

AJ

Hermione and the Enchanted Bottle of Corona.

2007-07-11T07:23:00.000-07:00

See?It was just a matter of time!

Now all those old,creepy perverts cruising junior high schools with a glove and a box of candy can rejoice! Emma Watson is of legal drinking age.Or is she?Ah,what the hell!She seems to be having a great time.

All grown up now.I can almost see the US weekly photo features.

And oh,the new movie is pretty good.Second only to the adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban.Loved the new darker tone and the climatic showdown between Dumby and Voldemort.Don't miss it.

Until Next Time

AJ

Anger,pity and pain.

2007-07-06T01:50:00.000-07:00

Three deaths in one week.One fake.The other two VERY real.

At least Vince scrapped his stinker of an angle.

It's no surprise that Benoit was one my favorite wrestlers.Right up there with Bret and Jericho.So the news hit me pretty hard.Not just the fact that he's dead,but the fact that he killed his wife and son first,and then took his own life.

I've always seen Benoit as calm,soft spoken and down to earth.He never got any bad press.And no one thought ill of him.He was one of those guys who was never involved in any controversy and had a clean image.And he was a kick ass wrestler.He put on 5 star matches on a regular basis and I admired him for that.

And now,when I picture him killing his seven year old son,I feel betrayed.He seems like a monster who took two innocent lives and then his ow.Whatever the motive,I don't see how that could possibly justify killing a seven year old child.It's just one of those things you don't see any sense in.It's so beyond me.And it's not right.Not in a million years.It doesn't matter how full of shit your life is,you just don't do that to another person.

And then there's the media.Blaming this on Steroid abuse.So,to add to this tragedy,they defame the wrestling business and Vince's credibility.Vince bashing is a right of every Internet mark,but I don't see how you could blame him for this,unless he was DIRECTLY involved in it.

I hate saying this,but right now,I feel Chris Benoit spat on the wrestling business,the wrestling fans and his own sense of right and wrong.I have nothing but disrespect for people who weasel out and think suicide is the solution.What he did to his family was wrong.And that takes away everything that he gave wrestling fans like me all these years.

I sincerely hope I'm proven wrong.I honestly do.

Until next time.

AJ

Excess Baggage.

2007-07-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

I had a thing for Nicole Richie.She had it all.She had that Rachel Bilson quality, i'll buy you a tweety soft toy pretty.Then,she stopped eating.And this happened.

(Enlarge at your own risk)

I can't even take a potshot at this.Such a pretty face.What a waste!

Observe how unfamiliar she is with eating.She sticks her tongue out and literally shoves the food down her throat.I don't know about you,but from where I come,that's NOT how you eat.

I mean this in the most non-sexual way,but....she swallows.

But there is one thing she does right.I gather you ARE supposed to stick your tongue out first for this.

Some lean meal that.And now she's preggers.How that Madden lad did her,I'll never know.There are so many things that are wrong with this.
Firstly,anorexic people should not get pregnant.It's just something you should NOT do.It's a list ditch effort to gather some body fat.I'm not even going to start on ethics.Secondly,the baby kicking could cause some major scar tissue.Thirdly,I'm kind of jealous it was'nt me that knocked her up.No wait.That's 2004 Me talking.I'm all for Rachel Bilson now.

Good luck with Gollum.Poor little rich girl.

Until next time.

AJ

Meter Maid,40 years on.

2007-07-04T02:28:00.000-07:00

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – Bryan Adams
With A Little Help From My Friends – Razorlight
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Athlete
Getting Better – Kaiser Chiefs
Fixing A Hole – The Fray
She’s Leaving Home – Magic Numbers
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite - Jamie Cullum
Within You Without You - Oasis
When I'm Sixty Four - Russell Brand
Lovely Rita – Travis
Good Morning Good Morning - The Zutons
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Stereophonics

That's the final track listing for the Sgt Pepper 40th Aniiversary Tribute Recording.I have to say I'm quite impressed.I was expecting a major disaster when they announced the recording sessions.The thought of Beth Ditto singing Lovely Rita and the vomit inducing accompanying video is the stuff nightmares are made of.But, all's good here.It's a nice clean tribute to one of the Greatest Albums Of All Time.

However,I must give my two cents on who should have covered what.You saw that coming.

Oasis rocked Within you Without you,which is saying a lot for a Harrison penned song.Love Noel playing the Sitar.Such a mark out moment.Sigh!

Bryan Adams for the title track sounds terrible on paper,but give it a listen.It's pretty darn good.My Pick:The White Stripes.Think about it.Imagine Jack White singing "The act you've known for all these years".It just feels right.

Travis for Lovely Rita is spot on.It's perfection.It's the only track that sounds BETTER than the original.That's just me.Maybe it has something to do with me not getting "Battleships" out of my head.

I'm not a big fan of the Stereophonics or Jamie Cullum or the "THE" blokes who'll never make it.Still,it's not fair to say they did a bad job.The Monkeys would have been perfect for "Being for the benefit of Mr Kite" or maybe The Shore or Dirty Pretty Things.

Too bad they didn't get Chris Martin to do "Lucy in the sky".Falsetto.Period.

Ah well,at least they didn't botch it up.Definitely worth a listen.Hope they release promo videos in Sgt. Pepper gear.That'll be mega!

Until next time.

AJ

PS:Pete Doherty and Carl Barat covered "Day In The Life".Shockingly subtle.

The West Coast Delay.

2007-07-02T07:31:00.001-07:00

Another show bites the dust."Friends" curse much? Ok,so Joey and The Comeback sucked.As does Dirt (If a Courtney/Jen kiss doesn't get in ratings,something's not right).But,I was really into this one.

Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip aired its last episode today,thanks to NBC execs deciding to axe the show.Financially,I don't see how this is a good move.Ok,so it was'nt getting in the ratings,but don't emmy noms count for anything these days?Plus the acting and writing were tops.

This series deserved 3 seasons at least! It could have been the Arrested Development of Dramedies.Well,at least NBC had the decency to let them air a full season.I'm all for closure.

Here's to a DVD release.With lots and lots of extras!

Until Next Time

AJ

Battleship Down.

2007-06-30T23:18:00.000-07:00

I absolutely must plug the new Travis album.It's right up there with "The Man Who" and "The Invisible Band".I love the sound of the new album.Fran sounds better than ever and the songwriting is solid.It's a tight album,probably the best this year along with "Favorite Worst Nightmare".

Must Listen to:

Battleships
Selfish Jean
Closer
Under The Moonlight
My Eyes
Big Chair

Until next time.

AJ

Not another Music Rant.

2007-06-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

Download "Hard Road" by The Shore.While you're at it,download "Take what's mine" and "Hold on" too.Hell,download their whole album.

Note:Download,NOT buy.

Not because you download music anyway,but because you cant buy it even if you wanted to.That's because The Shore didn't have a record deal till only a short while back.

It's a shame that a solid band like The Shore took this long to get a record deal.See,this is exactly what's wrong with the Music Industry.The crazy old guy was right.MTV is to music what KFC is to chicken!

Songs called "I wanna have your baby","I wanna fuck you" and "Buy you a drink" get hours of radio airplay,while these brilliant unsigned bands sit around waiting for that phone call.Maybe I should get a tan and write a song about the pros and cons of anal sex.I could finally buy that Island I always wanted.

Not-so random fact:There is a sub genre called "Coke-rap".Pretty self explanatory.The lyrics deal with the trouble these guys have to put up with to buy coke.And they want to ban smoking in movies.Sheesh!

Ever wondered how suddenly being a "skank" is "cool"? How "slutty" is the new "classy"? Hard to miss.The only way "Hip Hop" music has REALLY touched lives is that it probably helped a lot of talentless,fat groupies with a 5 page long criminal record,get laid.Amen to that.I wonder if these musicians ever reflect on the lives they've ruined through their rants.I'm not going to call it lyrics,coz you gotta make "music" to have lyrics.Here I go again.Guess it really does bother me.

Still,everyone's entitled to their own kinda music.You have every right to like Hip Hop.But just so you know,it's not music.

PS:I'm digging the Dirty Pretty Things lately.I hope Pete kicks that habit and reforms the Libertines.It is of course,not going to happen.Kate Moss will be Pete's Yoko Ono,and they won't need a reason to end up naked on a bed in a New York furniture shop.No wonder I always rooted for Carl Barat all those years.

Rock n Roll,baby!

Until next time.

AJ

This week in God

2007-06-09T02:09:00.000-07:00

How can you not love Sarah Silverman after yesterday's MTV Movie Awards?It's been a while since Jack Black hosted,and the show hasn't REALLY been funny since then(Jessica Alba was good eye candy,but NOT funny!).The first four minutes were GOLD.She is hilarious!It took her FOUR minutes to bitch about Jack Nicholson,Mischa Barton,Adam Sandler,Cisco Adler's balls,That Spiderman redhead,Samuel L Jackson and PARIS HILTON!Her bit on Paris was plain ballsy!She was right THERE!Now that's ballsy!Google it!

So the other day(or night,it's all relative,really!) I logged on hoping to indugle in some juicy goss,and there you have it! She's managed to pull it off again!(Notice I'm not calling her a "spoilt brat",no.That doesn't quite have impact.)She's out of Jail!C'mooon! It has been 3 days!THREE!Not 45 but THREE.1,2 and 3.The Prison Spokesperson said it was 5.I'd like to find out which school HE went to.Turns out she cited "Medical problems" for her release.She wasn't eating their food,they say.So that's a good reason to let her out?Did no one notice that she never eats any food?

So anyway,there is a GOD,apparently.She's been sentenced back.She'll have to serve the remainder of her original 45 days in prison.

So...that makes me a bad person,right?

NO.

Because it's not just anybody.It's Paris Hilton.Someone I've hated with a passion ever since I saw her blow up on the Internet,oh-so intelligently captioned "Paris Hilton,Socialite".I still have trouble figuring out what the hell a Socialite "DOES".I mean here's a person who's been in a sex tape that shows that she's more interested in the camera than actually HAVING SEX.Says a lot,doesn't it?

Boy,I feel lighter.Can't wait for tomorrow.

Until next time,I'm back to save the Universe

AJ

Next Season,folks!

2007-06-01T22:05:00.001-07:00

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. What's in their heads? Seriously?

Have you seen the Third Season Finale?I usually reserve words like "Genius" for people like Noel Gallagher,Richard Curtis and Agatha Christie.So this is a pretty big deal.These two are nothing short of Genius.

Just when the Internet "marks" started bitching and whining about the Third Season and how bad it was,CC and DL pretty much shoved their fists into everyone's mouth and made them watch.A "Ben" flashback.An Other's flashback!.That was like 3 seasons in the making!and they have Charlie's flashback following that?.See,the thing is people like me know and trust DL/CC's work.I know they won't do a "Dave" or "Stranger in a strange land" again.They know better.They get the numbers.When I read the episode listing,I knew they had something KILLER up their sleeves.No one would waste a Ben Flashback on their 21st epsode.Nuh-uh!.

So I literally avoided all Lost spoiler and rumour sites till the Season Finale.It was hard and I'm proud of myself for holding out.So I rush home from SAD Studio at 11am and start downloading.By evening,I'm all settled in with the Doritos and Energy Drink.98 minutes later,It was over.It was a Flash-forward,not a Flashback!.Jack and Kate are off the island.That's right.Does'nt that destroy the nomenclature of the show?.

No.They are,still,LOST.And how!

Everyone was blabbing about how Lost should bow out while its on top and not drag it for three more seasons.I must admit,I felt,one more season and that's it. Then it hit me like a bullet!.There's STILL so much you can do with the show whilst keeping people interested.It's not some show about 8 guys escaping from a prison.It's not a show where random guys discover they can stop time.It's so much more than just a show.They just added a whole new dimension to the show,that'll make anyone with half a brain to tune into the Season premiere in February 2008.

Attaboy,Team!

Until Next Time,I'm back to rescue Vincent.

AJ

PS:
Locke is alive!Yaaay!I don't know about you,but I think Richard is just plain creepy.Who's in the coffin?Why is Jack so miserable? What happened to Ben? Do Penny and Desmond Re-unite? Is the Smoke Monster for real?Who is Kate staying with? Is Christian Shephard alive? What's with Walt? Who's Jacob? Is Naomi from Dharma? Do Nikki and Paulo Live?Does Mikhail NEVER die?Does Hurley lose weight? Is it all happening in Vincent's head?

Aaaaaargh!!Teleporting much,Hiro??

Token Anti Bono Blog Entry

2007-06-01T21:29:00.000-07:00

****News Flash********

AJ hates Bono.

Not a big surprise for people who hear me taking potshots at Bono 53 times an hour,but hey,I finally decided to answer it...

WHY do I hate Bono?..Seriously..why?

I hate Bono. There, I said it. Not the most popular view, I accept, but nonetheless valid in every way. I simply cannot stand the man, with his smug self-importance and completely ridiculous sunglasses. The press, politicians and general public alike revere the stunted Irish poseur with a dedication completely undeserving of his merits.

First and foremost, he is talentless.Period. U2 are one of the blandest, most uninspiring, overrated bands on the planet, and yet millions of people worship them as demi-gods. There is a simple answer: anyone who likes U2 instantly demonstrates a complete lack of any discernable musical taste. Is it surprising that those people who fill stadiums to hear Bono's catatonic wailing also laud praise on other, equally dire artists, like Bruce "born in the USA" Springsteen and contemporary indie vomit-inducers The Killers or Pretend bands like Gorillaz?

Their songs are dull in the extreme. They feign sincerity and completely lack any redeeming qualities. U2 are everything non-music fans love: unchallenging, with the semblance of "cool" and without the baggage of imagination or creativity. It is, of course, no wonder that Bono is the perfect crutch for middle-aged Labour politicians to try and "connect" with the youth. The ignorance is palpable. But so is Bono's gall: the tragedy is that Bono and U2 believe the hype attributed to them - they take themselves devastatingly seriously. I have little enough respect for the man as a musician, his supposed profession, and yet am I somehow expected to listen to his words as political orator?

I think not. I mean, what sort of a name is "Bono" anyway? It sounds like a dog biscuit. And then you have "The Edge". The Edge of what, exactly? It's almost painful to watch their pompous posturing in interviews and in videos as they labour over their latest indigestible offering, no doubt chuckling to themselves about how clever they are in fooling the great British public, and wondering how long they can ride this seemingly un-ending wave of mediocrity. U2 smack of mid-life crises, inflated egos and a disproportionate sense of their own self-importance. In one of the most ridiculous turn of events, Bono's name was even linked with the job as Head of the World Bank. Another complete misjudgement was witnessed in channel 4's recent British Music Hall of Fame program, where U2 were automatically initiated as founding members, to the horror and dismay, I am sure, of thousands of people around the country.

To think that U2 have had more of an impact on British music than Oasis,Pink Floyd.Led Zep,The Smiths,The Clash or Sabbath to name a few, is faintly ridiculous. The latter has single-handedly moved the boundaries of what one can expect from a rock band in a way that U2 cannot even contemplate.

Further examples of U2's nauseating capabilities was seen at a recent concert in San Diego where Bono, blindfolded and kneeling, arms above his head, simulated photos from the Abu Ghraib prison. Later on in the set he reportedly reprised parts of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, saying he too had a dream for all the world to be equal. Undoubtedly, because of his fame, Bono has an opportunity to do good, but he is in a far easier position than most to do so. It is his self-engineered portrayal as selfless enfranchiser of the dispossessed and his arrogant self-approximation of greatness which makes him so unbearably odious.

Content with Match of the Day theme tunes and Top of the Pops appearances, U2 represent all that is wrong with British music. That such banality under the guise of quality can become so successful, while other truly fantastic bands and artists scrabble at their feet picking up the crumbs, fills me with despair.

Perhaps I'll finally give them Pop Queens a chance.

FYI,though,Liam is GOD.

Until next time,I'm back to save the music industry.

AJ

Cheap Pops

2007-06-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

A quick post to plug "Hot Fuzz"-THE most amazing movie I've seen in years!

I went in with mammoth expectations(Makers of "Shaun of the dead"-what did ya expect!!!???) and the movie still surpassed all of them.Simon Pegg is brilliant as usual and Nick Frost is..well,Nick Frost.It was not a movie,It was an EXPERIENCE.I couldnt agree more with a review I read.."Agatha Christie gettin truimphantly bu*****ed by Michael Bay".Brilliant.

Also can't wait for Knocked Up.I'm betting Apptow will outdo The 40 Year Old Virgin.I LOVE the rushes of the movie,and Katherine Heigl is of course,a goddess!

Until Next Time,I'm back to kill Sylar

AJ

A Cold Day In Hell

2007-06-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

Ah,those 3 painfully long hours I spent in a queue outside a shabby run down shack inside the National Library premises. Interestingly enough, this was not the queue to cast my vote, but the queue to collect my Voter ID card.Seriously,what was I thinking?

After those 3 hours ,as I walked out of the gate with my brand new voting card in my hand, I actually felt faintly patriotic. Here,in my hands,was documentary proof that I am a citizen of the country(My driver's license was still 2 weeks away,how I passed,I'll never know).Of course the photo on the card looked nothing like me.It looked a cross between Charles Manson's mug shot and Rowan Atkinson's blank stare .Still I rejoiced in the fact that my name was spelt correctly and they got my age and sex right.That's just plain good luck.

The last week of April saw the bong news channels flooded with news stories and "exit polls" predicting the fortunes of Buddha and Mamata(cant believe I actually typed that out).The coverage was mind boggling. Opinion polls, interviews, analysis. .et all.Elderly bearded people wearing stuff you sleep in predicting the future of Calcutta.I was excited. I'd be voting for the first time! The only thing that worried me was how long it would take to get that stupid ink stain off my nail. But I could live with that.

The real dilemma struck me late Wednesday evening, roughly 13 hours before I actually voted. I had no idea who the candidates were!.So I asked around and I got quite a shock.I had to choose between Tapas Pal and Biplab Chatterjee. Yeah. You read right. Not exactly Sophie's choice!

My first vote,ever and these two bumbling b-grade movie star pretend morons vying for it.And oh, the third candidate was the local goon.Though I contemplated not voting at all and being fashionably "urban cool" in doing so, I decided to go ahead with it.How bad could it be?

Obscenely early on Thursday morning ,I arrived at the Voting "station". A run down corporation school with empty whiskey bottles conspicuously placed behind the doors( I kid you not.THAT scary!). I waited for my turn .I waited and waited. Finally, I entered the little "tent" they call a booth, where the voting officer (?) looked up at my face and tried to find some hint of resemblance between myself and the photo on the card. Amidst the roars of the people behind me telling me "hurry up!!", I walked up to the “machine”.Very Floydish.

It’s irony at its cruelest .I'm finally authorized to vote for a candidate I think will make a difference and here I am left with two insufferable clods-one who flaunts his pot belly in a very revealing fishnet shirt-and the other infamous for performing what is probably the highest number of on-screen rapes.The latter's movies range from just south of low budget porn while the former's cinematic escapades are the subject of bengali medium ridicule.No offense.

Sad situation. The bright side ? Thank god “MLA Fatakesto”(the promos crack me up!) is just a movie and not a real campaign! Now wouldn’t that be a real tragedy!

I’ll come up with a “What was Mithun thinking?” blog in the near future....NOT.

Until Next Time,I'm back to save the Universe.

AJ