This blog was originally published on Blogster August 31, 2013.
How's it going my hybrid Blogsterians? I briefly want to say
thank you for your concern about my recent condition.
Last night, I had
to go lie down for a bit because my neck started spasming. I know it has
been 4 days, since the time I was rear-ended on Tuesday. It seems like I
have a new pain almost everyday. My back has not been hurting AS much as
both my neck and right side of my waist have been hurting yesterday. My
mother was talking about having me return for another doctor's
appointment.
Honestly, I don't want to leave my house to see another
doctor. He/she's not going to do or tell me anything different from
Tuesday evening. Besides, I don't want to be on the road again. I am STILL trying to adjust from the trauma of being hit.
My family does NOT understand what I am
going through physically, emotionally, and mentally. Anyway,
that's not what I meant to discuss today.
Since it is Song Saturday and the
media will NOT shut up about Miley Cyrus' 2013 MTV VMA performance, it has
completely overshadowed Justin Timberlake's.
Considering this year's MTV
VMA's ratings rose by 66% compared to last year's (mostly for Justin
Timberlake and N'Sync ), I think it is only fair to give their (mostly
his) performance more acknowledgment.
After all, most watched the VMA's because Justin was receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and N'Sync fans
wanted to see a reunion.
Even though N'Sync did take the stage for at least 1 minute, it really was not much of a reunion. Earlier,
I tried to find the 2001 MTV VMA performance on YouTube, that N'Sync
did with the late Michael Jackson in its entirety for their song, "Dirty Pop."
N'Sync Featuring Michael Jackson "Dirty Pop" 2001 MTV VMA's.
For those who don't know much about Justin Timberlake,
Michael Jackson has always been a major influence on him. In fact, Timberlake always idolized MJ.
Michael Jackson's influence is reflected
throughout most of Justin Timberlake's singing and dancing. In addition, I DID find N'Sync's 2000 MTV VMA performance.
By 2002, Justin Timberlake debuted his solo career and has
been successful ever since 11 years ago. He is highly fortunate to still be
this successful all these years later.
Most Boy Band members, that become
soloists, are cursed because Boy Bands have at least a 5-year shelf life. I
think Justin Timberlake broke that curse (at least for himself) because
he collaborated with Michael and Janet Jackson, as well as many
Rappers over the last decade.
Anyway, here's a look at Justin Timberlake
before and after his days of being an N'Sync member:
1) N'Sync "This I Promise You"/"Bye Bye Bye"/"It's Gonna Be Me" Medley 2000 MTV VMA's
2) Justin Timberlake Medley 2013 MTV VMA's
Songs Featured In 2013 MTV VMA's Medley:
A. "Take Back The Night"
B. "SexyBack"
C. "Like I Love You"
D. "My Love"
E. "Cry Me A River"
F. "Señorita"
G. "Rock Your Body"
H. "Pusher Love Girl"/"Gone" Samples
I. "Girlfriend" Featuring N'Sync
J. "Bye Bye Bye" Featuring N'Sync
K. "Suit & Tie"
L. "Mirrors"
I can tell that Justin was somewhat struggling with his performance
because he has been touring, since earlier this year to promote his latest
album.
I meant to publish THIS BLOG last night, but I was rear-ended in another
accident on Tuesday morning.
In case some of you forgot, I was already hit
in our driveway ~3 weeks ago, after I returned home from a doctor's
appointment for my foot.
On Tuesday morning, I was just minutes away from
work.My oldest aunt and I were stopped at the intersection, when this irate asshole blew his horn at us. 2 cars were ahead of us
and we couldn't go, until it was our time. Once the 2 cars ahead of us
turned, we had to wait a few more minutes, since there were other cars
driving passed us.
While they were driving passed us, that asshole
bumped us. The bump felt like somebody hit a gong and the pain vibrated
and penetrated through my back. I was shaken up and already in shock. I
was also reeling with anger in my mind because that shithead hit us.
We
had to drive further down to another exit to get his contact
information. I heard him telling my aunt, "I saw an opening and you
didn't take it." Seriously?! How the fuck could he see an opening, when
there were 2 cars ahead of us and more passing by, when he was behind
us? That's 100% absolute bullshit.
Then, my aunt wrote down his
information and continued to drive me to work. I
toughed it out Tuesday. My back was a little sore.
As the day
progressed, my back started hurting more. Once I got off from work, my
aunt drove me to the walk-in clinic. The doctor said my neck and back
have tension in them, which is fairly normal after being rear ended. I
was diagnosed with a sprain in my lumbar region (a.k.a. "whiplash") and prescribed me some Robaxin for a muscle relaxant.
This blog was originally published on Blogster August 29, 2013.
How's it going my hybrid Blogsterians? I would've published a blog earlier this week, but a lot has happened. On Sunday night, I watched
the 2013 MTV VMA's.
Sunday night's VMA's wasn't all that spectacular but compared to last year's, it was an
improvement. I mostly waited to see Justin
Timberlake accept his MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and to see if N'Sync would
appear.
In fact, I read online Tuesday, that the viewership for this year'sMTV VMA's went up 66% compared to last year's disaster. Most viewers were like me.
We wanted to see, if N'Sync would appear for a mini-reunion. There were
rumors saying they would and wouldn't, and N'Sync contributed to those
rumors.
Not that I was seriously fangirling over it, but I will
admit I did enjoy listening to some of their songs, as a
teenager in the late '90s. Honestly, Justin Timberlake's performance
felt more like a 20-minute concert performance.I definitely wanted to see
my Jared Leto.
Jared presented Kanye West's performance for his song,
"Blood On The Leaves." Originally, West was supposed to perform
his BLACK supremacist song, "Black Skinhead." I still CANNOT comprehend WHY Jared Leto collaborated with Kanye West a while ago, during the making of 30 Seconds To Mars' last album.
Well, watching Jared present
Kanye West's performance at the MTV VMA's on Sunday night was hilarious.
I hunted the other night to see if anybody uploaded VMA clips of it on YouTube because I wanted to share some of them on here. I'll try
posting Justin Timberlake's VMA performance on Song Saturday, if I get
the chance.
I mostly
watched to see if Lady Gaga was going to act stupid and for Justin
Timberlake's performance. Otherwise, I really did NOT care about most of the performers.
What really annoys me is that the media
keeps droning on about that brat, Miley Cyrus. She purposely put on that
disturbing performance with controversial intent and the media played
right into her hands.
Also, I STILL fail to comprehend WHY Robin Thicke
performed "Blurred Lines" with Miley Cyrus when he already collaborated with
Pharrell Williams AND T.I. on that song. Pharrell was already at the 2013 MTV VMA's
that same night and presented the nominees with Daft Punk. Therefore, it would've been a lot more logical to have Pharrell singing his own hook than
Miley.
BTW: What was up with Robin Thicke's wardrobe on Sunday night?
If any of us didn't know any better, it looked like he raided Beetlejuice's closet. Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice!
Well, that was my instant reaction considering that I have been a Beetlejuice fan, since the time of the late '80s as a child.
Hell, I even dressed as Lydia Deetz for my 2nd grade Halloween Costume Parade. You can thank Tim Burton for turning me into a Goth Girl at an early age. I was already a Horror fan, anyway.
Like I was saying earlier about Miley Cyrus, I found her performance disturbing. Her backup dancers wore CREEPY furries costumes, which looked like something from the Furries Fetish Sub-culture, while swirling her tongue
around like some lizard. The girl looked psycho.
Then, Miley started
doing her twerking routine with her scrawny ass and grinding on Robin
Thicke. Even though Miley Cyrus is 20 years old, she looks like some
pre-pubescent, 12-year-old, white girl TRYING to be sexy and twerk like
some black girl, in a Rap video. Miley Cyrus' performance was the MOST disturbing part about the VMA's.
She originally disliked Rap. Now, she talks with a blackcent and acts ghetto. Talk about doing a 180. Either way, Miley got the
negative reactions she wanted from the media and they were stupid enough
to fall for her game.
This blog was originally published on Blogster August 24, 2013.
How's it going my hybrid Blogsterians? I have been taking it easy on my
end compared to last week. I don't know how many of you know this but
tomorrow night, MTV will be airing their VMA's.
Now, if you are as old as I am
(if not older), you remember when MTV aired music videos 24/7.
Over the last 4-9 years, MTV has become a major shell of itself. The
network is saturated with Reality TV Shows about bratty teenage sluts, who don't
know how to use birth control, down our throats. What's worse is MTV
loves glorifying teen pregnancy, no thanks to the current management of the network. It's
amazing how they can still keep the name "MTV," when they barely show
MUSIC TELEVISION anymore.
Last year, the MTV VMA's were a joke.
Anytime the artists, who were nominated, barely knew each other, you
know the network has gone downhill. These last 2-4 years, I've had to
literally YouTube artists and groups, who were nominated for each category.
If I
didn't know any better, I would swear the MTVVMA's have become the
next Teen Choice Awards, where you barely know, who the entertainers
are. The last time there was a good VMA was in 2003.
2003 was the year
before everyone in Hollywood became pretentious, self-righteous, wannabe political activists just like Rage Against The Machine by condemning our
last president in almost every album they released.
The last 4-9 years have also been swarming with mostly tone deaf, talentless
hacks like Rihanna and Katy Perry, to only name 2 examples.
1999
ended the '90s and the 20th Century with historic MTV VMA performances. The 1999 MTV VMA's had a decent variety
of Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B.
Music as a whole was still fairly decent in 2003. Soon, music and entertainment in general took HUGE nosedives by 2004. With that being said, I decided to make this
Song Saturday blog an MTV VMA Special, before MTV and music overall
completely died. These were the performances I enjoyed during 1999 and
2003:
1) I used to really like Kid Rock, during my
teenage years. That was until he ruined Metallica's "Sad But True" and
turned it into "American Bad Ass." I also lost respect for Kid Rock the
moment he broke Guy Code. He stole a skanky, porn star/former groupie like
Pamela Anderson away from Tommy Lee. Considering that those 2 were friends
and collaborated together on songs, that was just low.
Kid Rock [Featuring Run D.M.C. & Aerosmith] "Bawitdaba"/"Walk This Way" 1999 MTV VMA's
2)
I really enjoyed the 1999 MTV VMA's. At that time, Rock Music still had
a place on the network. Old School KoRn won their very first Moon Man and those of us in high school during 1999 had a chance to watch Johnny Depp present Nine Inch Nails'
performance of "The Fragile", which made it even better. For some of us, that was like hitting The Jackpot. Watching both Johnny Depp AND Trent Reznor on stage together at once definitely had me squealing like a schoolgirl on the inside.
Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" 1999 MTV VMA's
3) TLC performing their song, "No
Scrubs" was another favorite. The trio was in a sense, forced to lip-synch most of their performance because it is difficult trying to do major dancing, while singing. Talk about being winded.
The best part of TLC's performance was at the end.
The soon to be late
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, took the center of the stage and began rapping.
The audience went INSANE once they started playing a sample of 2 Live
Crew's "Too Much Booty In Da Pants." I'd like to see that stupid,
spoiled brat, Miley Cyrus try twerking her scrawny ass to some 2 Live
Crew.
Prince Introduces TLC "No Scrubs/Too Much Booty Medly" 1999 MTV VMA's
For
some reason, this performance is suddenly muted in the YouTube video above. Below is
the unmuted version of TLC's performance.
The Unmuted Performance
The 2000
and 2001 MTV VMA's had some decent performances as well. Meanwhile, I barely even
watched it in 2002 because it mostly sucked. 2003 slightly redeemed the MTV VMA's.
4) The 2003 MTV VMA's is highly
remembered for Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy
Elliott's opening performance.
The moment their performance began, there was a
lot of tension, that RADIATED from the audience. The camera crew made SURE to zoom in on Eminem, 50 Cent, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osbourne, Mary
J. Blige, Snoop Dogg a.k.a. "Snoop Lion," and of course, Justin
Timberlake. Literally a handful of those celebutards always HATED Britney and Christina.
It was not until 2002, that Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake broke up. Years later, he remained bitter about the way his relationship with Britney ended.
Let be know that Eminem, Avril Lavigne, and Kelly Osbourne always hated Britney without a valid reason. That's unless cattiness counts?
It's highly visible, that a handful of them had a major problem
with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera performing Madonna's "Like A
Virgin."
Madonna sensually
kissing Britney and Christina was the most controversial moment from the 2003MTV VMA performance. Of course the media LOVES ignoring the fact, that
Madonna also kissed Christina.
The media placed a major emphasis
on the kiss because Britney Spears had recently broken up with Justin
Timberlake in 2002.
Supposedly, she cheated on Justin with their former
dance choreographer, Wade Robson. That soon led to Justin throwing Britney under the bus for LYING about her virginity.
Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera performed twice in the
same night at the 2003 MTV VMA's. However, her 2nd
performance was with Redman and Dave Navarro.
I vaguely remember their
performance and barely saw it the first time around. I was in the middle of
doing last minute packing because my 2nd college 10 years ago, made
fucked up, last minute changes to my housing arrangements, BEFORE college
started again.
As I was saying, Madonna
kissing Britney Spears the night of the 2003 MTV VMA's was the biggest
slap in the face to Justin Timberlake. Those working at MTV laughed about it on TV.
5)Madonna [Featuring] Britney Spears,
Christina Aguilera, & Missy Elliot "Like A Virgin/Hollywood/ Work It
Medley" 2003 MTV VMA's
Welp, this concludes my Song Saturday for this weekend. Let me know what you think!
This blog was originally published on Blogster August 15, 2013.
How's it going my hybrid Blogsterians? My youngest aunt said hours
ago, that 1 of Blue Oyster Cult's band members died. Originally, we
thought it was the vocalist. Then, I went onto Wikipedia. It said
that former guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist, Allen Lanier died from COPD. That
really sucks.
Wanna know something really odd? Earlier this week, I was thinking
about listening to some Blue Oyster Cult.
Buck
Dharma was just a musical guest on That Metal Show last month, talking
about them being on tour. He also mentioned, that Blue Oyster Cult is
mostly known for their song, "Don't Fear The Reaper." That is very true. "Don't Fear The Reaper" has been covered a number of times over the last
10-20 years.
Too bad not too many people know about Blue Oyster Cult's
other songs. We can all blame traditional radio stations for only playing CERTAIN songs from certain singers and bands.
The
radio stations, that RARELY play Danzig, only play his song, "Mother,"
when he released MORE than a few albums. Well, Danzig is another topic
for another time, but you get my point.
Since I don't know what
will happen to me after my doctor's appointment, here is a double dose of Blue Oyster Cult 2 days in advance for Song
Saturday.
1) Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear The Reaper" Agents Of Fortune (1976)
2) Blue Oyster Cult "I'm Burning For You" Fire Of Unknown Origin (1981)
This Song Saturday/Art Sunday Combo blog was originally published on Blogster August 9, 2013.
How's it going my hybrid Blogsterian friends? It's that time again.
This week, I decided to combine Song Saturday and Art Sunday with a
Bauhaus fan made music video. This kills 2 birds with 1 stone.
Lately,
I have been listening to more Bauhaus. Those of us, who listen to Classic Goth Punk/New Wave
Music have known about the band for years. If you have ever watched South Park within the last 10-16 years,
there were Goth kids, that Stan hung out with a few times in the Comedy Central cartoon. Someone
in the cartoon had a Bauhaus poster on his/her bedroom wall.
Every
time I listen to Bauhaus, I now automatically think about the Goth kids
on South Park. I haven't watched it within the last 7 years. I am
amazed that South Park still airs on Comedy Central. When it premiered, I was only 15 years old.
As usual, I digress. If you
don't know about Bauhaus, they are only 1 of the pioneer bands of Goth Rock.Joy Division (now turned New Order) and The Cure were also pioneers of
the Goth Punk Rock/New Wave Genre.
Several
years ago, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor did a collaborative performance
with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus on some of their classic songs. They
performed Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and covered Joy
Division's song, "Dead Souls."
BTW: Nine Inch Nails covered Joy Division's, "Dead Souls" on The Crow Soundtrack, 20 years ago.
Anyway,
enough of the history lesson. Here's a YouTube fan made music video,
that somebody did for Bauhaus', "All We Ever Wanted." There's no need to worry (that's in case some of you are), it's nothing heavy.
Bauhaus "All We Ever Wanted" The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
This blog was originally published on Blogster August 2, 2013.
How's it going Xangans and Blogsterians? This week, I am going a slightly different route for Song Saturday here at Blogster. So, I chose to share some popular J-Pop and J-Rock music videos.
Most
of these songs have been featured in Anime such as NANA, Jigoku Shojo(Hell Girl),Vampire Knight,andDeath Note. I am unsure if Girugamesh
ever had their song, "Volcano" featured in an Anime.
While
watching the former music televsion network, IMF in 2006, the network
introduced me to the J-Rock band's music video for their song,
"Volcano."
IMF was abbreviated for the International Music Feed. It REALLY sucks that IMF no longer exists. It was a lot like the original MTV from the 1980's except it was a 24-hour international music televsion channel.
IMF
was especially educational because viewers had the opportunity to learn
about foreign entertainment, cultures, folklores, etc.
While
sorting through my J-Pop and J-Rock music choices on YouTube, I
struggled to find the Japanese music videos with English subtitles.
I
constantly watched these music videos and wanted to share them on
Blogster with the English subtitles. Then, everyone can undersand what
they are saying.
Here's some Japanese Music Trivia for you:
1)
Olivia Lufkin's music has been used in both Anime and Japanese Dramas
(J-Drama). Most of her songs were on the soundtrack to the Anime, NANA.
Olivia's voice was also dubbed into the Anime for the character, Layla
Serizawa.
NANA is a Josei (Womens) Anime about romance and rival J-Rock bands. If you ever have the chance, I recommend watching it.
Olivia Lufkin "A Little Pain" Olivia Inspi' Reira [Trapnest] (2006)
2)
Mamiko Noto is not only a singer, but also a voice actress. In fact,
she has done the Japanese voice for the protagoniat Ai Enma in the Shojo
Supernatural Horror Mystery Anime, Jigoku Shojo(Hell Girl).
I have watched all 3 seasons of the Anime and Mamiko normally did the ending theme songs for the Hell Girl franchise.
In
fact, this music video for her song, "Karinui" (Basting) was the
original ending theme song for the Anime and has the Ai Enma doll.
In a sense, Mamiko Noto's giving a nod to the protagonist she voiced in Hell Girl. Damn, is that doll creepy!
Mamiko Noto "Karinui" Hell Girl Soundtrack {2005}
3) Kanon Wakeshima's songs were used as ending themes for the
Shojo Horror Action Anime franchise, Vampire Knight. "Suna No Oshiro"
(Sand Castle) was featured as the ending theme song for Vampire Knight:
Guilty.
Kanon Wakeshima "Suna No Oshiro" Vampire Knight: Guilty Soundtrack {2008}
4)
I think the Japanese Rock band, Nightmare is famous for being used in
the Shonen Supernatural Thriller Mystery Anime, Death Note.
During
Season 1, "The World" was Death Note's original opening theme song. All the while, "Alumina" was the ending theme song. I ALWAYS favored Nightmare's
song, "Alumina" over "The World."
Nightmare "Alumina" Single {2006}
5) When I originally saw this J-Rock band, Girugamesh on TV with their music video, "Volcano," I remember how they really blew me away.
BTW: Girugamesh is the Japanese romanization for the ancient Sumerian king/demigod, Gilgamesh.
Girugamesh "Volcano" DVD Single {2007}
So, this concludes my J-Pop and J-Rock Music Block for Song Saturday.
What are your thoughts about these Japanese Rock bands and singers? Let me know what you think in the comments section below!
