Song Saturday: Happy Early Birthday To Culture Club's Boy George!

How's it going my gumdrops? You're not gonna believe this. I happen to share the exact same birthday as Boy George from Culture Club. Yes, the "New Romantic" lead singer is literally 1 year older than my mother. Yep, Boy George will be turning 54 on Flag Day the SAME DAY  I turn 33. Gotta love it!

Want to know something REALLY juicy? 

According to his Take It Like A Man autobiography, Boy George had a secret relationship with Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny's frontman, Kirk Brandon. 

In addition, Boy George had a secret relationship with his Culture Club drummer, Jon Moss. Most of their group's songs were about their so-called "secret love."

In that same autobiography, the Culture Club lead singer dished some dirt about Bush's frontman, Gavin Rossdale. 

During the 1980's, Boy George and Gavin both had "secret liaisons" with singer, "Marilyn." Who? I have never heard of "Marilyn," until recently. I only know of Marilyn Monroe and Marilyn Manson. This is all news to most of us. 

Conducting my own research, "Marilyn's" real name is Peter Anthony Robinson. He's an androgynous, British/Jamaican Pop singer. He's also a New Romantic/New Wave/Reggae singer. 

Anyway, in Boy George's autobiography Take It Like A Man, he revealed that he and Gavin Rossdale from Bush shared "Marilyn" as their gay lover. 

When saying the preceding, I mean that Boy George and Gavin Rossdale BOTH had "Marilyn" in common as a gay lover. You learn something new everyday!

For years, Gavin denied it. It was not until several years ago that Bush's frontman finally admitted to having "Marilyn" as his gay lover. Hearing this news left me reeling. 

Gavin Rossdale didn't strike me as a frontman, who would be involved in a homosexual relationship. 

Those of us, who were teen girls and young women during the '90s, lusted for him. 

I will definitely testify to having lust for Gavin. Bush's music videos always gave off dark and spooky vibes, their songs were typically on Horror soundtracks, and Gavin was sexy.

Personally, I always felt that Gavin Rossdale would've been the perfect actor for a sequel to The Crow. 

That's not including the fact that I'm a sucker for tall, dark, and brooding men, especially when they happen to be sexy vocalists playing guitars.

Well, since I have talked about Culture Club's Boy George, Bush's Gavin Rossdale, and their past gay lover, "Marilyn" who they had in common, here's a flashback from 33 years ago. Today, here is Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" for this early Song Saturday.

Culture Club "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" Kissing To Be Clever (1982)

Song Saturday: Traci Lords {Double Dose}

How's it going my gumdrops? Out of curiosity, did anyone watch ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap this past week? 

I hadn't watched it, since the time Dee Snider's spouse and Flava Flav's girlfriend had to trade places. That was several years ago.

I just happened to be watching my local ABC news the other day and they announced that Jackee Harry and Traci Lords were featured on ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap. 

I could NOT  help laughing at my local news reporters referring to Traci Lords as being a "Pop Icon." I'm sorry, but they need to stop.

Most people know Traci Lords as being "The Porn Queen." I've never watched any of her pornos, but I did hear people talk about her being a porn star 2 decades ago. 

Even though she has evolved into becoming a legitimate actress, writer, director, AND singer over the last 25 years, Traci Lords still has the reputation of being a nude model at 15 years old, then becoming a porn star.

I immediately noticed that Traci and her 3rd husband wanted to hide her scandalous reputation on Celebrity Wife Swap. 

Both wanted to hide Traci Lords' past, especially since she was raped at 10 years old by her 16-year-old friend, then molested at 12 years old by her mother's cocaine-dealing boyfriend, shortly after.

By the time Lords was 14, she was pregnant by her high school boyfriend and began looking for a job to pay for her abortion. 

Roger Hayes, who was her molester (He molested Traci in her sleep) and mother's cocaine-dealing boyfriend, was responsible for Traci Lords becoming a nude model. 

That sexual predator pretended to be her "step-father" and drove her to Jim South's World Modeling Talent Agency. Talk about a lowlife! 

Traci Lords' mother had atrocious taste in men and was the root cause of her suffering. This explains why she's had so many dysfunctional relationships. 

Traci and her current husband keep their poor son living an OUTRAGEOUSLY sheltered life. They don't allow him to have a TV OR toys! What type of childhood is THAT? 

I cannot help reiterating, that Traci Lords and her 3rd husband tried their hardest to hide her past. 

I sympathize and empathize with Lords' shame, especially when she auditions for acting gigs. However, everyone does NOT  know about her as a talented entertainer in general.

Traci Lords' husband was highly defensive about her past, when Jackee Harry had to spend time with her own friends. You know, considering that he is Traci's current husband, he has EVERY right to be protective of her. 

Although, Lords' husband and his friends had no reason to be complete assholes to Jackee, throughout the entire 4th season premiere of Celebrity Wife Swap. Men of said ilk expect for women to be submissive to them. 

Throughout that entire experiment, I KNOW Jackee bit her tongue really hard because I wanted to teleport myself through the TV screen and kick their asses. 

Traci's husband's friends were rude about the way Jackee was trying to clean and cook their fish, after THEY caught it.

Jackee Harry is a diva. She not only played a diva 2-3 decades ago, when she played Sandra Clark on 227, but is also a real life diva. 

Chances are highly great, that she thought to herself, "Cook it your DAMN self! Do I look like a maid to you?" I know that's what she was thinking!

Seeing the way Traci Lords' current husband and his asshole friends treated Jackee, makes me feel GLAD to still be single. 

Enduring people's annoying ass friends, spouses, in-laws, etc. can be downright sickening, especially when they assume that everybody is going to be their personal doormat and impose on others.

Despite Traci Lords' scandalous reputation as an underage porn star from the 1980's, as I mentioned earlier, she began working on her music career by 1995. 

In fact, the instrumental version of her song, "Control" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie, Mortal Kombat. I have owned the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack, for the last 20 years

Wow, do I feel old. Where has the time gone?

Traci Lords' debut album, 1000 Fires did amazingly well with her first 2 singles, "Control" and "Fallen Angel." She was also the opening act for the Lollapalooza after party. 

Before I forget, I just want to say that we all have "skeletons" in our own closets, including ME. Therefore, I cannot be extremely judgmental of Traci Lords.

Even though today's blog heavily focuses on the talented Traci Lords' scandalous past as "The Porn Queen," I still enjoy watching her in movies, TV shows, and music videos.

Anyway, here's a double dose of her first 2 singles, "Control" and "Fallen Angel" for today's Song Saturday.

1) Traci Lords "Control" 1000 Fires (1995)

2) Traci Lords "Fallen Angel" 1000 Fires (1995)

Song Saturday: Puddle Of Mudd Block

How's it going lurkers? You may recall that there wasn't a Song Saturday blog, last week. Last Saturday, I shared details about my mother's seizure on Wednesday, April 15th. This has been another chaotic week. Luckily, there hasn't been any life threatening issues. 

Compared to last week, my mother has been doing much better. Yesterday was my youngest aunt's birthday and we'll be celebrating my mom's birthday tomorrow.

Once April is over, I will be so glad. You seriously have no idea. 

Speaking of last Wednesday, it appears that Puddle Of Mudd's frontman Wes Scantlin is having a worse time than the rest of us. 

First and foremost, Puddle Of Mudd has been around, since The Grunge Era. They released a single last September titled, "Piece Of The Action."

On April 15, 2015, which was on the same day my mother had her seizure, our local NBC (Channel TMJ4) reported that Puddle Of Mudd's Wes Scantlin was arrested. 

He was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct after an incident at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport, which happens to be in my county of WI.

[TMJ4:] "Puddle Of Mudd's Vocalist Wes Scatlin Arrested" (2015)

Wes Scantlin really needs to get his shit together. I always enjoyed listening to Puddle Of Mudd's music. My mother even bought their Come Clean album, when I was in my college freshman year. She loves their song, "Blurry." 

Because I normally do not watch TMJ4, I had no idea about Scantlin's arrest, until I read about it on HardDrive Radio's Dirt page.

According to HardDrive Radio's blogger, Roxy, Scantlin's booking agency told Blabbermouth that the vocalist was NOT  in jail at the moment and that the band “will be performing all shows, including last weekend and all upcoming shows.” 

Puddle Of Mudd was scheduled to perform on April 16th in Wilmington, NC. Supposedly, the sheriff’s office had NOT  released any further details regarding the incident and the nature of what happened has yet to be disclosed.

Wes Scantlin has been developing quite a rap sheet much like Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots. 

BTW:  Those 2 have a connection to each other but I will explain more about Scantlin's connections later. Over these last 3 years, I have read news about him at least several times online. 

Between September 4, 2012 and April 15, 2015, Puddle Of Mudd's Wes Scantlin has:

* been arrested while traveling on a cross country flight from Boston to L.A. BECAUSE he was high on cocaine. The airplane made an emergency landing in Austin, TX where he was charged with public intoxication.

* domestic violence charges both in 2012 and 2013. In May 2013, Wes Scantlin pulled his ex-wife by her arm or shirt and began dragging her.

* Last April 16th, during a show at Trees Dallas, Wes lip synched and had a meltdown on stage. He threw a microphone and beer into the audience. This was along with threatening and attempting to PHYSICALLY ATTACK several audience members at a show in Scottsdale, AZ. Also, Wes Scantlin was criticized for his lip synching, during the same show.

* As mentioned in the preceding video, he was arrested at Denver International Airport for riding on the baggage carousel and ending up in the restricted area, on January 16, 2015.

* April 2, 2015, Scantlin had ANOTHER meltdown. Earlier this month, he smashed his guitar, headphones, and part of the drummer's kit.

I wonder if Wes Scantlin managed to pay Ryan Braun a visit, before he was arrested at Mitchell International Airport here in WI. 

Recently, I learned that Wes is the cousin of Miss Missouri Teen USA's Melana Scantlin and Ryan Braun. Here's where it gets more interesting:

Ryan Braun is the baseball right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. Braun has also been in the local news, during these last 2 years. 

Ryan Braun LIED to his fans and everyone in the media about using "performance-enhancing drugs."

Talk about family scandals! Since it's Song Saturday, I thought I would share 3 of Puddle Of Mudd's music videos. 

One of them is my mother's favorite ("Blurry"). Another is my favorite ("Heel Over Head") and it has been stuck in my head all week. 

Last but surely NOT  the least, Puddle Of Mudd's new single.

1) Puddle Of Mudd "Blurry" Come Clean (2001)

 

2) Puddle Of Mudd "Heel Over Head" Life On Display (2003)

3) Puddle Of Mudd "Piece Of The Action" [NEW SINGLE] (2014)

Song Saturday: Hole's Asking For It

How's it going my gumdrops? Right now, I want to warn you that today's Song Saturday blog will mostly be a LONG and well deserved rant. Hopefully you will be "enlightened" by today's blog.

Regardless if you're male or female, you should be able to empathize with my current situations.

For the last several weeks, our house has already been under construction. To add to my list of problems, I have been forced to endure online sexual harassment. It's starting to aggravate me, again.

Around 4 years ago, I joined Facebook and refused to post selfies. I did not want to endure creeps stalking me again like the time I had 2 creeps stalking me at Parkside, when I was a DJ. I typically look terrible in pictures, anyway; I'm NOT  always photogenic. Usually, I look more attractive in person. 

It wasn't until 2 years ago, that I uploaded my 10-year high school class reunion picture. It has my high school friend/classmate/class president in it, since she was taking our selfies. 

As an adult, that is by far my best picture EVER because it best captured my physical appearance. It was like staring at my own mirror reflection! However, I don't normally wear as much heavy make-up in person.

Because I have a naturally large bust size, I've been forced to endure creeps on and offline trying to get into my pants. Otherwise, they want to use my picture as "fap material."

If you don't know what the term "fap" means, that's basically the noises being made, during masturbation. 

This is in addition to Baby Boomer and Gen Y creeps typically wanting to see me topless and/or wanting to have cyber sex with me. 

The cat-calling and wolf whistling by sleazebags is bad enough in person, especially when I'm NOT  wearing anything "provocative," "kinky," or "erotic."

IT'S NOT HAPPENING!

It doesn't matter if I'm on Facebook, Horror-Punks, Blogster, Adult Swim, etc, etc. When I'm not being forced to handle haters and opportunists, I must always endure HIGHLY entitled creeps. 

Highly entitled creeps demanding that I send TOPLESS selfies, them expecting me to have CYBER sex with them, OR the desperate man-children constantly private messenging me because they believe they have a chance to date me? I really don't know what aggravates me more. 

All this bullshit is partly why I QUIT  dating men going on 10 years ago, next April 6th. I'm far beyond disgusted with sleazebags friending and subscribing to me on websites besides my own site with their perverted agendas.

Yesterday morning, I became even more annoyed in that Metal thread I recently joined on Adult Swim. I went into it to respond to an Adult Swim Helper's comment. Then, I scrolled to the 3rd page. 

Adult Swim Helper: "You should have snapped a picture of that MILF."

Tumblr Blogger: "Haha I should have! I will say she had at least a 36 C going on bro no joke." 

A veteran Adult Swim poster shared a link to his Tumblr blog and their dialogue above was something I SHOULD'VE expected considering that Adult Swim is primarily run by crooked man-children. 

Those 2 sleazy comments stand out to women. Men of certain ilk online probably assume I'm some militant feminazi "overreacting."

Being a female Metal fan or a musician, we don't always get the amount of respect we deserve because there are women with NO self-respect, who LOVE being objectified for male attention.

Since Metal has always been a male dominated music genre, most people will assume that female fans are either tomboys, or groupies. 

Much like asshole Gamers, female Metal fans MUST  prove to Metal zealots that we're fans by getting interrogated with questions about our favorite band, album, song, etc.

Luckily, no Adult Swim poster interrogated me about any of those topics. In fact, most of the current posters overlooked me in that thread. No surprise. It's Adult Swim and it's a male-dominated thread consisting of inconsiderate man-children.

Judging by the atmosphere, I think I will stop posting in that thread. It somewhat has a sleazy, Metal dive bar environment to it already, whether they want to admit it or not.

Even if I had the time, money, and patience, I wouldn't attend ANY concert, including a Metal concert. 

Domestic terrorists, wife beaters, rapists, serial killers, etc. generally love camouflaging themselves into crowds.

I'll buy the merchandise and support their content. Although, regularly enduring creeps as a woman is already a headache.

The more I think about creeps that I have to constantly deal with both on and offline, the more I think about Hole's song "Asking For It." "Asking For It" is on the band's 1994 album, Live Through This. Hole isn't a Metal band, but I've loved this song, since I was 12 years old.

According to Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, "Asking For It" is about mostly rape and feminism. She wrote the song, after she was molested and had her clothes torn off her, while stage diving at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow, Scotland. That was in 1991. 

In more detail, Courtney Love explained:

"We had just gotten off tour with Mudhoney, and I decided to stage-dive. I was wearing a dress and I didn't realize what I was engendering in the audience. It was a huge audience and they were kind of going ape-shit. So I just dove off the stage, and suddenly, it was like my dress was being torn off of me, my underwear was being torn off of me, people were putting their fingers inside of me and grabbing my breasts really hard, screaming things in my ears like "pussy-whore-cunt". When I got back onstage I was naked. I felt like Karen Finley. But the worst thing of all was that I saw a photograph of it later. Someone took a picture of me right when this was happening, and I had this big smile on my face like I was pretending it wasn't happening. So later I wrote a song called "Asking For It" based on the whole experience. I can't compare it to rape because it's not the same. But in a way it was. I was raped by an audience, figuratively, literally, and yet, was I asking for it?"

After reading her comments, it somewhat reminds me of those years of being forced to attend school pep rallies, during 6th-9th grade. 

Having to endure random boys groping and poking me from behind, during pep rallies contributed to my panic attacks as a teenager. 

Once I reached 10th grade, I ditched EVERY pep rally. Anyway, here is Hole's "Asking For It" for today's Song Saturday.

Hole "Asking For It" Live Through This (1994)

Cartoon Sunday: Shiki

How's it going my gumdrops? I am cringing at the thought of this, right now.

After reading that Adult Swim is giving Dragon Ball Kai its OWN hour on Saturday nights, I am somewhat annoyed. I believe Jason DeMarco spends too much time pandering to certain fans.

The Dragon Ball franchise had its time more than 1-2 decades ago. Its fans can also be the most obnoxious. It is to the extent that certain DBZ fans are ashamed to admit, that they ARE fans.

The Adult Swim Team needs to think outside the box and STOP playing things safe. 

If you are a true Anime fan, then you already know there is more to Anime than Shonen Jump Action Anime like Dragon Ball.

Then again, Adult Swim made their disdain for Anime fans in general crystal clear by mocking fans (mostly Anime Otakus and Weeaboos). 

If the network seriously wants its viewers to watch more, the people in charge will air more animaton, that's worth watching. Most people I know became more interested in Adult Swim BECAUSE of the Anime.

Now, hardly anyone watches the network, UNLESS it is on the weekends. Late Saturday nights and early Sunday mornings are the only times more viewers watch Adult Swim. I'm currently watching the network for Naruto Shippuden and the American cartoon, Sit Down, Shut Up. Otherwise, I don't watch the network anymore.

Meanwhile, I have another Horror Anime for today's Cartoon Sunday. Last March, I published a Horror Anime Review, which featured Shiki. 

In case you forgot or never had the chance to read it, I will give you a summary recap.

Shiki is a Shonen Supernatural/Horror Mystery Anime. The series is set during the summer of the 1990's, in Sotobamura, Japan.

Shiki is literally translated in English as "corpse demon" or "death spirit."

Sotobamura is an isolated Japanese village with old customs such as the burial of the dead, for example.

Suddenly, 3 corpses are mysteriously found. Throughout the summer, villagers start dropping like flies. Dr. Ozaki Toshio and everybody else assume that Sotobamura is suffering from a growing epidemic. 

All the while, The Kirishikis conveniently move into the long abandoned Kanemasa Mansion on the outskirts.

As more villagers die throughout the summer, Dr. Toshio begins his investigation. The doctor eventually discovers the supernatural presence of vampires. The vampires are referred to as "shiki" and they return from the dead, infecting the entire town. 

Need I say more? Anyway, here is Shiki for today's Cartoon Sunday.

Shiki "The Shed Blood/First Blood" [English Subtitles] (2010)

Giving Blogger Another Chance

How's it going? I originally created my Blogger account 2 summers ago. During that time, Xanga 1.0 was shutting down and re-launching as 2.0 on WordPress. Within these last 2 years, I have dabbled with many blogging communities and sites.

Since last November, I have been revising and archiving my old Xanga 1.0 and Blogster entries on JournalHome.com. I currently have only 12 more blogs to revise and archive. After I'm done revising and archiving, I will leave Blogster next month. If you would like to read most of my older Xanga and Blogster entries, I encourage you to visit my archives page on JournalHome.


http://www.journalhome.com/RealistMe/archive/

The majority of my blogs are on my website, It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns. 

http://itsnotallgumdropsandunicorns.webs.com/

When you have the chance, please let me know what you think!

Cartoon Sunday: Another (Horror Mystery Anime)

How's it going my gumdrops? Last week, I checked Adult Swim's schedule. The network is re-airing Deadman Wonderland of all the Horror Anime in existence. At the moment, I'm not watching anything on Adult Swim's Saturday night programming.

As usual, most of their shows are tired, if not shitty acquisitions, that I don't want to watch.

Speaking of Horror, I have more Horror today. Last year, I gave my Horror Anime Review and Another was on the list.

Another Anime In A Nutshell:

In case you missed my review, here is a summary of Another. Once again, Another is a Seinen Horror-Mystery Anime based on the Japanese novel, Another.

It begins with an explanation about Koichi Sasakibara. He is a 15-year-old junior high student. His mother died shortly after he was born and his father is a business man.

Koichi's father traveled abroad to India for a year. This leads to Koichi being sent to live with his aunt and grandparents in Yomiyama, Japan.

Yomiyama is a small Japanese town where his dead mother grew up. In the process of him moving to Yomiyama, he acquires pneumothorax (basically a collapsed lung).

Koichi's pneumothorax delays him from transferring to his new school and causes him to be hospitalized. Suddenly, he meets this strange girl with an eye patch named, Mei Misaki.

After meeting Mei, Koichi's curious yet strange "classroom representatives" from his new school visit him in the hospital. This is shortly before his 1st day of school.

Koichi's classmates want to learn more about his background. Once Koichi is finally released from the hospital, he starts getting suspicious vibes from his classmates.

Mei is sometimes visible in his classroom. Everyone except Koichi pretends, that she does NOT exist. Their classroom at Yomiyama North Middle School has been cursed, since 1972.

They must follow certain rules around the campus, in order to avoid dying brutal deaths. Those same rules backfire on everybody both inside and outside Koichi's classroom.

Another has some brutal death tolls. Some Anime critics claim, that Another is similar to the movie, Final Destination. I've never watched Final Destination. Therefore, I can't support their claims.

If you like creepy dolls, curses, ghosts, death tolls, and Horror-Mystery, you should give Another a watch. It not only has a novel and an Anime, but also a live-action J-Horror Movie and Manga. Anyway, here is Another for Cartoon Sunday.

Another Season 1: Episode 1 "Rough Sketch" [English Sub] (2012)