Chickenfoot in Toronto, August 5/09

For the second time in less than four months, I went to see rock's new supergroup Chickenfoot in Toronto, this time at the Sound Academy down on the waterfront. I love the band, loved the first show even more since they still had not released their self-titled debut at that point so all the songs were new and mysterious. Well for show # 2, I was definitely surprised when they played pretty much the exact same setlist as the first show. Given the fact they've been touring for well over 4 months now, I figured we might get a couple of the classics... some old Sammy/Mike tunes from that era of Van Halen, a Satriani shredder from the Extremist, or some RHCP. But it was the same show... long on energy and talent, short on songs (13 in total including the encore), about a 100 minute show. Let's make no mistake: these guys are seriously talented but this is a party band for old school rockers, so I'd expect to see a few other "covers" here as a shout-out to the 2400 fans that jammed the bar.

For 61 years old, Hagar can still scream. Satriani seemed content to take a backseat to the other showmen in the band but showed off his amazing pick work. Michael Anthony is highly underrated as a bass player and is as loud as a car horn with the backup vocals. And I don't think I've ever seen a drummer hit as hard as Chad Smith. He's an animal; John Bonham and Keith Moon come to mind.

Would have loved to have seen them in the Amphitheatre at Ontario Place, but that is probably a bit too big of a venue until they come up with another album. Until next time boys... lets see if you can dust a few classics (or covers) off for the next show. 7 out of 10.

Set List

Avenida Revolution

Soap On a Rope

Sexy Little Thing

Oh Yeah

Get It Up

Bitten By The Wolf

Down the Drain

My Kinda Girl

Learning To Fall

Turnin' Left

Future In the Past

Bad Motor Scooter

Highway Star

This Is Why You're Fat

Look at this awesome website... I have a craving for a "Bacone"... 

Best ... Indian music video ... Ever !!!

No matter what's got ya down or stressed out - work, finances, health issues, the real fear of your elected officials driving the country straight into socialism - this video will brightened your spirits.

Time to get your SHRED on !!!

My dentist is my dealer

Superhero Fashion Disaster

I suppose it is up to I... the REAL Iron Sheik... to keep this blog timely and relevant so here is another amusing video... and don't forget that buttoned up collars with short sleeves are a dead giveaway. 

McCain got served!

No wonder he lost the election!

The results are in...

The consensus is:

 

  Really, what more can I say?

beep...beep....beep...beeeeeeeeeeeeee

That the sound of Pieplate's life support system. Way to kill it, Tender. Nobody wants to post somewhere where one of the posts is about pooping! Well, except for me, it looks like.

Should have played Champagne Supernova...

I love this video of one of the Gallagher brothers (Noel) getting shoved off the stage. No, I'm not talking about anyone related to that dude who wears spandex and smashes watermelons. I'm talking about those two members of the notoriously lame band OASIS.

In my opinion this should have happened a long time ago. As I've heard it, a drunk Canadian dude was mad about how Oasis was always claiming to be bigger than the Beatles back in the day (read 90's), and decided to run up on stage and jack up their performance. KUDOS! Anyways, maybe Creed could play a Canadian tour. This kind of video of a certain Mr. Scott Stapp would make Juan Loco a very happy angry midget!

Check out the video the good part is at about 18 seconds. Sorry you have to listen to a little bit of their music, and some fans who actually chant "OASIS". I wish someone would go bodyslam them as well!

A Public Dump Survival Guide

This survival guide was posted with those attending school/university in mind - however, the tidbits within would benefit us all. Do yourself a favor and read the full post here.

The key survival steps:

Step 1: Throw all the rules away about pooping
Step 2: Find the right place to dump
Step 3: Prepare for launch
Step 4: Leave a mess

One of the best videos ever!

Goat yells like a dude !

Cher as Catwoman ???

Strikes me more like a peacock - or a giant tufted titmouse ...

The Oscar-winning actress and singer, 62, is in talks to star opposite Christian Bale in the third of the "dark" Batman films directed by Christopher Nolan, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mirror tabloid.

She's 62 !!! Past her prime! Catwoman is supposed to be a younger sexy little minx - think Michelle Pfeiffer in skin tight leather!!! Mee-OOWWW!!

Now, Angelina Jolie is also rumored to be in the running for Catwoman - and I definitely can see that coming to fruition more than Cher. Angelina certainly would fill out a catsuit nicely. Of course, CG being what it is these days, physical reality isn't as much of an issue as it once was. Damn, maybe Char does have a chance.

Rumors also have Johnny Depp starring as The Riddler, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin in the follow-up to "The Dark Knight." I bet Hoffman could definitely take the character of the Penguin down a demented and troubled path much like Ledger did as the Joker.

Football Season is near!

Only one more week until the "real" sports begin again. Yes, friends, it's about time for Football to begin! I for one, am ecstatic! I'm fast becoming an old fart, so I likes me some sports radio. The only problem with sports radio... when I turn it on in the summer, I hear guys talking about golf, baseball, the Olympics, other stuff I really don't care about.

If you love these sports, I'm sorry, well actually, I'm not! The only thing more boring than watching these sports on TV is actually listening to someone else TALK about them. Golf is fun to play, but I could care less who someone thinks is going to win the Masters. Olympic swimming, diving, track, wrestling, volleyball, etc. is just not going to hold my attention. I guess the basketball is okay, but I'd rather see NBA basketball.

Ok, baseball fans, flame if you want, but MLB is no longer a sport! Sports require some form of competition, and as someone here in the central United States, I could care less how many times the Yankees beat the Red Sox or vice versa. I did not always feel this way, as a kid, I spent God knows how much money on baseball cards. I loved baseball. What happened? The great Strike of 1994. I saw guys who were making boo koo bucks playing a sport they supposedly loved, willing to forfeit the season because they weren't going to be getting the same benefits that they were accustomed to. I think the salary cap that was being proposed at the time might have actually saved baseball. The Salary Cap works great in the NFL by keeping up the competition level. Sure, there are dynasties in football, but it's not because the winning team pays their players more, they must rely on other motivators.

Flash forward to today, and baseball is just a sport that is based more on commercialism than actual game-play. Why should I want to plop down my hard-earned cash to see a bunch of steroid abusing millionaires maybe try to win one of their 150 games that really don't matter all that much? So I can watch the pitcher spit tobacco, scratch his nuts, and play catch with the catcher all day? No thanks! Long rant, short, Baseball Sucks!

Anywho, Bring on the football! It's nice to have you back!

Creed SHREDS again !!!

This is ssooo much better than listening to scott stapp sing for real.

Obama Rick rolls US voters

Do You Like Synchronized Swimming?

Do you like Synchronized Swimming? You will now... check out these two coming to a Beijing synchronized swimming pool near you in 2008!

Bikers Suck!

Woah, now, easy there Hell's Angels. I'm not referring to you guys. If you have an engine on your bike, you are not Included in this rant. If you are under the age of 12, or you only ride bikes on sidewalks or off-road, you will also not be included. I'm talking to you Mr. I-wear-tight-pants-and-ride-my-bike-in-rush-hour-traffic-on-two-lane-roads-and-act-like-it's-actually-a-real-car-that-needs-a-whole-lane. Where do you guys get off actually waiting at lights in the left hand turn lane? Don't you realize that there are grown ups who need to get to work, or home to their kids? They don't have time for you to start peddling and get through the light. Sure, the car directly behind you will make it through, but what about the other six cars behind that guy? Are they just supposed to understand that you have needs to get out and prance around in your sweat stained biker shorts? Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY has looked good in biker shorts since the 90's, and there were many exceptions then! Get off the road!

About Time Tech Review of Blue Ray

When it comes to new technologies, I’m usually quick to jump on the bandwagon and adopt them as soon as the price meets my perceived value. With that being said, this did not apply when HD movie devices first hit the market. I was not interested in the least bit. It may have had something to do with the format war between Blue Ray (or Blu Ray for the serious people) and HD DVD. Maybe it was because I was an early adopter of DVD (I bought the PS2 on launch day), and never though I’d see a movie as clear as the Matrix on DVD. I even bought one of those up-scaling DVD players a few months back, and really thought that that was probably as good as it gets. Boy was I wrong.

I waited to jump on the HD bandwagon. I had some options that well exceeded my perceived value of the technology. For the longest time I was seeing the HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360 for around $100-$150 with 5 or 6 free movies, or the PS3 retailing for $400 with just as many free movies. I kept thinking to myself, “I sure would hate to buy one of these and end up with a useless piece of garbage if the format is not supported in the future.” So I waited. I read articles about which studios were going to be supporting which format, and what the experts were saying would end up being the standard for video, but I didn’t see a clear winner until earlier this year when Toshiba finally said “Enough” and dropped the HD DVD format. And now people like my brother who have an HD DVD drive are up a creek without a paddle.

Anywho, after all that was decided, and the dust settled, and I got a really good deal on a PS3, I joined the HD Movie watchers club. The only problem, I’m broke, and like to watch movies that lack quality as opposed to shelling out thirty bucks a pop for a single movie disk. However, last night a friend of mine let me borrow Ghost Rider on Blu Ray. Now, as a disclaimer I must say that I never wanted to see this movie. Even as a superhero movie buff, I thought this one looked like a stinker, and as superhero movies go, its plot was average at best, but I must say the HD experience made this movie awesome! The fire, water, ice, and wind special effects really popped! WOW! I didn’t really know what I was missing!

Long story short, if you have an HD TV and don’t have a High Def player, you should really get one. It may not improve the quality of the movies you watch, but it will make the ones you see much more enjoyable. Heck, I’d probably watch an hour and a half of a turd glistening on this thing!