Sometime during the summer of 2002, after HS and before college, I gave a chance to the album “Songs for the Deaf” by Queens of the Stone Age. I was familiar with radio staples of the time “Go with the Flow” and “No One Knows”, and I had purchased 10 used CD’s priced 7.99 or above from the now defunct CD Warehouse in Goldsboro NC, making me eligible for a free used CD.
And I was hooked. These days, I think of Rated R, Songs for the Deaf, and Lullabies to Paralyze as some of my favorite albums ever. Now I will finally get to see them play in Asheville this September supporting their new release “…Like Clockwork”, which is an excellent addition to their discography. I must say, I’m a bit relieved it isn’t mediocre (like “Era Vulgaris”) or terrible (like the new Alice in Chains album).
The sparking glove effect seen throughout the movie was achieved by attaching the glove to a car battery. The famous scraping noise was created by scratching a steak knife on the underside of a metal chair.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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It is incredibly painful to watch Maggie Grace in Californication. She is absolutely not believable in her role. Stuck up rich girl on Lost? Yes. Hard rock n roll muse? No. I felt the same way about Michelle Trachtenberg on Weeds. Not buying it.
“What if God was onerous?” — Joan Osborne
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“William, it was… really quite an inconvenience, actually.”
During a think tank webinar today, it was suggested that a celebrity could be used to promote the initiative/product or whatever being discussed. Behind the scenes my coworker said something like, “ROI is our rock star spokesperson”, to which I proposed “ROI Orbison?”. I see a raise in my future. Maybe this is more appropriate for LinkedIn…