Did someone say threesome?

I was having a tough time deciding between three very intriguing topics for this blog entry and then i thought screw it, i'll just blog about all three. Fortunately for you though, i plan all in short order to save myself and you time... you're welcome!

1st- Dave Matthews Band is back on the radar!

I bought the new DMB album, Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King and i must say i am quite pleased with it overall. It sounds aggressive and progressive for the band that cut it's teeth playing frat parties and smoke-filled bars and venues. In many ways it doesn't really remind me at all of the DMB i was reared on, but i'm not complaining. There is one key exception though... the lyrics. Dave is singing about weird sh!t again and it's awesome! The only two tracks that disappoint in both lyrically and musically are the last two. They sound like they should be on the more unctuous Everday or Stand Up albums. But i've only listened to the album once though so there is time for those tracks to grow on me. There is also time for the others to sour... but i'm pretty confident that won't happen. If i were rating the album, i'd give it a very solid B and i assure you that isn't a generous rating. I think it's right on the money!

2nd- Can you say vasectomy?!

Did y'all hear about the guy here in Knox County who has fathered at least 21 kids by at least 11 different women?! This is the most ridiculous thing i've heard in a long, LONG time. I know it's probably pretty trendy to bash this guy, but seriously, has the whole world gone crazy?! It gets better though. This guy has a minimum wage job and one of the mothers is only receiving $2 a month in child support. I've said time and time again that nothing surprises me, but this is pushing my limits. A buddy of mine told me this quote and i think it sums up the situation quite nicely: "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy." I'm starting wonder though if i'm the crazy one!

3rd- Cadillac dreams...

Do you remember the days when the Cadillac was the gold standard of the automobile industry? If you owned a Cadillac, no one could tell you nothin' to quote the Kanye West song "Wait til I get my money right." Well apparently GM didn't get it's money right and had to file Chapter 11 last week. Michael Moore says it best:

"It is with sad irony that the company which invented 'planned obsolescence' -- the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would then have to buy a new one -- has now made itself obsolete. It refused to build automobiles that the public wanted, cars that got great gas mileage, were as safe as they could be, and were exceedingly comfortable to drive. Oh -- and that wouldn't start falling apart after two years. GM stubbornly fought environmental and safety regulations. Its executives arrogantly ignored the "inferior" Japanese and German cars, cars which would become the gold standard for automobile buyers. And it was hell-bent on punishing its unionized workforce, lopping off thousands of workers for no good reason other than to 'improve' the short-term bottom line of the corporation. Beginning in the 1980s, when GM was posting record profits, it moved countless jobs to Mexico and elsewhere, thus destroying the lives of tens of thousands of hard-working Americans. The glaring stupidity of this policy was that, when they eliminated the income of so many middle class families, who did they think was going to be able to afford to buy their cars? History will record this blunder in the same way it now writes about the French building the Maginot Line or how the Romans cluelessly poisoned their own water system with lethal lead in its pipes.
So here we are at the deathbed of General Motors."

Has the final bell rung for the former heavy-weight champion of the automotive world? Can the Cadillac reclaim it's place as the gold standard for the car industry of the future? Who knows, but one thing is for certain, nothing will ever be the same.

I appreciate your time and attention. Take good care, all of you until next time.

God speed,
-oSLo