Corey_Lazarus

^Ownage.

...now I know why Agent quit doing drugs...

Why do scenester hardcore kids wear women's pants?!

I do, considering they're legal, and the term "drugs" usually refers to illegal substances.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Freebird" Hadn't heard it since I was 14 until Friday night when I saw The Devil's Rejects. Now it's the only song I've listened to for the past 2 days.

I'd like to see post-punk laptop rap make it big. Those silly college kids!

Prolly not, because if he did he'd realize that he has A LOT to live up to. Hrmmm...Soundwave as a chopper...imagine how different Predator would have been if the helicopter was a Transformer? Ahnuld: "RUN! GET TO THE CHOPPER!" Chopper: "FOOLISH HUMANS!" **fires lasers**

I think it's funny how Luke and Owen both get the same amount of roles, but Luke is the more dramatic whereas Owen is the funny one. Sorry, it's not that funny, but I think it's interesting.

Tommy, the one that Ken always called a homo but was actually just an effeminate straight guy. I think he eventually got a girlfriend, but I'm not so sure. My favorite Tommy moment was the episode where Titus and Dave meet Tommy's father, find out he's gay, and later in the episode Tommy's dad is beaten up. At the bar where he was beaten up, these two rednecks are in there talking about how proud they are for roughing up a gay guy, so Titus and Dave go to start with them, and are about to get their asses kicked when Tommy goes all Bruce Lee on the two rednecks with a pool cue. That was MINT.

Producer Agent is a good one, as I use it for my e-fed character's manager (since Laz is a Hollywood star)

Please elaborate. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The reason the show was cancelled was because Christopher Titus owned the rights to it, and Fox wanted him to make it into more of a flat-out sitcom instead of the "should I really be laughing at this?" kind of show it was. How over-the-top his mom was during his memories of her in later episodes? That was all Fox right there, as Titus wanted to make the show as close to his real life as possible (which, judging from his stand-up shows, it actually was).

Maybe so, but the ones that combine pretty contrasting styles usually produce something interesting. After all, rock n' roll is just country and blues with more reverb.

And a song called "Fucked With A Knife" that ends with the line "killing as I cum."

I'm predicting 2 weeks, max, before you go "I got so fucked up last night."

**marks out**

Yes, because no ska or metal band has ever produced good music.

The last band I fell in love with without owning any of their albums was Shadows Fall, and now I own them all. Soo, uhhh...yeah. I really don't particularly care for too many bands I don't own an album from. Well, The Plasmatics, sorta...but my dad owns the Coup d'Etat album, and I listen to it more than he does.

This movie fucking ROCKS. A million times better than House of 1,000 Corpses, and to who said the characters are undeveloped, I say this: sit down and watch the movie. SPOILER WARNING! Everything that the first one had going for it is amplified in this one. Check out these quotes... If you liked the first one at all...SEE THIS. The use of the song "Freebird" (by Lynyrd Skynyrd, obviously) is BRILLIANT (the point when it's used, I mean).

I'd say Metallica was just as good as Master of Puppets. Two entirely different-sounding albums, yes, but I really don't see where 'The Black Album' is weaker than Puppets. Both have their strengths and weaknesses; both have their anthems and their throwaway songs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the Black Album is eternally weaker than Puppets. Song complexity, length, and how well-written they were is how I'm judging this (and Agent, I know you hate all things Metallica, so piss off, duder). Length-wise, they're about the same, with The Black Album having 4 more tracks than Puppets does. Let's compare them: ANTHEMS Puppets has "Battery," "Master of Puppets," and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" as its anthems. The Black Album has "Enter Sandman," "Sad But True," "The Unforgiven," and "Nothing Else Matters." Everything else, really, is filler, with "Wherever I May Roam" coming close to being an anthem (I think it, lyrically, is one of the highpoints of the album, but musically is pretty damn filler). I'd give the edge to Puppets here, since all three songs are played by Metallica live at every concert, whereas "Enter Sandman" and "Sad But True" are the only two Black Album tunes that are always played live. Puppets 1, Black Album 0. FILLER Puppets has "The Thing That Should Not Be," "Disposeable Heroes," "Leper Messiah," "Orion," and "Damage, Inc." The only one song on the album that really doesn't fit is "The Thing That Should Not Be," as it's structure is awkward (an early sign of Metallica calming down after being the band that had something to prove), lyrics dull, and length too long (it's nearly 7 minutes long, IIRC, and should have been, realistically, only 4 or 5). The others are considered anthems by the Metallica die-hards, and "Damage, Inc." especially is a sing-along live. The Black Album has "Holier Than Thou," "Don't Tread On Me," "Through The Never," "Of Wolf And Man," "The God That Failed," "My Friend Of Misery," and "The Struggle Within." "Holier Than Thou" is a good song that just never got enough credit, and I'd honestly say that "My Friend Of Misery" is the best song on the whole album, but the others are just filler. "The Struggle Within" sounds like a b-side that was recorded during the Justice sessions and was never used, which in all likelihood it was, but the production of The Black Album took away the edge that could have been there, and it sticks out like a sore thumb (and definitely should not have closed the album). "Don't Tread On Me" has a good intro, but that's about it, "Through The Never" suffers the same fault, "Of Wolf And Man" has a nice feel during the chorus, "The God That Failed" isn't that bad (and probably another song that should have been a single but wasn't), and I've talked about the other two. 5/8 of Puppets could be considered filler, and 7/12 of The Black Album can be considered filler. The filler on Puppets, though, is of higher quality than the filler on The Black Album, so that gives us Puppets 2, Black Album 0. RIFFING I don't even really need to explain myself here. The Black Album is a collection of PERFECT riffs just structured wrong in the songs and, IMO, overproduced. Puppets has some good riffs of its own, notably in the anthems, but the other riffs are sorta generic metal of the time period. Puppets 2, Black Album 1. SOLO'S Ha. Puppets 3, Black Album 1. DRUMS Lars was banging on the skins like a man possessed for much of Puppets, even kicking out double-bass on quite a few songs, and actually showed some potential to become a GREAT drummer. On The Black Album he just slowed everything down, with his only stand out drumming on the intro to "The Struggle Within" (which is just marching drums). Puppets 4, Black Album 1. BASS Cliff was a God, and Jason was just very good but underutilized. Benoit to Lance Storm. Puppets 5, Black Album 1. VOCALS James' voice got better as he got older, as he started to learn how to actually sing as opposed to just let out a pretty girly scream. Puppets 5, Black Album 2. LYRICS Now, this is odd...because, in my eyes, James got better with lyrics as he matured. He's still not that great, but he does capture some raw emotion and DOES connect with Metallica's fanbase. "Sad But True" beats the shit out of everything on Puppets lyrically, save for maybe "Battery," but "The Unforgiven" and "Wherever I May Roam" help give the edge to the 1991 recording. Puppets 5, Black Album 3. PRODUCTION I don't like the production on The Black Album one bit. It seems TOO well-produced to really be as tremendous an album as it is, as I feel there needs to be a lot of raw sounds on any rock, metal, punk, etc. record. Puppets 6, Black Album 3. IMPACT ON THE BAND'S CAREER Puppets came out and went platinum (maybe even double-platinum, I forget) without Metallica having radio or MTV exposure. The Black Album was sold almost solely on Metallica's reputation of putting out good-great records in the 80's, the popularity of "One" in the late 80's, and the popularity of the "Enter Sandman" video in the weeks leading up to the album's release. Were it not for Puppets, Metallica would still have been supporting larger bands well into the release of The Black Album. Most metal critics and listeners will point to Puppets as the defining point of Metallica's career, whereas The Black Album alienated much of their original fanbase. Puppets 7, Black Album 3. Now, I do like The Black Album quite a bit, but I don't think it's even close to any of the first four albums in quality or replay value.

I'd say swing metal...but ska/metal and skacore kinda have that done to a certain degree. Maybe the next big step will involve a triangle?

Dawn. The most pivotal zombie flick ever created against an extremely entertaining one? Yeah. This would be like comparing This is Spinal Tap and Rock Star in terms of which movie is a better way of showing how goofy 80's rock was.

I mark for local indy wrestlers Johnny Idol, DC Dillinger, and El Boricua, and I can't think of many reasons to mark for them. DC and Idol are both great heels, and Idol has had some good matches with Joe Cheche and DC is perfect as the psychology-master of Sabotage (as Eddie Edwards brings the workrate), but Boricua...I dunno. He's just fucking cool, and a nice as hell guy. Of course, the flipside of this is my marking for Mercedes Martinez: one of the only female indy wrestlers that can actually WORK.

RON KILLINGS and RAVEN. As for questions for Lynn... "Did people calling you a sell-out for working for XPW after you were affiliated with ECW for so long annoy you at all?" Make sure to tell him that it wasn't a sell-out move, especially since he had HUUUUUUGE beef with Paul E.

Kick his ass and then say you're doing it for a man from Calgary... ... ... ...Alberta, CANADA.

I'd call the cops. Can you imagine the horrified cries over 911? Operator: "911, what is your emergency?" Caller: "OH MY GOD, IT'S HORRIBLE!" Operator: "Sir, please calm down." Caller: "OH FUCK! WHY DID JESUS LET THIS HAPPEN?!" Operator: "Sir, please calm down and tell me what's wrong." Caller: "**sniff**...**sob**...there's...there's a MAN..." Operator: "What is he doing, sir?" Caller: "He's...OH MY GOD...he's bouncing!" Assailant (in background): "T-T-F-N! TA-TA FOR NOW!" Caller: "NOOOOOOOOO **click**"