B. Brian Brunzell

Well shit. I never thought about it that way...

This could be the single worst idea in the history of the planet. Spike TV sounds like a bad reality show, or a gay porn chanel.

"The Reflex"- Duran Duran

It's PBJ, you can't go wrong there.

B. Brian's Picks: Bracket 1: The Allman Bros. Band The Guess Who The Band Bad Co. Bracket 2: Kenny Rogers and the First edition Boston Blood, Sweat, and Tears Deep Purple Bracket 3: Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble Huey Lewis and the News Supertramp Steve Miller band Bracket 4: The Doobie Brothers Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band George Thorogood and the Destroyers Dire Straits- Mark Knopfler OWNS you

Man, I remember when Incubus sounded DIFFERENT from everyone else. They were UNIQUE. Now, they just sound like every other "Rock" band that's on mainstream Top 40 radio today.

So this week I've been conducting a few musical experiments because, well, I've been really fucking bored. Here are my experiments and results: My first experiment involved Syd Barrett's soo work vs. his work with The Floyd. After listening to The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, then listening to the 1st three Floyd singles and Piper..., I came to the conclusion that not only did Syd go nuts, but he went REALLY FUCKING BONKERS. His stuff with The Floyd was well-written, it flowed nicely, the lyrics actually made some sense, and were fully audible. His solo work, especially on Barrett, is very dis-jointed. there's no real flow to it, and the lyrics are often incoherent and naudible. Conclusion: For those who haven't heard that much of Syd, go with The Floyd. Unless you're a die-hard Barrett mark like I am, you probably won't like Barrett's solo work. The next experiment was the old Van Halen vs. Van Hagar debate. Of course, I already explained my theory towards the Halen in the Hale thread down the page. Conclusion: After listening to 1984, Van Halen II, 5150, and OU812, my theory was proven to be correct. On to the final experiment. I wanted to find the ultimate "musicians" band. So, I took a listen to Dream Theater's Images and Words, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. After listening to those records, I popped in Fresh Cream and Disreali Gears by Cream, whom many people consider to be the ultimate musician's band. Conclusion: Dream Theater all the way. Mike Portnoy blows ginger Baker away on drums, as well as Pete Brown as a lyricist. Clapton is Clapton, but John Petrucci is no slouch either on the axe. John Myung and Jack Bruce are about equal on the bass, and Cream didn't have a keyboardist, but if they did, it'd be tough to top Jordan Rudess or Kevin Moore. DT is much tighter as a band, the music flows better, the lrics are better, and overal, the music is better. Those were my conclusions to my experiments. Your thoughts?

I really love "Terrapin," but I'm an even bigger fan of "Opel." If you haven't heard it, I suggest downloading it pronto. It's so damn sad. I think it's head and shoulders above everything else on his solo albums.

**signs petition** Hey, what are T.L. Hopper and Skinner up to these days? **shoots self**

Foley as Commish wasn't bad. It wasn't exactly tittilating for me either. He did add to the HHH/Kurt/Steph angle a it, and his work with E&C was AMAZING, but other than that, he didn't do much for me. The cheap pops really got old after a while as well.

"Lookin' Out My Backdoor"- Creedence Clearwater Revival

"Ice King"-Res

Isn't that song about Hootie and the Blowfish failing at sports with major professional athletes? Aw fuck, that was the VIDEO.

Prince is a musical genius in every sense of the word. From the fact that he plays over 40 instruments, to the fact that all of his songs are perfect compositions. By the way, my favorite song is "Darling Nikki" possibly the second best song about masterbation ever recorded.

"Creepy Green Light"- Type O Negative

And now I rejoice. Yay.

"It Ain't LIke That(live)"- Alice In Chains

The bad thing about Benoit/Cena is that Benoit will make him look like a million bucks, only to have Cena disappoint at the PPV, should he go over our Savior.

The idea of comparing HHH/Book to Flair/Steamboat is laughable. Until they have a match over ****, you can't compare. They've yet to even top ***, so there won't be ANY comparing any time soon.

Oh Olympic Hero. If only that were true.

So what you're saying is, unless Nash breaks or tears something, we get to look forward to a Big Sexy title reign? OH DEAR GOD NO!!! **runs and hides**

That's the truest thing I've read all day.

"The Lovecats"- The Cure

Fucking people. God forbid a guy view his opinions. Rock on, Eddie. You're the king.

Roth all the way. There really is no comparison. I have a theory about Van Halen and Van Hagar: Van Halen wrote "love" songs about pussy and ass, while as Van Hagar wrote pussy-ass love songs. Bow down in front of the almighty David Lee. He owns every last one of us, and we all know it.