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  1. Gary Floyd
    -I watched "Smoking Aces" last night. Here's another movie that runs out of steam in the last third or so, complete with a dreadful plot twist. Still, I think it's worth checking out at least one. Alicia Keyes is in it (and absoulutely smoking hot), as are the funniest pair of Neo -Nazi brothers ever, Jason Bateman (I did not need to see him in bra and panties) and a hyperactive kid on ritalin who does kung fu and pops a major boner.
     
    -Iran hates porn apparently, and is hanging those who are pornstars. Come on, at least have respect for the Pornstars. The fact that they do what they do is an impressive mix of bravery and lack of self confidence.
     
    I knew a guy back in High School who wanted to be a pornstar. I wonder if he ever realized that many male pornstars have to start out by doing gay porn...
     
    -Oh, we're nearing the middle of 2007, and there's been some good, and some bad, and some so-so in the music front. Here's the general thoughts on it:
     
    Good and great:
     
    LCD Soundsystem-Sound of Silver
    Grinderman-Grinderman
    Boris & Michio Kurihara-Rainbow
    !!!-Myth Takes
    Jesu-Conqueror
    Motor-Unhuman
    Redman-Red Gone Wild: Thee Album
    Merzbow-Coma Berenices
    Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero (Never liked them, but this is a great album)
     
    So-so:
     
    Air-Pocket Symphony
    Queens of the Stone Age-Era Vulgaris (great album title though)
    Sister Vanilla-Little Pop Rock
    Throbbing Gristle-Part Two - The Endless Not (Apparently, the first and original industrial band should have stayed away from each other. A real disappointment, though there's some good moments)
    Explosions in the Sky-All the Sudden I Miss Everyone
    Bjork-Volta
     
    The Bad:
     
    Timbaland-Timbaland Presents Shock Therapy (Worst album of 2007 so far)
    The Bravery-The Sun and the Moon
    Adult-Why Bother? (Why bother indeed)
    Dntel-Dumb Luck
    Mika-Life in Cartoon Motion
    Marilyn Manson-Eat Me, Drink Me (Granted, he always sucked, but now it's just embarrising. At least it's not as bad as Golden Age of Grotesque.)
    Satellite Party-Satellite Party (Perry, it's time to just stop.)
    The new Chris Cornell album
  2. Gary Floyd
    The fact that they allowed shit like this. At least they are deleting it. Here's some choice quotes, with choice crazy bolded.
     

    So, why would they (Livejournal) even let shit like this exist on their website in the first place?
     

    Jesus Christ, isn't that illegal?
     

    Lady, you write fanporn. You aren't Stephen King Or Ambrose Bierce or William Burroughs. You aren't a legitimate author.
     

    See comment # 3
     

    In short: Fans are sickos and need to be neutered.
     

    If you write a story like that, you are a fucking pedophile. End of discussion.
     

    Apparently, Harry Potter fans are middle agerd, sexually repressed housewives who feel the need to write about underaged fictional characters fucking one another.
     

    That's 4,468 people who should be in jail for most likely owning kiddie porn.
     
    In short, the internet is the ultimate support group for the completely disgusting.
  3. Gary Floyd

    Come on now...

    By Gary Floyd,

    Honestly.
     
    Why do some people not like me? I never considered myself the best poster, but a bad poster? Seriously, what the fuck?
     
    Also, do Incandenza and Slayer actually like anyone?
  4. Gary Floyd
    -Well, happy memorial day. Or not. Depends on who you are. Me, I'm spending it in my dorm, sweating like a pig. Don't know why, since the air conditioner is on full blast.
     
    -Yesterday, my brother finally graduated from Highschool. It's strange seeing this happen, since I still remember him as a newborn in my mother's arms. It may be cliche, but they really do grow up fast. Anyways, I'm really proud of him. He's training to become a physician, and is going to spend the summer the same as always: working and relaxing at home.
     
    -Good news for fellow horror nerds: "From Beyond" and "The Burning" come out on Sept. 11th, 2007. So yeah, something good coming out of 9/11. I can't wait for "From Beyond", it's a wonderfully deranged movie.
     
    -Finally, Charles Nelson Reilly died, which is a shame. I always liked the guy, and he's always quotable, so RIP Charlie.
  5. Gary Floyd
    -Last Friday, I finally got to see the crazy preacher dude I told you about last time. The guy himself is a riot, and dances around a whole lot. Really, he does a little footwork. He also has a tendancy to smack his bible and shove it in people's faces. Anyways, he railed on and on about homosexuals (I hear he did a lot of ranting about Catholics when I wasn't there), so I told him "You know, gor a guy who rails on about homosexuals a lot, you sure do have a pretty gay hat." Afterwards, a gay guy walked up to me and said "I agree with ya dude." I haven't seen the crazy preacher since, though next time, I'll probably recite the theme from "Fresh Prince of Bell Air" to him.
     
    -I do have an excuse for not doing many journal entries lately: I've been knee deep in homework. I've had to finish reports, and finals are coming up, so there's the sad excuse.
     
    -Good news: "Masters of Horror" has been renewed for a third season.
     
    -Finally, Italian exploitation and horror director Bruno Mattei (aka "Vincent Dawn") has died. While none of his movies ("Hell of the Living Dead", "The Other Hell", "SS Extermination Love Camp", and "Rats: Night of Terror") were actually good, they were at least so good they were bad, in a MST3K sort of way.
     


    1931-2007
  6. Gary Floyd
    Ever since I got an IPod, I've had albums on it that are favorites on that IPod, Thing is, that list tends to change, so here's soe current favorites.
     
    The Slits-Cut-A reggae producer produces a band from an all femal punk band who aren't that good with their instruments (what punk band back in the day was?) and makes this badass album. It's a punk/postpunk classic, with plenty of reggae/dub rhythms, sardonic lyrics, and plenty of attitude.
     
    James Brown-Black Caesar OST-Soundtrack Brown did for a Blaxspotation flick is pretty damn catchy, with classics like "The Boss" and "Down and Out in New York City." A realy underrated gem.
     
    Cabaret Voltaire-Code-OOP and hard to find, this album is probably the groups most accessible release, filled with electro and funk groves while still not losing any of their identity.
     
    Joy Division-Closer-The band's second (and last) studio album predicts the oncoming goth and new wave movements coming together. Also may be the most depressing album ever recorded.
     
    EPMD-Strictly Buisiness-Old school hip hop at it's best, with plenty of samples, catchy beats, and awesome rhymes. Also the first hip hop album I know of to reference Steve Martin.
     
    Scientist-Heavyweight Dub Champion-Pretty short, but awesome dub reggae album.
     
    Agalloch-Not Unlike the Waves-I already mentioned this in the "Metal Albums I'm enjoying" entry.
     
    Henry Mancini-A Touch of Evil OST-Hell yes. Soundtrack to a classic film noir movie directed by Orson Welles, and full of old scholl rock, afro cuban rhythms, sleezy horns, old west style pianos, and other such things
     
    Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab-Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party-Another awesome soundtrack (to a pretty bad movie) features plenty of organ, mod style fuzzy guitars, sitars, trombones, and other old school psychedelic sounds. Great stuff.
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    -Well, Jerry Falwell kicked the bucket, and will most likely live in a personal hell of homosexuals. He'll be missed by-ah, who am I kidding? I always hated the fucker, so good riddence. I'm not going to celebrate, but I sure as hell won't miss him.
     
    -Oh, I'm suprised it took me this long, but I added people to my friends list: The people I added:
     

    Lushus Carnival
    Coat is my Father
    Czech
    KOAB
    Special K
     
    If you want added, let me know.
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    02.) Vanilla Fudge-The Beat Goes On
    The award winner for the most pretentious album of all time, this is an album made up of covers (Vanilla Fudge were largely a covers band) of the Beatles, Sunny and Cher, Mozart, and others. There aren't any real songs on it, as it's pretty much an album made up largely of various versions of "The Beat Goes On", as we hear world leaders (yeah, the love ins are just dying out here) telling of the bomb dropping, and other such things. Bummer. Oh, and it also has interview excerpts of the band talking about how disheartening and cold the industry is. Well, they agreed to release this (and Having Fun With Elvis on Stage). Oh, and it has and readings from the Bible and JFK and Hitler and bad prog rock noodling and-the list goes on. This is the most over indulgent, self important piece of shit ever recorded. Really, listen to it, then see if you disagree with me. It takes the song "The Beat Goes On", and tries to trace it to the history of Western Civilization.
     

    01.) VA-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band OST
    This album is proof of everything that is evil about the record industry, and is the worst album of all time. First, the backstory: You Know of the Beatles album. Hell, I'm sure you own it. Well, the man that gave you "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease" (I always hated those movies) decided that the album would be a great movie. So he cast The Bee-Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin (why Steve), George Burns, Jeff Beck, Aerosmith, and Alice Cooper. That's right, one of the greatest albums ever recorded was turned into a failed marketing attempt. The end result is largely considered to be the worst album ever recorded, and for good reason. It also destroyed the careers of the Bee-Gees, Frampton, Earth Wind and Fire,and almost destroyed Jeff Beck Alice Cooper's. The album got released, and got so many returns and complaints, that the industry actually asked RCA for their certificate back. The rest is history.
     
     
    And that is the end of it. Hope you liked the countdown. Here's a recap to end it all
     
    50.) The new Insane Clown Posse Album. (include because Carnival hates it so much)
    49.) Boston-Corporate America
    48.) Coil-Constant shallowness Leads To Evil
    47.) Neil Young-Landing on Water
    46.) Hammer-The Funky Headhunter
    45.) The Rolling Stones-Dirty Work
    44.) Pink Floyd-The Final Cut
    43.) A Perfect Circle-eMotive
    42.) Roger Waters-Radio K.A.O.S.
    41.) Current 93-Aryan Aquarians
    40.) Rage Against The Machine-Renegades
    39.) Yes-Big Generator
    38.) Frank Sinatra-Trilogy
    37.) Public Enemy-Muse Sick-N-Hour-Mess Age
    36.) Stone Roses-Second Coming
    35.) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-Love Beach
    34.) Cabaret Voltaire-Groovy, Laid Back, and Nasty
    33.) Can-Saw Delight
    32.) Burzum-Daudi Baldrs
    31.) Ministry-Filth Pig
    30.) The Happy Mondays-Yes, Please
    29.) Death in June-All Pigs Must Die
    28.) Prince-The Rainbow Children
    27.) Kiss-Music for the Elder
    26.) Foetus Symphony Orchestra-York
    25.) Michael Jackson-HIStory
    24.) Madonna-American Life
    23.) Kevin Federline-Playing With Fire (because no list of worst albums would be complete without it)
    22.) Vanilla Ice-Hard to Swallow
    21.) Eminem-Encore
    20.) Tin Machine-Tin Machine
    19.)The Heads-No Talking, Just Head
    18.) Slayer-Diabolus in Musica
    17.) DJ Shadow-The Outsider
    16.) Black Sabbath-Never Say Die!
    15.) Black Sabbath-Forbidden
    14.) Judas Priest-Turbo
    13.) Van Halen-Van Halen III
    12.) Depeche Mode-Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
    11.) Genesis-Calling All Stations
    10.) Butthole Surfers-The Weird Revolution
    09.) The Clash-Cut the Crap
    08.) Aerosmith-Rock in a Hard Place
    07.) Elvis Presley-Having Fun on Stage
    06.) Mick Jagger-She's the Boss
    05.) Chunky A-Large and In Charge
    04.) Metallica-St. Anger
    03.) Pink Floyd-A Momentary Lapse in Reason
    02.) Vanilla Fudge-The Beat Goes On
    01.) VA-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band OST
     
     
     
     
     
     
  9. Gary Floyd

    8-6

    By Gary Floyd,

    08.) Aerosmith-Rock in a Hard Place
    At this point in their career, Aerosmith were in some serious trouble. We all know about the drugs and whatnot, and Joe Perry and Brad Whitford being kicked out. The result? Fortunately, not something that tries to keep up with the times, but Aerosmith's worst. "Joanie's Butterfly" is a real cringer, with it's bad attempt at psychedellia, while "Jailbait" sounds like a bad leftover song, as does much of the album. At least Joe Perry returned after this one.
     

    07.) Elvis Presley-Having Fun on Stage
    No it's not music. It's Elvis in his 70's lowpoint, basically talking on stage. That's right, an album of Elvis doing nothing but talking, telling jokes (you haven't lived untill you've heard Elvis try to impersonate a Black Woman), asking for a glass of water, showing us eleven ways to pronounce "Memphis", and generally making an ass of himself. This was released thanks to Col. Tom Parker BTW, and was actually released as a legitimate concert album. Strangest of all: There's 5 fucking volumes of this. No, I'm not kidding you, there is 5 volumes of this. And let me remind you, this wasn't released to piss off the label, like Metal Machine Music-this really was released as a serious, legitimate album.
     

    06.) Mick Jagger-She's the Boss
    Ok, I can understand Mick wanting to do an album that doesn't sound much like the Stones, but this is unforgiveable. Featuring a who's who of artists (Herbie Hancock, Pete Townsend, and even Jeff Beck) to do a generic. dated, and all around awful album. Actually, now that I think about it, all of Jaggers solo work sucks, but this really bears to be mentioned because it's the first one that came to mind. Oh, and don't get me started on the cover.
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    11-9

    By Gary Floyd,

    11.) Genesis-Calling All Stations
    You think Genesis with Phil Collins as the focus sucks? Well, they suck harder without him believe it or not. Here, the band tries to combine their pop success with their art-rock genius of the 70's. The end result? An over polished, over indulgent, synth heavy (in the bad sense), and horrible songs like "Congo" and "Small Talk." I remember being a teenager, and one of my mom's friends talking about how bad it is, and the Daily Show making fun of it. That's the only good that came out of it.
     

    10.) Butthole Surfers-The Weird Revolution
    I love the Butthole Surfers. There 80's albums are the most disturbing Psychedelic Rock albums ever recorded. This 2001 however, almost makes you forget those great moments. Filled with generic Beck soundalikes, bland industrial rock/trip hop mixes, none of the awesome guitar work of Leary, and a song produced by Kid Rock of all people. (So for those who were wondering were Kid Rock was in this countdown, here you go.)
     

    09.) The Clash-Cut the Crap
    Crap indeed. After Mick Jones left the Clash, Joe Strummer (may he R.I.P.) tried to do an album that sounded like old punk-quick and to the point. The album itself doesn't cut it (pun intened), as it sounds like a bad parody of punk. It also sounds formullaic, boring, and lyrically horrendous. This was the last Clash album also, though Strummer went to do much better things.
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    14-12

    By Gary Floyd,

    Judas Priest-Turbo
    14.) Judas Priest-Turbo
    Priest try 80's pop metal. As you'd expect, it goes wrong. "Turbo Lover" is pretty embarrising (and their gayest song ever-yes, even gayer than "Ram it Down"), and the album ends up sounding like Poison recording a Judas Priest tribute album instead of a Judas Priest album. It's also another album trying to keep up with then modern trends (in this case, pop metal) and sounds incredibly dated, from the synth guitar to corny attempts at anthems.
     

    13.) Van Halen-Van Halen III
    Remember when Gary Cherone from Extreme was the frontman for Van Halen? If you do, then I'm sorry that I had to bring that up. Everything from the generic 90's album cover, poor attempts at political commentary (Yeah Eddie, you stick it to the man!), songs that sound too much like redo's of past Van Halen songs, a bland rhythm section, and worst of all, generic guitar riffs from Eddie-yes, you read that right-is horrible. This was also the last studio album from Van Halen, and not the best way to go.
     

    12.) Depeche Mode-Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
    In spite what some will tell you, Songs of Faith and Devotion is a pretty good album. It's not their best one, and there are a few clunkers ("Get Right With Me" and "One Caress"), but it's still good. The follow up release six months later, is basically a live version of that album. It's a pretty bad album, with Dave Gahan sounding ragged and uninterested, to the failed attempts at giving the songs some extra muscle, to the bland live instrumentation, the whole album is a clunker. At least they followed it up with Ultra, which is their most underrated album. This is still pretty bad, and the worst album they rever recorded.
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    17-15

    By Gary Floyd,

    17.) DJ Shadow-The Outsider
    I love DJ Shadow. The albums Endtroducing and The Private Press pretty much define instrumentqal Hip-Hop. When I heard he was going to experiment with Hyphy and other styles, I was willing to give him the shadow (no pun intended) of a doubt. The end result is an absolute disaster, and the worst album that was released last year. Complete with bad U2 and Coldplay immitations, now played out attempts at sample-ridden instrumentals, and well, even fucking Q-Tip can't save it.
     

    16.) Black Sabbath-Never Say Die!
    The last Sabbath studio album with Ozzy, Never Say Die! should have been called Pull The Plug. Full of bloated attempts at Prog-Rock , a generally disjointed feeling, a song ("Breakout") with saxaphone that goes nowhere, and Ozzy and the band sound unentusiastic. In other words, you can tell they don't want to be around one another.
     

    15.) Black Sabbath-Forbidden
    The last Black Sabbath studio album, this is their worst. It features Ernie C (of Body Count fame), it features a duet with Ice-T (I'm not making this up), bad attempts at Power Metal, one of the worst Metal Ballads ever recorded ("Can't Get Close Enough"), and even sees Tony Iommi recycling a riff from one of his own songs. The album itself should be "Forbidden." LOL GET IT!?!? Ok, i'll shut up now.
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    20-18

    By Gary Floyd,

    20.) Tin Machine-Tin Machine
    It may predate 90's guitar fueled grunge, but still...David Bowie, what were you thinking? Even if it predates it, Tin Machine, Bowies more Hard rock side project, is still half baked, uninspired grunge. The album even has the gall to cover Lennon's "Working Class Hero", and well...damnit Bowie. The project was pretty much hated by everyone, and is best left as a bad memory, though there were two more Tin Machine albums.
     

    19.)The Heads-No Talking, Just Head
    The Talking Heads without David Byrne=no. Really, just no. Featuring a variety of leads singers (including Debbie Harry, Richard Hell, and others), it doesn't sound like the Talking Heads as much as it does a really bad dream. Featuring an embarrising stab at pseudo NIN Industrial rock ("Damage I've Done"), shitty stabs at punk/new wave ("Punk Lolita") and other sad moments. At least it was the only Heads album.
     

    18.) Slayer-Diabolus in Musica
    What does Slayer sound like when they experiment with Hardcore? Not very good. To be fair, their experiments in Hardcore had their moments in the past (Divine Intervention isn't as bad as some say it is), but it still sounds bad, as the whole Hardcore thing had lost its usefulness, and it sounds like a band doing a parody of a Slayer album. The album itself is low on new ideas (They are still talking about Religion, Serial Killers, and War), and musically, lets just say songs like "Overt Enemy", "In The Name of God", and "Perversions of Pain" aren't their best moments.
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    23-21

    By Gary Floyd,

    23.) Kevin Federline-Playing With Fire
    I will admit, I've never listened to this album. I'm only including it because no list of worst albums would be complete without this guy.
     

    22.) Vanilla Ice-Hard to Swallow
    Contrary to popular belief, Limp Bizkit and their peers didn't record the worst Nu-Metal album. No, Vanilla Ice did, in what basically sounds like a parody of an already shitty subgenre. Also contrary to popular belief, his worst song isn't "Hot Sex", "Having a Ronnie", or "I Love You" (though it can be agreed that "Ninja Rap" is the best thing he did). No, it's "The Horny Song", which also actually counts as the worst Nu-Metal song ever recorded-and that's saying something.
     

    21.) Eminem-Encore
    Ok, so "Mosh" and "Toy Soldiers" are cool songs, but those can't save an album with songs like "Big Weenie", "My First Single", "Just Lose It", "Evil Deeds", "Puke", or worst of all, "Ass Like That", in which Eminem rips on Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. (I know that Triumph appears in the video, but still, the song is a diss on a fucking hand puppet.) Oh, and it features Eminem taking a shit, which is something nobody wanted to hear.
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    26-24

    By Gary Floyd,

    26.) Foetus Symphony Orchestra-York
    I love Jim Thirlwell. My blog is named after one of his songs fer Christsakes! That out of the way, this is the worst album he recorded. Done after he was dumped by Sony, the album is a collaboration with Lydia Lunch that details a tour through the seedier, more unpleasent parts of New York. Sounds good, right? Well it would be if it didn't sound exactly like that, only less exciting and with pretentious, monotonous jazz noodling as music. Fortunately, he's made up for this, but it's still a bad album.
     

    25.) Michael Jackson-HIStory
    Some will tell you that Invincible is the worst Michael Jackson recorded, but they are mistaken. HIStory is a monumental achievement in ego, from the huge statue he constructed to celebrate the album, to shitty stabs at angry pop music with "They Don't Care About US" ("Scream" is a pretty fucking awesome song though) to the absolutely creepy (This came after the first trial) "Childhood", HIStory is his worse album. Though it should be mentioned again that "Scream" is a pretty badass song.
     

    24.) Madonna-American Life
    Question: What's the worst album Madonna ever recorded? Answer: American Life. If you want to hear an American billionaire with a fake British accent complain about what she thinks is wrong with America, this is the album for you. Otherwise, you should avoid. Oh, and don't forget the title track, which has Madonna rapping, and nearly destroying Hip Hop.
  16. Gary Floyd
    -Well, I went to Big Boy's for Breakfast yesterday (what can I say, their breakfast bar rules, and Bob Evans was crowded) and saw something that I've never seen before, or at least in person: a female Insane Clown Posse fan who wasn't ugly or fat. Well, her face was so-so, but she had a pretty good body, and a nice ass. Who knew such a thing existed.
     
    Afterwards, I stopped at Best Buy to get Venture Bros. Season 2 on DVD (it's great, though the commentary tracks are so-so), then went to Meijer to get some food. I also started reading Jack Ketchum's "The Lost", and it's been great so far. The guy's one of my favorite horror authors, and everyone should read him.
     
    Now, back to the countdown.
     

    29.) Death in June-All Pigs Must Die
    Hey, it's Death in June, doing the whole neo-folk with fascist overtones thing-again. Only this time it's uninteresting, and shows the eventual musical mediocrity that's unfortunately plagued them since. It also drags on too long, and while he at least tried something a bit different, it's attempts at dirge-like atmosphere and eeriness falls right on it's face.
     

    28.) Prince-The Rainbow Children
    I love Prinve. Who doesn't love Prince. That out of the way, there's no denying that he's cut some bad albums, and while there has been debate over what his worst album is, I'd say it's this one. Here, Prince lets the world know he's a Jehovas Witness (at least he did go door to door over it), and records an album made up of really bad attempts at sounding like James Brown, Sly Stone, and other such greats. It also has some of the worst lyrics he's ever written.
     

    27.) Kiss-Music for the Elder
    One of the worst (and most puzzling) concept albums ever recorded (ELP's Tarkus, while a shitty album, gets a pass for having such an odd but awesome concept), Music for the Elder pissed off whatever remaining Kiss fans existed at the time, with it's shitty attempts at Prog Rock, and was the final straw for Ace Frehley, who left the band after the albums release. Who could really blame him?
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    35-33

    By Gary Floyd,

    35.) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-Love Beach
    Ok, so I never liked ELP, but that doesn't save this album. Granted, it was only recorded it because they owed it to their label, but that's no excuse. One of the worst Prog-Rock albums ever recorded, this is a lazy affair, without a single memorable moment. Even their most hardcore fans will tell you it sucks. Also has what may be one of the worst album covers ever.
     

    34.) Cabaret Voltaire-Groovy, Laid Back, and Nasty
    Cabaret Voltaire are one of my favorite groups of all time. A band who's influence on electronic music is nearly unequaled, and can still be heard today. When they decided to do a house album back in 1988, it was a musical disaster. It's another album that tries to keep up with the times, which sucks considering that this is a group known for setting standards instead of following them. Also, Stephen Mallinder's voice is more pop oriented, and lacks any of the conviction of their previous work, which hurts not only their credibility, but also their creativity, thus making a flat out bad album. Cool album title though.
     

    33.) Can-Saw Delight
    First bad sign: the album title itself is a bad pun. Another bad sign: This is a flat out dull album, without a single interesting moment, and sounds too much like a collaberation between Santana and a bloated Prog-Rock band instead of the freeform ethno-fusion jams that Can are known for, as well as some uninspired drumming from Jaki Liebezeit (who may be my favorite drummer of all time) and weak electronic wankery that sounds more like ELP than Can.
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    38-36

    By Gary Floyd,

    38.) Frank Sinatra-Trilogy
    It sucks to have to put old Blue eyes here, but this album is worth mentioning on this list. This is an album that sees Frank delving into levels of bad usually reserved for Shatner. The covers (again with the covers) are pretty bad, but part three of this album is the stuff of bad music legend. Here, Blue Eyes tells us about peace and outer space, singing about time on Mars to saying, and I am not making this up, "Uranus is Heaven." Let's pretend the man never recorded this one
     

    37.) Public Enemy-Muse Sick-N-Hour-Mess Age
    Sorry Chuck, but not even an awesome album cover can justify this one. Really, after Apocalypse 91, it's all dowhill from there for Public Enemy (actually that's not true-He Got Game is underrated). Here, they tell you the same thing you've heard before, and do it all in a way that's boring instead of though provoking, while the production-always a plus in PE albums-is definately lacking. If anything, they sound more like a parody instead of the real thing. That out of the way, I will give them props for not trying to change with the times.
     

    36.) Stone Roses-Second Coming
    The Stone Rose's debut album is a classic example of many of the good things about Brit-Pop, and is one of the best albums of the genre. The follow up-not so much. Here, Ian Brown tries growling a bit, which is a real head scratcher. The biggest crime though, is the guitar work by John Squire, which sounds too much like a bad attempt at trying to be Led Zeppelin. After this, the band broke up, and Brown went on to a forgettable solo career.
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    41-39

    By Gary Floyd,

    41.) Current 93-Aryan Aquarians
    Some artists release albums so bad even they don't want anybody to hear it. David Tibet, who I think is awesome, has every right to be embarresed by this album. A dreadful attempt at synth-pop, the album is bad in every way imaginable. It's almost as if he and hid friends recorded this as a joke. If that's the case, then it's not a funny one.
     

    40.) Rage Against The Machine-Renegades
    Yet another shitty covers album. Hearing Devo's Beautiful World and Bob Dylan's Maggie Farm get butchered is one thing. The real crime though, is hearing such Hip-Hop classics such as Afrika Bambaata's Renegades of Funk, Erik B. and Rakim's Microphone Fiend, Cypress Hill's How I Could Just Kill A Man, and Volume Ten's Pistol Grip Pump get ruined. These travesty's thus make it slightly worse tham A Perfect Circles also shitty eMotive.
     

    39.) Yes-Big Generator
    There is nothing worse than a good band with a hit doing a failed attempt to capitalize on that hit. That's all Big Generator is. he band does see them try to go back to their old style, and it was a big hit, ot also sounds too much like they are conflicted with making another hit and returning back to their roots. The result is this album, which never finds it's voice, and ends up sounding like a lost cause. Cool album cover though...
  20. Gary Floyd
    -Before we get back to the countdown, Here's Karl Rove setting white people back. Word. I never thought I'd say it, but poor Karl Rove...
     
    Now, thw countdown countinues
     

    47.) Neil Young-Landing on Water
    I love Neil Young. Hell, who doesn't? That out of the way, nobody loves this album. Here, Neil tries to mix the style of his band Crazy Horse with modern music styles-and it all falls apart. The album is incredibly dated, and I'm sorry Neil, but loud 80's Drums don't fit you. The whole album is hard to listen to (yes, even harder than Eveybody's Rockin', though that ones forgivable for the fact that Young was intentionally trying to piss off Geffen.)
     

    46.) Hammer-The Funky Headhunter
    Let's face it, while it's hard to take him seriously, you can't deny that guys like MC Hammer helped Hip-Hop crossover to the pop mainstream. When he tried to reinvent himself as a Gangsta rapper, you can guess how well that turned out. Sure, "Pumps and a Bump" may be one of the great idiotic Rap tunes, but the whole album is laughably bad because he actually tries to pull this off without a single hint of irony. Think about this: the guy who had a Saturday Morning cartoon tried to come off as a hardcore rapper. Cool album title though...
     

    45.) The Rolling Stones-Dirty Work
    Just like Neil Young a year earlier, The Rolling Stones try to fit in with the times-and fail. The Rolling Stones with synthesized production? No. Also, the band sounds bored, especially Jagger, who sounds like he doesn't know why he's doing this. Even Tom Waits, or as Incandenza likes to call him, God, can't save the album with his appearence. Oh, and the album cover is one of the worst album covers ever made.
  21. Gary Floyd
    I said I was going to start a countdown of the 50 Worst Albums of all time, so well, lets start
     
    50.) The new Insane Clown Posse Album.
    I never liked Insane Clown Posse. I always found them a lame gimmick, and their music never did anything for me. The reason I included this one is because of the comments from Carnival, whi is a fan of there's who I think is a pretty cool guy, and is one of my favorite posters. He says that the new album is "The worst thing he's ever heard" and that "If it was a tumor, it wouldn't grow on him." Wow. Anyways, I'd like to thank him for these comments. I'm not sure if they are the exact words (I deleted them on accident-really sorry, though it is amazingly appreciated. You don't need to send them back though, since your words are appreciated) but still...
     

    49.) Boston-Corporate America
    Brad Delp commited suicide recently, and he'll definately be missed. The first Boston album is a classic, and still warrents a listen. Hell, everyone but the biggest indie-rock snob likes that album. Their last album though, is a real suckfactory. Everything in it sounds recycled, and the arena rock riffs sound tired instead of fun, and Delp sounds bored. Also, what the hell is with the song "With You", which doesn't even have Delp? Bullshit. Lamest of all, is one of the best selling arena rock gods of all time bemoaning corporate America. Yes, the same corporate America that helped them turn them into best selling sensations. Oh, and it promotes vegetarianism, rips on modern living, and attacks SUV's and DVD's. I rest my case. Cool album cover though.
     

    48.) Coil-Constant shallowness Leads To Evil
    I love Coil. Love's Secret Domain, Horse Rotorvator, and the Musick to Play in the Dark albums are classics in electronic music. This 2000 album though, sees them taking on noise, While I like noise, and I like what they were aiming for here (a tribute to everything from La Monte Young to Krautrock to early Butthole Surfers), the end result falls on it's face. It all sounds dull and pretentious, and actually forgets what made the artists that influenced the album so great in the first place. Saddest of all is frontman John Balance, who's just treading the same water he has in the past. In the end, what we get is the worst album in their discography, and one of the worst electronic albums of the new millenium, or at least so far.
  22. Gary Floyd
    -Well, spring break is going on right now. So far, things have been just ok, and some of it has sucked.
     
    For one thing, my aunt Mary recently has an aneurysm. Fortunately, she's doing betther, but it still scares me. I always got along with her, and though I'm usually not one to pick favorites, shes definately up there.
     
    Also, today was a boring day. How boring? Well, I actually started to watch The Tyra Banks show for some reason. She was talking to a lesbian couple who won't be accepted by one of the girls mother. I was actually rooting for the couple, until I realized that I was watching the fucking Tyra Banks show, and I stopped and started reading horror instead to make sure that I wan't transforming into some kind of pussy. I do hope the mom accepts her daughter though.
     
    -I saw 300 yesterday, and loved it. Granted, it may be the most homoerotic movie of the year (even Brokeback Mountain didn't have this much gay imagery), but it's still great. The trailers were ok. The Spiderman 3 was great (Fuck yeah Venom), but The Reaping (the new Dark Castle movie starring Hillary Swank) looks like shit. That reminds me, one of the Biblical Plagues is frogs, yet how is that bad? How are frogs deadly? Ok, so some are poisonous, but still, their frogs. Maybe God was on an off day when it comes to that plague.
     
    -Oh yeah, I went to a mall last Saturday. It sucked, because nothing was there. The only place that sold DVD's and music and books has been replaced by a Christian bookstore. I did go to Best Buy however, and got Al Green's Call Me, which is one of the best soul albums ever recorded. Seriously, if you don't already own it, buy it. You won't regret it.
     
    -Finally, I'm going to start a list of the 50 worst albums ever recorded. I'm going to ask for help from others, so suggestions from posters would be great.
  23. Gary Floyd
    -Well, I beat razazteca in round 1 of the TSM poster tournament. It feels good to win, though raz isn't really competition. Also, Slayer beat Matt "creepy bastard" Young, Leena (who actually voted for raz) beat snuffbox, and Lushus beat Edwin.
     
    -C-Bacon has returned, and me, Invader3k, and Bobby Peru have ripped on him. Personally, I'm just starting to lose interest in him, as he's pretty much a one-trick pony.
     
    -300 looks good, in spite of the drubbing some critics are giving it. I'll check it out.
     
    -Married to the Sea is an online comic i reccomend. Funny stuff that will hopefully get a laugh out of you. It's no Perry Bible Fellowship, but it's pretty damn good.
  24. Gary Floyd

    They asked for it...

    By Gary Floyd,

    -The Oscars were on last night. I really wish that Pan's Labyrinth (which got 6 nominations) and Children of Men (got 2) got more love last night, as they are awesome movies. That out of the way, it's great to see Scorcese finally win one, and Forest Whitaker win for best actor. Also, it's great to see Ennio Morricone get an award, but Lifetime Achivement? Come on, he deserved an award years ago...
     
    Oh, and I think Al Gore got too much love last night. I'm no conservative, but I halfway expected someone to start blowing him on stage. "Oh Al, you made us all aware of Global Warming!" Yeah, and scientists didn't say anything before the movie came out. It's sad that it takes Al Gore of all people to make more people care about the environment.
     
    Ellen was ok. Not as bad as some say, but not that good either.
     
    -Well, I've been busy for the last few weeks, what with essays and finals and such. One of the essays is an psychoanalytical look at the splatterpunk and hardcore horror genres in literature.
     
    -"The Abandoned" isa pretty damn good horror movie. It's not perfect (it sags a bit in the middle) but its still a good, atmospheric horror movie. It's refreshing to see a horror movie rely more on atmosphere than pointless torture, at least these days.
  25. Gary Floyd

    Quilombo!

    By Gary Floyd,

    -In good new, it quit snowing over here, and it's warming up some. It's supposed to be somewhere in the 50's later on this week, which puts a smile on my face.
     
    -Ghostrider is the top movie in the box office. I remember seeing the trailer for it when I saw Borat, and for the first time in my life, I found myself hoping a Tyler Perry movie would do better.
     
    Oh well, at least The Abandoned is in theatres Friday.
     
    -Here's Libertarian Stan Jones being a paranoid doof. Read the Youtube comments, because they are a riot. Oh, and LOL Communism.
     
    -It seems like Mick Romney, who's a Republican presidential candidate, is getting heckled because he's Mormon. Look folks, if you are going to heckle someone, make it be because of their Political background instead of their religious one. I'm no Bible Thumper myself, but I have no problem with someone if they have any sort of religion (except Scientology), and when you do shit like this, you just look like a jackass.
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