Now that summer is ending in Portland [sigh], I might as well catch up on the interbloggering. Here are some things I've wandered across lately.


Music News:

When it comes to Axl Rose, there are some constants you can depend on throughout the decades: poor choice in head gear, leather pants, and storming off stage. On September 2, Guns n’ Roses took the stage of Dublin’s O2 arena a full 70 minutes late. Throughout the first 3 songs, fans pelted Rose and those other guys (who are they now?) with water bottles. Rose made good on his promise to walk off if the bottle flinging did not stop. The band returned (due to contractual obligations ) an hour later to finish their set in a mostly empty venue. Now who is more at fault? The band who can never show up on time or the fans who paid for tickets only to drive said band off stage after being duly warned?





In other wuss out news, Kings of Leon left the stage at a St. Louis show on July 23rd after about 3 songs. Disgruntled fans throwing things? Nope. It was angry pigeons dropping poo from the rafters.
The Verizon Amphitheater apparently had a pigeon infestation which was supposed to be cleared up before the show. Now I certainly wouldn’t relish having bird poo dropped on me for an hour or so. But I question the band’s street creds since opening bands Stills and the Postelles both played full sets. Neither band had any complaints about the bird bombs dropped on them. Maybe the advance for the next Kings of Leon album should go towards some kind of rocker boot camp to toughen those guys up.
To add insult on the band’s bird inflicted injuries, mummified rocker Sammy Hagar publicly dissed Kings of Leon on radio station KSDK saying “…I’m mad at Kings of Leon” and “any time I see somebody doing something like that ... I remember when Guns and Roses had all those problems in St. Louis, and I had to turn on them. I had to.”


Political News:

With all the legal brew-ha-ha going on in Arizona, there is one disturbing fact that the state’s government has been guiding under the radar by exploiting our distraction. Jan Brewer is a bonified zombie. Here is the proof. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv




Yikes! Hide your brains!









sources:

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/guns-n-roses-tells-crowd-we-wont-rock-you-after-pelted-by-bottles

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=212549&catid=3

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/07/kings_of_leon_cancels_st_louis_show_pigeon_bird_shit_july_23_2010_jared_followill_missouri_heat.php