Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

Finally a new song from Avril that doesn't sound like every other song she has ever sung.
It's called Girlfriend..... h'mm I wonder is she trying to appeal to the gays with that title?
How long before Canadian radio plays the crap out of this one.

Anyway here is the girl from Napanee.

Fun @ Home With Your Blender

I have always been a fan of blender drinks, but I would have never thought of this.

I can't wait to get my hands on a couple of glow sticks...

Brittany Spears

What more can be said about poor Brittany....not much.
I hope that here return visit to rehab will stick this time.
Like they say "third time is the charm".

On a lighter note check this video out.



P.S.
When Courtney Love says that she admires your latest actions your in some serious trouble.

American Idol Season 6 and the Antonella Barba Controversy

As the week comes to an end I felt the need to talk about American Idol.
I'm not going to start posting regularly on Idol even though I'm completely addicted to the show, but an occasional update can't hurt.
The season has started off as usual, me arguing with Mark about whether or not we are going to watch the show together live or if I'm going to watch it later on the PVR. I will give him credit, Mark sat through most of the "bad" auditions with little or not complaints.
Now were up to the good parts of the show, the live performances.
I want to start with the new "scandal" and get it out of the way.
Mostly because I can't stand the woman.
I don't know what it is the rubs me the wrong way about her, but I have not liked her from the moment she stepped on stage.
Maybe because I went to school with an Antonella and I don't have fond memories of her, or it could be something else, I just don't know.
I will post some links to some pictures that have surfaced of Antonella Barba and you can decide for yourself if she should be sent packing.
Even though I can't wait to see here get voted off the show, I don't think anything justifies her "friends" selling pictures of her now that she's a bit of a celebrity.
Needless to say these are not pictures of Antonella feeding the homeless or helping blind people cross the street.
These links are NSFW.
(I just learned what NSFW means....Not Safe For Work. That's your fact for the day.)

IDontLikeYouInThatWay

Tabloid Rabies

Now back to the more interesting parts of the show. I have too early favourites that I would like to share one of the girls and one of the boys.

Here are their first live performances.

Up first Lakisha Jones.












Lakisha is trying to become the next American Idol for her three year old daughter. I think that she is going to go far in this competition.
This is her idol journey so far.




You can tell a singer is great when you get goosebumps from their performance.
I have also heard a rumor that Jennifer Hudson former American Idol loser and Academy Award nominee is going to sing this on the Oscar telecast on Sunday, she is going to have to sing the crap out of it to compete with this woman.

Now from the guys side there is Blake Lewis.











I like this one. He seems to be a performer in the true sense of the word.
This is another one to watch.



Here is Blake's group performance in Hollywood.
Just because I want to show it.

The Dixie Chicks and Signs of Aging

Last night was the airing of the 49th Grammy Awards.

For a list of all the winners click here.

I will admit that I am an awards show junkie. I love them all. The music awards shows are great especially The British Music Awards, there is always some group on the show that I have never heard before and can't wait to get there music. It was only a couple of years ago that I watched the Scissor Sisters perform there song "Take your Mama out" and instantly fell in love with that group.

Here is the video of the song. It was their first hit in '05.



Back to the point and the Grammy's last night.

Over the past summer I heard the Dixie Chicks new song "I'm not ready to make nice" while I was working out of town in Tweed. Now I had heard of the group before, they were really popular in the southern U.S., but they were country music singers and I hate country music, so I never really paid too much attention to them. After hearing the new song I had to find out more about them, it was just so good.
Turns out that the lead singer Natalie Maines made what she thought was a relatively innocent comment at a concert "We're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas".
The fact that she made this comment on the eave of the iraq war ignited a huge firestorm of controversy and boycotts from right wing fanatics in the U.S.
Here is the trailer for the documentary that was made on the scandal.



I can't wait for the movie to come out on dvd to watch it.
So last night the Dixie Chicks came back with a bang winning five Grammy Awards, one in every category that the were nominated in. Including record, album, and song of the year.

Here is the song that helped launch their comeback.

I'm not ready to make nice.



I especially like the ling form the song that says, "forgive sounds good, forget I'm not sure I could", it just has a resonance with me that I will have to explain in some later rant.

Their newest hit is called "The long way round". It's another great song, but there is no denying that its an all out country tune. The last one was kind of pop with a bit of country thrown in so I could lie to myself and say it wasn't a real country song. Which brings me to me final comment of the night.
The signs of aging. .
Starting to appreciate and worse enjoy country music is yet another step along the path of aging.

More to come later.
Night
jeffrey

Here is a live version of "the long way round".

Mark's Computer and Youtube

Its been a busy few days around here. I finally got around to setting up a computer for Mark.
The biggest part of the job was getting a spot tidy enough in the computer room to move his stuff in.
I should explain that the computer room is the only room in the house that I officially can do whatever I want with. I can paint it any colour I want and I can keep it as messy as I like and let me tell you that I have certainly taken advantage of it.
He has say over all the other rooms.
So back to the story.
I spent all my day off earlier in the week cleaning and tidying up the room so I could move another desk in and set up my previous computer for Mark to use.
The move went well.
I was able to set up a network and hook the two computers together. I only had to call my brother once for help.
I was surprised at how disturbing it was not having my computer running for a couple of days.
Try it sometime, just unplug your computer for two days and you will see how often you actually use the thing in your daily life.
Mark is very comfortable with computers but he doesn't use them at home very often. (That's probably because I'm never off mine)
Once he was up and running I mentioned that he should go and check out YouTube.
That was on Friday and I don't think he's looked at anything else since.
Mark has not started up a blog get, but I think he will soon, so in the meantime I present Mark's favorite YouTube videos.

Time 4 Bed

And I thought Mark didn't like rap music.




Anti-Gravity

Now this more like it.




Bush: The Yale Years

All my political ranting is starting to pay dividends.




I Can't Believe Its Christmas

Alright its two months late, but it must have taken them hours to make this video.




Lazy Wii Guy

I hope this wasn't a subtle message for me, cause' I don't play that way at all.





Crazed Numa Fan and Six

I have no words to describe the next two videos. The first isn't so bad, but Six....
You be the judge.

How Many People Have Your Name

This was fun.
Thanks Riley.
Let me know your results.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 2,388 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Lily Allen

On Saturday night I was shocked to hear a musical guest on Saturday Night Live that I actually enjoyed.
Lately most of the performers on that show sound horrible when signing live, but then there is Lily Allen.
Her music is incredibly infectious.
I liken it to music of the 50's and maybe a Disney soundtrack, it sounds light and airy at first but it has a very modern edge.
I can't rave enough about her. I'm predicting that she will be a huge success over here.

(Not really a big prediction considering she's already huge in the U.K. and was featured on Perez Hilton.)

Here is her official web page.

Or some extra info at Wikipedia.



This may not be for everyone, but I have always been a huge fan of British music, and if you have not heard Lily before giver her a listen.

For those of you who know me this might be a surprise, I think I might have to actually go out and buy this album.




First up the video for Smile.


Who hasn't wanted to smile when there cheating ex is crying.....






Next is her new video titled Alfie.

Mr Fancy Pants

For my first post of February I wanted to start with something fun.

Here's a little game that is surprisingly addictive.

If your bored at work and no one's watching give it shot.

It reminds me of Mario and all those great side scrolling games of the late 80's.

Fancy Pants Adventure

Commenting on Posts

I was talking to a co-worker a couple of days ago and I found out that she has been visiting my blog. Which is great I love when people visit. During our conversation I mentioned that people could comment on things that I have posted and she mentioned that she wasn't sure how to do that. I figured this would be a good time to explain how you can leave a comment, good or bad. I'm sure there is something that I have said that you disagree with, and if I have let me know. So here is a quick tutorial on how to rant right back at me.

At the bottom of every post there is a date and time that the post was made. To the right of that there is "comment".

All that you need to do is click on comment and it will open up a new window.

When the new window opens you will see any comments already left by other people. Just scroll down to the "leave your comment" box and type your comment.

After your done with the comment you have a choice, if you have your own blogger account you can comment with your name or be anonymous and leave me guessing.

Last step is to type in the word verification. Good luck deciphering the random word they give you.

After that your comment will show up after I get a chance to read it.

Hope to hear from you.