Random And Nasty Thoughts (aka RANTS)

- Note to VH1 Classic: When you call a show MetalMania you’ve got to deliver. This ignorance/false advertising/who gives a fuck attitude was lame then and extremely annoying 20 years later. So, for the record: Bon Jovi was never/is not/will never be metal. And while we’re on the subject, the term “hair metal”—like the music/bands it purports to describe—needs to be pushed into oblivion forevermore. None of those hair farmers were metal, OK? And why do we STILL have to clarify this two decades on? Fuck!

- Wayne Brady is a nice guy. Somebody please get him a decent gig before he exhausts what little professional dignity he has left. Please.

- So, the John Waters flick Hairspray was made into a Broadway show which itself has now been made into a movie, right? Why the fuck? Cool, if Waters is getting some desperately needed cash, but otherwise…

- Speaking of money: You can barely make out that it’s a Wilco tune playing in those VW ads so discount any significant record/merchandise sales coming from there. And their fanbase is none too happy with the band’s music in an ad. Well, the money they got—actually, just Wilco führer Jeff Tweedy,in all likelihood—had better be good, because it looks like Waterloo from over here.

- You know Celebrity American Idol is just around the corner, right?