Monday, February 12, 2007

Police Reunion

Lots of rumors going around, first the Grammy appearance and now the possibility of a tour. I did catch their performance last night on the Grammy telecast...was anyone else disappointed that they did Roxanne? I would've liked to hear at least "Don't stand so close to me" or "Synchronicity II". And only one song? Why no medly at least? Hell, they gave Justin Timberlake two songs and who cares about him...his balls haven't even dropped yet.

There is one thing, one member of that band that has always impressed the hell out of me and has always stood out more than the other two. And no, I'm not talking about Sting. The real genius of that band?

Stewart. Copeland.

Love his drumming, his enthusiasm for the music. Just watching the performance last night, I see he hasn't lost one bit of his greatness. I'm an amateur music geek and am mesmerized on every Police song with the drum line. The staccato; always on the 2's and 4's, never on the 1's and 3's. He just wraps the cymbals around the beat and is always surprising in his choices. For that alone, I will go see this tour. Fuck Sting, he hasn't changed in 20 years. I want to Stewart to blow my mind.

The rest of the Grammy show was so-so, of course had to turn it off when they showcased the country acts around 10pm EST or my husband would vomit. Mary J blew the roof off with her song (as I knew she would). I also liked the trio of John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and John Mayer. You'd never see that outside of this venue, and it flowed together quite well.

And of course, I loved the big FUCK YOU to the country set by giving the Dixie Chicks 5 awards. Seems like that sends a clear message to the people: The music industry has their back, even if their supposed "fan base" doesn't. How long do people hold grudges? A long time, per my coworker Mike. He talked to some people from Tennesse during the telecast and they are still pissed at the Chicks. Get over it...I'm sure there is something better in life to feel rage about, like your son going to Iraq for the 3rd time.

Usually I think the Grammys are generally behind the times, but this one seemed a bit better. With the exception of the Tony Bennett/Stevie Wonder duet winning best collaberation (had anyone heard that song? ever?) they seemed better. Boy, they didn't want to reward Timberlake at all for some reason. I guess John Mayer got the benefit of the geriatrics not feeling Sexyback...

Thursday, February 01, 2007

I'm Baaaaaaacccckkkk

Not that anyone reads my drivel...but I've decided to dust off the keyboard again and start to post on a semi-regular basis. Congratulations to Animal on the thumb-size baby, can't wait to see him/her when the oven timer goes off!

Really, the state of the union is high on my mind. We're in Vietnam II; the unemployment rate in my state (MI) is over 7%; doom & gloom, doom & gloom. I'd really like to have a fast forward button to 2008 so we can reboot and start over.

Did anyone out there, I mean ANYONE, really believe we could enter this war and wash our hands of the country in a short amount of time? We're still in KOREA, for fuck's sake! And pulling out all of our soldiers at this point would be a disaster of epic proportions. Let's face it, folks...we dove into this 4 years ago, and we'll be swimming in that pool for many years to come. It doesn't matter the political posturing going on at this point, total pull out just ain't gonna happen.

So much for a war pulling the country out of recession. I'm not sure what rock some people are living under, but our economy is getting worse (and worse). At what point does any elected official stand up and do something about it? I was at first critical of the John Mayer song "Waiting for the World to Change" as an anthem for a lazy generation, but aren't we all helpless here? "It's hard to beat the system when we're standing at a distance"...that about sums it up.

Perhaps next post I'll be less cranky...let's hope not.


-K