Return of the WrestleManiaMania

Hey, remember this?

Another of Logman's failed plans

Yes, that goes on the pile with posting about Kissathon, watching every episode of Gundam and finishing my first album. Except it is a bit different; I did actually listen to Kissathon but didn't post about it, I have every episode of Gundam but am yet to make room for it with all the Lucha Libre and watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles again, and I actually did finish my first album! It's just that the finished quality was crap so I trashed the whole thing.

Well, no I didn't. It was my laptop getting stolen and that trashed my work. Stupid thieves. Though the quality was crap. Everything recorded with the mic sounded terrible.

So as I approach another birthday, I can't help but feel like I have a lot of unfinished business here. Perhaps this is why I am still alive?

I don't know, but I'm thinking that WrestleManiaMania may be able to take place but in an even crazier way. You see, this year is WrestleMania 31. There are 31 days in March - get the idea already?

There are so many obstacles here; no holidays whatsoever so I would have to watch every show after work  - including the ones that go over 4 hours, plus Monday and Friday nights already have their designated shows so that would make the show go even longer. And since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Lucha Underground already have their own designated meals, I have no idea what that means for WrestleMania meals. Would it just be snacks? Would it be full meals and I would just have to get even fatter? Would I go insane from the lack of sleep and overload of terrible pro-wrestling?

That's kinda the fun.

So let's do this.
Seriously, I have the WrestleManias.
I just need to think of a cool name for this...

WrestleMarchia? WrestleMonthia? Godzilla vs WrestleMania?

Holy shit I need to watch my Godzilla movies too...
 

Kissathon 2013

And so it began on Monday - the greatest musical marathon known to mankind!

Well, actually only the 2nd craziest I have ever done. Pretty sure my Lennonthon many years ago was crazier. And don't get me started on the problems involved in ever trying to do an Elvisthon...

Anyways, I managed to form a rather impressive playlist to do this - 545 songs all up!
The album list looks like this:

• Kiss
• Hotter Than Hell
• Dressed to Kill
• Alive!
• Destroyer
• Rock and Roll Over
• Love Gun
• Alive II
• Double Platinum
• Ace Frehley
• Gene Simmons
• Paul Stanley
• Peter Criss
• Dynasty
• Unmasked
• Out of Control  - Peter Criss
• Music from "The Elder"
• Let Me Rock You - Peter Criss
• Killers
• Creatures of the Night
• Creatures of the Night (1985 Remix)
• Lick It Up
• Animalize
• Asylum
• Frehley's Comet - Ace Frehley
• Crazy Nights
• Live+1 - Ace Frehley
• Second Sighting - Ace Frehley
• Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
• Trouble Walkin' - Ace Frehley
• Hot in the Shade
• Revenge
• Alive III
• Criss (EP) - Peter Criss
• Cat #1 - Peter Criss
• Kiss Unplugged
• Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
• 12 Picks - Ace Frehley
• Loaded Deck - Ace Frehley
• Greatest Kiss
• You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!
• Psycho Circus
• Psycho Circus - Bonus Disc
• Alive! The Millennium Concert
• Live to Win - Paul Stanley
• One for All - Peter Criss
• Anomaly - Ace Frehley
• Sonic Boom
• Monster
• Destroyer {Resurrected}

That is a total of 50 albums, though I have kinda cheated a little; where compilation albums like Smashes Thrashes and Hits and You Wanted the Best... just have songs that appear elsewhere, I have only listened to the new tracks. Except Double Platinum and Greatest Kiss. I did listen to those completely. So yeah - I make no sense... and then throw in Ace's solo track from Spacewalk somewhere too...

There was a bunch of stuff I decided to exclude because it was just repetitive. That album they did a few years ago where they re-recorded all their most popular songs using the new lineup - no way in hell was I ever bothering with that. There were a few others involving the new lineup that I just did not see the point in. The less Tommy Thayer, the better.

I've gone in a good chronological order as well, except for one album - that being Destroyer {Resurrected}. Technically, I believe it came out after Monster, but I felt after sitting through 2 albums involving Tommy Thayer meant I had to end it on a happier note. Seriously, Tommy Thayer is no way to end a Kissathon this great.

Tommy Thayer - FUCK OFF

So here we are at Thursday night and how am I doing?
Well, not that great. I had a terrible first day due to annoying meetings (apparently listening to Alive! during business meetings is not the done thing) and now I am playing a bit of catchup before tomorrow. But I should be on track to finish at the end of work tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.

As for results, I've been a little surprised by my findings so far.
But you will have to wait a little bit longer for those...

So let's see what I think of the albums, one-by-one...

Resuming Relationships with My Old Friends...

Aaaaahhhh I love it when dear old friends come back. That's right, I'm talking about George Lucas and Paul McCartney

Firstly, the most amazingly brilliant movie ever - Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I accidentally saw the trailer yesterday. Seriously. It was tagged on the end of the latest episode of impact! that I downloaded. And for something made with "state of the art CGI", it sure looks like one crappy video game.

I thought the CGI in episodes 2 & 3 were bad, but I have to congratulate Mr. Lucas on making this look even dumber than I had thought possible. I honestly believe Lucas Films code these things using an Amstrad. I have a Return of the Jedi game for my Commodore 64 that looks better. Well, I HAD that... my mother through out my Commodore 64 and all my games when I moved to Melbourne. Not fun to come home and find out your mother killed your best friend.

And secondly, I was having a good laugh at the last Paul McCartney live DVD (it's kinda old, but I was bored in Whitcoulls this morning) when I finally realised - in the last few years he has only released live material from the US. Does that mean he doesn't play live in the UK? Or that people don't like to go see him in the UK? Or that people are just more willing to spend money to see him in the US and therefore prove to me that these people are dumber than George Lucas?

Hmmm... not feeling overly witty or creative today.
George Lucas and Paul McCartney are a couple of stupid heads

Making Fun of Old People is Fun

So today (or yesterday I guess) is Paul McCartney's birthday.

Happy Birthday, McMarketing!
Hope you sell more of your crappy new album.

I got thinking last week while I was writing my blogs on The Beatles, and during my usual digs about Paul McCartney and his never-ending desire to be loved by millions and make more money, I came to a startling conclusion:

Paul McCartney is the George Lucas of the music industry!

Think about it...

George Lucas is famous for making a movie 30 years ago (Star Wars) that was revolutionary and captured everyone's imagination. After that, he oversaw 2 sequels to that movie (The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi), and although he wasn't the director he still seems to get the most recognition for the films. After that, he managed to come up with the occasional story (Willow, Labyrinth), but soon realised that the best way for him to make lots of money was to capitalise on the success of Star Wars and find ways to market it in various forms; toys, clothing, lollies, games and action figures - anything fans would pay a dollar for. Not satisfied with his millions, and unable to think of anything new due to complete lack of talent, he then surrounds himself with 'yes men' that will tell him how great he is, begins reworking the original Star Wars movies to be more like his original vision and releases more Star Wars movies that not only stink up the screen, but should be destroyed from all existence so that humanity may be spared. And then he forces even more marketing saturation on us, putting the Star Wars name on everything in the world.

Paul McCartney is famous for making music 40 years ago that was revolutionary and captured everyone's imagination (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). After that, he was part of more legendary albums by The Beatles (The Beatles, Abbey Road), and while he wasn't responsible for the greatest songs of these albums he still seems to get the most recognition for them. After that, he managed to write the occasional good song (Jet, Band on the Run), but soon realised that the best way for him to make lots of money was to capitalise on the success of The Beatles and find ways to market himself and The Beatles in various forms; toys, clothing, lollies, games and action figures - anything fans would pay a dollar for. Not satisfied with his millions, and unable to think of anything new due to complete lack of talent, he then surrounds himself with 'yes men' that will tell him how great he is, begins reworking original Beatles albums to be more like his original vision (Let it Be... Naked) and releases more solo music that not only stinks up the airwaves, but should be destroyed from all existence so that humanity may be spared. And then he forces even more marketing saturation on us, putting the McCartney name on everything in the world.

So what I'm trying to say is this:
Both men are incredibly rich and famous for things they accomplished decades ago. And while both were very talented, they have both gotten so wrapped in their own egos that they haven't made anything worthwhile since their heyday, and as such continue to pump out material void of any creativity because fans are stupid enough to still give them money - just because of who they are! It's amazing just how much George Lucas & Paul McCartney fans continue to support their heroes, no matter how terrible their work gets.

So I just have a few messages for some people...

George Lucas: leave the original Star Wars movies alone - they were fine the way were and no one likes Hayden Christensen, so keep him out of Return of the Jedi. No one is going to forget who you are, just please let the saga go. You can still enjoy your billions of dollars and surround yourself with people who think Jar-Jar was a great idea.

Paul McCartney: The Beatles were 4 people - they weren't called Paul McCartney & The Beatles. And you haven't written a halfway listenable song in a decade, so it's time to let it go. There are still plenty of people out there willing to say you are great, and you've shown us that with your money you can still get a young wife.

And to the fans of these two "icons": STOP BUYING THEIR RUBBISH AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO MAKE MORE!!!