Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon

The title of this post not only describes perfectly what it is I am doing, but it's also the title of a Queen song. I used to be overly obsessed with Queen. That "phase" may be over, but I still consider Queen - tied with The Beatles - as my favorite band. I used to consider the Red Hot Chili Peppers tied as my favorite as well ... and I still LOVE them, don't get me wrong. I just think that I'm not entirely crazy about their very early material, where it was pretty explicit and also included a lot of rapping ... I do consider Anthony Kiedis my favorite rapper, I just haven't listened to the early RHCP albums as much as I've listened to everything they've done from about 1991 till the present. I could also include 1989 in that, I think. Basically, everything they've done since John Frusciante joined the band, including the stuff they did with Dave Navarro. There's no doubt that Hillel Slovak had major contributions to the band's sound - he was a big influence on John Frusciante, afterall. I just think that the stuff they did once Fru joined the band has been ... better, musically. I mean, they started focusing more on melodies and harmonies and all the little details that have made them as amazing and awesome as they are today. Get what I mean? So they're pretty close behind The Beatles and Queen as far as my ranking for favorite music goes.


There was an article on the People Magazine website about Bono's birthday party last weekend. The headline was something like, "Brad Pitt helps Bono celebrate his 48th birthday in Monaco" and there was a picture of Brad Pitt included with the article. And Pitt was mentioned a total of 2 times in the article, which was otherwise about the very nice birthday celebration Bono's wife had arranged for him. So I was a little miffed about that article. Well. The Cannes Film Festival is/was going on this past week, and Bono was there Friday, I believe. People Magazine's website actually had a picture of him from the festival. Aren't you proud of them? I was too. MSNBC's website had the same picture. I was very happy!


I really need some money. I really really really want to buy U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" album, the actual CD. There are 2 songs from that album on the Slane Castle concert DVD that I REALLY want (that I don't already have, because I have most of the songs on that DVD), but I don't want to buy them on iTunes because then I'd have most of that album, and then if I bought the CD I'd already have most of the songs and I don't really want that. Do you understand? But I REALLY want that album. And I have a total of five dollars. Actually, I might have a few more than that, if I count the money in my piggy bank ... yes, I actually have a piggy bank. Anyway. If I can ever sell my cousin's Batman stuff on eBay, I would get half the money from that. But did you know it costs 15 cents per item you list on eBay? I didn't know that either. I discussed a solution with my parents this afternoon. We should open a bank account in my name to attach to my PayPal account. Then we can deposit about $50 to take care of the eBay fees. Once the Batman stuff starts selling (if it does, and I really hope it does), we can transfer the PayPal account money to the bank account. Then I can withdraw my cousin's half of the Batman money to give to him and use a debit card to spend whatever money I have in the account. Then I can buy my CD. It will take a long time, though, so I guess that's something I have to look forward to. I would also like the buy the Making of The Joshua Tree DVD ... that would be wonderful. That's another $10 I don't have yet. And then I want every other U2 album there ever was. Even the one I saw on some countdown of "Bad Albums by Good Bands" because you never know if you will like something until you hear it. And I already have 2 songs off the U2 album that was on that list, and I pretty much am in love with both of them. So take that, whoever made that list. You don't know anything.

You should never trust other people's opinions and you should always try things out for yourself. I'd read in several places that Queen's "Hot Space" album wasn't very good, but I bought it anyway and I love it. Al Pacino's new movie, "88 Minutes," has gotten HORRIBLE reviews, but I'm gonna see it anyway ... when it comes out on DVD. Because I could absolutely love it. Like Jake Gyllenhaal's film "Bubble Boy." A bunch of reviews said it was just silly or even stupid. But I watched it and I think it's pretty freaking hilarious. So never trust other people's opinions. You can value opinions and take them into consideration when choosing something or whatever, but don't just trust that someone is right about something. You could always have different feelings.



The American Idol finale is this week. I'm sort of bittersweet about this. After this week, I will no longer be able to see David Cook on TV twice every week. Sure, if he wins he will be on several magazine covers and probably on several talk shows or whatever. And then there's the concert all the way in August. But it's just not going to be the same. I'm starting to get nervous about this finale. That Archuleta kid is gonna be some tough competition. I really really really want Cook to win. And he actually has a chance. This is the first time since season 2 that we truly don't know who's gonna win (at least that's what I've read, although I thought the season 5 finale was pretty intense). I just really want David Cook to win. He really wants to win. I don't know of any true David Cook fan who says it will be better for him not to win so he'll have more "creative control" over his album. There are some news reports that mention that, and there's some non-Cook fans on forums who have mentioned that. But all the true David Cook fans REALLY want him to win. I think the production company won't try to change his sound for his first album. They already think he's the most marketable contestant this season. So I don't think there will be any "creative control" problems if he wins. It's gonna be an intense finale. And I have to vote for 4 hours Tuesday night, which will be very intense. Wow.


Okay, this post is long enough. Bye!