Hollywood movie studios spend millions of dollars trying to make comedy films with proven formulas, research groups, hired gun specialty writers that have had proven success in the past like the guy who wrote “Meat Balls 4″.  But sometimes the best comedy comes from something as simple as life.  Everyday people with no connections, no money, just a cheap camera and a dream.  They have a message.  A message that needs to be released to a viewing public that has done nothing but suffered for generations without it.  Unfortunately the majority of this amazing work is lost or discarded.  Unappreciated by an entertainment industry that doesn’t understand or even worse, fears it’s genius.  Thank The Sweet Baby Jesus for events like the Found Footage Film Festival(tonight, 1/27/11, at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge).  Now, amature film collectors have a place to submit the unlabeled VHS and Beta tapes they find in places like a file cabinet, flea market, yard sale, or dumpster.(Hopefully they also found a decent meal while in that dumpster)  Tonight at The Brattle Theater in Cambridge you can see the latest collection of found treasures as well as some classics like the Winnebago Guy and the Seminal “Heavy Metal Parking Lot”, quite possibly the greatest documentary ever made since David Attenborough’s “Life Of Mammals”.  Below are some sampler clips but my suggestion would be to see this magic on the Big screen at The Brattle.

Check out this great little video I found on the NME website of Dave Grohl giving a tour of his garage.  Everything on the upcoming new Foo Fighters album was recorded old school on 24 track tape machines.  I love how the leader of a multi- platinum band with their own multi-million dollar recording studio decided to record in his garage on all analog equipment.  Even better, hiring Ace producer Butch Vig(Nirvana, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins) to toil next to the lawnmowers and kid’s bikes.  The best line in this video is Dave referring to the champagne in the garage fridge, “C’mon, I was in fuckin’ Nirvana dude”.

The great thing about this drinking game is it changes every year depending on what’s in the news and how well our government is getting along with each other. This year President Obama will concentrate on Jobs and the economy in The State Of The Union Address. There will probably be much clapping and standing and sitting and sulking. Maybe one of the newbies will pull a Joe Wilson and yell something classy at the President like, “ONE TERMER!” or “WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE!”. If that happens with those exact words then drink all of the secret Four Loko stash and rubbing alcohol in the house.

Beer or Liquor, it’s your choice. I like to have something strong while watching a room full of people clapping for an hour while reeming my ass. Here are this years rules:

Whenever the word “Jobs” is mentioned drink 1(sip or shot)
Whenever the word Bipartisanship is uttered drink 1.
Whenever The President defends Health Care reform drink 2 and take an Ibuprofen.
Whenever the President blames the previous administration drink 4.
If he mentions George Bush by name drink 4 then spit it on the TV.
If the President mentions an American family by name take as many drinks as the number of kids they have.
If the President mentions the First Lady by name drink 1
If he points at her and winks pour the drink down your pants.
If Vice President Biden falls asleep drink 4.
If he looks confused drink 1.
If Speaker Boehner starts to cry keep drinking until he stops.
If you see a Congressman texting drink 1.
If they are sleeping drink 3.
If they are looking pissed with their arms folded drink and throw the can or glass at the TV.
If two of them are making out run outside, make a snow angel, then throw yourself in front of a plow truck.
If The President mentions Walmart snort your drink through a rolled up dollar bill and then call the cops on yourself.
If he mentions Chinese President Hu by name drink 1 then spit it in the air and catch it with your mouth.
If he mentions China drink 4.
If he mentions China, India, Mexico, and the word jobs in the same sentence take 2 drinks anally.
If he says the phrase “our friends Pakistan” throw your drink in the air and catch it with your mouth.

During the lengthy and rather unnecessary bouts of applause you could do two things:

1. Have some kind of eating contest with chips, wings, potato skins, whatever, for the duration of the applause. Add up the results at the end of the address.

2. Do bong hits.

At this point you will probably be shit-faced. There are two responses tonight. During the Republican response whip out your genitalia and make it talk along with whatever congressman is speaking. During the Tea Party response do the same thing but with your ass.

Good Luck and God Bless America.

This Documentary comes out on DVD today. There are 11 states that have decriminalized non-medical marijuana. California had a push to put the legalization question on the ballot but failed. To me, smoking a joint is no different than drinking a six pack. Marijuana prohibition is silly. Kids inhaling common household cleaning products is a bigger problem. Let’s ban Glade instead.

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Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington called in to talk about starting up their U.S. Tour for “A Thousand Suns”(here in Boston at the Garden on 2/1) and touring the Middle East for the first time.  He also fails at identifying the “Jurassic Park” Theme….well, in all fairness it was supposed to be “Waiting For The End” played on saxophone by our video guy Razmig but he sucks.  Listen to the interview below:

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So, am I the only person that has never watched an episode of American Idol? Judging by the ratings, I just might be! Well, the show is relaunching tonight with 2 new judges… Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith’s own, STEVEN TYLER!

With all of the Aerosmith drama over the last couple of years, with Steven’s addiction relapse, the band looking for a new singer, the fighting backstage at Fenway etc… Idol didn’t come at a great time. Or did it?

The argument can be made (and has been by Kid Rock) that there is NOTHING Rock ‘n’ Roll about being a judge on American Idol. It’s a glorified karaoke night, but with no egg rolls. But, with the success of some of the artists that have come off of that show like Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry and Kelly Clarkson it’s obvious that there is SOME talent on this show.

On the other hand, this could be good for Aerosmith. They could be introduced to an entire new fan base, with Steven Tyler now in millions of homes every week on one of the most popular TV shows in the US. That could help the band set up the new album that they are supposedly working on while American Idol is taping in LA, and could help them sell more concert tickets and downloads of their older music, to this new found fan base.

But, what if it doesn’t work? What if no one tunes in? What if they tune in and Steven and J-LO suck? What then? Does it hurt Aerosmith? Does anyone care either way? I guess we’ll find out tonight when the new season premieres, won’t we? Does this mean that I have to watch it now? I just may have to tune in… UGH! What does that say about me? Do I lose my ‘rock credibility’ if I watch ‘Idol’ tonight?

What do you think?

The good thing about this, is that Steven Tyler has been doing tons of press for the show, including this from last night on Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy has been doing these skits with all different types of artists, and they have all been great… Including this one. It’s Jimmy with The Roots and Steven Tyler doing ‘Walk This Way’ RUN DMC style! Enjoy!

Following up on yesterday’s discussion during the show, I thought it was important to share the eyewitness photo evidence a listener (Mike Fawcett) sent to me today of what he calls the “epic” lappy given to the Boston Blazer’s mascot, Scorch, during  last weekend’s controversial halftime promotion.

Both Scorch and the lady look like they are having some fun.  Notice they both are adhering to several key long-time lap dance rules:

• Scorch has hands at his sides at all time and not on the dancer
• The lovely lady is making contact with Scorch’s knee area but is not technically touching his actual mascot groin, giving him the impression that he might get some.
• While Scorch appears to be interested in making eye contact, the dancer is paying attention to the music and looking elsewhere, perhaps focused on where the next $20 is coming from
• Her hair covers just enough of her face so that she won’t be recognizable if Scorch, or any other patron, happens to run into her in class at Bunker Hill community college the next day.

This kind of thing could really improve half time shows.  I expect several of our major sports franchises to look into stripper poll installation asap.

The Music World lost a legend on Monday with the passing of Don Kirshner.  They called him “The Man With The Golden Ear”.  He was part of the song writing factory in the famous Brill Building in New York City, cranking out hit songs with other writers like Carol King and Gerry Goffin.  He was instrumental in the successful carreers of Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, and Kansas.  He was the Brains andbehind The Archies and assembled the songwriting team behind the Monkees.

But it was his weekly television show, “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” that influenced my taste in music the most.  I never watched the original series when it was on in the seventies but I always caught the re-runs that aired after Saturday Night Live.  It was on this show I first heard and watched bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Devo, The Ramones, Santana, Cheap Trick, ACDC, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac(pre- Buckingham/Nicks), and a young hot Pat Benatar.  To a sixth grader in boring suburban Natick, this was portal to more exciting worlds of debauchery.  Seeing Wendy O Williams from the Plasmatics take a chainsaw to a burning car while wearing nothing but shaving cream for a top was very eye opening.  He dedicated an entire show to Devo, letting them explain their theory of De-Evolution through films and live performance.  It was mind blowing to a kid who’s house was the last to get cable.

Before MTV this as well as precious few others were the only way you could actually see Rock Stars short of going to the shows.  In fact, MTV used alot of footage from the show in it’s early days.  While programs like Solid Gold and American Bandstand had the acts lip-sync their hit songs, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert had them play a live set on their sound stage with a live, and I’m sure lit up, audience.  Or they would show concert footage from other locations.  You could see Alice Cooper do his electric chair bit or the Ramones plow through 5 songs in 5 minutes.  I would take it in fully every Saturday until 2am.  Sometimes my Mother would com in and tell me to get to bed.  Sometimes my Dad would sit with me and try to figure out what the appeal was.  To his credit, he became a fan of the Pretenders and Lynyrd Skynyrd through that show.  But he could never figure out why Blue Oyster Cult was so popular…back then.

Usually Don Kirshner himself would host the show, giving a hyped up introduction to the bands he believed were the next big thing.  Explaining where he saw them first and what manager or lawyer helped him get them on the show.  His delivery was monotone with a heavy New York accent with a deer in the headlights look on his face.  He always had the bad “Skullet” going and wore the height of seventies music biz fashion with the platform shoes and the wide collared flowery shirts under the leather blazer.  Yeah, this description makes him sound like a creepy lounge lizard, but he knew what was good.  Rest In Peace Sir and thanks for all the lost sleep.

According to Rolling Stone:

“The Dropkick Murphys’ seventh album Going Out In Style is the story of Cornelius, an Irish immigrant in America. The record begins with the character’s raucous Irish wake and then flashes back to the beginning of his story, covering all the major moments in his extraordinary life along the way. That may sound a bit dry, but the music itself is exactly the sort of high-energy sing-along punk fans have come to expect from this long-running Boston band.”

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