For UFC? This morning I completed a fanzone survey for the "worldwide leader" relating to ESPN possibly carrying and covering UFC in what I presume will be the near future.
Observations about last night's RRHOF within...
This is not the greatest band in the world ... No No!
This is just a tribute
Other thoughts, if you haven't seen it ... well, let's just say that there will be repeat showings of this year's RRHOF induction this SAT. Usually I find myself somewhat engaged and entertained enough watching it, this year ... well, I don't know if it was because I already feel jaded about the current VH situation, but that show yesterday was a train wreck on so many different levels, and of the highest order.
A lot of my problems with it, particularly the VH part, have been well stated and documented by others on the web reviewing the program, so there is no need to get into that. Seriously, was there no one else available to do the trib speech and performance? -- to say it was classic gee-N-arr may be the understatement of the century (well, leopards can't change their spots now, can they?)
In a nutshell, just another sad recent chapter of a band that was once great, can't even get recognized in a feel good way.
See it here.
Those horns are going to haunt me for a long time
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Make it the culture of music that it was ... GMMM, last night
Seriously classy, humble, dignified speeches from the GM & F5 --- really uplifting positive remarks from Mel about the state of hip hop today, essentially that HH is about message, art, dance, expression, and making a better life -- not necessarily the messages in "HH" of today, guns, violence, selling dope, etc.
The godfather of break beats and the still very much furious MCs ... seriously on point performance, still teaching, bringing game, and lots of peeps in the game still have a lot to learn -- made it easier to stomach that lame, condescending speech from JZ
Finally some recognition for some of the music gods from my formative years.
Finally, hip hop, finally.
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There must be a market for it, because apparently the latest move du jour of elder statesmen pop/rock icons is to record standards, traditional vocal albums ... and in the case of Mr. Joel, come up with a new one that falls in the genre. This morning was the first time I heard it, and ... I don't know how else to react to it, it's really ho-hum. Certainly, I see the point where these icons including RodStew can longer be the angry young men, eternally young rockers, but ... damn, this is really FARRRRR in the opposite direction -- as to render them unrecognizable.
But that's just me
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