Jerry’s Blog–Because Wit Happens

Not a big fan of doing it at all, but watching it done well…is great:

I love and miss Johnny, but I’m going to have to blame the amphetamines he was hooked on at the time for the sentiments of this song:

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He did go on to appreciate and perform a good protest song or two himself…

The latest issue of ROLLING STONE magazine lists the Top 100 Beatles’ songs of all time. This one is #1, and you can see the rest of the Top 10 here:

Per usual–cuz I’m old–I’m late to this one, with this music video already getting 64 million (!) hits on YouTube already.

I like it.

It’s causing a lot of controversy, for obvious reasons, seeming, at first glance, to glorify domestic violence somehow. Naw. That’s Rihanna there, folks. She’s the poster girl for being against domestic violence.

So why is she the Greek Chorus for the Megan-Fox-Crazy-Bitch-Be-Askin’-For-It character?

Because she identifies.

I’m glad she didn’t get back with Chris Brown, like it almost looked might happen early on. (Thank you, Oprah, for pointing out that “He will hit you again”. Charlie Sheen, take note). I hope that singing this song was good therapy for her–acknowledging that these abusive relationships can be exciting and intense…but that this, girlfriend, ain’t love.

This song is why I’ve always liked Eminem: intelligent rap and his own kind of self-therapy, getting his dirty laundry “out there” to deal with. Nice job, Marshall:

Pretty cool Elvis stuff here:

STRANGER IN MY OWN TOWN from Marc Campbell on Vimeo.

Notable for what would seem to be the lead singer’s drunken brother-in-law wailing out the background vocals:

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Hey, I’m all about the First Amendment but this terrible singing really should have been censored…

From the 1934 movie MURDER AT THE VANITIES: