Thursday, November 20, 2008

Today's Ramblings

- I've read some preliminary reviews of the new Guns N' Roses album and I'm kind of excited. It sounds like a mess, but with more hits than misses and a varied sound that will give it some replay value like the Use Your Illusion albums did. I was skeptical of Rolling Stones review since they have a rule where they can't give bad reviews to old artists, but some other reviews have made me optimistic. Three days from now, everybody can laugh at me if I'm wrong.

- Blender put out the year's first "best of the year list". I was pleasantly surprised by most of it even though the #1 pick was ridiculously obvious for them (Lil Wayne) and mid-November seems to be a bid early to do this. The put my two favorite albums of the year on there (Nick Cave and Bon Iver) even though they failed to write a review on either of them. Oh well, I think I can forgive you guys now. Just stop writing about Lil Wayne for God's sake.

- After GNR, there are no releases to look forward to for the rest of the year. Where are you Jay-Z? U2? We need a good release right before Christmas! Help!

- He really was one of the most underrated drummers ever. Rest in peace, Mitch Mitchell.

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