.......MUSICAL NEWS FOR THE DAY.......

I have good news, bad news and what the fuck news..
The good news is..Willie Nelson avoids jail time in St. Martinville, La. on marijuana charges.
Willie Nelson and his tour manager were spared jail time Tuesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possesion. Mr. Nelson(doesn't that sound silly?) and tour manager David Anderson were fined $1,024 each and given 6 months probation.Three other people were issued citations last year after state troopers stopped Mr. Nelson's bus, but those cititions were dismissed..
Don't know about you..but I can sleep better knowing that the streets are safer cause they busted ole Willie on reefer charges...judas priest..
The bad news is Bobby 'Boris' Pickett writer and singer of the old song "Monster Mash" died at the age of 69. Mr. Pickett, dubbed "The Guy Lombardo of Holloween," died Wednesday at the West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital.Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose dead0on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop music's most enduring one-hit wonders died of leukemia.
Monster Mash hit the Billboard chart three times:when it debuted in 1962, reaching #1 the week before Hollween:again in August 1970 and in May 1973. The resurrections were appropriate for a song where Mr. Pickett gravely intoned the forever-stuck-in-your-head chorus:"He did the monster mash.....It was a graveyard smash."..
The hit single ensured Mr. Pickett's place in the pantheon of pop music obscurities,said syndicated radio host Dr. Dememto, whose long-running program celebrates offbeat tunes.
Monster Mash was written in about a half-hour.The Recording, done in a couple of hours, featured then-unknown piano player LEON RUSSELL and a backing band christened The Crypt-Kickers. Four major labels rejected it before Gary Paxton, lead singer on the Hollywood Argles' novelty hit "Alley Oop," released "Monster Mash" on his own label.
The instant smash became a Christmas card for the pumpkin and ghoul set.In a 1996 interview with People magazine, Mr. Pickett said he never grew tired of it:"When I hear it, I hear a cash register ringing."..Maintaing a sense of humor about its singular success:"As he loved to say at oldies shows, 'And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit."
By By Bobby.........

and now for the What the fuck music news...

SO, WHY AREN'T THE MONKEES IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?
Peter Tork says the Monkees merit consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but one man opposes their induction.
"The only person...holding a grudge is Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone," says the former Monkee.The magazine editor "has never written a gracious word. He personally has the veto power to keep us out."
How does his group, whose Emmy-winning show aped the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night, rank against other inductees? Neither the Animals,the Rascals, the Lovin'Spoonful, the Dells, Del Shannon, Frankie Lymon nor Black Sabbath have more top 20 singles than the Monkees' 10. Ratings aside, classics such as "Pleasant Valley Sunday" have aged better than the likes of Mr. Shannon, whose "Hat's Off to Larry" seem laughable as Hall justification.
Bands as disparate as teh Sex Pistols (Seteppin' Stone") Run-D.M.C. (Mary Mary) and The Church (Porpoise Song") have covered Monkees' songs. Even Radiohead"Go to Sleep: eerily channels Mickey Dolenz's vocals.
"I'm convinced that Mickey is one of the great singers of our time," Mr. Tork says. "He's always been something of a geniius.".
One fan is Michael Stipe, who reportedly vowed to bar R.E.M. from the Hall until the Monkees got in. Mr. Stipe declined to comment for this article, but in 1994 he did tell Roling Stone that "The Monkees...meant a lot more to me"than the Beatles.R.E.M. was finally inducted last month.
Mr. Wenner, who didn't reply to an interview request,allegedly denounces Mr. Tork,Mr. Dolenz, Davy Jones and Mike Nesmith for not playing their own instruments on the band's first albums.
In this American Idol era, when acts are manufactured like toasters, fewer critics crucify the Monkees for being a TV Show that spawned a band.
"I've not heard the slightest murmer about the Monkees being fake,"Mr. Tork65 says from his Connecticut home."Everybody's forgotten it, except Wenner. He's been vicious."
Backed by producer Don Kirshner's songwriting stable--Carol King, Gerry Goffin,Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Tommy Boyce adn Bobby Hart--the band unleashed four straight no.1 albums and three chart-toppers. They eventually penned their own catchy pop, albeit with less chart success.
"George Harrison used to say he wished his best songs were as good as the worst of Lennon-McCartney,"Mr. Tork says."So, we used to hope our best songs were as good as the worst of the Brill Building."
Mr. Tork's fame, however, is more about musicianship than songwriting. So said Jimi Hendrix, who called him the most talented Monkee. The guitarist opened several Monkees'gigs.Was his compliment accurate?
"I'm not sure it's quite true," says Mr. Tork, who plays guitar,banjo, piano adn bass."I'm far and away the best trained musician, but I'm in awe of all three (Monkees').Jimi meant that I was the most receptive to his kind of music."....Joseph Dionisio Newsday..

I don't think I had ever considered the fact that the Monkees' weren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I think they should be...and if ole Jann Wenner is the reason they aren't I think maybe a nice email/letter campaign to Rolling Stone might be in order..People who used their postion of power to keep people down piss me off..and I always thought Wenner was a Weiner anyhow..I am going to write a letter to Rolling Stone and tell Wenner to give the Monkees' a break..I would say I would cancel my subscription..but don't get Rolling Stones any more..I got the magazine one day and didn't know who the fuck any of the bands were and decided my time had come to cut the cord ....

As you can see I had to put the verification thingy back on...thought maybe my troll had forgotten about me..but had 4 disturbing comments on my posts, so I will have to continue to keep it till he finally does what I am sure he is capable of.."buying guns and going on a shooting spree..."..this guy is not worthy to mention his name..and I am not even angry about it...I just find him pathetic and sad and hope that someone sees that he gets the mental help he needs before he does harm to someone..He's a Virginia Tech episode in the making..thank the Goddess he's in India..let them deal with his crazyness..

I HAVEN'T COME ALONG WAY....AND I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING BABY

You know you have way to much time on your hands if when you are eating a bowl of alphabet soup, you search around looking for letters so you can spell out 'fuck you'...I swear to the Goddess, I did this today at lunch..I even took a picture of it and when I get the 2-3 rolls of film developled I will put them on the blog so you can see and say.."Yes, she has waaaaaay to much time on her hands."
Today's post boys and girls is going to be weird..not so much what I am posting about, but my take on it...lets see...where shall I start..oh I know...Willie has a new album out and it looks like it could be a fucking classic, if you are a old country and western fan..It's called 'Last of the Breed.'...with Merle Haggard and Ray Price..just how cool is that..? "Heartaches by the Number,""Pick Me Up on Your Way Down,", "Why Me,"(one of my favorites),and "I love You a Thousand Ways.".....sigh..I want this one...Which reminds me..I have to rewire the speakers on my $99 special(20 years old) record player...I have been hankering to listen to some of my old records..
Ok, this is one of the articles that made my mind sort of go off in different directions ...
Chiquita admits paying terrorists...Banana company Chiquita Brands International Inc. admitted in federal court Monday that it paid Columbian terrorists for years to protect its most profitable banana-growning operation..
The company pleaded guilt to one count of doing business with a terorist organization. The plea is part of a deal with prosecutors that calls for a $25 million fine and does not identify the several senior executives who approved the illegal protection payments. Prosecutors say the Cincinnaati based company agreed to pay about $1.7 million between 1997 and 2004 to the United Self-defense Forces of Columbia.
The group has been responsible for some of the worse massacres in Columbia's civil conflict and for a sizable percentage of the country's cocaine exports. Chiquita has said it was forced to make the payments and was acting only to ensure the safety of its workers.
So here's my take on it..This is an American company that is working in a country that exports cocaine, a country that is out of control because of the drug cartels and our country can't pump enough money in there fast enough to 'help' this country...and to ensure that their company employees aren't kidnapped and or killed, Chiquita pays $1.7 million dollars over a 7 year period..and to punish them...they fine them $25million...! Fuck the only difference between the drug cartel and the government is we didn't use the threat of kidnapping and murder to get the money...and we got more money than the bad guys did..So what happens to the $25 mil?...What will happen to the employees of Chiquita now that there is no payoff? What happens to the $25 mil?...Why don't they take the $25mil and use it to help get security for the workers of Chiquita Banana?...Am I nuts?...well, that's besides the point..Does this smack of Bush Administration logic...one of our countries is being blackmailed for security reasons in another country..so lets fine them 25 times the amount they were paying and cut them loose...It made better sense when I was picking through carrots and peas looking for a u for 'fuck you.'...sigh*
Now..this is the good one...you all know I love my stupid state even if it is full of stupid red necks toting Bibles in one hand and a 38 special in the other...right?
Well...here is the latest in my series of "only in fucking Texas'...
A self-defense bill opposed by prosecutors across the state breezed through the House on Monday and is expected to be on the governor's desk by the end of the week..(we all know Good Hair Perry will sign that sucker into a bill in a New York City second.)
The legislation, pushed by gun-rights advocates in several states, will allow ANY...I REPEAT..ANY law-abiding(yeah right) citizen who feels threatened by someone to kill that person without first trying to get away, prosecutors say....Just in case you didn't grasp this...anyone any time anyfuckingwhere can shoot to kill, anyone if they feel like they are being threatened...The bill is an extension of the current "castle doctrine" in Texas, under which a homeowner has the right to shoot an intruder to protect himself. The new legislation extends taht to :anywhere a person "has a right to be," according to the bill.
Prosecutors say tht means cars, jobs, parks, malls, street corners or anywhere else a person might feel threatened. Lawmakers say that interpertation is too broad. ya think? The bill makes three major changes to current law. First, it extends the "castle doctrine" beyond the home. Second, it protects a person from being sued by his attacker-or the attacker's family-for injuries if the shooter was found to have been acting in self-defense.And it creates a "presumption of self-defense" much like the presumption of innocence, but applied in deadly-force cases.
It's the third part of the bill that supporters say is most important to protect law-abiding gun owers(oxymoron) who aren't afraid to use deadly force. That's also the part that worries prosecutors and gun-control advocates.
The bill would require a jury to presume that a defendant who has hurt or killed someone was acting in self-defense as long as the defendant wasn't breaking the law at the time, didn't provoke the attack and had reason to believe tht the other person wanted to rape, kidnap, kill or rob him.
Sponsors say the bill is intended only for people who are in their homes, cars or businesses-or their loved ones are-and who use deadly force to protect against someone who is "unlawfully" and "forcibly" trying to enter the car or business to hurt them.
But prosecutors point to this section of the bill as having the potential for uninteded consequences, such as gang-style murders tht leave no witnesses and trigger-happy peole who kill a panhandler for approaching them on the street with his hand in his pocket.
They say that prosecutors rarely file charges on someone with a clear case of self-defense but that the new bill will make it easy to beat a murder rap and, in some cases, impossible to convict.The law is restoring a right Texans had 40 years ago, said Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland(gee, a republican...what a surprise...wonder how much the NRA is puttin in his pocket?)and it doesn't stop police and DA's from investigating and building cases against murderers, carjackers, and even trigger-happy motorists with road rage.
"What the prosecutors are saying, they're just whining," Mr. Driver said. "They're not reading this bill. They're reading comic books or something....If you're driving down the road adn your're afraid someone's going to shoot you, and you shoot them, they know they can prosecute."
(wow, that was clear and concise, huh?)
Well, I don't know whether to shit or go shoot someone..
"But your honor, she was yelling and screaming and calling me a fucking republican, I had to shoot her...I knew she was one of them left wing tree hugging pagan Democrats, and was a threat to my way of life."

fuckme till my powder's dry.