I need a new passtime...

I'm replacing sports with another variety of self-torture. More clean-up, but at least I'll save a few bucks on jerseys.

It's Tuesday....mid-morning...and I am too hungover to put thought into anything. My apologies to the good readers of WWMRD if none of this makes any sense.

I did end up watching some of the Bills game this past weekend. I didn't plan on it, but as soon as I saw that Trent Edwards was in the game, I felt obligated. I shouldn't have bothered. Shortly after I turned the TV on, Paul Posluszny broke his forearm. As Steve Holt noted, with this season shaping up to be the worst since 2001, there was still some entertainment in watching Poz and Marshawn Lynch develop into Pro-Bowlers. With Poz out, games are 50% less fun to watch. If, god-forbid, Marshawn were to get hurt, I might stop watching football entirely. I might as well just get one of those spiked leg belt things like the albino guy in The Da Vinci Code had...it is effectively what I do to myself every week anyways.

MuchMoreMusic is on the TV, and I can't find the remote. I have no idea if this video is new or not, but Satana has a new song featuring Chad Kroeger of Nickelback fame. This might be the worst song I have ever heard. The video doesn't help either. They're rocking out on top of a hotel in what appears to be Los Angeles. What the eff? Hasn't this video been made 200 times? The highlight of the video may be the fact that Chad's had his hair straightened and cut into a bob. I guess he's got the same stylist as Posh Spice.

If elected, Howard Hampton plans to ban the lastest video by Michaëlle Jean and her band.

I'm calling for a ban on all videos which feature a band playing on a roof. If the NDP can promise this, they've got my vote. Even with the Green Party promising 6 statutory holidays, and the PCs proposing beer and wine in corner stores, I think this is a more valuable cause....

MuchMoreRetro - An In-Depth Analysis

So, I've just had a look at the PVR and I've got a juicy episode of MuchMoreRetro just waiting to be critiqued. As I've said before, there's a lot of crap....but a number of gems. What will this epsiode hold??? Let us find out...

1. "My Friends" - Red Hot Chili Peppers. Crap - like Bon Jovi and Metallica, the Chilis should have packed it up long ago, rather than churning out a bunch of songs that all sound the same. Boo-urns.

2. "Wind Him Up" - Saga. Awesome. Canadian rock from the 80s. Yes, it is prog rock...but it is still kinda awesome. This kind of video is why everyone should watch the show. There are Trans-Ams and the video seems to have been shot in the States, rather than Canada. Both tell-tale signs they've "made it".

3. "The Distance" - Cake. Ughh....bit of a novelty in the day, but it doesn't hold up. The only redeeming quality is that the guitar riff during the verses kinda sounds like the music from Bionic Commando.

4. "What Does It Take" - Honeymoon Suite. WOW!! It's the ballad, but anything by Honeymoon Suite rules. Lead guitarist, Derry Grehan, might be the coolest guy around. I'm pretty sure he invented the move where guitarists would mug for the camera during their riffs. If he didn't invent it, he absolutely perfected it. It also seems to be mainly a Canadian thing. This may take more analysis later on.

5. "Switchin' To Glide" - The Kings. I've never even heard of this band....they look British. The singer looks a lot like Jay Semko from the Northern Pikes.

6. "Love Stinks" - J. Geils Band. Not a fan of the band, but the video is kinda cool. There's a scene where a guy is in bed with a fish, and another scene of someone cutting a tomato. It's either nonsense, or way to deep for me. I'm guessing the former.

7. "Don't Cry" - GNR. Another classic. No need to describe, as everyone knows this one. Has anyone seen Stephanie Seymour lately? I wonder how she's aged? This is a very good episode, so far.

8. "Criminal" - Fiona Apple. Eat something.

9. "Centerfield" - John Fogerty. Another good one....I'm fairly certain I remember this song being featured prominently in the 1985 MLB All-Star game.

10. "Heat Is On" - Glenn Frey. Until writing this, I had no idea Glenn Frey spelled his name with two Ns. From the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, which was one of the first five albums I owned. I remember often fastforwarding the Pointer Sisters to get to this song, as well as Axel F.

11. "Everlong" - Foo Fighters. I like this song....mainly because it reminds me of setting up my stereo during Frosh Week of 3rd year. There's a 99% chance I went to Stages that night.

12" "Like A Surgeon" - Weird Al. Ah, whatever....MuchMore Retro plays way too much Weird Al. Strangely, I've seen this video, "Eat it" and "Fat" multiple times on MMR, but I don't think I've ever seen "Like A Virgin", "Beat It" or "Fat". Thankfully, the PVR stopped recording this one before it was done....

Well, that is it. I'd say that top to bottom, this was a very good episode. There was a couple great videos, but nothing that was so so so horrible. I'll give the whole thing an 8/10.