What's With All the Nickelback Hate?

  One thing that I noticed that the general consensus of the internet is that Nickelback is supposedly the Worst Band Ever. I however disagree. They're not the worst band ever. I'll name 13 bands that are worse than Nickelback in my opinion.

1. Train
2. Maroon 5
3. The Fray
4. My Chemical Romance
5. Fall Out Boy
6. Slam Bamboo
7. The Devil Wears Prada
8. Gym Class Hereos
9. The Black Eyed Peas
10. Augustana
11. Foster The People
12. LMFAO
13. Far East Movement

  Now I believe people hate Nickelback because they think every one of their songs is either about hookers, drinking or sex and all have the same sound. That is not true at all. Chad Kroeger can laugh all the way to the bank despise the hate. Who's laughing now? Yep it's Chad Kroeger. I must admit that Nickelback is nowhere near my favorite band, Nine Inch Nails. One thing is for sure Trent Reznor can win an Academy Award whereas Nickelback probably will not ever win one. Maybe in the best original song category.
  Another reason why I believe people hate Nickelback is that it is the "Cool" thing to do. Haters gonna hate as they say. Just because Nickelback is different doesn't mean they deserve the hate. I can never understand the Hate for Nickelback.  They're are far more worst bands that need more hate than Nickelback. So Stop the hate

1-900-200-SEGA

  Back in the day in the 16 bit era of video games, Sega had a game secrets hotline. If you were desperate to know how to beat a game, you called a 1-900 number. Unlike a 1-800 number, 1-900 numbers you pay for per minute. Now I wonder how many kids actually called this hotline without their parents permission? My guess probably lots of kids did. When their parents saw the phone bill, they were in deep trouble.
  Now according to the number on the cartridge for Sonic The Hedgehog 3, the 1-900-200-SEGA cost $0.95 per minute for a recorded call. Or you had the live option that was $1.50 per minute. You also had to be 18 years old or have parental permission. A TDD (Touch Dial Tone) phone is or (was) required. For those who lived in Canada, the number was 1-900-451-5252 and cost USD $1.50 per minute recorded or live either way.
  I haven't tried to call this number nor do I have any desire to call it. I don't know if the number is still in service. I doubt Sega still owns this number or not. It may now be a phone sex hotline for that matter.

Reunited At Last

  Many years ago I got a Jakks Pacific WWF RAW Monster Ring for Christmas back in 1997 or 1998 one of those years. It came from the JC Penny catalog with an exclusive BCA referee figure and an BCA Kane, Undertaker and I believe a Stone Cold Steve Austin. Anyway I had a lot of fun with that as a kid. The referee took lots of abuse from having obscure matches against Barney the Dinosaur which when you were 8 years old, beating the living shit out of a Barney toy was the cool thing to do with old Jakks figures. Barney was always the jobber to The Undertaker. I guess when I was 12-13 years old I foolishly gave away my WWF RAW Monster Ring and Referee and other BCA's. I regret giving away the Referee but I got better Mattel Versions of them with the exception  of Stone Cold Steve Austin whose Mattel I don't have. Anyway how does this relate to being reunited?
  Well I am a wfigs.proboards.com member to start with, so I was looking to buy or trade with other members when I saw one member had the BCA referee that I had when I was a kid. So he gave me a price of $12 for the loose referee. I paid it, and received the figure a week later. So I got the figure yesterday waiting for me when I came home from work yesterday. Opening the box and seeing a figure just like I used to have as a kid made me feel reunited with my childhood. The figure had a few chips on the shirt and on the black hair and faded eyes which I don't mind at all. It adds to the conversation. I got it in time just for the 1000th episode of Monday Night RAW oddly enough. The figure is smaller in comparison to Mattel figures. In fact he is slightly taller than Hornswoggle with his leprechaun hat on. So many memories are brought back.

The Gitmo Playlist

Here's your Gitmo Playlist

 It has been a little while since I last wrote a blog post. Today I was on my lunch break and went to the nearby record store where I happened to come across a used copy of Inspiration by William Hung for $3.99. I like comedy music so I had to buy it. So I did and went home and had to take a shower and get changed so I could go to church and then go to a party for a 50th wedding anniversary. So I haven't had anytime until now to rip it to Windows Media Player on my laptop since I my entertainment complex needs new speakers. So I am currently listening to this album and laughing at it hysterically. It is so bad that it's good. So it hit me that this should have been the only thing needed for the Gitmo Playlist. If you haven't heard of the Gitmo Playlist, it was the controversial music torture playlist used to torture detainees at Guantanimo Bay in Cuba. Some of the playlist included the Sesame Street theme and music from Barney. So the US Military and the CIA should have thrown away the playlist and replaced it with William Hung albums. It would be perfect. Not many people can stand listening to William Hung for after one song. After that he gets annoying. But I like it. The prisoners at Gitmo would go nuts having to listen to this at high decibels

Video Game Soundtacks Rant

  Do you know what really grinds my gears? It's the fact that 99.9% of the classic Sega Genesis soundtrack CD's were only sold in Japan only and only available in the USA via expensive import. I don't want to pay $50 and up for freaking CD. No way In Heck am I ever going to pay that. What really grinds my gears is that us Americans who love 16 bit era music from Sega Genesis games get left out by the Japanese by not releasing this good music in the United States. Well I think 16 bit era music was the best and beats today's music for video games by a longshot. I love the game Columns for the Sega Genesis, it had really relaxing music that isn't too distracting and keeps you focused on the puzzle game. The composer was Tokuhiko Uwabo a genius as I may add. He composed perfect music for Columns, especially the most well known piece, Clotho. The soundtrack for columns was released on CD in Japan alongside the music for Columns II The Voyage Through Time which was an Japan Exclusive arcade cabinet game featuring music by another composer.  While Columns II had shared the majority of the soundtrack, Columns on the other hand had music that was too short, especially Atropos and Lathesis which should have been extended. Now you can get this soundtrack by piracy which I don't condone whatsover, or you can download them from a video game music site which they are in .vgz files which cannot be played in Windows Media Player. Or You can spend the $50+ for the CD.
  There should be a record label that is willing to put these classic video game scores out on CD in the United States. There is a huge market for them in the USA. I'm not the only one who wants them on CD. This will stop piracy and everybody wins. Hey They can also make them available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com for those who prefer to download them. But I prefer a CD that way I will always have it in case something happens to my Laptop since my I need new speakers for my CD Player.

Everybody Needs a Yugo Sometime

  One of my favorite Advertising campaigns was a for the worst car of all time, the Yugo GV. The truth is for $3,990 we all need a car for that price at one time in our life or another. This proves you get what you paid for. This picture is so hilarious. All of the people who are surrounding this car look like they think that the Yugo GV is their savior.

My Greatest Salvation Army Find

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  Today my mom was at a doctor appointment and I decided to take a walk to some of the stores in the vicinity. One of them was The Salvation Army. So I go looking for old action figures and I struck gold. No Scratch that. I struck Platinum. I found an old Jakks-Pacific 2 Tuff Bone Crunching Action 2-pack with Chyna and HHH. Best part is was that it was only $4 and the carding had minor shelfwear. I never find anything this nice in thrift stores. Since Mattel won't make a Chyna figure due to her making porno films now I couldn't pass this up for $4. I opened it up to display my Chyna figure next to my Mattel Divas. HHH I'm not so sure of what to do with him.
  The Triple H figure's headscan looks alot like Regis Philbin for some reason. I ended up giving the Triple H to my nephews.
 

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