Demolition Man

That's right folks Demolition Man has Sylvester Stallone talking to Sandra Bullock about Arnie becoming President this was a full decade before he became governor of California...and the other governor that actually makes and appearance in the movie? Why none other than Minnesota governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura. It's a bit part but hey you gotta eat. Okay so have the two gov's ever been in a movie together? Well yeah...actually two...and both were very popular. Predator and Running Man. Here's a few choice quotes from the governors:

"What's the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils?"
Arnie as Dutch in Predator

"This stuff will make you a god damn sexual Tyrannosaurus. Just like me."
Jesse Ventura about chewing tobacco in Predator NOTE: He has a more appalling quote just before it but, if I print it...I'll probably be getting too many hits I'd rather not have.

"Women, Can't live with them. Can't live...with them."
Arnie as Ben Richards in Blade Runner

Amazingly they were actually pretty clean...though I might have to back and check out others like The 6th Day...I seem to recall a nice one about cloning oneself. Might be interesting to open a debate on stem cells with that one.

Quick Movie Question

In what non-animated movie (hence no "2DTV") was an ammendment been passed so Arnold Schwarzenegger could be become President? A hint..life imitates art.
Edit: 10:53 8/72/2006:Bonus points what other governor plays a part?

Some Days It Just Doesn't Pay To Wake Up

Like Thursday for example....


Photo is courtesy of the most excellent gulf coast weather source...the National Hurricane Center. Of course by the time Thursday rolls around this thing could be anywhere.

Women of Rock Part 2

Milka (or on iTunes) is a group from Orlando. Their frontman or rather frontwoman is Milkanette Ramos is Puerto Rican which brings a unique Latin flavor to their music. Especially since Entre los Soles and Corazon de Miel are in Spanish...go figure. But to stereotype them as a Latin rock band would a grave mistake (besides, just what is a latin rock band?). They wander over much of the modern rock landscape with hard screamo songs like "In no time" and driven, melodic songs like "Toxxic" that are more radio ready with smooth but simple vocals and a deep driving guitar. Even a little sitar like effect is thrown in with the intro to "Drive". If I had to compare them to a group, and I do I would lean loosely toward Incubus with their complex mixture of sounds, effects and both acoustic and electric guitars. Call it a harder Incubus.

PRS

Okay so the new addition is a Paul Reed Smith 20th Anniversary Edition with a translucent charcoal finish. Here's a couple of pics I've taken this weekend.



and one of the amp for good measure :)


It is a sweet, sweet guitar with some serious growl when playing deep (Thanks to the Dragon II humbuckers). It's got a low, fast-action neck and plays very easily. The only complaint I would have is that the pickup selector knob is a little funny it's a dial marked from 1 to 10 like a normal volume or tone knob but you can only select from 5 to 10 on it. It's a pure memorization (or aural) task to identify what pickups you have active. I think, playing wise, I would have preferred a three-way toggle with one or two push-pull tone pots, but the three black knobs to create a nice look. Once you start playing on the beast though all that melts away. You have a killer sounding combination that can play the heaviest of rock but also can mellow out with a mild gain setting.

New Addition

No...I didn't get anybody pregnant. Relax Mom. Here's the first photo with more to come just as soon as I can get better lighting conditions.


Also I'll let you know how the baby behaves with the beast :).

Women of Rock

Okay it's been a while...I've written a couple of posts then deleted...then written them again and then deleted them, they never seem to get posted...all my fault. I've been bouncing a question off a guy at work about women in rock for a while. Namely, where are they? Evanescence hit the scene a while back and Amy Lee made a big splash but that was it. Garbage was big but I haven't heard much from them lately. I knew there had to be something out there but it just didn't seem like I could find a female fronted group in the emo, nu-metal, rap-core group. My favorite radio station hasn't played a single song by a female artist since the aforementioned Evanescence until tonight. Tonight I heard (NOTE: iTunes needed for links) Flyleaf's (homepage) Fully Alive. Flyleaf seems to lean towards an emo flavor with songs like I'm so sick but throws some nu-metal melody with Cassie. Of course there's going to be a comparison to Amy Lee and Shirley Manson so here it is. Let's just say Flyleaf's front Lacey Mosely with a bright crisp voice is closer to Amy Lee's as opposed to Shirley Mansons seductive growl. You could almost expect a pop song out Lacey...but to much joy her lyrics contain none (joy that is). The lyrics roll more in the way in Garbage, she's not hurt she's angry. The music seems to be a little "underproduced" lending to the angry effect though my ear for this is not at all good yet. As a bonus, once started I was able to find my groove and located other groups like Lacuna Coil (thanks Krishen) or Nightwish I'll have more reviews on these as I listen to them...but until then if you've got more for me send it along.