Comedians

Ok. I have had enough with the bitching and moaning that goes on anymore. Bam Margera recently got into some hot water because he twittered a pic of his baby pitbull with a toy gun to its head because the puppy pooped in his bed. Sure it was stupid. After reading the eonline article it makes more sense because some sick assholes have been burning dogs in cages in PA. That crazy shit aside (ps find and burn the people doing that to animals) I think the amount of flack he got was ridiculous.
I remember when there was a time when comedians could say whatever they wanted, and people knew "oh yeah they are comedians they say crazy shit" and let it go. Now someone says something and they have to come out and publicly apologize and be shamed and so on for the littlest and stupidest shit.
Tosh got in shit for a rape joke. Yes rape is fucking terrible and any one that rapes someone should have a red hot fire poker inserted into every opening on their body. But at the same time have u ever heard tosh's stand up? Dude says outrageous shit all the time. It's kinda his thing. You should know what u are getting into. And then Louis C.K. caught some shit because the general public thought he was taking Tosh's side on the whole thing. Come on people.
And social media has changed everything too. Now a bunch of faceless douche bags like myself can piss and moan to thousands of other assholes and that's when the heat starts.
I love to go back and listen to guys like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby and so on. Guys said whatever they wanted and people just took it for what it was. Comedy. They were good story tellers with an unique outlook on society. Sure jokes are harder now and more edgy. Unfortunately the bar has been pushed so far now to really get a reaction u have to whip ur cock out or hold a gun to a puppy's head. I dunno. I say just say what ya want. Some people won't like it, but those people can go fuck themselves. Enjoy!

~Dog

Links:
- http://iphone.eonline.com/article?id=352765

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G Spirits???

WOW.. So I might have heard of everything now. This is pretty crazy. A German liquor company has put out a new line of spirits. This line.. every drop has been poured over a beautiful models breasts before bottling. Yup. You heard that right. It also comes with a a picture of the model, her personal signature, and a certificate of authenticity. It's not available in Canada, but apparently you can buy it online. And it's not cheap (unlike the women... oh who said that.) I'm sure they are lovely.

From the article I was reading it was based off of Crystal Head Vodka company and the fact they run their spirit through diamonds. Side note, I friggin' love Crystal Head! It's Dan Aykroyd's vodka, it's delicious and it's Canadian. (Sure I'm biased).

So yeah, from diamonds to boobies. I don't get it. It's not like she is there and you are drinking it while she is doing it. I also don't care what a piece of paper says. What if the girl is ill? Is there like a breast sub? Or when does the line come out for women where a male model dumps it on his abs or dong first? I know it sounds insane.. but I'm sure there's guys that are buying this stuff as you read. It's a pretty awesome publicity stunt. If you go to the website it shows the girls in action so to speak. And they say sex sells, so.. yeah. Have fun!

~Dog


Links:

- G Spirits (NSFW, I promise)
- Huffinton Post (Hilarious reaction)
- Toronto Star
- Crystal Skull (Neat Read)

Be Brave for Bieber - Awesome!

  Now, as you guys know I'm a metal guy. Through and through. But when it comes down to it. I just straight up love music. I love almost all types. Now I try to base my opinions on a person or band rather than the genre. Point in case, I have some issues with pop music. Not going to get into it right now, but one guy that I think really does a good job is Justin Bieber. That's right I said it! This kid has crazy skills, and still gives back to his fans more than almost any artist (aside of the metal community). So here's the story, a 4 year old little girl (shown above) named Sarah Demoskoff has been battling an E. coli infection for the past 24 days or so. E. coli is a bitch and it attacked her kidneys pretty hard. There are links that it may have stemmed from meat coming out of the XL Foods plant in Brooks Alberta that is currently under fire and in recall mode.

 So Sarah's mom Cheryl Walsh put out a request for tickets to see the Biebs who is coming to Calgary this Friday. Bieber's music and videos helped distract little Sarah from the hospital treatments she was receiving during her 24 days. Which is awesome. Music heals and helps you through everything. It's universal. The outpouring of support was overwhelming, and Calgary's own Virgin Radio 98.5 FM came through and hooked up Sarah and Cheryl. I listen to the morning show every morning and heard all this go down. It was pretty awesome. They have been doing this thing called "Be Brave for Bieber", where folks have been doing zany stunts for tickets. But it really hit home for Sarah, because for a 4 year old to go through what she did, that's bravery.

 Virgin is also in talks with Bieber's record label about getting Sarah to meet him. Which I think will totally happen. Justin is a kool kid with a great head and an even bigger and better heart. I'm sure when he hears the story and as long as time restraints don't tie him up, he will meet the little girl. I'm hoping there is a camera running to see her face light up.

 It really warms my heart to hear about stuff like this. I know it might sound silly, but in many ways I feel that people in general have lost touch with each other in this world. And watching the news is almost ALWAYS depressing as hell. But when something like this comes along it reassures (even just a little bit) that maybe there is hope out there. Keep it up guys!

 ~ Dog

 Links:
- Toronto Sun
- Virgin Radio 98.5

UFC 152

So here we are again. Another fight night in Canada. Now I'm totally jealous, when that UFC rolled through Calgary (UFC 149), we got a turd of a card. And I think it's being remembered as the worst in a long time. Either way, let's focus on this one. We have some big fights.

Jon Jones VS Vitor Belfort: I don't know why but in the past Jons is just pissing me off. But at the same time I really like him. I think he is good for the sport. It doesn't seem to me like he's dodging anyone. I wish he would lose the beard. He's only 25. I don't know if he is growing it so people forget he is so young. Belfort has 10 years on him. But he is a killer. I'm hoping its a slugfest. If Jones isn't careful he could get KO'd. But I'm sure the stealthy youngster is going to come out on top.

Joseph Benavidez VS Demetrious Johnson: Not going to lie, I know nothing about these fellows. It's for the Fly Weight belt, and those little dudes are usually pretty entertaining.

Michael Bisping VS Brian Stann: I fucking hate Bisping. He's just an arrogant TWAT. And Stann is a pretty straight up beast. I'm hoping its a one, two KO for Stann. Watch Bisping's toes curl like when he fought Hendo.

Matt Hamill VS Roger Hollett: I like Hamill, guys a beast and has over come a lot to get to where he is. I'm a little confused because he already retired last year due to a plague of injuries. But whatevs. Now with that said I'm totally biased and going for Roger because he is Canadian.

With that said for the remaining fights I choose all the Canadian fighters. LOL. Either way I'm hoping to have some awesome fights. I don't know whats going on lately but the UFC has been plagued with fighters pulling out and changes happening almost daily. Back in the day fighters seemed to always fight, hurt or not, and put on WAY better shows. There used to be beasts that went out there and slaughtered each other. Now it seems to be all about pacing and just working on getting the win. Win each round, even if it means dancing the whole time. I get it, with every sport there are strategies. I just think combat sports were better when they were pure animalistic bouts. Just my opinion.

~Dog

Links:
- Wiki
- UFC

The "Choking Game"

So there is a game that has been going around FOR YEARS. I'm sure everyone knows it. You put your head between your knees for a couple seconds, blow all your air out, raise your head quickly and choke yourself. It knocks you out and gives you a instant rush of euphoria. Sounds fucking stupid? That's because it is. I remember kids in my public school doing it. I never did, well, because I'm not a total fucking knob. Nothing about it seemed appealing to me. You look like an idiot when you pass out, some guys were smashing their faces on the pavement, etc when falling down. Getting a cheap high like that seemed like something only "special" kids should try.

Why do you bring it up Dog? Well because there has been rash of these incidents in Ontario. Some kids are putting the videos on YouTube. Seriously. The recent rash of incidents has brought around GASP (Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play) bringing out stats like 25-1,000 kids die every year from playing this crap. Apparently the game has evolved and kids are using ropes and belts and so on and when they pass out they don't wake up. *shakes head*. C'mon! What the hell is wrong with kids? Sure kids did this same shit back in the day, but it was a very quick, maybe week long phase. Not a past time where you start thinking of "SAW" traps you can set up and get a quick high. WAKE THE HELL UP KIDS! Why don't you try learning math a bit better. Might help with your equations. Or read a book. I hear that Harry Porter does some crazy shit.

Do me a favor. Ask your kid if they have ever tried this game. If they say they have punch them in the throat. And when they wake up this time tell them if they ever do it again they get another one! If they are that into passing out you will joyfully randomly throat shot them. Then they wont have to play it with their friends.

~Dog

Puppy KICKED TO DEATH!

You know what really makes my blood boil? Animal abuse. I was reading through the Calgary Sun and came across something insane. I 32 year old man came home to find is girlfriend's 11 month old puppy had soiled in the house. He then grabbed it and threw it out a second floor balcony into the alley. From there he went down stairs, found the dog in the alley, kicked it to death by crushing its skull. Then he took it and threw it in the recycling bin, TOOK A PICTURE AND SENT IT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND who was at work. Now the part I'm not sure about is that the Sun made it sound like it happened today but when I researched it the Herald says it happened 2 years ago? Not that the time changes the details of the crime. But the guy might get 6-8 months in jail for animal abuse and he might be on probation for the max of 3 years.

You know what... I say that doesn't fit the crime. I'm sorry, why can't we throw him off a balcony and kick the living fuck outta him. Maybe email a pic to his mom? Sure that might be over board. But if he is willing to murder an animal for taking a piss in his house, there is nothing saying he wont move on to a human down the line. And there are doctors that can try to talk to him and figure out if he is going to be a repeat offender, but it's just too much. They said throwing the dog would have been spontaneous, but the rest was full blown, I know what I'm doing murder. And then sending a pic to his girlfriend? I guess the silver lining is she got the fuck outta there before he was beating on her.

~Dog

Links:
-  Calgary Herald

Music Monday (DOUBLE DOSE)

Yo, I know I just posted one, but music is awesome and here's some more tracks you need to listen to. Gotta give some love to my gangsta side. As much as I love metal I have a love for aggressive lyrics spit over pounding bass. HIT IT: 

1) Yelawolf - Throw It Up [Feat. Gangsta Boo & Eminem]
2) Travis Barker - Lets Go [Feat. Yelawolf, Twista, Busta Rhymes, Lil Jon]
3) T.I. -That’s All She Wrote [Feat. Eminem]
4) Chris Brown - Look at Me Now [Feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes]
5) Flo Rida - Whistle
6) Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
7) Dr. Dre - Kush [Feat. Snoop Dogg & Akon]
8) N.W.A. - Fuck the Police
9) Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
10) LMFAO - Shots [Feat. Lil Jon] BUMP THIS FUCKING TUNE!!!

~Dog

Music Monday (17/09/2012)

Hey hey, its that time of week again. I might start doing more of these other than just on Monday cuz.. well I love music and I'm certainly listening to more than what gets posted on here. I'm also going to mix it up more with older stuff and newer stuff. I have a crazy amount of music and honestly if you plugged into my place list most people would consider it bipolar. I love all kinds of music as you will start to see. With that said the most played tune this week had to be ADTR - 2nd Suck. Some of their stuff is a little too fluffy for me but this track slays!

1) A Day To Remember - 2nd Sucks
2) Miss May I - Bleeding Out
3) Legions - The Weight
4) Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox) - Original Mix
5) Through the Eyes of The Dead - A Catastrophe of Epic Proportions
6) KoЯn - Narcissistic Cannibal [Feat. Skrillex & Kill The Noise]
7) Queen - I want it All ... Thats right some Queen! Fuckers didn't see that coming.
8) Ozzy - No More Tears
9) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
10) Ratt - Round and Round


Check them out. Little mix of things playing on my computer. I love metal, don't matter from which era. Gimme hair metal, glam metal, shredding solos. And with all the new aggressive electronic music coming out, I love it! Enjoy!

~Dog

Closing Mideast Embassies?

I just caught some of this stuff on the news. So what I am to understand. Some asshole in America, made a terrible (quality & story) movie. Showed it to like 10 people. It then leaked onto youtube. And now there is insanity in the middle east (more than normal).

I might be way off. I have to wait till I get home to watch the video with sound. But from what I can tell is its a seriously shitty movie. It looks like something someone from SNL cooked up. Bad green screen, and I'm sure shitty acting. I guess the director showed it to like 10 people at a rented theater and it leaked online. Or something. Either way. Its fucking stupid. Why the fuck would anyone give this a second thought?

I'll tell you why. None of that rioting and bullshit going on over there really has anything to do with that retarded movie. I don't like throwing that word around but seriously. That is fucking retarded. The riots and so on is a sign. I'm calling it. Time to GTFO! If they are going to attack our embassies and protest foreigners on their land, let's bounce. We can take all our relief rice and fresh water and bring it back over here and start feeding our homeless. Hell ship some of they crazy foreigners we got her, back over there. I'm not saying they all have to do. I'm friends with a lot of people of different backgrounds, races, religions. I'm saying the ones that come over and don't want to play by our rules, time to go. Pack whatever you brought over and GTFO!

Is that what it's come too? Segregation? I just don't know anymore. Slowly but surely we are losing all contact with humanity and the dreams of unity seem to be going down with it. It's hard to offer a hand when at a moments notice the fingers might get bit.

In the end lets get down the brass tax. If its not a fucking stupid video, whats the real issue? How can it be solved in a civilized manner? Let's get back to calming the fuck down and working shit out. Can we?

~Dog

Links:
- Innocense of Muslims - Muhammed Movie - Full HD
- CTV News
- Rick James - Unity

Music Monday (10/09/2012)

So I'm going to try to do something new here and post the top 10 songs I'm listening to right now. Its usually metal, but can be anything. It just happens I have been flooding my ears with some aggressive stuff! Let's see what I have been into:

1) Across The Sun - Tipping the Scales
2) Bleeding Through  - Rise
3) A Bullet for Pretty Boy - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder 
4) A Call To Arms - Chapter 22 (this is a live version, not great, but the album is good)
5) A Call To Sincerity - The Novelist
6) Carnifex - Lie To My Face
7) ††† (Crosses) - Bermuda LockeT (not heavy, but fucking awesome!)
8) Decrepit Birth - Solar Impulse
9) Defining Human - Parallels
10) For All Those Sleeping - Mark my Words

Give it a listen. Hit me back with some stuff I should hear. Have fun!

~Dog

V/H/S - A review

SO.. here we go. I am a fan of the "found footage" genre of horror films that has come out in the last little bit. Sometimes they can be a bit hard to watch with all the jumping around and shit. But if its scary and looks awesome, I'm in. They can seem more real and really put you in the action. AND, I love anthology movies. Creepshow, tales from the darkside, all fucking awesome, all classics. SO with this flick you have a mix of both. So, I'm thinking FUCK YEAH! Bring that on!

10-15 minutes into it all hope started to sink. To me it seemed that there was a lot of ideas that ended up getting thrown together. To me, and maybe I missed it, but there wasn't really a story. I get that there is 6 mini stories (5 being told inside 1), but it just didn't work for me. I had to go through and read with wiki page and imdb just to figure out what the hell I watched. Here's a run down, careful spoilers:


Tape 56/Main Story Arc - This is the main movie story line. A group of douchebag thugs are hired by some unknown person to break into a house and steal a VHS tape. While in the house they find several tapes and a "dead body". For whatever reason they watch a couple of the tapes in the house and are killed off one by one, or we are lead to believe. I was cheering when these dudes were getting OFF'd cuz they were complete scumbags. But at the same time, there was nothing scary about it. Just folks disappearing during the other story tapes.


Amateur Night - This is our first actual story played out by tape. Three dudes are getting ready to "bro down", pic up some ladies and video tape themselves having sex with them. They meet a couple normal girls and one tweaker. Even drunk you would pick up on how weird this girl was and walked the fuck away. I don't care what anyone says. She keeps whispering "I like you.." to the main character. But not like "let's bang", like, "I wanna see what your organs taste like". No aside from the asshole that keeps laughing like a jackass the whole clip, the really annoying thing is that the camera is in the main characters glasses, and he keeps going in and out of the bathroom. Had he not and all the shit that ended up happening be shown, this would have been one sick ass piece. But I found the going in and out of the bathroom while the chick went beast mode on the guys in the room annoying. If he had tried to fight her off, or coward in the corner watching it all go down, would have made it better. This was def one of the better clips. I thought the chick was a gargoyle, but after reading I guess she was a succubus, which is a killer concept. I would love to see this fleshed out into a longer story. Oh, also, if the main guy had said "i like you too" and let the beast blow him in the stairwell would he have survived? 


Second Honeymoon - This one was a turd. Here's why. It starts out with a couple on vacation. We know nothing about them just BAM here's a couple. They go and get a fortune read from a machine and then end up in a shady motel/hotel. A girl knocks at the door asking for a ride. The guy is totally freaked out by this guy, doesn't want to call the cops, and they go about their business. Then the cam turns on in the middle of the night and this mask person guides a switchblade on the sleeping girls body. That is fucking scary. The unknown. The next night it starts the same, someone grabs the cam, this time stabs the dude in the throat. Turns out the be the girls lesbian lover. They girls drive off.. end of story. What? Where the fuck is the context in that? Where they unhappy? Where did this chick come from? I dunno. Like I said I think it's the write in me that wants to know more. It was kinda shocking to see buddy get shanked though.


Tuesday the 17th - Another turd. A girl brings a bunch of her friends to her home town lake as bait for Jason Voorhees wanna be killer. Who can't be caught on tape. She even set traps for him that has no effect and she ends up dead. Seriously, don't know what to say about this one. I would say cut it to flesh out the other ones more.


The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger - This one was my favorite. Although I feel the trailer made it out scarier than it turned out to be. But this one had/has the best chance at becoming something more I think. But with that, this one left me with the most questions. Maybe thats why I want more of it. What are the little kids? Where is the guy? She thinks he is in Michigan but it takes him like 5-10 seconds to get into her apt. What is the fetus thing he pulls out of her? How many has she had already? Whats with the tracking chips in the girls? How many girls does he do this with? Honestly I want more of this one.. lol. 


10/31/98 - This is the last one and again I felt it was scarier in the trailer. I liked the delivery, but thought there is no way it could happen. You show up at a Halloween party with your buddies. The place is empty. NO ONE, is going to assume its a haunted attraction and go through the place. EVERYONE is going to say "fuck this, lets go to the bar!" or start looking for another house that's having a bash. With that said, lets say you do continue on. The story was good. Not as spooky as I thought it would be with the arms coming out and so on. I was hoping for it to be a little more crazy. But the ending was sweet. Still it leaves you wondering who was the girl? What were the guys in the attic doing? Sending her back to hell? Who knows. 

All in all after it was all said and done Sis and I simply looked at each other and said "what the hell?". It's too bad I was really pulling for this flick. And it might just be me. It has a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes right now.








I also read Dave Pace's review on Fangoria and although he enjoyed it more than I, he saw some of the same issues as I did. How did these tapes all come to be. How did they go from the devices to a VHS tape, to this creepy guys house? I guess it's not the point. Give it a watch. If you sit in the dark and watch it, it is still pretty creepy. Enjoy!

~Dog

 Links:
- V/H/S
- CreepShow
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

The Expendables [Directors CUT] - A Review

As anyone who reads this and know me, knows I loved this film. What can I say, I grew up watching all these guys kick some ass. And Stallone will forever be one of my favourites. Rocky has a special place in my heart. Just saying. ANYWHO, so the theatrical cut was good. But nothing compared to the directors cut. Lets put it this way, my brother bought it on BluRay for the second time, its that good. WAY BETTER.

Most of the heat I heard when it came out is that there is nothing too it, the story line sucked, all there is is shit blowing up. Ya I agree. The reason: they cut out the story. They made it all about the action. This verson is only 10 mins longer and it explains everything. And its WAY funnier. Some of the comments are totally unscripted, you can tell by the reactions. It still has all the stuff blowing up and all the action, but there is a tonne more heart in it.

Honestly if you watch it I know you will agree. And some people will say they like the theatrical and that's totally kool too. I say give it a try though.

With that said I can't FREAKIN' wait to see Expendables 2 this week. I will have a review on here as soon as possible! You can't go wrong! lol. Enjoy.

~Dog

Links:
- Wiki
- IMDB
- Trailer

Three Stooges (2012) - A Review

Watched this last night with my sister. Both of us are big fans of the stooges and therefore had very high expectations. We were not let down. There were quite a few big laughs. In some areas it did seem that it was a little cluttered, but I think they were trying to get as many of the old jokes in as they could. So I let that slide.  And the kid that plays Moe in the young scenes at the begining is amazing. Its almost haunting watching him. Totally had it down. And then Chris Diamantopoulos did a good job as adult Moe, but it wasn't great. The other two guys though! Sean Hayes kills it as Larry. There were times I totally thought it was the real deal. And I have always been a fan of Will Sasso and he did curly justice.

All in all they did the boys justice. The movie is not for some, but thats the same way that its always been. Either you find slapstick funny, or you don't. And the Stooges were the kings of it! Long live the kings! Have fun, and enjoy! Nuk' nuk' nuk'!

Links:
- Wiki
- IMDB
- Trailer

~Dog

No Homos Going To Make It To Heaven

SO, I'm sure everyone has seen this video by now, but in case you haven't check it out. I have links to YouTube and TMZ. And on the TMZ site there are links some other insane videos, including a pastor saying it's OK to "beat the gay" out of a child. *shakes head*

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! In so many ways I can't believe this is still a fucking problem. Just when you think we have started growing and evolving as a society, some religious asshole comes along and shits something like this out. Religion... oh religion, you stupid bitch.

Honestly this is a super big convo that I would LOVE to get into with you people over some drinks. Its one of those things that I love talking about because it makes people uncomfortable. Which I don't get. It's YOUR beliefs. Either you believe it or you don't. When it comes to God and religion I'll be honest, I am on the fence. I don't know whats out there. NO ONE DOES. We all have ideas, and beliefs. But unless the skies part and the Lord comes down and clears all this shit up for us, no one knows whats going on. NO ONE. If you think you do, calm the fuck down. You read a book and now you think you know something. My wife is going to start reading the Twilight series (despite my groans). Once she is done she can preach whats in there, but that doesn't mean she knows more than anyone else. Now the thing with that series is the author is still around and we can get some answers. The bible, not so much. So we all know the same thing right? Once your are done reading it, there is no way to know more than anyone else. "I just know", doesn't cut it. Bring me some facts or STFU.

I think here is something. What, I don't know. But I'm not going to say there is one god and he is the best and everyone else is incompetent or going to "hell" if you don't believe what I believe. If there IS a one true god, do you REALLY think that's how he wants you to treat others? He wants his children taught to hate, and classify people. To judge people? What grounds to do you have to pass judgement on ANYONE? Do you think he wants wars fought in his name? C'mon. I would think not. If you believe in religion and god, shouldn't you also believe that he is the "creator"? That he made all of us. Including gay people? It's not a choice they make, they are born gay. So god wants them to be gay. I'm just using your logic here.

The way I see organized religion is that it is a crutch. And some people need a crutch, that's not a bad thing. Some people need something bigger than themselves to believe in... Some sort of purpose. And there are A LOT of people that it helps. And they live happy lives and are good people. Hey, that's awesome! But it's when people start using a book as a weapon that shit goes to hell. You can take ANYTHING in literature, have two people read it they will get out of it what THEIR perception is. It's the same words, but each person has a different idea as to what it is they read. So when you have something like the bible, which I have read most of, you can take things so many ways. You know why? Because that's how it was written. It was written in such a way that it can grab the most people. Almost ANYONE can read it and say, "hey, that makes sense to me". But now a days people have taken it to far. They have become militant with it. My beliefs are better than yours and so on. Religions have expanded, changed, and adapted in new ways to make it more accessible to the new age and so on. All of it is the same, but you take out parts you don't like, add something you do and Wham, you got your own religion. Get a church and start the preachin'. The changes you made might make sense to some people that read it similar to you, and they join up. Now you have different religions, stemming from the same thing. Which is fine, except now they hate each other. Because instead of enjoying the beliefs and messages for what they really stand for, now people just want to be right.

The way I have always said it. "Believe what you want. Just leave me outta it." Why can't we each believe different things and still live in peace together? If you know you are "going to heaven" but you have concerns for me. Tough, those are my concerns; not yours. Just let other people be. None of us know whats going to happen, so just enjoy life and let things happen as they will. As long as we are all kind to each other why does it matter what we believe, or what color we are, or who we like sexually. We are all the same. No really we are. So chill out, stop spreading hate and just live and love bitches!

~ Dog

- YOUTUBE
- TMZ

Dawn Under Eclipse - From End To End (A Review)

Artist: Dawn Under Eclipse
Album: From End to End
Year: 2009
Genre: Metalcore, Melodic Death

So I know I'm late on this one because they have another disc already out from last year. I haven't heard it yet but it if it's like this one it's going to be awesome. These dudes are slayers from Italy! Bringing the shit hard and fast! Trust me this is one to check out. I will work on finding their new one!

Tracks to check out:

- Hailstorm
- Collision
- Half Light


~Dog

Attack Attack! - The Means War (A Review)

Artist: Attack Attack!
Album: The Means War
Year: 2012
Genre: Metalcore, Electronic, Dancecore

First off, Attack Attack! is probably the dumbest name I have ever heard. And after researching it there are 2 bands with that name. WTF? So, yeah. This is about the American metalcore band. Not fan so far. I love metalcore, but I don't like screamy whiny vocals. It's like a heavier version of The Used. Commercially its done very well selling 17,000 copies in its first week. And from what I have read online it looks like they are progressing as a band. So maybe I'll like the next record. Only Time will tell. Keep it up boys, get some more growls in there for me!

Tracks to check out:

- The Betrayal
- The Wretched
- The Eradication

~Dog

Skrillex - Bangarang (A Review)

Artist: Skrillex
Album: Bangarang
Year: 2011
Genre: Dubstep, electro house, trance

So I have been getting into Dubstep a lot lately. Which is funny because in high school I would have laughed at you for listening to electronic music. But I guess it`s a good thing that people change because this album is awesome. And Skrillex is fucking awesome! I might not be scene enough to go into specifics about whats going on, and what he`s doing, but I do know good music. Great transitions, well done hooks. I pump this shit in my car DAILY! I first heard about him on one of the new episodes of Beavis and Butt-head. They played First of The Year (Equinox). And that is a SLAMMING track. Its on my workout mix, gets me fucking amped! Seriously check this one out. And everything he has done. He announced a Canadian tour this summer. So if you can check him out live, I`m sure that its awesome.

Tracks to check out:
- Bangarang (Feat. Sirah)
- Kyoto (Feat. Sirah)
- Right In
- Breakn' a Sweat (with The Doors)


~ Dog

Aborted - Global Flatline (A Review)

Artist: Aborted
Album: Global Flatline
Year: 2012
Genre: Deathgrind


So it's sad to say but these dudes have been shredding since like 1995 and I'm just hearing about them now!? My apologies to the guys in the band and to my ears for not treating them to such well done chaos earlier. I'm going to have grab some of their earlier material and check it out because Global Flatline is fucking awesome! The dudes are from Waregem, Belgium and slay! This one does a good job of bridging people over from other genres of metal. So if you aren't into noise bands, but like heavy fast shit, check these guys out. They are death but kinda grind, got some speed. It's good shit, give it a listen!

Tracks to check out:
- Global Flatline
- The Origin of Disease
- Coronary Reconstruction
- Nailed Through Her Cunt (Digipack bonus tracks)


~Dog

The Avengers 2012 (A Review)

So this is one that I had been waiting for! I have really liked the way the super hero genre has been going in the past couple years.

- X-Men have always been a favorite of mine and the series went really well. X-3 lost me a little, but the X-Men: First Class totally redeemed the series.

 - Thor, not going to lie took me 3 tries to watch. I don't know why, but I couldn't get into it. Glad I did it was awesome after the dreaded 15 mins.

- Iron Man has been wickedly well done. Jon Favrea has been doing great directing that series, and I'm kinda sad that the Internet is saying he might not get to do the 3rd. I guess Shane Black, who wrote the Lethal Weapon series or something has done the screen play and will be directing. Think about it before you start fucking it up guys. You need Jon there to help out. Trust me. He did Elf for Christsake.. lol. I know that has nothing to do with this but I love that damn movie.  

- Captain America was fucking sweet too. Sure Chris Evans was the Human Torch, no one cares. And sure the CGI when he is little is kinda fucked up to watch knowing he's really a stud. When shit gets popping off, that movie kills.

- The Incredible Hulk. My favorite. I'm not talking about Ang Lee's turd in 2003. I think we all agree that movie never happened... including Mr. Lee. 2008! That's what I'm talking about. Louis Leterrier got that shit right. He got Ed Norton and Liv Tyler and slayed that shit. Now ever since The Avengers started coming to light I was pissed Norton wasn't going to be in it. But that's until I saw Mark Ruffalo. He's usually doing chick flicks and sure he does that well, but this time he was taking on "the other guy". He was awesome, and in my opinion stole the whole movie.

All I have to say is watch this damn movie! It is awesome, start to finish. All the movies above have given us all the back story and BS, this one straps you in as soon as your ass hits the seat and doesn't let up. I know as soon as it is available on Blu Ray I'm jumping all over that! HULK SMASH!

~Dog

Kienan Hebert’s abduction (Today)

Do you remember Kienan Hebert? He was abducted late last year. It was a big mess. Check out previous blog post for the insanity that went down. So it's been months and nothing further had really been said ever since it all went down. So I searched the Google machine and Mr. Hopley did come in and plead guilty to some charges. Check out the CTV News here. It seems that he is was identified as mentally disabled at the age of 8 and did not receive the treatment that was recommended. It still doesn't add up to me that someone disabled could do all the things that went down. Then find him in an abandoned cabin.. I dunno, maybe its me.

~Dog

The Deterioration of the Canadian Society

This is something that has been driving me nuts for some time. I want to start this off by saying I have NO problem with ANYONE that is a different race, religion, color, sex.. none of that. People are people, and we are all to be treated equal.

NOW.. with that said, there has been a lot of bullshit in the news as of late with folks from other countries coming into Canada and wanting to change OUR customs. This is what bothers me. I'm not upset that they bring over their culture. I love a lot of the foods, customs, and clothing they bring over. It's when we have to change OUR customs and cultures to accommodate them that makes my blood boil.

"Merry Christmas". That is now something that is almost illegal to say. Why the fuck has it become practically abolished from the English language? It IS still Christmas time isn't it? And yes there are other holidays in there too. I have no issues with "Happy Holidays". There are a bunch in there and we can't surely list them all individually in our greetings. But if someone in passing says "Merry Christmas", don't be an asshole and say "you mean happy holidays?" you say "thank you" and keep moving. That person was trying to be nice, not offensive. I had a guest today that started to say it and then bailed on it and shook his head. He then said "well, you know. I don't know what we can say anymore." So I told him "It's merry Christmas kind sir, and you and yours have one as well." He smiled and went on his way. I can't believe that it has to be like that. Why are we so worried about how everyone else is going to feel, when all we want to do is show someone a little yule tied love. When it comes to the service industry NO ONE gives a shit anymore about being helpful or offending customers (we'll come back to this later), but in day to day conversations we have to feel bad for trying to be nice.

[Christmas no longer celebrated in schools] My daughter who is in grade one now, does not have a Christmas pageant or assembly. They have the "Festival of Festivals". In some ways it's nice because like I said there are a bunch of holidays in there and they learn a little about different cultures. I don't mind that. I actually like that my daughter is learn a lot about different cultures. Now the kicker is that on the news last night there are schools here in the city that have Muslim children in the classrooms and they have to provide those children with head phones while in school so they don't hear any Christmas carols. Why are the children not allowed to learn about our culture? Our traditions? Yes it's a public school, but this is Canada. We celebrate this season with songs about flying reindeer, and jolly old Saint Nick. It's fun. That's all it is. Why can't the kids have some fun? Why are we serious all the time?

[Sikh Mounties permitted to wear turbans] - I don't care, once again, that Baltej Singh Dhillon is a Sikh. I don't care what his beliefs are, I don't care about the color of his skin, so on and so on. If I need an RCMP and he shows up, he better do his fucking job, that's all I ask of him. NOW.. his turban on the other hand. The Mountie is a Canadian heritage staple. When people from all over the think of Mounties the think about the red jackets and wide brimmed hats. I know that they have updated their day to day wear and he should do the same. This is the uniform, this is the heritage. It's fine if he wants to come to this country and bring his heritage with him, but in no way should it effect ours. He said in his CBC archive interview that when it comes to the protesters - "I'm willing to look these people in the eye and tell them that I'm no different from them." Agreed. It has nothing to do with you being different Mr. Dhillon, but all to do with coming to a country and changing their customs to suit your needs. If I were to join the Punjab Army, how would they treat me if I asked that they only speak in English so I can be accommodated. Or that I wanted to wear the Mountie hat because that's my heritage. (religion plays a part in there I know, but that's a huge topic for another day.)


** I started this back in December: Now the fires have calmed and the train has derailed, but I want to get this out there.. So I'm going to drop a "To be continued..." But Please feel free to chime in. I don't want this to become a hate speech, that's not the point of it. I want everyone to be heard, but at the end of the day it's our country and we should be able to keep our heritage alive and well. If we heard to a different country do they change everything for us? No.

~Dog

Threat Signal - Threat Signal (A Review)

Here's some awesome boys from Hamilton, Ontario! True Canadian metal, and they do it better than most. I have seen these dudes in concert and they slay. Word on the street is they are currently touring with Children Of Bodom, Eluvieite, and Revocation for the remainder of 2012. If you get a chance go see them, they will not disappoint. As well pick up this damn record and let it fuck the metal shit outta your ears!Check it out, you be the judge.

Tracks to check out:
- Uncensored
- New World Order
- Death Before Dishonor
- Buried Alive

~ Dog

SPIN Presents Newermind: A Tribute Album (Review)

So I started this when it first came out, and then never touched it again. The reason being it was fucking terrible. Like I said in my previous post with Eyes set to Kill. There are bands out there that have covered Nirvana and did a very good job of it. And I'm sure there are a lot of WAY better bands that they could have gotten to work on this. Hell have all the bands from the grunge era that worked with Nirvana have a go at it. Let Dave Grohl do the whole album, that asshole does everything! Fuck Spin for screwing this up and every band on here needs to pretend they didn't butcher a classic. Go back and listen to Nevermind and enjoy the real thing. Thanks,

~ Dog