Our Lady Peace - Burn Burn (2009) Review

as clumsy as OLP can be (in that albums are either embraced by the masses or not) this album is right on in that clumsy fashion! now when i say clumsy i am referring to the band's sophomore album, not to the actual meaning of the world so yes, this album is a hit in my opinion! i will admit that i am a fan who owns and loves all of their releases, so take my word for what it is. the album opens with the lead off single "All You Did Was Save My Life" (one of the standout tracks on the album) which sets the tone of Burn Burn as a band who has returned to its roots. this album has more of an alternative feel to it when compared to their previous 2 albums (Gravity and Healthy in Paranoid Times) which had a more "mainstream" feel. however! even though this album is more embracing of their roots, this album sounds nothing like any other OLP album to date. no album sounds the same as the band never sticks to one formula ever. there are flashbacks of Naveed, Gravity, Happiness... and even Clumsy. so Maida doesn't sing like he used to, so what? this album is the sound of a band who have traveled and weathered stores only to come back stronger, wiser and dare i say it? more mature! if you are a fan, even a casual fan, pick this one up! you will not be disappointed. Highlights include "All You Did was Save My Life", "Refuge", "Dreamland", "Monkey Brains", "White Flag", "The End is Where We Begin", "Escape Artist", "Never Get Over You" and "Paper Moon". in fact, this is their strongest album since Spiritual Machines so for that alone, i give this album 9 balloons out of 10 cause this album is just that good in my opinion. for a band that alot of fans have thought to been in the dark over the last 10 years (even though they had some of their biggest hits in that time), this is them showing some life and light to those who have thought their best days where behind them...guess not! they still have alot left to say and some more entertaining to do as the future looks quite bright.

Iron Man (2008) Review

in all the hoopla of the amount of live action superhero movies that have made it onto the big screen Marvel has finally delivered us Iron Man...and it was all worth the wait! staring Robert Downey Jr. in his best role to date, playing the wealthy Tony Stark aka Iron Man! set in today's world and the current war on terrorism this movie brings Iron Man to life in a big way! great action, awesome effects, great laughs, all in all, the movie is a fun marriage between both man and machine. also staring Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges who all turn in memorable roles to make this movie both memorable and exciting. if the first one is this good and i am more than excited to see what they end up doing for the second one! as for my rating i give it 9 flying iron suits out of 10 cause the movie is just a great watch and i think that Marvel should take control of all of its own movies (yes i am talking about Spiderman!) and do them the only way they should be done...THE RIGHT WAY!

The Incredible Hulk (2008) Review

ok, as recommended by me, take that 2003 movie entitled the Hulk, throw it in the toilette, take a shit and flush. any questions? OH and to cure the case of the green blues, get the movie, The Incredible Hulk , and enjoy it motherfuckers! no more getting "green" over the last incarnation of the Hulk cause this movie makes up for it...and more! staring Edward Norton (of Fight Club fame) in probably my favorite role to date this movie is non stop action that any fan of the Hulk would be more than proud of. Liv Tyler, the love interest is smoking hot in more ways than one as she is on top of her game! this movie corrects every wrong that the last one made, with no connection to it whatsoever (THANK GOD!) as the movie is 2 hours shorter and any fight scene you see in this movie, kicks the lone fight scene's ass from the 2003 Hulk! OH! and for you purists out there, there are three shout outs to the original TV series in that both Lou Ferrigno (who makes both a cameo appearance in the movie as a security guard as well as voices the Hulk himself to have that signature sound) and to Bill Bixby who is on a channel that the character Banner is watching (cause for those of you who don't know, Bixby was the first man to portray Banner). Take all that and at the end promise an Avenger's movie!? as the news is delivered by Tony Stark aka Iron Man himself (portrayed by Robert Downey Jr) and what could one ask for!...OH right! the ratting! how could i forget? i give this movie 9 Hulk Smashes out of 10 for rebooting the franchises on some solid ground while looking ahead to a bright future.

My Name is Bruce (2008) Review

that's right folks! b-movie mega star Bruce Campbell vs.... the Chinese protector of bean cured named Gwandi? well! this movie is simply put, groovy! everything one loves about a Bruce Campbell film with many shutouts to his previous movies as he reprises a role as ... wait for it...himself! to fight off an evil spirit in the woods (sound familiar to anyone?). helping him is an die hard uber fan and his mom (yes, a mom and son!). he runs scared, guns everywhere, and a few shutouts to the Evil Dead movies (like the chainsaw) and you have his best movie in a long time imo. this a role i think that suits him best, sure it could be typecasting cause it is similar to that of Ash in Evil Dead but who cares? it's Bruce Campbell! he made that fuck'n role! so everyone sit back, grab this flick and have some good laughs with the man, cause good, bad, he's the man with the gun!...and some dynamite! oh! i almost forgot a ratting, how dare i! i give it 9 evil spirits living in the woods out of 10 cause i wish the movie was a little longer but the alternate endings sure as hell make up for it baby!

Rant #22 - Labels

if there is one thing in this world i am sick of, i am beyond sick of labels! when we are born we are born with the labels of son or daughter and our first label, boy or girl. then we grow into to other labels, child, teenager, parent, adult, grandparent, etc. those are natural labels that we inherent with age but i am talking about the labels that everyone has to put on everyone else to pigeonhole us into some stupid little category to make their lives easier and safer...FUCK THAT! FUCK YOU! FUCK THE LABELS! we all label ourselves with our taste in music or our nationality. fine, but when we try to label ourselves as one thing and be confined to that one label we are placed in is when a problem begins. no one fits into one label! i swear, no one does! i am Italian, so i label myself that but i also carry the label of Napolitanio cause i am from Naples, i am also a Canadian and a Torontionian. other labels i carry is that of a "rocker". i label myself that but because i like Metal, Punk, Alternative, Classic Rock and i also like Reggae, very little Rap, Soul, Funk and the Blues, all genres that have come into contact with other sub genres of Rock. just with one label i am able to define who i am. everyone can define themselves with more than one label but in society, everyone is obsessed with trying to label a person into one thing, that's it, the end all, be all. no questions asked, that's how the world goes and everyone can sleep a little better...WAKE THE FUCK UP CAUSE IT DOESN'T AND IT AIN'T HOW IT WORKS SO GROW THE FUCK UP AND JUST LET PEOPLE BE WHO THEY ARE WITHOUT ALL THE STUPID LABELS YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCK'N OBSESSED WITH...and that's my rant on labels.

Rant #21 - KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR CHILDREN

okay, so between work and when i went to the mall i saw something that would never be allowed when i was younger, kids acting out of control and BOSSING AROUND THEIR PARENTS! IF THAT WAS ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN BEATING FOR EVEN THINKING OF ACTING OUT! now i am not condoning hitting your children or such things like that BUT FUCK! the happy chair and time outs don't seem to be working! time outs are nothing more than 15 mins of the child thinking about how he got caught and now not to get caught the next time. like common! and as for the bossing around part? jesus christ! WHO THE FUCK IS THE PARENT! YOUR SUPPOSE TO BE IN CONTROL AND TEACH THEM! okay! you want to be the child's best friend and a big influence in their lives, fine! i get that! but you must also must be some sort of authority figure in that child's life or else they won't respect shit from no one and act out against people like the police that could end up disastrous or fatal. although this may be a stretch for some of you to imagine it really is not. so you know what? start keeping control of your fuck'n children cause if you don't, someone else will and the results may be disastrous.

Rant #20 - Fashion

recently at work i over heard some people talking about fashion and what they deemed to be "rocker" fashion...where the fuck do they come up with this shit! what the fuck is "rocker" fashion? jeans and a t-shirt? piercings? chains? flannel? like what the fuck! i hate when people label shit (that will be discussed in another rant) and when they associate labels with the way you dress! NO ONE and i stress that NO ONE dresses the same, even though people may have the same cloths, everyone has a style of their own! sorry for some of you to hear that but we all know what works for ourselves. sure we see something we like and we simulate it but we also have a way of taking that look and making it somewhat, our own. some people have a simple style, some have a complicated style, some just wear whatever the fuck is clean and doesn't smell! i fall into those of the former in that my style is simple and the later in that i really don't care, i don't spend FOREVER figuring out what to wear cause i know what works for me. some people over complicate their style because they want to fit in or make it with the group of cool kids who dress like the famous people and thus, try not to have their own style. they work hard to not have their own style! that is sad cause they just become soulless puppets to a lifestyle that they will pour money into because they are told they have to buy into it if they want to fit in. does it really matter if you fit in or not? honestly! i see women in their 40s, 50s and even their 60s trying to fit in...GIVE IT UP! just be yourselves and be happy instead of being unhappy trying to fulfill some false lifestyle that will do more to depress you than cause you any good, and that's my rant on fashion.