Kurt Cobain's death is one of those events where you can ask most people, "where were you when you heard?", and they can recall it exactly. I 
know I can. I wasn't that into Nirvana before his death. My sister was, and she was the one who informed me. I was in my room at my parent’s house, and she just got home from school. She said the typical thing that people say when someone big dies "did you hear about Kurt Cobain?". Even though I hadn't, the question and the way she asked it pretty much told me before she actually said that it looked like he had killed himself. It wasn't even totally confirmed yet. I hoped for it to be just a rumor but, of course, it wasn't. Sometimes I wish that I would have been more into the band while Kurdt was still alive. In fact, my friend held a copy of Nevermind and a copy of some stupid hair band named Mr. Big in front of me at Target on my 14th birthday and told me to choose my present. I did think about it, but chose Mr. Big. I popped in that tape a couple of years ago just to give it a listen and it is one of the worst pieces of compiled shit I’ve ever heard. The only good thing I can think about the extremely fucked up decision is that I may have gone a completely different path in my life had I chose Nevermind. Maybe it wouldn't have been that great of path. Maybe it would have been the same path that lead Kurt to his death. Instead I got into him, Dave, and Krist's band when I was 17 and more mature and able to appreciate the genius of their music without it affecting my life stability. But then again still, if I had known them earlier, I could have possibly seen them on that infamous night at Trees in Dallas!!! I believe I have shown my interest is genuine, however, by it being continuous and how I have NOT grown out of my beliefs related to what Nirvana represents unlike other people(my sister for one...oops...did I type that!) who have.
One more regret that I, and many, many fans around the world have, is the one I actually had no control or choice over. And that is how we will never get to hear a new performance or song from Kurt. We will never see what more he could have produced artistically. We will never know how big of a legend he would have grown to be. He's already a legend with what he did accomplish, and he was only a year older than me when he passed! But To me, Nirvana is much more than just a band. I don't know if a single person had as much of an affect on how I would turn out as a person than Kurt Cobain. The part of me I got from him has remained unchanged since I was 17. I believe that will still be unchanged when I'm 41, 15 years from now. It's funny to think of me then being some aged punker standing in a sea of the same like people at the Seattle Center, kind of like how the fans of the Grateful Dead look to us "young" folk right now. But, that will probably the next BIG anniversary of Kurt's passing in its 25th. I hope that by that time of my life I will be in a situation where it will be easier for me to make that trip to Seattle, and that I will have found someone who will be glad to accompany me wherever I may roam, and especially to an event as important to myself as this one. Someone who shares the desire to live their life in such a way that ensures that the legacy of Kurt Cobain's short one will never truly die.
"Jocks have completely taken over music. That's all there is nowadays is a bunch of muscular bicep Marky Mark clones. It's pretty scary. And just to get back at them, I'm going to start playing basketball."
- Kurt Cobain
"ARE YOU THERE?????????????????????????????? (BUDDY BEAR)"
"Yes, I know which quote it was. It was pretty easy to pick out --as it was the only one without cursewords or sexual suggestions.."
"So which quote was it? It's driving me crazy:("
"that quote thing is a cool ass idea, i really enjoyed it"
"Is that right? dumb dutch clompin hu?! Well .. you tortilia fu@in taco suckin, tostada shitin faggot... put that in your fuckin quotes list, bitch."
"Just kick it at tha crib vato and drink some safasas!!!"
"I was surprised by the turnout of 80 or so people. ALL MEXICANS!!!! weird huh?"
"we should take salsa lessons."
"No, I haven't been bellydancing lately. I have been taking shag lessons, though."
"Its kinda small but its got really sweet blue shag carpet"
"But please forgive me I love you and want to fuck you so think about that and maybe a jerk off hand job you little jap."
"i woke up today upside-down half way on a couch in a room that i've never seen before; it was weird. now i'm going back to sleep cause i don't know if i'm awake."
"I got gay-ass school tomorrow"
"I need a HOT DOG MAN/or WOMAN and a bottle of KETCHUP and MUSTARD."
"I've perfected the art of pretending to pay attention to customers who have nothing better to do except talk to me about why the Justice League cartoon is so good. Multi-tasking doesn't even slow them down. Keep talking, I'll check my email, package boxes, put out comics, eat lunch, smoke a cigarette, do heroin-and they won't even be close to being finished."
"IAM NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"BUAR Spolo8tisz acespt ed i overs tecatecd i'msroyr. atslk i woulat soce oeer ther sonight wgu you resar't aonlien. talsk oon."
"I created a new email because everyone says it spells N-Woman 1 and makes fun of me.."
"No more sleeping with shot guns and no that girl was a dog Rofl went out on one date and never called her back ."
"I do remember that once I did get interested in nirvana's music it had only 3 or 4 years since he had died. I know we may have discussed this before, but do you remember hearing about it when it happened?"
"my cup of tea is grinded organs"
"Oh, and nice phone call from you the other night..I need to know about your hot wing bowel movements now?
"Perhaps I could be the "Geriatric Shai Girl"
"i wish i could have a voting poll but all the girls i know dont have any teeth"
"Yes, I am the crazy shot girl in the pictures..........too much Jager"
"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
"Live the life you want, not the one society (by whatever label) wants to force upon you. "
"ask yourself this....... is it right for your blood sweat and tears to pay for the Saturday night superstars??"
"I looked at the tape and I saw the ass beating you gave Steve Meyers and I just have one thing to tell you about it.......THANKS."
"It's real! It's soo real."
"I was laughing under my mask after you kicked my ass and said all you had to do was win."
"you are one sick mofo...lol"
"AHHHHH KILLAH!!!! what's up Bestfriend for life?"
"YOU ARE A BAD INFLUENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"when's the next time you double crunch, body flip, triple kick, and pile drive some old bloke? "
"I have heard you left XCW and Nite was really bashing you about leaving because you did not like how things were being run."
"MMMMMMMMM, CHICKEN SOUP. (DROOL)"
"OK, the ice cream question, it's gonna take me a little longer to produce your results"
"A public place? Are you afraid I'm going to try and kill you or something? I am not really into the graveyard scene. How akward! What do you have against food? Anyway, I am too late now to think of anything."
"Is he C-3PO"
"It's okay, man, LOT'S of men wear headbands"
"WhhhhhAaaaaAAAAAAa??"
"Why we are still friends sometimes makes me wonder. Not on my part really, because if nothing else, you've always been entertaining. But why do you still talk to me? If I'm not lying to you, I'm insulting you, or insisting you do something I want, or demanding something. I'm a walking case of PMS, and there's no knowing whether I will love you or hate you from one day to the next. I swear I'm not like that with anyone else I know. Guess you bring out the devil in me. Cheers, and God bless George Bush and **r** *a*"
"are you still reading me? are you alive? do you care?"
"Insert huge-crazed-bloodshot-eyes and squiggly-mouth here. "
"does he become Mr. Octopus?"
"If you get something strange in the mail, it's from me. Don't worry, it's not contagious and it doesn't smell bad. "
"I love it blonde. It brings out my eyes alot. Well, I hope they show up..."
"i asked alyshia for ur new number but of course she was like i cant find it or some bullshit like that "
"THAT helps"
"but unfortunately, Alicia's who tread across your path are destined for a doomed relationship........Though I would get a real kick out of seeing THAT in Seth's Quotes, it's not to be."
"ahhhh the infamous Seth. Girl, if i hear his name ONE MORE TIME i think i might puke. for real"
"What if we end up getting married, you nerd?"
"Do I hear Marriage???? Just kidding i know better."
"Laying down upon me, making me feel all sweet. He whispers in my ear, now go make something to eat."
"Tank is an asshole."
"Wow, 3 days in a row you didn't call me when I asked you to. You suck."
"Thanks for just signin' off asshole!"
"Don't settle for the one you can live with. Wait for the one you can't live without."
"Thanks for you time, I had fun, but it's time to move on and away from you."
And last but not least, the quote of the month.
"I wondered how some people can be such a necessary part of a person's life one day, and simply vanish the next."
Josh Charles - Threesome
Also, I no longer care to get a review, even if it's not by me, of EVERY single sequel or prequel that has been released. One of the reason is very simply that the studios are releasing so many of these things nowadays that anybody with half a life wouldn't be able to see all of them anyway. I never reviewed those four that I left out last year, and I'm not going to(I actually haven't seen any of those four yet). I'm also not going to review the 13 that I didn't see during the last review period. However, because I'm such a nice chap, here are those fifteen: Spy Kids 3-D, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ginger Snaps 2, Inspector Gadget 2, Charlotte's Web 2, Wild Things 2, Shrek 2, Bring it on Again, Dumb and Dumberer, Legally Blonde 2, Shanghai Knights, Leprechaun 6, Scooby Doo 2, and Starship Troopers 2.
I have once again used Frankenstein terms for the rating of each movie.
Matrix Revolutions- GOOD - I, for one, thought this was a very nice finale to the Matrix trilogy. I know numerous people who didn't even bother seeing this one after being too confused by the second one of the series, Matrix Reloaded. I found it all interesting, though, and couldn't wait to see how it all concluded. I was not disappointed. I actually found it very amusing upon realizing, while watching this third installment, that the whole "Matrix" concept had very serious religious overtones.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle- BAD - Put three hot girls together as a superhero trio in an action movie and bring back another girl who used to be hot as the main villain and you can't go wrong, right? Wrong. No mistaken, there is great stuff in it like, again, hot babes in Drew Barrymore and Lucy Lui, good fight scenes, a very nice Pussycat dancers sequence, and Crispin Glover. But in the end, somehow in both installments of Charlie's Angels movies, you leave thinking it was still missing something.
Final Destination 2- GOOD - I believe that the makers of this film took themselves a little less seriously than they did in the first one. And that's a good thing. There were still gruesome deaths aplenty. Actually, there were more deaths done more creatively than in the original. The continued story is not too shabby either. But again, the fact that they added humor, even if it's sick humor, is what did it for me. I found myself laughing more than cringing at the insane deaths in this one. Greatness.
Bad Boys 2- BAD -I knew immediately that this film was a bit too long for an action flick. But I originally liked it pretty well. The more I thought about it, though, the more that I realized that a lot of what takes place is pretty freakin' dumb. There are some great action sequences, and Smith and especially Lawrence are as entertaining as ever. But there are just way too many unrealistic circumstances that take place. I guess it's best to view it after setting your brain on the coffee table.
American Wedding- GOOD - This is another good ending to a trilogy. In my opinion, they wrapped up the American Pie saga nicely with this one. The first movie was high school, the second was college, and the third was getting married. In one way of another, those represent three major points in a person's life. The only thing left to do would be to show the characters as senior citizens about to croak and, thankfully, I think they'll leave that one alone. Iz almost, if not as, entertaining as the first two.
Terminator 3- UGLY - I had to wonder from the start how in the hell they could have a third Terminator after the so conclusive ending to the classic second one. So I went and saw, and for the first time in forever, I actually had the urge to leave the theater way before the movie had ended. Most offensive, this installment completely ruins everything that was accomplished in Terminator 2. The fact that governor AHnold's catchphrases have become more stupid than funny didn't help it either.
Freddy vs. Jason- GOOD - I'm the type of person that would've seen and liked this movie even if everyone else didn't. But everyone did, and with good cause! The opening that explains the history of both horror icons is informative enough that one didn't have to have seen any of the previous Nightmare on Elm Street's or Friday the 13th's to get what's going on. And the story ties the two characters together nicely. I just hope they don't ruin it by making a Freddy vs. Jason SEQUEL. Uneeded.
American Psycho 2- GOOD - This flick is not near as clever or as original as the first one. No one actor(William Shatner? HA!) in this direct-to-video sequel has the standout performance that Christian Bale did in the original either. So why did I give it the "GOOD" rating? It's because it's not below average for a horror flick. Oh yeah! And because of a little hottie named Mila Kunis, who got my FULL attention in the way she came into her own, sexuality-wise, in this movie.
X-Men 2- GOOD - This one was much better than the original. Although it did have some unnecessarily added parts, over all it was a really good flick. It just came together better; was more of what an X-Men movie should be like. The attack on the mansion, with the introduction of Colossus and Wolverine running around gutting everybody, was an awesome action sequence. I can only hope that, with the loss of the director from the first two, that the third will be as good as this one. Plus, Famke Janssen is uber hot!
Tomb Raider 2- BAD - Like the Charlie's Angels, this is another example of when putting a hot chick, in this case one of the hottest of all time, in a skin-tight outfit and throw her into an action flick or two, how it would seem that you can't go wrong. But, also like the CA movies, you enjoy some of the scenery and action scenes, but still feel the movie was definitely lacking. This is kind of sad, as it seems that I won't settle for just a hot chick anymore, but actually need a good story!
Scary Movie 3- UGLY - The third film was just plain unfunny. For some, they seemed to be just reenacting scenes from some of the films instead of parodying them. I didn't think that this series could get much worse than Scary Movie 2. But yes, it did in this one. And the first movie showed such great promise! I DO have to give the franchise credit for always have a good variety of babes, though: Pamela Anderson, Shannon Elizabeth, Kathleen Robertson, Jenny McCarthy, and Anna Faris.
Kill Bill Vol. 2- GOOD - On this list we actually have two sequels that are better than their predecessor! Kill Bill Vol. 2 is such a better actual FILM than Kill Bill Vol.1. If for nothing else, the reason that the watching the first one requires the watching of the second to find out what happens, and the second doesn't and could actually stand on it's own as an individual movie. Less mindless fighting, while still having a few more meaningful ones, added to much more greater acting and story.
Spider-Man 2- GOOD - This movie is such greatness. However, of course, I can find many a fault with it. This reason I can do that with this movie and, as my followers know, the first one is because of my extreme knowledge of Spider-Man and because I am ultra-picky when it comes to the way he is presented. BUT, and this is a big but(haha), that's not what matters. What matters is that this is one of the best comic book representations in movie form ever in its ability to appeal to the MASS public.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico- GOOD - I have to say that I waited a good while, even after it was released to home video, before I saw this movie. And during that time, I heard a lot of bad stuff about it. So that may be why I didn't dislike it(also I haven't seen either of the originals), because I was expecting it to be absolutely horrible. And I don't think it was, really. Sure, they had way too many characters and they made the plot so complicated that I laughed out loud at parts. But if you laugh, that means you're having a good time, right?
Alien vs. Predator- GOOD - I didn't have very high expectations for this one either. No AHnold, no Sigourney, and it STILL stings to know that James Cameron offered to do a 5th Aliens film instead of someone else doing this, and was turned him down. But that fact doesn't mean that I couldn't enjoy this confrontation between these two legendary sci-fi icons. This movie makes you WAIT in much anticipation for the Aliens and Predators to meet for the first time. And when they finally do? Snap!
''$114 million -- that's nearly as much money as the Catholic Church paid in hush money this weekend.''
David Letterman- on Spider-Man's opening weekend on The Late Show
(R.I.P. Christopher Reeve)
"there will never be a better Superman than Christopher Reeve."
-Seth Shai Words of Seth March 14, 2004
In two weeks the next election for the position of president of the United States will be held. I've noticed while talking to numerous persons about this, that most people are in the dark on a lot of things. They only know what they are fed. Or to put it into one word, most people that I have conversed with, as the ultra-conservative, super-religious types like to say that Kerry supporters are, "uninformed". Except for when THEY say it, they mean that we haven't listened to the excuses the republican’s give for all the bad shit they do. But anyhoo, I thought I might help out with that, do a little informing of my own right here in my little ol'column. I'm going to start off with a subject that is even older now then Wrestlemania 20 was when I wrote about it a few months ago. So be prepared to, at least in the beginning, go back a little in time.
First off, under our current government, our freedom of speech is at risk. If they have their way, we will be sheltered even more and told even more what we can and cannot watch or hear. And it all started with a very familiar incident.
Everyone in the world knows of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake stunt. I don't give a fuck about it, and am not offended by it. The only reason I'm even bringing this shit up is that NOT everyone knows the effect it's had on radio and the freedom of speech. What's radio have to do with the happening at the halftime of the Superbowl? I have no idea. Maybe the FCC does. But basically, they are trying to take away freedom of speech, to prevent anyone from getting offended at something like what Janet and Justin did, which shouldn't have been a big deal anyways. Seriously, other countries laughed at how stupid the people of the U.S. are...again.
One of the people the FCC is on is Howard Stern. In fact, it's a crying shame that there is a chance that he won't be on radio at all anymore before too long. And the reason why for that is that basically, the FCC said that anyone on the radio who gets a complaint filed on him or her will be fired. Well, Howard got one on him. He has only had one incident since the Superbowl, but that's not what the FCC is on him for. It's for something that happened 3 years ago. You have to wonder why an incident that happened so far back is just being brought up now. Could it be, it's because Howard has been bashing our "President" George Dubya as of late?? I think it just might.
There might have been other circumstances, but the episode I heard was about how the "President" is against gay marriage.
This is another serious subject to consider when casting you vote on November 2nd. Gay rights. On the radio program I heard they actually played part of Dubya's speech, and I couldn't believe how a person as ignorant as he could have been elected into the most powerful position of office in the world. Oh, that's right, he wasn't! It actually infuriated me to hear what he and some other politicians were saying. Howard's sidekick Robyn commented that Dubya has 10,000 advisors for every decision he makes, but that she's bets this is the one he was able to handle all by his, redneck, self. Haha, "It's funny because it's true". They didn't even have a good reason why gays shouldn't be allowed to. The best they could come up with was they wouldn't allow gays to ruin "marriage". How does that ruin marriage?!? I'm not gay. I don't think I even have any gay friends, and I would feel disgusted if a person of the same sex ever hit on me. In fact, I already have! But, I don't give a flying fuck what they do with each other!! Why should I?! It doesn't affect me! It's so simple of an issue, but no one seems to get it. Except for the San Francisco Mayor who said, what I think should be obvious, that he is just carrying out the responsibility not to discriminate, that he accepted when he took office. Yeah, that's right, this is DISCRIMINATION. The same issue that we have had with African Americans and women. In fact, we still have unresolved issues with those two! It isn't all better now! And when we find another type of person that isn't just like us to discriminate against, it only gets worse. It seems, in some ways, this civilization still has such a long way to go. A lot of this civilization, with all its technology and such, is still very primal. Some things should be really basic. Things that, same as how everyone is smart enough to know that the Janet-Timberlake thing was a publicity stunt but the press and people are still dumb enough to give them all the attention they wanted in the first place, have been and said and known already but not acted upon. Things like the belief that, EVERYONE IS CREATED EQUAL.
George W. Bush, however, wants to AMEND the freakin' CONSTITUTION so that homosexuals will not be.
As for our involvement in Iraq, hey, I am all for helping other countries out. Sometimes they need our help. Sometimes it requires the sacrifice of some of our own soldiers. But, first and foremost, you take care of your own country first. And we are not doing that.
Osama Bin Laden kicked our ass. We got our ass kicked by Osama and the Al Queda. They came; they killed thousands of civilians, and they left. And they got away with it. George W. Bush and our government never got him. He's still out there...right now.
So Dubya went after somebody we COULD get. Someone who was a much more public figure, his daddy's old enemy, Saddam Hussein. And we got'em! We got'em! Good job, George! Your daddy must be proud.
The only problem is, he had nothing to do with September 11th. Is he a bad person? Shyeah! Should he be taken out of power? Probably. Do the people of Iraq need saving from him? Probably. Do they even want our help at all? Some of them do.
But Saddam had nothing to do with September 11th and had NO weapons of mass destruction.
First and foremost, you take care of your OWN country. And our government has not done that. They got Saddam. Great. They helped Iraq. Great.
But they haven't got the guy who got us, Osama.
I do, however, have to give props to Dubya(or, actually, whoever told him to do it) for diverting the public’s attention to that by making Saddam seem like so much of a threat and therefore making it appear that he "saved" us by capturing HIM. That's very clever. If I were as stupid as most people are in this country, I would have fell for it too.
The economy is a joke. Nobody can get a job. I know numerous people personally who can vouch for this.
And all kinds of other people and groups have a variety of issues with George W. Bush and his term in office. Some, but not nearly all, examples of those issues would include his dealings with the Middle East, environmental conservation, AIDS policy, the advancement of scientific research, women's rights, the national debt, ethnic and religious conflicts, weapons proliferation, education, veterans groups, and health care.
You know, you can argue both ways on a lot of these things. You can say that we do belong in Iraq, and that we don't. You can say that abortion is not the women's choice, and you can say that it is. You can say that the economy is shit, and you can even TRY and say that it isn't.
But one thing that you simply CANNOT argue you is this. You will never hear a Kerry supporter who talks like this "I ain't standing dat dere Gerge Bush."
Sure, Bush has supporters who can speak intelligently as well. He does have the rich vote after all, since he takes such good care of them. But he also has the, follow the pack blindly hick redneck, ignorant vote as well. Hell, Dubya is one of them so I guess he should! You won't find a Kerry supporter who fits that description.
This is actually kind of bad for Kerry. It's unbelievable that the race is as close as it is, but it makes a little more sense when you realize this. Bush has the stupid person vote. And there is a lot, I've found in my experience, a LOT of stupid people out there. THESE are examples of the uninformed, of the people who's opinions are based off what they are fed. PLEASE don't be one.
And then I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't too fond of Bush or Kerry. A lot of THOSE people say that they want Clinton back in office(I've never heard so many people call for the return of an ex-president). And I can totally understand that. However, the fact of the matter is this. One of TWO people will be winning this election, John Kerry or George W. Bush. Obviously Clinton can't run again. Ralph Nader is a joke. If he serves any purpose it will be to AGAIN help Dubya steal the election like he did last time. So, if your eligible to vote and you're going to(which everyone should), you have to take your pick of the two. You have to decide which you would rather be the head of our country. And I would hope that after having things like the issues I mentioned in this column pointed out to you, you would be at least a little leaning more towards voting for John Kerry. We need someone new in there, in power, to clean up this place we call home.
So for Christopher Reeve and all those who would benefit from stem cell research, for Howard Stern and our freedom of speech, for the gay couples who deserve the same rights as everyone else does, and for the people who, like everyone else, were lied to by our government but then had family members die for no reason for in Iraq, please, cast YOUR vote for John Kerry.
"It's time to bring our troops home and send Bush back to Texas!"
Jesse Jackson