Man, where have you been?...

Well I know that's what you have all been asking yourselves about the JLS blog because I have been extremely slack in posting something new...well I would love to give you a great reason why I haven't been able to write something...but the fact of the matter is, I am just lazy lol

Seriously though, me, well I am a busy man. I just started a new job 7 weeks ago and I love it. It's a whole new world for me and I am having to learn a ton...which incase you are wondering is a good thing, because as Henry Ford said, "if a man stops learning, he is old, no matter his age"...I also have been looking for a new car, playing video games, softball, doing dishes and of course I have a lovely woman that apparently I am supposed to spend time with...haha, joking, she is a delight only slighly less than myself.

What to write about...how about this weeks NEWS HEADLINES!!!...

-Man catches shark and builds aquarium at home, which he bathes in each morning.
-Woman in Taiwan becomes impregnated by random sprem while working at sperm donor clinic.
-Midget hits for the cycle in softball championship game.
-George W Bush chuckles to self after thinking about how he was Pres of the USA for almost a decade.
-Jealous GPS clearly wants man to back over wife...

Oh wait, THIS JUST IN...IF YOU BELIEVED ANY OF THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO THINK MORE...Because I made most of them up and stole the rest from a fake news site...

LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU KIDS...DON'T BELIVE EVERYTHING YOU READ/HEAR/SEE, AND THINK FOR YOURSELVES!!! THE MIND IS TOO BEAUTIFUL A THING TO WASTE! BELIEVE ME, I KNOW!

Well here are some more things:

-->New music you should hear: Foo Fighters new song Wheels is good stuff, not thier best bet a hell of a lot better than most rock bands...Three Days Grace, Alice in Chains, Muse all have new albums, all awesome...Pearl Jam cd is good, but not up to the Pearl Jam standars in the JLS opinion...people need to take care of each other, what is wrong with people...everyone has a story, start asking people what theirs is sometime, instead of thinking of yourself all the time, trust me, it will pay off!!...Take care of yourselves ok, seriously, I don't have a lot of friends lo ...

I just want to say that my sister is having a baby soon and this is sweet because I am already the best uncle in the world, so I guess it's about time I have a niece/nefew to look out for!!

Ok folks, I know this has been a very random blog and I didn't have a focused topic like I usually do...but sometimes you just need to let you voice be heard!!Follow What's Heard, Deserve the Future... 

Links to look at, cause I condone them...

Dave Grohl and Will Ferrell Duet...starts slow, ends funny... Also, Dave is pound for pound the best live act alive right now, ya heard it here!!!!

Kid gets headache in a hilarious way.... 

This is classic and should be watched at least once a week, if you ever have a bad day at work, watch this and your day will seem like nothing...:) 

Random Thought #whateveri'mat: why wouldn't I sit at home and stare at the spider on the wall? I mean he's a living creature too right? He deserves our respect...ok you're right, that's weird...I'll just eat him...

Next random thought: "today's forecast, cloudy with a chance of turtles", now that's a classic line from Raphael!

JLS (aka the one and only devourer of chickens)

 

I like pizza Steve...

Well it's that time of year again, that time of year where some old guys sings that hit song...ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?! I believe if it wasn't for that, nobody in the word would know that Hank Williams Jr was even still alive, because in the normal world, he certainly isn't relevant...but I digress...

Tomorrow evening we begin the march to Super Bowl XLIV (49 for those who are slow with roman numerals)...and I for one am looking very much forward to the march. You just never know what's gonna happen in the NFL and this is basically a holiday for me and I will be glued to my TV with a drink and some chili in my hand all day (hopefully the ventilation works!!)

The NFL to the NHL is like a wet t shirt competition between a young Jessica Alba and that crazy ugly lady from the old Dodge commercials..."don't you buy no ugly truck!!!"...they have no concept of business an Gary Bettman is basically Billy Bob Thornton in 'Slingblade" and the Coyotes are like his "French Fried Taters"...I have a lot to say on this subject, this is completely ridiculous, but that will have to wait for another time.

Ok so I digressed again, anyways here are some bold or not so bold NFL predictions...

Superbowl teams: Baltimore vs Green Bay and toss it up from there

Bold #1: The Detroit Lions could start Joe Montana in his prime and they would still suck the big one

Bold #2: The Oakland Raiders rival and likely exceed all pro teams in their inability to not be complete morons, I will say as entertainment they are great, as an NFL team I might as well suit up for them...Their coach has a mean hook, their owner is a long lost backup dancer from an 80's rap video and their starting QB likely couldn't beat that high school team Favre worked out with...other competitors in this category are, NY Knicks, LA Clippers, NO Hornets, Washington Nationals...

Bold #3: Brett Favre will have some good games but I believe they will be outweighed by poor ones and he may just die of old age on the field...but for the record I'm still rooting for him, but if it goes the way I think, I may have to root my head under the ground to avoid the carnage.

Teams to watch: Chargers, Titans, Pitt, Minn and ATL among others

Random Thought #13: sometimes when I golf the wind always gets really strong as soon as I hit the ball, and it always takes it right off the fairway...what's up with that...  

Random Thought #14: whenever you look at me like that...I remember why I punched you in the face when we were kids, and then again in HS and at church last week as well...sorry about that...

JLS (aka the one who spins you right round baby right round)

It's gonna be biblical...movie review/preview #2

Previews...

Clyde Shelton: You're the one who makes deals with murderers yea? Well I've come to make mine. Release me.
Nick Rice: [smugly] Or what?
Clyde Shelton: Or I kill everyone.

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[from trailer]
Nick Rice: You end this!
Clyde Shelton: [smiles] I'm just gettin' warmed up.

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[from trailer]
Clyde Shelton: It's gonna be biblical.

You may be asking, what movies could this amzing collection of dialogue be from? Well my friends it it from none other than Law Abiding Citixen...It starts Oct 16th, so mark it down. Gerard Butler looks to kick an awful lot of tail feather in this one, co-starred by Jamie Foxx...

I know I haven't seen this yet, but my keep sense of movie smell tell me that after seeing said movie, we are all going to want to use at least 3 lines from this movie in a confrontational conversation with anyone...I'm just getting warmed up!!

"9"

This one comes out on Wednesday, I spoke about it before. You may read this and say, Joe, what the hech are you talking about...you are going to tell me to spent 13 bucks to go see an animated movie...I would stare directly back at you and say hell yes I am...this is a Tim Burton movie so it can't be governed by conventional logic, much like the man himself.

IMDB.com describes the plat as...A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened...I describe it as some crazy cool little burlap sack people running around killing machines who threathen to end hmanity and the one they call 9 (oddly 9 was my mens league softball number, it's Jana's favorite # and it was my sisters bball number, coincidence that 9 is so important...I think not!) has the key to save us all...the last part is a guess by me, but I'm usually right.

WATCH IT!

Here is my last one and I am jacked about this one...The Men Who Stare at Goats...now before you pass judgement on the title alone, watch the MOVIE TRAILER (liked in) and then tell me that doesn't look hilarious!!

Geroge Clooney as a crazy psychic soldier, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges looks hilarious...the entire concept sounds wickedly amusing...enough said!

WATCH IT!

Honorable mentions: Zombieland, The Wolfman, Extract, Shelock Holmes...They all look very good

Review:

Inglorious Basterds...I am not going to say a lot about this movie because I don't want to give anything away for you...but I will say, Brad Pitt was perfect for this film, The story was bulletproof and the dialogue was what you would expect from Tarantino only on steroids!! It's easily as good and in my opinon better than any of his other films.

I give it a solid 9/10 and I strongly recommend it!!

Weekend in Review:

Well here is the coles notes version, Friday Jana and I rrocked out some sweet Italian food, Saturday we enjoyed the hot and spicy food festival and last night we watch The Killers live in concert at the Molson Ampitheatre...much to Pat's dismay, I gave the show 7/10...and that was plenty high...deal with it...

Random thought #12: I think Jeff Goldblum is a bit of an odd fit on Law and Order:CI, but who am I to judge...I can't help but think of him being chased around by T Rex's and whatnot, he basically plays the same character minus the carnage of the dinos...and this show will not spawn the the Name of a new NBA team like the movie did...lol Raptros, way to name your team!!

JLS (aka the digital universe)

Fear Them Crooked Vultures...and the flying Squirrel, always the squirrel...

Well it has been a few days since I have written, so let's see if I can heat up this key board...I am not an overly complex individual (but I'm also not as simple as some of you may think I am :). Generally I don't have a lot on my mind...I think about my woman, work, sports, cars, moves, ect but lately I have had one thing on my mind a lot. Music!

If you are going to love music, then love it hard...like Andrew WK says...PARTY HARD!

I am a true lover of music, almost all kinds of music actually, I love rock, alternative, rap and many others. I hate country music, but I can see why you might like it if you were a bit slow...joking...I think...so I am going to tell you about some of my favorites, a new band that I am uncontrollably excited about and my top ten favorite concerts.

Them Crooked Vultures!!!...the name may make you think about some weird late night show on discovery HD (one where vultures have eaten some rancid wildabeast and started flying around the sahara like a drunken moron on Front street on a Saturday night), but in fact they are the most recent 'Super Group' in rock music. There have been a lot of these so called super groups...Audioslave, Velvelt Revolver, ect. They were good, but this band may just prove to be the measuring stick for future 'Super' attempts...

Them Crooked Vultures--a/k/a Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)(Nirvana (sound familiar), Foo Fighters, Probot), Josh Homme (guitar, vocals)(Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, backing vocals)(Led Zepplin, maybe you heard of them)...sounds like a winning rock n roll formula to me...

Here are some things that have been said about them..."To date, Them Crooked Vultures has played one show on U.S. soil. Of that show, the Chicago Sun-Times hailed the band as "one of the rarest things in rock: a supergroup that not only deserves that appellation, but which actually is greater than the sum of its storied parts," while the Chicago Tribune opined "The term 'supergroup' gets thrown around way too often in rock, but in the case of Them Crooked Vultures, it applies." The band recently wrapped a string of surprise appearances across Europe and the UK, of which the Times of London remarked "the sound climbed to super-threatening levels and the music new heights of heaviosity... this was a monster on the loose" and the Sun added "there were moments of gentleness too - including some mesmerising piano work from Jones."

Learn more about them online...check out some clips of them. I will let you know how the Oct 9th show here in Toronto is. So far they sound pretty GD entertaining...

Here are my favs in no particular order, add in ones you think I may have unfairly left out..

My fav 5 rap:
1. 2 Pac
2. Ice Cube
3. DRE
4. NWA
5. Snoop Dogg

My Fav 5 Rock:
1. Nirvana
2. Foo Fighters
3. Pearl Jam
4. Chris Cornell (also Soundgarden and Audioslave)
5. Tool

My Fav 5 Classic Rock:
1. Jimmi Hendrix
2. Led Zepplin
3. The Doors
4. The Beatles
5. The Eagles

My Fav 10 Live Concerts I have Attended (no particular order):
1. Foo Foghters (ACC)
2. Pearl Jam (ACC)
3. Chris Cornell (amazing show in a small venue) (The Kool Haus)
4. Bruce Springsteen (Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY)
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers (ACC)
6. Tool (Molson Ampitheatre)
7. Foo Fighters Accoustic (Opening for Bob Dylan)(ACC)
8. AC/DC (Rogers Centre)
9. The Rolling Stones (Magnetic Hill, Moncton)
10. Rob Zombie (Opening for Ozzy, but was better than Ozzy) (ACC)

Hon Mentions: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Sausagefest (USS, Thornly, ect.), Treble Charger...Killers on Sunday coming and Them Crooked Vultures may soon make the cut!!

Random Thought #11: He without sin may cast the first stone...can this be interpreted on a daily basis? Like when I go outside in the morning and I have not yet done anything wrong that day, could I throw a stone at someone?...just a though...

JLS (aka the Czar of couch sitting)