Last time I left off I was going to go see the band Sevendust at a local outdoor music festival. The outcome was quite enjoyable. Picture if you will, your hero, Zangz, sitting on a bleacher with a sweet cigar in one hand and a nice dark brew in the other whilst listening to the power that is Sevendust. All was well with the world.
Honestly, the band is one of the more powerful and tight groups I've ever seen. The crowd was really into it as they sang along on many tunes.
Honorable mentions must go to the supporting acts who weren't half bad at all. Check out Point 1 and Diecast if you like your music with balls.
And yes, there was the sweet smell of skunk weed in the air. And I'm pretty frackin' sure it wasn't my cigar.
Hey! The new season of Dr. Who has finally reached American television and I'm once again enjoying it thoroughly as a good geek should. The Doctor's new side kick is wonderful and the stories are as fun as they were in the last two seasons. A friend who's already seen the entire season through BitTorrent capabilities says there's an unexpected surprise with the sidekick issue this season. I'll have to wait and see. In fact it's on in 45 minutes. So I gotta hustle.
So, there's news of a new James Bond author who's going to start writing more adult oriented James Bond novels as they had been previously written, before they tried to give the character the whole Harry Potter treatment.
Sadly, they didn't ask my personal favorite Bond author back, Raymond Benson. The new guy is named Sabastian Faulks. Frell if I know what he's done before. The book will be called, "Devil May Care" and is due in May of 2008. I'm hoping he's as good as Benson and not dry and boring like past authors. The book takes the Bond character back to the cold war of the late 60's. We'll see about this one. Personally I thought that Benson was doing a pretty darn good job at it. I wished he would have been given the chance to continue. I've heard rumors that he's on to more original mystery/suspense fiction. Kudos to him!
What cigars am I enjoying smoking presently? Well, I thought you'd never offer.
Right now I'm quite in enjoyment of the sweet and smooth Drew Estate brand cigar known as Acid's Kuba Kuba. Makes me smack my lips as I smoke it! Then there's the dark and smooth as love in the afternoon CAO MX2, a maduro that's filled with flavor, yet does not overpower. Then there's one that I just tried this past week that blew me away. Another maduro that is quite smooth and flavorful, the Gurkha: Doble Maduro.
You have another question for me? What movies have I caught up on lately? A few....
- Transformers - Though, it's your typical Michael Bay schlock-fest, it's fun as hell! If you were a fan of the toys or cartoon, you'll probably like it 10 times as much as I did. And if you weren't, there's some babe-age to gawk at also. Definitely a thumbs up for this one!
- Transporter II - Speaking of schlock-fests, this one is hard to beat. This is good if you're craving a quick, overpowered, implausible action feast. We've seen the plot before, we've seen the action before. We just haven't seen it all at this fast paced tempo. On top of all that, there's a skeezy female assassin who does everything in stiletto heels. What's not to love about that? Fun, yet ridiculous. Action fans must rent this!
I'm also almost done with watching the entire series of Deadwood and I've kind of gotten a liking to Carnivale. I've taken a peek at both Oz and Rome, but neither have really grabbed me like Deadwood has. I'll let you all know how I like the entire series once I'm done with it.
My good cohort, Roberto Del Amorte, has lent me the 360 game Gears of War to futz around with. So far, I really like what I've played. Non stop, heart pounding, shoot-em-up action, huge elaborate and spooky settings! Everything I love about good shooter video games. I'll give a review once I'm done with it.
Speaking of Roberto, the month of August creeps slowly closer, which means one thing.... The Fires of Robahain Shall Burn Brightly in the coming month. Simply speaking, Roberto is lucky enough to have a wife who throws him a sort of Rob-A-Palooza for his B-day every year. This celebration usually ends in bloodshed, tears and laughter. In that order. That's coming up this Labor Day weekend. So I'm looking forward to that.
Is it wrong for me to already be thinking about Halloween? I'm already mapping out Haunted Attractions I want to check out. Perhaps Blood City, The Burial Chamber and Morgan Manor may have to be visited this upcoming season of the dead. Hmmmmmm?
On an end notation, there's a horrific rumor that Stan "The Man" Lee, a comic book god who created some of the most famous of all superheroes, might be stooping down to a level that not even the Amazing Spider-Man could get him out of.
Apparently he is teaming up with Paris Hilton (the human embodiment of all that is evil and wrong about the socially elite, greed-filled and shallow of the world) and they're going to put together a superhero cartoon show featuring her. WTF?
That's one good way to lose the respect of thousands of comic book geeks, team up with someone who probably wouldn't give one of them a nanosecond of their time, let alone spit in their general direction. I mean servants at her masnion probably have to spend many an hour scrapping boogers off of the ceiling since her nose is so frackin' high in the air.
Has Stan gone the way of Dr. Doom or is he going senile?
For the luv 'o' Christ, Stan, say it ain't so!!!!
On that note, let's all cross our fingers and hope to the good lord that Stan comes to his senses.
I'm off for some Dr. Who and then some cigar smoking. Until the next bunch of useless ramblings, Stay Vertical!
Zangz.
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