Rap Really Grinds My Gears

You know what I really hate now? Rap music. I hate it now more than ever. I spent four freaking hours downloading some of the most horrible disgraces to the music industry. And why? Because my sister, for sume ungodly reason, thinks rap music is cool. Folks, rap music stopped being anywhere near good in 1997. I know I have a few rap tunes in my MP3 collection, and I even like everyone's favorite rapping wrestler John Cena (I even plan on buying his CD whenever it drops), but most rap "music," and I use the word "music" very loosely, has become a hideous abomination. Groups like Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and Public Enemy actually had something to say in their songs, but now it seems like somebody took the lyrics to Jimmy Buffet's "Let's Get Drunk And Screw" and created an entire genre of music, only with more profanity and drug references. I seriously wanna find whoever invented rap music and punch him in the face. Rap music even made Justin Timberlake go insane. He was a sugar-coated teeny-bopper in N'Sync, and now he's a quasi-rapper that likes to rip off Janet Jackson's clothes. Who's the next pretty boy to enter the rap world? John Mayer? Clay Aiken?

On another end of the musical spectrum, it's starting to seem like rock music is starting to die a slow, painful death. And stupid teenage girls are killing it. I rarely ever see any rock videos during TRL, and Headbanger's Ball is on the much-unloved MTV2. I think it would be cool to see death metal bands like Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir, or Slipknot on TRL, but it'll never happen. (I'm not a huge fan of death metal, but it would still be neat.) Instead, we get drivel like Hilary Duff and Britney Spears (though I will admit, "Toxic" is really catchy and the video for it is cool). Heck, I'd be happy if Tatu got more play. They're actually a really good pop group, and I love their CD. It's like pop with enough techno and rock built in to make it stand out. Unfortunately, Tatu seems like they'll just be an American flash in the pan. I see a similar future for Evanescence, which is a shame. I hope I'm wrong about both Evanescence and Tatu, because they're both really good. At least Evanescence's videos are getting a lot of play, and "My Immortal" is freaking awesome. I got sick of "Bring Me To Life," but there's really not one bad song on their album. Your mileage may vary, however.

Okay, enough of my music rant. If I didn't hate rap and if it didn't keep me from chatting with my three or four usuals, I wouldn't have been as angry.

You know what surprises me? Misty Mundae movies getting played on Cinemax. I noticed Play-Mate of the Apes was on last night, and they've shown Lord of the G-Strings a few times in the last couple of months. Then again, Cinemax does air a lot of softcore porno late at night. I'm not saying I watched them, I'm just saying I saw them on. And for everyone who came here from Google (thanks to the phrases "Misty Mundae" and "softcore porno"), there's no porno here. Sorry.

For those of you who missed the special on Spike TV, here's what WWE considers the top ten greatest matches in Wrestlemania history, in order by ranking:

1. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 12 (1996)
2. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge and Christian, Wrestlemania 16 (2000)
3. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 10 (1994)
4. Randy Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Wrestlemania 3 (1987)
5. Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock, Wrestlemania 18 (2002)
6. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart, Wrestlemania 13 (1997)
7. Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, Wrestlemania 1 (1985)
8. Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin, Wrestlemania 14 (1998)
9. Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior, Wrestlemania 6 (1990)
10. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit, Wrestlemania 17 (2001)

I love the triangle ladder match and all, but putting it at number two? There's no way it's better than Razor/Michaels, Savage/Steamboat, or Hart/Austin.

I found out this week that Boston Public got cancelled and I didn't even know it. That really sucks. I liked Boston Public. :(

You know, I've been putting some thought into picking up my "Poptopia: The Movie" project again. I've gotten some funny ideas for scenes and dialogue exchanges jotted down (and some ideas for a possible soundtrack), and if I have to rip off something, I guess I'll just have to. As I said back when I first mentioned this, anybody who's got good ideas for scenes can feel free to suggest them either over AIM, Yahoo, or on my comment cards. And if you think I suck and my idea for this sucks, you can tell me that too, I guess.

Anyway, that's all for now. Everybody be good while I'm gone, and if you can't be good, be bad. Later.