Have you ever been so totally hooked on a song that you just couldn't stop listening to it no matter what? You had it running through your head all the time and it was the only song on your playlist? Well, I'm like that right now with this song:

When I first heard of them, I kind of laughed because my favorite magazine, Terrorizer, shat all over them. Before Mudvayne, Coal Chamber had been Terrorizer's whipping boys, but when they reviewed the new Mudvayne album, all they said was "Come back, Coal Chamber, all is forgiven." But then I actually heard a Mudvayne song and I have to say, I fuckin' dig 'em. They're like a KISS of the 90's only they make good music. Heh. That'll get me some flames.

I'm gonna go on a bit of rant here, musically. If you're a Pearl Jam fan, you might not want to read any farther because I'm about to go off on those wankers. The fuckin' hypocrites. Back in, what was it, '92 or some time in the early 90's, Pearl Jam went to court against Ticketmaster becuase they felt that TM was ripping off their fans. They were against the Ticketmaster monopoly and the fact that, on top of paying $50 a ticket, TM was charging a huge sur-charge. They became the defenders of the modern day music fan. They seemed to care more about their fans than money. Well, if that's the case then, what happened?

If Pearl Jam cares more about their fans than money, why did they release 75 live albums in one year. Yes, you read that right, 75 live albums. Apparently, what they did was record almost every show of their tour last year and then package each recording and sell it. I think they sold them 25 at a time for a total of 75 in all. What the fuck is up with that? And there were actually people fuckin' stupid enough and brainwashed enough to go out and buy each one! Can you say, "Get a life!"? Yes, I knew you could. Now, I'm not an expert on Pearl Jam and I've never seen them in concert, but I have a feeling that they pretty much play the same shit at each show. So, give or take a few special performances, surprise guests, extra encores or what have you, each album is going to be almost exactly the same. Why in the hell go and spend money on 75 copies of the same piece of shit? It boggles the mind.

Now, I'm a huge fan of a Death Metal band called Nile. I've got all of their albums (that are currently available) and some T-shirts. If they were to release a live album, you can bet I'd be one of the first muhfuggers in line to get it. But if they released 75 live albums, I'd be one of the first muhfuggers to put an arm around Cheif Spires and say "Hey, Cheify, what the fuck is up? You tryin' to rip me off?" But, Nile won't do that because they care about their fans and know we're not brain dead morons. I'm just sayin'...

I found out yesterday that I would make a horrible Pharoah. Yup, I'm not cut of the ruling cloth. A few months ago, I bought the PC game Homeworld (very fuckin' cool game) and included on the CD is a demo of the SimCity type game Pharoah. Like I said, it's like SimCity only with an Egyptian theme. I think it's made by the same people who did Caesar II and Caesar III. Anyway, yesterday I was playing Homeworld at home, but our computer sucks and the game was jerky and slow so, after bludgeoning it with a stream of curses and threats, I decided to try the Pharoah Demo. It's pretty cool. You start off with an open area along the Nile and you have to start off by building a well or two and some housing units. Once that's done, you need to build a granary, and a bazaar and then a hunting lodge. As the village grows, you add roads, firehouses and engineer houses to protect your buildings. I didn't get much farther than that because for some reason, after about 15-20 minutes of ruling, everyone started pouring out of my cities/towns/villages. They would flock in en masse and work a bit, and then after about 5 buildings collapsed and 6 others caught fire and burned to the ground, they'd flood out en masse and my population would drop by half. Sucks really. I always knew I wasn't cut out for leadership, but this just threw it right back in my face. Well, at least there was a bright side. At least thieves cleaned out the palace before it caught fire and then collapsed so I didn't really lose any gold in the rubble.

Well, that's it for now. I've got to get to work. If I can remember, which is actually a pretty amazing feat for me, I'll update again this evening before I go home. Till then, take it easy. Oh, and either sign my fuckin' analyzer or sign my goddamned guestbook. I don't see some activity there soon and I'll just take the fuckers down. Later gators!