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June 14 - Surprise!
Just because I don't live in Sacramento anymore doesn't mean I can't get concert seats. Managed to get a ticket to a Tesla club show, the kickoff date for their upcoming re-plugged tour with Def Leppard. I've seen every Tesla side project in a club before, and even an acoustic show one time. But this was the first time I got to see Tesla play a full electric set in a small club. It was even more lucky because starting tonight in Tampa, Florida, they'll go back to playing arenas with Def Leppard. Anyhow, I had to sneak in a pic or two as a preview to the soon-to-be-updated Concert Gallery. And yes, disposable cameras still suck...




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June 8 - FJ Radio playlist updated!
Last month's theme was "something borrowed", this month's theme is "something new". After several weeks of some of the best (and worst) cover songs, I figured it was about time to focus on the present. So the latest additions to FJ Radio are heavily focused on new releases and current works. I've added "Propaganda Mind" by Impelliteri, Chris Caffery's "Evil Is As Evil Does", "Abduction" from Bruce Dickinson's new cd, a song from Jon Oliva's Pain, and a few others... Def Leppard's "No Matter What" and Judas Priest's "Demonizer" were also both added.

In addition to those, I also added a few "lost classics"... songs from familiar artists that missed mainstream success with releases past their "prime". Cinderella's "Bad Attitude Shuffle" was a GREAT song, but unfortunately, it was released at a bad time and not too many people got to hear it. Danger Danger's "Crawl" - same story. Both were added. There were a few others, but you'll just have to tune in to hear the rest now, won't you?

I'll probably be hitting the record store again pretty soon, so if you have a request, make sure you send it to FJRadio@famousjames.com.

This radio station thing is really starting to take off - I've gone from just a handful of folks tuning in to several folks every day adding the station as a preset. Thanks for all of your support. There's an option to listen ad-free if you subscribe to the service, but since I'm doing this strictly because I love the music and want to share it, the station will ALWAYS remain free to listeners. It's not cheap to keep it running (or to stock the playlist...), so it's very satisfying to see people out there tuning in, liking what they hear, and making it a preset so they can come back. (As a matter of fact, someone just added me while I was typing this!)

One of these days I'll have to post some listener stats from the station.

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June 7 - Picture dictionary definition of "bastard"...

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June 3 - 'Twas a wise man...
.. who said, "There's such a fine line between clever and stupid". I'm not sure if this is pure genius or total crap, but there's simply no middle ground. You will either laugh your ass off or smash your monitor. Just when I think I've seen and heard it all, along comes Hair Supply, a heavy metal tribute to Air Supply. Click and listen - it will cause massive cognitive dissonance as you find yourself throwing up devil horns for "Lost In Love". And the scariest part - this could be a huge hit and a career comeback for Def Leppard. Nostalgia, familiar melodies, enough campiness to be lighthearted, but enough integrity to avoid looking like Weird Al... Maybe merging two distinctly different musical styles isn't such a bad idea after all.

In other news, watch for my heavy metal tribute band Men Without Hairpieces and our updated version of "The Safety Mosh"

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June 2 - The State of Entertainment.
Stuck with an unstable air mass over my head, which ruined any chances of spending time off at the beach, I decided to take in a day in front of the television. I'm not normally a big fan of sitting on the couch and just watching unless it involves oversized men with a ball, a goal, and a BBQ platter... but for my readers, I'm willing to suffer. And suffer I did...

First up is some piece of garbage called "Dancing With the Stars". This show was originally known as "An Opportunity For Massengill To Advertise During Prime Time", but that title was deemed by ABC to be "not faggy enough". In a nutshell, it's supposed to be some sort of competition where professional dancers try to teach stars how to do ballroom dances. Stars like... Joey McIntyre from New Kids on The Block. Evander Holyfield. What, you guys couldn't get on The Surreal Life? Are you really telling me that ALL of the Hollywood Squares spaces are filled? These aren't stars - no "star" would need to do this. This is not entertainment, this is... I cannot even think of words to describe how truly wretched this show is. There is simply no justification for this show's existence, and no redeeming qualities in it's content. Put it this way - I'd be less concerned if I caught my kid watching downloaded pornography with a lit crack pipe in his hand. Hell, at least there's rehab for druggies. There's no second chance from "Dancing With The Stars". Change the channel.

I also managed to catch some of E!'s reenactment of the Michael Jackson trial. What kind of agent got his clients this job? And how did he convince the guy who's playing ol' Mikey to take the role? And who's even watching this stuff? Anyways, it looks like the decison goes to the jury anytime now... Guess we'll see what happens. Quick poll - who thinks he's guilty? Who thinks he'll get off? Who thinks the jury is just starstruck and will just let him go? After all, he made such great records in the 80s that we let him get away with touching the first kid...

Anyway, watching regular tv just reinforced the need to turn to music as entertainment instead. I'm gonna go and listen to something cool and try to forget that I even own a television. Until football season.

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