I asked KISS why they fired Vinnie Vincent
On July 9, 1995, at the Worldwide KISS Konvention in Nashville, TN I asked Gene & Paul why they fired Vinnie Vincent. Kinda funny, kinda sad.
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Tommy Lee Talks “Methods Of Mayhem”
ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer and METHODS OF MAYHEM mastermind Tommy Lee. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
ARTISTdirect.com: What inspired you to bring METHODS OF MAYHEM back now?
Tommy Lee: 2000 was the first album, and now it’s 2010! [Laughs] Every once in awhile, I’ve got to get my anything-goes-hat on and go for it. That’s what METHODS OF MAYHEM means to me. Anything goes stylistically. Whether it’s having a bunch of guest stars on the record like the first album or this one. I made this record with the whole world!
ARTISTdirect.com: Well, that aligns with your boundless mentality.
Tommy Lee: Totally, man! If I would’ve known how much work was involved in doing this, I probably wouldn’t have done it knowing that, but I’m glad I did it because it’s sick. People sent in the wildest stuff from all over the globe. You’re going to trip out when you hear it. It’s really a bitching record.
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Pesky Ex Makes New Boyfriend See Red
Hello, again!! I’m back from a much needed break. I know you all missed me, so I’ll shut up now and answer a reader’s query.
Dear Big Brother Beer,
My girlfriend and I have been dating now for almost four months. Things have been going great between us. We make each other happy and I truly do love her. There is, however, one thing that we argue about more than anything: her ex. I didn’t mind her ex at first. He broke up with her so I figured that he wasn’t going to try anything to annoy us . I figured that he would move on to someone else and just forget about her. Damn, was I wrong.
A few weeks into our relationship, he started texting my girlfriend saying how he still has feelings for her and how it hurts him to see her happy with someone else. She told him that he blew his chance and to get over it and move on. So then he starts dating my ex in hopes to make her jealous and he still sends her texts saying how he wishes his girlfriend was my girlfriend and how he misses her and how he wants to be with her. I’m getting pretty pissed off about it. I don’t want to resort to violence but I’m willing to if need be. Help me, Big Brother Beer, you are my only hope.
Signed,
Just Want Him To Stop
So, you think that beating this guy to a pulp will make him go away? It won’t. Trust me.
If anything, it will double his level of determination and might even have the undesired side effect of making him more sympathetic to your current girlfriend/ his ex.
If you ignore him for long enough, JWHTS, he will go away. But just because you get tired of ignoring him doesn’t mean that he’s ready to go away. And as far as you getting pissed about the texts: Is your girlfriend ANSWERING these texts? Because if she is, I call bullshit. She has to ignore this guy, too. Otherwise, it doesn’t work.
Some people crave attention, JWHTS. Not affection, attention. Of any kind. They don’t care if the people payng attention to them are pissed at them, hate them, or even want to beat the shit out of them. They just want someone to notice them, and react to whatever it is they’re doing. The ONLY way to make them stop is to NOT REACT AT ALL. I can’t stress that enough. Any sort of rise this guy gets out of you will make him want to piss you off even more. But if enough time passes, and he sees that his behavior isn’t going to get him what he wants, he will move on and find someone else to irritate. And you and your girlfriend can get back to the business of leading The Rebellion against The Empire. (Don’t think for a minute that I didn’t catch the Star Wars reference!!)
Your Big Brother Beer
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Are you an Ant or a Grasshopper? What about your friends??
and how does this affect you??? This is a life lesson…no notes…your taking the test already…
The Ant and the Grasshopper
IN a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. 1 “Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?” 2 “I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same.” 3 “Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food, and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: “IT IS BEST TO PREPARE FOR THE DAYS OF NECESSITY.”
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Dio arrives in Heaven
Animated tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio
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