Rough times still for the Deftones and their fans as it was announced recently on Deftones.com that Chi Cheng, bassist for the Deftones, remained in a coma after being involved in an accident November 3rd.
I found the following while checking out the Deftones’ blog:
Chi remains in a coma, and as of this morning there’s been no significant change in his condition. Last week he was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and transferred to a brain rehabilitation hospital in Northern California. The hospital specializes in the care and management of traumatic and non-trauma related brain injuries with a team of highly skilled therapists, nurses and consultants. He’s in great hands.
It’s always tough to see a rock star involved in something so tragic. Not only is Chi Cheng a member of the very important heavy rock act, he is also involved in his community helping the homeless.
While reseaching how this came about I found the following on Foxnews.com:
Joe Satriani, the famed and respected guitarist, has filed suit again Chris Martin and Coldplay.
The issue: that their soaring, magnificent song, “Viva La Vida,” also the title track from their Grammy-nominated albumof the same name, is plagiarized.
Frankly, the similarity is shocking. It’s not going to take a musicologist very long to testify on this one. Not only are the two strikingly similar, the melody, the chord structure is surprisingly reminiscent of “Viva La Vida.” Listening to it, you can only wonder why it wasn’t a hit in the first place. That, of course, is another story altogether!
The Coldplay record is credited to all four members of the group. So the question will be, which one of them heard “If I Could Fly” and transposed it over to the group, either by accident or intentionally.
The title of this post is a Taking Back Sunday song. I was feeling unoriginal and decided to title the post I would write this morning with the song that was currently playing on my iTunes.
This post has nothing to do with Taking Back Sunday. Sorry.
I’ve been lacking in the updating mostly due to work and working as much OT as possible so I can share gifts with loved ones on the J-Day. So far I got some interesting gifts for my family and friends. I like to keep it unique. I also do not wrap gifts in wrapping presents. Call it me being green, I am ok with that. I think it is an absolute waste to wrap gifts with pretty paper and bows and ribbons only to have them ripped open and thrown in the trash. You might as well tape some dollars on the package so they can rip those up as well.
Speaking of gifts, DHL. Lame DHL told me that they did deliver the package to my house but the driver could not tell me what color my house was… Even if the company is going out of business you would think they would still try and stand behind their promise.
Regardless, the package is being shipped out once again to me; this time via UPS. Let’s see what happens.
My awesome, wonderful, amazing wife gave me a J-Day present early this year…a trip to the tattoo parlor. What better way to say “I love you” than a tattoo?
I finally got script of a line from a song I have loved since the day I heard it. I have been talking about getting script of some sort on my collarbone and Annie told me that the tattoo would in fact be that. So I am now the proud owner of a new, yet sore, tattoo.
I am sure you are wondering what it says… I am sure you want to maybe see a picture of it?
Well I can tell you what it says but no pics yet as there is saran wrap taped over it for the day, plus it is rather difficult to take a picture of yourself. One might think I could take a MySpace pic of myself in the mirror but I have more class than that.
The lyris is from Radiohead‘s “Karma Police”. It says “For A Minute I Lost Myself”. That lyric has stuck with me for years and it describes my lost life from asge 23 till about 27 where all I did was work, drink, and waste. I have since changed then but to me the lyric suits those 5 years perfectly.
So does anyone out there have any band related tattoos? I actually have a couple. The new one actually being my secons Radiohead tattoo. I also have 2 Misfits tattoos and Ol’ Dirty Bastard in a cupcake if that counts… I also have my shins tattooed from a comic written by DJ Kid Koala. Damn, I am unoriginal. Ha.
I suppose I will get some pictures of them up here one day when I have some time.
Until then, here is something that cracks me up. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend! Go Browns??? Hmmm… Not getting my hopes up.
So I am slacking on updating here with good quality reading material. My apologies. It was Thanksgiving weekend you know…. I know not a good enough excuse…
Anyways, let’s talk about the gem I came across recently, rather…a few weeks ago. Well actually let’s clear that up by saying my friend John hooked me up with a CD I loved from the past (read on for an explanation) so I guess I was handed the gem.
Where was I? Oh yeah…
It all started when I tried to buy a CD from the Ex-(we’d never fire you after xmas)-change in Kent last month. I was looking for something I have not listened to in a while, something completely random. As I was shopping in Kent I could not help but to think of a certain alt-industrial act from Kent that had a small taste of success. The band was Dink.
As soon as I came to the decision that I would leave that music shop with a Dink CD in hand I went searching for it and found nothing. The CD that comes through the store a lot according to a certain pal who works there just ao happened to be out of stock at the time. I managed to find the Blame It On Tito EPthat Dink released but after getting home I realized the wrong CD was in it…
Fail.
My buddy John who hung out with me later in the week confessed that he had an extra copy of the CD and gave it to me after finding out I was having a hard time finding it.
Score.
Dink
Dink was not around for a very long time but they sure are not a band many have forgotten about. Hailing from Kent, OH the band formed in 1992 and stood out from may of the bands at that time combining elements of industrial metal, hip hop style (mainly excessive samples), and alt punk sounds.
The first time I heard them I was an instant fan. In 1994 the band released their debut self-titled CD under Capitol Records. To me it was a fine mix of bands like Ministry with the industrial feel and Faith No More with the rock jam. At times the lead singer even sang like Mike Patton.
Included on that CD was a song called “Green Mind” that was the band’s big commercial hit. I to this day still listen to the track once in a while. The song, produced by Skinny Puppy‘s Dave Ogilvie, was really the only success the band tasted. The video for “Green Mind”, which I need to mention my good friend Kevin can be seen in it for a brief moment, debuted on MTV’s 120 Minutes. The band was actually discovered by Capitol Records as the track was played contently on a Cleveland radio station program, 107.9 The End’s Inner Sanctum (recently resurrected on Cleveland’s 92.3).
After Dink was released the band recorded some more songs for a follow up CD that would never be released as Capitol Records dropped the band due to a change in the music scene (some of the tracks can be found on the Blame It On Tito EP). Industrial apparently was not “in” anymore and the record label said bye bye to the talented band. With no record deal the band called it quits.
Sucks to see such a talented band just stop because they were let go. I would be very interested in hearing some of the unreleased material that may still be out there. Rumor has it there are 3 cassettes worth of demos floating around out there that the band sold at their local shows before they made it big. I wonder if any of the original band members continued with a musical career or if they just all called it quits and ended their short stint of fame?
Hopefully I will find out one day.
Until then, enjoy the “Green Mind” video:
The voice at the beginning of the video is none other than Ohio’s most overheard rightwing car salesman Bob Serpentini.
Here is an interview I found while surfing the net with an unamed member of Dink. Pretty interesting read.
