A couple of days ago,
while I was on the verge of death with the flu,
I get to do one of my all time remedies of keeping my sanity.

I watch TV.

It is one way for me to realize that
there are a lot of crazy people out there.
Crazier than me.
And I should feel bad for them.

But that wouldn’t stop me from sharing with you
What I think about what’s on different TV shows.

So take a deep breath.
Here we go.

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The United States made history today.

You know,
even though The States get a lot of ridicule,
mockery and negative impressions,
I got to hand it to them.

These people have HOPE.

Even when all is unclear, they hang on to it.

When all the hope I am aiming for,
is to make it through another day,
without losing my mind.

Oh and I also hope this medicine I took
will prevent this flu from happening.

I took this picture of my Temp Gauge, at high noon.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Nothing!

Except that I am in freakin’ Florida!

47°F (That’s 8°C)
At High Noon!

It is not supposed to be like this.

But that’s not the issue here.
The issue here is that it’s cold enough that I had to wear a jacket.

And not just wear it.
I also had to zip it up!

Do you have any idea how inconvenient that was?

If it gets any colder, I am going to be forced to wear socks!
With my Flip Flops!

Oh, and God forbid… Pants!

Okay, okay.
How about we go back and start the New Year again?

This one did not start right.

I am determined to make 2009,
my year!

Happy New Year to all!

Bonne année!

Okay.
I got to do my last post for 2008.

I know I have not updated this in a while,
but I have a pretty valid excuse.

No it was not the holidays.
My busy lifestyle does not grind to a halt,
just because the Holidays are here!

So where have I been?

To tell you the truth,
I have been busy promoting my new album!

Yes!
You heard it right!

It started when I traveled a couple of months ago. — here

And when I finally started the official Album release. — here

It just got a little out of hand. — here

All I asked for was a little promotional sign like this. — here

But my people just went overboard — here

I got celebrities endorsing me. — here — here — here
— here — here — here — and here.

And a lot of merchandise popping everywhere too. — here — and here

I got women hounding me. — here — and here

Even men too. — here — and here

You’re probably going to see me on TV. — here

Or magazines sometime soon. — here

You see?
I have been everywhere.

And that is the reason why I have not updated this site.

Oh and what’s the title of the album?

It’s called “Narcissism.”

And the first song would be,
“I am not narcissistic. I just love myself.”

And the 2nd track would be:
“Yes. I’m a douche.”

I was just going to keep this between me
and a select few friends.

A little private party, shall we say.

But it kinda got out of hand.

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A couple of days ago, there was a buzz going on around the net,
about the band Coldplay plagiarized one of Joe Satriani’s songs.

Here’s a link about it. —CNET

Now listen to me,
I know this is true because I used to be a Rock Star in my mind.
And I kicked ass on Guitar Hero Level 1.

One thing about the music industry,
and everybody knows this,

is that “all artists always steal an idea or riff from some other artist.”

That is called, “influence.”

You know how every musician says,
“I was influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who….”

“I listened to a lot of “Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Rock and Roll…”

“I lived through the music of the 70’s, the 80’s the 90’s and to the millennium.”

You see my point?

Every song created and recorded will always have a hint of the artist’s influence.

Now I have heard the two songs in question somewhere on Youtube,
which, apparently has been taken down, as of this writing,
so I can not show it to you.
But it did sound very similar.

Now I am not here to pass judgment
nor ridicule a very talented group of musicians.

But “sounding like” someones music is way different
than “copying” someones music.

Did that make sense?

All I am saying is,
I hope no one notices all the covers I do here,
because I do not want anyone going after my ass.

—
You know,
come to think of it,
That Popular Vanilla Ice song sounded pretty much like that one
Queen song.

That Madonna song about a certain Pie from America, did sound a little familiar.

That song by Puff Daddy, did sound like that one song by The Police.

That song by Ty, did sound like a whole bunch of crap!

Please don’t sue me.

Not that you noticed,
but I changed the tag line for this site

from
denofmusic.com
~Heavily influenced by music, life, joy, hate,
.. or alcohol. Whichever comes first.~

Which was written when I was just a young lad,
and probably under the influence.

to
denofmusic.com
~Where the music has found a place to play.~

Yeah! That is sooo me!

That’ll stay there for now,
until I come up with something better.

But based on my history,
I can never do better
so that’s pretty much going to be there for a while.

No, not for you.
Not for me either.

LetsSayThanks.com and Xerox are sending free Christmas postcards
to the troops overseas.

Please click here for the link.

It’ll only cost us a couple of clicks
just to say thanks and to remind them
that they are in our thoughts.

I don’t think it matters if you are for this war or not.

Please do take the time, and pass this one to others.

Thanks.