Saturday Afternoon Live

Christy went to the police station today. Her friend, Sarah Durfy, is a police-woman (but not like the indie song-writer chick, Sarah is a legitimate police-woman) and is giving a tour to Christy, another friend named Sarah (Covhan), and another friend named Pauline. I couldn't go because I feel being in a police station is the same thing as roaming around a coffin for a little while. Can't do it - nope.

Listening to the new Alice In Chains album right now, Black Gives Way to Blue. I'm on the track "Your Decision" and am not enjoying it at all. There's a real corny post-chorus that's all "WAWAWAWA lighters in the air shit". Really bad. But the next track has my attention. Heavy. Harmony guitar on top. Footsteps creak the floor. The shadows give away. Someone outside the door won't let them in. Hmmm...From Jerry Cantrell's mind to your ears. Stealing pieces of the mind before you know it's gone. I suppose it sounds like Alice In Chains in the 21st century. I guess I wished it would be a little more close to the groud, like Dirt or Sap. I don't believe Jerry couldn't have come up with something better than this. Maybe he used up all of his talent on the first five albums. That's too bad. Even their "last" song on the Unplugged show, "The Killer Is Me", was pretty fucking great. Hmmm...The song titles are terrible, which sort of foreshadows the material under it: "Your Decision", "A Looking In View", "When the Sun Rose Again". And a song called "Take Her Out" is followed by a track called "Private Hell". I am hoping that isn't a sweety song followed by a ballsy rocker. Because that would be stupid. Hmmm...Jerry can't keep his songs long and orchestrated if they suck. That isn't fair. Hmmm...The significant harmonies are there on "When the Sun Rose Again", and so far it isn't such a suck. Cheesy sort of guitar solo in an otherwise acoustically orchestrated track. Boo. "Acid Bubble" isn't so bad quite yet. It's 6:56 long however. Ooo - switcharoo. Stupid lyrics. If there weren't any lyrics on this part it would be pretty fucking cool. Just a few bars of nasty fucking riffing would have been kick-ass. But nooooo. Here it's back again. Along with the stupid fucking lyrics. Tsk-tsk. Anyway...