Pearl Jam Tonight!!

Pearl Jam Concert tonight in St. Paul. Hazel and I are going, but for different reasons. She is excited to see Tom Petty who I heard is actually playing 2nd. I am definitely excited to see Pearl Jam who is playing first (this is how it was at the Milwaukee concert). If it were up to me, I'd leave after PJ was finished but I know how excited Hazel is for Tom Petty. We'll see how many people are rolling another "TNIOJ" in the crowd!!

Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me was on this weekend among many other funny movies. It rained almost the entire weekend so it was a good weekend to get caught up on house projects and watch movies in the background. There were two things that I remember about Austin Powers... one was the dialog when referring to the male genitalia.... Here's a replay for anyone who hasn't seen it in a while:

Radar Operator: Colonel, you better have a look at this radar.
Colonel: What is it, son?
Radar Operator: I don't know, sir, but it looks like a giant...
Jet Pilot: Dick. Dick, take a look out of starboard.
Co-Pilot: Oh my God, it looks like a huge...
Bird-Watching Woman: Pecker.
Bird-Watching Man: [raising binoculars] Ooh, Where?
Bird-Watching Woman: Over there. What sort of bird is that? Wait, it's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's...
Army Sergeant: Privates. We have reports of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with...
Baseball Umpire: Two balls.
[looking up from game]
Baseball Umpire: What is that. It looks just like an enormous...
Chinese Teacher: Wang. pay attention.
Wang: I was distracted by that giant flying...
Musician: Willie.
Willie: Yeah?
Musician: What's that?
Willie: [squints] Well, that looks like a huge...
Colonel: Johnson.
Radar Operator: Yes, sir?
Colonel: Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this.

That always makes me laugh. I did have to look up something at the end when Felicity Shagwell is unsure about going to the future with Austin. Austin says "The 70s and the 80s? You're not missing anything, believe me. I've looked into it. There's a gas shortage and A Flock of Seagulls. That's about it". Now being a product of the LATE 80s myself, I don't remember the band A Flock of Seagulls. But I now catch the same reference when Jules points to the one guy on the couch with the funny hair and calls him "Flock of Seagulls". I vaguely remember their song I Ran (So Far Away). 1982 so I was 5 at the time and it's not on any of my 80s compilation CDs:)

Speaking of Compilation CDs. I kept seeing the commercial for Buzz Ballads - two CDs for $18.99 or something like that. It has some good music, and some horrible music on there. But I'm curious why they chose the name "Buzz Ballads". Some of them aren't what I would call a Ballad anyway.

Lightning Crashes - Live
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
If You Could Only See - Tonic
Glycerine - Bush
Hemmorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
What Do I Have To Do? - Stabbing Westward
Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
Take A Picture - Filter
Easy- Faith No More

Still makes me laugh. I would probably call it "Frat Hits" or "Music to be played at Frat Parties". Not saying that in a negative way, just what I usually associate with music heard at Frat Parties. I also laugh at Easy being on there - that's the hit that nobody remembers by Faith No More.

Song of the Day - In honor of Pearl Jam tonight, I have had PJ playing all weekend. I love the album Yield even though most people haven't heard of that one. Their new one (titled Pearl Jam) is ok but hasn't fully grown on me as of yet. Still working on it.

Video of the Day - there were lots of good movies on TV this weekend, including Police Academy and Groundhog Day. I also watched the remake of The Pink Panther. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad. Probably what I was expecting. I used to love the older versions with Peter Sellers. I thought he was much funnier than Steve Martin.

Webpage of the Day - In honor of Agassi, announcing his retirement after this year's US Open - a tennis webpage for the day. Wimbledon is making some changes for the women this year.... of which I'm sure none of us men will be happy to hear. More on Agassi later.