I’ve had a Yahoo account since about 1998-99, and for whatever reason, it’s been deactivated. I went to login to my email account last night, and all I keep getting is the following message…
I went through all of their help menus and finally stumbled upon a tool used to help you if you forget your Yahoo ID. I filled out the form and it told me my account has been deactivated. Deactivated? Why? I use Yahoo for personal email and Fantasy Football.
I emailed Yahoo last night, but I’ve yet to hear back from them, and kind of doubt I ever will. In the meantime, I’m using a gmail account, and I’m thinking I might be done with Fantasy Football for the year, which really sucks!
I was driving home from work yesterday, and I was behind this obnoxiously loud motorcycle. For the record, it was a Harley Davidson. The rider chose not to drive his bike at steady speed, but rather gun-it each time he was slowing down too much. Why? I’m guessing so he show everyone how loud his bike is? Maybe he’s compensating for something? Either way, he ended up about two blocks ahead of me, and I could still hear him. He went OVER A HILL, and I could still hear him. What if everyone drove these bikes? It would be one loud world.
This is been something that’s been bothering me for quite some time. First, let me say, I love the sound of muscle cars and Harley Davidson’s. They’re powerful and they sound mean as hell, but why can these people get away with having them? Cops don’t seem to care about the loud motorcycles, but they do care about the young kid with the pimped out Honda Civic that sounds like a weak-ass rice-burner.
You can say, “If it’s too loud, you’re too old”, but I live by a hill, and the people with loud vehicles just have gun it up that hill. It doesn’t matter if it’s the middle of the day or 4:30 in the morning. I’m tired of it!
It’s 11:39, the Wisconsin/Citadel game is underway, and I can’t watch my team because it’s on the Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Network and anyone that supports BTN, can take a shit train to fuck off. You money grubbing bastards have forgotten about one important thing, and that is the fans. Who’s idea was it to start this lame-ass network anyway? You can keep pointing the finger at networks like Charter, but it’s YOU that is over-charging for the network, and demanding that it be on a basic package.
If you haven’t seen it, Kanye West was upset at the VMA’s because he didn’t win any awards, although he was nominated five times, and he was upset about Britney Spears opening for the show. I have two words for Kanye, “You’re right”. Kanye didn’t handle it the best backstage, but he is absolutely 100% dead-on correct.
YouTube Kanye West Meltdown
MTV is NOT “music television”. There are next to no videos, and if there are videos, it’s like 4 o’clock in the morning. MTV has gone from music television, to a network that features reality show after reality show. I guess at the VMA’s Justin Timberlake even challened MTV to play more videos. Even the pop stars are feeling neglected.
It’s Britney BITCH!
Secondly, MTV booked Britney Spears purely for ratings. They knew with all of the turmoil Britney has gone through lately with having kids, getting divorced, drug problems, and just plain ignorance, they’d get viewers tuning in just to see her fail. Of course, she didn’t let her fans down with an embarrassing performance.
Even if Britney didn’t have all of these problems, when is the last time she put out a record, or had a hit? There are a ton of hardworking performers out there that would kill to open the VMA’s. Yet, another reason why MTV doesn’t stand for “music television”.
I think more people need to stand up and make a statement the way Kanye West did, and demand more from a network that plays such a big part in the music industry.
What should MTV do?
First, I think the entire staff of MTV should sit down and watch “High Fidelity” a few times. Second, make MTV “music television” once again. Focus on the music. Third, create a network for the reality shows, something like “MTV Reality”. Fourth, quit booking performers based on ratings, and book acts based on talent. Fifth, don’t EVER, EVER, EVER book an act that lip syncs. Don’t feed the monster that is destroying the music industry. Lastly, apologize for losing track of what “music television” should be about, the music!
I went to the Taste of Madison last Sunday, and although I had a great time, and left with a full belly, I couldn’t help but notice the lack of diverse music. You had the soft/classic rock stage(Magic 98/The Lake), the hard rock stage(JJO), the country stage(Q106), and the token minority stage(Jamz/LaMovida). Yes, you could argue that there was diversity with the LaMovida and Jamz stage, but they also got the worst location, and seemed almost like an afterthought when I walked by their corner of the “Taste of Madison” world.
Since I moved to Madison 10+ years ago, the Taste of Madison has almost become more of a music festival than a food festival. I just think it would show a little class to mix things up and have a more diverse selection of live music.
I'm a web programmer and musician living in Madison, WI. I've played in a lot of different bands, with Smokin' with Superman being the most successful. I live with four women; my girlfriend, my dog(Chloe), and two birds.
