The Reverends Rant
WHINING ROCK STARS
What is going on? Now, people are bitching because the presidential candidates are playing songs at their campaign stops. Just because someone plays one of your songs doesn't imply that you agree with whatever they think or say. Lame ass Boston is mad because Huckabee was playing "More Than A Feeling". Who the fuck cares?!? John Mellonhead is mad because McCain was playing "Pink Houses". Jackson Browne is mad because McCain was playing "Running On Empty". Who gives a fuck? Do you see any of these morons bitching because a DJ who supports the death penalty or the war in Iraq or "insert issue here" is playing those tired ass tunes? No, you don't, because those people aren't speaking for the respective artists. But, let someone besides Bill "Lying Ass" Clinton play a song at an appearance and all hell lets loose. If it was me running for office, I would tell those idiots that "This is America, and I have freedom of choice. I choose to play that song because I like it. If you don't like it, too bad, you shouldn't have released it to the PUBLIC. This is America". Of course, my songs would actually be something cool, but hey, if McCain or Obama or whoever likes a certain song, good for them. If I were running for office and Judas Priest called up and said "we don't want you playing "Take On The World", I would say, "thanks for your opinion." Then, that would become my campaign theme song. I personally would be honored that someone who was in the position of being in the running to be elected to the most high profile job on the planet would be playing one of my songs. Most likely, you won't hear "Let There Be Death" as anyones campaign theme song, but you get the picture. These whining ass rock stars (and I use that term VERY loosely) should shut the fuck up and be glad that anyone is playing those tired ass lame songs to begin with. They get a royalty check every month, do they run behind and look to see who played what song where? No, they do not. In all seriousness, I would stop playing a Jackson Browne tune if he asked me to, then I would fire the aide who suggested such a lame song anyway. Once you release an album, the music belongs to the world and as long as you get your proper compensation, shut up and be grateful that you have been blessed enough to be in that position. Does anyone actually believe that people vote one way or another because of what band or song a candidate listens to?
RUDE STUCK UP PEOPLE
Here ya go - (Rev to neighbor while walking his dog Blue) "Hello, how are you today?" Response: (silence and a hateful glare) (Rev picking up mail at mailbox room) "Hello, how are you?" Response: (silence) (Rev passing person on sidewalk on way to store) "Hello" Response: (silence) What the fuck is up with people? Is it such a problem to even say hello to someone when they say it to you? What about the hateful looks you get when you say hello to someone out of the blue? This really pisses me off, as it takes absolutely no effort whatsoever to respond. They ignore you completely. The ones that don't ignore you, give you a hateful glare. I KNOW they hear me. I am looking them straight in the face when I say it. You would think that a person that makes eye contact with you would at the very least respond with a "hello" when you give them a greeting. Its not like I'm begging for money or trying to get them to (God forbid) help me with anything. These people are everywhere. No wonder this country is going down the drain. When a person can't even acknowledge and respond to a friendly greeting, it makes me want to punch them in the face. Maybe then they will give some type of response. I completely understand when people don't respond to dumb ass remarks - "Damn, girl, you are off the hook" or some other lame shit, but when someone (who obviously isn't trying to have a conversation with you) says hello, you would think that a simple "Hello" would be in order. Am I in the wrong here? I know I'm not, but what is going on when people won't even take 2 seconds to respond to a friendly comment? No wonder punk ass motherfuckers think they can get away with just about anything. If you can't even get your neighbor (or ANYONE for that matter) to acknowledge a simple hello, you know they won't say anything when someone needs help. "I don't want to get involved." You don't want to get involved by saying "Hello"? What the fuck?!?
LYING CLUB EMPLOYEES
(phone ringing) - "Hello, Club So and So" - "Whos is playing tonight?" - "We have such and such, show starts at 9, 21 and over" - "OK, what is the cover tonight?" - "You know, I'm not sure". LYING MOTHERFUCKERS! You don't know how much the cover charge at your bar is? Your employees don't know either? I'll bet when I show up to the door, they will know exactly how much it is. Fucking asshole motherfuckers. This is one reason that I hate going to clubs. When you call for info, the person who answers either doesn't have a clue as to what is going on, or they just lie to you. "You know, I'm not sure, I don't work the door, so I don't know". Well, then, Einstein, FUCKING ASK SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW. The band schedule and admission charge should be posted RIGHT NEXT TO THE FUCKING PHONE. Know why nobody ever seems to know what the cover is? Because they don't want to tell you, so that when you show up, they figure you will pay whatever they say because you are already there. I have no problem with a cover charge. I DO think it is a rip off, because you KNOW the drinks are way overpriced to begin with. Just get as much out of everybody as possible. If you have to charge people to come into your place, it had better be going to pay the bands, or you had better have a bad ass club. $5 - $10 cover to go into some dump that doesn't even have working toilets where the bands that are playing suck. 9 times out of 10, the club doesn't even pay the bands. If they do, it usually is some pitiful amount if anything at all. So, where does that cover charge go to? It surely doesn't go into fixing up the place or advertising or anything that it could be used for. Just grab as much from everyone as you can, then whine because you "didn't do well at the door". No shit. Quit ripping people off. Know what else? IT IS NOT THE BANDS RESPONSIBILITY TO GET PEOPLE INTO YOUR CLUB!. You should have people there NO MATTER WHO IS PLAYING. Charging a cover then bitching to the bands that "they didn't bring a crowd" is like not fueling up the car and being mad at Texaco when you run out of gas. No wonder people don't like going out much. When everyone is nickel and diming you to death, why even bother? "I don't know what the cover is." Yeah, right. Lying fuckers.
CALL IN MORONS
I know that this is trivial, I gotta say something about it anyway. Why on Earth would you call in and request a song that the station already plays EVERY FUCKING DAY? "All request lunch here, give us a call and make your request!" "I wanna hear "Hotel California" for the 1,000,000th time", "Could you play that same old lame ass Peter Frampton song that you PLAY EVERY DAY, I haven't heard it in awhile?" Wait half an hour asshole. You KNOW its coming up. "Even though you guys are playing it every hour, can you play the new Metallica?" "I haven't heard "Shooting Star" by Bad Company, you haven't played it in a long time." Yeah, 2 hours ago is a long time. "How about Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody?" How about actually LISTEN to the station idiot, the song you are asking for was played earlier, or will be in a few more minutes. "All Request" shows are NOT all request. 99% of the time, they have a playlist so that when you make a request, they will play it IF THEY ALREADY WERE GOING TO. Why do you think you hear "Hotel California" every fucking day? It ain't because you asked for it. If and when you actually get through to make a request, ask for something THEY DON'T PLAY EVERY DAY! Like "Death Alley Driver" by Rainbow.
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