Screw It, I'm Writing.

 Good evening everyone, except you Samantha. I'm a little drunk this Friday night, so I have nothing else better to do than to rant on here for a little bit. So, what should we talk about? Well, for starters, the OTHER team I root for in the NHL, (the Carolina Hurricanes) have finally reached the Stanley Cup Final after two decades after beating the Montreal Canadiens in five games. They now will face the Vegas Golden Showers Knights starting June 2 on ABC with Sean O'Mac (McDonough) and Chicken Parm (Ray Ferraro) on the call. 

You might wonder what happened to make me say at the open "except you Samantha." Well long story short, we are no longer talking. Won't go into detail, but let's just say what happened was the equivalent of what happened at Cape Canaveral Thursday night. Don't have a GIF handy but it looked something like this:

...and boom goes the dynamite.

Now normally I wouldn't play the conspiracy theory card, but I will on this occasion. We know that Jeff Bezos and Squealon Muskrat are the embodiments of Lex Luthor. Bezos the comic book version and Musk the "New Adventures of Superman" version, and both are in a glorified urinating contest to see who can get to the moon and beyond first. So, wouldn't it be something if it turns out that last night's explosion was an act of sabotage? 

Side note, I despise Alex Jones even going back to when he was a "contributor" on Coast to Coast AM overnights over a decade ago. 

Speaking of the explosion, I have to call out WESH out of Orlando. They sent a helicopter to the Cape this morning to get an ariel view of the damage caused from it (one of the lightning towers was destroyed) to the launch pad. They spent a good five minutes trying to find where LC 36 was. You're a TV station in a top 15 media market, you should know where the complex is beforehand. It's called doing research. Instead, we got views of LC 39, the Vehicle Assembly Building, and everything else EXCEPT the Launch pad in question. Way to be on the ball, WESH...

I cannot wait for Monday to be honest. I will be out and about probably drinking my sorrows, which aren't really sorrows, away. And no, I don't need by former favorite bartender to keep me happy, I can keep myself happy. I just want some good people to share it with. Maybe it was the fact that she was a redhead, but I'm attracted to redheads. Damnit, I can't win either way. Oh well...

I think later this weekend or next week, I'll have another flashback Top 40 chart. I don't really know which one yet though; I had thought about doing on for May 19 and incorporating it with the song "Hey 19" by Steely Dan from years ago, but I understand the mayor of Knox County, TN would have been triggered by said post, so I held off.

Well that's all I have for right now. I guess I'll play some games on my computer or my phone until I fall asleep. Until next time, miscreants.

BS

What in the Tar Heel Is Going On??

 Good evening, miscreants. Over the past couple of nights, those of us who watch the Tampa Bay Rays have noticed something peculiar. Tarps off. What is it exactly? Well without researching this at first, it appears to be a bunch of young men (and some females) taking off their tops and waving it around like a towel. Like this:

Of course, this is nothing new. It started thanks to Petey Pablo all the way back in 2001 with his rap hit "Raise Up," where he states, "take your shirt off, twist it 'round yo' hand, spin it like a helicopter." It's a North Carolina anthem (he's from there), and in 2018 the Carolina Hurricanes used it as their goal song, where I assume the above GIF comes from.

Fast forward to last autumn, and some students at Oklahoma State University during a football game started doing the same thing, the next thing you know, everyone is doing it. Until it died down when the college football season ended.

Then we come to last weekend in St. Louis, when a bunch of club baseball players from Stephen A. Austin University in Texas who were attending a game there did it, and the result was a comeback victory for the Redbirds over Kansas City. Next thing you know, EVERYONE is doing it.

Will it last? Doubt it. But could we calm down in saying that the Cardinals started this trend? It's actually been happening for a generation now. Hell, soccer fans might remember Sergio Aguero's iconic goal in 2012 for Manchester City when he basically did the same thing:

AguerOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo!!!

Still the greatest moment I've seen in a soccer match anywhere and probably in my top ten of iconic sports moments ever. On a side note, congrats to Arsenal on winning the English Premier League this season, beating out...Manchester City. But I digress.

The fact to the matter is that Petey Pablo actually started this trend a generation ago, so this ex-Tar Heel would like to say, put some respect on the name.

Until next time

BonyScribe

A Peculiar Flashback (May 10, 2010)

 Good late evening/early morning, everyone, except for a certain someone. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I started writing this entry as May 5 became May 6, but my depression (thanks to said liar) reared its ugly head again, and I put it off until 2am on Mother's Day. As Hayley Williams once pondered, "ain't it fun?"

Today, I thought I would produce one of my flashbacks but to a particular day in my history that only a select few know about. What is that day? Most of you will never know. With that said, these were the Top 40 songs according to ClearChannel Mediabase 24/7 for the week ending May 7, 2010. And of course, I'll give my thoughts on various other things as we go along.

40. Everybody In Love by JLS. Great, a song about love to kick us off. Who created this chart, Delilah? Pardon me while I barf.

39. Heart Heart Heartbreak by Boys Like Girls. Alright, that's more like it. So why am I upset this past week? Well remember around this time LAST year things were going haywire with a love interest as someone else forcing himself into the picture. Same person wound up with her and her mom on Father's Day weekend enjoying themselves, which set me off because I have NEVER ONCE been able to celebrate Father's Day since my daughter was born in 1999 not even as much as received a Father's Day card. As someone who has totally missed out on certain life events (whether it was my own fault or not), it triggered me in a bad way. 

38. Cooler Than Me by Mike Posner. Yeah Mike, that's what I'm thinking...

37. We'll Be A Dream by We The Kings. I think their greatest claim to fame was a song they penned for the 2008 AL Championship Tampa Bay Rays. WTK is from Sarasota IIRC.

36. Baby by Justin Bieber

35. Winner by Jaime Foxx f/Justin Timberlake

34. Somebody To Love by Justin Bieber. All this Justin Bieber talk makes wanna 1) puke and 2) talk about hockey, most notably the shortcomings of the Tampa Bay Lightning...again.

33. Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer. Rather fitting song for what's happening to me currently. Anyway, the Bolts were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs for the FOURTH consecutive year. And I have a few thoughts on that...

32. This Afternoon by Nickelback. Interestingly enough, Nickelback plays a part (in my opinion) as to why the Bolts fell apart again. The Lightning for some unknown reason utilized their hit "Burn It To The Ground" as their goal song this season.

31. If We Meet Again by Timbaland. I think that the use of Nickelback as Tampa's goal song was bad juju. Yes, they had an incredible run leading up to the Olympics, but afterwards the team just wasn't the same.

30. Impossible by Shontelle. They never really got back to form and wound up finishing second in the division to Buffalo (barf, but not as bad as losing the division to the Broward County Pussycats, who thankfully missed the playoffs).

29. Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble. Either way, losing in the first round for the fourth straight year is infuriating. I want to think that there's two hidden factors not related to the players or the game itself that contribute to that.

28. Rock That Body by The Blackeyed Peas. Since the Bolts last reached the Stanley Cup Final, one former friend of mine wound up getting engaged to a Pussycat fan. In my opinion, that's almost the ultimate sin, kind of like sleeping with the enemy. Anyway, afterwards, the Pussycats wound up going to three straight Finals, winning the last two Cups.

27. Halfway Gone by Lifehouse. Speaking of which, another Lightning superfan wound up getting hitched to some guy from Colorado. The Lightning lost to Colorado in the '22 Final. Could these two cases be related? Who knows...

26. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) by Kevin Rudolf. Oh, and one more thing about the Lightning, as I may have alluded to in a prior entry. Paul Porter, please retire. Your cheerleading act has more than run its course.

25. Billionaire by Travie McCoy f/Bruno Mars. As I recall, this song was supposed to be a diss track to Katy Perry, who dated Travie before she kissed a girl and liked it. Incidentally, the song also opened up a Pandora's Box of sorts in helping launch Bruno Mars's career, and on this blog, we don't talk about Bruno. At least we try not to.

24. Bedrock by Young Money f/Lloyd. No, they weren't talking about the Flintstones. Yabba dabba do. There was one chart song from 1994 involved them, but I don't think we want to rehash that now, do we?

23. Bulletproof by LeRoux. One hit wonder, at least here in the US. Not sure about overseas. They were English after all. BTW, Elly Jackson (the lead singer) looks like Rick Astley.

22. Say Aah by Trey Songz. Wow, a doctor on this flashback? Who knew? 

...I know he's not really a doctor...

21. Eenie Meenie by Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber. Unfortunately, their supposed follow-up (Miney Mo) didn't chart, then again, it probably would've been an early victim of cancel culture when one realizes the origins of Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo. 

20. Young Forever by Jay-Z f/Mr. Hudson. Their updated version of a 1984 song from Alphaville that has gotten significantly more run now than it did four decades ago. And yes, I strive to be young forever, which is why I regret not being able to raise my daughter, and probably why I want to be a stepdad. So I can relate stories of my youth...

19. Whattaya Want From Me? by Adam Lambert. What I really want is people to pay attention to what I write and what I say whether it be here, or Facebook, or Twitter, or any other social media platform that I am on. I don't like feeling like chopped liver at times...

18. Solo by Iyaz

17. All The Right Moves by OneRepublic. For which it stands, one Nation (under God) with liberty and justice FOR ALL.

16. Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera. You're not alone Christina, I haven't really felt myself this whole month.

15. TikTok by Ke$ha. I still say that Kesha should get a cut of the profits from the TikTok app. A significant one at that. Oracle, work your magic.

14. Imma Be by Blackeyed Peas. Remember the website ytmnd.com? Still around by the way, though not as popular as it once was. Anyway, there are a couple of memes created from that song.

13. Naturally by Selena Gomez & The Scene

12. OMG by Usher f/Will.I.Am

11. Alejandro by Lady Gaga. The only Alejandros that come to the top of my mind are both MLB players. Alejandro Pena whose career spanned the 80's and 90's culminating in a World Series win with the Florida Marlins, and Alejandro Kirk, who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays.

10. Carry Out by Timbaland f/Justin Timberlake

  9. Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha. I wish someone felt that way about my love. By the way, thanks for the compliment on my beard ;)

  8. Telephone by Lady Gaga f/Beyonce. One of the last music videos I remember watching, and probably the one of last ones that was seriously hyped by MTV. Once you kill a cow, you have to build a burger, or whatever Gaga said to Bey in the video.

  7. Breakeven by The Script

  6. Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. There have been many times in my life that I have felt this way, especially the past couple of months. Wish the feeling were mutual...

  5. Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz f/Ludacris. Speaking of Ludacris, have you noticed his hit "Roll Out" is being used by Lowe's home improvement centers? A little bold considering Luda hails from Atlanta (my birthplace by the way) and Lowe's primary rival, Home Depot, is based in Atlanta. Lowe's incidentally is based out of Mooresville, NC. A little north of Charlotte.

  4. Hey Soul Sister by Train. I need to listen to that song again...

  3. Nothin' On You by B.O.B. f/Bruno Mars. I like B.O.B.'s hit "Magic" better because the Orlando Magic, or should I say Tragic, would play it after a win as of a couple of seasons ago. Now they play their hokey theme song from 1989. No, I'm not linking you to the song.

  2. In My Head by Jason Derulo. Yes, yes she is.

and the number one song this week sixteen years ago was...

  1. Rude Boy by Rihanna. You know, that may be my whole problem. I'm generally too nice of a guy. However, rude isn't really my style. As The Offspring sang years ago, "your one vice is you're too nice." Nice sure doesn't apply to that motley crew that's running our nation right now.

Anyway, that's this week's flashback. I seriously should consider doing more writing, but my depression (and life) keeps getting in the way. Follow me on my socials for more..,

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