June 25, 2007

"Some Tums to handle THIS spice and If it ain't broke, call Leonardo DeCaprio to make it broke!"







After more than a decade sworn to silence and being married to the world's most famous soccer player, Victoria Becham announced that "All bad things will soon pass" as a "Spice Girls" reunion is in it's planning stages. Now the clouds will part, the blue sky will prevail and the sunshine will rain it's rays down on us all. I can't help but think of all the good music that came out of this Britania supergroup of Karaoke singers. In 2007, thank God we have "The Pussycat Dolls" to fill the hole left behind by all the fighting and feuding left behind by the bitter "Spice Girls" breakup. "The Pussycat Dolls" follow the lead of Menudo who had a revolving door policy with singers hence, the CW (WB) reality show to find the ladies a new partner in crime. Now, I'm a major fan of both groups. I especially love their songs, uhhhh. Ummm. Let me think...it's on the tip of my tongue...sorry, I can't think of any. Maybe that's the reason why Victoria Becham finds it so important to reunite with the old gang. Her shopping habits have kicked her husband in the balls...and I'm not talking soccer either. There's a lot of bands that have had a bad record that resulted in a loss of a major record label. Meanwhile, crappy so-called groups such as these are welcomed into the studio with open arms. That's OK. A new record by the group will sink quicker than the Titanic. For example, although there's no new record to support the tour, "The Police" aren't exactly getting thumbs up for their live shows. A reunion anticipated since the mid 1980's has turned into a loss. Now let's kill the power on these "Spice Girls" and see if they can carry a tune...or just do their best work between the sheets.
Next up: "Citizen Kane". The classic film just won the title of "Best Movie Ever Made"...indeed it deserves that recognition. What would you think if Leonardo DeCario was being considered to either do a remake or a prequal to the movie IN COLOR?! "Kane" earns it's stripes for being in black and white. They were smart to have taken the criticism to heart and scrap such a project. Maybe "Rosebud" would have become "Budweiser". So, Mr. Welles before his death, did a number of voicework for projects that never made it. Last of which was in 1988 in a small recording studio where he lent his voice to a portion of the upcoming "Transformers" movie, For nearly twenty years this script has been through so many places that it probably already earned a few thousand bucks in frequent flier miles. If you miss the line "We will sell no wine before it's time", you won't hear it in the movie, but at least you can hear the final recordings of one Mr. Orson Welles.

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