Professor Chaos' Blog

It all started with "Who Says You Can't Go Home."  The track from their last album that features the lead singer from country group Sugarland.  But that version wasn't even the main one.  It was buried as the last track under the title "Dirty Little Secret."  Now they've gone and released a full Nashville inspired album.  Let's just admit it, they made a country crossover album.  Let me step back for a moment and say they I have every CD the band ever put out, including "This Left Feels Right" where they rerecorded a number of their hits.  I even enjoyed a few of those.  But even the band has admitted that idea was a mistake.  I have seen the band in concert seven times.  Most recently for their tour in supprt of "Have A Nice Day."  I even got to go on stage once a be a part of the fan pens they have has a part of their set.  One of my favorite Bon Jovi songs is "Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars."  And, as most fans are, I was able to overlook the occassional mistep.  But I listened to this entire album through a stream they are offering through the VH1 website.  What happened!  I'm not expecting them to continue recording songs like "Runaway" or "Roulette."  But come on.  These guys are totally selling out.  Even though most out the girls who were in Aqua Net and spandex 25 years ago, are now soccer moms driving min-vans, that doesn't mean their style as aged that dramatically.  This is just a case of the band picking the most financially lucrative market and catering to it.  Instead of being a band who is true to their fans, they are just another cog in the record industry machine.  This is the first Bon Jovi album that I will NOT be buying.

ABC has announced that Rosie O'Donnell will not be returning to The View when the show returns with new episodes on Tuesday.  They say she requested to be let out of her contract three weeks early.  This is undoubtedly due in part to the huge blowout between her and Elisabeth Hasselbeck this past Wednesday.  It all grew out of O'Donnell's comment the day before of  "655,000 Iraqi civilians have died. Who are the terrorists?"  Somehow, she was suprised when people rightfully interpreted this as her calling our soldiers terrorists.  Then she got offended when Elisabeth would not defend her ignorant comment.  Good riddance!

OMG!  How hilarious was that episode of The Simpsons tonight.  I'll admit I may be a little biased because I like both 24 and The Simpsons, but that was great!  They had a great mix of secondary characters and top notch jokes.  And this second one is great too.  Must get back to the show.