Another three weeks. I'm consistent, I guess.

 Hey there, hi there, ho there. Hope you're all enjoying the weekend.

Thanks to everyone who came out for Saturday Night Karaoke last night- a busy house always means very few lulls (which makes the time pass by fast- for me, anyway), good sales for the house, and tips for the servers (and, seriously- if you're not tipping them, you're an asshole, and I'd prefer you not join us). 

Anyway, no karaoke next Saturday- we'll see you on the 25th.

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Scrolling Yahoo! this morning and this one popped up yet again (I think it's popped up every day this week, actually) and I have to ask- are people so goddamned stupid that we need how-to article on watching the game tonight for free- "even if you don't have cable TV"?

A) I don't know about you, but our cable is absolutely, 1000% not free. In fact, it's so fucking overpriced that it literally enrages me when I see the bill (Shelby pays it, so I only see it occasionally when I need to log onto Comcrap's website.

I watch, maybe, 12 channels (though mostly FXX because they show cartoons from noon-4am). The only time I use the DVR is for new episodes of Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, American Dad, and the various Walking Dead iterations. (Shelby, on the other hand, seems to record every single garbage people show on TV, so I guess [?] we're getting our money's worth out of that part, at least). 

2) The entire "article" can be boiled down to one thing: the "big" game today (and most "events") are still available for viewing on broadcast networks. Any TV with a tuner can use an antenna (and most tuners are useless, though, since most cable companies have rigged the game to forced you to use their equipment). It's literally that simple. (And, in fact, since most cable and satellite providers compress signals, you'll actually get a better picture from the over-the-air channel. And I'm pretty sure the commercials and halftime happy crappy will be online within minutes.)

You can get an antenna at pretty much any store where you can get electronics- and a powered one (no matter what the salesperson tells you) isn't necessary unless you live in the sticks (or you want to try to pull in stations from further out). Also, putting a wire coat hanger on the back of the TV doesn't really work any more- but, if you're not my age, ya probably don't have a clue what I'm talking about.

I have an antenna on the TV in my home office, and the one in the guest room (though that one also has a cable box), and they both pick up something like 75 channels and subchannels. I realize that not everyone reading this necessarily live near a major metro area- but you'll get plenty of actually free channels. But, like I said to start- is society really that stupid now?

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So, yeah... there's some "important" football game on tonight. I'll more than likely be asleep before kick off. For sure before halftime.

Shelby and I have been going through the MCU ahead of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania coming out next week and we were watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Wednesday, when I flippantly paused the movie (as I am wont to do) to point at some alien with a weird head and ask "isn't that the girl doing the halftime show?" Shelby wasn't amused.

In my defense, I don't pay attention to shit like that. Nobody's ever going to top Prince's half-time gig, and I figured out yesterday that the last halftime show I actually watched was in 2010, when The Who performed. I'm pretty sure that's probably going to be the last performer (other than Madonna, who did the show a few years after that- but I didn't watch that one) who I'm actually familiar with that headlines the halftime. Also, the commercials I'd seen for this year's shindig showed the performer in silhouette, so excuse me for not knowing that it's Rihanna who'll be doing her thing (which Shelby told me, but I still had to look up/double check before I wrote this).

But, hey, I hope you enjoy it if it's your speed!

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Britney Spears says TMZ's report Thursday that her family and friends planned an intervention for her "makes (her) sick".

The outlet cited "multiple sources with direct knowledge" reporting that "people around Britney have become alarmed by her erratic, volatile behavior" and that she wasn't taking prescribed "medications that stabilize her." People, Page Six and E! Online published similar reports regarding an intervention, also citing anonymous sources.

In an Instagram post later that day, Spears said "(it) makes me sick to my stomach that it’s even legal for people to make up stories that I almost died. I mean at some point enough is enough! I’m probably going to have to stop posting on Instagram because even though I enjoy doing it, there’s obviously a lot of people who don’t wish me well! I’m honestly not surprised at all… Again doing the best I can! Again, the conservatorship has been over for almost a year… No folks, it’s not 2007… it’s 2023 and I’m making my first homemade lasagna at home! I finally got my fireplace to work in my living room! As my hubby says it best: don’t believe everything you read! All that love right back at ya!"

On Friday, she respond to the further reports with a video saying that she was "feelin’ myself. I didn’t die, people. I didn’t die. I’m here. I’m alive. I’m very much alive and well…I’m here. I’m happy and I’m well. And that’s it."

Spears' husband, Asghari told Mario Lopez on Access Hollywood the intervention "did not occur," adding Spears "is in full control of her life and will continue to make all decisions involving her care regardless of circumstances. Speculation on her health is inappropriate and should end immediately."

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Oh yeah- the Grammy awards were last week. Pretty sure I've heard a total of none of the winners. I did, at least, recognize Song of the Year winner Bonnie Raitt's name. That's gotta count for something, right?

And Beyoncé became the Grammy's all-time record holder for number of trophies. I've heard of her, I just think she's terrible.

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Speaking of terrible, Shania Twain is getting a lot of press since releasing her latest.

Now, it's no real secret I'm not much of a fan of most country music released since around the time I worked as a DJ at a country station, but Twain (in my mind) was always the "perfect" example of shitty pop-country, and one of the biggest catalysts of decline in the quality of the music the "stars" of Music Row put out since.

Sure, there are some artists from that era I like, but the more modern it is, the more I tend to go "meh". 

Yes, I've already established (over and over and over and over) that I'm old.

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Out of curiosity, I checked out Billboard's "50 Greatest Rappers of All Time (10-1 Revealed)" article. Reverend Run and Melle Mel were numbers 49 and 48, respectively. I stopped reading when I saw Queen Latifah was #44 and quick-scrolled down to see Nicki Minaj was #10. Then, I gave up because no. 

Granted, I'm old- but just those three alone are nowhere in the ballpark of accurate, so I gave up.

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As much as I've loved the music of Pink Floyd over the years (first hearing them as a for or five-year-old, when my brother brought it home on vinyl), Roger Waters is a fuckwit.

That is all.

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A $25 million lawsuit has been filed by Jane Doe against Trey Songz, 300 Entertainment, and Atlantic Records, claiming the singer raped her in March 2016. A previous suit she'd filed against Songz was dismissed after his legal team successfully argued the statute of limitations had passed for her claims.

The alleged victim's attorney told Rolling Stone the suit "is much more than about one singer and one viciously abused sexual-assault survivor who has the courage to take action," adding it was "also very much about the systematic sexual abuse in the music industry and the music industry’s complicity in silencing sexual abuse survivors. It’s virtually impossible to believe that those executives are not and were not aware of the institutionalized sexual abuse."

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Birthdays today include: Costa-Gavras (90); Maud Adams (78); Steve Hackett of Genesis (73); Michael Ironside (73); Michael McDonald (71); Arsenio Hall (67); Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy (67); Omar Hakim (59); Josh Brolin (55); Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips (55); Jim Creegan of Barenaked Ladies (53); and Christina Ricci (43). #MusicalBirthdaysandMore