Ah... James Cameron's Avatar 2. Will the American people EVER get to see it?!!
While driving around Western Washington today trying to find a suitable Mother's Day present for my mom I stumbled across some entertainment on the radio that took me aback. It was a top-40 countdown of the best music in the U.S., but it wasn't from today's charts -- it was from Billboard's charts back on May 14, 1983! Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners, Solitare by Laura Branagan, Time by Coulture Club, not one but TWO SONGS by Journey, an entry by Rick Springfield: An Affair of the Heart, two songs by Styx, and even Deff Leopards FIRST U.S. hit that was nearing top-10 territory, Photograph off their Pyromania album. FYI, Michael Jackson's Beat It was the #1 hit that week for the third week in a row!
Wow, what a stroll down memory lane. But why? this is 2020, 37 years removed from this countdown. And Casey Kasem? Talk about a blast from the past... I remember listening to his and RicK Dees' top-40 countdown in the 90s, normally I'd be "rooting" for a song I liked hoping it fared well.
Hearing a re-broadcast of a music countdown from 37 years reminded me of the entertainment dearth we're in right now. Can't go to the movies, they're all closed. ESPN is re-broadcasting some pretty awful, past games. The 1998 NBA all-star game?!! Really? That's lame!
Thankfully the weather's getting nicer now so the Covid19 restrictions should be easing up. Unfortunately much of our country is in Democrat party leadership, and NONE of those people seems to give two-shits about small business. Rather, I think they're dragging this out in the hopes of crashing the U.S. economy. Totally sad. I HATE our governor, Jay Inslee. It's because of that asshole that I have to wear a mask at work. All construction workers do. Ridiculous. Totally ridiculous. Yeah, I get it we had a health scare in mid March, but our worst fears have passed and now it's time to get back to the business of America. Wanna live under a rock? That's YOUR call, but there are many of us who want to get the economy going again and get life back to normal again. It's getting warmer and the disease doesn't like that so let's open this up. I'm ready. It's time.
So will the Entertainment Industry ever bounce back? Boy, I hope so! But let's be honest, Hollywood has been FAILING America for years. What they need is new blood, and SOME excitement. Seriously, Hollywood needs buzz-makers. Pro-American celebrities who sell pro-American movies. Hollywood needs to win America back. Will that happen? I don't know. A lot of celebrities don't seem to care about their fellow American brethren, and that's a shame. That perception/reality has to change. If it doesn't, Hollywood will continue to loose market share; and eventually a new rival will emerge to fill the need for pro-American programming.
Not a good time to be Lisa Page. If I were her, I would flee the country now. Was listening to the news this week and heard that she doctored the FBI 302 on General Flynn so help bolster the FBI's case against him. Evidence tampering at the FBI level is an inexcusable offence. I hope they throw the book at her, lock her up for life, and gut everything she owns to pay back General Flynn for the harm her actions brought him. INEXCUSABLE. I get that she didn't like President Trump. Still, that is NO EXCUSE to falsify evidence. Evidence tampering, Lisa Page you've got a lot of explaining to do...
I'll end this post on a high note. This weekend in the state of Washington we had our temperatures in the high 80s! May 9 and 10 and we're in the 80s! Wow. Time to start thinking about...
And after an entertainless spring, I think we all could use a little beach time!
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