What Is and What Should Never Be

So much for keeping to a schedule... Not only have I not updated my blog in over two weeks, I haven't been working on my bigger project either. It sucks. I mean, I did have finals, which ended a week ago Saturday, and then I had to adjust to being home again, which included starting work and finally getting my hands on Guitar Hero II, but I'm still at least mildly disappointed that I haven't been keeping up with my schedules for either project. Guitar Hero, though, is AMAZING. Seriously, it is one of the best games currently available, and for no reason other than sheer enjoyability, both by players and watchers. It truly is a game that everyone can enjoy, unlike other favorites such as the Halo series and Gears of War, which are not nearly as fun to watch as they are to play.

Speaking of cover bands, as that is what Guitar Hero essentially is about, I went to a bar the other night with some friends under the idea that there would be a really awesome cover band doing songs by Metallica, REO Speedwagon, and other such bands that are typically covered at bars. What they actually performed were songs by groups such as Good Charlotte and Simple Plan, which might have been acceptable if the members were all 12. But they weren't. Nor was their audience, clearly. Both band and audience were primarily comprised of people in their late-20s and early-30s, who, at best, were in college when most of those songs came out, and I think that is being very gracious with their ages. To say the least, we were very disappointed, though this barrage of shitty pop-rock also had the effect of making us feel very old. Perhaps it is a misconception, but I was under the impression that most cover bands performed, for the most part, songs from the early-'90s and prior, songs that they enjoyed when they were young. Therefore, the effect of seeing a cover band do songs from when I was in middle school and high school made me feel fucking old. I mean, seriously, five years from now, if I were to play that "Lips of an Angel" song at a bar, I would hope that someone would have the decency to throw a bottle at my head, or at least boo me off stage.

D-Rock out.