I hold with the utmost contention that Nickelback is the indeed the lamest mainstream rock band of the last 25 years. Lamer than Creed, lamer than Poison, lamer than even Limp Bizkit. I’m listening to “Rockstar” right now, and I just can’t believe it. Is there no limit to Nickelback’s level of cheese? A sample of lyrics:

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that like to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I’ll have the quesadilla, ha, ha)

The popularity of this band simply baffles me. All of their songs reek. I’m not saying they’re bad guys—they do what they can for charity and all that jazz. But their music is just the most absurd melodramatic bullshit imaginable. All The Right Reasons 7x platinum? Dear God. It’s all too much…

Just got this press release regarding the Deluxe Edition of Beck’s Odelay released this week:

The first pressing of the recent Odelay Deluxe Reissue was found to have gone out with unproofed lyrics that were taken from a lyrics website as place holders for layout purposes.

Beck apologizes for this unfortunate oversight and is making arrangements for the corrected lyrics to be available gratis via
Beck.com. Subsequent pressings of the Odelay Deluxe will also include the corrected lyrics

This is lulz for several reasons. First off, the fact that the staff at Geffen used a lyrics site for whatever reason is just a little bit ironic, given that the music industry has made a point to try to shut down these very sites through litigation and threats of jail time many times in the past. And second of all, the fact that the “corrected lyrics will be available” online kind of diminishes the idea that buying an actual legit copy of a record is worthwhile, especially at $19.99. But what do I know? After all, the music industry had a banner year in 2007, especially Geffen’s parent company, Universal.

There’s all sorts of stuff that I like about Pink Nasty, like her name, her songs, the fact that she got back to me on MySpace about booking a show, that she features some decent guests on her second and latest album Mold The Gold, and that she covers Usher:covers Usher…but most importantly, she has something which has become a rarity in songwriting: totally rad lyrics.

Rad lyric example:
“We can go to Starbucks and talk a lot of shit about people we don’t know now that probably live in New York.” (from “I Don’t Know”)

Rad duet lyric example:
“This feels like love on crack… / please don’t wear any makeup, and please baby won’t you shut the fuck up.” (from “Don’t Ever Change”)

Sara Beck’s addition to the lexicon of alt-county will one day prove invaluable, and I hope she gives Chico hometown heroes Mother Hips a good solid run for their money when they play with her.

Too bad about her video, though.

Live Dates:

Aug 24 2007 10:00P The Hole in the wall (solo solo) Austin, Texas
Aug 31 2007 9:00P Burt’s Tiki Lounge w/ Michael Hurley Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 18 2007 9:00P The Silverlake Lounge w/ The Fold Los Angeles, California
Sep 19 2007 9:00P The Rickshaw Stop w/ O’Death San Francisco, California
Sep 20 2007 9:00P The Hotel Utah San Francisco, California
Sep 21 2007 9:00P The SweetWater w/ The Mother Hips Mill Valley, California
Oct 11 2007 10:00P Pete’s Candy Store (solo) Brooklyn, New York
Oct 12 2007 10:00P The Mercury Lounge w/ The Mother Hips New York City, New York
Oct 13 2007 10:00P Union Hall w/ The Mother Hips Brooklyn, New York
Oct 18 2007 10:00P Schubas w/ The Mother Hips Chicago, Illinois
Oct 19 2007 10:00P Schubas w/ The Mother Hips Chicago, Illinois