Type 0 Negative/Kula Shaker/Toni Braxton/Weetzie Bat

Type 0 Negative.October Rust.Roadrunner.7 1/2.(fr. Breakfast #8)
Filled (literally-there are 15 long songs) to the brim with dark,deep, gothy instrumental-based metal, this breakthrough 2nd album really shows you what ppl mean about [lead singer] Pete Steele's larger-than-life personality. It comes through in their music. Some lyrics make complete sense, others are anti-sense. Example from "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend": "Her and me and her and she and me/an uncrowded couple; are we three." This might be a pleasure to listen to for some ppl, but it can drone on and get extremely boring.

Kula Shaker.Govinda.Columbia.3.[video & song].(fr. Breakfast #8)
Okay, I am writing this as though I've *almost* never heard Faker Maker (or Kula Shaker to you normal folk) before. Otherwise, this would be terrible biased. The bottom line is, there's no room in any part of the music world (yes, that does include the "poser bands who have no talent" category) for this song, or even F.M. themselves. And rhe video? Well, maybe if you had used it for "Black Hole Sun" then nobody would have heard of Soundgarden now. Anyhow, this review can't be biased, it's this song that made me hate Faker Maker!

Toni Braxton.Unbreak My Heart (video). -2.(fr. Breakfast #8)
What is this review doing here, you ask? Well, I coudn't resist making fun of this "r&b goddess" once more. I just wanted to harmlessly analyse this video (but I probably can't well enough since I've only seen it a million times- hear sarcasm?). First of all, doesn't the guy here look like one of those big ppl who's just dumb? Or intellectually challenged, if you'll have it. And when he falls from his motorcycle, HOW THE HELL DOES HE DIE?!? His helmet, for whatever reason, is still in one solid piece. And, while we're at it, why doesn't she call an ambulance with her cellular phone (which she no doubt bought from her album sale riches)? This video is just so annoying! (That's what you'd expect from an R&B video.) Then they're playing Twister, well, they could be in bed at that time! Oh, one more thing--when she sings onstage, what happened to her hair? I think maybe I'll be sending this to MTV "Least Wanted."

Francesca Lia Block.Weetzie Bat.8 1/2.Charlotte Zolotow Books.(fr. Breakfast #4)
Weetzie Bat is a book, by Francesca Lia Block. It's also a series and that's the title of the first book. Other books are Witch Baby, Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys, Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop. Weetzie is the daughter of divorced parents Brandy-Lynn and Charlie Bat, and blah blah blah. The catchiest thing is that this is a fairytale-type with a lot of realistic input, discussing subjects as to-the-core as AIDS. Weetzie lives in L.A., or Shangri-L.A./Hell-A (depending on what mood Weetzie is in). Witch Baby is her sort-of-daughter from her husband, My Secret Agent Lover Man, and a witch called Vixanne Wigg. Weetzie Bat is about Weetzie and her friend Dirk. Dirk's grandmother gives Weetzie a magic lamp, and she wishes for three things: a Duck* for Dirk, a Secret Agent Lover Man for herself, and a house for all of them to live in. Next thing she knows, Dirk's grandmother dies and leaves them her house, Dirk meets a guy called Duck, and Weetzie finds her Secret Agent Lover Man (who, coincidentally, is called My Secret Agent Lover Man). The complicated family ties make this a funnier read, but it's the story that really gets you.
*-a Duck is a "pounceable guy who likes guys," according to Witch Baby!



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