Superbowl 2012
The spectacle that is the Superbowl is done and dusted for another year. I caught portions of it and intend on watching in full later tonight.
If there is an event to be held and done to the extreme of all avenues of the term entertainment, then the Americans achieve it with the Superbowl.
The Sunday night prime time, multi-million dollar ads and the half time show define the big event. It's possibly the only ads people look forward too. If you search in google for Superbowl, it will suggest Superbowl ads. That shows you just how powerful this event has become.
The half time show is long enough to allow for a stage to be put out in the centre for a huge light, song and dance show. Meanwhile the players could just about head out for lunch they have so much time to waste.
In Australia we simply cannot match their showcase as we play our grand final during the day, robbing us of fireworks and light shows. And we also lack a lengthy half time, so generally there is just enough time for a little league game.
Next to Olympic opening ceremonies, there is no bigger show centered around a sporting event and keep in mind the Superbowl is one game and not a series of different events over several weeks.
Spin Doctors
When you need to put a spin on a story, it's best to never have told the story before applying the spin. Therefore people can't reference the truth from the spin as easy as they can if they have heard the original. That is why I find the recent Carbon Tax talk so humourous. Not only did our pathetic excuse for a Prime Minister say she was not going to introduce a carbon tax at the last election, but she has also changed its advertising to make it seem more friendly. First it was a tax now it is a price. Does that mean we don't pay GST (General Services Tax)? Instead we pay a GSP (General Services Price). Then they call the 100 companies involved 'our countries biggest polluters', who on earth measured that? Did they follow them around for a year with a carbon capture device to analyse the output or was it simply a guess? It's also being peddled as the Clean Energy Future initiative, because it is intended to create a push for 'cleaner' energy ideas. The same ideas that often cost a horrible amount of money, like our Desalination plant to provide the water we don't need and consume the power we don't have spare. Then there is the age-old rule of thumb, if a company is taxed more, then they pass it on to the consumer. So the government has also looked at that too, claiming they have calculated the cost increases we will face and pumping the money back to us. But they forget that if I am taxed $10 and this affects my business, then I will make sure I charge enough to get my $10 back, so I can maintain the same income. So how does the government expect that industry wont do the same? They think they can pay the people some money to assist in the living cost increase and still have some tax money left over for green power ideas. It will become another massive fuck up on the account of a Labor government. The Greens are causing this, once again showing how little they know about money. Pathetic bunch of vegetarian, homosexual, PBR radio listening morons they are.
A world without the Greens is a better one. We want to advance the human race, not dwindle as prehistoric tree hugging pacifists.
Music at its lowest point
Listening to Nickelback and its lead singer Chad Kroeger is similar to drinking sulfuric acid whilst tightening your testicles in a vice. The gravel like voice with a Canadian accent is painful for me let alone what it must be like for Chad to belt out each time he eats a microphone. A man who resembles the Paddle Pop lion cannot be taken seriously.
I have read comments on the world wide interweb from people residing in Alberta (Chad's home town) apologising for what came from their humble town. That is one of the cardinal rules of being famous, make your home town proud. I can assure you tha gay people are no longer buying Nickelback CD's after a twitter quote from Chat read as follows: "Just had a stylist tell me that even though she loved my music, straightening my hair makes me look gay. how many gays are millionaire singers" - What incredible insight into how to alienate people.
There was a generic button created for this band, this button resides in all pop/rock music recording studios, its called the 'Nickleback' button. When the band played their strange out of tune riffs and poorly written lyrics, the button would magically tune it into something the radio stations are happy to play. That is my take on how Nickelback have made money.
Three-power cord songs like those played by the band are outdated rubbish that remind me of talentless high school kids on stage at the yearly review. Chad likens his talent to his bank account, by continuously defending himself with the same old line, he has millions of dollars and the poor people just have to deal with it. It reminds me of a quote from Ahmet Ertegun "Just because you've sold millions of records doesn't mean you're good. McDonald's sells a lot of hamburgers."