Generalities

So I usually do this in the morning but the last few days have taken on an air of trying new things so I thought I'd post after work for once. I don't see it becoming a habit. It's been a very solid little day with nothing at all interesting to report but I really needed one of those so I can't complain.

Just to clarify yesterday's Top Five, I should have point out that I was referring to modern era films. Keep in mind that before 1970 there wouldn't have been much need to make a distinction between love and sex on film. Sure there were great love scenes in those days but they had little to do with sex. These days sex is exploited enough in Hollywood and honest, needed sex scenes are a little hard to come by. Then again, there doesn't have to be sex for it to be sexy. Got it?

Anyways, here's another trend that's pissing me off something awful. I admit that I don't much care about a new Smashing Pumpkins album and I've got no plans to pick it up. On the other hand this isn't the first time that I've seen bands pull crap like this, offering different versions of the album at different stores. It works like this. They release one version of their album proper to the bulk of retail outlets. Then they add one bonus track for the verison that gets sold at, for example, Target. In the case of the Pumpkins, their doing this at FOUR different stores so there are four different versions of the record. It's bullshit. Really devoted fans (and trust me, Smashing Pumpkins has an army's worth) will have to buy the record four times in order to get each of the extra tracks.

Why allow this? Billy Corgan's got enough pull, even now, that he should know better. Counting Crows pulled the same thing last summer with the release of their last live album. There were at least four different variations of it available from Best Buy, iTunes, Amazon and then everywhere else. They aren't blatantly different mind you, they just have one extra song but give me a break.

Okay, I'm done ranting. I'm also done posting because I have one last thing to do before I go to bed and I'm all ready sleepy. Good night all.