mest

as i wait for the arrival of a full house this weekend, i can't help but wonder if uncle jesse will come as "pre clean up", mullet and all.

a band that has captivated me this past week is "mest". we all had our mest stage, fun, catchy, energetic pop punk, with reckless abandon, and no concern of impressing music critics. with a description as so, u may think it sounds awful. and to some yes, it probably does. but i remember seeing mest at the 2003 warped tour, and was delighted by an all nude lead singer, with a strategically placed guitar, who cursed like a sailor, and bartered with women in the crowd to "match up" with his outfit of choice. not exactly a show to make mom and dad proud, but there was a certain something ab bands like mest in the early 2000's that is missing in todays "punk/emo/whatever you want to call it" music scene. it was a feeling of knowing that the music they made wasn't ground breaking, but why not have fun and see how far we can push the envelope with this thing. i like to think of blink-182 as being the Godfather of this genre, as they elegantly termed their music as "crappy punk rock"

cadillac

the bruins are 2 wins for reaching the stanley cup. being in raleigh, and having a need and want to route for the team 15 minutes from my home, and at the same time being a new england native, AND at the same time having a soft spot in my heart for the florida panthers....i am completely torn.

playoff predictions:

bruins over lightning
canucks over sharks

canucks over bruins

heat over bulls
mavs over thunder

mavs over heat

mark my words!