... and another weekend draws to a close, and I'm left here sitting on my swivel chair trying to decide over my too great new loves; Avril Lavigne on the stereo or Charlie Sheen on the television. A tough battle!! On one hand we have the Hollywood classic 'Wall Street' staring not only Charlie, but also Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, and queen of the 80's Darryl Hanner. But on the other hand I have a young, pouty, Canadian diva who packs unique attitude into a clichéd demeanour - ?!?!?. Anyway, Avril wins hands and pants down. Just what is it about Canadian girls 'eh?? I just don’t know!! Or perhaps that’s a question I should leave reserved for Gabba! :PI'm sorry about that G-Bangs, I've been making a serious effort to lay off the Gabba jokes, but that one sort of just fell into my lap... if only the Canadian girls could follow suit now!! :( To compensate for my bad choice of humour I offer a blatant plug to his site, a form of pennance if you will, which can be found at gavin-joel.diaryland.com. Enjoy it, but please do come back now, 'ya hear!!
I suppose I should pay a special thank you to my diary co-ed John Cutter for giving me this 'gorgeous' Avril album. I even tried to argue with him that its not my birthday for a couple weeks yet, but the guy is simply just too generous (plus I think he saw me give him weird looks while he was at the counter handing over cash). Somebody please make sure I shout that man a cigar and coke! He's deserved it, because colour me an off-white/pinky colour, and label me a sell-out, but Avril's 'Let Go' is a surprisingly good album. She might sing like a girl (oddly enough), and write lyrics that echo her ridiculously young age (which I suppose isn't that ridiculous.....), but the songs on show here are actually a good mix of rock, ballad, and plain fun songs.
I'm not sure if I can quite dig her cranky/alternate wardrobe of rebellious/teen-angst inspired cloths crossed with mix-matched opp-shop rejects, but the front cover of the album deserves to be blown up to poster size and stuck on all five walls of your room (that includes one on your ceiling of course). Is this starting to sound like a little-boy with a stupid crush on a child-hood pop-star idol?? I certainly hope not, for my heart belongs to another, but the album was a totally sweet buy all the same, and trust me, neither of the singles so far released are the highlight of this poppy rock album.
But thats enough about Avril me thinks, I'd talk about other things here instead but Avril is pretty much all I've got going for me at 12:58am on a Sunday night. Puff Daddy is on telly at the moment promoting either a cure for aids or a new range of 'adult only' clothing designs. Seriously, that man is a bloody idiot, he really should have just given up and left the recording industry when people only 'thought' he was a dickhead, like Coolio, 2pac, Run (DMC), and those guys who sang that 'Who Let The Dogs Out' song. But I think that’s enough out of me for tonight, I’m supposed to wake up early and post off some presents to a sister in Canada who will surely not appreciate the sleep I’m losing over it. Ahh well, I hope you all will have a better chance to sleep in and enjoy the pre-noon hours as God intended them – with your eyes closed.
Cheerio kids, and please sign the guestbook and make us feel special and loved, becuase we really are emotional and insecure artists on the inside!
Yours for a dollar,
Jake Jamieson
