Yesterday this album I've been looking forward to came out, so I got on that AOL Music Now (the subscription was a Christmas present from the bf's mom and it's more or less a pain in the ass, in my opinion, but that's another story) and downloaded it. I was a huge fan of the show Rock Star INXS, and pretty much from the first episode I was all about Marty Casey. (picture) I thought he was just so unbelievably hot, and I don't think he did a single song I didn't like. Some of his versions were actually better than the originals, and the original song he did, "Trees", is pretty much still stuck in my head to this day. Of course, he lost, but his band (Marty Casey and Lovehammers) still got a record deal and I've been dying to listen to their stuff, and well...ugh. I don't understand how someone who has a voice just made for screaming rock and roll decides to write horrible pop crap with clunky lyrics, but there you have it. Maybe they thought it was a better commercial decision, or maybe his taste in music really does suck that much. They even re-did "Trees" and made it really boring. And on a somewhat related note, if I hear "Pretty Vegas" one more time I think I might shoot myself in the face. I didn't like that song before INXS changed it up and made it even more boring.

Right, so now that I'm done griping, I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. I don't think it's been playing around here very long anyway. We went on Monday afternoon, and I was surprised both by how many people were there and by the fact that a lot of them seemed to be elderly. I guess I still have trouble getting it through my head that there's such a thing as tolerant elderly people, because they sure don't make them like that where I'm from. (Actually I don't know if they're even showing the movie in WV.) Anyway, I'm not going to bother reviewing it or anything, except to say I was impressed. My boyfriend was actually more teary-eyed at the end than I was. I was sort of amused that during the "gay" parts, when there was sex or kissing going on, everyone in the theater seemed to get restless and start shifting around in their seats or rustling their popcorn bags, but no one made any comments or anything.