- Is a Snoop Vishnu album in the offing? Probably not, but
that doesn’t make the scene that unfolded over the weekend in downtown Chicago
and less weird or awesome. Snoop Dogg has his various personas and images, most
recently adopting the identity of Snoop Lion for a reggae album that most
people with even a rudimentary knowledge of reggae panned mercilessly, but when
the chance came to crash the wedding of a Hindu couple at the Hard Rock Hotel,
the D-O-Double-G couldn’t pass it up. Snoop was in town for a concert and
reportedly, the mother of the groom is a huge fan. She somehow got word through
to the rapper that the wedding was going on and that he had an open invitation,
so Snoop decided to make an appearance at the nuptials of Joe and Neesha, two
people he had never met before but was nonetheless happy to share the big day
with. And so it was that a ganja-loving, pimped-out recording artist who gives
people a contact high during a Skype session ended up at the traditional Hindu
wedding reception of two total strangers. Not surprisingly, when Snoop found
the happy couple to pose for a photo, the Kodak moment took place at the
precise spot one would expect to find him at a wedding – no, not some remote
back room where he could light up a fattie – at the bar. The wedding
photographer, Lauren Seibel, recorded the happy moment for posterity, snapping
an image that had damn well better be the cover shot for the couple’s wedding
album. Snoop also commemorated the moment by posting his picture with Joe and
Neesha on his Instagram feed………
- Speaking of artists who like to bake….it looks like
Cypress Hill is legitimately ready for its new album to drop. B-Real, one of
the members of the iconic stoner rap outfit, spoke recently about the follow up
to 2010’s “Rise Up,” including the return of producer DJ Muggs to helm the
project. Muggs was largely absent on “Rise Up” and with their frequent collaborator AWOL,
B-Real himself served as the album's main producer. Now that Muggs is back, the
trio is reportedly embracing a “psychedelic” style, which makes perfect sense
because no one loves psychedelic tunes more than people whose idea of a good
time is a bong, some quality chron and a “Beavis and Butthead” DVD. "It’s
definitely a different sound, but it definitely has that Cypress Hill flavor.
We haven't worked with Muggs for quite some time and this is the first album
coming back into his production style and so far it’s been pretty aggressive
songs here and there and pretty tripped-out songs psychedelic-style,” B-Real
said. “It’s gonna be different, but I know that Cypress fans are gonna love
that shit. Some new fans might dig it too." The last time DJ Muggs
produced an entire Cypress Hill album was “Til Death Do Us Part” in 2004 and
now that he’s back in the saddle with founding members B-Real and Sen Dog, the
currently untitled new disc can take shape – any shape. "Muggs has got so
many tricks up his sleeve in the studio," B-Real added. "So the track
could start off one way and it’ll end up a whole different way, so you can’t
get used to it when you’re recording it.” Seeing the entire crew back together
will be a jolt for Cypress Hill fans, who might be too stoned to feel that
jolt, but should enjoy it nonetheless……….
- There’s a reason Sonic the Hedgehog always harbored a deep
and abiding love for France. The old-school video game hero certainly had
reason to love the nation where the wine flows freely and baguettes are what’s
for breakfast, lunch and dinner and that’s evidenced by the actions of the
country’s animal protection society in the case of three men arrested last month in
a northwestern Paris suburb for illegally hunting hedgehogs to eat. That’s
right, hunting hedgehogs is illegal in France, with a maximum six-month prison
sentence. On the surface, it seems like an absurd law, but no more absurd than
the myriad laws protecting various creatures and critters in the United States
and elsewhere. After news of the case broke, police reportedly contacted the
Animal Protection Society to inform the group of the arrest of several men in a
Cergy-Pontoise forest mid-August, after they collected hedgehogs in plastic bags
to cook. Tamara Guelton of the APS noted that some "traveling
communities" in France like to use the nocturnal mammals for hedgehog soup
even though a runny snout and spiny bodies don’t exactly scream bon apetit. In
the eyes of the APS, hunting hedgehogs is like hunting whales, since the
species has been nearly wiped out in France by pesticides. This case reaffirms
that no matter how ugly and relatively useless an animal may be, there
will always be a group out there willing to enthusiastically defend that
creature’s right to exist……….
- Bill Belichick is normally a stand-up comedian
masquerading as an NFL head coach. The Hoodie is a laugh riot whose press conference
are filled with witty zingers, zany retorts and memorable one-liners that leave
everyone in the room falling off their chair in laughter. Having said that, now
would be an excellent time for him to stop jerking everyone’s chain about party
rocking tight end Rob Gronkowski playing
in Sunday's regular-season opener against the Miami Dolphins. Gronk, who
underwent surgery on a torn right ACL on Jan. 9, sat out all four preseason
games but insisted Monday that he is ready to start the regular season. It took
his coach all of one day to pull the emergency brake on that idea and let the
world know that he is not ready to decide on the tight end's playing status.
"I'm glad that Rob is optimistic about his situation," Belichick said.
"With all due respect to Rob that he feels the way he does, but in the end
we will have to make the decision that we feel is best for the team." Yes,
all due respect indeed, Hoodie. The fact remains that no one expects Gronk to
play all 16 games because he always gets hurt, but that’s no reason to hold him
out of the season opener. A big part of the reason the world gets to enjoy
Gronk’s off-field antics, hijinks and bro-foolery is the fact that dude balls
up when he’s on the field. If it reaches a point where the on-field production
dwindles away and we’re left with an overgrown fray boy snapping selfies with
porn stars and clubbing it up after his team loses the Super Bowl, then the
Gronk party train is going to cease operations. In other words, get dude on the
field while you still can because it’s been too long since the high-motor,
low-IQ tight end with a crew cut and a brick wall for a body has done one of
his ridiculous end zone celebrations. The world wants – nay, demands – the full
Gronk experience and his head coach needs to stop clowning around and do what’s
right for us all……..
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