Sorry I'm late. My alarm went off, but I kept hitting yellow.
Thought we'd try something a little different this morning and catch up on a few news items that pertain to penalties of the weeks past:
- A few weeks ago, yellow was shown to Minnesota voters for their virtuoso effort in voter incompetence. This was highlighted by the image of a single ballot cast for both Al Franken and 'Lizard People'. The NY Times today referenced the 'Lizard People' write-in vote while chiding Minnesota officials for having lost more ballots during the recount than votes that now separate Al Franken and Norm Coleman from a seat in the U.S. Senate, in their opinion effectively invalidating the entire recount.
- Chinese Democracy, the 17-year follow-up from GN'R frontman Axl Rose, has seen a lot of thing en route to the shelves of Best Buys everywhere. MTV.com elaborates:
17 years in the studio, one truly odd MTV VMA appearance, a failed world tour, a riot in Philadelphia, a lot of defensive talk from Sebastian Bach, a leak facilitated by Mike Piazza and DJ Eddie Trunk, a much-ballyhooed exclusive deal with Best Buy, a lawsuit involving the Offspring, the apparently empty promise of free Dr Pepper for all, innumerable and mysterious delays, $13 million in reported production costs, a Greatest Hits album, a change in managers, five possible producers, five guitarists, two bassists, three drummers, the invention of the iPod, a guy with a KFC bucket on his head, zero promotion from the album's mastermind, and now, rumors of a potential reunion of the original lineup.
One thing the album may never see? #1 on the charts. As MTV also reports, after losing out in sales to Kanye West, Chinese Democracy appears to have also been outsold by another more unlikely contender: 16-year-old country-pop darling Taylor Hicks. Ouch.
