Rolling Gungan, ISSUE # (HELL, DOES ANYONE KNOW?)

 

BILLBOARD BOOT-LICKERS GET IT ALL WRONG

The staff of Billboard magazine (more commonly known as the boot-licking lackeys of the evil empire) have just released a list of the 100 most unforgettable (yeah, right) moments of the year 2000. This includes the Napster controversy (fair enough), N Syncs’ chart success (yawn) and Santana winning lotsa Grammies (which this reporter finds appalling - Supernatural wasn’t near crappy enough to win so many Grammies (also known as the "Congratulations, you suck!" awards).

UK CRITICS ALSO GET IT WRONG!

Radiohead's bland Krautrock rip-off, Kid A, has been named the best album of the year 2000 by a critics’ poll conducted by amazon.co.uk. The fact that Eminem's disappointing Marshall Mathers LP came in second only further proves this critics’ point that the Mad Cow disease is reaching alarming heights in Britain.

WEEN KICK CORPORATE ARSE!

Ween have decided to leave Elektra records and are now "unrestricted free agents". Even if that sounds a bit too much like an ad for hookers, the staff of Rolling Gungan applauds this decision.

MICKEY MOUSE HAS A CRAP TASTE IN MUSIC!

Corporate redneck icons Foreigner, glorified boyband Duran Duran, and Disco has-beens Chic will perform on a triple bill at Disney’s’ Pleasure Island. "Me and Mickey are just good friends," a loaded Simon LeBon told RG.

GUNS N ROSES REUNITE (YEAH, RIGHT)

A reunited Guns N Roses will play a New Years’ gig at some House Of Blues. Promoter Bill Silva told RG that Axl wants to "do something down and dirty and close to the fans". The staff of RG wishes the best of luck to GNR fans and hopes that there will be no sodomy involved.

GOOD TASTE DIES

A certain Mr. Taste, Good has passed away last Thursday, when he suffered a fatal heart attack after it had been reported that The Backstreet Boys’ new pile of wank, Black And Blue, has outsold the (admittedly cynical) Beatles’ #1 compilation. "Good was always a very fragile person" a close relation told Rolling Gungan, "I remember he stayed in bed for weeks in 1975 when The Captain & The Tennilles’ "Love Will Keep Us Together" topped the Billboard charts." Mr. Tastes’ condition had been critical ever since Oasis’ bland (What’s The Story) Morning Glory outsold Blurs’ sombre minor masterpiece, The Great Escape.

ROLLING GUNGAN MOVIE REVIEW by Onelovich

I'm only doing one this week because I'm a lazy bastard.  So I decided to review Go.  Hopefully this will get me some brownie points or something.

Here's the ratings system:

***** = almost as godly as Jar Jar
**** = don't miss it!
*** = wait till you can get it cheap
** = vile wormz might appreciate it
* = It Came From Finland 

GO
****

This movie has been referred to as a younger, hipper version of Pulp Fiction, in which ecstasy, raves, and strip clubs reign supreme.  The story revolves loosely around Ronna (Sarah Polley), who needs money to pay for her rent, or she'll be evicted.  When two guys named Adam and Zack (Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr) drop by the supermarket asking for her drug dealing co-worker, Simon (Desmond Askew).  When she tells them that Simon's gone to Vegas, they ask her to get some ecstasy for them.  Ronna needs the cash, so she and her friends Manny (and Claire (some chick whose name escapes me) skip over to Simon's dealer Todd's (Timothy Olyphant) place.  He gives her the drugs (and keeps Claire as collateral), and from thereon out the movie starts to twist and turn.

The two guys asking for the drugs turn out to be a gay acting couple working for the cops (William Fichtner, in a creepy/funny performance).  Ronna flushes the drugs, and escapes unharmed.  Then, to pay back Todd, she starts selling over the counter meds as ecstasy to dumb ravers.  Meanwhile, over in Vegas, Simon and his friend Marcus (Taye Diggs) explore hotels, tantric sex (not together), and strip clubs.  This movie is a great example of not all current movies sucking Ollie.  Rent it if you like humor, action, and rave ppl getting scammed.  Final score, four stars of the revolution.

 

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