1.) Why is KISS the pitchmen for Dr. Pepper? Especially on their 125th anniversary, is there a reason why we need to be subjected to this?! I hope the Doctor himself is turning over in his grave.

2.) Milli Vanilli frontman thinks the duo were the scapegoats for the fraud they perpetrated. I’m sorry, were they NOT REALLY lip syncing?

“It’s not about being authentic anymore, it’s about entertaining,” says the man whose Grammy for best new artist was revoked 20 years ago — the only take-back in Recording Academy history.

No, it’s still about the music, actually, which YOU WEREN’T EVEN SINGING!

Vocal enhancements in the studio are a different matter, he says. “In pop, R&B and hip-hop, just about everyone uses some sort of processing. This has almost become part of the sound today … and people expect it.” Twenty years later, “what we were crucified for you see everywhere,” Morvan says. “Society and life and everything changes.”

Again, you weren’t being enhanced, YOU WEREN’T SINGING IT!

“Yeah, hi, Legster, Fab needs something to stand-on. Oh, even YOU don’t have something, okay great, thanks!”

Thus, for all of our loyal readers, here is Liz and Zach’s Awesome Chicken

Ingredients:
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 12oz can of chopped tomatoes (unsalted)
1/2 cup (or so, make sure you taste) fresh basil
minced or pressed garlic (i use that stuff in the tube)
1 tablespoon capers, drained (if you like them, if no, use onions)
1/4 of the box mushrooms (chopped baby bells)
1 small roasted pepper (pre-roast in a pan or right on cooktop, just scrap off black stuff after…or use the ones from a can.)
olive oil (just a little)
1 TSP oregano
1 TSP red pepper flakes
kosher salt
ground black pepper
blend cheese (Italian mix - Parmesan, mozzarella, etc.) - Use enough to cover the food in the pyrex
1/4 of a box of orzo (don’t need much, if you don’t have orzo, rice or pasta would work too)

1.) Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2.) Combine tomatoes, garlic, capers, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt/pepper to taste, a little olive oil (i used the spicy stuff i had to add more heat) in a mixing bowl. (add more basil, capers, and spices to taste. i like it a little spicy hence the flakes.)
3.) Put chicken in pyrex dish with mushrooms and peppers (for more flavor pre-marinate chicken with garlic and white wine type sauce) .
4.) Cover chicken and veggies with sauce, sprinkle a little cheese on top
5.) Bake for about 40 mins, giving the sauce time to bubble and cheese to be golden brown color
6.) With 10 mins to go, make the orzo.

We might need to try this soon.

I have been asked by many people over the past few weeks, “when are you putting out your first NFL Mock draft?” I am not. I won’t mock draft the NFL draft this year. And I won’t watch the NFL draft this year and I am asking all of you to join me in a grassroots movement throughout the Blogosphere; I am asking all of you to join me in boycotting the 2010 NFL Draft!

Why?!

Simple. As an avid NFL fan, I was not happy last summer when the NFL announced the dumbest idea to date! Roger Goodell “notified teams Thursday that the draft will be spread over three days in 2010, running Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24.”

The NFL has no idea what draft day means to true NFL fans! It is an all day, non-game day, tailgate party! We see friends, we renew rivalries and we BBQ, laugh, have a few cold ones and enjoy the day watching every single selection of the first and second rounds. But the new NFL Draft Schedule will alter those NFL Draft day celebrations because Goodell and company are pitting the potential for advertising dollars in prime time against the NFL Fans. Money over loyalty.

But we can stop it! And it is as simple as turning off the television. Do Not Watch the NFL Draft in 2010!

If the ratings tank, advertising dollars will be lost and the NFL will be forced to revisit their idea!

I am asking for your support. One person will not make a difference, I need your help as well as the suport of your friends and family. We have three months to mobilize an effort to do one thing; turn off the NFL Draft in 2010!

Send this message to everyone you know who loves the NFL and NFL draft day:

“Boycott the 2010 NFL Draft!”

Thank you, Stew, for introducing me to it years ago.

CEO: “We need to do something new. Something innovative!”

All: “Yeah!”

CEO: “We’ve been at this for 100 years and all we’ve gotten is 100 years older! Especially Old Man Sutter in the corner!”

All: “Yeah!”

CEO: “Any suggestions on who it should be?”

All: “No!”

CEO’s daughter playing with crayons: “Daddy, daddy, I just got this new Lady Gaga cd!”

All: “I second the nomination!” “Lady Google, she’d be great!” “Now we’ll be connecting to a younger crowd!”

CEO: “Gaga, not Google!”

All: “WAAAAAAAHHH!!!! WE WANT GOOGLE!”

CEO: “This is why we haven’t made a good product since the instamatic!”

Really, I think my favorite line from the article was:

“The Haus of Gaga has been developing prototypes in the vein of fashion/technology/photography innovation.”

I’m sorry, what?! The. Haus. of. Gaga?!! Are you going to be saying “Gaga. Out.” whenever you leave a meeting now?

Last Summer, PJ was selected to open a music festival in Connecticut (The Gathering of the Vibes) and on a rainy day in July, his band took the stage and kicked off a weekend festival with some great music! The videos are coming up in a second because I have some other news to report…

This just in for my friends in the Boston area:

Saturday April 3, 2010 – PJ Pacifico (solo) is playing at the All Asia Bar at 7pm. I will be there and I hope to see many of you there with me as well!!

Now… enough of me… here is PJ with his full band, kicking off the Gathering Of The Vibes in CT this past July!

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Check out the video: