So, several months ago we contacted their publicist, they got right back , and even emailed a de-motivational poster that said “Pop Evil:  They’ve probably already fucked your girlfriend.”  To us, this signaled that they had a sense of humor so we sent the questions right away.

Then we waited.  And waited.  The publicist kept resending the questions to the band.  They were signed to Universal and then their new publicist sent the questions to the band several times.  Over 3 months went by and we interviewed tons of other bands during this time waiting for their reply.

Then, miraculously, there was a magic email sitting in our corporation’s inbox that said “Here are your answers for Pop Evil.”

We were quite excited!  What amazing information would be in this email?  Had Pop Evil taken this time to find a cure for male pattern baldness, solved the world economic crisis, and figured out why my Dell computer keeps fucking crashing?

Nope.  Their lead singer, Leigh Kakaty took all this time to give us really serious answers to really stupid questions. Read the interview and see if you sense a degree of vanity or if it’s just us.  Oh, and if you ever see Leigh, make sure you don’t make a joke about his hometown of Grand Rapids or he will punch you directly in the apple sack.  However, go buy Lipstick on the Mirror as it’s simply a solid album.  In addition, check out our review HERE.

So, Heeeeeeeeeeeeeres………..  Leigh!

13 Stupid Questions with Pop Evil

1.  Let’s get this out of the way first. Who the hell are you and are you really evil?

My name is Leigh Kakaty and I am the singer of the Michigan Rock Band POP EVIL. We are only as Evil as you think we are.
2.  
Your hit single “100 in a 55″ contains the lyrics “Too much is never enough and too little is never enough.” This is quite a mind bender. Is this a riddle or did you simply have trouble rhyming “enough?” Did you try “cocoa puffs” or “cotton fluff?” Please explain.

Nothing really to explain the lyrics tell a story. Interperet them any way you would like. That’s the beauty of it.

3.  Pop Evil is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our extensive research reveals that there is nothing particularly grand about your town and no discernable rapids of note. In light of these facts, do you believe that Grand Rapids should be renamed “Home of the Gerald Ford Museum?”

I disagree there is plenty “GRAND” about Grand Rapids. Believe it or not it is my favorite place to be in the world. It is HOME. That’s good enough for me.

4.  By our estimate the word “lies” comes up as a lyric 4,327 times over the course of the album. Who was this cheating bitch and will your next album be called Enough With the Fucking Lies, You Whore in honor of her?

I would never tell you who she is. Let it forever be a mystery and if I could the next album would be called “Fuck or be Fucked”

5.  Couldn’t you find a better place for lipstick then on a mirror? Were there no Post-It notes handy?

What’s wrong with a mirror but for what its worth there were plenty of post it notes handy.

Hinder: Known in the industry as "Pop O' Crap."

6.  If one were to take a can of Mr. Pibb and attach a picture of Hinder on it, would it be considered “Pop Evil.” or “Pop O’ Crap?”

Those are our label mates. I would never say anything bad about Hinder or any band for that matter.

7.  When we are not asking stupid questions, the staff at RUFKM spends considerable amounts of time drunk, rowdy, and trying to stay upright. In “Hey Mister” you state that you’ve “learned a lesson in falling down.” Explain that lesson and how we will no longer bash our heads open on the credenza.

That lesson is spend more time being sober when asking your questions lmao!!!!

8.  Pop Evil has rereleased a remixed and re-mastered version of Lipstick on the Mirror. Have you sued your producer, Al Sutton, for malfeasance for the original thin production of Lipstick on the Mirror?

No comment;)

9.  Are you impressed that a website with a monkey as its logo and “Fucking” in its title can properly spell and use “malfeasance” in a sentence?

Anytime there is a Monkey in a logo I’m impressed.

10.  Nickelback’s last two albums have been top sellers for the last 18 years and Kid Rock’s Rock and Roll Jesus has seemingly been on the charts since the end of the Korean War.  You named one of your tracks “Shinedown,” which is also the name of a moderately popular band.  In hindsight, do you think it would’ve been better to title the track “Kid Nickel” or “Nickelrock?”

Tupac: Currently recording a remix of "Hero" with Pop Evil.

Those are interesting names but the song is always misinterpretted. It is actually called Shine Down meaning Shine Down your light on me which is a spiritual reference on being led to the Promise Land so a more appropriate title would be Stairway to Evil – Pop Evil

11.  When listening to the album, one could easily hear influences from the Black Crowes, Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Kid Rock, and, dare we say, Tupac? Based on this can you comment on the rumor that Tupac is really alive and the driving force behind the band?

Tupac is definitely alive I just wrote with him last week.

12.  Can you use all the titles of the songs on Lipstick on the Mirror in one coherent sentence?

As a matter of fact: My HERO can BREATHE driving 100 IN A 55 on a HARD HIGHWAY just to let the Michigan sun SHINE DOWN its light on SOMEBODY LIKE YOU who is a true ROLLING STONE writing his own love story not just ANOTHER ROME & JULIET but a HEY MISTER with conviction and determination set to change the world with ONE MORE GOODBYE let that be just a STEPPING STONE in a big picture of it all!!!!

13.  Finally, your promotional department begged us to post a “de-motivational poster” that states the phrase: Pop Evil. They’ve Probably Already Fucked Your Girlfriend. Is this an inside joke or does the band simply have the dirtiest dicks in Michigan?

13.  Enquiring minds want to know!!!! Come to a show and find out for yourself!!!!

Wow.  I mean, Wow.  That was…. an awkward conversation.  We have the title for their next album —  Pop Evil:  Less Talking, More Rocking.

Check out Pop Evil’s music below.

Want More “13 Stupid Questions” Interviews?  Click HERE.

“You know sharks, they are always biting things.” – Ben

Every now and then a movie comes along that is so bad, it becomes good. This happens pretty rarely. Usually when someone says a movie is “bad”, they really mean “average’. Unfortunately, a true cinematic travesty is as hard to find as a good Adam Sandler comedy. In recent years we have had Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. I bet many of you had no idea that was the actual title did you?

Battlefield Earth is so bad it’s GREAT. I have no idea how any cast member’s career survived it, but I am pleased that John Travolta is planning on doing a sequel. If you have yet to see the flick, I urge you to do so as soon as possible. To review it would be to spoil the surprises that await you.

This brings me to Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. Luckily, prior knowledge of the Shark Attack series is not needed to enjoy the subtle plot machinations of Megalodon. What you need to know is this: Megalodon is directly responsible for the creation of Cinema Craptastique in the first place. Whether that’s a good thing or bad thing I’ll leave that to you to decide.

Our movie begins with a diver working at 15,000ft below sea level near Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. He is working on a pipe with a blow torch and gets gobbled up by an unseen menace. Before he was et up, the diver complained about being cold. I would think so, since he was wearing a typical skin diving suit and would have been in freezing water. Of course he shouldn’t have to worry about the cold because he would have imploded from the pressure many feet higher. Moving on.

Six months pass, and we are introduced to Beach Patrol guy Ben Parker (John Barrowman) in Playa Del Rey, Mexico. Ben is a manly-man that looks like the love child of Mark Harmon and Scott Wolf channeling the spirit of Tom Cruise. Points in Ben’s favor though because I didn’t hate him and wish death upon him from the moment he shows up.

Ben goes diving near a submerged fiber optic cable for lobster and finds a tooth in the cable. He sends it to a museum for analysis and is soon greeted by Cat Stone (Jenny McShane) and her wild theories of 60 foot prehistoric sharks. Before we go any further, I need to get this off my chest. Ms. McShane is ok looking but what drove me nuts was that Cat would look good in one scene, then not in another. It reminded me of that episode of “Seinfeld” when Jerry is dating the girl that looks like shit in certain lighting but pretty in another. It struck me as creepy/funny.

Anyway…

Some people get chomped, evil mayor won’t close the beaches (Jaws playbook 101.), and soon it is up to Cat and Ben to kill the beastie themselves. Then the twist comes in.

If you have not seen the movie…oh, who am I kidding? None of you have seen this piece of shit. Make no mistake, it is a TERRIBLE movie. But it is so bad it’s almost a work of art. Straight to video flicks are usually incompetent and poorly acted, this is like a “What not to do” example from the straight to video text book. This time, the sharks don’t roar so much as grunt as they swim. The shark head is decent and there is some funny severed limb action going on. The intermingling of stock footage and rubber props is worse than usual, the secondary acting is absolutely terrible, and worse, some of the leads can’t keep a straight face.

For example: In one scene Cat and Ben are racing to help a para-sailer that has gotten her ass hijacked by the Meg. The shark is pulling her out to sea but Ben wants to stop to help the boyfriend of the hapless para-sailer who is still in a fully intact boat. After that little side trip they have to go chase the para-sailer as she is getting dragged down as the shark swims deeper. Cat is yelling and then starts laughing and then yells again. I don’t need to point out when this occurs because it is so obvious in any other film this would qualify as a blooper. Once they try to rescue the para-sailer, Cat has a good 30 seconds to get the poor girl into her boat but keeps letting go of her hand. So poor girl gets chomped, but not before giving Cat her crucifix necklace. I guess for safe keeping or something.

The acting problems do not end there. The actor playing the evil company guy (of COURSE there’s an evil company guy) has no idea how to be evil. He seems to think excessive swearing is the same as anger and is unhappy from beginning to end. During a beach attack the lifeguard has to yell “Shark!” about 10 times before the 8 people in the water respond at all. Apparently they didn’t bother telling the actors when they would be, you know, FILMING. And it goes on and on.

The script is loaded with lines that are terribly written, but become an assault on the English language when said aloud. For instance, as Cat, Ben, and Ben’s ex-Navy friend Chuck Rampart (Ryan Cutrona) are separating for the evening the following immortal line of dialogue takes place between Ben and Cat:

“I’m tired, but I’m really wired. Why don’t I drive you to your house and eat your pussy?”

After a line of sparkling dialogue like that is there really anything else to say? Shark Attack 3 is a gem, and I’m somewhat embarrassed to say I own the damn thing. The sad thing is that despite the continuity errors, bad acting, terrible dialogue, and horrible special effects, you end up liking the flick. The characters are not entirely irritating, the plot is quick moving, and the last 20 minutes are freaking hysterical.

There is plenty more to say, but I’ve either whetted your appetite or turned you off completely. If you dig ripping on B movies, you’re gonna love this. If not, what the hell are you reading this for anyway?

*not counting Jaws, Jaws 2, Deep Blue Sea or Open Water

]]> http://www.rufkm.net/2009/05/26/shark-attack-3-megalodon-aka-best-shark-movie-ever/feed/ 3 http://www.rufkm.net/2009/05/09/trent-reznor-does-not-want-to-fuck-you-like-an-animal-concert-review-50809/ http://www.rufkm.net/2009/05/09/trent-reznor-does-not-want-to-fuck-you-like-an-animal-concert-review-50809/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 17:29:12 +0000 Loose Cannon http://www.rufkm.net/?p=2148 There are few things more powerful than an entire crowd booing. I heard just that last night at the kickoff of the Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction “NINJA Tour” in W. Palm Beach at Cruzan Amphitheatre. 20,000 people began booing at the end of Nine Inch Nails set combined with a chorus of “Are You Fucking Kidding Me?” Let me explain why.

I was fortunate enough to secure FREE box seats for the show from my employer and was thrilled as I own everything from Pretty Hate Machine to The Slip. The tour is advertised as “Nine Inch Nails WITH Jane’s Addiction and special guest Street Sweeper Social Club.” These center stage seats also came with VIP parking passes. The passes were emblazoned with a shiny picture of NIN (only) and also contained the above phrase. This indicates that NIN is headlining.  But maybe that’s just me.

Even though I’m not really a Jane’s Addiction fan, I figured it would be interesting to see them live as Perry Ferrell is a complete nutbag and was sure to provide a few RUFKM moments.

So, it was quite shocking to be in the pisser at 7:50PM and hear, through the echoes of the bathroom, what sounded like NIN.

Yes, kids. NIN was playing first……. in the daylight.

There were several problems with this situation:

1. Trent is part vampire
2. The amphitheatre was not even half full  as people expected NIN to play at 9PM
3. They were playing some extremely obscure shit
4. They had a minimal light show, no backdrop or effects

First, here’s how I can describe the light show. I’ve seen NIN several times, the light show is always great.  Not this time.  You know when bands have that huge pupil melting light that bands put on the crowd and say “Let’s see your hands!” or “I wanna see you off your seats?” Well, imagine 100 of those same white lights flashing on and off FOREVER. I hope nobody there had epilepsy.

Did I mention that they were playing in the daylight?

But wait, maybe they would play a great show to make up for these shenanigans! Plus, Trent announced that this would be NIN’s last tour! Um…no.

Over the course of the meandering (read: boring) 90 minute set, the following songs were not played:

1.  The Perfect Drug

2. Besides “Head Like a Hole” nothing from Pretty Hate Machine

3.  Newer solid songs/singles like “Only” or “Discipline”

4. Hurt

5. Closer

No, Trent does not want to fuck you like an animal. I am a huge fan of varied set lists but to not include “Hurt” or at least “Closer” is completely absurd. These are his biggest songs.  He should’ve also ended the set by taking a huge Cleveland steamer on stage and then threw chunks of his feces at the audience.  It would’ve had the same effect.  He favored to instead play that awful David Bowie song “I’m afraid of Americans,” and obscure, monotonous tracks like crap from Ghosts I-XXXIIMLK.  I have been to countless concerts and have never seen a more disappointed crowd due to the setlist, showmanship, and false advertising.  

Then Jane’s Addiction came on.  As I stated before, not a big fan.  

They rocked.  The music sounded great, the light show was impressive, the backdrop included 2 naked chicks, a movie screen dropped down during several songs, my wife was happy that Dave Navarro doesn’t own a shirt, and Perry pranced around in a sequined bull fighter outfit looking gayer than a three dollar bill.

 I knew he would provide an RUFKM moment, in a good way.  

They worked the crowd, played all their hits, were energetic and Navarro killed it on guitar.  I was very impressed, especially since I know only their popular songs.  They made up for Trent and his cronies falling flat on their face.  

Oh, and that weirdly titled opening act “Street Sweeper Social Club?”  This is a new band from Tom Morello, guitarist from  Rage Against The Machine.  They played a 7 song tight set and I will be buying their new album when it comes out next month.  It was their first show EVER and it sounded like they had been playing for years.  I would say it sounds like Rage with less rage and more funk.  

Oh and Mr. Reznor?  Stay out the South Florida area for quite awhile.  There are 20,000 people who want your head on a platter.  If I had actually paid for my ticket, I’d issue the hit myself.

More Concerts, Clubs Chaos:  HERE

13 Stupid Questions with Anthrax, Tesla:  HERE