Take it from Snee: Dad Rock Hall of Fame inducts Green Day

As fellow Guy, Bryan McBournie, reported a little over a week ago, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong melted down at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Armstrong objected to the final minute of his set, and whether Green Day’s set was cut short or not, he wanted the audience to know that it was “f%#king bulls*&t” as illustrated by the following:

  1. He’s been around since f%#cking nineteen eighty-f$#king-eight.
  2. He’s not f&@king Justin Bieber, you motherf#@kers.
  3. [You made him do this to his guitar.]
  4. God f%&king loves you all.
  5. He and the rest of Green Day will be back.

Music critics, and children who still give Green Day Kids’ Choice Awards, called it the most punk rock thing ever. But, I’m not so sure. Let’s look at his arguments, because they just cemented themselves in the Dad Rock Hall of Fame.  Continue reading Take it from Snee: Dad Rock Hall of Fame inducts Green Day

Take it from Snee: Charlie Sheen punked America

I wanted to write about, well, anything but Charlie Sheen and his recent bout of insanity. I was ready to write about political misconduct, dispense medical advice or whatever I normally do when I wedge a historical reference in between two masturbation jokes.

Unfortunately, this story has dominated every Web site I pilfer for post ideas.

And while I, too, enjoy a good mix of tiger blood, Adonis DNA and a level of crazy that hasn’t been witnessed in this magnitude since Tonya Harding, I can’t help but shake my head at the amount of attention this has received because it’s all fake.

Charlie Sheen has America in his back pocket right now, and all he has to do is ride this interview train all the way to “Leave me alone while I do whatever the f%@k I did before Two and a Half Men”-town. Let me break it down for you, using the journalistic questions. Continue reading Take it from Snee: Charlie Sheen punked America