The Chinese government blasted the new Guns N Roses album, calling it “an attack on the Chinese nation” according to the AP. Gee, I thought it was just an attack on the ears. Axl, really?  It took you 14 years to release that mess? Luckily, I was able to preview it without buying it. If I had purchased it, I would have taped over the hole and used it as a coaster.

I haven’t been this disappointed in an album since Van Halen III. Industry experts say that Chinese Democracy by GNR is the most expensive album of all time. This CD may have forever proven that music quality is inversely proportional to production budget.  (Somebody graph that for me.)

Let’s face it, the music world has been a desolate place since Toad The Wet Sprocket broke up, but I can’t rant about that when there are more serious issues at hand. Namely, the Citibank bailout and the fact that they can’t pay their bills but they can pay Mary J Blige several million dollars for an endorsement deal.  Folks if you aren’t giving your congressional representative a verbal smack down over this, then stay the hell out of the voting booth in 2012. You have no right vote for anything more serious than American Idol or the next color or M & M’s.

Carry on, Citizens!