And still no RAIN

17:17 hrs.
12 Sep 14

     Yes folks we have yet to have any rain to speak of. Most of August and now a third of the way into September there has been no BC LIQUID SUNSHINE at all. The LOCAL RAG says that Comox Lake is nearing record lows. This could be good for me because soon after my BETTER HALF's Parental Units depart I'm going to try using my deep fishing gear for the larger trout residing in the lake.

     Speaking of my Best Beloved, she just informed me that Miley Cyrus has just released a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Baby, I'm gonna leave you".

     She says "don't judge it until you hear it."

      I say, "Just shoot me now!"
    
      A bloody sacrilege. That's what that it is. I hate covers at the best of times. I just don't get how a singer can do better than the original artist. I can understand that they may want to put their own spin on a particular song and that is okay but very rarely do I believe a cover is better than the original. In a way sad that bands or artists have to resort to covers. Can't they just think up their own stuff?

     Maybe there is a mathematical algorithm at play. If all songs and artists had a numerical rating then any artist doing a cover of song from another artist it could be rated mathematically against the original. Variables, such as popularity of each band and the position of the cover song on the Billboards, could scientifically prove how shitty the cover song actually is or is not. The only thing that is good about some third rate no talent musician wanna be doing a cover song is that it will attract even more attention to the original artist.