So you didn’t get the part huh. https://t.co/fuQyrieFpE
— feminist next door (@emrazz) August 10, 2019
… although he might’ve written his own professional obituary, if Molly Jong-Fast’s tweet is any indication. Turns out Rum-Tum-Sleazy is *not* one of the Jellicle Cats!
re Kid Rock, the idea that somebody like Taylor Swift would have to impress anybody to be in movies is insane. If Taylor Swift walked into a studio and said "I want to be in a movie. You, kill … <points>that guy and it'll be yours," we'd be hosing brains out of the carpet.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) August 9, 2019
Have to give Kid Rock some credit for getting people to talk about him for the first time since 1996
— andy lassner (@andylassner) August 9, 2019
Amen, Bob. She should be a real American like you, growing up on a six acre estate complete with tennis court and horse paddock, and then bravely adopting a faux “redneck shitkicker” cosplay persona. God bless you, buddy ruff. https://t.co/OLlL430TnN
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 9, 2019
Along with pictures of his formative years. pic.twitter.com/fZzCEU2QNd
— Jason Grant (@jase0910) August 9, 2019
Insane Clown Posse on Kid Rock: "He has spent a lot of time trying to figure out what it is that people like about us. And believe me, we have always wondered the same thing about him." https://t.co/u0232VLYTs
— jay smooth (@jsmooth995) August 9, 2019
Ah, well, he’s still got his biggest fan…
“Kid, can you tweet something to get everyone off my ass for a day?” pic.twitter.com/6v4mZWKxNr
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 9, 2019
Baud
now we got bad blood
cmorenc
Who the *#! even is Kid Rock? The only context I ever run across his name is that he’s a right-wing Trump-supporting celebrity, but unlike say, Ted Nugent, I cannot even begin to connect his name to any sort of actual purported music (other than that his name “Rock” suggests something vaguely in the pop-rock field). At least with Nugent, he’s a mediocre sorta metal-rock guitarist aside from being an asshole; Kid Rock I know nothing apart from the asshole part.
ThresherK
@Baud: The Neil Sedaka song?
Catherine D.
Laughing over and over Hey Betty Cracker, is this you and yours?
geg6
@cmorenc:
Nope, white boy rap to start and now country. Because of course.
This guy was a joke even before he hooked up with Pam Anderson, at a point she was on a downhill slide from being a Baywatch babe—post-Tommy Lee. Who also had a moment this week, but on the side of good.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2019/music/news/tommy-lee-motley-crue-slams-donald-trump-republicans-1203296927/amp/
MomSense
I shake it off, shake it off
Jager
Note that Cheryl Crow hasn’t done another song with him.
jl
Upside of this kreffluffle is that when I did an internet search yesterday to find out what set Kid Rock off on his twitter ‘ratio’ suicide mission, there was plenty of stuff on Taylor Swift’s recent political activity. So, over last couple of months, she’s been coming out as a miserable lefty on several hot button issues, including gun control, supporting HRC in 2016, as well as LGBTQ.
I also read that Swift and Beyonce have been talking about figuring out a good duo set for several years. We need to all write them that we’ll simply DIIIEE if they don’t do it, preferably at a Democratic fund raiser. Put some star and heart emojies in the message.
Me myself an I think a Swift Beyonce duet will be nothing special. Styles too different. But who cares?
Also, idea that Kid Rock would try to ape Insane Clown Posse is an insult to Insane Clown Posse, and I truly did not believe that was possible.
geg6
@Jager:
I still hold that against her. And I love her. But between that and Lance Armstrong, I question her judgment.
Anne Laurie
@MomSense: Heck, it’s good publicity for Swift!
Another Scott
@Catherine D.: rofl.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
mrmoshpotato
Dude needs pole dancers for people to pay attention to his music – seriously.
And I still didn’t pay attention.
jl
Serious question for BJ legal squad: Mulvaney can be impeached, right? If so, need to put him on the ever growing list of Trumpster officials who we should start with, before we get to Trump.
Mulvaney Admits To Ulterior Motive For Suspicious Move Of USDA Experts
“Now, it’s nearly impossible to fire a federal worker,” he continued Friday, citing his own experiences. But by simply saying to workers that they would have to move “out into the real part of the country,” the agency had achieved its goal.
“What a wonderful way to streamline government, and do what we haven’t been able to do for a long time,” Mulvaney said. Applause rolled across the Silver Elephant fundraising gala.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/in-40-seconds-mulvaney-revealed-truth-about-moving-govt-scientists-to-real-america
And in history of Deep State news, read that federal agricultural statistics program goes back to 1863. So, clearly we have the origin of the Deep State plot against Trump pinned down to some time between 1786 and 1863. Stay tuned for more news from this important investigation
Amir Khalid
A sample of Kid Rock’s genius lyrics:
Bawitdaba
Da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said da boogie
Said up jumps da boogie!
Mary G
@Catherine D.: I loved that he looked so proud of himself when he sat at the end. Here’s another cute dog act:
Amir Khalid
@mrmoshpotato:
You don’t think it’s his music that has their attention, do you?
jl
@Amir Khalid: Those are perfectly fine rock lyrics, and OK for tin pan alley novelty song, and Spike Jones. Just the music is extremely unoriginal derivative and boring. As is the vocal delivery, except the added bonus that it sucks and is unpleasant to listen to.
GxB
I give no shits about Kid Rock nor especially Taylor Fuckin Swift. They could both die tonight and not a thing would change tomorrow.
Seriously, Who Gives A Fuck!?
Okay obviously someone would in this shithole of a country. “People” magazine exists for some reason… Thus we endeavor this idiot mental exercise, “The Battle of the Elite Pretty people (Kid cRock excepted – he’s uglier than sin, but as close to “pretty” as anyone in the chump camp.)”
The quicker we throw our “elites” into the pit the better.
Another Scott
It’s a day ending in “y”, so… Bloomberg:
Go home, Joe. You’ve got a decent message on many things, but you’re not the right messenger.
Cheers,
Scott.
NotMax
There are individual words in this post which I can understand, but that’s about it. The rest is inscrutable, the elder equivalent of a child-proof cap on contents.
BTW, wasn’t it Kanye West who promised to run in 2020? (Still elicits a wry chuckle.)
Baud
@GxB:
Meh. I’ll take a liberal elite like Taylor Swift over a no name Trump humping schmuck eight days a week.
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Haha! I forget about Kayne 2020! I wonder why.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid: Not even Mad Libs lyrics!
Omnes Omnibus
@Amir Khalid: He even ripped that off.
Omnes Omnibus
@GxB: I bet you are fun at parties.
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
Hah! I had the same thought!
chris
@jl:
GxB
@Baud: What’ves dood, until she lays it on the line she can eat shit. (Doing some Hollywood BS that gets some tween white girls hopping ain’t it.) We’re at war and there are no prisoners. This country is falling apart at the seams, it’s time to pick a side. Until blood is drawn – I’m unimpressed.
Starfish
Can we talk about musicians we lost too soon instead of ones that stuck around too long?
jl
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks for info. I did not know that. Sad.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Gotta dust off a classic.
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
;)
Omnes Omnibus
@jl: The question becomes who is worse, Kid Rock or Vanilla Ice? The answer might be Snow. Yet another thing for which we must blame Canada.
FlyingToaster
@GxB: I assume nobody remembers your name, no matter where you are…
GxB
@Omnes Omnibus: Eat shit Omnes. You are being fucking clueless. Madison, Wisconsin is so outside reality (for the midwest) it isn’t funny. Though I wish the opposite was true. I’ve lived in both – as I’m sure you have too. Wake the fuck up.
This site gets more ridiculous by the day.
Omnes Omnibus
@GxB: You know, if you don’t take a breather every once in a while, you aren’t going to make it.
GxB
@FlyingToaster: And I’m supposed to care?
Look I’m not trolling, what I’m saying is shit is hitting the fan. If you don’t like it well, whateve’s – I’m not you mommy.
satby
@Omnes Omnibus: @geg6: see, and I was thinking how nice it seemed
zhena gogolia
@NotMax:
Remember the day we all had purple people-eater avatars?
Oh, I guess that’s the witch doctor you’re quoting.
SRW1
@Catherine D.:
Hopefully, that doggie received extra points for artistic expression!
kindness
I’ve never really liked Kid Rock’s music all that much. I don’t hate him. I just think he’s an asshole. Not on the Ted Nugent level but he’s trying to get there and that is an even poorer move. I don’t fault any music acts that run through Detroit and play a song or two with him, even though he lives in Alabama most the year now (what a shock, eh?) Just keep it to one or two songs please.
catclub
@SRW1: I wish it was Ms Cracker’s Daisy May(?), but I think she (the dog) is on the lower energy side of life.
Ms Cracker is still no doubt a firecracker.
FlyingToaster
@GxB: As purity trolls go, you’re entirely ‘meh’. Up heah in the frozen north, you’re a rank amateur.
***
Like it or no, Taylor Swift has been an ally for the last coupla years, working on voter registration and calling out her state’s elected officials. She’s one of a number of “celebrities” who are actually trying to help. She’s at least using her so-called “elite” status for good.
And Kid Rock’s been Trump’s ally.
You’re doing the whole circular firing squad thing (as in condeming our friends), and I’m not supposed to consider you a purity troll? Try again, bucko. Or better yet, go away and come back when you can be constructive. Or entertaining.
Jay
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yeah, nope. Snow’s given back to the community lots, and he had an authentic upbringing.
GxB
@Omnes Omnis: Yawn.
Everyone else – I’m out of here for the night. I’ve seen people scream in rage at others that were too dark skinned for their tastes, too effeminate for their sensibilities, and too “liberal” for their needs.
I’m not trolling, but I really don’t care for the middle-of-the-road horseshit this place seems to love. And I’ll call out unrealistic, token liberalism as I see it. If that includes some otherwise ivory skinned but otherwise unimpressive waif then so be it – I’ll endure the shitstorm that comes. It takes a fuckton more punching up at the powers that be to impress me.
Hob
I’ve managed to continue knowing almost nothing about Kid Rock, but I recently saw a really excellent drag king performance that was a lipsync of “Bawitdaba”—impersonating a much older Kid Rock who’s let himself go, not the 1998 version. Anyone whose shtick involves a lot of cartoonish aggro masculinity is perfect for drag, and the performer (can’t remember their name unfortunately) somehow managed to give it a kind of awkward earnestness so that the song’s attempt at a social message came across as way more sincere, and also made the chug-chug guitar stuff seem more convincingly energetic by jumping all over the stage. It was quite something.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I can never tell if shit like this is pure trolling, or if there really are people who think blog posts are gonna bring down The Man
Jay
Jay
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Trolling,trolling,trolling,
Keep the Wilmer rolling,
Rawhide!
Jay
Jay
Jay
Jay Noble
Years lurking here and had never pied once until a few months back. now 2 in less than 24 hours. smh
Anne Laurie
@NotMax:
… Then he went on medication, for bipolar disorder.
I like mocking celebrities, but the man’s got medical problems. Mocking that, I leave to Trump & his (very) Base.
different-church-lady
@cmorenc:
Dwayne Johnson’s little brother.
Anne Laurie
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
You know the undersized chimp Jane Goodall talked about, discovered he could improve his social standing by banging empty tin drums around? This is the human version… but we’re harder to impress than a bunch of Gombe chimps.
different-church-lady
PROGRESS!
different-church-lady
@Anne Laurie:
But not much, no.
Jay
Omnes Omnibus
So I stop by here this evening to make a couple of innocuous comments and find that have mortally offended a longtime commenter.
different-church-lady
@jl:
I got a standard joke in my bag:
“Choose your favorite Led Zepplin lyric:
a) ah… ahh… ahh… AHH….
b) oooooohhh… baby baby… ooooohhh… baby baby….
c) OH… HEY… OH… HEY… OH… HEY….
d) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh….”
Another Scott
@Omnes Omnibus: You too?
I blame the upcoming Perseids.
Cheers,
Scott.
Jay
They are defeating tear gas, facial recognition, digital tracking
different-church-lady
@GxB: Perhaps a blog that cracks the four-figure traffic level would be more to your liking?
Omnes Omnibus
@different-church-lady: Trick question. Answer C is Salt-N-Pepa.
Jay
retiredeng
@Anne Laurie: Has the makings of an over-the-top SNL skit. Jane Goodall studying the primitive “conservative culture”.
different-church-lady
@Omnes Omnibus: HOMAGE!
Jay
@Omnes Omnibus:
If you apologize, I’ll forgive you for the Snow comment.
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
I actually met Vanilla Ice, not long after his “issue.”
When I was working in professional sports he was a behind the scenes volunteer. Other than his music he didn’t seem to be a bad guy. Of course I also met Leeann Tweeden in that job, not at the same time, so take that for what it’s worth.
different-church-lady
OK, raise your hand if you consider Taylor Swift to be one of your “elites”.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jay: To be honest, I was impressed that it got you to do something other than post twitter links.
different-church-lady
@Omnes Omnibus: Can you try it on Anne Laurie?
Jay
Jay
@Omnes Omnibus:
Well, one posts excerpts from long articles, nobody reads them, then makes stupid comments making it clear they never read the article.
Pretty clear twitter is closer to a lot of the “ususal suspects” IQ.
Shouldn’t you be off somewhere, pedanting over hill and dale, with your Thrusting Lance of spellcheck?
different-church-lady
@Jay: If you post an excerpt from a long article, I promise to read it and make a stupid comment.
Anne Laurie
@different-church-lady: Look, I can do one exquisitely crafted all-original post every other week or so… or I can bricolage bits & pieces of breaking news three or four times a day, seven days a week.
You don’t like my choices, ask the proprietor for a refund.
different-church-lady
@Anne Laurie:
Hey, I bet I’m gonna lose on the deal…
Jay
Mike in NC
Kid Rock not dead? Disappointed!
Jay
@different-church-lady:
Just the excerpt or the long argument?
Comments are free.
Jay
@different-church-lady:
Tomatoe sauce and unjelled peach jelly?
Gravenstone
@GxB: No, but you apparently elected yourself hall monitor tonight. Try going outside for a while, you might actually breath for a change.
Gravenstone
@GxB: Bye, Felicia.
Jay
different-church-lady
@Jay:
And worth every penny.
janesays
@jl: Mulvaney can be impeached, but what purpose would it actually serve? He wouldn’t be convicted by the senate, and he wouldn’t lose his job. And the press would pillory Democrats for it and call it a monumental waste of time.
And to be clear… I fully support Trump being impeached, even though I know he would also be exonerated by the senate. But people will actually care about what gets revealed in the course of a Trump impeachment process. Nobody would give a hoot about a Mulvaney impeachment, especially when McConnell laughs in everyone’s faces when the impeachment gets referred to the senate and he doesn’t even hold a hearing on it.
Jay
@different-church-lady:
Some are free, some are commercial product placement,
There’s an old saying that “you get what you pay for”,
Another one says “knowledge is free”.
What are you paying for?
https://luke.substack.com/p/yes-i-said-but-always-as-a-tree-way
Jay
West of the Rockies
@Mike in NC:
Sad news today from the world of rock… Kid Rock was found in his penthouse apartment alive.
different-church-lady
@Jay: well, I knew all of those things, but it was still mighty depressing to see them all gathered together like that…
Jay
@different-church-lady:
Yeah, a Canadian blogger focused on Climate Change ( We Are All Going To Die), had to quit, halfway through, couldn’t finish it.
Dribs and drabs, normalizing the regression, stick it all in one place,
Horror.
Jay
Jay
AnotherBruce
@Omnes Omnibus: Yeah, but he’s right. The cult of celebrity is very fucking useless and a waste of time. They are just people with too much public access. Like Trump for instance.
Jay
@AnotherBruce:
Yeah, moron.
There’s a shitload that celebraties do, from high lighting an issue, to mitigating it for some people.
Too bad most of your politicians dont.
Jay
West of the Rockies
@Anne Laurie:
I like what you do here. I like all of the posters very, very much. I wish Tom L had more time to post… That may be my only gripe.
Omnes Omnibus
@AnotherBruce: Must people spend every waking hour doing useful things? And, if so, what the fuck are you doing on Balloon Juice?
Ladyraxterinok
@janesays: Knowing that the M$M will denigrate whatever dems do, we just have to pick where we want go fight. I ‘m not sure Mulv is worth a fight.
TS (the original)
@janesays: Jane’s back again with the common sense arguments that seem to attack democrats.
Janesays
@TS (the original): Quit stalking me, creep.
Janesays
@TS (the original): Specifically which Democrats did I attack? Please, enlighten me… which Democrats are seriously proposing that we should impeach Mulvaney?
Let’s put aside the fact that you’re not going to be able to name any prominent Democrats who actually think trying to impeach Mulvaney is a sensible idea, and please explain to me how it is that stating my opinion that impeaching Mulvaney won’t actually accomplish anything meaningful constitutes, “attacking Democrats”?
Could you explain to me what possible positive things you think Democrats would gain by impeaching Mick Mulvaney, knowing full well that nothing will come of it in the senate, he’ll keep his job, and the whole thing will disappear into the ether the very next week? What exactly would be accomplished? Come on, genius, tell me.
Jay
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Honestly Snow isn’t even really rap. He’s more doing a modern Sprechstimme. If you listen, he follows a melodic pattern that true rap doesn’t.
And no I’m not conning you to listen. I’m good because Snow was part of my high school experience.
Jay
@Yutsano:
Snow was rap like Fugees,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8jC8JTSsVp0
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: If we want to head down that road, what he was doing was “toasting, ” It is a Jamaican vocal style that has roots back to Africa. It isn’t rap but it is, shall we say, rap’s cousin.
And as long as were are talking aboot Snow, we shouldn’t forget this.
JR
@Yutsano: dancehall
The contemporaries would be guys like Buju Banton and Beenie Man.
GxB
Okay cooled off a bit….
@:Jim, Foolish Literalist: Whateves Foolish Centralist. Your lame meet in the middle mediocrity will produce precisely jack and squat. I don’t deny that lame-o’s like Biden will probably get a lot of votes, and will likely end up in the oval office, (provided we get our shit together) but he will not move this country forward. For the record Sanders is an idiot – Warren is awesome but apparently uneletectable according to this wankhole, and Harris is the end-all-be-all. I have no problem with that, except the rest of the ~90% (or 88% or 84% whatever you pedantic fuckers!) of this fucking country currantly doesn’t agree. We have to herd cats and that is beyond all our present abilities – especially as we want to rip each other’s faces off in the name of pretty white chicks. (Yes, I’m the instigator here – thank you Mr/Ms Pedant – see below)
@Jay: Jezuz Jay. Look, I like perky ya-ya’s as much as the next straight guy. What I don’t like is someone relying on the authority of their ya-ya’s (and/or pretty white face) to make a point. Political or otherwise. I agree that any port in the storm is a good thing, I just want someone who (or whom – whatever you fucking pedantic assmunches!) I can rely on when shit goes down. Right now Ms Swift is a fair weather friend for all we know. She’s been consistent, but I want someone who’s (/”whom is”- eat shit you fuckers!) going to the wall. We’re all going to the wall, and very soon. If that makes me a pie-able, well, I mourn this site. Shit is happening right now, and there is little escape. What side are you on? Or does it matter with you being Canadian? (and yes – I really hate the fucking pedants on this site – eat shit you anal retentive assholes!… though I learn a lot from you… I’m such a wussy lib.)
Citizen Alan
@GxB:
Fun fact: Anyone who uses the word “pedanr” in conversation is, by definition, a pedant.
SFAW
@Citizen Alan:
Maybe. Could just be a self-important, self-righteous asshole, with a need to tell everyone/anyone to “Fuck Off I’m RIGHT and You All Fucking Suck!”
Not sure which one applies here.
And, yes, I saw what you did there.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
I was thinking well maybe Rock is right because Harvey Weinstein didn’t just happen by himself. But then, any conservative uses the American flag as pair of pants is the south end of a north bound horse. These loser can’t even be consistent to their own ideology.
Also, Clay Akien told my Clay Akien fan girl mom, it’s just just the women, even the male talent are expected to “suck everyone in Hollywood off” and they aren’t given a choice. So Kid Rock knows all about advancing musical careers with oral sex.
cliosfanboy
Argh. I like a couple of his “songs” esp Cowboy, but like Nickleback and even Nugent, their politics make them unacceptable to buy.
I will, um, borrow their songs from YouTube.
AnotherBruce
@Omnes Omnibus: Balloon Juice is useful. There is a lot of information on this blog, and I like the community here. I’m ok with entertainers, I just think that they get too much attention