I just finished up a mini-review for youse. I really should have waited until later this evening to do it, because I have to get up for work in less than five hours, but what's done is done. Also, a full-size article is on the way, and we're looking at Sunday as a projected deadline. May be longer, we'll just have to see how the rest of the week plays out. I just bought five seasons worth of South Park on DVD, so I might be a little distracted by those.

Oh, and as of yesterday, I'm finally excited for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Might have something to do with me buying the original trilogy on DVD, might be that I bought the Clone Wars cartoon series DVD (which kicks ass). No-one can say for sure, but it feels good to care about Star Wars again.

I was going to write that mini-review today, but something else came up. After what seems like forever, there's finally a new Steve article! Eyyy! I'm sure you'll enjoy it more than another picture-free video game review anyway.

The poll at GameFAQs today is asking which search engine you use the most. At this point, I would like to suggest to you Yagoohoogle, if only for it's neat concept and funny name. That's really all I've got. Listen to Journey.

Good news everyone! That article I promised is done. It's a bit of a cop-out, but whatever. You'll find it on the appropriate page, at the top of the articles list. Yeah, it was supposed to be done yesterday, but due to unforseen events, I was out all night.

On a totally unrelated topic, our store ran out of "Roll Up The Rim" cups at about 8:13 this morning. The customers are taking it pretty hard, but I think with a little time, the scars will heal and they'll be back to their normal dumbass selves. And I think my co-workers are up to something, because they were really nice to me today. It's not like they're normally assholes or anything, but it was over the normal niceness level. If something happens, I'll make sure to report. Unless I'm dead.

Another mini-review might be coming up in the next week, so stay tuned.

I started writing an article today, but got bored and quit. Sorry to tease you and stuff. It'll be done tomorrow. Won't say what it's about, but I'll tell you this: it's a sequel. Exciting.

In other news, I had a kickass weekend. We went out to the cottage and I pretty much played Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Mario Party 6 the entire time. I also got to play with my grandpa's air rifle. We even taped a flashlight onto the end so we could use it at night. Ah fun. But the beautiful tapestry that was the weekend did have one small stain on it. You see, my parents decided that It'd be a good idea to rent Garfield: the Movie.

What's even worse than the fact that they based a movie on a comic strip that is always the same boring crap over and over is that they went and pretty much messed it up as bad as they could have. I'm not a fan of Garfield by any measure, but I hate when a moive tears apart its source material, be it a comic, a game, a TV show or whatever. Firstly, they made Jon a character you don't hate. They actually moulded him into the kind of person I would love to be. The worst part is that while in the comic, he utterly repulses women, in the movie, he doesn't seem to have any trouble at all getting lucky. Then there's the fact that Garfield is animated, while no other animal is. Odie, at the very least, should have gotten the CG treatment. Oh, and the actors really could have used some sort of reference object for when they had to interact with Garfield, as it looks really bad most of the time, particularly when someone's supposed to be holding him. And to add the finishing blow, the movie was just plain bad. It was even more predictable than most crappy movies, and wasn't entertaining at all. I would have rather watched Open Water again. Oh. Wait. I did. I told them not to rent it, but nobody listens to Ryan.
Final score: A for "At least Jennifer Love Hewitt is hot". (but really I'd give it an F--)

I've got a ton to post about, but I've been getting nothing done... At least I'm slowly catching up on my video games. I've only got, let's see, about 15 left unfinished now. Damned work. I can buy them so frivolously, but I haven't even finished Pikmin 2 yet, and I got that waaay back in early September, before I started work. So yeah, I did a mini-review. It's up and stuff. That's all for now. Maybe another one later in the week. Again, so much to post about, and always putting it off. Later.

I would've posted this BotM a little sooner, but I just couldn't decide who I'd give the spotlight to this month. There are a lot of bands nominated for the spot, but truth be told, I hate reviewing bands when I don't know much of their material (ex: Jimmy Eat World, Boston), and that's a problem a good two thirds of the eligible bands had going for them. It was a conundrum for the ages. Then it hit me. Tesla.

I've been listening to Tesla for, well I dunno exactly how long, but I can assume it's been at least two years. It all started with what is still my favourite Tesla song: "Love Song". I can't remember for the life of me where I heard it, but when I did, I immediately looked into the band, and was delighted, as Tesla is a perfect representation of why I love rock 'n' roll. There are very few bands that I like enough to make it my life's mission to search out every album, and Tesla is one of them. The other ones being Queen, Rammstein, Firehouse and HIM. The only problem is that all the old Tesla CDs are extinct around my area, so I'm going as far as the internet to find theses babies. But enough about that, how's the music?

I've not heard their first album, Mechanical Resonance, but I do know a couple songs from it, including "Cumin' Atcha Live", "Rock Me To The Top" and "Modern Day Cowboy" - all which rock very hard. I hear the rest of the ablum is quite solid as well, and I'm more than willing to assume these rumours are true.

The second album is easily their most known and loved (at least that's what I hear), and with good reason. The Great Radio Controversy is one of the greatest CDs I've ever heard, and it has the rock to back up the rep. Every song on this CD is awesome. "Hang Tough", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "The Way It Is" and "Party's Over" may stand a little above teh rest, but they're all great listening. Oh, and let's not forget "Love Song". If you know one Tesla song, it's probably "Love Song".

I've not listened to Five Man Acoustical Jam, but according to word of mouth, it was a pretty huge thing, starting up a gigantic trend of "unplugged" music. Live rock 'n' roll performances are always great. There is no better live show than a good rock 'n' roll show.

I like Psychotic Supper. It's a solid effort, but doesn't please on every front. I mean, "Edison's Medicine" and "Don't De=Rock Me" are stellar songs, and the rest is pretty good too, but it just doesn't quite match up to the two other CDs I know (The Great Radio Controversy and Into The Now). Not to say it isn't excellent. That's not the case at all. It just seems to be a little less... focused. I'm not sure how to describe it, but I'm sure if you listened to it, you'd understand.

Next up is Bust A Nut. I can't say I've heard any songs from it, but with a title like that, it's got to be good. Then came Time's Makin' Changes which is their "best of" album. So obviously that kicks some ass. And then there's Replugged Live which is the live hits album. Once again, Tesla + live + best songs = melted faces. It's elementary.

Finally, we come to the most recent album, released just last year, Into The Now. Some serious rock shit goin' down here. Oh boy does this CD rock. Title track "Into The Now" sets the stage for another excellent offering from Tesla. And then there are even better songs like "Heaven Nine Eleven", "Got No Glory", and "Recognize". Ending with a great new slow song "Only You", this shows that even though it's been ten years since Tesla recorded an album, they've still got it, plus some new tricks. It's the only Tesla CD currenty available on my immediate market, so it's the only one I legitimately own, and it's currently the pride of my collection. I've bought at least 4 other CDs between now and when I got "Into The Now", and it still manages to find its way back into my player.

Final word: if you like rock at all, you'd do well to score yourself some Tesla. If nothing else, just download "Love Song", I can't imagine how anybody could not like that song. Or you could hit the link on the sidebar and download some clips from the official site. Either way, highly recommended. Boy, that review was awfully redundant. I guess they've grown to kinda be that way though, so deal with it. I'm gonna stick to this BotM thing for at least a year. If I find it gets to be too the same every month, I'll probably just cut out the review part.