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The DYS now on Google+

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:15:30 -0500

We don’t use it that much, but for those of you who do, The Darryn Yates Show is now on Google+. We may post some things that we dont post on our other social media sites, or it may collect dust like a lot of other G Plus pages have.

http://gplus.to/thedarrynyatesshow

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The Darryn Yates Show Returns This Month

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:12:33 -0500

After a short summer vacation break, The Darryn Yates Show returns full force this July! There will be several exciting revisions and Music will be the main theme now, including major & indie artists, song requests, interviews, live performances, etc. The show wants ALL artists to send your songs in and ALL music lovers to send in your requests and why you love that song. Songs selected will appear on the live broadcast of the show and featured on a couple segments on the new DYS website.

Make sure to keep coming back to the new website at http://thedarrynyatesshow.com and follow the new Twitter page @followtheDYS.

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Kevin Slaten and the Beer Bottle Incident

Wed, 30 May 2012 10:44:42 -0500

May 30, 2012 - The Mayhem Network would like to share a fun little story involving someone close to the TMN camp and Kevin Slaten, afternoon radio DJ for KFNS 590am The Fan. On Kevin’s show Tues. May 29 (The King’s Court) a caller called up and complained about the location of the Edward Jones Dome being in “the hood”. Apparently the caller’s car was broken into and the perpetrators stole his change and not the iPad he had in his backseat. Kevin agreed with the location of the Dome and said a moron once threw a beer bottle through his window in downtown St. Louis. We recently heard from a fan of The Mayhem Network who is privvy to information involving this “beer bottle” incident. His side of things is very interesting and it definitely goes against the image Kevin Slaten likes to portray. The TMN question of the week is….do you love Kevin Slaten, hate him, or have no idea who he is? And the second part…are you interested in hearing more about the details of this story?

May 31, 2012 - After many emails about this Slaten incident, we are getting a variety of responses. Some dislike him, some love him, and most of you just want to hear more about the story. Well, our source claims that after some typical road-rage stuff in downtown St. Louis, Slaten got out of his car and approached our source. Slaten allegedly took one look at our source and ran back into his car and called the cops. Does this sound like the Kevin Slaten you all know and love? Please post your thoughts here, our Facebook (The Mayhem Network), or our Twitter (@followthemayhem).

June 1, 2012 - The responses we have received regarding Kevin Slaten are getting overwhelming. Apparently he has pretty much “almost fought” alot of St. Louis media. According to our report, the one time (at least) someone answered his challenge to a fight, he completely backed down. I think it’s time to contact Mr. Slaten to find out why and get his side of the story. His station’s twitter is @590thefanKFNS, their FB page is Grand Slam Sports. Let us know when you contact them.

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Big Announcement from The Mayhem Network

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:50:44 -0500

For the past 4 months, you’ve experienced what The Mayhem Network is all about: Pranks, Skits, Hidden Camera Stunts, Interviews, Podcasts, Music, Models, and more. Now that you’ve gotten a little sample of everything TMN offers, you will experience it all this summer! TMN is proud to announce the debut of two (sort of) new shows- The Decorators and The Darryn Yates Show.

The Decorators television show picks up where the original The Mayhem Network show left off. Made up of Darryn, Jerry, Jay, Howie, Bill, Damon, Savannah and Amber; the crew of Decorators will take to the streets to pull their onslaught of pranks, stunts, and chaos! The new show debuts on Charter television in July. Stay tuned to themayhemnetwork.com and The Mayhem Network Facebook and Twitter for further updates!

The Darryn Yates Show will be bringing the radio talk show to a live audience! Listen to all the rants, interviews, sports talk, music news, and more LIVE from bars, restaurants, and events from around the area! There will be contests, giveaways, promotional specials plus the normal shenanigans that come with every show. If you cannot listen live, the shows will still be available on iTunes for download. Check out the newly updated website at themayhemnetwork.com/thedarrynyatesshow for updates!

Everyone in the TMN camp is very excited about the news and we look forward to bringing even more entertainment to our ever-growing audience! The response to TMN has been great so far and we will continue to bring our fans the best entertainment we possibly can, we cannot do this without you!! There are a few more BIG things in the works for TMN, so keep checking back to the TMN website, Facebook, and Twitter for more info.

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Darryn on Too Heavy to Skydive Podcast

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:17:56 -0500

http://richmondavemusic.com/themayhemnetwork/thedarrynyatesshow/podcast/too_heavy_w_darryn.mp3

Darryn joins Fred Slow on his Too Heavy to Skydive podcast and talks about TMM, hints at a couple upcoming announcements, the status of On Tracy Lane, his time in LA, a couple crazy stories from his past, and more.

Check out http://tooheavytoskydive.com for more

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Ball Licker Bill Reviews: The Avengers

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:49:06 -0500

At the Mayhem Network and the Darryn Yates show, we strive with all our might to bring you many different points of view. Some of those points even have a tendency to be a bit on the cynically eccentric side thanks to me, Ball Licker Bill. Well nothing’s changed. I still piss, I still moan, and I still offer a cynical view on the world and all that inhabit it. I especially love to rip apart movies. And as we all know, recently The Decorators and I came to an understanding that in order to be a fair and seemingly impartial critic, even I needed to get out of my house to go and pay to see a movie. This way if I didn’t like it, I would have more ammunition in my arsenal. But even I, the greatest of all that is jaded and cynical despise it when I pay semi decent money to see a movie and walk out feeling good about the fact that I did it. Such is the case with this week’s review of The Avengers.

It is my fervent hope that I don’t have to do a background history for you guys, so I’m going on what little faith I have left in any of you and simply remind you that The Avengers are a group of heroes created by the manic genius of Mr. Stan Lee. In it we have such heroes like Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Hawkeye, and heroine du jour The Black Widow. And who better to lead this rag tag motley crew of snarkier towards each other than all of the Decorators in a playful mood than one Mr. Nick Fury played by the incomparable Samuel L. Jackson who was burdened with the task of not being able to use the word mother $%@*. Don’t worry Samuel. At least you got to be restrained in a movie that was brilliant. Poor Dennis Hopper had to hold his tongue in one of the worst movies made, Super Mario Brothers. And this group has to do battle with the likes of Thor’s adopted brother (inside joke that you’ll have to see the movie to appreciate)Loki.

That’s pretty much all of a plot as you’re like to get from me as revealing too much more would give away the great amount of action, comedy, and storytelling. I will simply say this. All of the questions you might have had after seeing Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America are literally all answered. Stars that could not make an appearance are explained away in a gentle way that befits their characters. There are supporting actor’s characters that are given more depth this time around than they were in the previous “origin” films. And the main characters are all given equal amounts of screen time, intrigue, storylines, and dialogue. This actually includes the villain who in previous films of old have never been given the chance to really shine because writers often times forget that in order to have any kind of a real action movie, you need a villain that rules the screen when he or she is on it. And here Tom Hiddleston gives a better performance to his character Loki than he did in the previous film Thor. In fact all of the actors and actresses give their characters more life in this film than in their origin films which to this critic have a tendency to make me snore as I fall asleep watching them.

So in the end, despite my hesitations, and severely strong desire to walk out of the theater seething with Hulk like rage wanting either my money back or unnamed members of the Decorator staff to remove their shirts to appease my heathen gay self as compensation, I can honestly say it was money well spent on my part as far as the price of the ticket was concerned. See it in 2 or 3D, whichever floats your boat. I am from old school days and have no desire to sit through 3D when all I can do is be disappointed at the fact that any ass shots, and for women and gay men alike there were some fine from behind shots, still fall into the realm of look but can’t touch. As for the cost of wandering up to the concession stand where those vixens and weavers of sexual promiscuity flaunt themselves at you in the hopes that you’ll spend a little more, I have to continually eat that because there is no compensation there. So by all means, go out and see this movie once, twice, three times if you feel the need to. I can say with all fairness that it would be worth seeing a couple of times. Oh and as an aside…..stay for the entire end credits. It’s worth it for two reasons. All I will say is that a sequel looks to be in the works and at the end simplywatch, think to yourself how many times have you felt this way, and as you do I dare you not to laugh so hard you damn near piss yourself. I almost did.

So until next week when the ill fated day of reviewing the latest botch by Tim Burton, Dark Shadows is upon me beating me half to death, go out into the world and make sure that you contribute to what could be another blockbuster summer of hit movies. Be sure to log on to the Mayhem Network and tell us what you thought of this movie and how you think I might react to Dark Shadows given that those of you who follow us on the Darryn Yates Show already know how I feel. And while you’re there, give a shout out to the other Decorators, and give Beaver Wallace’s blog a read. The man is multi talented in many respects and has decided to let us know from time to time what irks him. What he had to say was nothing less than brilliant.

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The Show that Wasn't: The Darryn Yates Show Interrupted by Hail Storm

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:53:45 -0500

We all know A LOT of you all had to deal with the hail madness that went on this weekend. The Decorators are no exception. As the show wrapped up last Saturday, the sound of the hail hitting the Rock Dungeon sounded like the world was coming to an end. While the Decorators were checking out their cars getting smashed to bits, the power to the Dungeon went out…and of course the show was not saved before that.

Because of this, there is no new show this week. Here is the video we put together that kinda summed up the day, along with pics of the Decorators’ cars. If you have pics or video from the storm, send em our way. We’ll gladly put them on our sites.

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Beav's Corner: The Love/Hate Relationship with Facebook and Coffee Cup Shots

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:28:00 -0500

There’s many things that slightly irritate me. I can’t say I’m enraged in life as Ball Licker Bill is, but there’s just a few things that i would like to get off my chest once in a while. And since I’m doing a million things at once during the radio show, I never get everything that’s on my mind out in the open. So why not take it to the internets…ya?

One of my recent pet peeves is the over-posted ‘Instagram’ shots of coffee cups. Good lord, we get it: you like coffee. But I really don’t think it’s the fact that you are tired and this is your savior, as much as you want to connect with the millions of other people that have done it already. I get it, it’s a fad. But really, its been done a million times over. Move on already.

How many times do i need to see a Starbucks cup of coffee with a cool & hip filter added to it. I might as well take a picture of my car keys or toothbrush. And it’s even worse now that Facebook bought Instagram. Now I get to see even more shots of coffee cups in my daily feed. Awesome.

If your response is, “Well if you hate it so much, don’t check your feed anymore.” Seriously, Im close to that. The question of ‘Why do I still have a Facebook page?’ goes through my head more and more everyday. But I will admit, without a Facebook page and the keeping up with the daily feed, there is a serious disconnect from the outside world. It’s pretty scary and pathetic isn’t it? I do like to stay up on current events, buzzworthy news, and what my oversea friends are up to. Something as easy as one-click and finding all of that out in 5-10 minutes saves me a lot of time…as opposed to visiting multiple viral sites, news sites, and emailing a hundred people everyday. So that’s my justification of keeping the page and fueling the addiction to check it everyday. Plus the promotional tool that it provides is still the best out there. I’m even gonna bet you’re reading this right now because of finding it on Facebook.

So yes, it’s a love and hate relationship that I’m sure I’m not the only one going through. The only thing I can do is except it and venti. (Get it? Vent-i)…okay I’m done.

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WATCH Episode 2 "The Return of Kaos" FULL EPISODE

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:59:00 -0500

Captain Kaos makes his TMN debut! Early footage from On Tracy Lane trip to Greenland, Captain Kaos and his sidekick Chinababy invade the streets of St. Louis and Forest Park, Darryn and Howie have fun at drive-thrus, street mayhem with Darryn, a hidden camera job interview gone wrong, interviews with musician/entrepreneur Steve Ewing (The Urge) and ‘A Fall from Grace’ update with co-writer/producer Eric Wilkinson.

Original Air Date: April 26, 2012

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TMN Interviews Brian Dotson from Shattermask

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:39:32 -0500

On March 2, 2012, TMN had their cameras at a concert in O’Fallon, MO that featured the bands Orgy, We Could Be Kings, and Shattermask. Darryn interviewed all the bands at the show, including Shattermask frontman, Brian Dotson. Little did TMN know that several weeks later he would be on the run and wanted by authorities for sex crimes. It was announced that Brian Dotson was charged in Jefferson County, Missouri with statutory rape of a person younger than 14. He’s also charged with four counts of statutory sodomy. If found guilty, Dotson faces a prison sentence no less than five years. The maximum authorized sentence is life imprisonment.

Below is the interview Darryn conducted with Brian as well as his St. Louis Crimestoppers billboard image. If you have any information regarding Brian’s whereabouts or just want to post your thoughts about Brian, contact TMN. We hope that this footage may help someone come forward with information on his whereabouts.

Sources: KDSK , Riverfront Times

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Alluring Amber & Seducing Savannah filming in Central West End

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:17:00 -0500

TMN filming this morning in Central West End! Here is Alluring Amber @Amber_Model_Mua & Seducing Savannah @Sgiegeri. http://pic.twitter.com/IhU7Th0W

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The TMN staff meeting before hitting the street for some TV mayhem

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:49:00 -0500

The TMN staff meeting before hitting the street for some TV mayhem. http://pic.twitter.com/qnUzM8bg

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Ball Licker Bill Reviews: Mirror Mirror

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:44:00 -0500

Mirror Mirror

This week I went to see Mirror Mirror starring Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, and a cast of other phenomenal actors. Here’s what I have to say.

I am developing my own rating system. The highest will be, “Even I would pay full price”, “I’m glad I only paid to see the matinee”, “Let someone else pay for you to see it”, “Wait until it’s on your choice of cable or satellite service and get it On Demand”, or “Wait until this movie is out in your local Red Box”. Mirror Mirror is one that I paid to see on the matinee scale, but one I would happily pay full price to see if I want to go and see it again.

The movie is a retelling of the Grimm fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937, Walt Disney introduced us to Snow White, the seven dwarfs, the evil queen, and the magic mirror who was summoned using the timeless quote “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Jump forward several decades and a whole lot has changed. With shows like “Once Upon a Time, Mirror Mirror, and Snow White and the Huntsman (Released later this summer), the times have changed and so too has our heroine.

The queen is still beautiful, to a degree. It’s been a long time since Julia made her notoriety in “Pretty Woman” where the world fell in love with her looks and her talent. Here, she plays one of my favorite villainesses of all time and does it with a flair that would and might quite easily put her either in the ranks or back in the ranks of one of the gay community’s much beloved actresses that some gay men want to imitate and even emulate.

The plot is relatively simple. It has the same basic elements of the original tale. King and queen want a baby, they have one. Her hair is black, her skin white as snow. Queen dies during childbirth leaving the king to raise the child on his own. King marries again, this time to a beautiful woman who “enchants” him. Rumors of evil abound and he goes off to thwart said evil. He dies under mysterious circumstances. Ten years later, Snow (played by Lily Collins, daughter of Genesis front man Phil Collins) is eighteen years old. “Her hair is not black, it’s raven and she’s eighteen years old and her skin has never seen the sun so of course it’s good.” Says the queen when she goes to accept the fact that the prince, (Hammer) is somewhat smitten after having just met Snow. This enrages the queen who of course, in the fine tradition of eliminating one’s opposition, has her banished to the woods where she is to be killed.

Knocked out by the strong arm of a tree branch, Snow awakens to meet the dwarves of this film named Napoleon, Half Pint, Grub, Grimm, Wolf, Chuckles, and Butcher. They agree to take her in and teach her how to become one of them because dwarves are no longer miners for the king. They are now petty thieves who steal not only to survive, but to get back at those who shunned them because the queen said they were ugly. The prince meanwhile is having to contend with the queen trying to marry him. He doesn’t love her because she’s nowhere near his age or as beautiful as Snow White. I think we all know where the story goes from here, so I’ll leave the synopsis here.

What I will say is this. With a running time of one hour and forty six minutes, the film wastes no time at all. It starts with Julia telling us a story, and ends with Julia telling us the end of the story. There is a fine story here that can keep pre-teens, teens, and most definitely adults more than interested. There’s comedy, romance, a tiny bit of dramatic turn, great lines to remember and imitate, characters to love, hate, feel kind of sorry for, and depending on what your view on villainy is, love or love to hate.

So again, my view and review are both surprisingly positive. I would happily pay full price and will tell you that if you can afford ridiculous prices for movie outings that require a small government loan to see a movie and afford the concession stand prices, go and see this movie at full price.

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The Mayhem Network Episode 2- 30sec TV Spot

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:45:00 -0500

Catch an All New episode of The Mayhem Network, Thursday, April 26th at 9PM on Charter TV CCIN Channel 10. CCIN has moved from channel 3 to 10. More pranks, more reactions, more laughs, more MAYHEM!! Here’s the 30-second TV spot that will run on MTV, MTV2, VH1, Comedy Central, Spike, and Cartoon Network!

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Listen to The Darryn Yates Show Podcast- April 14

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:22:07 -0500

http://richmondavemusic.com/themayhemnetwork/thedarrynyatesshow/podcast/dys_show9_seg1.mp3

Darryn and the Decorators return after a month break and go through another TMN Roll Call, Darryn discusses Joaquin Phoenix’s mockumentary “I’m Still Here,” a TMN Rock Report with Bryan Shaw discusses the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, why some bands are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the 80’s Song of the Day.

http://richmondavemusic.com/themayhemnetwork/thedarrynyatesshow/podcast/dys_show9_seg2.mp3

Mark Bland from The Q gets a call from The Decorators and discuss a fast food pet peeve, the newest female Decorator Amber Moss has a StL Cardinals report, Ben Ehlenbeck calls in with a Sports report, and the show wraps up with Thoughts to Leave By.

To get The Darryn Yates Show podcast sent directly to your computer, subscribe here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-darryn-yates-show-podcast/id500690797

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Some odd answers on Family Feud

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:39:00 -0500

One of the new TMN interns Hank Cank just noticed some odd answers on Family Feud. Seriously? We love it.
http://pic.twitter.com/TM8fwOC8

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Ball Licker Bill Reviews: The Hunger Games

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:52 -0500

The Hunger Games

Okay I’ve noticed that lately I’ve reviewed movies that I either wanted to gamble on and won, or shows that I’ve loved and gave positive reviews for. This hurt what was left of my feelings and left me feeling empty inside. So with that in mind I had to choose a movie where I would walk away feeling as though my life had been drained and I could walk out wondering where the amount of time spent was time so wasted that even bitching about not getting said time back would be a wasted and vain effort. And I am pleased to say that one such movie exists. It’s called Boredom Games. No, no that’s not right. What the hell were they thinking Games? No, still not right. I think it was actually called The Hunger Games. Yes, that’s the one. The Hunger Games, where if you’re a teenager, a one brain cell functioning homo, or a half brain cell working adult with nothing better to do with their lives, you’ll find this drivel to be entertainment. But for those of us with better things to do such as plunge ice picks into our eardrums while pepper spraying our eyes, and then rending our clothes while we gnash our teeth because we had to see this crap for one reason or another (And no, there isn’t a man in this world worth saying he would give me the best night of sexual pleasure if I were to see this with him that exists)while other brainless and easily entertained nimrods found it so engrossing that they want to see the sequel followed by the sequel. Only three other movies has bored me to this extreme. Once was Harry Potter and the Deathly Boredom, wait Hollows part one, and “Twilight” up to Breaking Dawn Part One which only bored me to a certain degree.

When seeing a movie as boring as this, I am often asked to describe in my own words how bad it was. To that effect, I created the “Blah, blah, blah” system. This is a simple system whereupon I imitate the actors to the very best of my abiliuty. But I refuse to do any committing of lines to memory, so I use the blah, blah, blah and add different emotions, and sometimes pretend to take off my shirt to convey that I am the love interest for the female blah-blah who gets imitated in a brainless bimbo kid of way.

So aside from the obvious, how bad was this movie? Set in a post apocalyptic world (In my day we did things differently. Domed cities and population control where you sacrificed yourself at thirty, damned dirty apes took over the world, Soylent Green was really man, you know the good old days where teenagers were thought to be hippies who wanted to burn bras and smoke weed while going to weekend long concerts and have sex in the mud. Nothe America is now split into several districts (And no, this is not an original idea. God discovered that when he named all of the people and added “ites” to their name). The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive. Again not very original. Arnold did it first in The Running Man (another snooze fest designed to appease the masses)

The story follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence who with some luck will grow up and be a much better actress and play in movies that I will want o go and see), a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th annual Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Primrose. Also selected from District 12 is Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson who might go on to do the same. Maybe he’ll even play someone I don’t want to see die. Stranger things have happened.), a baker’s son whom Katniss knows from school, and who once gave her bread when her family was starving. This is an imortant memory because it plays into the whole “who will I eventually fall in love with” nonsense that keeps teenage girls literate.

Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol where their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy (here played by a still trying to pass as a decent actor Woody Harrelson), victor of the 50th Hunger Games, instructs them to watch and learn the talents of the other tributes. They are then publicly displayed to the Capitol audience in a televised session with interviewer Caesar Flickerman (played with some relish and a little bit too much homosexual overtone Stanley Tucci and his on air co host Claudius Templesmith played by the irreverant Tboy Jones).

During this time, Peeta reveals on-air his long-time unrequited love for Katniss. Katniss believes this to be a ploy to gain audience support for the Games, which can be crucial for survival, as audience members are encouraged to send gifts like food, medicine, and tools to favored tributes during the Games. The Games begin with 11 of the 24 tributes killed in the first day. I actually hoped this would make the movie shorter, however, much to my dismay, it allowed for other bad teenage actors to display their Lord of the Flies tendencies with less than admirable results.) Katniss relies on her well-practiced hunting and outdoor skills to survive. As the games continue, the tribute death toll increases. This is largely due to the fact that ratings are going into the toilet and Seneca Crane (played by Wes Bentley who has in fact looked hotter in his other handful of moviea and literally looks as if victim is written in his face because of his fanciful and curly while trimmed beard) needs to move things along. He fails miserably of course which is why (Spoiler alert!) He will be given poison berries by the man in charge President Snow (played by a one time screen legend now in need of a paycheck Donald Sutherland) who dislikes irony, hates the underdog in every way, and makes it a point when you see him on screen to remind you that he alone made you and he will definitely break you.

A few days later, Katniss develops an alliance with Rue (played by Amandla Stenberg the only interesting character in the movie who Spoiler Alert! Dies), a 12-year-old girl from the agricultural District 11 who reminds Katniss of her sister Prim. The alliance is short-lived: Rue is killed by another tribute. At Rue’s request Katniss sings to her, then spreads flowers over her body as a sign of respect and of disgust towards the Capitol. I can tell you right now that President Snow is like me, fool him once shame on him. Fool him twice, shame on you. There is no fooling him a third time. Although, if he is in the other two books and other two soon to be made movies, this rule will not be adhered to and he will have to deal with being fooled.

Supposedly due to Katniss and Peeta’s beloved image in the minds of the audience as “star-crossed lovers”, a rule change is announced midway through the Games, stating that two tributes from the same district can win the Hunger Games as a pair. Upon hearing this, Katniss searches for Peeta and eventually finds him wounded. As she nurses him back to health, she acts the part of a young girl falling in love to gain more favor with the audience and, consequently, gifts from her sponsors. This is probably the only decent acting done in the entire movie by either of these two characters and yet I was still so bored that I wanted sex in the theater to be allowed so that I could find any other form of entertainment. When the couple is finally the last two tributes, the Game makers reverse the rule change in an attempt to force them into a dramatic finale, where one must kill the other to win. Katniss, knowing that the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none, retrieves highly poisonous berries known as “nightlock” from her pouch and offers some to Peeta. Upon realizing that Katniss and Peeta intend to commit suicide, the Gamemakers announce that both will be the victors of the 74th Hunger Games.

Although she survives the ordeal in the arena and is treated to a hero’s welcome in the Capitol, Katniss is warned by Haymitch that she has now become a political target after defying her society’s authoritarian leaders so publicly. Afterwards, Peeta is heartbroken when he learns that Katniss’s actions in the arena were part of a calculated ploy to earn sympathy from the audience. However, Katniss is unsure of her own feelings, and realizes that she is dreading the moment when she and Peeta will go their separate ways.

So there you have it kids. The plot all nice and wrapped up for you including spoilers as to who might live, who might die, and who will make you question the reason you spent your money to support the ongoing efforts to make this the number one movie in America. All I have to ask you is why? Why would you demean yourselves the way I had to for the sake of reviewing a movie to actually hand over your money to theater owners and employees so that Hollywood can confirm what should have been abolished when Twilight first took to script pages and then filmed. There are other movies out there to go and see that might be less painful to your sensibility of you actually have any. It is the opinion of this never paid and now owner of less money for having seen this because I had to pay to see it because there was in fact no man I knew willing to go to bed with me or take me to bed if I went and saw this with them as it would have cost them a night of unbridled and rough and sweaty sex as an offering of apology to appease me and keep me as a friend. Several big names offered their talents to this movie and it fell upon a cold and icy heart, which saddens me because I love Tucci, Jones, and Sutherland. Oh and look for Elizabeth Banks, a usually talented actress who dons terrible makeup and bad clothes. She doesn’t help either. I will only watch this movie again in my life if Lenny Kravitz, who played the only watchable character in this tripe, literally does offer to come over and make me a happy man.

So until next time kids, this movie doesn’t even get to fall into my rating system, which is sad because I now know some of you will go out and see it to defy my warnings, have already seen it and are looking to debate with me on how great you thought it was and how my senses must have been hindered by my unwillingness to give some movies a chance. This is Ball Licker Bill saying that Dark Shadows is coming, and with it a very heated and hostile review.

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Indie Music Mayhem- April 6

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:52:29 -0500

Voting has closed but you can still check out these awesome bands!

The Mayhem Network is hosting a weekly battle for ‘Indie’ artists. Every week or so, we will post a group of artists and their songs. The artists with the most votes will get an interview on The Darryn Yates Show (Online Radio and Podcast) and have a chance to be on The Mayhem Network television show. So check out this weeks’ artists and vote below or at our Facebook page (http://facebook.com/themayhemnetwork). Be sure to LIKE us on Facebook after you vote!!

The Many Colored Death

Song: A Many Colored Death
Hometown: Columbia, MO
Website: facebook.com/themanycoloreddeath

Songs of Water

Song: Stars and Dust
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Website: http://www.songsofwater.com

Full Net

Song: Phil
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Website: facebook.com/fullnetband

Just Visiting NYC

Song: Life in a Shoebox
Hometown: Queens NY
Website: justvisitingnyc.com

Vote for your favorite band/song on the sidebar or on the TMN Facebook page!

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BallLicker Bill Reviews: RocknRolla

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:59:58 -0500

RocknRolla

This week my friends I was supposed to be given another movie. Well I have what’s known as the twenty rule. Within a span of time dealing with the number twenty, i.e. seconds, minutes, hours, etc,. whatever I’ve asked of you must be done. If not, I take matters into my own hands. So when Damn You Damon had failed to give me my movie for the week, I took the initiative to choose my own. Yes, yes, I know. This a dangerous thing. The idea of leaving the infamous Ball Licker the chance to choose his own movie has got to be frightening. As I am an archaic, seemingly antique loving kind of guy what would I review? Das Rheingold, a fifteen hour opera? Would it have been a slew of gay themed movies dealing with stereotypes that would have made Zachzilla’s argument about conversion stronger? Or would it have been some antique black and white movie with the option of being silent or talkie, but nonetheless still as ancient as the day can be long? Well I’m pleased to announce that none of the above were my choice and that my choice will mark the first of what might be a new trend. Oh I’ll still be assigned movies that will make me cringe, want to gouge out my eyes and check to see if the sanity meter is still at least on half. But just every now and then there might be a movie worth seeing. And this week’s choice, RocknRolla, a film directed by the incredibly talented Guy Ritchie (and yes, I do kind of have a physical crush kind of thing going on with him) was my own personal choice.

Made in 2008, not much of a current mainstream I know but forgive me if I take time to catch up, this classic comedy/action/thriller boasts some of the best talent that the European countries has to offer. Gerard Butler, a singular talent known for playing rough and tough guy roles, Tom Wilkinson, who for many years has single handedly managed to perfect the art of playing villainous gentlemen with a penchant for heavy hands and sometimes foul language, Thandie Newton, a woman known for the silver screen and television, Mark Strong, a man noteworthy for playing whatever kind of villain you need, Idris Elba, most recognized if you’ve recently seen Thor, Tom Hardy, a man making his name more household with a string of classic films and some that have bombed due to lack of good taste in the world, Toby Kebbell who you might have seen in Disney’s the Sorcerer’s Apprentice as he lackeyed for Alfred Molina with a bit of magical flair, Jeremy Piven and Ludacris round out this knockout cast.

So what’s it all about? Lenny Cole (Wilkinson), a London mob boss, *Though to hear him describe himself, he is not a gangster, he’s merely old school business) puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. Basically, he takes what he wants, when he wants it, and sets out to remind you, sometimes painfully as he holds on to parts of your body assertively as he makes his points. For substantial fees, he’s helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. Uris is what the preview would have described as New School. But as the movie progresses and Uri is hindered by the loss of his painting, his treacherous accountant (Newton), and a couple of robberies masterminded by the accountant and pulled off by One-Two (Butler), Mumbles (Elba) and Handsome Bob (Hardy). As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole’s wall. This painting, like the diamond in Snatch, is one of the key focal points in the film. And watching where it goes, as it goes from one person to the next, isn’t a distraction, but an anchor so you don’t get swept away by all of the other craziness that ensues. While Cole’s men, led by the dependable Archie (Strong), look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch (Butler, Elba, and Hardy), steal money and wreak havoc in one way or another. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid (Kebbell), is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.

Why see this movie? It is my humbled opinion that Guy Ritchie has yet to make a movie that you don’t find yourself caught up in. He grabs you forcefully by whatever body part he can get and takes you on whirlwind adventures, or in many cases misadventures, and gently spoon feeds you the darkest, grittiest, and sometimes nastiest slices of real life that exist even if we choose to think they don’t just because Hollywood says it might. Never a huge fan oif action films, I find myself drawn to his movies because he adds edges of comedy, drama, even suspense. You watch these movies, many creeping into the two hour mark, and you walk away feeling as though you got your money’s worth and hope that the characters he created will come back and thrill you again. Such was this movie, as was his Sherlock Holmes renditions where the good detective got a much needed kick in the pants. Was it worth it? Yes, many times over. I will be adding this to my collection of films as he’s only made eleven in all, eight being mainstream films. If I was to recommend other movies from this silent force to be reckoned with I would say Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, this movie of course, both Sherlock Holmes, oh what the hell? If you can find them on Netflix, by all means add them to your queue.

Soon the Decorators will be sending me out into the theaters to watch more modern day movies. They will of course be reviewed with all the fairness I can give as it is my goal to become the Simon Cowell/Gordon Ramsey of the film critic corner so long as the Decorators, and you my faithful friends will allow me to wow you, anger you, confuse you, and inform you as to what’s good, what’s bad, and what should have been shelved before it was ever conceived. Until next week, make my chips Cool Ranch Doritos and my drink a Coke Zero,

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