TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Entertainment

  • The Master wishes you a Metal Xmas

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    All hail his name. m/

  • At cemeteries, victory signs for departed Phillies fans

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    I think this is pretty cool actually. I will not be doing this for my dad though because I don’t know the next time I’ll be in Jersey. Plus he saw the Phillies win a World Series. I think he would be happier with the Eagles winning a Super Bowl.

  • Dave Grohl And Others Appear On Metal Christmas Collection


    Dave Grohl And Others Appear On Metal Christmas Collection | KBS Radio

    Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell vocalist Ronnie James Dio sings on “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” the first time that Dio has ever performed on a Christmas song.

    This will be the most epic Christmas album ever.

    All hail his name m/
    All hail his name m/

  • ‘Super Mojado’: a Good-Guy Wrestler for Undocumented Workers

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    I may not agree with the promotion’s politics but you got to admit a tiny independent California wrestling promotion just made national news and will make big coin (for them) off of this.

    Plus they’re abiding by one of wrestling’s top rules, play to your audience.

  • Justice League: The New Frontier

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    Go out and buy this DVD. (Not a sponsored link).

    This movie was awesome. It’s Watchmen meets JLU meets Independence day. And I mean that in a good way.

    A full five-star rating from yours truly.

  • The 2007 Trenchie Awards

    The 2007 Trenchie Awards

    I present to you for the 7th year in a row the 2007 Trenchie Awards.

    Best Movie: I really didn’t make it to the theater this year, so I’m going by the DVDs I rented this year that were actually 2006 movies. And the winner is Children of Men. That movie had me on the edge of my um…couch through the entire movie.

    Worst Movie: Following the 2006 DVD principle, the loser is Superman Returns. Brandon Routh was ok as Superman. Kate Bosworth sucked as Lois Lane. Not to mention there wasn’t enough actual Superman. Next time, less talking and more of Superman smashing stuff.

    Best Album: This was a phenomenal year for albums. We had The Dio Years by Black Sabbath, Dead Again by Type O Negative, and United Abominations by Megadeth. However, the album that got the most play time in My Zen was Framing Armageddon by Iced Earth. It’s a shame that IE let Ripper Owens go. No offense to Matt Barlow, but Ripper rules.

    Worst Album: Black Rain by Ozzy. No question. It’s like your grandfather trying to act cool.

    Best TV Show: Burn Notice. Again, this was the only show that I made sure I was in front of the TV when it was on. Heroes lost out because of their crappy second season. But it wasn’t the worst show. That distinction goes to…

    Worst TV Show: 24. Yeah, you heard me. I brought its jersey back from retirement so I could burn it. I stopped watching once they found the nukes because I could not have cared less about Jack getting Audrey back.

    Best Wrestling Moment: A rather lackluster year, but I have to give it to the return of Y2J. I was hoping he would go to TNA, but Jericho on WWE is better than no Jericho at all.

    Worst Wrestling Moment: Chris Benoit.

    Best Video game: I only bought games for the DS this year. I’m staying away from the next-gen consoles until the prices go way down. And it’s a tie between Puzzle Quest and Front Mission. Both kept me within arm’s length to my DS all year.

    Worst Video game: Final Fantasy XII. Too long and too boring.

    Dumbass of 2007: Ron Paul supporters. Y’all are a whole bag of crazy.

    Most Inane Political Agenda of 2007: All those like the Rev. Al Sharpton who are trying to get the kidnapping and torture of Megan Williams changed to a hate crime. Ms. Williams was dating one of her captors. Not only that, but the scumbags that did that to her will get more time on the kidnapping charge then they would on a hate crime charge.

    Biggest Jackass Celebrity of 2006: Natalie Maines. She jumped on the West Memphis 3 bandwagon to support 3 convicted killers after watching the heavily biased Paradise Lost ‘documentaries’.

    Have a safe and happy Amateur’s Night and hopefully will do this again next year.

  • New Dio/Sabbath album

    New Dio/Sabbath album

    Heaven And Hell To Record Album:

    There’s been much speculation of a forthcoming Black Sabbath reunion with the original line-up with Ozzy Osbourne at the helm, but founding member Geezer Butler has adamantly denied such rumors.

    Heaven and Hell are currently in discussions with various record labels about recording a brand new studio album in 2008,” says Butler.

    Good because we all know who the best Black Sabbath vocalist is.

    All hail his name m/
  • Peter Steele kicks ass

    Peter Steele kicks ass

    Here are some reasons why Peter Steele has attained almost god-like status with me.

    Reason #1:

    “I believe that the true definition of a rock band is to upset people and that’s the reason rock became rock in the late 50’s, because the country was pretty right-wing. So when rock came out—being left-wing—that upset people. I will admit to being slightly right-wing. I consider myself to be a conscientious conservative. I am pro-police, pro-government, and pro-parent. Because the country has shifted so far to the left that even if you are mid-wing, still you are upsetting people. So, all these trendoid rock bands are just preaching to the choir. I have, in the past, gone out of my way to upset people and fortunately it worked. That’s why I can say Carnivore and Type O Negative are true rock bands, because your parents aren’t going to like this music. And if they do like it you better find different parents.”

    Reason #2:

    “I went to confession for the first time in 30 years. And the priest was very happy that I had come back to church and stuff. I didn’t go into each and every sin otherwise he would have to take two weeks vacation (laughs). I said ‘Father I did wrong and I want to apologize to God for my behavior and I’m going to try for it to not happen again.’ It’s better to pay in this life then in the afterlife. So he said “well, make a large donation to your favorite charity, which I did. I’m not going to tell you which charity it was or how much, because that really started me thinking about these so-called charitable people. Charity should be anonymous. If you’re going to get a pat on the back for doing…”Oh, you’re such a great guy. You gave five million dollars—even though you have 50 billion—to South Africa. You’re a great fuckin’ guy.”

    And reason #3:

    I had gone to see Deep Purple, Scorpions, and Ronnie James Dio at the PNC shithole of fuck, New Jersey. Whatever it is. They were all really cool. Ronnie’s a great fuckin’ guy.

    Thanks to KNAC for the best Peter Steele interview I’ve ever read.

  • Regulatin’ Rasslin’

    Regulatin’ Rasslin’

    Georgia May Regulate Wrestling as a Sport In Response to Chris Benoit Murder-Suicide:

    In a knee-jerk response to the Chris Benoit murder-suicide, the State of Georgia, where the crime took place, is considering regulating professional wrestling as a real sport.

    These politicians may think that they’re protecting wrestlers from steroids and concussions by enacting such legislation, but they’re really not.

    I believe it was Oregon that tried a similar regulation not too many years ago. They were regulating wrestling because of health concerns. I believe it was because of the blood that wrestlers shed in matches that Oregon officials were trying to protect wrestlers and fans from blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

    So what did the wrestling companies do? They just didn’t go to Oregon anymore. That will be the same thing that happens to Georgia if they enact any kind of legislation like that. Which would mean no more Pay Per Views in Georgia, which would mean a loss of revenue for the state. That would be a shame because Georgia has such a rich history of professional wrestling.

    Also, if you regulate pro wrestling you’d have to regulate other non-sporting events as well such as the circus or rock concerts.

    Besides, this won’t really protect the wrestlers. They’ll be doing the same things they’ve always done, just in another state.

  • Superman: Doomsday

    Superman: Doomsday

    So I watched the animated Superman: Doomsday today and it kicked ass. This is the movie that Superman Returns should have been. Lots of Superman smashing the crap out of stuff.

    It’s based on The Death of Superman storyline, which I never read, so I can’t tell you how accurate it was. One warning though, this is not for little kids. It’s rated PG-13 for a reason. It contains blood and there’s a fairly high body count.

    The only thing I didn’t like about it was they didn’t use the voice actors who were used for these characters during the DCAU. It took me half the movie to get used to Adam Baldwin as Superman. Anne Heche was ok as Lois Lane. But I’m sorry, Clancy Brown is Lex Luthor. Luckily, he’s reprising his role in The Batman.

    Anyway, overall, I liked it a lot. It’s worth a buy.

    4 1/2 out of 5.