So, even though I killed myself with the weekly premieres post this week, there were some that I missed (and probably even more I won't hit this time). I blame Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide, where I steal all that info from before regurgitating it in this blog.
Thanks to my friend Brian for catching Workaholics, which premiered its second season last night. Thankfully, it'll repeat in Comedy Central a couple more times this week. If you gave up on the show early-on last season, you may want to give it a second shot; it really got better by the episode.
Another I missed was Comedy Central's Tosh.0, which I'm sure will repeat this week as well as it seems to be on all the time.
I don't remember mentioning Dateline NBC as having a new season (does a news show really have seasons?). NBC; Friday, 8 pm CST.
Same with 48 Hours Mystery (Is that a real show title?) CBS; Saturday, 8 pm CST.
Finally, That Metal Show (VH1 Classic; Saturday, 10 pm CST) is giving a good chunk of its hour to Sammy Hagar. I'm really looking forward to it because host Eddie Trunk really respects Hagar, and I expect some real questions for him instead of the insipid "So you and Eddie (Van Halen) don't get along?" or "So you were abducted by aliens?" crap he had to explain in his book tour.
Anyway, I'm considering that a nice birthday present by having my favorite musician on a great show that night.
And speaking of books, I'm very late on this recommendation, but if you like hard rock or heavy metal, you should give Eddie Trunk's book Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal a read. Trunk is the real deal when it comes to metal knowledge, and what I loved about the book is he gave very honest, personal accounts of his thoughts and encounters with bands. He made a list of his forty "essential" musicians/bands and then broke them down. Each chapter gave a brief rundown of the artist, a discography (or as much as space allowed for some), and "best of" list of a dozen or so tracks to listen to, and then usually some very personal reason for their inclusion.
I gained a ton of respect for him (my prior knowledge was only from That Metal Show) and also a ton of respect for a number of artists. I'm by no means a hard rock scholar-- and know very little about heavy metal-- but he really made me care about some of them.
And, on a personal note, I feel Trunk wrote the most honest, concise critique of Sammy Hagar I've ever read-- and I have read A LOT of things people have written about him in hundreds of magazines and dozens of books (even if I don't buy the book, I always read what a book may mention about him). I know the guy is not the best at what he does in any category, but I know he always gives it his all (go watch him on tour with the Wabos, 2000 fans get the show he'd give to 20, 000), and I really appreciated that Trunk also likes that about him.
But even if you're not a Hagar fan, there are thirty-nine other hard rock/heavy metal artists to read about.
It's a great book. Once or twice a year, I read one that just makes me feel different; one that I know I just want to dig into again.
Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal has been that book for me in 2011.
I'm not saying "buy it here", but I bought it from Amazon... Twice (once as a gift). And I'm cheap as Hell; I never pay retail for anything... This is a good price, even if you pay for shipping.
Eddie Trunk's Essential
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