TARGET IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY!

Last night I stopped off at Target to pick up some groceries since they seem to have the lowest prices on my favs like Over the Moon milk and Simply Orange juice. It seems they also have the lowest prices on CD's too. I picked up the new album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" from the French electronic rock band Phoenix for just $7.99! I think I'm starting to see why all the Mom and Pop record shops are closing. I do make a point to support them, especially locally and especially on National Record Store Day, when I recently shelled out $17.99 or more each on CD's from DC favs Fugazi and Thievery Corporation. And most of the time, I have to special order what I want. I went to a Mom and Pop record shop recently in Conshohocken, PA and they didn't have anything I was looking for either used or new. I was told I would have to order what I wanted at a ridiculous price and I would have to wait for it to come in and then make another trip to pick it up! The guy didn't seem all that interested in making any money from me. Is it any wonder why I wound up at Target!? As they say, Expect More. Pay Less!

JON & KATE + 8

I could care less about the Gosselin family from TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8, but everywhere I look I see them! I log onto my yahoo mail and they are in the headlines. I open my mailbox and they are on the cover of my last 3 copies of US Weekly. I turn on the TV and they are on every morning news and entertainment show. I turn on TLC and it's another Jon & Kate Plus 8 marathon! I promised myself I wouldn't blog about these fools, but I can't ignore it. I will however refrain from the usual clever Jon & Kate equations that have been in the headlines like Jon-Kate + 8= divorce court, or Jon +4- Kate + 4 = marriage counseling. Oops I just did it anyway. Don't get me started on people who exploit their multiple birth experience and children so they don't have to hold down a real job! Before their reality show meal ticket, Kate was a nurse and Jon did some computer job, but now neither one works. Instead they look miserable sitting together or separately on a confessional couch and complain about the paparazzi that has allowed them to continually upgrade themselves to a bigger McMansion. The show is so uncomfortable to watch now as Jon & Kate try to ignore each other and pretend they are still one big happy, crazy family for the cameras! According to the tabloids, Jon cheated on Kate with some college chick and Kate is hanging with her body guard. Whether that's true or not is not my concern, but clearly the tension between them is visible. And it doesn't stop there. TLC also airs shows called Table for 12 and 18 Kids and Counting! What is next? These people make the Octomom look practical. These shows are making people think they can get a free ride with a little product placement and a house full of cameras! I feel sorry for the kids. They will need therapy and I hope for their sake it won't be televised!

DICK CHENEY IS EVERYWHERE!

Have you noticed that all of a sudden Dick Cheney is everywhere? Even more than Elizabeth Edwards on her book tour! I don't think I've seen Dick Cheney this much in the whole 8 years of the Bush administration. He only used to come out of his undisclosed location on rare occasions like when he went hunting and shot his friend in the face. Now as private citizen Dick, he is everywhere challenging the new administration and defending his administration. Just today he delivered a speech immediately after the President's speech on the closing of the prison at Guantanamo and other security issues. I can honestly say in my lifetime I have rarely seen or heard from a former Vice President in this manner. Sure Al Gore was everywhere with his documentary and environmental work, but he was never really challenging the next administration. That's gotta be annoying for the President. He's probably thinking, "can't this guy just go away and work on his memoirs already?" It's like if you started a new job and the person who held the position before you kept calling to check up on you and tell you how they did things. Move on. Go volunteer or help the ailing auto and finance industry. Heck any industry could use your help! I don't usually get political, and I'm not taking sides here. I have equal respect for the former Vice President and our current President. I hope the same goes for the two of them.

GREEN DAY IS ALL OVER TV

Green Day should just buy a TV network of their own cuz they are all over the tube this week. I can't even keep track, but then again I rarely know what day it is! So here's the deal. Thursday night they will be on the Colbert Report aka "co-bear repore" on Comedy Central as the pretentious but funny host pronounces it. When he had Rush on last year, it was some of the funniest stuff I've seen. Then the band will wake up early and perform Friday on Good Morning America on ABC. But wait there's more: Green Day play Letterman on Friday night on CBS. These networks should be paying me something for all these freakin' mentions! Pay to the order of Gina...

OH NO- I'M AN OOMPA LOOMPA!

This much I know. There is no such thing as a free lunch, a little bit drunk or a gradual tan in a bottle. Beach season is upon us and I decided to try one 0f those drugstore lotions that promise a "gradual, natural medium tan with all natural soy recommended by dermatologists" for under $10. Well I am noticing a little more color than my usual pasty white on my arms and legs, but today I made a gruesome discovery while talking to my boy Scotty Brilliant in the Boneyard. I turned over my hands and shouted, "OH MY GOD Brilliant, my hands are bright orange!" Even though I have been washing my hands after applying the magic lotion every time I use it, they are still the color of a naval orange. I don't know if I'm allowed to cuss in my blog, so I'll refrain, but I just wish products would do what they say they do without the side effects!

THE MOST DRAMATIC ROSE CEREMONY EVER!!

Okay I'm not afraid to admit I watch some pretty bad TV, but now that I'm writing a blog, at least I can say I watch it for research. Like tonight, I can't wait for the season premiere of The Bachlorette on ABC! I know I have a problem. I also know these relationships never work out and they are broken up before the Behind the Final Rose tell all show! The show follows the same formula every season:

*Dudes get out of the limo one by one and introduce themselves to the Bacholorette who usually is much thinner than when she was on the Bachelor thanks to a trainer and a stylist

* The word "amazing" is over-used. I'm not kidding it could be a drinking game.

* Small talk and many glasses of champagne being toasted until useless host Chris Harrison appears and tells the Bachlorette she only has a few roses to hand out and has to say goodbye to 10 of the dudes she just met in the "most dramatic rose ceremony ever."

*Eliminated guys talk to the camera in the limo uncensored

*Roll clips from later in the season including the Bachlorette saying she is falling for more than one man and it is harder than it looks. How will she chose? Actually she probably won't end up with either of them and then she'll join Dancing with the Stars next season.

BEASTIES ON 30 ROCK! THE CRUE ON BONES

I was on the elliptical machine last night at the gym and noticed the Beastie Boys will be appearing on the season finale of 30 Rock tonight at 9:31pm on NBC! Since when did TV networks start airing shows at such weird times? Like American Idol wrapped up at 9:05 pm the other night?! Also, Motley Crue will be making a guest appearance on tonight's episode of the Fox TV series Bones, (no relation to the Bone or you bet your ass I'd try to get on that show!). The Crue will be performing "Dr. Feelgood" at a nightclub. The show airs tonight at 8pm on Fox. CRASH

COOL SONG IN A TV COMMERCIAL

So there I am watching TV last night- Elizabeth Edwards on Larry King Live and The Real Housewives of NYC reunion show, and I keep seeing this Michelob Ultra commercial with a cool song in it where they keep singing, "Shine, shine, shine on!" I'm usually really good at figuring that stuff out, but this time I had to google it. Turns out it's "Shine on" from the Kooks. You can click on the link below and watch the commercial and hear the song I'm talking about. Enjoy and now it will be stuck in your head too! Rock on! CRASH

http://www.strangerdance.com/the-kooks-michelob-ultra-shine-on-tv-ad/

BONE ROCK IS GOOD FOR YOU!

This just in: Bone rock is good for you! A new study from the University of Maryland Medical Center recently revealed that listening to music you don't like can have a negative effect on your health. The study found that when people listen to music they like, their blood vessels expand and produce chemicals that protect our hearts! Yay! But when people listen to music they don't like, their blood vessels actually become constricted. That's the same effect that stress has on blood vessels. So over time, listening to music you don't like could kill you! Save the lives of your friends who aren't listening to the Bone, and tell them listening to the Bone can save your life!! Dr. Crash. Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on the radio....

FREE MOVIE MONDAY TRAILER

Hey it's Gina Crash. Monday's are tough, but at least they are Free Movie Mondays on the Bone! This week you can win 4-packs of passes to Regal Cinemas to see the new movie Next Day Air, starring the dude from Scrubs-Donald Faison, and a Bone shirt. Faison has a great attitude about opening up the same weekend as Star Trek. He told Entertainment Weekly, "When Star Trek is sold out, hopefully moviegoers will check this film out!"It looks pretty funny. Click on the link below and it will take you to the film's official website where you can watch the official trailer. Enjoy and good luck!

http://www.nextdayair-themovie.com/

"THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!"

Am I the only one that can't stand those Apple iPhone commercials that repeatedly ask inane questions like, "Looking for a local carwash?" "There's an app for that!" or "Want to figure out how to get a red wine stain out of your couch?" "There's an app for that too!" Apparently they claim there is an "app" for just about anything. Well guess what? Not if you don't have an iPhone-then I' m afraid there is no app for that! The only app you have then is your friend that refers to appetizers as "apps" while dining out. You know the friend who says, "Let's order some apps!" Actually, I'm getting a little hungry.....Gotta go! Thanks for reading and for listening to the BONE! G

MY FIRST BLOG-GREEN DAY STUFF

Yo it's Crash:) This is my first ever blog! The inaugural post if you will. I beat Scotty Brilliant to the post cuz he's still sleeping! I decided Green Day will be the topic of my first blog. You may have noticed they are also the Bone's Artist of the Month this month. Their new album 21st Century Breakdown is coming out Friday May 15th. The next night they will be the musical guest on SNL with Will Ferrell hosting. That is going to be hilarious! Also, they will kick off Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series live in Central Park on May 22nd. That will mark Green Day's first ever morning television performance. Usually GMA's musical guests are lame lip synchers like the Simpson sisters! I may actually get up early for Green Day or we can always YouTube it anytime! Rock on! Thanks for listening to the Bone and for reading my first ever blog.