I Don’t Wanna Hear About It Later (Van Halen and the Importance of the Horse’s Mouth)

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Sorry for the tardiness on this one, didn't see it posted on the Army's Facebook page until today... Anyway, I've contacted the author and told him I'll supply him with the background info on a lot of the leadup to the VH album and tour, so it should be cool when it gets published....

Please don't paste....

http://promenademedia.com/2012/05/20/van-halen/

[DONNIEP]

Correction to the article: there is only ONE great fan site - The Roth Army!!!

[ZahZoo]

Nice article... Writer actually did some research and paid attention!!

[TJMKID]

Very cool stuff --- anyone know Steve Knopper's home address?

I'd like to pay that lying cumstain a little visit with a lead pipe and a bad attitude!

[qikgts]

That's definitely a good one...

[gbranton]

Why can't he just write about the band and leave his bullshit political biases out of it. That is a tremendous turn off.

[loucap81]

Am I the only one who read this article and said, "Yeah no shit." Am I missing anything insightful here? Yeah, the best sources of information are the fan websites who have connections close to the band, and the band members themselves. I'm glad the Army got a little publicity but other than that, nothing to see here.

[vandeleur]

i thought it was cool

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Am I the only one who read this article and said, "Yeah no shit." Am I missing anything insightful here? Yeah, the best sources of information are the fan websites who have connections close to the band, and the band members themselves. I'm glad the Army got a little publicity but other than that, nothing to see here.

Everyone's not you, Lou....

[hambon4lif]

Why can't he just write about the band and leave his bullshit political biases out of it. That is a tremendous turn off.

I had the exact same thought. There were enough political references to drop this in the FrontLine, and it wouldn't have made fuck of a difference. The entire article is very weak and pisspoor as a result. To burn on the writers of Rolling Stone when this article looks as if it was written by one of them is more than a bit hypocritical. I feel like I want my 2 minutes back.

There's a time and a place for that kind of shit, and the fact that he doesn't understand that makes him look like a fucking amateur.

I don't care whose cock he was trying to suck, this article is shit!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

We were all burning on Rolling Stone when they put out that horseshit.....

[hambon4lif]

We were all burning on Rolling Stone when they put out that horseshit.....

...and rightfully so, because it was an outright lie. When it comes to fact-checking, Rolling Stone is as credible as Andrew at MelodiCROCK....they really know how to tell it like it ain't.

The reason I'm taking a piss on this particular article is because I feel like this guy missed the same boat. Van Halen was never a political band. Van Halen was an antidote to boredom, and a temporary escape from the type of nonsense he peppered his article with. Is he a fan of the band? Is he just zipping out a few quick paragraphs about the band because he's on his way to go 'occupy' something? It's hard to tell.
What I do know is that I don't want to read about Mitt Romney or Sarah fuckin' Palin when I'm trying to read about Van Halen. It's the equivalent of reading about a mass-murder in the funnies. It just doesn't make any damn sense.

I've read posts made by people here about the band that are 10x more insightful and interesting than anything in that article.

[TJMKID]

What I do know is that I don't want to read about Mitt Romney or Sarah fuckin' Palin when I'm trying to read about Van Halen. It's the equivalent of reading about a mass-murder in the funnies. It just doesn't make any damn sense.

I love it because all these Starbucks-sippin' assholes in skinny jeans realize that Van Halen is close to entering their 5th decade of existence and they're still relevant in the culture --- no one is going to remember Romney or Palin a few years from now.

That eats them up on the inside.

[Nitro Express]

I love it because all these Starbucks-sippin' assholes in skinny jeans realize that Van Halen is close to entering their 5th decade of existence and they're still relevant in the culture --- no one is going to remember Romney or Palin a few years from now.

That eats them up on the inside.

Four years ago all the fly fishermen at the bar wanted to be balls deep in Sarah Palin's ass. Now nobody is talking about her. She's already done. I doubt most the presidents that have served in my lifetime will be remembered long. Nixon will be remembered for being the first president to resign office and Obama will be remembered for being the first black president. I doubt the rest of them will be remembered 50 years from now. Not even Reagan.

[Seshmeister]

Why can't he just write about the band and leave his bullshit political biases out of it. That is a tremendous turn off.

The crazy people line?

If you don't suspect Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh of being crazy you haven't been paying attention.

[hambon4lif]

The crazy people line?

If you don't suspect Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh of being crazy you haven't been paying attention.

Both of them are a psychiatrists wet fuckin' dream.

That's not the point.

[Seshmeister]

It's not an album review, the guy is writing about PR and Web Marketing. Look at his other articles on the Blog listed to the right.

I think the real bad bit about the article is where he says his favorite Van Halen song is 5150.

[gbranton]

The crazy people line?

If you don't suspect Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh of being crazy you haven't been paying attention.

And the line about Dan Rather. He got fired because he ran with a bullshit story.

Limbaugh isn't crazy, nor is he a true conservative, he's just an entertainer who carries water for the Republican establishment.

Sarah Palin was relevant for about five minutes........those five minutes were quite a while ago. I get a fucking kick out of tards railing on about her. She doesn't matter. At least the other side doesn't keep fucking on and on and ON about self important, windbag, asshat, liberal retard douchebags like Kerry and Edwards, both of whom could keep any jokewriter busy.

[hambon4lif]

It's not an album review, the guy is writing about PR and Web Marketing.

Well, then maybe he should stick to writing about that kind of shit. Trying to juxtapose Van Halen with his own political beliefs turned out to be a tremendous FAIL.

[jhale667]

AAt least the other side doesn't keep fucking on and on and ON about self important, windbag, asshat, liberal retard douchebags like Kerry and Edwards, both of whom could keep any jokewriter busy.

Besides Edwards being in the news for being on trial, neither of them has been still trying to foist themselves on the world daily like Moosealini.

[gbranton]

Besides Edwards being in the news for being on trial, neither of them has been still trying to foist themselves on the world daily like Moosealini.

LOL, Moosealini makes her sound unattractive. But seriously, she's just another talking head that pops up on the Fox Propaganda Channel from time to time, for Christ's sake her reality show isn't even in the air anymore.

[FORD]

And the line about Dan Rather. He got fired because he ran with a bullshit story.

No, the story was real. He just happened to get a false document (likely forged by KKKarl Rove) but Chimpy's desertion from the National Guard is a fact.

Limbaugh isn't crazy, nor is he a true conservative, he's just an entertainer who carries water for the Republican establishment.

He's a drug addled lunatic who preaches his rants from a pool cabana-turned-bunker behind his mansion, because he won't even leave his house to work in a radio station. And he THINKS he runs the Republican party, and given the number of Republicans who have backpedaled on something when Rush called them out for not being extremist enough on any given issue, they apparently think so to. Hell, if the Democrats listened to Thom Hartmann or Mike Malloy like that, we might have a Senate Majority Leader with a goddamned spine.

Sarah Palin was relevant for about five minutes........those five minutes were quite a while ago. I get a fucking kick out of tards railing on about her. She doesn't matter. At least the other side doesn't keep fucking on and on and ON about self important, windbag, asshat, liberal retard douchebags like Kerry and Edwards, both of whom could keep any jokewriter busy.

Except for Chimp appointed federal prosecutors who waste millions of taxpayer dollars taking Edwards to court on complete bullshit charges, you mean? Now THAT's what I call an obsession.

[jhale667]

LOL, Moosealini makes her sound unattractive.

So does her voice...it could be bottled and sold under the name "boner kill".

[hambon4lif]

You see what you've gone and done?!? Now you've got FORD goin' . Thanks a whole fuckin' lot, Josh Valentine....ya' dick!

Van Halen and politics mix like oil and water.



"We are very aware of the world going on around us, but when you have all these cute chiquitas running around backstage in their halter tops, it's kinda hard to think about things like nuclear proliferation"
-DLR

[jhale667]

Fuck it, I think at this point THIS thread could use some Olivia Munn.

[TJMKID]

Sarah Palin was relevant for about five minutes........those five minutes were quite a while ago. I get a fucking kick out of tards railing on about her. She doesn't matter. At least the other side doesn't keep fucking on and on and ON about self important, windbag, asshat, liberal retard douchebags like Kerry and Edwards, both of whom could keep any jokewriter busy.

Palin is a joke on many levels --- I just wish these Tea Party cunts would shut up already about her running for President.

SHE QUIT AS GOVERNOR OF ALASKA --- couldn't even finish one term because the stress got to her --- how does that even remotely qualify her for the most stressful job in America ??

[DONNIEP]

Goddammit!!! I found the perfect Sarah Palin picture and I can't post it 'cause this is the Main...Anybody who says they wouldn't tap the chick in this picture is full of it...

[FORD]

Goddammit!!! I found the perfect Sarah Palin picture and I can't post it 'cause this is the Main...Anybody who says they wouldn't tap the chick in this picture is full of it...

If it's the picture I'm thinking of, then it's no more PG-13 rated than the Olivia Munn pic above. Though after looking at THAT pic, who the Hell wants to see Moosealini.....(even 80's Moosealini, back when she looked like a chick that I swear I met somewhere, but never set foot in Alaska.......)



(If she's more naked than that, odds are it's probably a photoshop)

[DONNIEP]

If it's the picture I'm thinking of, then it's no more PG-13 rated than the Olivia Munn pic above. Though after looking at THAT pic, who the Hell wants to see Moosealini.....(even 80's Moosealini, back when she looked like a chick that I swear I met somewhere, but never set foot in Alaska.......)



(If she's more naked than that, odds are it's probably a photoshop)

Well of course it's fake! But damn if it's not a good one...Alaskan poontang anyone?

[VHscraps]

Yes, I also noticed the 5150 is his favourite "Van Halen" song tag at the end.

I hate to be a nitpicker, but if he is gonna write about the changing nature of publicity and the band not using the mainstream media he needs to do his homework. Ed's Esquire interview was not the only interview done by the band, or members of the band, in mainstream media.

Diamond Dave did an interview with the UK newspaper The Guardian, which I posted on here back in February, or whenever:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/02/david-lee-roth-van-halen

I recall, as well, a Dave interview in one of the main Australian newspapers.

Online media is global, and Van Halen is a band that is marketed globally. This guy seems to have only looked at the US to try and make a point about social media, as if those of you on Roth Army would never read those articles 'cos they are from UK- or Australian-based newspapers, and as if you never re-circulated them through your social media channels, etc.

[VHscraps]

If it's the picture I'm thinking of, then it's no more PG-13 rated than the Olivia Munn pic above. Though after looking at THAT pic, who the Hell wants to see Moosealini.....(even 80's Moosealini, back when she looked like a chick that I swear I met somewhere, but never set foot in Alaska.......)



(If she's more naked than that, odds are it's probably a photoshop)

Is she a tad cross-eyed in that pic?

[FORD]

Possibly... though I suspect she was also stoned. There's another pic out there from the same time period where there's actually a lighter and a baggie of weed visible in the pic.

[TJMKID]

Leave it up to a Monty Python guy to nail the truth on the Alaskan Dipshit:

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I just gave the author 2,000 words basically on the history of being a Van Halen fan, God help us all....

[Hardrock69]

For those of you whining the article said nothing new, guess what?

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO CONTAIN NEW INFO! IT WAS A FUCKING OPINION PIECE!

The guy gets it. Unlike the trash journalists, he understands.

He was not posting anything new about Van Halen, because the article was not ABOUT Van Halen. It was about the current state of the media in our culture, and he just happened to use Van Halen as an example.

And Jay?

Dude....that is the shit. Olivia Munn is so fucking hot. All I ask in this life is to be able to lick her slit for a few hours. If I never accomplish anything, I wish to God I could be allowed to do that once.

Then I could die a happy man.

[Angel]

Don't forget, it's not new to us because "we're" part of the topic. Obviously we know that VH has been directly reaching out to the fans thru the sites and not mainstream media. There's a lot out there that aren't aware, especially amongst the casual fans.

[baru911]

Four years ago all the fly fishermen at the bar wanted to be balls deep in Sarah Palin's ass.

I still think she's hot in a MILF sort of way.

[gbranton]

I still think she's hot in a MILF sort of way.

I agree. If we are going to have someone holding office who insults my intelligence on a near daily basis (which is all we've had for quite some time), why not someone who is easy on the eyes?

[binnie]

Who is Olivia Munn?

[jhale667]

Who is Olivia Munn?

Daily Show Correspondent, Internet gamer hottie, and now also on HBO's "The Newsroom". She's like one of the hottest nerd chicks in the world basically...