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Hi, i hope this is not a scam? I'll call you though.

Lot's of TV shows these days are really crappy, but with it all we still have our favorites.

My favorite TV show has been my best for more than twenty years running now. It's THE SIMPSONS.

What's yours?

sinistyle:
@ amya
it would be just great if Linkin Park could show up? They have a huge fan base, u kno. They appeal to not just rockers, hip hop heads too.
I think you can love rock and hip hop. Personally, I'm pretty eclectic when it comes to music. I do perhaps every genre but hip hop and rock/alternative are my favourites. Even some of the rock bands do hip hop as well. Mike Shinonda(Linkin Park), Kid Rock, Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Kevin Rudolf, Travis Barker(Blink 182). I think they go together pretty well!

yeah, i agree with you. Linkin park would make a great hit in nigeria, but they are not coming for the summer thing, are they?

menipo:
@amy i just checkd your blog now.well that's by-the-way,you know after i became a country fan,you can check my thread 'For Country Music Lovers'.i felt like becoming a Radio Presenter where i could really express myself to the fullest.Music just make me Happy.

follow your dreams dear. I understand how you feel about music, because i feel the same way too. I've checked out your country music thread, but i'm no much of a country music fan. I listen to them when i'm feeling really wierd.
And, about my blog, i've not updated it lately.

eldee:
'Eldee is sexist' . . . but erm 'he has a crush on Eva Longoria', 'actually I'm being bias' and yeah 'I actually said sumn silly' . . . 'actually he's not sexist, he's swayed by their looks' oh yeah that's still sexist'. . . and all time classic . . . 'he's a secretly sexist, bias, Desperate Housewives fan that's got a crush on Eva Longoria''

whatever made you think you can't be all these at the same time?
You can be sexist, and have a crush on eva, and also be a desperate housewives fan, and still be gender bias.

Stuffs like this happen all the time. It's not new. I see people like this all the time.

My advice to you- DO A 360 ON YOUR SENSE OF JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS. It could make you a better person.

And finally, i don't care whether this could be considered rash, but i, rather than wait a long time trying to decide some issues, i let my instinct guide me. And i can proudly say that it always steer me to the truth.

Dolemite:
Nothing is real in reality tv, but the irony makes for great entertainment.

what irony? People choose to believe whatever they want to believe. People display varying emotions when watching acted movies, talk more of when it's a reality show.

menipo:
u knw i started off with raps like 2pac & snoop,then slow-jang,r&b.i later moved to rock which took my love for music to another level.Now i switch btw Country music & Rock.for me they have similarities.

i went through similar phases too. I know this is the last stop for me.

gangstaboo:
Oh that wasn't my case. I love rock and rap/hip hop equally. Both genres are on my ipod and I don't think one is superior or sub par to other one, it basically just depends on what mood I'm in at the moment lol. Sometimes I wanna jam out to a hard bass in rap or just listen to some heavy metal and grunge. Just depends on the time haha.

I do get annoyed when some people proclaim that rap is not real music or that rock is superior to rap. Music is expression and creativity!! No one is the same and everyone has different tastes in what speaks to them on a personal level. Just because something is different does not make it bad. Just my two cents

makes lot's of sense.
But seriously, if you were to pick to choose of the two, which would it be?

eldee:
You know what, there's no need to go personal here.
Your whole argument is baseless and you know that.

In one argument, you've termed me sexist and admitted that you were being bias . . . seriously, you'll have to give me a good reason to consider the next thing you say valuable.

pheeeeww!!! You are really a hard nut to crack! You are being sexiest. You wanna know why? All through this argument, you've CLAIMED that you weren't going to take sides. But you have. Even a blind man can see you are clearly doing exactly that.

You wanna know the difference btw me and you? I say what i feel without fear. But you, you hide in the cloak of diplomacy when deep in your heart, you are in the other side. Own up for once in your life eldee.

@sinistyle, If linkin park were to grace the concert, it'll pull lotsa crowd you know? I so love cold play, nickel back, My two favorite female rock stars are avril lavaign and amy lee. In nigeria, i love the roof top mc's

Tatase:
@topic,

There was a rock appreciation thread on NL that was active a while back. If you search it you'll probably see it to resuscitate it. Or, we can just continue here. I pretty much like most genres of music (everything except maybe trance), but rock is definitely in my top 2.

@TY Gabriel and sinistyle,

I checked out the bands you listed. I liked Rooftop MCs best (I really liked Shock Therapy too), they remind me of what was that Fred Durst's band, whatsit. . . Limp Bizkit and the Beastie Boys rap-rock style except of course with a good Christian message.

I checked out Threadstone, they're also trying. They sound like a church or uni fellowship worship rock band and it's different because I haven't heard a lot of that sound in Nigeria. So more power to them.

I didn't find the Djinee or Nikky Laoye rock songs, the things I found were nice, but pretty standard nigerian pop and r&b fare.

Tatase:
@topic,

There was a rock appreciation thread on NL that was active a while back. If you search it you'll probably see it to resuscitate it. Or, we can just continue here. I pretty much like most genres of music (everything except maybe trance), but rock is definitely in my top 2.

@TY Gabriel and sinistyle,

I checked out the bands you listed. I liked Rooftop MCs best (I really liked Shock Therapy too), they remind me of what was that Fred Durst's band, whatsit. . . Limp Bizkit and the Beastie Boys rap-rock style except of course with a good Christian message.

I checked out Threadstone, they're also trying. They sound like a church or uni fellowship worship rock band and it's different because I haven't heard a lot of that sound in Nigeria. So more power to them.

I didn't find the Djinee or Nikky Laoye rock songs, the things I found were nice, but pretty standard nigerian pop and r&b fare.

You don't get it, do you. Read it again.

Yeah yeah, it's ok for you to back out of the arguement. If i were arguing against me, i'd have done that a long time ago.

One thing i'm certain about, is the whole truth would come out one day.

@eldee

If there is any one of us blinded by emotions, it's you. You've had it locked up in your psyche that nicolette wants to get back at Marc for losing her job. Yeah yeah i now she plays the bad girl, the backbiter, the manipulator. But that's just Edie at play. You just want to believe that nicolette is making things up. But have you ever thought she could be telling the truth. She has the look of a manipulator, yes, but you shouldn't judge her by that. Somehow, i believe her and know she's telling the truth. Call it feminine intuition?

@eldee,

Eva is not publicly taking any side, not because she doesn't know the truth and therefore doesn't want to jump into any conclusions, No. Can't you see, she's only tryna be diplomatic. Publicly taking sides would only mean losing from one side or the other. She has so much to lose. If she takes side with Sheridan, she risks losing her job and infuriating the powers that be in moviedom. If she takes sides with Marc, she risks losing Sheridan's friendship, and being called a backstabbing bitch by a section of the public. Any of the two decisions could end her career. It'll only be wise for her to remain non-aligned.

I on the other hand have nothing to lose. So i'l take sides all i want. From your comment below, it's also very clear which side you are on.

"You have made him guilty just and only because a fired and OBVIOUSLY DISGRUNTLED actress accused her producer of sexual harassment"

@eldee

and why the repeated reference to Eva? Do i detect a lil crush here?
Eya, too bad she's married. Kpele, lmao!

@eldee

i'm not taking sides. Ok, even if i am, it's because i'm very passionate about issues such as this. What if she's not lying. What if she's really telling the truth. She should suffer for speaking out?
I'm not fooled by marc's cherubic innocent looks. People like that always have loads of skeleton in there closet.

Some people do bad things to others and go away with it all the time. It's not new.
So, suing culprits for huge sums of money may not completely eliminate such trends, but it may curb it a little,

, but, if she's accusing him falsely, It's all good, it's a man's world. He'll still get himself out of the mess and continue his existence, But i doubt his innocence still.

[quote author=eldee link=topic=426567.msg5907555#msg5907555 date=127

You're blinded by stuff you don't even know, someone that actually thinks, like Eva Longoria, will watch and see if those accusations are actually true not just jump on the next bandwagon.
[quote][/quote]there's a probability that what nicolette alleged really happened. As far as i'm concerned, eva and others could as well be protecting there next pay check.

Of all the other housewives, nicolette was the only one that got a role without even auditioning. If you ask me, this is probably a case of a deal gone bad. Marc cherry probably thought that since he made nicolette, he could break her too.

eldee:
So your explanation for me watching all the Desperate Housewives seasons is 'you're checking out the women'??
Read what you just said out loud. . . and see if it rolls of your mouth.

ok, Let's see, em, My bad. please, let me erase what i said above. It was dumb i guess.

What i mean't to say was this. Desperate housewives is a good tv drama, It has all the ingredients that make it the viewers delight that it is. It's gat a great story line, a witty dialogue, it's serious lace with so much humour, it's gat a great cast e.t.c
My point is that it can be appreciated by anybody, Dumb asses, old women, genuises, primary school pupils and even CHAUVINISTIC MALES!

Watching desperate housewives does not make you less of the chauvinist that you are.

eldee:
I'm chauvinist, but yet I watch Desperate Housewives??
I like this your line of reasoning.

could be that you watch it to check out the reasoning of women.

I'm guessing that while you watch it, you have disapproval etched on your face, wondering the point of the whole drama?

Or you could just be checking out beautiful white women!

Chauvinistic!

@sinistyle.
Thx for the info
I love kings of leon too,

I'll also like to see coldplay, hoobastanks, evanescence and greenday perform.

What about you, who would you like to see?

Tatase:
@topic,

There was a rock appreciation thread on NL that was active a while back. If you search it you'll probably see it to resuscitate it. Or, we can just continue here. I pretty much like most genres of music (everything except maybe trance), but rock is definitely in my top 2.

yeah, i used to see one of such thread sometime ago. But the thing about resuciating such threads is that most active contributors then may not be so active now. The effort could be like striking a match to light ashes.

This is not just a rock appreciation thread. Bands or even solo artiste could post there rock songs here for our general reviews.

gangstaboo:
i love rock

i love rap too

i don't think they are mutually exclusive

not neccessarily, Most rock addicts see other genre of music as below par ,

I use to like rap, but when i switched to rock, rap stopped making sense.

eldee:
Hehehe . . . Edie should sue Bree's husband for casing the car-crash not the producers

chauvinist males!

@febz. I wish so too

I'm not convinced in the supposedly realness of all these reality tv shows. I don't think there's any atom of reality in all of these.

I don't want to say more to avoid being lynched by a mob of reality tv fanatics.

What i still don't get is the whole camera angle. What is real about cameramen, tv crew (including the mic handler!) trailing about a bunch of people? Instinctively, they can't help but act. I have a feeling that the producers of these shows write out scripts to be followed.

I don't want to sound biased, so please, what's ya opinion?

I've always had a thing for music from when i was little. Back in my teenage years, i used to have a thing for hiphop. I did lot's of raps, and i didn't have the patience for any other music genre.
Couple of years ago, i discovered rock, and there was no turning back!
The music makes me high, more than any drug could ever make me. I understand rock, and rock understands me.
Sometimes, i wonder what i'd do without rock music. I think it's my missing rib.

@sinistyle, please, i'll like your update on the rock concert thingy, Where, when?
I'll really love to be there.

Ty Gabriel:
yes rock band do exist in nigeria, have ever hear of 'thread stone.' me am nt a rock fan but a rock freak,

really! I'm really glad to know there some of us rock addict out there.

I want to believe that there are rock fans here in nairaland, even though it's clearly dominated by the hiphop fans.

The music section is not for the hiphop fans alone. It's for us too. WE MAY BE SMALL IN NUMBERS, BUT WE ARE MIGHTY IN DEDICATION AS ROCK FANS. Let's make our voice heard.

Let's do every thing from discussing our favorite bands here, to forming our own bands.

I have a question though. Are there any rock bands here in nigeria worth mentioning, and do you guys honestly feel that rock concerts organised for the nigerian rock lovers would record considerable sales?

javalove:
lmao. . ofoka come clear urself oooo. . AMYA don expose u say na yansh to yansh u dey do. . .

em. .em . . but aw u sef tae know amya? maybe u sef dey follow do woman to woman. . .

aaahhh!! I didn't say anything ooh! If ofoka is swinging to the other side, he knows himself. If i'm swinging both ways, na me know my self. If you too follow, na you know oh! Lmao,

chamotex:
Tosin, I think that statement is just not to get the public worried.
Considering he's got a concert here in a couple of weeks, it could affect the sales of tickets and stuff.
Thats the same message the organisers of the concert have on their status aswell.

CAN YOU IMAGINE!!!

Someone is seriously hurt, probably DYING, And all some bloody show organiser dudes are all concerned about is some bloody ticket sales!!!

I dey vex,