Wal-Mart Sells It's Soul

I went to Wal-Mart (one of the 20+ around my city) yesterday to pick-up the new AC/DC CD "Black Ice" and the freakin' place is like a shrine to the Aussie rockers. There's AC/DC displays all over the place with DVDs and CDs on sale as well as shirts, games and all sorts of other junk. I know it's just the way things work nowadays but it seems sort of comical that the very conservative chain, which has banned Marilyn Manson and even Sheryl Crow and airbrushed CD covers (see White Zombie), would be so big behind the band that has brought us "Highway To Hell", "Let Me Put My Love Into You", "Big Balls" and "Hells Bells" (all of which have falling prices right now!). They even censor a great bunch of CDs for language (but at least they mark them as such). I don't really care, I just found it all sort of funny as I pushed my wobbly cart (left front wheel this time) around the aisles and saw AC/DC shirts in the young boys section and a CD display right next to the Christian book selection. I only wish the old greeter would have flashed me the devil horns on my way in.


And speaking of Mr. Manson, he has revealed that he is "pretty much finished" with his new studio album and that the album "will be more like Antichrist Superstar." Which I interpret to mean "heavier". Every song on the disc was written by Manson with bassist Twiggy Ramirez who rejoined the band back in January. He also revealed the former Limp Bizkit/current Black Light Burns guitarist Wes Borland will only be part of Manson's band for touring purposes only. So I take it that he didn't contribute to the new CD at all.

So anyway, here's some new stuff you can waste your hard earned money on today if you so desire:

* AC/DC ~ "Black Ice" CD (actually released yesterday... Wal-Mart only)

* Kenny Chesney ~ "Lucky Old Sun" CD

* Hank III ~ "Damn Right, Rebel Proud" CD

* Paul Stanley ~ "One Live KISS" DVD (live concert CD from KISS frontman)

* The Incredible Hulk DVD (see my review here)

* The Strangers DVD (see my review here)

* Family Guy Volume 6 DVD

* Anaconda III: Offspring DVD (see my review here)