Sopranos Creator Takes A "Journey" Of His Own

David Chase left the country prior to the airing of the Sopranos finale, in anticipation of viewer dissatisfaction.

By relieving himself on Sopranos fans with a horrid finale and avoiding accountability for it, Sopranos creator David Chase has become the R. Kelly of television. Now I know how Phil Spector, another victim of mitteration, must have felt.

As I search for answers to cope with the disrespect, I find myself looking at another show with much better writing: The Shield. And I realize that John Kavanaugh, played by Forest Whitaker, was Negrodamus after all...especially if you replace the word "Mackey" with "David Chase":

You can also find it here.

But there is a silver lining to this golden shower: Journey's dreams have become reality.

Oh, and there will be no Sopranos sequel:

"I think we've kind of said it and done it"

Yes, David, you most certainly have done it.

And Joseph K was correct: It must truly is better to give than receive...

MLK = Bob Marley = R. Kelly?

Page Six has an awesome quote from a new interview with R. Kelly in Hip-Hop Soul Magazine:

"My greatest competition is, well, me . . . I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now."

And I agree with the "R", if we break down what he's trying to say.

I only disagree with him limiting his greatness to Black heroes instead of other noteworthy luminaries such as Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and Chuck Norris. It is troubling, as his issue knows no racial boundaries.

MLK, Ali, and Marley challenged peoples pre-conceived notions.

To the average racist of the 60's, the thought of little black children and little white children holding hands was horrific. Martin Luther King brought that image to the forefront of American consciousness. Now, we have MLK day as a national holiday.

To the average racist of the 60's, the thought of a outspoken athlete was abominable. Muhammad Ali brought that image to the forefront of American consciousness. Now, we applaud Ali as a pioneer and welcome outspoken athletes like Charles Barkley.

To the average racist of the 70's, the thought of a profound poet from Jamaica was inconceivable. Bob Marley brought that image to the forefront of American consciousness. Now, TIME Magazine calls Bob Marley's Exodus record the greatest album of the 20th century.

What R. Kelly means to humanity, quite honestly, has nothing to do with race.

To the average, sane, well-adjusted, socially responsible, resident of the 21st century without a criminal record, the thought of a person peeing on anyone, much less and underage girl, is repulsive. Yet, R. Kelly still sells albums with allusions to his impropriety. Some of us have learned to block it out when we're buying his records, grooving to his jams, or reading about his tribute to Virginia Tech.

No one has quite distinguished themselves as much as R. Kelly has in human mitteration.

His case has been dragging for years, and, who knows? Maybe it will finally take place before global warming causes glaciers to wash away life as we know it, much like R. Kelly's golden showers threatened to drown out his career.

But that's just a nagging detail.

In the interim, let's all pour a few drops in honor of this noteworthy pioneer.
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Do you think R. Kelly is worthy? What "icons" are more appropriate for him? And when do you think he's going to trial?

R. Kelly's Virginia Tech 'Tribute' or Guilt?

After ruminating that Seung-Hui Cho might have been a victim of mitteration, reports have surface that R. Kelly has written a song about Virginia Tech:

Kelly wrote the inspirational ballad after watching the events unfold on television while he was on tour

Does it seem far fetched that guilt from Kelly's love of water sports motivated him to write the song?

According to Mediatakeout, the Cook County State Attorney's office believes that Kelly was bragging about being untouchable and incriminated himself in the lyrics to his latest song 'Make It Rain.':

You gon' make me aim this, leave your *** brainless...Skeet Skeet Skeet Skeet, Weatherman 'bout to make it rain!

R. Kelly's Virginia Tech song is called 'Rise Up' and will be released on May 15th.

Of course, R. Kelly wrote the song before the Cho-Spector-Kelly post, so we can't take credit for making R. Kelly feel guilty enough to do something to atone for his watery sins....

...unless R. Kelly has Nostradamus powers which makes him see into the future.

If that were the case, you'd think he'd know he'd get caught...

...unless his Nostradamus powers are limited to blog entries. Or maybe he was visited by a traveler from the future who warned him just in time.

Maybe the traveler from the future, like Bill and Ted, had to assemble a talented team of urinators and urinatees to save the future from utter destruction.


We know they probably went after R.Kelly, Chuck Berry, and Phil Spector. Let's just hope that Bill and Ted did enough research to know that Phil should be unarmed during the recording sessions.
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Who do you think Bill and Ted would have on their all-star pee-pee squad? And is there more to R.Kelly's song than meets the eye?