Mike Starr RIP

Rock On Sistahs! pays tribute to Mike Starr of Alice In Chains (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011).

Charlie Sheen: Rock Star or Tragic Loser?

"Winning!" - Charlie Sheen

Well fam, I had to write something about Charlie Sheen cuz I wasn't going anywhere near that new Lady Gaga song. (*Cough* "Express Yourself" ripoff) If you think about it, Charlie is tailor-made for a rock blog. He is a self-proclaimed "rock star" afterall. But is he a rock star or a tragic loser? There is definitely evidence of both recorded in every stripe of media. In an attempt to comprehend the Charlie Sheen phenomena and exorcise myself of all things Charlie Sheen-related, I submit the following two blog posts to illustrate these sides of Charlie Sheen. Rock Star or Tragic Loser? You decide.

Charlie Sheen: Rock Star

"Winning!" - Charlie Sheen


Is Charlie Sheen "winning"? Fucking-A right he is! As far as rock stars of old go -- your Keith Moon, your John Bonham, your Keith Richards circa 1967 to about the early 80's, -- Charlie is definitely representing old school style. Somewhere in sunny California, David Crosby is watching the latest Charlie Sheen televised post-bacchanal boast and weeping. To quote Andrew W.K., when movie and TV star Charlie Sheen "parties he parties HARD." (I wouldn't be surprised if the song is his ringtone.) To quote Charlie, he's "narly." In Charlie's eyes he's the narliest Narl in Narltown with his million-dollar home and duo of live-in "goddesses," one a model and the other a popular, now "retired," porn star. To use another colorful Charlie Sheen quote -- and there are so many God bless him -- he "struck the tri-state lotto" with these ladies. Before Charlie settled down in domestic bliss with his goddesses, he enjoyed the company of numerous porn stars and prostitutes, whom he paid upwards of $30,000 a pop for their, ahem, attention. Charlie has entertained so many women that Tiger Woods is smacking himself and Wilt Chamberlin is probably breakdancing in his grave. Charlie's infamously "epic" ingestion of narcotics is public record. One party guest and survivor of his latest binger that ended when paramedics came to his house described his cocaine use as "worse than Scarface." What makes Charlie most like a rock star is his defiant embrace of his vices. He does not apologize for being a bad boy at all. He celebrates it. In a recent interview with Howard Stern, Sheen summed up his high-risk lifestyle with a quote from a Clint Eastwood movie, "a man must know his limitations. Maybe it's his "tiger blood" or his "Adonis DNA" but Charlie Sheen is a man with no limits. In rock star terms, he's defintely "winning."

Charlie Sheen: Tragic Loser

"Winning!" - Charlie Sheen

Is Charlie Sheen "winning"? Far from it. Unhinged? Most definitely. Self-destructing? Duh! Watching a public figure like Sheen fall from grace is as much popular entertainment as it is heartbreaking tragedy. More heartbreaking because it is unfolding in high definition. Turn on your television and it's saturated with the latest Charlie Sheen reality-challenged rant. It's Charlie Sheen's public relations war against the "trolls" that includes Charlie bragging about his "tiger blood" and "Adonis DNA" and flipping off Middle America by defending his Dionysian lifestyle of porn stars, prostitutes, sycophants and enablers. Earlier this week, his twin sons were removed from his home by the authorities. As of today he's down one "goddess" (Rachel Oberlin a.k.a. porn star Bree Olson left him.) and he's unemployed. CBS has officially fired Sheen from his TV show "Two And A Half Men." How does Charlie react to his recent misfortunes? He takes a defensive stance while he rants like a neuron-fried maniac. To be honest, it's pretty fucking sad. Is Charlie Sheen winning despite his rants to the contrary? I'll put it like this: It looks like the SS Charlie Sheen has crashed into an iceberg and everyone knows it but him.

The Best Rock 'N' Roll Covers Ever Made: Volume 2

Rock On, Sistahs! presents another heaping batch of the best Rock 'N' Roll covers ever made and we're definitely bringing the awesome! :-)

The Troggs' "Wild Thing" is a frisky, flirty garage rock hit that scored on the charts and with the ladies!

I can describe Jimi Hendrix's cover of "Wild Thing" with one word: Brilliant. And another word: Transcendent. And one more: Sex. Other than those his cover of this song and his performance of it at the Monterey Pop Festival leave me speechless.

Tommy James and The Shondells' "Crimson and Clover" is a psychedelic work of art that never charted on the UK charts when it was originally released.

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts remade this song twenty years later and - let's be honest - gave it some balls! :-)

Simon and Garfunkel's song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is an endearing ode to friendship that is as poignant as it is majestic.

Aretha Franklin took this magnificent song to new heights and made it an epic hymn.

In Memorium

Rock On, Sistahs! pays tribute to those we have recently lost who made an impact on this beloved artform we call Rock 'N' Roll.


Eddie Serrato, (December 5, 1945 - February 24, 2011 Drummer for Question Mark and The Mysterians.

Suze Rotolo, (November 20, 1943 – February 25, 2011) Artist and Muse.

Gary Moore, (April 4, 1952 – February 6, 2011) Guitarist for Thin Lizzy.