NFL 2014

[Donovan]

Wow. Is it too late to put Rex Ryan on the celebrity death list?

Dono! How you been buddy?

Not bad. Hanging in there anyway. GF's kid got signed to a label the other day with his metal core band. I'll let you know if anything comes of it.

Getting signed to label nowdays is a lot different than it was 20 years ago. Depends on the deal and the ammount of promotion the label is willing to kick down. Friends of mine signed a three year deal with Warner Brothers. I thought, wow, that's awesome. You guys are on your way. Turns out WB made them pay for the studio time and put absolutely no promotion into it at all. That's why nobody's ever heard of Stands With Fists (except for the Dances With Wolves fans). They're broken up now.

That's pretty much always the way it has been though. Most of the horror stories from the early days of rock are greedy labels ripping off artists. If this band is going to get anywhere it will be under their own sweat power. The label is Victory, which seems to be a metal and punk haven, but I don't know enough about that niche to tell if any of their current acts are names. I never heard of them but I'm old. Personally, I put their odds of long term success about the same as the Eagles getting out of the season without Sanchez remembering he's Sanchez and choking a big game.

See how I wrapped that back around? NFL thread, bitches. Testify.