I really cannot fathom why, but Activision is dissolving the unit that was responsible the Guitar Hero franchise of games. These games are huge sellers. Sure, they've strayed a bit in my opinion with all the focused editions like that Aerosmith crapfest, but these games still represent high-volume sales overall. This, to me, is just a strange decision from a company that really isn't known for much else nowadays.

Palm
Prior to Marty's previous Tweet was one announcing another tech death, this one for Palm. Many of us who like tech toys and personal planning are familiar with Palm because of their Palm Pilot planners and Treo phones, among many other devices. Hewlett-Packard (HP) bought out Palm recently and their new product line announcement shows that there is nothing in the works for the Palm brand.

I've owned three different Palm Pilots throughout the years and have loved each and every one of them. They were fantastic devices. But, apparently, HP feels they have nothing left to offer the gadget world.

Slash
Since I'm on a Twitter roll, I read one from Slash (yes, the former guitarist of Guns 'n' Roses and Snakepit and Velvet Revolver, although that last one could still come back) that so perfectly and succinctly reflected my own opinion regarding all the snow in the world right now.

MAYA
Since I've now so smoothly transitioned into music, I just want to give a little love to one of my favorite current artists, she being the brilliance known as M.I.A. I've loved everything that she has done so far and her latest, the ViCKi LEEKX mixtape, is sheer genius. It's a great 36-minute-long single track that makes for killer running music.

Plus, the album name is pretty damn cool.

I loves me some M.I.A.

Justified
Speaking of love, tonight is the season two premiere of Timothy Olyphant's Justified on FX. Actually, it's on as I type this. Woo hoo!

Lights
And if you want another example of the excellence in programming that is coming from little ol' FX, check out the boxing drama Lights Out. It's about a retired former heavyweight champ named Patrick "Lights" Leary and how his personal and professional life have gone to the crapper since his retirement following a controversial fight. Check it out if you get a chance. Seriously good stuff.

V
Now if you wanna talk about bad television, I guess that's what I would call ABC's V (the remake of the old 1980s series). I'm still watching it, although I don't know why. I think it may officially be time to give it up. When a show has been relegated so far back as to be nothing but filler noise while you do other stuff, that's bad. When a show has become so much filler that you didn't even realize until it was too late that you had watched two episodes out of order, that's worse.

Pass
From bad to worse (I couldn't pay the devil for smoother transitions than the ones I'm spewing out tonight), I can't help but think that the new Owen Wilson movie Hall Pass is just going to be such utter garbage that I'll be vomiting in my mouth the entire time if I see it. Therefore I shall not. How can a movie about a guy who is so repressed and unhappy that his wife has to give him a one-week reprieve from their marriage be any good?

Yeah... no.