I'm Psychic? Yeah, Right.

Poking around some old posts on here I came across this one, which predicted that a supposed release date for Guns N' Roses next album, Chinese Democracy, would come and go without the album actually appearing. Here we are in December and I was right. But it's in no way evidence I have precognative abilities. You didn't need to be psychic to guess that an album that has given multiple release dates, none of which it has met, isn't likely to come out when advertised. Reportedly sessions for the album have cost 13 million bucks, meaning the album will have to sell at least 13 million copies, if not more, to even have a chance of making a profit for the label and Axl Rose. And in today's music market that's an even more dubious proposition than it was when work on the album began way back in the late '90s.

Chinese Democracy and Chinese Democracy.

I heard a report on the radio today that Chinese Democracy, the long, long delayed Guns N' Roses album, may have a September 17th release date. Personally I predict we're more likely to see a truly democratic election in the People's Republic than that album actually appear this year. Either that or the album will ship, only to have untold numbers of buyers disappointed when the actual content of the disc is a badly mastered version of Phil Collins' Hello, I Must Be Going. Surely ole Waxl must realise that everyone wants to hear this album to see how truly horrid it is, not because they actually want to hear a new GnR album.