We’re looking at a great Sunday. The Giants-Cardinals and Packers-Saints games figure to be instant classic shootouts. The undefeated Titans are taking on the Jets and you-know-who. The Lions continue their quest for a historic 0-16 season. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but if all goes well this weekend, we could be looking at a Thanksgiving day game between an 11-0 team and an 0-11 team. I’m just guessing, but that would definitely be the latest in the season that an undefeated team has ever faced a winless team.

But that’s next week. (Maybe) Let’s live in the present. Let’s talk about Guns ‘N Roses. (Featuring vintage Stephanie Seymour)

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Earlier this week Will Leitch gave his suggestion for a single, condensed Use Your Illusion album. (Which actually happened about 10 years ago) After reading Leitch’s Weekly Buzzsaw Countodown, we have to ask Will: Have you lost your goddamned mind?

The man suggested deleting a third of the original Guns ‘N Fucking Roses catalog. A third! That’s pure insanity.

Yesterday Big Daddy Drew (Buzz Bissinger’s friend from the literary world.) gave his own suggestion (Scroll past the shark) for the truncated collection of UYI tunes. Drew was also more than willing to do away with a a great deal of the original material recorded by one of the most important and influential bands in the history. It  would be a fucking crime against music.

I thought about it. I really did. I can only see dropping 4 tracks between the two albums. The two covers can be dropped. We don’t even need to get rid of them completely. Knockin’ On Heavens Door and Live and Let Die can go on the end of The Spaghetti Incident. We admittedly don’t need two versions of Don’t Cry. Finally, My World is a weird outro that really serves no purpose. There you go. I will fully support packaging the 26 remaining tracks as possibly the greatest double album of all time.

To review, here are some of the songs that would disappear if Use Your Illusion was a single album:

Garden of Eden

Right Next Door To Hell

Perfect Crime

Double Talkin’ Jive

Don’t Cry

So Fine

Bad Obsession

Dead Horse

November Rain

As for Chinese Democracy, I’m excited. I’ve heard most of it and it’s… not horrible. To continue to call it Guns N Roses is wrong. This is Axl’s solo album. At least it’s as much of a solo album as you can consider an album that’s been worked on by no less than a thousand people and features upwards of 10,000 musicians. (And that’s just the keyboardists.)

I’ve personally been waiting for this album for around 10 years. (I was admittedly late to the party.) Truthfully, I’m going to buy it as soon as I wake up on Sunday. I can’t get over the fact that we’re 2 days away from the release of Chinese Democracy. I honestly can’t. If you want to preview it, the stream is on GNR’s MySpace. You guys can download it or rip it – I need to posses this album.

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Matt Cassel hasn’t played since his 400 yard game, so he gets Scarlett again. Keep it up Mr. Cassel.

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Week 12 Pigsplosive Video

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Last Week: 10-5-1 (If I can take a tie when I predict a tie and there isn’t, I’ll certainly take a tie when I pick a winner and there’s an actual tie.)

Overall: 98-61-3

If I don’t have anything nice to say about a game, you get some more GNR.

Philadelphia @ Baltimore

What do you fucking mean there’s a team in Baltimore? Didn’t the Colts move like 50 years ago or some shit? Eagles 21, Ravens 13

Houston @ Cleveland

Did I mention Brady Quinn is playing with a broken finger? An actual broken finger. Not one of those useless appendages that humans will likely lose when we evolve in a few years. Texans 26, Browns 24

Tampa Bay @ Detroit

I’m beginning to think the Lions aren’t very good. Buccaneers 30, Lions 17

Buffalo @ Kansas City

You Could Be Mine. Chiefs 35, Bills 24

Chicago @ St. Louis

Pretty Tied Up. Bears 20, Rams 10

New York Jets @ Tennessee Titans

Vicodin vs Vodka: Who ya got? I feel like I’ll be screaming at the television during this game. Titans 24, Jets 17

New England @ Miami

Two Words: Cassel’s. Revenge. Patriots 28, Dolphins 14

Minnesota @ Jacksonville

Estranged. Vikings 21, Jaguars 20

San Francisco @ Dallas

Growing up as a bandwagon-jumping 49ers fan, no game on the NFL schedule was as exciting to me as Niners-Cowboys. I’d sit there leaning on my giant 49ers pillow wearing my 49ers pajamas (I was 17) living and dying with each snap. Thinking about it kind of makes me miss the simpler times. Cowboys 31, 49ers 20

Oakland @ Denver

Peyton Hillis is the first fullback to get fantasy consideration since Mike Alstott retired. Unless you count Daunte Culpepper. Broncos 45, Raiders 10

Carolina @ Atlanta

This will be the game where we find out if this season was just an improvement for the Falcons or a full on step into the Playoffs. Falcons 20, Panthers 14

New York Giants @ Arizona

NFC Championship preview? Giants 28, Cardinals 24

Washington @ Seattle

Shotgun Blues. Redskins 21, Seahawks 14

Indianapolis @ San Diego

Anybody know the spread? Colts 24, Chargers 19

Green Bay @ New Orleans

Shootout of the century. Packers 38, Saints 35