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November 11, 2009

Good Luck On Criminal Minds Tonight, Gavin Rossdale!

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Gavin Rossdale is going to be on Criminal Minds tonight, whatever that is. It could be anything. It's probably a show for children about the magic of reading. Criminal Minds Rainbow. Anyway, Gavin (I call him Gavin) plays some kind of...goth...vampire...rock star...who might also be a goth vampire murderer? Perfect. It sounds like Gavin's The Wrestler. All his life has been leading up to this one perfect role on a show for children about the magic of reading. And based on these preview clips, it looks like he's going to do fine! Phew! Whenever I see someone like Gavin Rossdale from Glycerine doing a cameo in a movie or a TV show, I always feel like I'm watching a friend who had no prior interest in acting doing a cameo in a movie or a TV show. Like, I get really nervous for them, and then when they do a completely serviceable job reading the three stupid lines they have to read ("The last time I saw her was in the elevator, is she OK?") I'm so proud of them. Not that Gavin Rossdale has any lines in these clips. Criminal Minds isn't stupid! (I don't think! There is no way to know whether or not Criminal Minds is stupid. Not until we figure out what Criminal Minds IS!) Anyway, good luck, Gavin Rossdale! It looks like you're going to be very well-not-good-and-not-even-very-believable-but-at-least-not-embarrassing! So proud!

After the jump, you can be proud of Gavin Rossdale, too!

He's doing it! He totally threw the ashtray at the mirror and then sat down and looked very goth and vampirey. "That is a wrap. Wrap party!" How come in the movies and TV when people get angry in dressing rooms they always throw something at the mirror, and then they go and sit right in front of that broken mirror? Always. Every time. Never mind. Some questions have no answers.

Oh, and here is Gavin Rossdale covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart," because what else is a goth vampire murder suspect in 2009 going to cover?

Kind of silly but otherwise completely inoffensive acting won't tear Gavin Rossdale apart...from this role!

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Was he in avatar too? wtf vishnu

Posted by: DS3M profile link at 11/11/09 10:18 AM  | Reply
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You think he blue himself?

Posted by: dUb-iLL profile link  in reply to  DS3M's comment at 11/11/09 10:27 AM  | Reply
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Well he looks like the emo Joker here. Why so serious Gav? Douche chill!

Posted by: jawbone profile link  in reply to  dUb-iLL's comment at 11/11/09 11:01 AM  | Reply
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The Joker after he ate the 3-course dinner gum at Mr. Wonka's Factory.

Posted by: dUb-iLL profile link  in reply to  jawbone's comment at 11/11/09 11:10 AM  | Reply
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Way back when I was in high school I went to see Bush and a few other bands play...someone threw a bologna sandwich at him during their act. I think it was the highlight of his career.

Posted by: She-Ra, P.O.P. profile link at 11/11/09 10:24 AM  | Reply
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I remember this!

Posted by: Lulubelle profile link  in reply to  She-Ra, P.O.P.'s comment at 11/11/09 12:59 PM  | Reply
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someone thinks hes eric draven

Posted by: nicole profile link at 11/11/09 10:24 AM  | Reply
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The twist at the end of the episode is probably that he is really dead and he is avenging his and his fiancees murder.

Posted by: Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up profile link  in reply to  nicole's comment at 11/11/09 10:31 AM  | Reply
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He was also in Constantine. And as we all know, being allowed to act beside the powerhouse that is Keanu Reeves is a sure sign of quality.

Posted by: lilbobbytables profile link at 11/11/09 10:26 AM  | Reply
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An acting tour de force

Posted by: PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek profile link at 11/11/09 10:27 AM  | Reply
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If there was an acting Olympics, it would have to be shut down, because these two champions of acting would win every award ever, for the duration of time.

Posted by: lilbobbytables profile link  in reply to  PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek's comment at 11/11/09 10:28 AM  | Reply
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The smooth skin alone...WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAJOR APHRODISIAC, LADIES!!!!

Posted by: K profile link  in reply to  lilbobbytables's comment at 11/11/09 11:22 AM  | Reply
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Honestly, Gavin was my favorite part of that movie. Very very sexy man.

Posted by: dafs profile link  in reply to  PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek's comment at 11/11/09 10:41 AM  | Reply
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The Keanu, Gavin combo was almost too much hotness for one movie.

Posted by: ambarella profile link  in reply to  dafs's comment at 11/11/09 10:45 AM  | Reply
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Gavin sucks.

Posted by: itsahotdog! profile link  in reply to  ambarella's comment at 11/11/09 10:53 AM  | Reply
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i really liked that movie and i thought he was a) white hot (doyoyoy) and also b) really impressive, acting-wise. very creepy sexy! i would not kick him out of my eyes, my bed, or my visual entertainment. (not so much with his music. that i will continue to kick out of my ears.) i'm glad you said this, dafs.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  dafs's comment at 11/14/09 4:51 AM  | Reply
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I like Keanu's "who farted" face.

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek's comment at 11/11/09 11:38 AM  | Reply
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Hey now. That's his acting face.

Posted by: kiss the pan profile link  in reply to  petepetepete's comment at 11/11/09 1:00 PM  | Reply
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Some Questions Have No Answers is the new There Are Mysteries All Around Us.

Posted by: huckabeast profile link at 11/11/09 10:28 AM  | Reply
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That Joy Division cover made me :(

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 11/11/09 10:30 AM  | Reply
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Apparently that song has only one verse! I didn't remember it that way, but I defer to Criminal Minds as they are obviously the authority on late seventies post-punk. So Gavin Rossdale is the "unsub" (yes, I have seen Criminal Minds before).


Also, this needs to be said: Gwen Stefani, that's your husband.

Posted by: K profile link  in reply to  Deezey's comment at 11/11/09 11:28 AM  | Reply
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when gabe is president of entertainment in LA i hope he declares a moratorium on fake tv/movie concerts because they are inevitably so forced and self-conscious. let's you and i remember that we will have him use this footage as one of his pieces of evidence to support that decision, 'kay? no more of this.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  Deezey's comment at 11/14/09 4:53 AM  | Reply
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Does he star in the whole episode or does he eventually get to fight Matlock?

Posted by: Pantychrist profile link at 11/11/09 10:50 AM  | Reply
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I bet Topher Grace does a much better Ian Curtis.

Posted by: JackNance'sGhost profile link at 11/11/09 10:55 AM  | Reply
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I'm going to bow out of this conversation because I am the exact right age to have been really really into Bush when they came out. I still get kind of sensitive when people make fun of them, like they're making fun of me for once having been an 11-year-old suburban girl.

Posted by: Superglue profile link at 11/11/09 11:06 AM  | Reply
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It's more that we're making fun of Gavin Rossdale for still being an 11 year-old suburban girl.

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  Superglue's comment at 11/11/09 11:40 AM  | Reply
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if that's what you sound like after your performance is treated with all the magical doo-dads that exists to make it sounds great, you are seriously not good at making music. though i think the world figured that out when razorblade suitcase dropped. heyyy-o!

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Posted by: Nate Scott! profile link at 11/11/09 11:24 AM  | Reply
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I think that cover answers its own question pretty nicely.

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  Nate Scott!'s comment at 11/11/09 11:42 AM  | Reply
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Who feels dumber today, Gavin Rosdale or Jeff Goodell?

Posted by: dUb-iLL profile link  in reply to  Nate Scott!'s comment at 11/11/09 11:48 AM  | Reply
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I don't even know who this dude is but OM NOM NOM

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  Nate Scott!'s comment at 11/11/09 12:04 PM  | Reply
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I stopped being interested in anything Gavin Rossdale does way back when I was uninterested in Gavin Rossdale in 1996.

Posted by: Spice Weasel profile link at 11/11/09 11:31 AM  | Reply
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is the "vampies" tag a typo? because i hope it's not. i would loooooove to go around calling vampires "vampies."

Posted by: rb profile link at 11/11/09 11:34 AM  | Reply
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You guys. When I was 17, I was the biggest Bush fan. THE BIGGEST IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!! Being The Best Bush Fan is what I was doing at ages 17-18, instead of running Congressional campaigns (Gossip Girl!). I felt no shame.


So this video would make me very excited!! Then!! Now, it makes me a little sadder and deader inside.

Posted by: Lulubelle profile link at 11/11/09 1:03 PM  | Reply
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We all were, Lulubelle. We all were. I have Gavin Rossdale's hairdo in my freshman year college ID photo (despite the fact that I'm a lady). I saw both Bush AND No Doubt play at the same music festival. That was the same summer I went to Lilith Fair. Jesus.

Hold on to Gwen, Gavin. Hold on tight and don't let got.

Posted by: Jabberwocky profile link  in reply to  Lulubelle's comment at 11/11/09 2:00 PM  | Reply
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let GO. For cripessake, why can't I spell???

Posted by: Jabberwocky profile link  in reply to  Jabberwocky's comment at 11/11/09 2:01 PM  | Reply
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I'm pretty sure that "Criminal Minds" is actually just a remake of "The Crow."

Posted by: BobFreakinVila profile link at 11/11/09 1:42 PM  | Reply
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The only time I ever watched this show, I got to see this:

Sorry, Mr. Rossdale, you lose. (at the guest starring on Criminal Minds game.)

Posted by: mattversus profile link at 11/11/09 2:08 PM  | Reply
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As soon as I read the title of this post I thought of that episode and changed my avatar. Good ol' JA definitely takes the cake at weirdest Criminal Minds guest star. Can't believe I just came out of the closet as a Criminal Minds semi-fan.

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My dad still refers to Gavin Rossdale as "Bush" (as in, "isn't she married to Bush?)

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