Ian Anderson and Bruce Dickinson, xmas concert at Canterbury Cathedral. A resurrection(sic) of William Blake's Jerusalem, Iron Tull style (or would that be Jethro Maiden?). Very well done, actually.

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I think I still prefer Sir Hubert Parry's version, but this is cool.

Oh man, what might have been. Apparently Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman were actively scheming on a project together, and then Lord got sick and that was all she wrote. There's a clip of them at Royal Albert Hall last year, and it's got hella promise. A studio project by these two would have been total keyboard magic. Cancer's a real bitch. Leave a comment

Jon Lord died today. Arguably the first to fuse metal and classical, he's forever one of the all time greats. His Hammond through Marshall stacks was epic.

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Dethklok gig on the USS Midway hanger deck at San Diego Comic-Con. Extra style points for epic arrival by helicopter. But also epic fail points for getting out of said helicopter, standing tall, and throwing horns. That's a good way to loose a few fingers with an inopportune gust of wind.

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Yeah, ok. The dude can do Tate circa '81-90 kickass. But this demo reel stands on it's own, he's not just a Tate imitator. I'm real interested in seeing what he does with Queensryche.

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Watching South Park last night. Looked up "I Am Chewbacca", because it is awesome. Noted that all the yootoob links were labeled "DVDA".

Sam: What does DVDA stand for?
Hunter: *google-fu* Double Vaginal Double Anal
Me: *raucous laughter*
Sam: Oh, South Park. You had my 14 year old son reading that to me. You always find a new way to burn...

We need more of this in the world. I totally respect Orphaned Land's reaching out to the arab world, they probably do more for peace in the region than most politicians...

Israel’s pride at heavy metal soon going to be Turkish Citizens / Orphaned Land turn Turkish

Truth. I'm less interested in the resume (beyond demonstration of minimum competency) and more interested in the prospect's personal hobbies and such. The right person can easily be trained up to competency, but an already competent bad fit can never learn to be part of an alien culture. I speak from experience.

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Ok. I'm a Longhorn. As such, I innately recognize Aggies as a lower life form, worthy of pity and ridicule. But... credit where credit is due. This is f**king awesome. Extra credit for the photo of the blokes with the cooler (which stereotypes would say should be full of beer (Shiner Bock?)) walking the line. Keepin' it real, Aggie style. Only way ( Read more... )

Freaked out Hunter pretty good, he headed for a doorway, but Sam and I didn't get out of bed. Good shake tho. So far the only one that's ever really scared me was Northridge '94.

Interesting recording of the rumble, caught while doing an organ recording at St Pauls: Leave a comment  3