I don't mean to brag, but I find it really sweet that I'm graduating in December with most of my friends here, yet they didn't fail a bunch of classes and get kicked out. The end is so close I can taste it...then I can focus on the band and destroy everyone (in a good way) with some METAL

That video of Guthrie Govan that Jessie posted is sweet. Goddamn that man is versatile. Here's a clip of my personal guitar hero, Paul Gilbert, playing the title track off his latest release, "Get Out of My Yard"

Note that this is most likely impossible to play normally, and that he's using a special setup where there's only 3 strings tuned to ( Read more... )

Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci and Joe Satriani. 3 of my favorite guitarists, 3 of the most talented musicians alive, all in one show that I just saw in Chicago. Easily one of the greatest experiences I've had as a guitar player and fan. Paul Gilbert played Scarified! They all jammed on Jimi Hendrix and Rolling Stones tunes at the end! What a night.

Apparently I've lost 10 pounds in the last year, dropping from 134 to 124. Most likely due to changing my diet while living in an apartment instead of a dorm, since I know I've felt fine, haven't been sickly at all, and haven't been stressed/depressed/etc. We'll see where I am in a month I guess.

I'm putting forward a formal request: send me any and all recommendations for music. Any style (except pop punk)..I'm trying to listen to as much different things as I can. Most recently I've been listening to electronic/industrial and ambient stuff...but really, ANYTHING you recommend, please let me know.

We all know we can't change the past, so why do we spend so much time thinking about what if we'd done something differently? I made a stupid mistake over the summer, and while I don't really regret it, more information has come to light that really just emphasizes the idiocy of the act, and it's a little disconcerting to know how selfishly I ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm a bastard for posting one entry right after the other, but since I mentioned one of my songs, I'm going to go ahead and put up its lyrics. Let me know what you think ( Read more... )

The weekend is here, and I say it's about time! This should be a good one; tomorrow night there's a Brahms concert at the school, and I most definately intend to go. After that, ideally downtown Kalamazoo will be the next destination. I'm making a point of getting out a bit more. Now that I'm 21 I can do things like go out to a place like The Union ( Read more... )

Last time I splooged about Zelda and Final Fantasy (still enslaved by it..there's a hell of a lot to do). Now, I'm can add the "Symphonie Fantastique" by Hector Berlioz to my obsessions. I had heard parts of it before, but I only really listened to it today. My lord..words can't describe just how amazing I think this piece of music is. If you don't ( Read more... )

Currently I am a slave to two games: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Final Fantasy 6. I don't have a Wii, but the Gamecube version of TP is just as amazing. Hyrule is finally realistically proportioned, the atmosphere in the game is incredible, and the character development is better than ever. It's really a breathtaking world that ( Read more... )