I'm not a big fan of that either, but it's no issue for me to just fast forward it when I don't want to listen to it.

Anyway, just realized that Iron Maiden is coming out with a new album come September. I was expecting it to be a huge disappointment just before I started listening to the sample song The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg on their website. Surprisingly, it doesn't suck. As a matter of fact, it's now one of my favorite Maiden songs.

Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg

Idlewild - A modern way of letting go
I've been listening to a bunch of Idlewild songs lately. Their songs have a perfect blend of energy and melody, joy and sorrow, light and shadow etc. within themselves I wub those guys from Scotland.

I'm almost ashamed to admit it because of the association of this artist with a certain techno mega event in Berlin, but I'm currently listening to Westbam. As opposed to the music usually played at aforementioned event, his tracks are very melodic, have good vocals and are intelligent. The album I'm listening to is Right On, so far my favorite.

Westbam - Oldschool - just ignore the embarrassing video and Nena. The song itself is pretty good
Westbam - Hard Times - one of my Westbam favorites. Better video.

The station logo on the second video certainly reminds me of better times It is the logo of VIVA, which once was one of the most appreciated stations in Germany. They had loads and loads of music vids, oftentimes of bands you never heard of before. Good stuff. And they had a number of very cool VJs like Charlotte Roche. And then what happened? [censored] MTV bought VIVA, fired everyone except for the cleaning staff, and now it's a ****ing ringtone advertizement station. No more music. No more originality. Nothing. It's on the air as a dead husk of what it once was. It's a damn shame is what it is.

In loving memory:

Wow, Stargelman - nice band. I liked both videos but you are right the second one was better. That guy with the crewcut is a heckuva robot dancer. Awesome! The girl was very fluid.

Also, that site led me to some videos taken of Warsaw, Poland and very fascinating was the Spanish speaking tour of Poland and Prague. Pretty cool since I can understand Spanish a little but Polish not at all despite the fact I spoke it as a young child. I am half Polish but heritage deprived really. So thanks, that was very cool to watch!

Now listening to "Hey Jude" ... which was originally Hey Jules for Julian Lennon of course. Sometimes I just can't believe that two of the Beatles aren't with us anymore. Of course they always will be in their music. I remember the makeout parties to the new Liverpool beat "She Loves You' and the wild dancing to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." An energy took over America like no other had ever seen. The Britsh Invasion = such power is music. Led to ??? Heavy Metal, the Surfers Yell to the Invasion, Free Thinking, Vietnam Protest, Alternative, Dylan going electric, all kinds of shocking world shatterers.

But back then, in the purer days of "Mr. Postman" and "Listen Do You Want to Know A Secret" - I remember how shocked we all were just to discover that Paulie wore no underwear under his jeans when his little butt got burnt riding a bus sitting on the battery metal and the studs of his jeans heated up = hahaha, can you believe that that was in our beloved Beatle Magazines? And Cynthia Lennon being so mad at John's infidelities with Yoko that she stripped their entire house of furniture when she left him, including cutting the carpet in strips and taking that with her too. No wonder Julian needed Hey Jude advice.

Well, this is my Beatle rant for the day, the week, the month. Back to "Start Me Up" with the Stones... the down n dirty flip side to the Liverpudlian coin who've managed to stay alive (although always looking like old men) and never hesitated to "Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself" from the darker side of life. That song always reminds me now of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt tooling acrost that bridge at the end of Interview With A Vampire.

Now "Layla" is playing. Don't even get me started on Clapton. Ahhh and Ginger Baker. Back in the day!

My latest purchases at the local CD shop have been, Stone Sour's "Come What(ever) May", Voivod's "Quatorz"(sounds like the French word for fourteen, isn't spelled correctly in French though), Meshuggah's "Nothing", and Helmet's "Monochrome".

I'm impressed with the Stone Sour CD the most. Though I have to admit, the last song, Zzyxx Rd., sounds like it has the same ending as Puddle of Mudd's Blurry, just with a solo and piano. The vocal delivery, and the rhythm guitar sounds pretty near note for note like the song Blurry. It's still a wonderful song though, just that I found that amusing. Course I might be insane....

The Voivod CD I bought on a hunch. Just the fact that I knew they were Canadian and that Jason Newsted played on it compelled me to buy it. I also read a few things that they were an interesting band. I would have to say that was right, it took a few songs to get used to the vocals, but after that I found they were pretty cool. I'm now compelled to get their supposedly "best" albums after checking out reviews.

The Meshuggah CD is interesting at least, just really complex, since their a math-metal band. Though, the monotone vocals can get a little grating after a wile. There's only one song that has a different vocal approach, and I didn't like it as much as the usual vocals. I'll still probably get Chaosphere and Destroy.Erase.Improve though. Those two are supposed to be speedier and I think I'll like it a bit more.

I'm not entirely impressed with the Helmet CD, in fact, I was moreso impressed with their previous one, Size Matters, which seems to me that more people hated. I think it might be just the first few songs really just sound awful, the latter half actually isn't bad. I wish I could find Meantime though, Unsung is such a sweet song....

I'm Listening to AFI - Girls Not Grey, as well of the rest of their album Sing The Sorrow, right now. Good stuff, although i hear some of their newer stuff is pretty emo

I've been listening to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart classics and I see why he went mad ... his music drove me to make a digital painting for Pisces.

I have a friend now at MySpace where we just exchange song lyric snips without the title or bandname and see if the other recognizes it. Much fun! I have to go there and customize myspace. Finally picked a picture for wallpaper and have decided on "Canon Rock" by FunTwo that FuzzyKnight uploaded here to be my homepage song. I'm listening to that right now .....

Oh, I'm going to set up MySpace - I'm so in the mood now!!!

Kraftwerk - We are the Robots

I've really been getting into Kraftwerk recently. I first heard them at the end of Bill Bailey's Part Troll DVD, where they did the hokey cokey in German at the end of the show. Currently, We are the Robots is probably my favourite song by them. I don't know why I like them so much really... generally I'm not a fan of this electronic music but for some reason I can really enjoy listening to Kraftwerk. Maybe its because they pretty much invented it

Trivium - Rain
Nice and heavy, just how i like my rock/metal type music
I wish i'd heard about them sooner than this though, so much lost time.....

Listening today to Jimmy Buffet ... Pirate Looks At Forty. Love that song!

{well you didn't think I could live in Florida and NOT be a parrothead, didja? }

I'm listening to Styx - Miss America. The main riff makes the song.

Freewheel Burning- Judas Priest

Amazing harmonizing solos in this one. The proud album starter to Defenders of the Faith. Strongly suggested songs from that album are: Freewheel Burning, Rock Hard Ride Free, definitely The Sentinel, and Some Heads Are Gonna Roll.

Pitchshifter - GENIUS

"If dysfunction is a function (and we all learn from our own mistakes),
Then I must be some kind of genius."

I have been searching for this song for several years. Thankfully, he who waits patiently, finds what he was looking for.

Spent the day listening to my Beatles Anthology which was a Christmas present from a very good friend of ours the year it came out. Right now dancers are dancing on "So You Think You Can Dance" to the song The End of The Road which sounds darned like a Paul McCartney song.

Also was at MySpace adding videos to my account. Doomed reminded me there how much I love the Beatles - specially Ringo - in the most unique way that I'll never look at rings in the same way again. I do have a ring collection .... 37 silver and 12 gold ones ... counting my gold wedding band with 8 small emeralds in the holderbands around the diamond engagement ring and my simple silver wedding band that Cain made in his silversmithing class. That is my prized ring.

I love rings and Ringo was my favorite Beatle. We are taking a survey, btw, at MySpace to decide which Beatle DoomedOne looks the most like. There are prizes !!!

listening to Forever by As I Lay Dying. They are my favorite band by far

Canon Rock again ... FunTwo. Love that song, just wakes me right up in a great way!

I also found a good Pink Floyd video to add to my Video Favorites at MySpace ... they say it's a rare one. Looks like at a party or small stage anyways.

for the fifth time today, I'm actually listening to the Kiss song God of Thunder...ah the memories, I almost forgot how much I loved them in my youth (a few years ago ). But yes, an exellent band, think I'll hear it again

Trivium again, this time a song entitled Suffocating Sight.
Trivium rock, but Maiden will always be better

True...Maiden is just the kings of metal...I'm actually going to their consert in Oslo in november, got the tickets over a month ago...*switches over to Iron Maiden 'Blood Brothers'*

Maiden's new album comes out next month. Check out the sample song they put on their site.

Both The Mars Volta and Iron Maiden are putting out new albums soon, and I now get a discount on CDs. Life is good.

Argh! I wish I got discounts on CDs. Every time I see a CD marked down from the price I bought it, I silently seeth in rage. Damn missing deals! Damn!

Personally, I'm looking forward to the new Deftones album coming out, the new Mastodon album, and the new Isis album coming out on Hallowe'en. Muhahaha!

I always think of Metallica, Maiden and Megadeth as the Metal Triumverate ... the 3 M's ... and also love Alice, Twisted Sister, KISS ... some of the true court jesters of that kickin' era as well. **Let big hair reigh 4ever proud!"

Yes, I agree with you there Ibis. Alice is the breaker of rock...he made it possible. Actually ell the famous bands from the seventies, are where they are right now beacuse of AlcieCooper, he was the one who started with rock as something really big, all the famous bands have said it themselves, Alice Cooper showed and made us the way.

But within the Glam rock, I like Kiss, and Wig Wam best (Wig Wam is actually a Norwegian band, quite popular here in europe). But twisted Sister are some realmeanies as well....their songs rock ahrd....I WANNA ROCK.

but the definate best band ever is AC/DC in my humble opinion at least. My favouritesong from AC/DC is, Shot Down In Flames and For Those About To Rock We Salute You).

I always found twisted sister scary.

Yosu did...how come...they hit the nailstraight on the head with songs like I WANNA ROCk, and We're Not Gonna Take It...basically, we rise against the opression that is of parents school, government etc, and do what we want, and that we do not want to take all the crap they keep feeding us with anymore...hehe....

Their looks are just a bonus, especially of the vocalist.

that is why they are scary. I'm not a huge fan of crossdressing metalheads.

I guess Dee Snider makes up for the look with his smarts. I was too young for the attack on metal but I've seen clips of him talking in court against Tipper Gore and friends.

Well...they chose they way they look for a reason...they just like Kiss thought a little out of the box, and it payed off didn't it? Being special isn't always bad, and when they do something different than everyone else, well then they do get attention, and when they get attention they make money...I dont think they would have made so much money as they did/do, if they were wearing normalclothes, didn't have the makeover, and those humungous hairstyles.

Kiss scared me at first .... 'til I saw Gene Simmons tongue, then it turned to fascination.

I loved twisted sister until I saw that picture, thanks dantragm you ruined it for me. You're an boat.

Anyway, I'm listening to... MATISYAHU!!!!!!!!!!

Close My Eyes is going to be the opening credits song for one of my movies, everyong just wait and see.

Heya now! Dee Snyder just wants to rush in and rearrange your closets. Just the sorta penultimum radicalistic fashion poliziai. Wootzie, wootzie, wootzie ... c'mon, give us a cheek pinch, come to granma ... now what's not to love about a sweet baby face like this???

"What does not kill us can only make us stronger" ... Conan. 'Or bring us to titillations of laughter' .... Ibis

I'm currently listening to some classic Anthrax. Specifically the song, Medusa. It was this song, as well as Madhouse, that got me interested in Anthrax. I have to say they're my favourite thrash band just because their vocallist actually sings! They're not always so serious either, the songs are actually fun. Heck, just check out their rap song, I'm the Man, hilarious!

Megadeth is an easy second place for thrash bands, I'm not a huge Metallica fan, meh.

Idlewild - El Capitan
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME song... maybe I'm shallow ? I couldn't care less. Awesome song...

p.s.: Ibis, LOLOLOLOL & LOL some more at that picture "Camarilla prince of Santiago de Chile"... L.O.L. !


EDIT: Massive Attack - ANGEL
Oh ya, this is the good stuff... back in the dy, when I made a sharp turn from my previous HC expiriences and started to enjoy other music genres MA was one of my favourite Trip-Hop bands XD

My complaint with Kiss and Twisted Sister and the like is that they're just one big gimmick after another.

Anyway, listening to some '80s that I actually like. Revolution Calling by none other than Queensryche.

I think what separates bands like Queensryche from the ones I don't like such as Kiss and Twisted Sister is the fact that they aren't into promoting the same three things useless rebellion, sex, and drugs. I mean, what separates us from animals here? Admittedly, Queensryche does mention those things, but not in a glamorous light.

Yeh you are right Danny about bands who seem to condone drug use. I always had trouble with song lyrics like Cocaine, Casey Jones and even my beloved Van Halen's Runnin' with the Devil. Some seem too seriously recommending this cop-out way of life.

But big, blustery histronic productions like Alice and Twisted and Kiss, I always took to be tongue in cheek - cause it's so obviously overblown. Kinda see them like Marx Brothers of Rock.

Hmm, now you've got me rethinking their messages.

Animals do drugs?! Ok, maybe you are talking about The Animals? I also don't think animals are into 'useless rebellion'

Anyway, it's a lazy saturday morning, and that's as good a time as any for some Massive Attack mix from '94, played on the Beeb Radio 1s Essential Mix. It's a pretty wild mix, let me tell you. Just what the doctor ordered!

Cool ... stargelman's kicked back rockin' in Saturday morning and here in Florida it's still Friday night. Well, before daylight Saturday, as we furiously game in the dawn as usual. Don't know if the sun'd know when to come up if it weren't for our windows reflecting the computers glow for him to judge time.

The Animals! One of my wayback-machine favorite groups!

My worktime music listening for the weekend is an eclectic mix of Devin Townsend, Soilwork, Rammstein, Three Days Grace, Isis, Hurt, Voivod, and Danko Jones. It's gonna be a fun 7 hours!

Ding-dangity, Metal ... you are made in the shade at work! Jealous. Internet, Chorrol and great tunes. Where DO you work again??

I like Ramstein and Isis alot, haven't heard of the others. Think I'll search for em at MySpace videos. I'm wondering if Devin Townsend is any relation to Pete Townsend of the Who? Son perhaps? maybe I'll Google that too. I love Saturdays when I can kick around and explore things.

OMSL - Oh MY Sweet Lord!! I listened to Canon Rock by FunTwo so many times yesterday that it was REVERBERATING in my head as I tried to go to sleep last night...not easy song to drowse off to, much better dawnbreaker! Gotta lay off those cannons some!!

I know Devin Townsend is a Canadian based in British Columbia. I don't think he's a son to Pete Townsend though, he isn't a young guy, likely late 30s or early 40s. He's got graying hair so that's only a guess.

He's a bit of a busy guy, over the last 10 years he's either produced or recorded 20 albums. He's done vocals for some of Steve Vai's projects but lately he either releases albums from his "extreme" metal band, Strapping Young Lad, or his more progressive metal band, The Devin Townsend Band. Today I decided to go with the progressive metal album, which is simply fantastic, just because some of the songs are just so odd. So if you like different sounding music, I'd go with The Devin Townsend Band, and for the not so faint of heart, Strapping Young Lad (it took me a little while to appreciate his vocals for some of his songs with his SYL band, but now I adore the layering and the range of his vocals, it's astounding!).

Oh yea, and I work at a drive-thru for a bottled water/ softener salt company, Culligan. And since it's the weekend, I'm the only person in my section of the building so I can listen to what I want to on the CD player. And computer with internet access kills the boring time waiting for customers to drive up. It's rainy today too so business has been slow. Free moolah basically!

Free moolah indeed ... sweet! And free sweet water for me because that is the kind of water we have in our cooler at work. So you are the Hey Culligan Man! Always wondered at his true identity.

Well, here is Devin Townsend in the virtual flesh:


What a babe! Sure know how to build em in Canada!! He looks like a guy I used to date in Wyoming who was half-Swedish/half-Sioux. However, I cannot hear his music as yet because one site I found was in German and the other had the link pages to bio and songs broken. So I'll keep looking, but nothing jumped out saying Pete Townsend - so he's probably not related.

Hmmm... If that's Devin Townsend, then he was awfully young in that picture, this is a picture I scanned from one of Devin Townsend's CDs, this one is with his band Strapping Young Lad, sorry about it being sideways





Devin is the dude in the front. And if you're looking for music by him check out www.hevydevy.com (well at least a few streams of music videos...)

Yes, its the same guy. I picked the young picture when I saw that one, but I also took screenies of 2 other pics where he is going bald on top, but still with the flowing mane on sides and back. I'll link them up at Photobucket ... gimme a minute here....

Well, actually in this ONE he is bald

Again, I went for a younger ... middle/ageish shot

And then one so young, if I didn't know better I'd say it was the Nuge

I did read at one site that he played backup for Joe Satriani at some time ...

My music taste has changed since my wonderful foray into the world of having no home. I stayed with a lot of people and was introduced to a lot of good music. Right now I'm listening to the World/Inferno Friendship Society's "Just the Best Party", but I've been listening to a lot of The Faint, Aquabats, and ...Music Video? (that last one was the band's name).

Just got Ronnie James Dio's first self titled album, Holy Diver. I gotta say, it rocks so FREAKING HARD! This is classic metal that just bites. 1983 was a good year, I think Priest's "Defenders of the Faith" came out then as well. So far Invisible, Rainbow in the Dark, and Holy Diver are the prime songs from my few first listens. But it's all excellent music. Dio's voice is amazing!

Blood and Thunder by Mastodon.

Who knew you could write heavy metal music about Moby thermos? This album is crazy good, and ultra riffy. The song that easily stands out is the "epic" Heart's Alive. While all the songs on the album are under 5 minutes, this one is over 13! And it goes by quickly, with some nice melodic moments within the chaos.

Leviathan was a great album and hopefully Blood Mountain, which is coming out this year, will be just as great.

So I picked up the new Maiden album A Matter of Life and Death after work today. (it was convientiently located where I work) And surprisingly enough, unlike most old bands throwing out new albums, it doesn't suck. In fact, I find it to be one of my favorites. Well, it obviously won't compare to some of the earlier stuff like Piece of Mind, but it's still a good one.

Iron Maiden - These Colors Don't Run

That sounds like a good recommendation to me, Danny. Haven't been listening much to music or tv lately. I watch sex n the city at midnight and one, and that's about it for the media. Except for computer games nonstop, of course.

If you wanna check out an excellent "comeback" album, Judas Priest's "Angel of Retribution" is like is right up there. Original lineup (excluding the drummer since they've gone through like a bunch, their current one is the most talented on though), and that hasn't happen since 1990 when Halford left the band.

The whole CD is solid, if you don't mind a few cheesey lyrics, mainly found in the 13 minute song about the Lochness monster. Judas is Rising, Deal With the Devil, and the ballad, Angel, are the songs I would suggest you give a shot at listening to.