S.U.V.’s: That’s S for Status, V for Vanity

Great letter to the NYTimes on the pure egotisim that drives SUV ownership.

Let me throw in another charge – people who drive these monsters are unpatriotic. You increase our reliance on foreign oil.

You want to help this country and have an offroader – buy a Jeep Wrangler. You carting around kids? Buy a mini-van or 4-wheel drive wagon.

If you don’t need the friggin’ capacity – then don’t drive the things.

via dangerousmeta

The greatest metal songs of all time

Lighthearted topic. Gotta get away from the deep stuff for a bit. Anyway, I have Iron Maiden and Johnny Cash on rotation. How screwed up am I?

Just wanted to compile some of my favorite metal songs. Feel free to leave yours in the comments.

You Can’t Kill Rock n’ Roll – Ozzy Osbourne
Suicide Solution – Ozzy Osbourne
Killer of Giants – Ozzy Osbourne
Shot in the Dark – Ozzy Osbourne
Wasted Years – Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name – Iron Maiden
The Prisoner – Iron Maiden
The Evil that Men Do – Iron Maiden
2 Minutes to Midnight – Iron Maiden
The Flight of Icarus – Iron Maiden
Holy Diver – Dio
The Last In Line – Dio
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
Children of the Sea – Black Sabbath
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Metallica
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) – Metallica
Dyers Eve – Metallica
Master of Puppets – Metallica
Fade to Black – Metallica
Creeping Death – Metallica
Escape – Metallica
Seek and Destroy – Metallica
Damage, Inc. – Metallica
Highway to Hell – AC/DC
Hell’s Bells – AC/DC
Operation Mindcrime (the whole album) – Queensryche (submitted by Mark Gardner)
How Can I Laugh Tomorrow? – Suicidal Tendencies
Caught In the Mosh – Anthrax
I Am The Law – Anthrax
Indians – Anthrax
Antisocial – Anthrax
Cemetary Gates – Pantera
Bitch – Rolling Stones (yeah – I’ll probably see a few arguments here)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones (probably bigger arguments)
Satisfaction – Rolling Stones (in my book the first real metal song)
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix
All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix cover of Bob Dylan
Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream with Eric Clapton
White Room – Cream with Eric Clapton
Black Diamond – KISS
Duece – KISS
Detroit Rock City – KISS
God of Thunder – KISS
Man on Silver Mountain – Rainbow
(still editting…)

(sure… don’t post… what – scared of being identified as a Metal fan?)