Reverend reverend is this some conspiracy?
Crucified for no sins,
An image beneath me.
Whats within our plans for life?
It all seems so unreal,
I’m a man cut in half in this world,
Left in my misery…

The reverend he turned to me
Without a tear in his eyes
It’s nothing new for him to see
I didn’t ask him why
I will remember
The love our souls had
Sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see
Now is your (face)

Well I guess
You took my youth
I gave it all away
Like the birth of a
New-found joy
This love would end in rage
And when she died
I couldn’t cry
The pride within my soul
You left me incomplete
Memories now unfold.

Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the
Cemetery gates

Sometimes when I’m alone
I wonder aloud
If you’re watching over me
Some place far abound
I must reverse my life
I can’t live in the past
Then set my soul free
Belong to me at last

Through all those
Complex years
I thought I was alone
I didn’t care to look around
And make this world my own
And when she died
I should’ve cried and spared myself some pain…
Left me incomplete
All alone as the memories still remain

The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

Gunman storms stage, kills 4 at Ohio nightclub including guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.

More at Blabbermouth.

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My stomach feels twisted and my heart hurts. I know my brother is feeling it too.

…how does a band like good charlotte turn into the whiney mess that they are when i bet their first concert was soundgarden circa badmotorfinger.

and where are the guitarists. where are the solos.

not that long ago you had eddie van halen and angus young and alex lifeson and the dudes in maiden

Tony Pierce: Rock Isn’t Dead: 12/7/04

Check it out at Metal Sludge :: Stuffing your turkey since 1998!.

Brahaha. I love it. This probably explains why I like Weezer 🙂

Kristal Audio Engine, free for non-commercial use, is pretty impressive. I was looking for a free solution to record audio from direct from my soundcard (yes I know the line out, mic in trick), to record streaming audio, and this works great.

Too young. Far too young. The Ramones have been a growing influence on me. If the band allows me to post our recording from a couple weeks back, you’ll be bound to notice it. God bless.

On September 15th he gave an interview to Charles M. Young for Rolling Stone.

…Judas Priest showed up and proceeded to wipe the floor with pretty much every other band on the bill. I’d seen Rob Halford before when he was touring for one of his solo albums, but seeing him with the rest of Judas Priest was truly an awesome experience. I don’t think there’s a member of the band that’s under the age of 50, but they play like a band half their age.
The band’s set list was limited to their greatest hits – no surprise renditions of “Island of Domination”� or “Bloodstone”� here. However, considering I never thought I’d actually see a Judas Priest reunion in my lifetime, I would have been happy if they’d played nothing but songs from Turbo. The band played “Electric Eye”, “Metal Gods”, “The Sentinel”, “Victim of Changes”, “Painkiller”, “A Touch of Evil”, “Breaking the Law”, “Heading out to the Highway”, “The Green Manalishi”, and “Beyond the Realms of Death”. The first heavy metal I ever bought was Judas Priest’s Unleashed in the East, and finally being able to see the band live was a dream come true. The band’s encore consisted of “Hell Bent for Leather”, which began with Rob Halford riding a motorcycle on stage, “Living after Midnight”, and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”. The band got the biggest crowd reaction of the night, and I do not exaggerate when I say that Judas Priest is the greatest musical group in human history. It was a religious experience.

Chris Puzak : 09-05-2004
Sounds like I missed an awesome show.

It takes a while to load, but it’s worth it. Not only is it clever, but it’s kinda disturbing. Check it out.

Back in 2003 Jon Udell shared a download to an Apple produced movie made way back in 1988 that attempted to predict where we would be on the road towards having a true information appliance. We’ve come a long way towards it. As Udell says, maybe in another 15 years it will be fully realized.

Metafilter a Nature article on how the repitition of notes in music creates meaning and the main differences between tonal music, music written in a particular key, and atonal ones, which are not.