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#186035
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Any Other Musicians out there?
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Originally posted by: Darth Enzo
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I've got so much redneck stuff in my past that freaks my wife out... Lived in a nasty-ass trailer park for a while...


Was it you or one of your trailer-roomies who said "I feel cheated: I lived in this shithole for a year and didn't see Elvis or a UFO!" ?


Three years -- yep that was my roomie, not me. Our bathroom floor was rotted out for the last six months and we didn't even bother the landlord to fix it until we were gone. I don't know which was better ... there were the holes all over the ceiling from him trying to shoot a cockroach with a bb gun while drunk, and there was the chip in the bottom of the toilet bowl from the same ... it richocheted back up his nose.

But I'm pulling the thread off-topic. I should start a trailer park discussion thread.

You musicians will probably like to know that Satriani is putting out a new album. I think I read on his site he's putting together another G3 tour and Eric Johnson will be on it again. Maybe as the "Fourth" opening act, but still ...
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#186029
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Brian Gumble
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
DIDN'T AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WIN THE MEN'S 1500 METER GOLD MEDAL FOR THE U.S. ??? BRYANT NEEDS TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH BEFORE HE POSTS COMMENTS LIKE THAT. SHANI DAVIS IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS.


The U.S. also has a female bobsledder, Vonetta Flowers, who took Gold in Salt Lake City four years ago. She was actually the first black athelete in world history to medal at the Olympics. She returned to Torino to defend, coming in fourth.

And might we add one of the best Olympics movies is about the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled team.

Bryant Gumbel is just sore because (a) he used to work for NBC and they're covering this while he's stuck at home, and (b) Bob Costas, his fellow "sportscaster" at HBO, is also the "anchorman" of the games for NBC.

All together now: "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Incidentally, I think Shani actually silvered in the 1500m. The Italians got gold. But the point is, yes there are a few really good black atheletes in cold-weather sports, just like there are a few good white atheletes in football, basketball and track. To say nothing of the Asians who are kicking ass all over the figure skating rink this year.
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#186018
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spider-man 3
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We've seen "Black Oil" on The X-Files and when we saw Braniac this season on Smallville, he shape-shifted and moved in a black oil form. Greencapt is spot on ... don't overcomplicate the issue. Throw in the technology being developed from some alien source (say, materials brought back from John Jameson's moon walk referred to in Spidey 2) and you've got it.

Or even simpler, just a meteorite hitting NYC and Eddie Brock being at ground zero. No mad-scientist plot needed.

Edit: Or Spidey showing up at the scene, getting "taken over" by the symbiote ... and that's all. No deep alien plot, but still respectful to the otherworldly origins of Venom.
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#185795
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Any Other Musicians out there?
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I always kept my mullet in a Geoff Tate-style ponytail or a Neil Peart-style braid. Female fans dug it. Dad hated it. Then one year I cut it off on Christmas Eve and gave it to him as a present. I have NEVER put such a genuine smile on the man's face before or since. Best gift ever.

I've got so much redneck stuff in my past that freaks my wife out every time she hears an old one or learns a new one. Mullet? Check. Tobacco and snuff chewing? Check. Lived in a nasty-ass trailer park for a while? Check.

I wasn't raised that way, it was a phase. Fortunately the accent seems to be all-gone now.
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#185347
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Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II
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They remastered all their EMI releases recently and it got me back into their music. Promised Land was helped perhaps the least from the mastering because it was already engineered within an inch of its life. It's amazing how sonicly perfect that album is. Give it another spin if you have it laying around and listen to it on a really good system.

I bemoan the loss of well-engineered albums in this century. Several albums were gorgeously mixed in the 90s. Roger Waters' "Amused to Death," Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales," Tori Amos' "Little Earthquakes," Soundgarden's "SuperUnknown," Clapton's "From The Cradle" and Rush's "Counterparts" are all starkly different albums that share one important quality: Perfect engineering. I put Promised Land in that upper echelon as well.

I'm VERY hopeful about this album in this very respect, because Queensryche were always sticklers for quality sound with good instrument separation.
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#185265
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Bond, James Bond
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EON screws up their Bond choice every other time. Even if he's a good actor or the direction of the series is right, they don't get the one who jibes with viewers.

Lazenby ... what a great story to tell, what a bold way to end the film. The actor was not bad at all. But he wasn't Connery and people didn't show up.

Dalton ... this guy was the first one to actually portray Fleming's Bond. He had the look. He had the acting chops. He had respect for the role. He portrayed Bond as a lethal weapon of Mi6. But he wasn't Brosnan and the people didn't show up.

Now there is Craig. He isn't Brosnan. He isn't Clive Owen. He isn't Hugh Jackman. He's a bloody tow-head to boot. He creeps my wife out to no end. She absolutely hates the choice. I predict all the women who flock to these films because they secretly love misogynistic men (as long as they are tall, dark, handsome, and speak with a lovely British accent) aren't gonna show up. It'll just be some Bond fan boys who arrive, and it'll be the biggest box office dud since Pluto Nash.

Sadly, the movie will probably kick ass.

They'll blame Craig, but it'll be the fault of EON, as it always is.
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#184983
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Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II
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I've known this has been in the works for some time, but I finally saw the official press release. Heard a live version of one of the new tracks too on www.queensryche.com. For fans of the original, I think this disc is going to please.
REVENGE, ROCK, REDEMPTION -- QUEENSRYCHE’S OPERATION: MINDCRIME II

Long-Awaited Sequel to Platinum-Selling Concept Album Available From Rhino April 6

LOS ANGELES — Queensrÿche returned to the studio this summer to record the long-anticipated sequel to 1988’s acclaimed concept album Operation: Mindcrime. Praised by critics and certified platinum, the original remained on Billboard’s album chart for more than a year and its dynamic music and powerful message still resonate today. Rhino Records helps unravel the mysteries of the original with OPERATION: MINDCRIME II. The album is available April 6 at regular physical and digital retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $18.98.

OPERATION: MINDCRIME II contains a 15-song story and is performed by the Seattle-based quintet – singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate; guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone; bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield.

Tate says the current political and social climate inspired him to revisit the storyline. “I left the original open-ended with the intent to come back with a sequel to finish the story up,” he says. “Considering where we are today and how little things have changed, it was too ironic not to continue the story.”

Operation: Mindcrime’s intriguing and complex plot revolves around Dr. X, a political puppet master who brainwashes Nikki, the story’s main character, to assassinate corrupt public figures. The story also includes Nikki’s lover, Sister Mary. A former teenage prostitute who becomes a nun, Sister Mary is murdered mysteriously, leaving the cliffhanger “Who Killed Sister Mary?”

Set 20 years after the original, OPERATION: MINDCRIME II explores Nikki’s fate after being released from prison and reveals the identity of Mary’s killer. “I tried to put myself in Nikki’s shoes and imagine what it would be like for him to come back to society after spending 20 years in jail stewing about what happened to him,” Tate says. “I became fascinated with the concept of revenge and what that would do to a person like Nikki. The story is ultimately about how Nikki wrestles with his conflicted emotions. On one side, his base instincts are pushing him to kill those who wronged him. On the other side, his conscience–represented by the spirit of Sister Mary – urges him to learn from his past mistakes and find salvation.”

Earlier this year Queensrÿche launched a sold-out tour featuring the original Operation: Mindcrime performed in its entirety with actors on stage portraying the characters alongside the band. Tate says the band plans to launch a tour in 2006 that will feature a stage performance of both Mindcrimes in their entirety. “The actors on stage with us add a new dimension to the music,” he says. “It’s different than your typical rock show, but the audiences really got into the Mindcrime I tour. It’s exciting to have the opportunity to combine both albums into one show. It’s going to be epic.”

Since its formation in 1981 near Seattle, Queensrÿche has released nine studio albums. Empire, the 1990 follow-up to Operation: Mindcrime, sold more than two million copies thanks in part to the enormous success of the hit, “Silent Lucidity.” Released in 1994, Promised Land was certified platinum and featured the hits “I Am I” and “Bridge.”

QUEENSRYCHE - OPERATION MINDCRIME II

1. “I'm American”
2. “One Foot In Hell”
3. “Hostage”
4. “The Hands”
5. “Speed Of Light”
6. “Signs Say Go (Will I Surrender?)”
7. “Re-Arrange You”
8. “The Chase”
9. “A Murderer”
10. “Circles”
11. “If I Could Change It All”
12. “An Intentional Confrontation”
13. “A Junkie's Blues (Everything Will Be Alright)”
14. “Fear City Slide”
15. “All The Promises”