5/12/09 - Random Thoughts...

REMEMBER...these are MY thoughts so don't be offended if I say something you don't agree with...which I more than likely will...


"Abacab" by Genesis is a frickin' awesome song that FORCES you to "desk drum" along with it. This was when Phil Collins was cool...before he sold his soul to Disney.
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"Big Trouble In Little China" is coming to Blu Ray in August...all will be right with the world then.
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Green Day's image is all an act...3 guys that can write songs as catchy and good as those 3 knuckleheads can't be dumb punks.
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Whoever in Hollywood keeps greenlighting Adam Sandler's movies needs to find alternative employment.
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"Flying High Again" by Ozzy and "Mystery" by Dio always make me think of waking up for school.
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After all these years of success, record sales, sold out concerts, etc. - why do I still have to defend Kiss?!? Yeah, I guess I'M the only one buying the albums and tickets. BTW, can anyone deny that Gene Simmons is a marketing genius?!?
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I love vampire movies and vampire lore...I can even tolerate the "Twilight" movie!
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"Mother Popcorn" from "Live Bootleg" by Aerosmith could possibly be the finest live recording ever.
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I'm a cell phone whore...I'm on my 4th cell phone in 6 months.
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Iron Maiden is like a fine wine...the older their music gets, the better I think it is...and oh yeah, while I'm thinking about it - "Wasted Years" has the best guitar solo of all time.
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While I'm on the subject, here are MY top 5 guitar solos of all time:
5. "Stars" - Hear 'N Aid (too many guitarists to list)
4. "Limelight" - Rush (Alex Lifeson)
3. "Anyway You Want It" - Journey (Neal Schon)
2. "Shock Me" - Kiss (Ace Frehley)
1. "Wasted Years" - Iron Maiden (Adrian Murray)

- I know, I know - no Eddie Van Halen? Well there's no Steve Vai or Joe Satriani or John Petrucci or Stevie Ray Vaughan or Eric Clapton either and I consider them all better than EVH so there...I said MY top 5 anyway, didn't I?!? I'm not saying that the above are better guitarists than anybody else, just that those SOLOS are my faves.
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I've been in two bands named from something in Blazing Saddles. (Taggart's Riddle and Waco Kid). Both sucked.
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If you listen to "Standing Alone" by Tyketto after either getting dumped or losing a pet or loved one, you will weep uncontrollably for 5:18.
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The 70's ruled for cheesy songs that you CAN'T not sing along with...case in point: "You Are The Woman" by Firefall, "Lady" by Little River Band, "These Eyes" by Three Dog Night.
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I can tell who you the bass player was in Black -n- Blue (Patrick Young), but couldn't tell you anybody in Obama's cabinet...and that doesn't bother me in the least.
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Denise Milani's body...'nuf said. (google her!)
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I miss "Seinfeld".
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Harvey Korman should be celebrated at least once a month.
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I share a birthday with golfer Arnold Palmer and guitarist Joe Perry.
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Cheap Trick is awesome.
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David Letterman still makes me laugh.
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After playing guitar for over 25 years and drums for over 15, Guitar Hero can make me feel retarded. There really should be a warning: "If you are a real musician, don't play this game."
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I believe Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime" to be the best concept album ever.
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I've lost interest in photography yet again...with work, hockey, golf, girls, and softball - I just don't have time.
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"If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack takes me back to being a kid and listening to the 8-track on saturdays...it's almost an anti-aging elixr!
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Brian Regan is my favorite stand-up comic.
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My favorite song lyric is "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." from "Freewill" by Rush...but it is subject change because other Rush lyrics are friggin' good too.
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Alice Cooper is as underrated as Coldplay is overrated.
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I'd rather watch "Don't Mess With The Zohan" while being "water-boarded" than watch the nightly news or read the newspaper. I don't do either and I always seem to be happy. Coincidence? I think not.
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I'm wondering why U2 hasn't done anything good since "The Joshua Tree"?

Oh yeah, now I remember...they stink. They're basically Madonna, only irish. And male.
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Movie critics must be idiots because "There Will Be Blood" sucks and was nominated for everything at the oscars.
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I can remember where I was the day Def Leppard's "Pyromania" came out, where I was when Stevie Ray Vaughan died, remember the lyrics to any song I like, but when I recently ran into a girl I used to go out with she had to tell me who whe was and I still didn't remember her. So am I getting old, or do those other things just mean more to me than she did?!?
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More later!