Archive for January, 2006

The “Sick In Bed” playlist

Posted: January 30, 2006 in Now Playing

I’ve been out of commission for a few days now because I’ve been sick. I’ll spare you the details but I pulled my back at work, caught the flu, and got out of the ER last night with a throat that was swelling shut. Extra sleep, Madden 06, and a decent playlist goes hand in [...]

I have no idea how I did it but I managed to save the $40 gift card I got for Xmas to Newbury Comics. Well, until last night. Anyone not familiar with Newbury Comics should know that it is a small New England independent record chain of less than 20 stores. They sell CDs, DVDs, [...]

Current playlist

Posted: January 25, 2006 in Now Playing

This is what I have been spinning from the growing pile of CDs on my desk: 1. Cans – Beyond The Gates (2004) – basically Hammerfall minus everyone but singer Joacim Cans. 2. Deep Purple – Rapture Of The Deep (2005) – brilliant release, one of their best since 1987′s The House Of Blue Light. [...]

Icarus Witch – Capture The Magic (2005) 1. Storming The Castle 2. Capture The Magic 3. Soothsayer 4. Forevermore 5. The Ghost Of Xavier Holmes 6. Darklands 7. Nemeton Forest 8. Awakening The Mountain Giants 9. S.A.T.O. Pittsburgh’s Icarus Witch are a relative newcomer to the Metal world. Their brand of traditional Heavy Metal has [...]

New year, old promises

Posted: January 18, 2006 in Uncategorized

Right after Christmas, I usually make a list of things I’d like to accomplish, your typical New Year’s resolutions. Everyone reading this has done this in some form but how many of us have actually come through? If you have, congrats! You have more balls than me! That’s what it takes to change your life…..BALLS! [...]

D.C. Cooper – s/t (1999)

Posted: January 18, 2006 in Album Reviews

D.C. Cooper – s/t (1999) 1. Dream 2. Easy Living 3. The Angel Comes 4. Until The End 5. Within Yourself 6. Three Generations 7. Chained 8. Freedom 9. Take Me In 10. Forgive Me 11. Whisper 12. The Union D.C. Cooper is one of the best voices in Melodic Metal today. Actually, D.C. has [...]

Alice Cooper – Constrictor (1986) 1. Teenage Frankenstein 2. Give It Up 3. Thrill My Gorilla 4. Life And Death Of The Party 5. Simple Disobedience 6. The World Needs Guts 7. Trick Bag 8. Crawlin’ 9. The Great American Success Story 10. He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) – (theme from the Motion [...]

Friday the 13th

Posted: January 13, 2006 in Uncategorized

It just wouldn’t be Friday The 13th without taking a moment to reflect upon one of the best movie franchises…..Friday The 13th.

1. Judas Priest – Angel Of Retribution 2. Bruce Dickinson – Tyranny Of Souls 3. Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds 4. Deep Purple – Rapture Of The Deep 5. Surrender – Better Later Than Never All of these CDs were released in 2005. The Surrender album is a re-release of a promo CD from 1991 [...]

Deep Purple – Rapture Of The Deep (2005) 1. Money Talks 2. Girls Like That 3. Wrong Man 4. Rapture Of The Deep 5. Clearly Quite Absurd 6. Don’t Let Go 7. Back To Back 8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 9. MTV 10. Junkyard Blues 11. Before Time Began Deep Purple are one of the pioneers [...]

I’m usually behind the times when it comes to technology: I kept buying cassettes when CDs started to turn the corner in the mid-80s. I didn’t have Internet access (or a computer) until the Fall of 1998. DVDs came and I was still using a VCR and VHS. My computer was out of date with [...]

I can’t call it a CD store, or a music store, these hallowed places will always be called a record store. Growing up in the early to mid ’80s, there were a few good independent record stores I could get to on my bike, and some decent chains that I would convince my mom to [...]