No. 29. Morphine, Like Swimming. Another band that I did not like at first. Back in the 90’s, someone at work used to play Cure For Pain every morning and I just hated it! (How tiring it was to always be so reactionary and hostile about things)… Of course, soon I took a liking to…Read more
#30, ten year, top 30
No. 30, #violentfemmes s/t. Man, I hated this album when I first heard it. Not surprising because I was adrift in the waters between Judas Priest and Mercyful Fate at the time. Then in ’85 a friend of mine was singing one of the songs and as soon as I listened to the words, I…Read more
Ten year, top 30
Doing a little Instagram series on my top 30 scrobbled albums of the last ten years, maybe as well cross post here… #TenYearTop30 Two big things happened at the end of 2008, one was that I moved from Oregon to Vermont (ending my days of sitting at work listening to Black Metal and Noise Rock),…Read more
IT, the path of least resistance…
In the last dozen or so years (I got my first actual IT job in 2007), I’ve wandered around a bit looking for a good working spot and, in that time, I’ve had a couple of goals that always seemed ideal. Firstly, I wanted to be a Linux Admin. However, while I am an old…Read more
A raft of heavy metal opinions…
Listening to a bout of Cirith Ungol recently got me thinking… Were they the first real American heavy metal band? Being a rather opinionated person, and as a fan of Metal for 37 years, I have been stuck forming all sorts of opinions about what is and isn’t Heavy Metal. Traditionally, I’ve ignored the Blue…Read more
The passing of Manilla Road.
Well, Mark Shelton died yesterday. As is not unusual, this led me down the path of metal ponderings. However, counter-intuitive as it may seem, this post is not about Manilla Road, or even regular heavy metal. Rather Manilla Road leads me to think of Darkthrone… Until 1998, I was pretty unaware of “extreme metal”. I’d…Read more
It takes all kinds…
So often times I think of, or should I say that it jumps out at me about the differences between progressives and conservatives. Obviously there are many, but the ones that always seem remarkable to me are the ones that exemplify the names: progressive (progressing towards something) and conservative (conserving something). I think it’s rather…Read more
Following, not (yet) running
And on it goes. As a sort of follow-up to my earlier Runescape post, here is another! Runescape is definitely a love/hate relationship for me. I’ve been playing for over nine years… To the sad tune of 8,428 hours (yes, that works out to two plus hours a day, every day for nine years). I…Read more
In my humble opinion: A Star Wars Story
I don’t read anything anyone has to say about Star Wars. At this point, my opinions are mine and I’ll leave others to theirs. I wouldn’t mind reading about it, if I felt that I could find someone who was discussing them in the same context as I see them. However, that seems unlikely. Why,…Read more
i feel my pain, and i survive
Oh my, oh my, oh my… We all recall my distaste for George Lucas’ alterations, especially for damage done to the real trilogy but, I must admit, I hadn’t even witnessed all of it. (see here, here, and here. I never really liked Return of the Jedi. I did like the Executor and the Emperor…Read more