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Travis Sheldon

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  1. 8 hours ago, nate said:

    The funny thing is, on that very same list is "Van Helsing," which represents their failed attempt to reboot their monster franchises once before.

    Wanna talk about a shit burger film ...

    The opening scene was gorgeous.

    The rest was so bad, it's still bad. 

  2. On 4/14/2016 at 8:30 AM, Cliff Hanger said:

    Gareth Thomas, the Blake of Blake's 7, has died at 71.

    I guess I haven't been online in a bit, but this news crushes me. Blake's 7 is one of the shows that was so influential to so many later space operas.

    The dialogue and crew interactions on the show were spot on. 

    Damn, 71.

    R.I.P. Mr Thomas 

  3. As a Raiders fan, I am happy with the signing of Osemele, Irvin, and Smith. All additions that fill needs they had. But with the specter of the last 14 years hanging around like a gray cloud, I can't help but think that they're likely to do something totally stupid anytime now.

    Maybe I was wrong about Reggie McKenzie.

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  4. Remember that opening acoustic guitar track to Battery being the loudest acoustic I'd ever heard when they piped it through the Municipal Auditorium speakers back in '86.

    The Auditorium was a sonic shitshow, but it was the go to venue for wrestling and heavy metal bands until sometime in the 90s.

    Might still have a Metallica t-shirt from that show. 

  5. I never really got into Armored Saint much but John Bush is an absolutely fantastic singer. March of the Saint was a really good EP iirc. 

     

    Cool, never heard the Blasters. I need to get some of their stuff, the Gun Club stuff, some other early LA bands I've missed out on. My focus from those days has always been Dangerhouse Rex/X/Germs and then Black Flag/Circle Jerks.

     

    EDIT: And the Go-Gos of course... haha

    Fucking love The Go-Go's, was my favorite band for many years, just wish they had gotten their (Belinda's) shit together and done more than 4 albums.

    The Blasters, X, Black Flag, Fear, Catholic Discipline,The Bags, I ate all that up with a spoon. I didn't really get the Germs until this last decade, guess I let that shitty performance by Darby Crash on Decline get to me and I filed them under 'suck'.

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  6. Curt McGirt's vitriol towards Anthrax reminded me of John Bush, whose talent was wasted in Anthrax.

    I'm big on the SoCal music scene, from many eras, so here's a spree...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUkYyo2EsU

     

    One more 'cuz I love this band...

     

    These guys ruled the LA punk scene in the mid 70s-early 80s...

     

    I've already posted some Merle, so here's the king of the Bakersfield Sound...

     

    Fuck it, here's more Merle...(Sorry I couldn't find a better version, but this is off the '72 album of the same name.)

     

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    It's a shame that N.Y. State of Mind technically isn't the opener.

    Terrible rap album intros are the bane of my existence.  There has never been a time I bought an album and wanted to hear something other than music when I turned it on.  I remember one of my coworkers asked me to listen to her friend's mixtape, and not only did it have a useless album intro, he had an intro to every single song.  Rap rule #956 if you feel like you have something to say but for some reason you can't put it in a song, odds are you don't need to say it. 

     

    If only more people would learn from Big Daddy Kane.

  8. More...

    Before this song was co-opted by people who never understood what the lyrics actually said or meant, this was a thing...

    The masters...

    I'm hooked on ellipsis tonight...

    The original story songwriter for me...

    I'll stop here, as I can't type through the tears...

     

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