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Wednesday, April 05 2006, 10:37 PM

I dediced to go ahead and include the RSS thinger I discussed in my last post. I've set it up to reload the del.icio.us RSS feed once an hour, which should be plenty often. I've mainly been tagging things that I find interesting on my daily RSS feed journey, but there are also things in there that I think everyone shoud read. Chances are decent that if I feel strongly enough about it, I'll just create a normal post as well. The new page is listed in the menu bar as Additional Reading.

In other news, I bought the new Lacuna Coil and Queensryche albums yesterday, along with the Opeth album "Deliverance." I'm really digging the Lacuna Coil album ("Karmacode"). They still have the big, encompassing sound, but they've taken things a bit more up-tempo as well. They did a cover of "Enjoy The Silence" by Depeche Mode, and it's very cool. I always loved the original's simple yet haunting melody, and LC did a good job of leaving that undisturbed while layering distorted guitars and a huge bottom end behind it. I haven't had a chance to put the new Queensryche album ("Operation: Mindcrime II") through it's paces yet, but I'll get there. I've been too busy obsessing over Karmacode and Deliverance.

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Monday, August 01 2005, 2:30 PM

I was checking out the RSS feed for Metal Underground today, and I saw two stories that caught my attention. First, Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth said that work on the Something Wicked concept album has been scheduled, and that it will most likely be a two disc set. He wants to create a defining work, something like Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime." Iced Earth has already established themselves pretty well, so if they succeed in topping their previous efforts, the work will be nothing short of spectacular.

Speaking of Queensryche and Mindcrime, the other post I read this morning related to a new album that continues the Mindcrome story and ties up some of the loose ends left in the story. This should be quite cool as well. I don't know if they needed to do this album though. I'm a big fan of their music, but it seems as though this might be an attempt to try to get themselves back into the spotlight. I guess we'll see sometime in early 2006.

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Monday, July 21 2003, 12:09 AM

This weekend turned out to be pretty productive, and annoying in one aspect... Friday night, while trying to get my new hard drives installed and formatted, one of my monitors decided that it didn't like the 22uF capacitor on it's main circuit board, so it blew it up. Made a nice pop and a puff of smoke, so I unhooked the monitor with a quickness. My dad took a look at it, and thinks that replacing the cap will probably fix the monitor, so that's good. Now I have to suffer without my dual monitor setup on this computer for a few days, but I think I can manage.

Yesterday was pretty sweet. I slept in nice and late - almost until noon, which is a feat unheard of for me these days. I didn't do much for the afternoon, but I hung out at Chris's with said friend, Jon, and Tom, along with their respective others, Lana, Michelle, and Lindsay. We cooked out and had some good eats. Then, Chris, Jon, and I went to work at making beirut table 2.0... We went up to home depot and bought a nice sheet of Medium Density Fiberboard, and had them cut it to our specs. Once we got home, we disassembled the old table, and built up the new one in 70 minutes... We dubbed the new table "THE NOMAD." We played one inaugural game to test things out, and it performed quite well.

Today had some accomplishment and frustration at the same time... I took a couple hours to wash and clean out the inside of my car, only to have it rain and mess up the wash. I was mad. Oh well, I'll get over it. I went out and bought a couple new Queensryche CDs, Empire and The Warning, in response to the great vibe I got from the concert the other night. So far I like them a lot. This evening I did something I've been considering for a few weeks now - a change long overdue... I got out the clippers and lopped off all of my hair, down to about a 1/4 inch. Looks a lot different. I was ready for the change though. Had that old style for like, 10 years. It needed to go, at least temporarily.

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Friday, July 18 2003, 3:34 PM

I had been looking forward to this show for quite a while, and for good reason... it was a great show! We had a decent sized group that went - My dad, cousin Alex, my friends Jon and Matt, and myself. Alex got stuck in traffic so we got a bit of a late start. After grabbing food at Burger King, we made our way out to Pine Knob. The place was suprisingly empty... perhaps it was the threat of thunderstorms, or just that nobody knows good music when they hear it.

We missed Fate's Warning which was kind of a bummer. We came in right during the set change, so we didn't miss any of Queensryche's show, so it wasn't all bad. I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of Queensryche since I've only been a fan of theirs for a few months... Well, they didn't disappoint. They came out rocking and didn't really let up. They led off with a couple heavy songs... I think they were Empire, Damaged, and Walk in the Shadows (in no particular order). The heavy songs absolutely rocked. Then they made me very happy by breaking into a few songs off of Operation Mindcrime (Anarchy X, Revolution Calling, Speak, and Eyes of a Stranger), and those were all way sweet as well. After that, they played Silent Lucidity, Jet City Woman, N M 156, and a few other songs I didn't recognize, plus a new song off their upcoming album. The new song was pretty cool, except there was a pseudo-rap type part in it that was definitely out of place in their style. Overall, they rocked. Geoff Tate has an amazing voice, with the ability to go from the low to high with no difficulty or loss of clarity. Simply a phenominal vocalist. Both of their guitarists are excellent, and played off each other really well. There were quite a few times where they would get together and play harmonized lead lines, and they nailed them. There aren't too many things cooler than when two sweet guitarists are in sync and excelling at their craft. Grade: A.

Dream Theater was the main reason I went to this show. I've been a huge fan of theirs for about a year now, and they certainly don't disappoint in a live setting. There are plenty of bands who sound good in the studio but can't carry that precision and intensity on the road. Dream Theater certainly isn't in this class. They come out with the energy of a hurricane and never relent. they opened up with one of their best songs, Metropolis Part I, and then carried the theme on by playing the first couple songs off of Scenes From a Memory (Overture 1928 and Strange Deja Vu). That was a good solid 15 minutes of sheer prog-metal bliss. Jon was quite impressed, since they played Metropolis and then went straight into the other songs, without stopping. It is pretty amazing that anyone has the stamina to do that, since all those songs are very lead oriented and would probably turn the bodies of mere mortals to jello in short order. After that, they calmed things down a bit and played Hollow Years. After that I don't remember the exact order, but they played a good selection of songs... They played the whole Mind Beside Itself trilogy (Erotomania, Voices, and The Silent Man), Under a Glass Moon, Solitary Shell, Pull Me Under, one song I didn't recognize (could be off When Day and Dream Unite, I don't own that one and have never heard it... also could have been new!), and maybe one other song. The only thing that disappointed me about their set was that the mixing seemed a bit off... The keyboards and vocals seemed a bit too loud, and the mics on the drums were too quiet. Mike Portnoy's double bass runs were hardly audible, which is quite a shame. They bring a lot of energy to the songs. John Petrucci was on (as per usual). It's really not fair how good he is. His playing is precise, effortless, and incredibly fast. John Myung's bass was just as amzing... He plays without a pick on a six string bass, and can probably keep up with Petrucci in just about any circumstance. He's got to be the most active bass player I've ever seen. Portnoy was his energetic self, dropping synchopated rhythms and bass drum heroics with no effort at all. Jordan Rudess's keyboard was also pretty incredible... he totally Wowed Alex with some of the lines played. Grade: A+

Dream Theater finished up at about 10:25 with the usual "Thank you goodnight, see you in 45 seconds for the encore" spiel, and I expected to see them come out and play another couple songs and then call it a night... Well, they did, but I was very plesantly suprised when Queensryche came out and took the stage with them!! All 10 people from both bands were out there playing... The first song they played was Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, and they nailed it. Geoff Tate sang the Roger Waters part, and James LaBrie took care of the David Gilmour Part. Their voices were a perfect match, almost as good as Waters and Gilmour. One of Queensryche's guitarists handled the first solo beautifully, and Petrucci took care of the second one with authority. I would have loved to have that one on tape... Next, they all played The Spirt Carries On (a Dream Theater tune). The studio version of that song has a female voice singing for a while in the middle of the song, and Tate took that part on and nailed it. I wouldn't have expected a male voice to sound right there, but it sounded great. It's another tribute to his voice that he can sing in such a gentle way. That song is quite long, with lots of solos... The cool thing was that Petrucci was the one handling the rhythm for the most part, and the Queensryche guys were playing his solos! Quite a cool display. The last song of the night was a Queensryche song, but I'm not sure of the name of it (maybe Best I Can?). It was quite a jam, and the hightlight of it for me was seeing both drummers playing along side of each other inside of Portnoy's Siamese Monster drum kit in perfect unison. They also did the reverse of the Dream Theater song here, with Petrucci handling the solos and the Queensryche guitarists holding down the rhythm fort.

Overall, I couldn't really ask more out of a concert. Sure, Dream Theater's mix could have been a bit better, but that could also be a result of the spot where we were sitting. Seeing two incredible bands perform their best material would have been good enough, but seeing them together for the encore made it truly memorable. Grade: A+++

Matt also posted a review, and it can be viewed here.

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Wednesday, July 16 2003, 11:31 PM

Heh, it's not some government project or a underground movement, it's just what happened at work today. We got some more cubicles delivered and set up today at work. Steven's quite happy, since he can claim one now instead of having to sit at a table. Now we'll just make Ben sit at the table when he comes in. Muahahaha. That's about all that happened today really. Well, I suppose I went and picked up Taco Bell for lunch, and took a nap on the couch after dinner. Umm, and the hard drives I ordered are on their way. Should be here tomorrow by the looks of it... Just in time for me to not be able to install them because I'll be at the Dream Theater/Queensryche concert. Oh well. Not like hooking them up one day late will kill me... or will it????

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Wednesday, May 28 2003, 9:52 PM

Gotta love holiday weeks. Even though I worked on monday, it just seems like it's still tuesday or something. The past few days at work have been pretty slow since we've got 2 new hires coming in the mornings, and we're letting them do a lot of the help desk tickets so they can learn stuff... makes it kinda slow for the rest of us... :) They're picking things up quickly, which is good.

I just got done shooting baskets for most of an hour... it's funny how inconsistent I shoot most of the time... I'll knock down 5 shots in a row trotting around the 3-point line, then I'll totally lose some aspect of my [lack-of] shooting form, and I'll shoot horrible for a while, then I'll do something right, and make shots. I guess that's why I was never a basketball player. It's good to get out and get a bit of exercise though.

Oh yah - Queensryche is still sweet.

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Monday, May 26 2003, 11:02 PM

While most people were enjoying BBQs or sleeping in or whatever, I went in to work. I got 8 hours of work for today because of the holiday, plus the 9.5 hours that I worked... Ching! It'll balance out though, since I'm taking friday off to head to cedar point. Work was pretty slow, save the huge backlog of help desk tickets that had accumulated. I took a bunch of them, and Josh wandered in and helped with them too. A new guy, Steven, started today. He seems quite bright, and is quite personable... should fit in well once he gets up to speed with everything.

Also, every self-respecting rock-music lover should go out and buy Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche. It's damn sweet. It's a concept album, and it rules. You don't need justification, go buy it.

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Monday, May 26 2003, 12:23 AM

I just bought some new CDs today, Rage for Order and Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche, and Awake and Falling Into Infinity by Dream Theater. I was familiar with the Dream Theater CDs, but I was kinda going on a limb with the Queensryche. I knew they were good, but how good was in doubt. Well, I dig the albums a lot. Mindcrime has one song that's been on repeat all friggin day - Eyes of a Stranger. I'm not sure why I like it so much, but it's definitely sweet in my book... It's got a real big sound, multiple guitar lines going at once, with a big presence from the rhythm section. Good Stuff.

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