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Dearest idiots on eBay looking to buy the 2-disc deluxe version of Dethklok’s Dethalbum, Why in the FUCK are you bidding over $50? Why in the FUCK are these sellers advertising it as out-of-print when it was JUST RELEASED THIS PAST TUESDAY? Can you not haul your WoW-glued ass to Best Buy? Hell, they’re even [...]

I got …And Justice For All in the mail today. No skips. Not that it sounded better on vinyl though, because really, that album is mixed for shit in the first place. YOU GET NO BASS. NONE FOR YOU. I also got my box of 20 mostly-hair-band albums. We put on “The Final Countdown” because [...]

Okay, for the 800th time, I’ve heard “So Alive” by POD on the radio. First off, yes, I understand they’re a Christian band. But that doesn’t mean the line, “I’ll believe no matter what they say” doesn’t disturb me deeply. Faith, fine. Refusal to consider (let alone accept) contrarian evidence or Occam’s Razor-type logic? Yeah, [...]

I asked John, “How many albums [on vinyl] do you think we have?” John replies, “About 45.” I was initially inclined to agree. Then I cataloged them all: we’re up to 107, and that’s not including 12″ singles or 45s. Wanna see the list? Here’s the Excel spreadsheet. The whole idea of doing this was [...]

Wow. Last night’s concert was WONDERFUL and worth far more than the $12.50/each that I paid for tickets. Local bands opened — Enshrined was pretty decent but Seared was only good when their vocalist shut the fuck up. Great musicians all around. Swallow the Sun: I don’t know why these guys haven’t caught my ear [...]

So, we have our Halloween plans. Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie are playing at the Target Center, and well, seriously… Ozzy and Rob Zombie on HALLOWEEN? Can it possibly get more awesome than that? I decided that it’s kind of like going to Vegas — everyone should do it at least once. Everyone should see [...]