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From a MySpace bulletin posted by Megadeth: Subject: Dave Mustaine’s Blend Stay tuned for news on Dave’s new coffee blend available ONLY to his fans coming up next week. After “sharing” his daily morning coffee with fans at the Megadeth.com forums in the last few months and engaging in several conversations with coffee lovers there, [...]

Let me just state it bluntly: I hate critiquing shows where I know people in the bands. It’s extremely difficult for me to remain objective as I don’t like drama and I know that even the lightest constructive criticism can be a bit of an ego bruise. That said, Shawn performed last night as The [...]

Last evening was interesting. I cued up some vinyl, playing Skid Row, Iron Maiden, and Berlin. We had a few drinks, John played a little Guitar Hero, and I drunkenly started IMing people with my Klaus Meine concert impression although it doesn’t really work without the funny voice. Ahhh well. Comedy of the morning, courtesy [...]

Oh, Ultravox, how you are overlooked and underappreciated in the annals of music history. Despite (arguably) creating synthpop before synthpop existed — progressing from punk into the new-romantic style before it had a name — and churning out several high-charting albums/singles, so many people have no idea who you are. Well, maybe they know “Vienna”. [...]

Anyone who posts the word “RARE” in the description for Prince’s Purple Rain on vinyl should be shot in the face. It’s about as rare as a penny under a couch cushion. You could spit in the general direction of a used record store and hit five copies. Today in the mail came Sign ‘o’ [...]

I’d like to say, “I’m going to try and keep this short,” but that’s not possible. We headed over to the Target Center, getting patted down (yay no pockets for me, I had my ID and cash in my bra), and finding our seats. We paid for mid-tier seating, and that’s what we got — [...]