George Orwell reference aside, there’s something that occurred to me tonight. 1984 was a big year for hard rock/metal. Earlier in the year, I pointed out that Van Halen’s 1984 album turned 30 (on January 9th). I also saw that another band I follow online (Quiet Riot) pointed out they have an album that […]
An Interview with Me
June 29, 2013 by 7 Comments
Recently I conducted an interview with Michael Anthony (no, not that one) of the site “Words and Music”, a website that does interviews with people like Michael Schenker, Scott Ian, Berie Torme, etc.. Well, he decided I was a worthy subject, and this morning published an interview with me. His interview series has some […]
Deep Purple Playlist
December 26, 2012 by 21 Comments
I had a request or two to post my playlist for Deep Purple. As it has been known, I tend to want to do these things the RIGHT WAY, which means to cover all eras and all albums. My Deep Purple list is similar to the list I did for Ronnie James Dio’s career here […]
Dio Pint Glasses Review
October 4, 2012 by 14 Comments
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Gene Kirkland, a photographer by trade about a new project he was involved in. It’s his new “Rock & Roll By the Pint” series of glasses. At first, I thought “eh”, it’s just a glass. But then when he said he’d send me a couple, I […]
About Me
July 17, 2012 by 7 Comments
In the last couple of weeks I’ve come down with a pulled muscle in my neck that is made more painful if I do things that involve my hands. Such as typing for any length of time, and playing videogames. That’s why I’ve disappeared (somewhat). When this clears up, I’ll be back, but I […]
Fans irritate me sometimes
February 24, 2012 by 37 Comments
Generally, I don’t go off on stupid things people say, but sometimes it just irritates the heck out of me. Take this for example. About half an hour ago or so, I posted the story about Sabbath playing a lone gig in the US in August. Given the state of Tony Iommi’s health, one would […]
Thoughts about Current Events [ UPDATED 2 ]
February 8, 2012 by 62 Comments
A week or so ago when Bill Ward dropped that bombshell online about his contract situation and the Black Sabbath reunion, I was privy to it about 5 minutes before it was put online. As you probably remember, I handle Bill’s website, and his manager sent me that, asked me to put it on his […]
Collectorz Music Catalogue Software
January 19, 2012 by 9 Comments
Early on in this site’s life, I was called a “data crazed fanatic completist” by someone reviewing my site. That’s one of the more inventive things I’ve been called, so that phrase has always appeared on the site since I first heard it. It’s part of the reason why I was driven to make sure […]
Random Tour Note
December 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When putting this new version of the site together, I ran across this text – it used to appear on the 2001 Tour page. It was relevant at the time, because I had someone who had gotten right pissed off at me for the 1999 tour when I didn’t have updated info as fast as […]
Jamie Mallender’s “Return to Bass” Review
June 9, 2010 by
“A one finger answer to a music industry that needs a good old shake by the throat!” When I first agreed to review this, I did it because Jamie’s a friend, and I wanted to help promote his album. Then after I did that, I thought “There aren’t a lot of instrumental bass driven albums”, […]
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