He said, "The thing about depression is, well,
you just can't let it get you down.
You have to see the world for what it is:
A circus full of freaks and clowns.
And you'll never please everybody, it's a well-established fact, he said,
I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of prozak."

New favorites are Lamb of God.

Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself.

Scenes from the troubled adolescence. Young mr. Steve Vai and so much younger mr. Devin Townsend.
"Down Deep Into The Pain" from Vai's Sex & Religion release, 1993.

..is ABBA's "Gold" and "More Gold".

If I'm ever to regret a live performance that I hadn't attended, it is of this one.

In Flames to play Russia, Saint Petersburg, January 26th. Aaarrr, sell me the infection!
bad_opcode, there can be no escape.

Bite my shiny metal ass! ©

P.S. Thanks to a_bettik for hosting me while shisha.spb.ru seeks new home.

A week ago I'd realized that I actually have a last.fm account for about 2 years now. Feel free to befriend. :)

oh, once this night is through
I will quit drinking, wish I could ©

Killswitch Engage, St. Petersburg, October 12, 20:00, "Port".
Are you in?

Dream Theater covers Cemetery Gates
via _dream_theater_

Among the guest performers I could make out only Dave Mustaine doing a guitar solo following John Petrucci (though I'm not quite into his idea of soloing). According to the comments, another singer is Russell Allen of Symphony X and I don't have a clue who's the other one.

<Snausages> So, an E-flat, a G-flat, and a B-flat walk into a bar.
<Snausages> And the bartender says,
<Snausages> "I'm sorry, we don't serve minors."
<Myke> That struck a chord.
<Snausages> Careful with those puns, you'll get in treble.
<Myke> But they're key to my humour.
<Myke> And very noteworthy.
#791482, bash.org

P.S. Yes, I'm back in St.P. (yes, I was away), I own a couple of ultracool amps from ENGL and Peavey and thanks to captain_hell, I have a cabinet to plug them into.
P.P.S. Post your best wishes and regards here.

This tune is guilty of wasting my whole sunday as I was playing to it. Drum parts are written in hydrogen (which turned out to be a nice piece of software, by the way); the rest is several guitar tracks. Everything in this three-chord trick two-chord pop is composed made up by me except for the little solo part in the end which I'm sure everyone can recognize.

P.S. J0, captain_hell, I bet Hammerfall guys will bite their asses off to be our support band one day. :)

I know I will be flamed, but Uriah Heep's "Sea of Light" kicks ass.

One of the latest discoverings of mine, miss Edith Backlund singing rather beautiful as simple and meaningful songs. Met her at Stockholm culture festival.

P.S.I've got a signed CD. Be jealous.

Совершенно случайно нашел во шкапе 8 альбомчкиков товарища Steve Morse. Иначе говоря, почти все, что он записал помимо Dixie Dregs и, кхм, Deep Purple.
Радует практически все, особенно радуют с Southern Steel по Structural Damage.