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Showing posts with label Disarray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disarray. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Disarray and Rush

Dissaray is a metal band from TN that has been in my Top 25 bands [source: https://prhmusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/quotes-styles-health-care-and-my-top-25.html] for a long time. However, I never knew Disarray recorded a cover of Rush's "Tom Sawyer."
https://youtu.be/vuZ8MT6kDIc

Friday, October 25, 2013

Giddy with Glee

It almost was a sign that I need to rededicate my efforts in the area of writing music reviews.

Prior to leaving the house to take Karen to work, I was in the den and noticed a cassette in the 'to do' stack of cassettes I am converting to MP3 as part of the conversion project. I noticed a band called Marilyn Suicide. I've had the cassette for at least 20 years but I couldn't remember what they sounded like so I stuck it in my pocket.

After I drop Karen off at work and I am alone in the van, I put the cassette in the van's cassette player. These are the lyrics from the first of four songs by this band.


Sick of all your late night bitching
Tired of all your Sunday preaching all of the time
What's wrong with you baby, I'm ready to split
All I get from your mouth is just a bunch of babbling lip


Instantly, I'm a senior at Mount Mercy College, writing reviews for the Mount Mercy Minstrel as the Arts & Entertainment Editor. I've just started to get the idea that I can send a letter of inquiry to bands, in other states, and state that I'd like to write a review of their music for the newspaper. In the beginning, I know I would actually buy the cassettes I was receiving. Bands like Marilyn Suicide, Witch Bonnie, Erotikill, and Cherry Street sent me cassettes and I was just so tickled to listen to them. I began to have my current attitude about music I hear on the radio.
  • For every Green Day, there are bands like Bayside who are at least as talented.
  • For every Metallica, there are bands like Disarray who are at least as talented.
  • For every Nickelback, there are bands like Watershed who are at least as talented.
Yet, Green Day, Metallica, and Nickelback get a lot of money to play their songs; Bayside, Disarray, and Watershed do not get that type of money. Are all six of these bands fantastic? Yes. I'm listening to Watershed's "Star Vehicle" and "Black Concert T-Shirt" after it and WOW! Great music.

All of this is to say I checked the mail yesterday and there was a package from BB Gun Press, who does publicity for Metallica, with the "Through the Never" soundtrack. Getting promo packages in the mail has never gotten old. 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Quotes, Styles, Health Care, and My Top 25

First three quotes:

  1. There are 2 theories on arguing with women. Neither works.
  2. Life is too short for drama & petty things, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, Love truly and forgive quickly
  3. Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

Next, Word 2007 uses styles to control formatting. A lot of writers don't give a damn about styles. Case in point, there should only be 9 Heading styles:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 5
Heading 6
Heading 7
Heading 8
Heading 9

Next, health care... Everyone knows something about this issue. Here's an article about why Congress has awesome health care: Health Care for the US Congress

Next, if I had to pick 25 CDs to take with me on a tropical get-away, given that there is already a stereo there, I'd pick these 25:
  1. AC/DC - Back in Black
  2. Anthrax - Among the Living
  3. Fear Factory - Archetype
  4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  5. Dangerous Toys (self-titled debut)
  6. Destroyer - KISS
  7. Disarray - In the Face of the Enemy
  8. Dokken - Under Lock and Key
  9. Guns-in-Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  10. Judas Priest - Painkiller
  11. Scorpions - Love at First Sting
  12. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
  13. Metallica - And Justice for All
  14. Metallica - Master of Puppets
  15. Motley Crue = Shout at the Devil
  16. Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
  17. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
  18. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
  19. Ratt - Out of the Cellar
  20. Riot - The Privilege of Power
  21. Rush - Moving Pictures
  22. Sacrament - Lamb of God
  23. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
  24. Slayer - South of Heaven
  25. White Lion - Mane Attraction
These are all CDs that I cherish.

Next, I was genuinely interested in the following snip that was passed along on an email list. I asked that the URL with this info be shared. First, the snip that got my attention:

Here's an example:
"January 12, 2007 - The U.S. House passed a bill that says the minimum wage in this country will rise over time from $5.15 an hour to $7.25. Included in the small print is the fact that the minimum wage will now include the islands of the northern marinas but it exempts American Samoa which is the only U.S. Territory not subject to minimum wage laws.
Why? Star-Kist Tuna is a major employer there, with its headquarters in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district."
Here's the original story: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yeod65h

Next, here's a piece that I have a hard time agreeing with: http://preview.tinyurl.com/y85d7a4
I think it's stupid to not want our president to be successful. I think it's terrible to be happy Chicago didn't get the Olympics is anything but terrible. Shame on those that think Obama is not their president.


On on we go...