Lost And Found and lost again

Been a lot foggy lately, my friends. Running red lights...stopping at green ones..."losing" important documents. Essentially, I feel high, however, that is not the case. It's like someone is putting depakote in the water supply (supposed to be on 1,500 mg a day). Really miserable. I believe that this numb feeling is a stress-related deal. I've got the "I'm stressed out" rash, again (third time since I was 17). I seem to be dealing fairly well this time.

I probably require a vacation and some weed.

This weekend was restorative, though. My pets are feeling lonely, for sure, but those little assholes have been getting on my nerves. I'm feeling better about the girl after moving in for a few days. We made it out to a show (saw a lot of pals). I had "lost" my driver license. The fucking patriot act means that I can't make a deposit at the bank without one (fuckers). The state of Colorado doesn't accept my birth certificate as valid (although I was born in a U.S. military hospital in country). It's a two-day hassle to get another license. Fuckers.

Practice with BLC was instrumentalists and missing a bass player (put me on the spot without a net). I'm still feeling things out, for sure. My "menacing" tone might not work for this band. I'll try something different for the next practice. If I get the dynamics right, I think that it's doable, though. That's a reasonable goal, right? It's proving to be difficult to adjust to a much quieter band (on 2, the practice rig is far too much--The OC goes to 11). I think that they would've said something if I had been really obscene. They're used to a subliminal bass player, which isn't what I've been doing lately. Andrew did clue me into a decrescendo that I totally did wrong. Thanks, dude--I got it now. It's all going to work out with a little practice. One month until the debut of the unfuckwithable new lineup. Fingers crossed.

I found the MIA license in a truck that I drove a week ago today. Excellent.

Later, I got a bad phone call with another cancer scare. Why is it that everyone I really care about is having these fucking issues?!? Meanwhile, back in my crotch, the "lymphoma" seems to have cured itself sans medical intervention. Whoot.

I'm probably dying. Whoot.

The Real Heavy Metal Parking Lot

I dragged Linda Ruth to the Machine Head/Megadeth/"Black Sabbath" show on Sunday. She's definitely not a metal chick, but went along for the experience. I figured that seeing the late 1980 lineup of sabbath would be cool for her. Tony Iommi basically invented heavy metal, so it's sort of worth seeing him once. Geezer Butler is the man. Dio invented the devil horns (awesome).

The show was great, although we missed Machine Head (fuck, man). Megadeth was a Jeremy sing-a-long, and the Sabbath stage was awesome to behold. I still can't get over how nothing is lost when dude takes a guitar solo. I'm curious if I was hearing "studio magic" or what. Geezer's bass was a clone of my black one. Hilarious.

Certainly, the vast majority of metalheads are normal people. There was, however, the "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" ("Mr. Crowley" played loud during tailgating) as well as sets straight out of "This is Spinal Tap" (a la "Stonehenge"). It's all true, folks. Go to a metal show, even just for laughs.

Meanwhile....check this quicktime.

Read the interview the world is talking about in full

Here. Funny.

Heaven and Hell

RONNIE JAMES DIO, TONY IOMMI , GEEZER BUTLER AND VINNY APPICE
With Megadeth and Machine Head April 29
Broomfield Event Center

I am so there. Dio is a hell of a vocalist.

Rock legend gets new hairdo for high-profile murder trial - New Zealand Herald

The title on this one is hilarious. I was really diggin' that Noel Redding 'do (photo).

My opinion: Phil's totally going up the river on this one. One shouldn't get away with shooting a floozy in the face. Dude ruined country music (much like Trent Reznor ruined industrial, etc), so he totally deserves it, even if he's probably the most influential producer of popular music in the 20th century (conceptually, the wall of sound influences me).