One last movie from Moline

At the 6:40 mark, James is standing about 12 feet away from me. I was standing at a 2:00 from where he was singing.

Road trips........

It looks like I will be spending some time hanging out with Dave and Jamie or Karen and John a lot this year. This looks so awesome.

Attack of the beach balls

Worth the drive

I took a small pilgrimage to Moline, IL. Was it to get as far away from Ohio State football as I can since the team was playing an hour away at Northwestern? No, but it didn't hurt.
I drove the 3 hours to have a relaxing, mellow evening with the soft sounds of




They didn't disappoint. They played 5 of the new songs from new release and even adopted a laser light show ala Pink Floyd. I held my spot in the third row of the general admission crowd through the first two opening bands and about half of the Metallica show before getting tired of boxing people out who tried to get closer. I caught a guitar pick from Kirk at the end of the show and tried but failed to catch a black beach ball with the Metallica logo on it for my nephews.

Now, I have the desire to see them play again when they come back to Chicago, but am worried that they could play almost the entire setlist I just saw. They are only changing 8-9 songs out of the 18 song set. I will probably wait until the end of next summer when they should be going on tour again. Maybe, just maybe with Alice in Chains when they release their new album. Anyway, I will hopefully be seeing both bands next year either way. Enjoy the video, it is For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Song suggestion again

Alright, I just spent over $100 for a Metallica ticket which will allow me to see them play, get a copy of the concert I will see via download online (one of the best thing bands have done in the past 5 years), received a free copy of the new Metallica album (which I already bought because I was not going to wait a few weeks for it to come in the mail - it is going to Dave) and of course the customary one free song on iTunes.
Now, what to get with that one song. I need suggestions. Currently I have 6924 songs in my library after downloading the entire Izzy Stradlin catalog. (Before you laugh, it is pretty good. He wrote a majority of the GNR songs).

Let me hear the suggestions.

100 years...... and still going

Wow. After 100 years, you would think it could happen once. Just once. The Yankees have won 27 championships since the Cubs won in 1908.

SNL did a funny joke with Bill Murray concerning the Cubs. Click HERE to see the funnies (depending on how you are looking at it).

Eddie Vedder said it would happen someday, just not in the calender year of 2008.

The week that was

It is official, the Cubs have made the playoffs by winning their division today. The Tampa Rays will probably clinch a playoff spot tonight also or at least by the weekend. How sad would it be if the Cubs met the Rays in the World Series and beat the Cubs when they have only existed for 11 years? Nevermind, we cannot think that way.

Eddie Vedder put out a song called "All The Way" which is a song about our beloved Cubs.



I received my ticket to see Metallica in Moline, IL in November. I have a floor seat which means I can get as close as I want to the stage. I would like to apologize for all the small folks who will be standing behind me in advance.

In other music news, Rick Wright, keyboardist and founding memeber of Pink Floud back when they were called the Pink Floyd Sound, passed away on Monday from cancer. He was at one point forced to quit Pink Floyd by Roger Waters before the release of The Wall. He was hired to play with the band, but was on a contract and did not receive a percentage from The Wall tour. He continued to play with Pink after Roger left, but legally was not allowed to be part of any decisions of the band which was enforced by Waters and all his suits he had against the band in the 80's. So, I would have to say, Live 8 could be the last time the name Pink Floyd will not be used again by Gilmour or Waters on a tour. Wright continued to play with Gilmour on his solo albums and the last tour.

Now, I need to figure out a system of sleeping which will allow me to stay awake for the playoffs but not cause me to be too tired for work at 4 in the morning. This could be a long October.