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IpMan

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  1. Now here is the greatest Christmas song of all time:
  2. Anyone here have the Billy Idol Christmas album? That is a hoot!
  3. Hotter than normal, been that way for the past two winters...probably global warming
  4. Ya know I really don't think is't too hard or too much to ask for the writers & director to get it right...here are IpMan's pointers to making an awesome Star Wars film: Step 1. Watch Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back. Well, that's really it, just watch the fucking movie, see what they were doing and what they were trying to convey, then write a new story following the logical conclusion of the plot line of episode 4-6. See, not so hard, So JJ, please mail my check for $10,000,000 to...
  5. Thanks Strider...now on to some Turkey
  6. Ya know I remember Jimmy saying something during an interview in the mid-70's, something along the lines of him being the "fuhrer of the fourth reich" in regards to how Zeppelin took to the masses in much the same was as national socialism (nazi's) took to the German volk (people) in the 1930's. As the Germans were hungry for leadership after the failure of the Weimar Republic, the record buying public were hungry for great music following the break up of Cream and the eventual self destruction of Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin, Allman, and Graham Parsons. So, there might be a connection, although a misguided one I admit. Also his caption, "here I am wearing Hugo Boss" might be interpreted as an indictment of human nature. IE: Hugo Boss, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Pfizer, etc are all German companies and individuals who used slave labor and supported the Nazi machine, however at wars end instead of these folk being held responsible for their crimes the world instead embraced their products as if nothing criminal had happened. We have academy award wining actors & actresses, Presidents and Prime Ministers all wearing Hugo Boss and driving their Mercedes while pumping themselves full of drugs supplied by the very same German pharma companies which funded such luminaries as Dr. Josph Mengele. Who knows, artists think in artistic terms and frequently ignore the obvious implications in search for higher meaning. I guess in the end only Jimmy knows for sure what his intention and meaning were that night.
  7. Neal Preston pretty much put to bed the reason why Jimmy had and wore the outfit. Supposedly both Jimmy and Richard Cole were obsessed by some S&M porno movie they had on VHS and one of the main characters was a female nazi in full regalia. So, take equal parts smack & alcohol addiction, love of a bad porno, and the encouragement of an equally addicted idiot (Richard Cole) and this is what you get. Don't read too much into this people, just some doped up rock star who did a pretty stupid thing at the time (go figure). I was at this show too and I did not care what Jimmy or anyone else was wearing, the show was blistering, amazing, one of the best from the first leg of the tour.That was the ONLY thing I cared about. Shit, if Peter Gabriel could appear on stage as a damn turd while performing with Genesis I am sure a nazi hat and some boots is not quite as bad as it could have been.
  8. IpMan

    Happy Halloween!

    Had a most lovely Halloween, went trick o treating with a friend and her wee children and had a real blast. That is until we came to this one particular house. The house was well lit, windows open, and people inside. The little darlings went up and knocked on the door, guess what happened... A woman opened the door flanked by two very embarrassed children of about eight and 12 respectively. The woman then began to berate my friends children for engaging in the satanic practice of trick o treating and celebrating a pagan holiday like Halloween. The friend and I quickly approached the door of the home, my friend spiriting the children away, as I calmly asked the woman if she believed as she did, why did she open the door. She told me she was a Jehovah's Witness and it was her duty to educate her children and everyone else to the evil of the holiday. I just shook my head and walked away. I feel sorry for her children, not so much for being denied a holiday as for their mother feeling the need to include them in her beliefs to such an extreme. You see, this is only the tip of the iceberg when people take belief too far. My friends kids really did not care, they thought the woman was bat-shit and continued on their beg fest and collection of molded sugar products. We all went home at about 9pm, watched the Exorcist with the kids (just kidding on that one), and relaxed while watching the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin special. Oh, and pumpkin pie! I love me some pumpkin pie.
  9. RJD was not only a great singer but he was without doubt one of the kindest, sweetest human beings I ever had the pleasure to meet. I was lucky enough to make his acquaintance in 1984 during the Last in Line tour in July. The concert was great, the stage show beyond compare, then to meeting him the next day completely by accident. Just gotta say this, we talked about Italian food and Chicago's Little Italy for a good 45 min. RJD may have been one of the best singers, but in the end he was first and foremost a son of Italy. The man knew his food.
  10. I, love Seger. He was Springsteen before there was a Springsteen plus he has a great voice. One of my fondest memories is attached to both Night Moves & Mainstreet, whenever I hear either song it brings a tear of joy and longing to my eye. Seger is one of my top five song smiths, as far as writing a musical picture, both him and Springsteen have no comparison. It is life set to music for the everyday American. True rock & roll Americana.
  11. IpMan

    Breaking Bad

    They mentioned this on the Today Show this morning. I guess soccer mom's across the US are up in arms over the possibility of their little darlings playing meth cookers during recess. What a hoot...I LOVE IT!!!
  12. I never liked that guitar solo in Radioactive, it reminds me of the solo in Dirty Laundry. Just sounds like some bad Dorian scales to me.
  13. Don't know about nurses being better at sex, maybe they were in the 70's, I was too young to know. What I know about them now is most are overweight, smoke, and have nasty dispositions. The few that are attractive and kind tend to go after doctors and ignore everyone else. Nurses do it better..only golddigging!
  14. I heard somewhere Homme was going in for a sex change...going to become a Femme
  15. Is it just me or does this guy sound like Geoff Tate from Queensryche???
  16. Uncle Ted may be a complete nutjob right-wing fool but man, can he play guitar!!!
  17. ^ Yes, that and the live version of The Rain Song. I wonder why Jimmy performed BYA only a handful of times in 70'? I would take this 2 min piece of music over 10 min of BMS / WS any day.
  18. IpMan

    Breaking Bad

    Dude, you have issues.
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