Walter's absolutely right...the 2002 cd remasters featured Rob Trujillo and Mike Bordin, who were in Ozzy's touring band at the time, recording over Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake's original bass and drum parts. But here's how ridiculous the credit snafu is regarding Diary of a Madman...and whether it's Ozzy's fault or Sharon's, it's one reason among many why Ozzy has sunk very low in my estimation and why I hardly pull out his albums. When Diary of a Madman was released in 81, it listed Rudy Sarzo(bass), Tommy Aldridge(drums), and Don Airy(keyboards) in the credits and whose photos were on the album sleeve, even though it was Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Johnny Cook(who was in Mungo Jerry with Daisley) who recorded the original tracks, respectively. So even as far back as the original vinyl release, Ozzy was trying to pull a fast one. I have 5 Ozzy albums on vinyl...none on cd. They are Blizzard, Diary, Bark at the Moon, Speak of the Devil(the surprisingly good live album with Nightranger guitarist Brad Gillis), and Tribute, the Randy Rhoades-era live album. Everything else is schlock...pure garbage...mere product for contractual obligation. As for these new 30th anniversary deluxe reissues, I have good news...they are going back to the original recordings. And the double-deluxe Diary features a live concert from that period on the 2nd disc. So it looks like I might be getting my first Ozzy cd. Then perhaps I'll finally get around to getting the cd of Speak of the Devil...the version that INCLUDES Sweet Leaf, which was dropped from the initial cd release.

Glad they remembered the Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley covers...but surprised they left off Tool's No Quarter. I'm also partial to the Flaming Lips TSRTS.

Even though it's an audience recording, it is an EXCELLENT audience recording of a STELLAR show, so I would swap the September 4, 1970 LA Forum Live on Blueberry Hill show in place of the Vancouver 70. You also need some Euro 73, which quite possibly features Jimmy and Bonzo's most incendiary playing...so add the March 24, 1973 Offenburg (often mislabelled as Offenbach) show.

Hahaha...ummm, about that June 21 post...you may have to wait a while for that, as my schedule is pretty busy the next week or so. Lying around a hospital bed was good for catching up on sleep and reminiscing. But I'm way behind on work. You might have to wait until 2012 when I do a 35th anniversary post. Hmmm, it will also be the 40th anniversary of the 1972 shows. I better start preparing soon.

Deborah J previously posted the excellent Elmore James "It Hurts Me Too". I'd like to add a couple equally great versions, both done by the same person. Karen Dalton, the girl from Enid, Oklahoma, ran with Fred Neill and Bob Dylan and the others in the 1960's Greenwich Village scene in New York. She never reached the level of fame her cohorts did. Even when Dylan mentioned her in his autobiography Chronicles Vol. 1, she still remains unknown for the most part. It has become easier to pick up her albums, though...some with bonus dvd of archival footage. I am going to post two of her versions of "It Hurts Me Too", both different and the first one is unavailable on any of her recordings. It was done for a French documentary. The second one is from her album "It's So Hard to Tell". There were some good fakers in the Greenwich Village scene. But when you hear Karen Dalton, you hear the voice of a woman who is not just singing these songs...she has LIVED these songs. IT HURTS ME TOO #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-BIKjypNsE&feature=youtube_gdata_player IT HURTS ME TOO #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18M95gTG2M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yeah, Diary was much preferable to Blizzard, IMO.

Lady Gaga the "FAKIEST 'artist' in pop/rock history"? Really SnS? More than Milli Vanilli? Or Vanilla Ice? Britney Spears? And is "fakiest" the type of word you are teaching your English class? I am especially amused you are so concerned about real vs. fake, considering Wendy O. Williams aligned herself with WWF-style wrestling, the phoniest sport in the world. Then there's your lesbian remark which reveals your ignorance and explains a lot regarding your undecipherable posts. But let me make it easy for you to understand. Lady Gaga = Real ( taken from the Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band concert last year @ Orpheum Theatre, L.A. ) Milli Vanilli = Fake

One of my favourite 2nd albums EVER: JANE'S ADDICTION "Nothing's Shocking" Up the Beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77kgRY970E&feature=youtube_gdata_player Ocean Size http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee-rpVB2v0k&feature=youtube_gdata_player Summertime Rolls http://m.youtube.com/index?client=mv-google&desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US&rdm=4mvi3ls98#/watch?v=hU1fK7uViBg

Well, I'm a firm believer in you go with what brought ya here...so I'd stick with Luongo, as he seems to play better when he sleeps in his own bed. Plus, let's not forget Boston will be flying across three time zones, too. But if Bobby Lu shows any signs of shakiness early, and gives up an early goal, I wouldn't hesitate to pull him. Stat in Vancouver's favour...home teams are 17-2 in Stanley Cup game 7's. Another odd statistical quirk: Boston has outscored Vancouver 19-8. If Vancouver wins, it could be the biggest margin that a Stanley Cup Champion was outscored by its opponent. It reminds me of the 1960 World Series between the NY Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates; the Yankees outscored the Pirates by a huge margin, 55-27. Yet, thanks to Bill Mazeroski's ninth-inning blast in game 7, the Pirates won the Championship. Who will be Vancouver's "Mazeroski"? Methinks it's time for one or both of the Sedins to step up to the plate.

It's over...see ya for game 7.

^^^ DUDE! You gotta put in "SLAP SHOT"!

Luongo needs to KEEP HIS DAMN MOUTH SHUT! Those comments about Thomas were unnecessary and obviously fired Boston up.

^^^^ Dreyer's "Vampyr" is great...just below both "Nosferatu"'s in my book, and not quite as great as his masterpiece: The Passion of Joan of Arc. Other vampire films that have something to recommend them include Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and one of my personal, quirky favourites, Michael Almereyda's "Nadja", with the intoxicating, sultry Romanian beauty Elina Löwensohn. And the loopy Peter Fonda as Van Helsing. Add stunning cinematography including creative use of the PXL-2000 toy camera, and a great score with songs by Portishead and My Bloody Valentine, "Nadja" deserves to be seen by more people. And yes, that IS David Lynch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZr6N_ABr8s&feature=youtube_gdata_player And in a more wacky vein(haha), there is Roman Polanski's classic farce "The Fearless Vampire Killers". I've seen both versions of Universal's Dracula, and while the Mexican version does have moments, and might be more consistent overall, Bela Legosi is so striking, so ICONIC...not just visually but vocally, too...that I still have to give the Bela Legosi version the edge.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! WTF! Guess there will be a game 7 after all. Just what IS IT that makes Vancouver melt as soon as they hit Boston airspace?

I'm just glad that tonight's game is on an actual tv channel, NBC, and not relegated to a rumour. Looking forward to kicking back this afternoon, with my feet up, and watching the game. And yes, I'm cheering for Vancouver...but I am torn. I always like to see teams win on their home floor. Especially in this case where Canadians haven't had a chance to cheer a Stanley Cup Champion in 18 years. But hoping for a game 7 in Vancouver also opens the door to so many possibilities...some quite ugly.

Hahaha...yeah, I was released Friday. Just in time to see the last performance at Sunday's matinee. Which was over in time for me to see the game. Yeah, Barea had his moments, BUT if you ask me who was the key player(other than Dirk of course), it was JASON TERRY! He was the one who called out Lebron...and then backed it up.

Thanks FireOpal, I wasn't aware of her book. I haunt bookshops so I will see if I can dig up a copy on my rounds.

I'm in the mood for some live Wilco...how 'bout you? Here's a trio of good ones, from the double-live cd Kicking Televison, recorded over 4 nights @ The Vic in Chicago in 2005. You can hear what the addition of Nels Cline has brought to the band...listen to his jazzy lines in Company in my Back, or the guitar freakout in Handshake Drugs.

Time for my daily blues post...this time going back again in time. Elmore James - Make My Dreams Come True.

2 things made me happy today. 1. Seeing my godson perform with his Performing Arts Magnet of Hollywood High in their production of "Chicago"! Wow, don't know if we would've been allowed to do this when I was in high school...even in the freewheeling 70's. Lots of risqué numbers and costumes. Parents would've been up in arms. And they even had a real orchestra in the pit...not a student orchestra but professional musicians. That's some budget they got at Hollywood High. 2. Dallas beating Miami to win the NBA championship...and deny Lebron his. I usually don't engage in schadenfreude, but in this case, I can't help it.

Lefraud Shames can now take his talents to loserville. Bwaaa HaHa! IT'S OVER! DALLAS BEAT THE HEATLES! And it was a wonderful sight. DIRK is WUNDERBAR!!! Struggled first 3 quarters but was great when they needed him in the 4th. Deserved the MVP. Man, can you imagine what this win will do to Mark Cuban's head? Dallas had to beat Miami this year, as Miami WILL get better. Of course, we may have seen the last NBA game for a couple years. C'mon owners and players...get together and avert a lockout. Congratulations to Dirk, Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks (America's new favourite team) and their fans. As a Laker fan, at least I can say they lost to the champs.

These are tough times for vampires. Thanks to garbage like Twilight and all these new Vampire romance novels that have flooded the market, it's not exactly a great time to be a vampire these days. But once upon a time, there used to be cool Vampire movies, like Bela Legosi...and the Christopher Lee-Peter Cushing Hammer films from Britain in the 60's and 70's. There were even some cool Lesbian vampire flicks from Europe by Jess Franco, Jean Rollins, etc. But possibly my all-time favourite vampire flick is Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu"...the original F.W. Murnau silent with Max Schreck as the Count is an all-time classic as well...but there is something just a little extra haunting, spooky, and hypnotic about Herzog's version: the cinematography, music, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani's creamy porcelain skin, Popol Vuh. I was reminded of this, when I was making a post over on the Classical music thread. It is based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" book...and they actually use the real names of the characters, unlike Murnau's version where they changed the names to avoid having to pay Bram Stoker's family. If you haven't seen it, you OWE it to yourself to check it out...in fact, I COMMAND you to watch it; and make any Twilight-loving friends or kids you have watch it, too. Vampires are NOT supposed to sparkle...they don't look like Euro-trash models. They are supposed to be creepy, spooky, feral, blood-thirsty. Like Klaus Kinski and Max Schreck. Here's a clip of Herzog's "Nosferatu"...there's two versions out on DVD; an original German-language w/English subtitles version and an English version, where Herzog had Kinski and the actors speak english. The German language version is a few minutes longer. Rent it...you won't be sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvrBWCtylyI

In reference to the Rover's post above, my favourite use of Wagner in a film is in Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu", his 1979 remake of the silent "Nosferatu". For Jonathan Harker's(Bruno Ganz) journey to the Count's(Klaus Kinski) castle, Herzog uses Wagner's Rheingold Prelude for much of the scene...it begins 2:21 into the clip. The whole scene is epic and hypnotic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkAI9kALWss&feature=youtube_gdata_player Another mesmerizing scene with great music is the Dance Macabre, or Pestilence scene, where Isabelle Adjani walks through the town square as the townspeople, resigned to the fact that the plague has overtaken their town, live it up one last time. The piece of music Herzog uses in this scene is a vocal chant from Georgia(Russia) called Zinskaro or Tsinskaro by the Vokal Ansambl Gordelo. For some reason it is nearly impossible to find on cd.

I have a couple books on Chanel that also place her at the Paris premiere of The Rite of Spring and mention her inviting Stravinsky and his family to stay with her. Any more is conjecture I suppose. But even so, the movie works and I suggest you give it a try. I think you'll like it. Oh, and I forgot to mention in my previous post, but the costumes and art direction/interior design is to die for.

Here's an unorthodox pick that may upset the purists. But it's a cover of one of my favourite Elliott Smith songs, "Between the Bars" by Madeleine Peyroux...and it has a bluesy-soulful feel. As usual with Peyroux, you'll either love her voice or be annoyed by her obvious attempt to sound like Billie Holiday. I tend to fall in the former camp. Give it a listen...