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...

Okay, I have questions. Especially if this purports to be footage from 7-27-73 only. 1. How did he switch from the sunburst Les Paul to the red Les Paul during Celebration Day, as DavidZoso noticed? During the movie, when it switches during Black Dog I bought it, as he could've switched during the ah-ah-ah-ah part, when the band isn't playing. But there isn't one moment during Celebration Day when the guitar isn't playing. When did Jimmy switch? This 8mm film clip is just fragments...is there a noticeable gap on the 7-27-73 soundboard of Celebration Day where the guitar is missing that would explain how Jimmy could switch guitars? If not, then this clip is not just 7-27-73, but a mix of the MSG shows. 2. Why did Jimmy go to the trouble of having that cool outfit made for him and then wear the matching jacket for only the first three songs? Did he ever wear that jacket for an entire show or did he always switch to the black and red poppy jacket after the first three songs? 3. Knowing they were filming the 3MSG shows, why didn't the band tell Jones to pick a shirt and stick with it the entire MSG run?

You're welcome ZepRex...and it makes me happy that I was able to affect you in that way. For that was my intent with these recent posts of mine...to really give you and others who weren't able to see Led Zeppelin(not counting Page & Plant and the O2 show) in concert a totally gonzo and detailed(or as detailed as I could get) description of those 1973 concerts. And to allow those who WERE at those shows to take a trip down memory lane as well, and maybe trigger their own memories and stories. My inspiration for finally writing these concert reviews(besides hospital confinement) was reading so many books like Stephen Davis' LZ '75...where the emphasis on Zeppelin seemed to be more on what was going on around the band and less on the actual concert. I went to a Led Zeppelin concert because they created sounds and feelings in my head and heart that no other band of the time could. I didn't even know, much less care, about the groupies and smashed hotel rooms at that time. The optimum way to read these 1973 posts would be to cue up the respective bootleg for each show: Bonzo's Birthday Party, Kezar Stadium, and the Three Days After boots....and listen to them while reading. And you could look at David Zoso's photo threads for visual stimulation. Of course, this still wouldn't come close to the total effect of a Led Zeppelin concert....but hopefully it'll be close enough.

What a coincidence...I was just thinking of Stairway to Heaven today and was wondering if I should just make a new thread or resurrect this one. You saved me the trouble...thanks Brad. Anyway, what got me to thinking about Stairway is that I've just discovered something about the lyrics. The part about "If there's a bustle in your hedge-row...it's just a spring clean for the May Queen". Now I just always took it at face-value...meaning that if you heard something was rustling around in your hedges, that it was just a Fairy Queen...or Faerie, if you prefer...doing a little cleaning. But I recently was reading something about English vernacular, and apparently, a "bustle" is another word for "bra" in England. Also, Maytag washing machines were commonly referred to May Queens. So this puts that lyric in a completely different light. Perhaps Knebby, Magic Fills the Air, or some of our other English brethren can confirm this bit of linguistic information. Before I go...I wanted to clear up something about the original post I wrote. I didn't want to suggest that everyone HAD to like Stairway to Heaven. I like it, but if YOU DON'T, that's okay, and I don't think that you have to like Stairway to be a Led Zeppelin fan. My post was more directed at those that DID LIKE Stairway to Heaven, but, because of cultural pressure over the years that suggested that Stairway was lame and that liking it made you a nerd or uncool, started HIDING the fact that they liked Stairway. When people would ask them if they were Zeppelin fans, they'd say yes, but they didn't like Stairway...even though I KNEW that Stairway was their favourite song. It really gained steam around the time of the Wayne's World movie, when the gag about "NO Stairway" at the guitar shop took root. So, my post was just a combination of celebratory Birthday nod(the achievement of Stairway DID lead to the further development of the band, allowing for Rain Song, Ten Years Gone, Achilles Last Stand and other cool songs) and a rallying cry for those that had been shamed into hiding their love for Stairway to come out of the closet. But if you never liked Stairway in the first place, that's cool, and I certainly wouldn't expect you to like it now. The world is big enough for both types of Zeppelin fans, the Stairway lovers and haters...and neither one is a bigger or lesser fan for it.

I've taken your advice...and SuperDave, silvermedallist, and others who suggested...and submitted all three 1973 posts(after some slight editing and rephrasing and corrections) to Sam and the moderators for the Timeline. Hopefully they are not too long...I didn't see a word-limit posted for the Timeline section.