Was it your first time?

Suprised I couldn't smell any weed for the first time at a Black Sabbath concert this past Friday. Instead I saw lots of kids with their parents, The guy standing next to me mistaked the mic hanging out of my pocket for a cigarette or something, and called a venue attendant. I only seen the light of a flashlight hit me really briefly, and shortly after the guy next to me apologized, saying "Sorry, I thought you were smoking" A far cry from the big reefer clouds usually at Sabbath shows. God is Dead sounded incredible. Ozzy was very at home with the audience and Tony was pulling out great guitar. Tommy Clufetos was great, a great concert. http://youtu.be/9c7ToUGi_88 You can hear me blurt something out at exactly 5:58, the crowd was quiet and I yelled out "yeah".

http://youtu.be/SpDQWNtykxo Iron Man from the Shoreline Ampitheatre August 26, 2013

Got this on consignment at my local record store in the early 90's-late 80's.

Here are the actual cassettes that I originally used, did the road trip from Phoenix to Vegas with 2 buddies. A very cool concert that he did that night.

About to pop in "13" on my turntable, side 4 first.

I used to record the concerts I went to on cassette, some mono, some not. Still have the collection. They are neat to go back and listen to occasionally and they bring back memories.

A new drama from legendary playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon. The album topped the charts on its release in 1973, and it remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 50 million copies sold it is the band's most commercially successful work and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. Sir Tom Stoppard was first approached with the suggestion of writing a play based on the album by a friend in 1973. Now, 40 years later, he's created a fantastical story about fear, philosophy and madness, which is woven together with the original music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xr3n

Geezer Butler talks about his Hartke bass rig.

2 weeks from tomorrow I'll be seeing them in Phoenix, looking forward to it. According to this article this may be their last tour. Geezer Butler sets the Black Sabbath record straight: http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/entertainment/21916138-421/geezer-butler-sets-the-black-sabbath-record-straight.html

Wind of change - Scorpions

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath, the celebrated, multi-platinum rock band that pioneered the heavy metal genre with their dark and doom-laden sounds, fused with lyrical themes of the occult, addiction, war and nuclear apocalypse, will be immortalized in an all-original, terrifying 3D maze, "Black Sabbath: 13 3D" at Universal Studios Hollywood's premier Halloween Horror Nights event, beginning September 20, 2013. The new maze, based on the darkest lyrics from Black Sabbath's biggest hit songs and the only attraction at the horror event to incorporate 3D video, will also include scenes inspired by the legendary band's recently released Billboard #1 album, "13". A nightmarish landscape of doom will engulf guests as they enter "Black Sabbath: 13 3D" and traverse through horrifying graveyards, disturbing madhouses and bone-chilling battlefields. "We were all really excited when Universal Studios Hollywood approached us about doing a 3D "Halloween Horror Nights" maze based on our music," said Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne. "I've seen the drawings of what it will look like when it's finished and it looks amazing. I can't wait to walk through it on opening night in September." Guests will come face to face with a heart-stopping Lucifer and his bride, blood-soaked dead bodies and bubbling pools of "radioactive water" while songs inspired by "Luke's Wall", "Iron Man", "Paranoid", "War Pigs", "Electric Funeral" and -- of course -- "Black Sabbath" violently penetrate the confines of the maze at high volume. "Very few bands can claim to have defined a genre of music but Black Sabbath's remarkable influence in the evolution of heavy metal will go down in history," said John Murdy, creative director for Universal Studios Hollywood. "Tony Iommi's dark, iconic riffs, Ozzy Osbourne's haunting vocals and Geezer Butler's foreboding lyrics provide the perfect soundtrack for "Halloween Horror Nights" and endless inspiration for our new haunted attraction 'Black Sabbath 13 3D'." "Halloween Horror Nights" 2013 at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in the living, breathing, three-dimensional world of the most notorious and terrifying creatures and features a slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, terror-filled Scare Zones and a fully re-imagined "Terror Tram" experience, uniquely themed to today's most definitive horror properties. This year's haunted attractions will include "The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven" , based on AMC's Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy Award-winning show, and "Evil Dead: Book of the Dead", inspired by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's chilling remake of the cult classic. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=193357

Coming October 1st...

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Hell yeah!!

It's time for me to quit smoking, been doing it for too long, since 93'. The next time it's time to buy cigarettes I plan on getting e-cigs. I really don't like opening up about this kind of stuff but I can't screw around anymore.

http://youtu.be/Kt55bQOq_rM Austin, Texas July 27, 2013

Definitely.