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  1. I used to hang out in that bar back in my college days. Pretty sweet place for a gin-mill.
  2. Ray Donovan coming back on the 28th. I love that damn show. Until then, the new season of Madame Secretary and since this is October, re-watching all of Millennium.
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    Skull Splitter from the Orkney Isle is my favorite. Quite tasty with a slight malty finish but not overpowering.
  4. I have that show on DVD and it is a killer show without a doubt. the 14+ minute dueling solo Jimmy does with Porl, sandwiched between two songs is my favorite moment from this show and there are many. What is truly incredible here is how much it shows Jimmy still developing and expanding as a guitarist. His playing during this solo is quite different and unique compared to anything he had done in the past. I really love this show...can you dig it man...Far Out daddy-O!!!
  5. JSJ is spot on Andy. IMO Page was frigging amazing from the fall of 95' - 98', easily at 73' level playing ability but with the eclecticism and dissonance of 75' on as a bonus. This is what Page WOULD have sounded like in 77' had he been somewhat sober, off the H, and chose to practice on occasion. I cannot say it enough that this era for Page's playing is my favorite, even better than his Zeppelin performances at times but easily on par with 73' for sure. Plant's vocals always seem to vary from show to show but I thought he was stronger in 98' than 95' however in general he gave a better performance at the O2 since he sang as mentioned above, in the original style of the songs vs. his newer style he did on the P&P tours. So, because I am a guitar wank and prefer Michael Lee to Jason (just barely, no offense), I prefer the P&P tours to the O2 performance. Jimmy played well but was too restrained and way too safe. Maybe it was because of the broken finger, maybe because he was afraid to screw up but he was nowhere near as ballsy, badass, fluent, on fire, and confident as he was during P&P, especially from fall 95' on.
  6. Jesus Christ, what a bunch of cackling little bitches. Give it a rest, Robert nor anyone else owes you a damn thing. We are all lucky as hell we even got the O2. Shit, I still cannot believe Page & Plant did two tours in the 90's, that alone was a biblical level miracle if there ever was one yet some "people" are still not satisfied. FFS, I guess there is a certain type of person who could get with the partner of their dreams, have the most perfect chemistry and the most mind blowing sex ever and when their mate tells them how lucky they are, all they can say is, "Meh, it's ok but she does not tickle my balls enough nor does she cook me Boeuf Bourguignon afterward...SAD."
  7. You and me both, southside boy from 33rd & Damien Ave born 1968. A damn fine year if you ask me, after all, we were both born
  8. The answer is an extremely obvious yes, that is, Zeppelin would not have sued. My basis for this conclusion is that Dolly Parton wrote a song in 1974 (released in 75') called We Used To which reached #9 on the Country charts. The first 10 seconds are a virtual match to the beginning of STH and the arrangement of the song, including the pacing of the lyrics, is the same. Did Zeppelin sue Parton for this obvious lift. Nope. It was actually a pretty huge deal in 75' when Parton released the song and both Page & Plant were asked what they thought, Plant's response, " We love Dolly Parton, it's a great song." Next
  9. You know, since you mention it, I believe ALL the remaining members were selfish pricks for not playing the O2 in Turkey, Ahmet's country of birth. I mean, why would the lads want to play this incredible one-off (it was always supposed to be a one-off per the contract, Page, Jones, and Bonham wanted to change the terms after the gig) in the UK of all places? C'mon, just because it was their home country, just because they rarely toured there compared to North America is NO EXCUSE not to have performed in Turkey...maybe the Hagia Sophia? Talk about the Hammer of the Gods, or at least the Mallet of Allah
  10. Really? I would think both, statistically speaking would hold equal merit, but the again I don't hate women and tend to trust people who come forward with nothing to gain and everything to lose.
  11. If Zeppelin loses this than the Beatles are fucked, the stones are fucked, and so is every goddamned musician who has written a song since 1960. Page has said and is on record as saying as early as 1969 that his biggest influences on acoustic guitar were Bert Jansch and DAVEY GRAHAM. and that Graham was the most underrated guitarist ever in that he influenced EVERYONE on the British music scene. The question should not be if Zeppelin were influenced by Spirit, but was Spirit influenced by Graham? Or more accurately, why is anyone giving a good shit about a chromatic progression which Graham himself (a music expert) has said is public domain as it goes back to at least the 17th century. What I truly find ironic is how, or rather why Randy California never brought the case in his lifetime but his estate waited over 40 years but yet the courts find this is worthy of merit. A man can claim a priest fondled him 40 years ago and he is a survivor, a hero who was abused by evil authority, yet a woman comes forward 36 years later regarding a sexual assault and she is obviously a liar. Too bad Spirit was not L7 or the Slits and their accuser either Donita Sparks or Ari Up for if that were the case, since they are women, they would have immediately been called liars and laughed out of court. This whole case, or rather the whole of the judicial system is complete bullshit. What a joke!
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