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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!
  12. BULLSHIT!!! The TRUE Kings' of Rock n' Roll...
  13. Nutella gives me the shits. I love it but I guess it does not love me.
  14. My god man, you're right, I did not think about it until you mentioned it. My #1 & #2 electrics (Tele & LP respectively) I switch out the strings every two weeks or so but on my other guitars that don't get as much play, yes.
  15. That whole section from about 19:00 - 20:30 in NQ sounds like parts of Bitches Brew to me, very avant garde interpretive jazz structures there.
  16. Not to upset the apple cart here but I place 90% of the blame regarding these issues squarely on the shoulders of Peter Grant. He was the bands manager, it was his job to manage the band and all aspects of the groups business including staffing. Cole was the tour manager who was supposed to manage the day to day of the tour, dealing with promotors, venues, etc. Neither one of these guys were even close to managing anything in a professional capacity after 1975, and I would argue possibly after 1973 knowing some of the boneheaded decisions made in 75'. Grant did a fantastic job with Zeppelin up to 73' and then started to go off the rails until he jumped the rails and fell off the damn train itself by 77'. When one looks at the 77' tour it is simply amazing it did not implode right after the first leg, it really is a miracle. I understand loyalty, however Grant needed to be gone after the 75' tour as did Cole, a change in management would have made all the difference IMO. I do not wish to be cold but by 75' Zeppelin were the biggest and they no longer needed someone in the shape Grant (and Cole) were in by 77'. A good manager, a sober and in control manager would have immediately sacked Cole and most of the road crew and started fresh. Then, he / she would have told, not asked Page & Bonham to clean up their act or find another manager. Grant for such a powerful guy, was essentially Jimmy's enabler and the absolute worse guy for the situation by 77'. If I were Robert or Jones, as soon as a piece of shit gangster like Bindon showed up, I would have threatened to quit the band and then I would have sacked Grant and Cole for being quite obviously so fucked up that they could not manage a book of the month club much less a band such as Zeppelin. As a manager it is your sole job to MANAGE, not join the party. Managers must be able to make the tough decisions, to place a band on hiatus if necessary so members can get there shit together so there is a future for the band. The really weird thing is once Swan Song came into being, Grant should have never left the office as his primary responsibility should have been Swan Song and managing Zeppelin. A manager is not supposed to go on the road with the band, that is the job of the tour manager. The manager maybe shows up for the first and last gigs and that's it. The way Zeppelin were managed once Swan Song came into being was simply wrong, wrong for Zeppelin, wrong for Swan Song. You know your ass is Tony Montana level out of control when you have a stupid fucking bike airlifted to your house via helicopter. Too bad the damn thing did not fall on Grants head, maybe it would have knocked some sense into him.
  17. Did he mean musically or personally? If the whole gangster style of the LZ crew and some members where pissing him off I can understand completely. However musically, as stated above, Pictures at Eleven was not exactly mellow, in fact it was a pretty rocking album as was Principal of Moments. Manic Nirvana is a very hard album, easily as hard as anything Zep ever did. Though both PAE & POM had more overall diversity in styles.
  18. Maybe I am being too harsh but it seemed rather directionless
  19. Typically speaking, the simplest explanation is usually the most likely. The band had been inactive from July 26th 77'- July 22nd 79' insofar as touring is concerned. They recorded ITTOD in November of 78', played four gigs close to and in England in 79' and a short European tour in 80'. So from mid-77' to early fall 80' Bonzo was in essence home most of the time and his wife / family were used to this for three years. Anyone who is or has been married knows where I am going here. Bonzo was not hurting for cash, he had more money than creases, he wanted to be home, his wife and family wanted him home. The looming American tour was simply too much and I heard his wife Pat was rather unhappy about something and I would bet a dime to a dollar it was the American tour. I am of course making an assumption here but is it a stretch to believe Pat had given John an ultimatum, either his family or the road and John felt split, torn between the two as he did not want to disappoint his family or his band. He could have believed himself in a no-win situation which resulted in September 25th. This is all speculation of course but makes about as much sense as anything else. Zeppelin should have called it quits, or at least gone on long-term hiatus after the European tour. I am assuming, again, that the reason for the American tour leads once again back to Jimmy and Grant, afraid if they did go on long-term hiatus Zeppelin would be forgotten. From a purely cultural perspective it would have made perfect sense for Zeppelin to take a break for at least five years after the European tour. Give Robert space to go solo, Bonzo & Jones time with family, and Page / Grant time to sober up and get healthy. This is what happens when ego comes before both the heart and common sense.
  20. I sure hope so chef because it is becoming more and more apparent every day that our own planet is seriously lacking in regard to intelligent life.
  21. American Horror Story: Apocalypse Only one show in and thus far it sucks big hairy balls. I will give it two more episodes due to the excellence of the cast and then I am out. Every season post-Hotel has been abysmal.
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