KB824

Senior Member
Sep 16, 2003
31,789
So, anyway.

It's friday night, and I'm getting mentally prepared for the Queensryche concert in Boston on Saturday night, and I get an e-mail around 8:30 saying that the concert has been postponed due to Geoff Tate (The lead Vocalist, and one of the greatest voices in music history) has taken ill with his vocal chords, and the concert has been postponed to an as of yet announced date.

So, I'm pissed off, naturally, as Queensryche are one of my favorite bands of all time.

I call Julio's Liquors the next morning to see if the wine tasting (he has his own label of wine called "insania". Good stuff. At 40.00 per bottle, it better be decent at least.)

Lo and behold, the event is still on.

I was 30th in line, so I got my gift set of wine signed, as well as a poster. There were about 300 people in line by the time my wife and I left.

So, in short, I got to meet one of my favorite singers of all time, get autographs, talk about music and wine, and get a couple of pictures as well. Needless to say, the day wasn't a total loss.
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
So, anyway.

It's friday night, and I'm getting mentally prepared for the Queensryche concert in Boston on Saturday night, and I get an e-mail around 8:30 saying that the concert has been postponed due to Geoff Tate (The lead Vocalist, and one of the greatest voices in music history) has taken ill with his vocal chords, and the concert has been postponed to an as of yet announced date.

So, I'm pissed off, naturally, as Queensryche are one of my favorite bands of all time.

I call Julio's Liquors the next morning to see if the wine tasting (he has his own label of wine called "insania". Good stuff. At 40.00 per bottle, it better be decent at least.)

Lo and behold, the event is still on.

I was 30th in line, so I got my gift set of wine signed, as well as a poster. There were about 300 people in line by the time my wife and I left.

So, in short, I got to meet one of my favorite singers of all time, get autographs, talk about music and wine, and get a couple of pictures as well. Needless to say, the day wasn't a total loss.
I feel for you man, ain't easy keepin it real these days.
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
So, anyway.

It's friday night, and I'm getting mentally prepared for the Queensryche concert in Boston on Saturday night, and I get an e-mail around 8:30 saying that the concert has been postponed due to Geoff Tate (The lead Vocalist, and one of the greatest voices in music history) has taken ill with his vocal chords, and the concert has been postponed to an as of yet announced date.

So, I'm pissed off, naturally, as Queensryche are one of my favorite bands of all time.

I call Julio's Liquors the next morning to see if the wine tasting (he has his own label of wine called "insania". Good stuff. At 40.00 per bottle, it better be decent at least.)

Lo and behold, the event is still on.

I was 30th in line, so I got my gift set of wine signed, as well as a poster. There were about 300 people in line by the time my wife and I left.

So, in short, I got to meet one of my favorite singers of all time, get autographs, talk about music and wine, and get a couple of pictures as well. Needless to say, the day wasn't a total loss.
Wacky. I remember buying their first EP when they started. I pretty much followed them until Mindcrime, which was great, but somehow started to lose interest/track. (Holy crap, was that just a vBulletin auto-save I just witnessed!? :shifty:) I remember going around Bellevue, WA -- their home turf right across of Lake Washington from Seattle, where I was attending a summer of grad classes at UW -- wondering if I was going to run into somebody. :p

Sounds like a cool tradeoff.
 

KB824

Senior Member
Sep 16, 2003
31,789
Wacky. I remember buying their first EP when they started. I pretty much followed them until Mindcrime, which was great, but somehow started to lose interest/track. (Holy crap, was that just a vBulletin auto-save I just witnessed!? :shifty:) I remember going around Bellevue, WA -- their home turf right across of Lake Washington from Seattle, where I was attending a summer of grad classes at UW -- wondering if I was going to run into somebody. :p

Sounds like a cool tradeoff.
"Empire" and "Promised Land", the 2 albums after that, were great as well. Operation: Mindcrime will always be one of those types of albums that if I were on a deserted island and can only take a few CD's with me, that would be the one.

I fuckin LOVE Queensryche, man.
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
"Empire" and "Promised Land", the 2 albums after that, were great as well. Operation: Mindcrime will always be one of those types of albums that if I were on a deserted island and can only take a few CD's with me, that would be the one.

I fuckin LOVE Queensryche, man.
Check it. On cassette even! :lol2: (Yeah, no 8-track though!)
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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blʘndu;3185642 said:
why the hate and violence?
Boredom, mostly.

Years ago Metropolitan Police started Operation Trident which was to crack down on gun violence involving black gangs in London. Last week or so one gang member was shot dead whilst being arrested as part of this, police thought he was shooting at them, it's still unclear whether he did fire at them but I believe he had a gun. I could be wrong about that.

Anyway his local gang in Tottenham joined up with some other London gangs and went on the rampage, smashed a fair amount of Tottenham up and burned a few buildings down. I think this is the second or third night now, the gangs and their affiliates are still out but now lots of London youths have turned up and the media are reporting it as a kind of political protest because of the economic situation, disillusioned youths with no jobs and all that. There may be some of that, but largely they want a ruck and the chance to smash some things up, get one over on the police and authorities and do a bit of looting on the side.
Is it fuck anything political.

Just a bunch of cunts taking advantage of a situation for their own amusement/gain.

Uhm looks like the Army is going in.
Good.

Shoot the lot of them, scum.

What fucking use is a Tory government if it doesn't beat the shit out of protesters?
:agree:

:howler:

Those riots in Tottenham. Get the army on the streets and purge the fucking bastards.
:agree:

What really bugs me is how I see these situations being policed compared to football.

Here the police lack numbers and just stand and watch stuff happening.

There are zillions of police at the football and they are itching to get stuck in with police horses and what not.

But no, best just stand back and watch people causing criminal damage and risking lives by starting heaps of fires.
 

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