Today’s workout was brought to you by “Eagles of Death Metal”, all 4 albums on shuffle.
Not much time for me today just did my 420 crunches. Then put away the dishes & made a fruit/vegetable blender drink, that’s my breakfast or once in a while “Rice Krispies” or “Cheerios” with 1% or skim milk.
No more Blue Jays talk until they make a move, likely a trade. This is supposed to be the most active trading off season in many decades. I’d rather wait to see what happens instead of gossiping & speculating about what might happen.
Playing baseball was my first hobby, then I joined choir in grade 10 at high school & music became my preferred hobby since I can’t play baseball? Kim & I did play softball on a paper company’s team for a year or two, that was fun while it lasted! I already had the taste of being in a rock band & that’s what I continued to do. I taught myself guitar & just became more of a tenor singer than a bass/baritone singer, since the melodies in my head were higher than my voice was.
Rock titan of 2015. I voted for Randy Blythe due to crap he went through in 2012. Guilty of manslaughter until proven innocent?! Does anybody remember what they were doing exactly 2 years ago? I’ve got the documentary on iTunes, but it is no longer there?
This is just ridiculous. He’s gay, it won’t change his voice at all. If you don’t like it, don’t go & don’t sign a messed petition to stop him from doing his job.
Hahaha! These are terrible! Most of them I’ve never heard of. I have 2 from iTunes, “Black Sabbath” & “Iron Maiden”
Review of the new Justin Bieber album. I’m not sure about it yet?
Is your favourite vocalist on the list? For me it will always be Myles Kennedy & he’s not on the list! If I had to pick from this small sample, it would be Randy Blythe from Lamb of God.
Albums I’m looking forward to in 2016. I only know of 2 releases, Megadeth on January 22nd (already preordered) & of course Tool. Not sure when Into Eternity will be released, I’m assuming next year? “The League of One”, a local band, has an album release on Saturday, December 5th. I just heard the new Tremonti album will be released early next year! More cash to be spent next year!
I’ve never been a fan of Motley Crue or Godsmack. Maybe they should keep their feud quiet & actually speak to each other. OH MY! TALK TO SOMEONE? THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE! IS IT THE EARLY ’90s AGAIN??????????????????
Christmas tree time now. Saturday evening we went to Corey & Jolene’s place for supper & a Christmas movie with their daughter Hannah. Good times, & great people!
I forgot to take my pills last night. I was in bed by 10:00 pm & woke up around 10:30 am. Should have taken my pills! I was awake for 3 or 4 hours in the middle of the night. I took my pills & all was well. Finally fell asleep!
I was watching Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown, as I usually do 5 days a week for the first hour of 3 hours. On Friday’s & Monday’s the first hour is for people to call in & ask questions or comment on any topic, from any major North American sport. November 26th and 80% of the phone calls were still about the Blue Jays. Bob said something I had never thought of. Everybody is speculating as to whether free agent pitcher David Price will sign with the Jays since he was traded to them at the trade deadline at the end of July. He’ll likely be signing the last contract of his career, looking for something like $33-$35 million a year for 6-7 year. As Bob said in reply, “If David Price had finished the season with, his former team, The Detroit Tigers, nobody would be talking about THE elite pitcher in the game signing with the Jays”. Bob 1 other Jays fans 0. He also added “Why not take that money, cut it in half & sign 2 decent starting pitchers, instead of the current super star”! Brilliant!
After watching the Blue Jays playoff run last season, I learned something. Good pitching & good defense will usually win against a monster offense that averages 5.5 runs/game. If their pitching staff can have an Earned Run Average, E.R.A., of 4.70 or less they’ll likely win more games than they lose.
Songs I like, “Van Halen” I’m not a huge fan of them, but I have nothing against them. In the end, I’m good either way. I could do with a Greatest Hits album.
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Today’s workout was brought to you by “Foo Fighters” the new, free EP “Saint Cecilia” & the album “Wasting Light”
So the parents read the warning, let kids put them in their hair, take no responsibility, then complain? I’m not a parent but if a parent has read the warning on the package, told the kid, how is that the companies fault? Kids are told not to put gum in their hair, no warning on a pack of gum, but they do it anyway, yet the parents don’t complain to any gum manufacturer?
When I wrote lyrics, it took me a while. We would do the music first, expand on someone’s idea, I’d listen to it for a week or two. Then barf out some lyrics & a melody. After that I’d wait at least 2 weeks to figure out a proper title for one song. It was never a title first then lyrics. My brother would get frustrated with me at practice, “CHRIS, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO TITLE THIS SONG?!?!” I didn’t always want to go to the chorus to find what has been repeated multiple times in the song. Pretty much the same with this blog! I’ll write the day it is & figure out a title when I start writing the post. “….The only difference..” is now I don’t have that amount of time to write & title a blog.
Initially I thought I’d miss being in a band the most & I do miss it. However I really liked running a printing press, as it turns out, that’s what I miss the most. I could hold a piece of paper at the end of a day & say “Hey, I made this today!” I’ve always liked the idea of having a tangible product in my hand, even with music.
Digital music is great, I don’t know if that the money is going to the artist though that’s one strike against it. Maybe Apple or other streaming sites along with the labels are getting rich, but what are the musicians getting? Get rid of this streaming music crap & change iTunes so the musicians get a minimum of $6-$7 on an album sale. I blame the inventor of “Napster”.
He woke up one day & thought “Hey, music should be free!” I’m going to wake up one day & think “Hey, our groceries, power, gas, house, etc. should be free!”. Yeah, everyone should be able to hear music, more importantly everyone should have a home & food. Why aren’t necessities free?
Songs I like, “U2” They were my first favourite band. I still like them!
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Today’s workout was brought to you by “Econoline Crush” the album “The Devil You Know”
“Eagles of Death Metal” discuss terrorist attacks in Paris. I watched this twice on Wednesday. Once just as Kim was getting home, I was very close to crying & once with Kim after supper, same reaction. Trembling lip & eyes full of tears.
WATCH THIS VIDEO!!! RAW HUMAN EMOTION!!! THERE IS NO MUSIC IN THIS, JUST REAL PEOPLE TELLING A STORY ABOUT SOMETHING TRAUMATIC & REAL!
Has anyone ever seen an interview where anyone says “Could we just take 5 minutes?”.
It’s hard to see celebrities as everyday humans. Just watching them relive it gets me chocked up. I have nothing polite to say about terrorists. You will not see any fear from me, if that’s what they want from everybody, they wont find it here!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver “Thanksgiving Turkeys”
Adele saves SNL Thanksgiving
Perfect day yesterday to start recording Jimmy Kimmel! Star Wars theme show!
You know why J. J. Abram’s was chosen to be the director? I assume he’s a distant cousin of J.J. Binks aka Jar Jar Binks! Bazinga!
It’s getting to be that time of year, Facebook is really slowing down. I’ll hold up likely as well. Spending time with friends & family always trumps music. I’m not stopping for a few weeks yet!
Songs I like, “Twisted Sister” a Greatest Hits & a Christmas album. Yes, I said “Christmas album”
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If anybody signs David Price it will likely be in the neighborhood of $30,700,000 per year for 7 years or more! I could see him signing for 5 years or more at $35,000,000 a year. Who will spend that much in a lifetime? If I could play baseball for one year at that amount I’d retire after one year & live off of the interest!?
“Stereo” wasn’t working Tuesday morning. Workout to silence, should have grabbed my iPod?
We’ll talk about The Watchmen later……………….they’re AWESOME!………………..& even better live, as is the case with most bands worth seeing.
Today’s workout was brought to you by “Coheed & Cambria” the new album “The Color Before the Sun”
November 25th 2005 Kim & I got possession of our first house. Out of the apartment we lived in once we were married early that May & into our house, helped by many friends & family. We had 3 crock pots. 2 people left free crock pots in hand! Apparently they’re a hot commodity on the bus in Regina, who knew? I think it was really nice out that day? A couple of people stopped for a Slurpee & I think most of us were in shorts? Right now, looking out the window in our condo/2nd house, it’s snowing horizontally. Pants, jacket, mittens or gloves & a toque, for sure!
Ellen Degeneres’ favourite girls cover the AMA red carpet.
Metallica night at the San Francisco Giants park in 2016
It’s like watching a car collision. You don’t want to watch but you can’t take your eyes off of it. It’s late Sunday afternoon, CNN has been on pretty much the entire day. (There’s nothing else on, unless you’re a fan of the NFL). With all of this crap going on in the world, I predict I’ll die at the hands of a terrorist. Almost everyone wants world peace, but I think we’re all looking at a possibility of WWIII? Either way I’ll go about my life the same way & I would encourage others to do the same!
Watching the AMAs last night made me feel old & out of touch. I’ve heard 2 Demi Lovato songs now. I’m sure some of the audience at the AMAs were wondering “Who’s Alanis Morrisette & why is she singing with Demi Lovato?” I was the total opposite “What is Demi Lovato famous for & why is she singing with Alanis Morrisette?” I wasn’t a fan of that album when I was 15 & 20 years later has not changed my opinion. In 1995 though Alanis was EVERYWHERE!
I was watching the AMAs for one reason. More “Star Wars” footage & Pentatonix. They got me! I watched the entire show to see what I wanted to see. Well played AMAs, well played!
What I think is pretty cool right now is, call in radio shows in Toronto have 99.9% of the callers still talking about the Blue Jays & how next year they could remain a strong contender for a World Series championship!
Every fan has their own idea of what they’d do. So I’ll throw my hat in that ring too! I would trade knuckle ball pitcher R.A. Dickey, his catcher Josh Thole & whoever is being named the 5th outfielder for a decent starting pitcher. I have nothing against any of these people just that a knuckle ball is extremely unpredictable & difficult to catch. I’d also trade newly acquired short stop Troy Tulowitzki for cash or a pitcher & put the young impressive fielder Ryan Goins at short stop. That should free up 17-18 million dollars. Then I’d have to chose between right fielder Jose Bautista or Edwin Encarnacion who plays DH or first base. Currently they have 3 first basemen. I’d trade Edwin for a number 1 or number 2 starting pitcher, or trade him at deadline if David Price signs. Both Bautista & Encarnacion are free agents at the end of the 2016 & I assume the Blue Jays can’t afford both of them & a few pitchers. I look at it as at the moment they have 3 starting pitchers. 26 year old Marcus Stroman who could be your number 1 or number 2 pitcher, Aaron Sanchez, & Marcus Estrada who has sign on for 2 more years with Toronto. 3B Josh Donaldson will be going to arbitration soon & will likely be offered $12,000,000 a year. If pitcher David Price signs, it will likely be a minimum of 7-9 years at a minimum of $25,000,000 a year if they’re lucky. Baseball is a game of numbers on & off the field. That’s what I’d do, but I’m nothing more than a fan who played & never reached the height of their success. Heck I never made it out of the B league in Regina! If David Price wants to stay, throw as much money at him as possible! Rogers is a multi billion dollar company. I don’t know the budget, & who knows if it will ever be public?
The countdown on Foo Fighters’ website finished last night (Sunday night). Now a letter from Dave Grohl & a 5 song EP for free on 5 different types of music sites! Each link is on their website! What they ask of you is to please donate to a charity for those affected by the attacks in Paris!
Sorry, I wrote this Sunday & a little on Monday. I had a doctors appointment Monday morning just to get some refills for my pills, then spent the day/evening at my parents place. That’s the reason for no blog yesterday. On the bright side my family doctor said my CT-Scan looked good! One more appointment to go this year, then nothing until October or November of next year.
Today is my parents 37th wedding anniversary as well! Congratulations Mom & Dad! They actually started dating in “grade 9” at the same high school my brother & I went to!
Now I want to hear “Throwing Copper” by Live.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Hahahahahaha! LANGUAGE!! The show is on HBO.
Win a “Hello Kitty” drum kit played by Mike Portnoy formerly of “Dream Theater”
Scott Stapp (Creed singer) reviews the movie “Creed”
Monday’s Rock It Out Blog. I almost always turn to music to cope with a situation. Even after my grandmother passed away from breast cancer in 1999. I went to my room in the basement after the funeral & listened to the “Blue Green Orange” album by I Mother Earth through headphones.
I can’t get into “Five Finger Death Punch”. My brother bought 2 of their CDs when they were here opening for “Korn”
Songs I like, “The Trews” I have their first 2 albums on CD. The 2nd one was underwhelming. After Kim & I first saw them, I saw them twice & the live show just didn’t live up to the first time we saw them opening for “Big Sugar”.
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See if your favourite rock album of 2015 made the list, & vote for it if you like? I have purchased some of these & there are some I’d never even consider owning.
Songs I like, “Tremonti” He has 2 solo albums out & one more coming out later! He’s the lead guitar player for “Alter Bridge” & the 3 members of “Alter Bridge” other than the singer, are all previous members of the band “Creed” with Scott Stapp as the vocalist.
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