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Another thing about that Christchurch show that people up here absolutely love, was the ticket stub, a nice oversized thick linen card-stock, numbered with picture of Neil (from Comes A Time). Tickets up here suck large, they are boilerplate Tickermaster stubs, purely functional computer print-outs that all look the same, with ink that fades after a couple years. When I show that stub to friends, they are always wowwed, 'cos they see nothing like it up here for anything other than tiny club indie shows with hand-printed stubs.<br />
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On the topic of memorable rock shows in NZ, I recently came across the following ("Bitch") at youtube from the Rolling Stones 1973 tour at Western Springs in Auckland (Feb.11/73):<br />
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Quite an excellent live bootleg recording (I'm guessing it was a bootleg source, though I don't know that for certain...some of you will think I'm nuts for saying that, but believe me, compared to the bootleg vinyl from the 70s & 80s, this is really good bootleg audio), and a hot take from the Stones of one of their best songs. The [url="http://www.stonesarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/32.jpg"]poster[/url] from that concert has been reproduced internationally and is a fairly popular seller, I see it showing up in head-shops all over North America, and I have a memory of the show when I was a kid from friends at primary school whose cooler older brothers attended (that's really how I learned about the Stones, listening to Radio Hauraki back then it was a really-big-deal, as well as the Led Zeppelin show at Western Springs the year before - there's a bootleg version of some of that at youtube as well, but the audio is much inferior to this Stones show). The entire recording of the Stones show in Auckland is available from the same youtube account and is a cool document. (Note: If you try to do a search for it, the mis-spelling is "AUKLAND".) -
Has anyone else cottoned on to thisismyjam.com yet?<br />
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Still in Beta and not yet compatible with mobile devices (which will be when it gets really good) but it's a cool idea not dissimilar to this thread.<br />
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Basically you sign up and link your membership to a Twitter or FB account (if you want). You get to pick one song that is your current 'listening too right now' fave and log it in.<br />
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You can either pick up on friends tastes from FB or Twitter or just randomly search around on the website for someone's track that interest's you.<br />
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is this man part of the solution or part of the problem??? thoughts people??<br />
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Will withhold judgment until I read what Stephen the Mustache from Hell Jones has to say. (He admits he likes Springsteen more than he likes rugby. Which makes me feel kinda bad for Bruce.) -
Thank you Tim, that shit is awesome!! I listened to their other stuff, and "Prehistoric Dog" is all kinds of awesome.
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Thank you Tim, that shit is awesome!! I listened to their other stuff, and "Prehistoric Dog" is all kinds of awesome.<br />
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Glad you liked it dude(s).<br />
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I have a feeling that I'll be posting more metal here soon. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
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I noticed the actor-dude working the counter at the store (reading "Heavy Metal") is a Mr. Show regular.<br />
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Couple of tracks no intended to show you anything new, but show what is getting pumped in the car at the moment.<br />
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The ever impressive Muse<br />
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And a favourite from the Pumpkins<br />
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Yup that was good old beer drinkin' metal. Mean.<br />
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Most of you will handle about 30secs of this. But this guys is farking amazing.<br />
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Haha Scorz, my drummer-nerd mate in highschool used to bore us with this bloke (yea, he's good, but really it's like Satriani with drums, so can't hold my interest for long).<br />
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My favourite drummers are Ian Paice, Stewart Copeland, Lars Ulrich, Questlove, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Chad Smith, John Bonham, Michael Shrieve ( Santana ) and maybe a few others whose names escape me.<br />
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Totally agree with M4L, I dig musical virtuosity provided it is in the context of a great song so Satriani, Vai, Malmsteem etc for example don't do it for me three fifths of five eighths of fuck all as much their hero Richie Blackmore who did his guitar wankling in the contexts of awesome songs. Kirk Hammett ( more their generation that Blackmore ) may be similar technique wise than the three I mentioned but again, playing leads like that with the rest of Metallica rocking out ? a million times as fucken awesome. <br />
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Ulrich used to be an incredible drummer. Some of the stuff on "Justice" is unbelievable (the drum track on "The Shortest Straw" is unreal). But it apppears he has forgotten how to play any of this shit. Metallica are pretty shit live now, and i think most of it stems from the fact that the drumming is kind a shit, and most of the killer fills and speed stuff is left out. And he's a dick.<br />
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(all this typed by a massive Metallica fan).
