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Foreigner- Double Vision

I think about her often. Shine on, Lorraine

We miss you Lorraine.

Happy heavenly birthday, Lorraine! You are missed,

My wife won a streaming ticket in a radio competition so we watched the whole show. It all went really well and most of the performances were good. Steve Tyler was sounding better than I have heard him in a long time, and Nuno Bettencourt popped up throughout the day - such a good guitarist!! Ozzy did much better than I expected which allowed Sabbath to have the send-off they deserved. A fine day all round.

What made you do a facepalm today? Right after Jackson Chourio hit a walk-off single to beat the Dodgers in the 10th, Brewers reporter Sophia Minnaert asked him, “What was your goal in that at-bat?”

I was going to stream it today because i thought it was $19.99 but it was $29.99 and a girl has her limits, lol! So glad it went off well, though. Ozzy was sitting in a black throne but did well and Sabbath finished up with playing "War Pigs", "N.I.B.", "Ironman" and "Paranoid." This article from the Guardian really seems to catch the whole spirit of it. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/06/black-sabbath-and-ozzy-osbourne-back-to-the-beginning-review-all-star-farewell-to-the-gods-of-metal-is-epic-and-emotional

I watched most of the live stream. Genuinely shocked by how good Ozzy was given everything he's dealing with health-wise. Glad he got a proper final show.

Devin Townsend- Ziltoid The Omniscient Rush- 2112 Dream Theater- The Astonishing

Well here it is. Episode One. I've put my heart and soul into it and I HOPE that comes across. Thanks in advance for watching. Would love to know what you think ab out it and do please ask loads of questions, if any come to mind!! :)

Toto- The Seventh One

I am gonna do something slightly different, I am going to rank the latest albums from some of my favourite bands since 2023: 1. Nightwish- Yesterwynde (2024) (9.5/10) 2. The Cure- Songs Of A Lost World (2024) (9/10) 3. Pearl Jam- Dark Matter (2024) (9/10) 4. Epica- Aspiral (2025) (9/10) 5. Dream Theater- Parasomnia (2024) (9/10) 6. Saxon- Hell, Fire And Damnation (2024) (8.5/10) 7. Lacuna Coil- Sleepless Empire (2025) (8/10) 8. Simone Simons- Vermillion (2024) (8/10) 9. In Flames- Foregone (2023) (8/10) 10. Judas Priest- Invincible Shield (2024) (7.5/10)

Dream Theater- Parasomnia This album is outstanding in every conceivable way. Dream Theater, Epica and Lacuna Coil have released fantastic albums this year (even though not one album could make a claim to be anything too out of the ordinary), and this so soon after Nightwish and The Cure released great works last year! Have the past two years currently slayed for me, and I just didn't realise? With the upcoming Paradise Lost album sounding like another absolute beast of an album, I can honestly say every anticipated release so far these past two years has been a major win for me, and it doesn't look likely to stop anytime soon!

Dan Fogelberg- Captured Angel Fleetwood Mac- Tusk I still cannot get over just how much I LOVE Dan Fogelberg. But it is what it is lol

Toto- The Seventh One

1984 - Beverly Hills Cop "Foul mouthed? F you, man!"

Where's TRF love for Ringo ? WTF !!!!

Happy birthday to a man who continues to gather great musicians around him:

Hell, not only did they wipe him from the album covers but they even replaced him in the Rock Band (or whatever it was) video game. It laughably showed 1978 era VH with Wolfgang in the band, haha! I'm a VH fan but they have consistency done everything wrong the last 30 years. We can complain about Rush on here but relatively speaking in terms of fan service and releases and professionalism and so on Rush gets a 98 grade and VH gets about a 5. You could write books about how they've almost been creative in destroying their own legacy. It takes real effort to be that dysfunctional. Oh, it was Guitar Hero.

You're putting far too much faith in that guy. As was mentioned, this is repeating stuff from earlier in the thread, but 20-25 years ago the guy was a known liar to regulars. I'll copy and paste a couple examples, the top one was by the administrator of the old Counterparts board. Second one is also from a fan on that board a bit later. - "Doug also sent me an interview he supposedly did with Alex during the R30 tour, exclusively for CP. The interview turned out to be a complete fake. Doug works as a freelance journalist, and made up the entire thing. - "My own experience of Doug is minor but goes back to the R30 tour...show 2 in Charlotte. We were both "apparently"...at least I WAS...listening to soundcheck and he called in to have someone post bullshit here about them soundchecking a song I know they didn't. He then later at the end of the show....(he was in the front row..I was in the third)....claimed to talk to Howard and get all these "facts" to post to us which were bullshit because when the show ended he was directly in front of me walking STRAIGHT out of the venue at the point of no return gates...you know the ones that say "no readmittance". Maybe they have the GUP footage, I certainly hope they do as much as anyone. I think I watched the GUP VHS in the 80s more than any other concert or movie or TV show there was. I would kill for more. But depending on one reference from a decades old "article" from someone who was a regular topic of discussion back then because of his lack of ethics would be a mistake. Just because he lied about some things doesn't mean everything was a lie, but to me it just seems implausible that it would never have been referenced again since then. The whole "we're waiting for Blu-ray technology" part never made sense to me either. The whole concert back then was only about 1:40 in the first place, and that show was shot on videotape, not film. How the hell would Blu-ray tech be of any benefit? I guess we'll see. Nobody here wants him to be wrong obviously, but his reputation was rock bottom in general. Even I remember that top incident, it was talked about a lot, he literally made up an interview with Alex out of thin air and was caught. I'm heading to bed and admittedly just browsed the last couple pages quickly to see if there was any news so apologies if I'm off base but I think I saw you said he was involved with the BTLS doc or something too, I've never heard or seen anything about that. But I'd need to go back and verify.

The Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew McConaughey. Ive seen it about 4 times, but it's entertaining!

I retired in 2018 so I missed the Covid mess, I heard that it was a real nightmare for them to deliver books then.

Led Zeppelin

That's awesome! My daughter worked in a public library for a time where she helped process and then deliver the county prison book requests- she used to say the same thing. Unfortunately they had to stop delivery during covid and she ended up transferring to a different job after that.

I miss my library assistant job, it was a bit different since it was in a correctional facility but it was rewarding to see people get excited about books you picked out for them to read.

I agree completely, librarians really are special and I know Sun & Moon is probably great at her job.

There is no Rush without NEP. Full stop. That being posted, if there was music from Geddy and Alex, he might be the drummer but I don't think Alex and his hand/wrist issues would allow for a tour.

I believe a good argument for What You're Doing as the heaviest song could be made.

Thank you blueschica . I also work in a public library and I love it. It has been my dream job since I was a teen. I also work at the main reception desk where we make a lot of new library cards, especially for new students that move to the city, do basic checkouts and check-ins plus help customers find books. Even more I work in the computer & newspaper area where we help people with computers, printing, and everything related to newspapers. In addition to all this, I also have other responsibilities like short guided tours for teenagers on how to use the library, and various kinds of office work.

Ray better be careful, otherwise he may find himself floating facedown in the St. Lawrence River.

I wonder what Steve thinks of Ed? Lets find out shall we?

Steve Howe - much more accomplished in all aspects of the guitar.

Working on finishing Front Runner: The Life Of Steve Prefontaine, about the famous 70s track runner. It's been pretty good, although it has that choppy feel that sometimes happens when people that write newspaper columns switch to writing a whole book . I was around at the time but young, so I didnt know his full story and how the strictness of the AAU restricted running careers at the time. It's an interesting book.

They are lucky to have you in the library! I worked at the checkout desk in our public library for quite a few years before I left due to health reasons; i still miss it.

Now: Dream Theater- Parasomnia Outstanding! Hadn't played it for ages and it is even better than I remembered. Dream Theater, Nightwish and Lacuna Coil have recently delivered some of their best work, and I am so happy.

1992 - A League of Their Own

Night in the Ruts -- Aerosmith