The Owl

That ending was perfect.. Spot on as it was in Storm of Swords..

Just read that one of the most iconic artists for album artwork of all time has died.. Noteworthy for most of the album artwork to Pink Floyd's studio and live discography. He will be missed. This will always be my favorite of his.. http://www.alancross.ca/storage/Pink%20Floyd%20-%20Animals.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1336954648255

Im digging the track, and will say I was not expecting Ozzy sounding this good.

hehehehe. For some reason, my dumb brain finally figured it out at that part...And I'm like, "You know, this place feels A LOT like the old Bioshock. I bet you anything after I flip this switch, something will be behind me and- OMG *blasts all shotgun ammo into face*" The worst part for me was when you encountered him earlier... I was low on ammo on the first encounter, the second two times I was completely out.. So I had no defense against his creepy ass club wielding masked ghost whatevers.. so when I saw him I was basically said "f**k it" and just ran through the second two encounters.. didn't know you can try to get by him by stealth. Then that jump scare got me good.

http://i.imgur.com/wkq2zGx.jpg SCARED THE f**k OUT OF ME!

Just beat the game.... I need an aspirin

Good qustion. No, Pete Best was not inducted with The Beatles. Was Syd Barrett included in Floyd's induction?

Not an Opeth album, but I dug the Storm Corrosion record Mikael did with Steven Wilson... Very far away from Opeth sylistically, being VERY mellow. But a good record to listen to with headphones in a dark room.

No Geoff Tate's Ryche for me... .... And it was roshambo, not a gut punching contest... I almost lost because I was aiming at a vastly smaller target.

Watershed was balanced perfectly when it came to the growls/clean vox... If they are not going the with the Heritage route, but not going back into what they were doing, that makes me really excited and curious about this album... 2013 just started, but it looks like Im already ready for 2014 music.

Why does he constantly skip Texas? :(

the first episode was very good... that Twyin/Tyrion scene was PERFECT.. almost directly as it was in the books... I am so glad they are on A Storm of Swords..

I've heard a couple of the songs .. They're enjoyable.. I'll hold judgement till I hear the rest... But something I've noticed on the lady couple of albums, but I don't think Bowie's voice has aged well.. On the 2 songs I've heard on this album his singing seems half-hearted

Slightly early on this, but at it's past midnight in the Beatles homecountry..... On this date in 1963, the debut album by The Beatles, was released... Happy 50th to John, Paul, George, and Ringo!! (posted this over on reddit as well)

A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering I still consider among their "Prog era" albums... It was really after Steve Hackett left the band that Genesis started trending towards the shorter pop-heavy albums.

This came out late last year, and I missed it then, but finally got around to listening to it yesterday, and it's pretty damn good...probably their best since "Culture of Ascent" I've been a fan of this band for a while, I really recommend them to anyone who enjoys old-school prog. I hope that since now Jon Davidson (frontman for Glass Hammer) is in Yes that GH can get a bit more exposure that they deserve.. If you've never heard of them I would reccomend this latest album, or perhaps the "Culture if Ascent" record, or my personal favorite if theirs "Chronomotree"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bISYyaAdUVI

:haz: I wonder if the dude in front of us ever made it out of the venue. Damn good show, especially the Afterman songs. Dark Side of Me was incredible live! Hell Yeah, awesome meeting up... excellent show.

Lonestar Beer

Great Concert last night enjoyed the hell out of Coheed's set and they killed it as usual... I will say I was VERY impressed with Between the Buried and Me live... They were amazing as well, and that was the first time I've seen them.. I got a few pics, but nothing of real good quality but I did get this video of "A Favor House Atlantic" enjoy...

I've tried to make and posts my "top songs/albums" lists like these before... I just cannot do it.. If you ask me to list my top 100 songs I would list 300 songs worthy of such praise, or to list a top 25 albums, I would come up with 100 worthy of that praise... And trying to whittle them down is an impossible task.. I like a lot of different music for a lot of different reasons, so putting one song ahead of another makes me second guess myself... " Did I really put this album of that one?" "I like this song more, but that other song is better..how should I rank that?" "I love dozens of these artists and want them represented, but only 3 artists are dominating my top 15!!!" I've tried and tried to make a best or favorites list, but it's too damn hard... Goobs, I pity the hours you spent trying to sort through mounds of polished gold to try and sort it out by the shiniest.

Austin? I'll be at the Show at Stubbs... Great venue, I've seen Opeth and Zappa plays Zappa there. Yep. I'll be there too, probably early enough to grab a bite to eat. I saw Coheed there for the Neverender SSTB show and loved it! Excellent, don't have a C&C shirt, so I'll prbly be wearing my Clockwork Angels tour shirt

Initial listen... Suffice to say I loved it, not a dull track every song amazing... Too early to pick favorites now, but early calling it the title track, and the watchmaker are topping my lists... I will also say that I'm more impressed with this after one listen than I was with Grace for Drowning.... And Iove that record...and after a few mor spins will probably rule this album better than GfD.. However no song here rises above the masterpiece that was "Deform to form a Star" but close... Those are initial impressions, things could change... P.S. Theo f***ing Travis!!! I've been a fan of his a while as a member of "The Tangent"... But his work on this album is beyond compare..

From a few days ago... The official season 3 trailer with new footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzI9v_B4sxw

Austin? I'll be at the Show at Stubbs... Great venue, I've seen Opeth and Zappa plays Zappa there.