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  1. Latest poster: http://photos.imageevent.com/batmanonfilm/thedarkknightimages/TDK_one-sheet_4-24-08.jpg
  2. Cuz I've been gone.
  3. X-Box Live user here: AEdrummer Send me a request, just let me know who you are though as I might end up declining it if I don't recognize the name.
  4. QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Apr 19 2008, 06:30 PM) I'd like to note for the record that I am now out of Lager, and Im quite angry. Don't worry, my rations of Black and Tan are almost gone. I'm about to make a run to grab another case of both that and the Lager. Shall I grab some for anybody else?
  5. QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Apr 18 2008, 02:27 PM) In the meantime ther eis always ALWAYS Rock Band. You tried that yet Kazz? Curious what you think of the drumming. I've dabbled with the drumming on Rock Band here and there. I'm actually better on the guitar in the game than I am on the drums. I can breeze through the songs on expert with no problem on drums, but once I start playing them on any other difficulty, it ends up screwing me up, because I want to play the song the way it's written. On top of that, the pads leave a very awkward feeling while playing because they're so close together.
  6. QUOTE (lmnopqrstuvwxYYZ @ Apr 4 2008, 02:13 PM) COD4 online PS3 waiting for GTA4 Ditto, only on the 360 for me.
  7. QUOTE (Signals1982 @ Apr 17 2008, 09:16 AM) Man this concert is going to be awesome! I'm interested to see an epic metal band in a country bar!! I'm just interested in the fact that I'll be seeing them again
  8. Video for The Islander is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjn7tK7n5A
  9. Nightwish - May 11 Rush - July 2 Heaven & Hell, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Testament - August 16 Nightwish - September 4 Kamelot - October 17
  10. QUOTE (syrinxpriest 2112 @ Apr 14 2008, 10:16 PM) Any tips on getting those high notes? Stick your balls in a vice clamp. That should do it
  11. Said it before and I'll say it again... This will be the best movie of 2008. Bar none.
  12. For those of you who have Ghost Opera, the band has released the latest video from the album. Finally, they filmed one for Rule the World (the best song off the album, imo). And though it's a good 6 months away; who's going to any of their shows later this year during the US tour?
  13. QUOTE (ifloveremains @ Apr 14 2008, 05:27 PM) Oh, I'm sure arranging transportation wouldn't be a huge issue, my mom's just really overprotective. Maybe in a couple of years she'll let me go off to see a show somewhere. Then drag her along with you
  14. QUOTE (ifloveremains @ Apr 14 2008, 02:06 PM) I finally picked up DPP, and I'm only four minutes into Poet and the Pendulum and I'm already in love. No way I'd be able to make it to London though (and wouldn't be 19 anyway, as I'm assuming it's restricted?). Either way my mom wouldn't let me, so I just have to wait until they come back here someday. Told you As for the Lonton, ONT gig. No age restriction. Plus there's gonna be a car pool from Toronto (or so I'm assuming), so you'll have a ride covered Hell, I might be bringing a guy I work with with me to the show.
  15. QUOTE (rickyrob @ Apr 13 2008, 06:29 AM) I was amazed at how tight the band are when playing. I am also amazed that the band, now been in existence for over a decade, hasn't hit it off more and become one of the World's best bands. Nightwish, along with other various metal bands such as Kamelot, DragonForce (yuk), Symphony X, and Within Temptation, are starting to really get more exposure. The music industry is again changing, and it looks like metal is slowly creeping up into the mainstream more and more. Nightwish is huge in Europe. Hell, in Finland (their home country), the president had to release a public statement about her thoughts on the firing of Tarja a couple years ago when it happened. Fortunately for Nightwish, the European market is much easier to break into for metal bands. And the fanbase there is much more loyal too. They aren't worried about which bands are the latest trend to listen to like people are here in the US. Another thing that benefits Europe is the countries are smaller, therefore, most of them are easier for people to travel to for concerts and you can fit more shows into an area. In the US, the markets are spread out over a very large area, therefore making it harder for many bands to be able to go on tour throughout the whole country. On top of that, in the US you have the music industry which practically selects and chooses which bands are going to receive airplay due to how much time and money they invest in that band to promote it. Luckily, due to the surge of the internet, many of the bands who this wouldn't have been possible for (like Nightwish) are capitalizing on that to gain a larger fanbase.
  16. QUOTE (Gompers @ Apr 13 2008, 02:04 PM) QUOTE (Ya_Big_Tree @ Apr 13 2008, 12:17 PM) I have never been one for drum tabs. I just figure it out by listening and playing along. You can learn some great things from tabs. Really! I'd rather prefer to use sheet music than tabs Plus, 90% of the tabs I've ever read are wrong anyway (as is most of the sheet music I tend to read). That's where I trust my own hearing better than what somebody else has written.
  17. Ah f**k it. Those of you going to see Nightwish in London, Ontario, I'll see you there.
  18. QUOTE (ifloveremains @ Apr 4 2008, 06:09 PM) Oooh, I love Nightwish. Annette's pretty impressive, and so is the new album. I like the old stuff with Tarja but it's nice to see that the new vocalist isn't trying to emulate her voice too much, because it just wouldn't be the same. How was Annette with the old material? Really friggin good. When I saw them last year, right after "Sleeping Sun" she had most of of the crowd saying "Tarja who?" The thing that I like about Annette is that she has a voice that you can really write around. With Tarja, it was more straightforward and at times, it seemed to be limiting as to what the band could and couldn't do with the music so her voice could compliment it. OH and I had the opportunity to interview Tuomas Holopainen back in October. You can read that here. And it's a little late, but here's my review of Dark Passion Play: Link BTW, those of you who are seeing Nightwish on this tour; you're gonna love it! The Poet and the Pendulum completely rules live.
  19. QUOTE (RobertMason @ Dec 27 2007, 04:53 PM) These guys are absolutely, terribly, awful. So are Rush according to some other opinions. Anyway, huge Coheed fan here.
  20. QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Apr 5 2008, 01:00 PM) QUOTE (syrinxpriest 2112 @ Apr 5 2008, 12:59 PM) QUOTE (The Owl @ Apr 3 2008, 10:31 AM) Don't Kill me, but I still have not seen Batman Begins yet. I would like to, but have not gotten around to it. Though Ledger's Joker looks alot better than Nicholson's http://adiamondinsunlight.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/464px-joker-ritz.jpg Watch your mouth, son. You will hear from countless comic-book purists (and I'd count myself among them since I grew up reading all of the different Batman titles and have recently purchased several Batman graphic novels) that Nicholson came nowhere near close to capturing the true essence of The Joker. In other words he pretty much sucked. So did the five-foot-nothing-doughy-jawlined Michael Keaton. Well said. Mark my words. Ledger (RIP) will leave us saying "Jack who?" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/kazzman/thejokerattacksmg6.png
  21. The funny thing is... they still print and sell the book...
  22. Opening at work tomorrow. Oh and watching the Penguins kick the Senators ass again
  23. So... been a while since I last gave an update on my drums. Well, here goes nothing... (Oh and working in a drum shop does NOT help your addiction to drumming). I now have two drum kits; one I leave at the practice space and that I take out on bar gigs with; the other is my baby, which I only take out to major shows and/or the recording studio. Kits DW Collector's Series; Maple shell; silver-sparkle finish 9x10 tom 10x12 tom 12x14 floor tom 14x16 floor tom 18x22 kick ddrum Dominion Maple Pocket series; Maple shell; snow white finish 10x12 tom 12x14 floor tom 12x16 floor tom 20x20 kick Snares (interchanged depending on what I need them for) 5.5x14 Orange County Maple Vented SD, broken glass finish 5x14 Gretsch Steel SD, black nickel finish 7x13 ddrum MapleSD, snow white finish 4x13 GMS Maple SD, natural finish Cymbals (these stay the same, regardless of what kit I'm using) 8" Sabian Paragon Splash 10" Sabian AAX Splash 10" Sabian Paragon Splash 13" Zildjian A Mastersound Hi-Hats 14" Zildjian A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats 16" Sabian Vault Crash (x2) 18" Sabian Vault Crash (x2) 18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash 19" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid China (not pictured) 21" Sabian HH Raw Bell Dry Ride Hardware, Sticks, Heads and other Accessories I'm using all DW 9000 series pedals and hardware. I've put Aquarian Coated Studio X's on my DW toms and Gretsch Snare. Evans Genera HD Dry on my GMS Snare; Remo Clear Powerstroke 4's on my ddrum toms; Evans Genera on my ddrum snare; Remo Coated Controlled Sound on my OC snare; and Aquarian Superkick II's on both Bass drums with Aquarian Regulator's on the fronts. I also use Evans Clear G1's on the resonant sides of all my toms with Remo Hazy Ambassador's on the resonant sides of all my snares. As for the sticks, I've switched over to the dark side and I'm now using the Vater Stewart Copeland signature model. I was using the Promark 5A NT Japanese Oak sticks for a long time. DW Kit: http://a648.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/2/l_d96fcef34a1bbe1416a48c8d7273fc3f.jpg ddrum kit: http://a338.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/61/l_68e0991b348b8911d07738da76d180f9.jpg OCDP Snare: http://a762.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/21/l_e03330121f11ebf9c55df0a59fa05119.jpg GMS Snare: http://a220.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/43/l_a7031b0eac93a73508fd3c48e574b773.jpg
  24. QUOTE (Necromancer @ Jun 10 2007, 04:06 PM) QUOTE (-D-RocK- @ Jun 10 2007, 03:56 PM) Who cares!! What about Wonder Woman!!!!? Is Linda Carter going to reprise her role? But last I heard, she was in negotiations to play Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons and mother of Diana. That would be sweet. Has the Wonder Woman movie stalled? I haven't heard anything in quite awhile. I know that Josh Whedon is supposed to do it, but that's about all. Boy am i out of the comic loop lately. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_%28film%29 And no. Whedon's no longer doing the film.
  25. And people wonder why I support selective breeding...
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