This is the third Manowar tune I ever heard. I can’t find the videos for the first couple, Warlord (not Return of the Warlord) and one off of the Battle Hymn album whose name escapes me right this second.
Entertainment
Manowar: Guyana
This is a pretty darned good one. A tribute to the victims of Reverend Jim Jones…
Another Good One: Gates of Valhalla
A Bit of Morning Metal…
Manowar has always been one of my favorite bands even with their kitschy costumes and ‘death to false metal’ attitude.
Top 100 Banned Books
Christine Anne Piesyk has gotten hold of the list of the 100 top banned books in schools and libraries in America and there is some discussion going on at Clarksville Online. So what’s on the list? It’s not just the usual suspects like Catcher in the Rye, although that’s on there. Mark Twain, J.K. Rowling, RONALD DAHL, Judy Blume. All have books on the list. As a matter of fact Judy Blume has the distinction of having three on the list. Go check out the article and then come back, the list is in the extended entry here.
Which ones have you read? Are there any that you wouldn’t want your children to read? My parents always had the unwritten policy that if I could understand it I could read it, which is one of the reasons I have been reading since prior to turning four.
Darn. You know, here I am trying to write in Windows Live Writer and I don’t know how to make an extended entry. Guess I can put in the HTML and hope it works.
Concert Tickets
Viagogo is an online partner selling Konzert tickets to the hottest shows in Deutschland (Germany) such as Nine Inch Nails and Gwen Stefani. Neither band currently has a tour in Germany coming up but there are several really good bands playing currently or getting ready to such as the Kaiser Chiefs who are on tour in Germany starting at the end of October and on into November. It would be really nice to be able to get tickets and see the Kaiser Chiefs in Germany. They are playing in Bremen on November 12th at Pier 2.
In addition to concert tickets, theater tickets are also available for musicals, several comedy shows, the Cirque Du Soleil as well as the Opera. One of the things I regret not having done when we went to Disney a couple of years ago was not going to see the Cirque Du Soleil while we were there. They are doing three shows at the SAP Arena in Mannheim next week as well as three more later in the month at the Olympiahalle München in München.
Be aware that the site is in Deutsch so if you cannot read German you might want to go to the U.S. site at Viagogo.com
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The Mist
Just got an email from Simon and Schuster about The Mist. The Stephen King movie based on his short story is due to be released in theaters next month. I am looking forward to going to see it as this is one of my favorites.
The email had some kind of contest going on where if I forward it to five of my friends I get entered into some kind of contest to get a $50 gift card for online downloads. I’m not particularly interested, at least this morning but if you are here is the link.
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Subliminal Learning
I have been thinking about stopping smoking for a long time now. The problem is that I occasionally still enjoy it. Most of the time it’s just a habit but I fight these things, particularly since everyone in the house wants me to stop. It’s a psychological thing I guess.
One of the guys I used to work with has been in the same boat for the last few years. A couple of years back he tried hypnosis and that seemed to work briefly but not for good. Recently he has been trying subliminal messaging and thus far he has been doing a pretty good job at it. I don’t work with him anymore and only speak to him on the phone occasionally so I don’t actually know if he has stopped or not for real but he does claim he’s not smoking at all and attributes it to subliminal CDs that he ordered off of the Internet. What’s interesting is that he is creating his own subliminal tapes and subliminal CDs himself using Subliminal Studio.
Subliminal messages are supposed to be pretty powerful stuff. The only reason I haven’t done anything like that is because I am always afraid I will wake up barking like a chicken or something 😉 Seriously though, I looked around the site after he told me a bit about it and the whole deal looks pretty cool. I do know that a lot of people use subliminal audio to learn languages, refine their thinking so that it’s sharper, even get rid of fears. Hey, maybe I should make a tape that will get me over my fear of flying before I have to go anywhere again. I am deathly afraid of flying and it would be pretty cool to get rid of that one.
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Tom Cruise Building Bunker To Hide From Aliens?
Apparently he is afraid the Xenu is coming to town to kick our asses and he wants someplace to hide.
And While We Are On The Subject Of Music…
Michael Moorcock seriously kicks ass. He wrote this one about the Eternal Champion, but NOT Elric, it was about a much later one. If you have no idea what I am talking about that’s OK, just enjoy the video. It certainly takes me back to 1980 or so and that’s a scary thought.
Man, Buck Dharma was like a god back then.