Whats in the Mail Today

Since Wade and I talk about this a lot...how much we love going to the mail box I figure if nothing else it will give me an excuse to come to the forums more often....

So Today 10/27/2009....a fucking rock...nothing but a medical bill...fuck me....sadness and depression set in

Yesterday was a big ugly jagged piece of useless sandstone....and I'm not talking about Ozzy... buy today, I got Black Label Society - 1919 ETERNAL
Not a lot, but great none the less. A day with Zakk Wylde is always a great day.

Michael wrote:Since Wade and I talk about this a lot...how much we love going to the mail box I figure if nothing else it will give me an excuse to come to the forums more often....

So Today 10/27/2009....a fucking rock...nothing but a medical bill...fuck me....sadness and depression set in

It'll be alright man....If you don't get something pretty quick I'll mail ya one.

Today 10/28/2009 Yes there it was packages in the mailbox and one was large...could it be my Superpack from Soulinium...no a bra for my wife....sadness starts to set in when i spy two cd size packages with a catalog wrapped around them...evil mail woman...I rushed inside and grabbed the kitchen shears my heart pounding and opened the first package....a cd...happy days I pull it out and its...Brad Paisley...fuck me...my wife got a bra and a cd...as she gloats i open the other package and its Dokken Live From The Sun...Original band except Reb Beach is playing guitar...not George Lynch but a guitar monster none the less...I am satiated for the night

Today 10/29/2009....I only got one cd today...but one i have been looking forward to for quite a while WASP - Babylon....have not had a chance to listen...but tomorrow I will...A little short 9 songs and they do a cover of my favorite Deep Purple song Burn...woot...unfortunately Johnny Sloppy is still here on guitar...but well what can I do?

Mail came kinda late yesterday, but here it is:

I got
Dead Sheriff - Rockapocalyptica ( for you people who have never heard of Dead Sheriff, Its sleaze metal from Norway. Really good band, unfortunately defunct. Too bad for us)
Smoking Popes - Destination Failure ( Smoking Popes.....Good Punk sound with a sweet voice...kinda sounds like JD from the TV show Scrubs (if anyone knows what that is))

Thats it for today....more later

10/30/2009

5 cds in the mail...and only 3 for me. My wife got another Brad Paisley cd...and say what you want about country music...this guy is an amazing guitar player...he does a "shred" instrumental on each cd and has blown me away each time...yes its bluegrass...but shit...skill is skill. Also got a Drivin' N Cryin' cd that i ordered but already owned so yay Wade you get another cd today.

Now the cds that are mine:
Soulmotor - Revolution Wheel... second cd from a band that has Tesla member Brian Wheat on bass and ex UFO guitarist Tommy McClendon on guitar...bought this on a whim...I remember not being that impressed with the debut but this was real cheap and at heart i am a completist
Skillet - Collide...Yes the band that Aaron turned us onto in his amazing Halloween trivia...well got the cd...have not listened yet
Cheap Trick - Special One w/DVD...like Wade with his Blue Oyster Cult...I am going to be adding much Cheap Trick to my collection in the next few months...I love bands that sound like them... Enuff Z'Nuff, Crash Street Kids etc.

10/31/2009

2 cds from importcds...one of the best sellers on Amazon marketplace...well packaged and always new without cutout marks or UPC hole punches...anyway the first cd is
The Mob - The Mob ok yes I have been on a Reb Beach kick and this adds to it as he plays guitar all over this bad boy and singing is Doug Pinnick from Kings X...Drumming is Kelly Keagy from Night Ranger and playing Keys is Timothy Drury from Whitesnake,Solo,Yes,Don Henley,Stevie Nicks etc...and playing bass and producing is Kip Winger

The other cd is a Kevin Kinney solo cd called Sun Tangled Angel Revival...now for those of you who are going huh? He is the vocalist chief song writer with a band called Drivin' n Cryin' one of the best kept secrets of the 90's. Kind of like Bob Dylan meets the Black Crowes... and since Drivin' an' Cryin' have a new cd coming out soon...or already came out...hard to tell..think it already has...anyway thought it was time to expand that part of my musical world

Michael wrote:Today 10/29/2009....I only got one cd today...but one i have been looking forward to for quite a while WASP - Babylon....have not had a chance to listen...but tomorrow I will...A little short 9 songs and they do a cover of my favorite Deep Purple song Burn...woot...unfortunately Johnny Sloppy is still here on guitar...but well what can I do?

What did you think of this one. I checked out what was available on youtube and was surprised at how mellow the tunes were. In all fairness I haven't listened to WASP in probably 25 years (damn that's a big number) so I am not familiar with their recent output, but I was really surprised by what I heard. I did really like the Deep Purple cover which I listened to last and after that I had to go back and listen to the rest again. On the second listen Babylon's burning really got me mainly because of the lyrics but the other two (crazy and into the fire) really did nothing for me. I still love Blackies voice though.

Crimson Pig wrote:

Michael wrote:Today 10/29/2009....I only got one cd today...but one i have been looking forward to for quite a while WASP - Babylon....have not had a chance to listen...but tomorrow I will...A little short 9 songs and they do a cover of my favorite Deep Purple song Burn...woot...unfortunately Johnny Sloppy is still here on guitar...but well what can I do?

What did you think of this one. I checked out what was available on youtube and was surprised at how mellow the tunes were. In all fairness I haven't listened to WASP in probably 25 years (damn that's a big number) so I am not familiar with their recent output, but I was really surprised by what I heard. I did really like the Deep Purple cover which I listened to last and after that I had to go back and listen to the rest again. On the second listen Babylon's burning really got me mainly because of the lyrics but the other two (crazy and into the fire) really did nothing for me. I still love Blackies voice though.

I am surprised that you do not care for Crazy...it is my favorite track on the cd. Blackie does have a fantastic voice and it has aged pretty. When I first heard Crazy I was like you another love,lust song but then I read an interview with Blackie and where he says the song is about idol worship...basically celebrity worship that is so prevalent in the United States. Putting them on a pedestal and worshiping them ala Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley etc. How he does not want or need that and that it is pretty scary (he says it way more eloquently than me. You can check out the interview here. Anyway i do enjoy the cover of Burn and love Babylon Burning...but one of the highlites for me was the cover of the Chuck Berry song Promised Land....so good. Anyway thanks for listening and posting...when you are cut you bleed pure awesome

11/02/2009
Just one cd from the mail person today....Tito and Tarantula - Hungry Sally and other Killer Lullabies...I got turned on to Tito and Tarantula as they were the house band in From Dusk to Dawn...probably my favorite "Vampire" movie of all time...anyway it focuses on a bar/ whorehouse/strip club in Mexico and they (Tito) are pretty predominant on the soundtrack so I bought this...yay me

Big Haul today>>>>>>>>>>>

I got:
Strung Out - Exile in Oblivion (wow....Great Cd, a must hear)
DBA - doin' business as... ( Rick Derringer,Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice....need I say more?)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Dead Poetic - New Medicine
Gary Moore - Power of the Blues

Thats my mailbag...AND I LIKE IT!

Today I got myself ready for the Holidays with all the Music I will to stay festive for Christmas....Today, In My Mail Box, I Got>>> Bob Dylan/ Christmas In The Heartland<<<

[b]WOOO HOOO

11/3/2009
I got 2 Reb Beach cds...Masquerade and The Fusion Demos....fantastic guitar cds

11/04/2009
Los Lonely Boys - Sacred....great Texican music
Crooked X - Crooked X ...Modern Hard Rock done by kids...holy shit I have underwear and gum older than these kids...but they do rock hard and you really would not know that their average age is 15

Today is a special day for sure.

Today I finished with all the current ( hopefully more coming out soon) Black Label Society Cd's.
Today, in the mail, I received: Black Label Society - Alcohol Fueled Brewtality Live + 5 and it is really awesome.

Zakk does No More Tears ( an Ozzy song) and Snowblind ( a Black Sabbath song) and they both sound like Black Label Society.
Neither song does he attempt to sound like Ozzy or does the song sound like the original. Guess Zakk wont get fire from this band for sounding too much like Ozzy.

I love Zakk....

11/05/2009

Lots of love from the mailman today
Warrant - Born Again which features Jamie St. James as the singer who used to be the singer with Black and Blue
Cheap Trick - In Color... Their second cd and actually the evolution of the band to the kings of power pop
Duff McKagan's Loaded - Sick... Just got it because I was curious

Today was a Real Flash Back...Way Back
I got :

Bob Dylan / Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ( I don't know why this one has escaped my catalog for so long)
John Lennon / Rock 'N' Roll ( I didn't really know how bad I missed John Lennon till I listened to this..And I do miss him)

Thats it for me...for today

11/06/2009
Just one cd today

Nevermore - Enemies of Reality... I rally have come to like Dreaming Neon Black...it has become my angry cd... so I have another one...and its got worms on it...how can it be bad

Been slacking a bit...but here is an update.
11/7/2009
War and Peace - Light at the End of the Tunnel...Been awhile since i got any more Paul Gilbert...so I picked this up because he does a solo on it and it is actually Jeff Pilson's band (bass player for Dokken) and sometimes during a couple of songs it sounded eerily like Dokken...and Paul Gilbert is here how can it be bad
11/9/2009
Big Haul today...got my 3600th cd
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
Kevin Chown - Freudian Slip.... Progressive metal bass player solo cd...no singing and it ok...but it does have Jeff Kollman on it who I am really coming to appreciate as a guitarist
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight... Told you I was filling in my Cheap Trick catalog...I listen to these and I have forgotten how good they are
Thousand Foot Krutch - Welcome to the Masquerade... The name came up when I was searching for Skillet on Amazon...so I said why not...me likey
Glenn Hughes - Songs in the Key of Rock...Ex Trapeze and ex Deep Purple Bassist solo cd from 2003...not a big fan of his voice these days but Jeff Kollman is here:)
Tito & Tarantula - Tarantism... Not as good as I remembered...a bit of a dissappointment. This had the songs from one of my fave movies "From Dusk To Dawn" I guess you need vampires cuz just listening to the songs did nothing for me
And actually the piece de resistance A dopuble live DVD of the Al"fucking"mighty Live from 2008. These guys still kick it hard fucking awesome...I cannot express how much I love Ricky Warwick
11/10/2009
Angel House - World On Fire... NWOBHM is back...this sounds like it stepped out from 1980 with better production techniques...a 3 piece band from Bristol...fucking awesome...they will be played on eppy 38 of the dungeon
UFO - The Visitor....Finally broke down and got it...listened today and thought it was OK...only one song grabbed me...but that could be a good thing...
Kip Winger - SOngs from the Ocean Floor...Yes my love for Mr. Winger grows....fantastic solo cd with Andy Timmons (ex Danger,Danger) on guitar...great stuff
11/11/2009
Nothing...but thats ok...Thank you Veterens:cheers:

Today was oldies but greaties day,

Tom Waits/ Swordfishtrombones Woo Hoo
Tom Waits/ Closing Time
Jeff Beck/ Wired ( haven't heard this since vinyl went out of style, and way before it came back again )

Listening is such great pleasure, Music makes everything tolerable... Does it not?

One in the box today....
Alice Cooper / Killer (CLASSIC)

[b]Kay Dungioneers... Today is " Got Something New Today" day.

#1 Koffin Kats - Forever For Hire ( Wayyy Awesome.... New release, new material..Great sound)
#2 DBA " Rick Derringer,Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice" - The Sky is Falling ( Got " doin' business as... afew weeks ago and saw this was going to be released so I preordered it right up. 2 bonus tracks "Hang on Sloopy and Rock n Roll Hochie Coo, and all the songs from the first cd....Bummer)
#3 Kepi Ghoulie - Life Sentence ( Kepi and a new band This is really good. One for you Crimson Pig. Love it)

All in all an exceptional day because as an experienced Rock and Roll Icon once said " Two out of Three aint Bad"

Ok a littel behind...weekends in Jersey can do that to you so here goes

11/12/09
The Meatbats - Meet The Meatbats...Jazz/Funk/Hard Rock fusion with Jeff Kollman on guitar and Chad Smith on drums
Lao Tizer - Diversify... Smooth jazz with Jeff Kollman on guitars
11/13 - 11/14 - 11/162009
Robert Palmer - Honey...Has Nuni Bettencourt on guitars...good enough for me
JKB - Bleeding The Soul...Modern Rock with Jeff Kollman on guitars
Rikki Rockett - Glitter 4 Your Soul...Rikki and friends doing covers of classic glam songs...pure awesome as Blues Saraceno is also here
The Tubes - The Tubes...Their classic first cd with White Punks on Dope...awesome
Cheap Trick - All Shook Up...More Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick - S/T '97...Even More Cheap Trick...wanna bet on who gets whos catalog first him with BOC or me with Cheap Trick
Sentenced - The Funeral Album...The last studio cd from this great Finnish band
Beatallica - Materful Mystery Tour...More Beatles/Metallica mashups...god I love this band
Soulidium - Children of Chaos...Finally got it and everything I had hoped it would be...love it...and the wife loves it also...hmmmmm
Harry Connick Jr. - Come To Me...What can I say...I love his voice and the smooth jazz just makes me feel good

One in the box today...The Debut and much awaited / Them Crooked Vultures
Haven't had time to sit and listen yet so I'll get back to ya on the " how it is"

After 11/17/2009 and 11/18/2009 delivered me big fat honking rocks...
11/19/2009...yes good mail
Cheap Trick - Rockford...their second most recent release...good stuff...but its CHeap Trick ...have to say with each CT cd I get Robin Zander climbs higher on my list of singers...he has fantastic range and emotion in his delivery...quite awesome really
Lynch/Pilson - Wicked Underground...Somehow I messed this cd when it came out in 2003... holy shit is George Lynch a helluva guitarist...muscular, technical and smooth...have to pick my jaw up a couple times...this is an amazing Dokken cd.
Crumb Bros. - The State of Your Mind...another cd featuring Jeff Kollman. Not at all what i expected. I need to have Wade listen to it and describe the sound...maybe Modern Mellow? I like it...listening now great singer. The guitar is mostly acoustic with the electric guitars only used as a highlighter. Almost Floydish in places...sometimes Nirvanaesque intriguing as all hell...I thimk it will be a grower