tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63246972011-04-21T21:18:23.460-07:00Views on life, love, music, writing, and general insanity by none other than Rocsteady!Rocsteadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274144671725606280noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324697.post-1078337687090420102004-03-03T09:53:00.000-08:002004-03-03T10:17:46.106-08:00

CRAP! For those who read the M.M.C. on a regular basis (hopefully not just myself), I must apologize for my lengthy absence. The hella nuts sick bug bit me big time and I was down for the count for a few days. However, now I am back and the Chronicles will be up and running once again. The past few days, actually about two weeks, have been quiet and as usual the Music Man has been laying low.

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Album of the Week - Part VI: Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - 'Live at the Greek' Song Spot (revised): 'You Shook Me,' 'What Is And What Should Never Be' ---------- You Shook Me - Added to the A.O.W. spotlight because it truly deserves a critique. This classic Zep track first appeared on Led Zeppelin I and has since been heard on the BBC Sessions. All versions including the Greek take are

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Album of the Week - Part IV: Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - 'Live at the Greek' Song Spots: 'Out on the Tiles/Whole Lotta Love,' 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' ---------- Out on the Tiles/Whole Lotta Love - Ok. One of the most delicate parts of a live show is the segue (sp?), i.e. blending two songs together. It is difficult enough to find songs similar enough to keep the pace of a live show

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Album of the Week - Part III: Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - 'Live at the Greek' Song Spots: 'Hey Hey What Can I Do,' 'Custard Pie,' 'Celebration Day.' ---------- Hey Hey What Can I Do - All die hard Zep fan should know that this song first appeared on the 4 disc box set released in the early 90's. I have always rated this song a 'C level' song (A being the best a.k.a. the high school

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Album of the Week - Part II: Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - 'Live at the Greek.' Song Spots: 'Heartbreaker,' 'In My Time of Dying'. ---------- Heartbreaker - Without a doubt one of the best Zeppelin songs ever created, 'Heartbreaker' (Zeppelin II) is only re-enforced by the three pronged attack of Jimmy Page, Rich Robinson, and Audley Freed. The main riff is water tight and never once do

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IT'S HERE!!....ALBUM OF THE WEEK!! Album of the Week: Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - 'Live at the Greek.' Heralded as the best summer tour just four short years ago, the JP/TBC string of live shows that eventually exploded into a sort of phenomenon spawned a live album that won critical praise and was a fans dream come true. It features several of Led Zeppelin's core songs that people my age

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In case anyone was wondering, the all-time top 5 favorite band list is as follows: 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Black Crowes 3. U2 4. R.E.M. 5. Dave Matthews Band Comments? Email Rocsteady and let me know!

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Band of the Day: The Black Crowes; Too bad these guys broke up (and too bad I missed the chance to see them three times), because they rocked and as I have said before are number 2 on the all time list. Song of the Day: 'Lickin,' The Black Crowes; from Lions, it's the first single from that record and it catches TBC after their highly acclaimed stint with Jimmy Page. Many of the songs on this

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Band of the Day: Sting; Yeah he's solo now, but I am sure you all remember when he was part of a little band called The Police. That, therefore, qualifies him for B.O.D. Song of the Day: 'Fortress Around Your Heart,' Sting; I just got switched on to this song last night, and it kicks mighty bum. For the first time in nearly a decade, I have absolutely nothing to do on Valentine's Day. And I

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Band of the Day: Poison; Give me a break, you all know that at one point in time you thought a Poison song was good. Song of the Day: 'No Ring No Gets,' Poison; from the much talked about underground album Crack A Smile...and more! recorded with Blues Saracino on guitar. It's catchy and as usual Bret Michael's lyrics are tacky but fun ("It ain't the boat you float - It's the motion in the ocean

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Band of the Day: No Doubt; No Doubt emerged right when I was entering high school, so along with Nirvana I kind feel like I grew up with them. Their list of top 40 hits is impressive and their sound spans the globe. Song of the Day: 'It's My Life', No Doubt; a cover that appeared on the greatest hits record, it just kicks ass and since I am going through a bit of an 80's retro backlash and it's

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Band of the Day: Incubus; a new spin off of the Rage Against the Machine sound, Incubus manages to blend classic rock with new age grunge to create a (I think) unique sound. Song of the Day: 'Megalomaniac,' Incubus; their most recent single, it packs a smack with the catchy chorus. My lands, another snow blast. Living in central Pa sucks. Another foot + yesterday. The only good news is that I

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Band of the Day: AC/DC; The single reason why my right speaker in my truck is blown. A non-stop powerhouse of rock and filth, the 'thunder from down under' has been kicking our asses for a coon's age. Song of the Day: 'Thunderstruck', AC/DC; An infectious riff and amazing power structure, it lifts their live show into the stratosphere. The weekend was good, booze and women as usual. Well, more

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Band of the Day: Journey; to those who don't like Journey, piss off. One of my all time favorite bands, and awesome live. Ballad or rock, Journey got the formula right. Song of the Day: 'Don't Stop Believin', Journey; an instant classic and remains one of the bands most recognizable tunes. Right now, whatever you are doing, stop and visit this site: http://laughingwolf777.blogspot.com. This is

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Band of the Day: Led Zeppelin; good enough to warrant another B.O.D. performance, and many more. Song of the Day:'Black Dog', Led Zeppelin; a Zep classic and also the first song I learned to play on the drums. If you want an excellent version of this song, buy the live album How The West Was Won. Of the rare Zeppelin live recordings, this by far the best. Had a slammin Italian meal made by my

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...so yeah these beautiful babies were all flirty and winky, and I paid as much attention to the girl I was supposed to be 'set up' with as I could, but honestly what am I supposed to do put on a magic show? We were playin the pool, chatting about random incoherence, but I don't think she was feelin the Rocsteady vibe, which is fine. The word on the street is that the chickies want another outing

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Band of the Day: The Doors; what more can you say than Jim Morrison (sp?). Song of the Day: 'The End', The Doors; this song of course is perhaps most famous from Apocolypse Now when everything is getting blown to shit. Also a good song to zone out to and put life in perspective, sort of. Well, went out as reported yesterday and had a smash of a time. Kevin, once again, came through and

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I was wondering on the way back from lunch, is Velvet Revolver ever going to release it's much anticipated EP? Who's Velvet Revolver you ask? Scott Weiland (formerly of STP) and the members of GNR minus Axl of course. I heard these guys cover Pink Floyd's 'Money' for the Italian Jobsoundtrack and it is unbelievable. Slash is back to his mighty ol' self and the rest of the band sounds fantastic.

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Oh and another thing - I attained the World Heavyweight Title with Goldberg last night in an all too short Hell In A Cell match. In less than five minutes I was standing on top of the cage hoisting the giant World title. My plan for world domination is almost complete!

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Band of the Day: Pink Floyd; what more can one say about Floyd except brillant. They revolutionized the business and even though they don't release records anymore, they still stay relevant in the world. Song of the Day: 'High Hopes', Pink Floyd; from The Division Bell, probably my favorite Floyd album. This song is especially interesting to me because I want to get the hell out of State College.

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Well, here comes the snow. Magnanamous (sp?), boutiful amounts of snow. I am pondering slashing my hair again. It looks ok at times, and at others I look liked a crazed swamp rat. Perhaps I will fashion myself a 'Minority Report' haircut. Those T.C. fans know what I am talking about. It's a good look - functional, easy, sleek. My quest for the World Heavyweight Title has increased to that

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Band of the Day: Def Leppard; another 80's powerhouse and a kick ass live show (August 2003), Def Lep continues to throttle rear (all though not quite on par with the Hysteria period) with their own brand of british rock. Song of the Day:'Four Letter Word', Def Leppard. From the most recent album X. A mid-tempo rock track, 'Four Letter Word' is one of the better songs from X. Ric Allen keeps a

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Band of the Day: Guns 'N' Roses; it sucks this band (in it's original form) didn't stick around longer. Raw energy and the force of hurricane, GNR will stand as one of the best ever. Song of the Day: 'Civil War', Guns 'N' Roses; not a very well known GNR tune, but one of my favorites. It's a powerhouse at almost 7 minutes, and it rocks every second. Ah well the weekend if officially over and

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Band of the Day: Great White; part of my deep seeded obsession with 80's Metal, Great White rocked its way through all the crappy L.A. bands to rise to fame. Jack Russell's lungs are something to awe at. Song of the Day:'Old Rose Motel',Great White; a great blues driven power structure. 'Motel' is probably my favorite G.W. song, it just screams high voltage. ...ugh...nickel draft night......

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Band of the Day: Jane's Addiction; A rip roaring good time of a band, Jane's recently re-emerged with the cut throat album Strays. Navarro is back as lead picker, and they never sounded better. Song of the Day: 'Mountain Song', Jane's Addiction; My old band used to play this song, most memorably outiftted in black light attire (I covered myself in baby powder so my entire person glowed and I put

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Band of the Day:The Clash; I once heard someone say on a tv show that The Ramones invented punk, the Sex Pistols perfected it, and The Clash brought it to the world. Pretty powerful statement if you ask me. Song of the Day: 'Clash City Rockers', The Clash; my favorite Clash song hands down. I only have three words today, American Idol. Hilarious.

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Band of the Day: The Black Crowes; another personal top 5 band, TBC blends southern rock with modern society to create an absolute mind f**k. Their highly acclaimed tour with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin produced one of the recently voted greatest (and my favorite) live albums of all time - Live at the Greek. Song of the Day: 'Seeing Things';The Black Crowes; from their first album Shake Your Money

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Band of the Day: Inxs;I forgot how much ass these guys kick. Song of the Day:'Devil Inside',Inxs; this song is subtle but will throttle your soul if you let it. So, at what point does one decide that staying up until 4 am on a Sunday night piss drunk when you have to get up for work in three hours is a good idea? Apparently four pitchers of beer are a powerful decider. The weekend was rather

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(Sigh)...well it's the end of the week, THANK GOD. This week has been particularly stressfull, thanks to my brother riding my ass for every little thing that I have no control over but am apparently supposed to be responsible for. Man, I need a new job. Fine, don't tell me things and then get mad when I don't know them. I must have forgot to press the ESP button. Time to drown myself in the

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Band of the Day: Led Zeppelin; anyone who knows me saw this coming. My favorite band of all time, definitely one for the ages. The band that introduced me to rock and roll, and who I used to listen to to teach myself to play the drums. Song of the Day:'Rock 'N' Roll, Led Zeppelin. Probably my second favorite song, next to 'In My Time of Dying.' An outlandish assult of rhythm and lead guitar, not

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Sitting here watching "Misery," man what a movie. So creepy and wierd. James Caan in the bestest actor ever! Thinking about writing tonight, perhaps some new poetry. Possible titles: "Virginia Beach," "Crossroads," "No Name Nurse," and "Pink Slip." Can't wait to get home.

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Sitting here watching "Misery," man what a movie. So creepy and wierd. James Caan in the bestest actor ever! Thinking about writing tonight, perhaps some new poetry. Possible titles: "Virginia Beach," "Crossroads," "No Name Nurse," and "Pink Slip." Can't wait to get home.

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Band of the Day: Maroon 5; catchy and hip, love it!. Song of the Day: 'This Love' by Maroon 5; see above. I got to sleep in a little today because the sky opened up and crapped a whole load of snow on S.C. last night. I did, however, get to work in time to see Kelly Ripa! Apparently though thick, dangerous snow that covers the road and leaves almost zero visibility DOES NOT mean that this guy

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Song Spot: 'Rooster' by Alice In Chains. While driving for lunch today, I played 'Rooster' in my truck and found myself thinking, "What a simple yet comical yet powerful statement of...well I guess the spirit of something strong." Maybe that's all bullshit, but Staley's lyrical "..they come to snuff the rooster.." and "..you know he ain't gonna die," somehow resonated in my brain. It's

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Ah yes, another brilliant day at work. Is it sad when the only thing you look forward to each day is watching Kelly Ripa walk out on stage? Perhaps. Bracing for the eminent snow f**k storm. 2-6" my arse! It's nice when you finally figure out how to use the shiny new stereo system you purchased and then spent two weeks at Best Buy returning things that you thought didn't work but really did all

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Favorite band of the day: Iron Maiden; Bruce Dickinson, 'nuff said.

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...interesting how when you work with family, you can be screaming at each other one second about how to add sales tax with original price and mark up for a sale, and then the next second peacefully giving directions to a customer's house. Such is the constant love/hate relatioship between me and my brother. God love him, but man sometimes he's a bas***d. I know somewhere within the confines of

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Well here it is, the Rocblog. Inspired by my dear friend Carmen. This will mostly be an outlet for my creative intellect at work, since I have no way to actually do it otherwise while I'm here. Things you can expect here: Ideas/opinions on various aspects of my life i.e., music, writing, etc, general gripes and complaints, and anything else I feel like I need to share. So I hope you will all

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