Cold Miser

Loved the 80s stuff, and never really thought much about what they wore, since much of the European metal scene was/ is heavy on the leather. Painkiller is my favorite album.

If winter never happens did winter truly exist?

Even by the age of 21 it was disappearing like the arctic sea ice.

No. Blackmore played with DP on the Slaves and Masters tour. I think it was spring of 1991. My friend's dad was the tour manager for Winger during that tour (Winger opened), and I remember Reb Beach, the guitarist for Winger having a meltdown after their set because of all of the "Blackmore is God" banners that people were holding up. The Worcester police even had to calm him down because he was in the sidewalk shouting and causing a scene next to the tour bus. Funny sh.it. ...Soon after that date there were issues with the tour...lack of ticket sales and other internal stuff with Deep Purple, all happening as the rise of grunge was taking place. I am not sure if they finished it, or had to postpone dates. Me and Kipp Winger backstage at the Centrum, just prior to the guitarist meltdown. Yeah, that is an awesome bleached out denim jacket I'm sporting there.

I put this thread out, but usually on the eve of Wiz's May 1st severe season to allow capturing all of those north country April snows, but @WxWatcher007 beat me to it. Not expecting an epic April, so here it is... Overall Seasonal Snowfall: B+ Over average snowfall. Snow vs. Rain: C Too many cutters that really kept what could have been a deep pack for a good chunk of the season. Rain sucks. Staying power/ (number of days) of the pack: B+ 8 weeks of 100% snow cover, although there were a few of those days that barely held on with a few inches or so. Local winter enjoyment: C The ice was in and out, and in and out, and there were only a couple of snow shoe days, even after multiple 12" plus events. Temperature: B Snow Storms/ events (quality/ quantity): B Besides a 13.5" event, and a 20" event, the next largest event was 6". Many nickel and dimers to pad the stats made for o.k. events, but really nothing epic. The long rainers to an inch or 2 of snow was a whole lot of waiting around for nothing...and then cold. Overall Grade: B- My location was in a pretty lucky spot this season, while so many people west of me suffered, so I really can't complain overall.

I am not sure. I've read the stories, and some of it doesn't add up on both sides...particularly the whole thing with the "farewell tour' a bunch of years ago. For whatever reason the connection never happened, and now he is doing his own thing. I thought Tipton was going to be brought out for a song or 2 last night because he has been making appearances, but I think the Parkinsons is really taking its toll on him. Really sad.

This has to be it for Rob Halford though. 70 years old, cancer in remission, and basically beating his voice down for 50 years. He sounded better in 2019, but you can hear the vocal enhancements more. Was good to see them one last time, but I think it's time for Rob to retire. He is a legend and THE "metal god", so he has not much more to prove. Seen them 7 times since 1986, but I know this was it. Always will be one of my favorite bands. Note to self... I will never see a metal show in that venue again. Terrible place for a metal audience. But, this is still awesome.

After mutliple delays, covid and other, finally, Judas Priest tonight at Foxwoods!!!

Yup. Absolutely awful.

Anyone have any maps of this that they can post?

First weekend living in my West Roxbury Apartment. Unreal waking up to this.

If it hasn't hit you yet, then probably not. lol

Much better than your crack bleeding.

Late season ice.

Good performances though. So good.

lol. There are so many good ones made from that scene.

lol. Why have I never heard of this guy? ...I am currently sliding down the rabbit hole. Jeezus. This guy.

Binged all 5 episodes of Chernobyl over the weekend. Holy sh.it, and wow, what a great series. I am assuming that the writers and researchers diligently did their job in making sure that everything portrayed was as close as possible to what really happened at the time of the beginning of the disaster through to the trial. Everything down to the dismal look of the landscapes and even the rundown interiors of the government run facilities, and beyond were exactly how I envisioned mid-1980's Russia looking. The characters...The characters were so abrupt, abrasive, and impolite when interacting with each other, including those outside of the disaster. Just about everyone in the series gave the impression of being completely paranoid of being watched, and were quick to blame others for misfortunes or wrong doings. It was the way it was, and how everyone operated in order to keep their own a.sses from being disposed of. More than one reference was made to getting the "bullet to the head" for doing the wrong thing. I couldn't follow the science completely, but during the trial I followed the basics, understanding how the disaster came to be. The final episode was pretty intense. My only true criticism is that it was not in Russian, with subtitles. Yeah, call me odd, but movies like this, I want to hear the native language. Even if I don't understand what is being said, I can experience the emotion. A perfect example of this is the movie Downfall. By far one of my favorite WWII movies. The film captures the final 10 days of Hitler's life, and the actor who plays Hitler was unbelievable, and gave me goosebumps so many times throughout the film. It is so much more enjoyable watching in German with the English subtitles. Chernobyl was a great mini-series, John. I highly recommend it to everyone here.

I saw 16F at around 6am.

But, but, but, Morch

Yeah...But he had, "stuff in his car". Then when he said he had to get way from the road, he went a few steps away from the road, then right back towards the shoulder, and his banged up car.

Dude at 42 seconds in was on to some Final Destination type s.hit. Wow.

Flurries here in Manchester.

The one thing better than 7 marathons is definitely running 8 marathons.