First Heath Ledger, now Bernie Mac? 2008 is really the year of unexpected deaths...

RIP Bernie.

Just got back from the Metal Masters show.

It was ******* incredible.

Nissan Pavilion is notorious for their terrible parking and terrible management, but I was able to drive there, buy a t-shirt, and get my lawn seats before the first band started. Testament was up first, and although I'm not familiar with their music in particular, I'm a fan of Pantera, Metallica, and the like, so I enjoyed it. After a long wait, Motorhead took the stage, and put on a great 45 minute long set. Heaven & Hell were up next, and were simply amazing. The played a 15 minute long Heaven & Hell, and ended with Neon Knights. After seemingly hours of waiting, Judas Priest finally took the stage. They played some stuff from the new album, as well as some older songs. It was getting near 10, and halfway through Priest's setlist, I left after Breaking The Law. Overall, a great concert, and a great four-and-a-half hours of metal.

Bump, as I'll be seeing these guys tonight. 



Four of my heros- Dio, Iommi, Halford, and Lemmy- In one night! I'm stoked.

Testament is also playing. Anyone know if they're any good?

Getting ready for the Judas Priest/Motorhead/Black Sabbath show on Thursday.





Can't wait. 

Those Robot Chicken bastards have gone too far.

Classic.

If you're a horror fan, it'd be worth your effort to find a theater playing Midnight Meat Train.  It opened this weekend direct to dollar theaters, at only 100 locations in the country.  I read a story a while ago about how the new head of the distributor had just produced a competing horror film which MMT was supposed to open against.  So out of spite he delayed MMT so his film would do better.  His film bombed.  So as not to be shown up, he pushed MMT to August in a very limited release.

Doing so, he basically doomed what is an excellent horror film.  It's the best one I've seen in a long while.  Very thrilling.  Very engaging.  The acting is was excellent about 85% of the time, which is well above average for the genre.  The gore might be too extreme for some people (the girlfriend of one of the guys in front of me stood up and left during one of the more extreme attacks), but if you're into that sort of thing it's fantastic.  It's very grim and doesn't play or end like your typical horror film.  But if horror is your thing, you'll be very happy you went to see it.

Hmm, I read an article in Fangoria about MMT, it looked very good. I might have to check that one out. Any word on if it's showing up on a less limited release?

All I know is that the figure better include the long rifle, or I'm not funding Hasbro's steak dinners any longer.