This is pissing me off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQ6UbHhHAA&feature=related

I think they should give these sex offenders the death penalty. Who's with me?

Rob Halford's love handles are no concern of mine.

posibly,  dunno.  if so, you can blame it on me. 

		I.M.P. wrote:
		Ha!  I wish more people felt that way.  Thanks spapad. HB, hehe, I wonder if it's like the Santa Ana winds going up to Canada.  Perhaps it is contageous?      spapad wrote: Not pissing me off my friend! LOL      I.M.P. wrote: I am not pissed off, I'm just pissing people off!

Scientists and clerics have much in common.  Both take a world that can’t be fully understood and try to explain its fundamental properties

Clerics postulate beliefs that can never be proven; they demand you accept these postulates as your faith, which will guide your actions and thoughts.  It’s a top down way of thinking; start with the big picture and derive rules for living.  Fundamental knowledge is static.  Even the derived rules rarely change.

Scientists work from the bottom up.  They build a baseline of observations and formulate theories to explain these phenomena.  Nothing is sacred, with new observations; theories are discarded or modified to fit the facts.  

are religion and science nesesarily in conflict?

We will "definately" have to wait a little more than a year for the new studio album SkyRider.  I predict that a new studio album

will be released between January/February of 2011.  They will NOT have a new studio album out this time next year(August 2010)

there is just no way,and not enough time for Judas Priest......now if it were Saxon? YES. They would have a new LP before next summer!! lol!

		SkyRideR wrote:
		hopefully we don't have to wait a year or so for another studio album, even the touch of evil contained tracks we've all heard over and over on every other cd.

Time for a rant.

Why can’t people in today environment have a civilized discussion?  Not just on the boards here, but in general.  So many things we discuss these days create anger and harsh words.  What does that accomplish?  Any issue that has any importance soon results in people calling names, yelling, and not understanding.  Try discussing abortion, global warming, taxes, health care, global trade, evolution, etc.   People have a hard and fast opinion and they stick to it.  They seek to convince the other side that they are wrong.  Do they get anywhere?  Hell no.  The motto “Seek first to understand then to be understood” seems lost these days.  Never let facts get in the way of what you know. 

While I am ranting, when did people start confusing a scientific theory with fact?  A fact is something that is proven, with no doubt.  A theory may be widely accepted, debated or whatever, but it’s not a fact.  Global warming, evolution, relativity are all theory’s that will most likely never be proven.  Then you here people using computer models or forecasts to prove something.  A computer model is a forecast.  It is only proof that someone can write a program.  The other day the weather forecast before I left for work was 0%, yet on the way to work it was raining.  Think about it, that’s a 2 hour time gap, and the forecast was wrong.  That forecast uses computer models, forecasters with years of experience, yet is wrong.  No model or forecast is proof of anything. 

Ok, rant over.  Be respectful, not close-minded, remember the difference between fact and theory, and for Pete's sake a forecast is not proof.  Now…  Everyone go back to arguing or sleeping, whichever.

Or when someone is not paying attention and the light turns green,and they are still sitting there...and when I honk my horn to let them know its time to roll...

they look in thier side view mirror,or rear view mirror at me...and I'm thinking..."don't look at me...look at the road and put your foot on the freaking pedal man!!!! lol!!

Hey!!!! correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you the innovator of the original imposter accounts??? Wow!!!! Its a pleasure to meet you man!!!!! 

		I.M.P. wrote:
		I really don't know that one.      Coyote Bongwater wrote: oh okay hey lol is he still datin little indian child?      I.M.P. wrote: Yeah, Coyote, but he posts under "Bazooka Joe" now.  The last he was here was August 4th, by the way.      Coyote Bongwater wrote: does metal jesus still get on here????

How well do we know each other?

Recently there were questions about how well one member knowing who another was.  Really, how well do any of us know each other?  I for example have met 2 board members, but do they really know me?  I have 177 friends on the board, do they know me?  Some better than others, but who really knows another member.  Even in the “real” world people can be close to someone for years, but not know them.  You read about people getting divorced after 20 years because the wife discovers the husband is gay.  People discover for that they don’t know themselves, how can you know another. 

A few years ago our good friend IMP discovered how to change his name to match another member.  Now he did it just to be funny, I remember reading an exchange between DF and “DF” which was funny as all get out.  Now we have JD. and J.D. which is not so funny, but at least it’s identifiable.  People use different names to act like scumbags, but we can usually figure scumbags out.  But even those we “know”, do we really know them?  I have made over 20,000 posts on these boards, and god help you if you had to read them all, but does that lead you to know me?  Ask 10 different members, you would get 10 different versions.  You could hear that I am a nice guy, a hateful capitalistic bastard, a nature lover or an enviro hater who wants to pave the world, a family man, or some pervert posting in the thong thread.  Which is right?  None of them.  Want to simplify it more?  I could be a good person or a bad person.  Which is it?  Neither!  I am who I am, nothing more.

The people we “know” are colored by our experiences.  What can we do?  Well, once we recognize that we cant “know” people here, our only option is to do the best we can.  Which of course is what we were doing before.  But the real question is, not who am I, but who are you?

Amazing when you think about how far they've come!









  

My kid has those books! Yeh, it does remind you of the Goosebumps series. But I absolutely Love it! If I had a game room in my home, if it were big enough, I would want that sofa! It's so cool! I showed the pic to my daughter and she LOVED IT!!!

		I.M.P. wrote:
		Thanks! My friends call it the Goosebumps sofa, or the Nickelodian sofa.  Tried my hand at music and writing, but nothing feels as good as building.  Glad I finally found SOMETHING I'm good at!      spapad wrote: Oh My God! That is so Cool Imp! I want one! That is an awesome sofa! TWO horns up!      I.M.P. wrote: Ahaha, it's not often you get to see ALL those guitars. For the curious, here's a pic of me.  This is right after finishing the first sofa built from my hands and design. Edited at: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:20:31 PM

HA!! you can be right there with the rest of us in the old folks home, in the Heavy Metal appriciation room they will have to build for us oldtimers! HA!!

		I.M.P. wrote:
		Yeah, it's funny I got so many good solo shots of him, because it was pretty hard to get good pics from where I was at.  I was on Glenn's side, and it seemed I had a ton of good Tipton shots until I openned up all the pics on my computer, hehe.  That show's going to last a lifetime, probably when I'm 90 I'll remember it.      spapad wrote: Exactly! That was my fav out of the bunch too, and then the lone shot of KK and then well pretty much all of them! LOL      I.M.P. wrote: Well thank you very much!  You know, I nearly missed that show!  I think the pic that has Halford holding out the mic for the fans is probably my favorite.      spapad wrote: Wow IMP! You got some beautiful shots! I'm very impressed! Thank you for sharing!    (Quoting Message by I.M.P. from Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:40:11 PM)   I.M.P. wrote:   I hope this isn't a bit too much, but here're some of the finer pics I was able to capture at the Priest show in Costa Mesa. Edited at: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:45:51 PM

Exactly! That was my fav out of the bunch too, and then the lone shot of KK and then well pretty much all of them! LOL

		I.M.P. wrote:
		Well thank you very much!  You know, I nearly missed that show!  I think the pic that has Halford holding out the mic for the fans is probably my favorite.      spapad wrote: Wow IMP! You got some beautiful shots! I'm very impressed! Thank you for sharing!    (Quoting Message by I.M.P. from Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:40:11 PM)   I.M.P. wrote:   I hope this isn't a bit too much, but here're some of the finer pics I was able to capture at the Priest show in Costa Mesa. Edited at: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:45:51 PM

Hey I.M.P. I'm doing great....and no,unfortunately Priest are not touring through Seattle,but I'm hoping that the next album they will.

I'd like to see some of your pictures of the show though,that would be cool!

		I.M.P. wrote:
		Hello and how the hell are ya J.D. Diamond?! Are you going, or have you seen Priest this tour?  Man what a show! I'm off to work, but I'll be back with some pictures.      J.D. DIAMOND wrote: Well I'll be a son of a bitch...(lol!)...Hellow and welcome back to the forum our friend  "I.M.P."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Nice to see ya back man,and good review by the way!!!!  You've been missed here by many!     (Quoting Message by I.M.P. from Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:40:59 AM)   I.M.P. wrote:   The show I went to just now had identical setlists.  Judas Priest set list: Rapid Fire Metal Gods Breaking the Law Grinder United You Don't Have to be Old to be Wise Living After Midnight The Rage Steeler The Ripper Prophecy Hell Patrol Victim of Changes --- Freewheel Burning Diamonds and Rust You've Got Another Thing Coming To begin, Whitesnake opened up for the mighty Judas Priest.  The show surpassed my expectations.  Coverdale's high spirits were buyoed by the show of a pair albums, one of which was Slip of the Tongue, held up by a fan a few rows down from me.  He really dug that and announced to us the 21st anniversary.  Whitesnake kicked ass all night, a heavy sounding set and blazing guitar skills were on full display.  This was my initiation to Whitesnake, aside from the few times I've heard them on the radio.  I'll be getting some of their discs on my next trip to the CD shop. Now onto Priest I'd like to add that there were three "JP crosses" up on top of the stage, kind of looking down on the audience.  The show started with a trippy atmosphere as the Birmingham (I believe that's the city on the curtain) skyline looking quite industrial, was emblazoned with a pair of laser images, super imposed, of millworkers smashing away at their hammers.  Wow, never seen that before, what a neat concept. The album, a real crackler on stereo, is presented here live, HEAVY as a freaking millstone, and as was stated before EXECUTED FLAWLESSLY.  I cannot state in enough words how accurate and incredibly strong Halford's voice is on this tour.  Quite honestly, this came as a total shock to me, as the live album, A Touch Of Evil-Live, just released weaks ago had disappointed me in the vocal department.  While the British Steel album was executed flawlessly, the real challenge came afterward, in which Halford attempts to placate raving lunatic fans with some REAL OLD STUFF, starting with The Ripper.  Holy mother of all that is evil!!!  I missed the opening scream by a verse (LOL, yes I was embarrased!)-and got to hear Halford absolutely NAIL this one.  Unbelievable.  Everyone-be on notice-Halford is taking NO PRISONERS!  The "tungsten tonsils" have ravaged us here in Orange County-so beware! Onto the show-I have to say, I was impressed with the "energy" and "vibe" of the band, who played a show as if they had just come off releasing British Steal just this year.  This ain't 1980-but they sure have the energy.  The "brooding" and "stalking" Halford we got to know on the tour before has vanished.  The dude walks around the stage confident as hell, crouching and looking down at times to scream that glorious scream, but is also engages the crowd more, and "moving" around more, even doing some victory laps in You Got Another Thing Coming, hehe.  He just looks more bad ass by the day and year.  Ok, jeez, I'll try to keep the Halford worship at bay here, ha!  In anycase, the "bored" look of Scott Travis I've heard some people complain about, to me just looks like concentration.  While some of the material might not have been challenging for his set of skills, he smashed his kit with heart and intensity this night.  Also, the drum sound at the show was superb.  While Ian Hill and Scott Travis were laying the foundation and pouring on the heavy metal at their spots, KK and Glenn went roving the stage, ripping men apart with axes so deftly played.  Grabbing a shot of KK with my camera proved to be a difficult task, as in the "zone" as he was, my camera could never quite catch up to him enough to take a decent shot.  If the shot wasn't blurred, the hair would cover his face, but I got one anyway!  Glen on the other hand was quite easy to capture, as I was on his side, but also because the passion of his style is more otherworldly, enjoying every note. Finishing the show, after Freewheel Burning (a blistering rendition) and Victim of Changes (surprisingly well sung, especially considering the thrashing his voice had there!) was, of course, the classic You Got Another Thing Coming.  I felt that if the PacAm's curfew wasn't so stringent, the band could have played another few songs with the way the crowd was revved up and ready to go.  The show was the best I'd ever seen JP perform.  The energy emanated from the stage start to finish impressed me HEAVILY.  I do believe word is getting 'round that the Priest is back, and with a vengeance, as I purchased a pair of tickets real close to the stage the DAY before the show.  I was somewhat worried about the crowd attendance being that I got such good seats on short notice.  However, the ampitheater was packed.  I don't know how many seats the Pacific Ampitheater can hold, but it looked to my eyes that the Priest filled darn near every one of them.  Didn't mean to write a review, just wanted to share a few observations.  I hope you don't mind Maple Syrup, I basically lifted much of the review you posted, phrases and structure...  Great review though! Edited at: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:49:22 AM

Chicago - Last Night

Idk if any of you Metal Heads were there, but last evening at the Charter One Pavillion I was in slack jawed awe at times.

Pop Evil - was a decent nice opener, my crew and i enjoyed them.

Whitesnake- Suprised the heck out of me. was enjoyable

Judas Priest- Well, I have zero complaints and Rob's Highs were longer and clearer. and the band seemed to be just having a blast. there was 5000 ish in a 8000 seat venue. and the crowd was really into the show, it was a "sing a long with the priest" . If anyone out there is on the fence about going to see this gig...i tell ya Go! It was great great fun.. my friend took lots of pics, but these are my fave.

Rob screaming in face. :) literally.

OK, finally getting around to my review of the show. STILL a bit hoarse from all the yelling but that is just fine..I can type! HAAAA!!!!!!!!

So, I mentioned PopEvil over in their Thread. Enough said about them, except that I remain VERY impressed with the honest and humble attitude they had.  As for Whitesnake, it may be a bit unfair of me to try to review their effort as I am a Coverdale fan. I think he has done some amazing things in his career and managed to stay commercially viable even though he has drifted in and out of the music scene on a couple of occasions. He has never really "re-invented" himself..at least not to a noticable degree.  He is as he was back in the 70's, a Plant clone that can sing and write very well. He always delivers as far as I am concerned and that is the mark of a true professional. (Granny screams be dammned...HAAAAAA!!!)

Now then, onto the Boys....What can I say?? Judas Priest continue to make it happen and do it the right way..ALL THESE years later! I am glad I had the opportunity to see them twice in less than a month. it was a chance to make a comparison and I was pleasantly surprised. Priest are the Gods.  There is NO doubt about it. They are simply amazing. And at their age...I am in awe. Judas Priest sets the standard by which all others are measured. I believe with all my heart.

Glenn and KK are as tight as they have ever been, as far as I can tell. They have been together so long that they just know instinctively. It is a remarkable thing to witness, actually. Just amazing. Ian is such a great guy.  He goes to his corner and there he stays. He is in the background doing EXACTLY what he is supposed to do, lay down a foundation with Scott.  Those two are great at that. The beat is always dead-on. True professionals.

Rob.  Our dear, beloved Rob. I was so happy to see him smiling and enjoying himself. A far cry (I think) from the Vegas show last year at the Palms. He seems genuinely happy. Of course, they are getting near the end of this tour and I can only imagine how badly he must want to get back to that quiet apartment by the ocean! Nonetheless, a brilliant performance! His screams are so cool. Not what they were thirty years ago as far as pitch but OH MAN!! When he lets loose it pierces your skull!!!  Love the set list , too. I have NO complaints.  They are delivering exactly what they said they would and I do not think they should make ANY changes! It all comes together very nicely.  

All in all, a tremendous show. Absolutely incredible. I am SO glad they did this tour at this time. My step-son got to hear some "classic" Priest and THAT is truly special. Would love to catch ONE more show this year but I will settle for the two I did see and say, BRAVO. Well done, indeed. I did not go backstage. I did not get a picture with the Band or hang out by the buses for an autograph but I did get every single dollar's worth of what I spent!! I wonderful evening with THE world's greatest Heavy Metal act....ever,