View from the Potting Shed

This is a refreshing view of Lars Ulrich of Metallica speaking openly and honestly about democracy: Lars Ulrich from Metallica on democracy.
The video was filmed by a group called Why Democracy? who asked the Danish drummer ten questions on his views about God, democracy, and systems of government.
The ten questions asked were:

Who would you vote […]

Yesterday evening I decided that I should like to listen to the soothing tones of Halford:

Just to clarify, I do not mean Halfords (with an ’s’), high street purveyor of car accessories, components and bicycles (at the Bike Hut).

As an aside, I do not believe that Bike Hut will become as popular as Pizza […]

What could be better than the release of a new album by a good friend? I’ll tell you: the release of a new album by two good friends.
Calamateur (Andrew Howie) and Steve Lawson (erm … Steve Lawson) have collaborated on an album of nine original, beautifully eerie songs which will be officially released on Monday […]

I was listening in the car on my journey home from work today to a cover-mounted CD that I got last month in Metal Hammer magazine.
The CD was called The Great Southern Trendkill. Pantera fans will already have recognised the reference; the CD contains 15 southern metal tracks from the likes of Black Label Society, […]

What excitement! On Friday a package arrived for me: it was a limited edition (one of only 10,000) CD/DVD package of Fish’s new album 13th Star.
Five listens — and one watch of the DVD — later and I am delighted to report that I absolutely love this album.
I’d already heard a few snippets/demos on Fish’s […]

I spotted this YouTube video on Ricky’s blog.
It would appear that for one night only (The Market Square, Aylesbury, 25 August 2007) Fish had a new backing band!
I feel that Anthrax could have gained a lot from that approach to playing with former singers; I’ve made my views clear elsewhere. I’m just sad that a […]

Spotted on the Total Battlefield 2 Forum (I subscribe to the RSS feed). These rhythms have been created using Battlefield 2 weapon sounds.
Battlefield 2 Gun Sounds

Battlefield 2 Vehicle Sounds

Great fun, but clearly someone has too much time on their hands.