by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2008 | Music, Random
I just wanted to share with you an interesting little story that happened to us the other day. A few days back my wife and I were in Macy’s in Union Square shopping. We were lined up to pay for a jacket when nature came knock knock knocking on my door. When I...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 4, 2008 | Music
I have utter, unparalleled love and adulation for the song *Braindead* by [Exodus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_(band)). The intro that song makes me want to jump around the room. It is the pure, unfiltered essence of thrash metal. The [album...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2008 | Music
Blaze Bayley, former *Iron Maiden* singer and frontman of his own band *Blaze* recently had his wife Debbie pass away. While [talking asbout this terrible news](https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106859) I found...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 9, 2008 | Humor, Music
Wow, [Yngwie Malmsteen](https://www.yngwie.org/), notable guitar virtuoso, who I have been a fan of for years has just announced the cover for his new album *Perpetual Flame*: Oh dear. That is very bad indeed. Notable reaction from the album-buying public includes *...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 24, 2008 | Music
Fellow horseman, Jorge, and I are both big [Metallica](https://www.metallica.com/) fans. Although we largely agree on what constitutes a great Metallica album (*Master Of Puppets* and *…And Justice For All*), Metallica have seen such a diverse change in their...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 16, 2008 | Music
I am planning to go and see Overkill on Monday night in at Islington Academy in London, but…alas…all on my lonesome. Anyone heading down to the gig? would be fun to meet any Ubuntu / LugRadio / Free Software or otherwise people there for a night of thrash...
