This week we welcome Circus Maximus to the bands featured on Metal Tuesday.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DpKUgPhDECk
Lyrics in the YouTube post.
Author: Derek
Friday Quote- Winston Churchill
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
Winston Churchill
Metal Tuesday – Masterplan – Black in the Burn
This week’s Metal Tuesday is probably one of the longest songs I’ve featured. It’s also full of earworm goodness.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l2L5mCN79GI
Lyrics in the YouTube post.
Friday Quote – Stephen Fry
It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
Stephen Fry
I’m sure he meant it as derogatory, but I’ll take it as a compliment!
H/t Tam
Star Wars, a la Ken Burns
Waste three minutes on this.
Metal Tuesday – Dragonforce – Ring of Fire
To close out “Cover Month,” I decided to go with something a little different.
When I saw that Dragonforce had a cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” on their latest album, it piqued my interest. Honestly, I was surprised at how good it actually is.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lD5AaCKow-M
Lyrics in the YouTube post.
Gay Marriage Is Now the Law of the Land
Much to the horror of the hard religious right and social conservatives.
Personally, I’d be much happier if government would just GTFO of marriage and let the individuals make contracts among themselves. Defense of personal liberty and the enforcement of contracts should be two of the core reaponsibilities of government.
I was surprised when I heard that Justice Thomas dissented, because I’ve always considered him such a strong proponent of liberty. His basic idea was that the gay couples were not restricted from liberty by the band as specified under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments would have my agreement, except that in the current legal environment private contracts do not have the same legal standing as officially sanctioned marriage. Ilya Somin does a good job of critiquing Justice Thomas’s dissent here.
Friday Quote – James Randi
No amount of belief makes something a fact.
James Randi
Metal Tuesday- Disturbed – Shout 2000
I love the fact that Disturbed has a cover on most of their albums. I’ll save the others for if/when I do another month of covers. The one I chose was their cover of Tears For Fears’ “Shout.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cxAT7c-AWCo
Lyrics in the YouTube post.
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Monday Fiction on Hiatus
Monday Fiction is going to go on indefinite hiatus because life has gotten a bit hectic around here. I just don’t have the time to write that I would like, and what time I do have I want to devote to finishing the novel I’m currently working on.
I hope to have the novel ready for sale (yes, actual sale) by the first quarter of 2016.
If I can go back and finish up Avalon, I will. Until then, this will be where things will hold.