2012 in Review: Top 10 albums
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Sebastian
Lots of music last year. Not enough time to listen to everything yet. But here it goes (see 2011 here): Flying Colors – Flying Colors Van Halen – A different kind of truth Black Country Communion – Afterglow Paul Gilbert – Vibrato Steve Vai – The Story of Light Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire […]
Trivium will become this generation’s Metallica if…
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Sebastian
If Trivium manages to put out a decent follow-up to “In Waves” then there will be no stopping them. With their relentless touring schedule they have put themselves in a prime position to be heir apparent to Metallica. Just an observation.
November 16, 2012
Review: Black Country Communion – Afterglow
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Sebastian
This is a review I didn’t expect to write. Not that I don’t mind writing bad reviews or anything but I’d rather write about records that trigger some kind of emotion. And I didn’t expect Black Country Communion’s (BCC) Afterglow to do that for the simple reason that I am not such a big fan […]
What’s next for Apple? My guess:
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Sebastian
It has happened before. Apple has released a new product line and the stock price is going down a bit. These days, following the iPad Mini Special Event, the stock price is sinking just like that but a lot more than usual. Mostly, because Apple is sending mixed signals. Sure, the iPad mini is selling […]
App-Updates from Thomas Sixt, Sleep Cycle and eBay
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Sebastian
My friend Thomas Sixt, chef and cookbook author (check out the headcam cooking videos) not only has a bunch of German cookbooks in the Apple Bookstore but also some English versions. A couple of weeks ago he launched The Perfect Wiener Schnitzel as English ebook. 15 pages with great high quality and of course a […]
Review: Paul Gilbert – Vibrato
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Sebastian
As you might remember from entries like this about Steve Lukather, Steel Panther and of course my review of the latest Mr. Big album that I am quite a fan of Paul Gilbert. As mentioned not only of his guitar chops but his songwriting as well. For those who don’t know Paul aside from Mr. […]