Review: Flying Colors live in Hamburg, Markthalle 9/9/2012
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Sebastian
I said in March that Flying Colors‘ new and first record would be a hot contender for album of the year and that still holds true. Last night they came to Hamburg to play only their third show, first show in Europe. And it was great! (See some bad photos here.) I had to miss […]
Review: Walter Isaacson – Steve Jobs, a biography
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Sebastian
Oh my. How painful it is to read this book and think “what could have been”. Here you have a guy that has amazing access to the man Steve Jobs and then he writes a turd of a book. I remember reading Gruber’s review in February and thinking “it can’t be that bad”… Well I […]
The fun begins: NHL Playoff preview
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Sebastian
Sleep will be scarce for the next two months as the NHL playoffs begin. Here’s a little preview aka my picks for the first round. EASTERN CONFERENCE No. 1 Rangers vs. No. 8 Ottawa The Rangers will win this in 5 games. And they will go much deeper. No. 2 Boston vs. No. 7 Washington […]
A long musical story about 4 1/2 almost perfect minutes
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Sebastian
(the writing might be slightly inspired by three books I read recently: Gentlemen, we’re living on the edge, Red, and Home Ice) As a musician I am not very complicated. I have somewhat high standards in regards to the people I play with, yes, but when it comes to myself I don’t think I suffer […]
Review: Flying Colors – Flying Colors
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Sebastian
(before you get any ideas, I have the pre-order confirmation so I think it’s ok to write about it) Although it’s only March I can say without a doubt that this album will contend for album of the year. Flying Colors, the supergroup consisting of Steve Morse (Dregs, Deep Purple), Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, […]
Review: Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth
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Sebastian
So, Van Halen has a new record out, some 13 years after Van Halen III. I am not a Van Halen super fan, I like 5150, OU812 and the one with Poundcake on it. And I wasn’t too thrilled after news got out that most of the songs came from the vault and came of […]