1. Say So - Bent Knee
2. Affinity - Haken
3. Transcendence - Devin Townsend
4. Legacy - Myrath
5. Winter - Oceans Of Slumber
6. Southern Empire - Southern Empire
7. Helion Prime - Helion Prime
8. Years In The Garden Of Years - Edensong
9. Delirium - Lacuna Coil
10. Stranger Heads Prevail - Thank You Scientist

I had learned earlier today that he had died in a car crash. It is funny who affects you emotionally sometimes. Back in 2001, at the end of one of the greatest NEARFests ever, [b]Banco del Mutuo Soccorso [/b] was headlining the last day. At the time, I hadn't heard a note of their music outside of an instrumental cover of one, and didn't ( Read more... )

Wow, there has been 20 years of Otakon? How time flies. The first one for me was 1999, which I think was the first one in the Baltimore Convention Center. I remember taking up a couple of the big rooms on the Charles Street side and the upper rooms were video rooms all the way to the causeway. Now, it takes up the whole convention center, and ( Read more... )

For the first time in a long time I'll be going to Otakon (Thank you Pennsic for being a week early), but that's not why I'm squeeing. As usual, I wasn't paying attention to the guest list, since for the most part I generally don't care. (Except when I do when there are Japanese guests I'm interested in, like Yasuhiro Nightow (the creator of ( Read more... )

You'd think I would, but I've seen the movie a couple of times and it never really registered with me (except for the ending when they load the cross on top of the bus and drive away ( Read more... )

I know many probably won't care, and others have abandoned LJ, but I still want to share my favorite albums of the year.

1. Rush - Clockwork AngelsAs much as I love Rush, I never felt they were the best music I heard that year. Clockwork Angels was a change for the band and they stood up and made a statement that they still are vital. While the ( Read more... )

I think they are finally tired of people complaining about it.

My intention was to sleep in a bit, but for some reason my body wanted to wake up at 9:30. Not the way I wanted to start the day.

That being said, I found a new lunch place: Sausilito Grill. Good tacos that I can pile on the toppings. Yum. On the downside, the Residence Inn at 17th street has gone downhill. Shower never worked right, faucet ( Read more... )

Got up early and had breakfast with ladycoldfire then went off to the venue. We tried to get our usual seats, but there were others who were faster at the draw, so we had to split up the group a bit.

One thing that was an ongoing issue for most of the night was the frosty temperature in the venue. Makes me regret not bringing a jacket.

First up was Sinbreed ( Read more... )

So, the wife had to deliver me to the airport early because of activities at school. This was the first time in a long time that I've gone out of the old terminal at National.

When I got in I was hearing a lot of clapping and someone playing a french horn. Found out there was a planeload of WWII vets arriving and there was a big todo about the ( Read more... )