Last night was most certainly one of my more frantic arrivals to a gig, but it all not only worked out, but was well worth it for the mighty performance of 80s Thrash Metal legends, Testament.

( We won't lay down, resist the persecution )

Following my previous post about Lady Gaga, nerds pwn Westboro Baptist Church protest at ComiCon.

Hell frakking yeah!

Lady Gaga vs the Westboro Baptist ChurchUnrelated, from a recent interview with Marco Hietala of Nightwish and Tarot, speaking of Tarja Turunen ( Read more... )

Hehehehe... so, my Vampire character (Lance) told Keely's character (Abigail) that he was in love with her. Dan, the ST, made her make a humanity check... and she passed! True love! This is going to be sooooo much fun to play ( Read more... )

Come see my new shows!

Short Works at La Trobe University will be featuring The Wind That Shakes the Barley, written and directed by Beth Myring, and starring moi and my lovely castmate Leigh; and there will also be A Frankenstein; or, the Postmodern Prometheus, written by yours truly, and starring a number of actors who I know to be superbly ( Read more... )

Well aware that I've been neglecting the thirty days of music meme, but in true Amanda Palmer style, I wanted to blog something that I'd been thinking about in relation to the music industry in particular instead ( Read more... )

A song that makes me laugh. The obvious would be Pull Harder on the Strings of your Martyr - aka Boat, Rudder - by Trivium, but that's already been posted a couple of times in recent memory. So instead, an interpretation of Slipknot from the same guy. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the actual Slipknot song.

( Interpretation of Slipknot by paranoidave )

Tomorrow night! Come along to Silhouette for an excellent time and awesome company. It's going to rock! Remember, you can use my name at the door for cheaper entry :)

( Flyer )

A song I want played at my funeral. Although the words don't quite fit perfectly, the sentiment in Megadeth's A Tout le Monde is exactly what I would want. Not only that, but the 2007 version from United Abominations features Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil, and given how much she has meant to me over the years, it seems right to have her voice ( Read more... )

A song I want played at my wedding. Well, just as Ele and I have our song, of course Lara and I do as well, and have had since... well, at least 2002. Probably earlier, but I only first heard the song in 2001. Lara will remember, because she remembers everything ;)

Either way, it's Drown Together by Sentenced, and probably doesn't require any ( Read more... )