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#2711 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Info regarding CD » 909 weeks ago
A Private Eye wrote:Jarmo's reason for not keeping the story on HTGTH
"The information itself is nothing new, the magazine's name is just different.
Classic Rock reaches a new low in their eternal quest of publishing GN'R news...."
Make of it what you will.
If it's true, why take it down...? There was nothing negative about it.
If GNR don't want us to know that whether what they say is true or not, but don't want us to know, then.... What?
I think this has been a convenient way to throw the fans a bone to chew on regarding where things may be at. By taking it down and implying that Classic Rock were just scraping the bottom of the barrel for an article and making things up - means you never have to be held accountable to the statment.
It's the perfect situation - it gets a slither of info out to plactate the fans for the year and you don't have to be held accountable when it doesn't happen (ala the March release date).
On a seperate note - I think the older GN'R fan - say up to mid 40's could be what saves them, at least from an album sales point of view. This demographic is more likely to have the cash than say the 15-30's plus they are more likely to buy the album through the traditional method. For this reason I would say we will definitely see the CD released in a traditional method of some description. But, I also think they will try for the younger demographic with some sort of online/downloading format. How they do this will be the critical thing, there has got to be something smarter than the methods used recently by other bands such as $1 per song or $5 for the whole album or something.
If all you get for your $5 or $10 is a downloaded form of the album - unfortuantely people will download it from a torrent instead. You have got to come up with something more for this market - unfortunately I'm not sure what.
#2712 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Info regarding CD » 909 weeks ago
Another source close to the GN'R camp also suggested that Chinese Democracy may gain a conventional release in late summer, with a view to it becoming "a big Christmas album".
It's worth noting in that above comment that no year is actually given - we are just assuming it's referring to 2008. 
#2713 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » SCOTT WEILAND Is A No-Show At VELVET REVOLVER's SUNDANCE Concert » 909 weeks ago
Took balls to perform as a band in that state, with a singer who basically bailed on you without telling. Whatever the case, it's trouble. Anybody else watch that hurtin' for the guys standing up their playing?
They would have had a serious case of deja vu!
#2714 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » SCOTT WEILAND Is A No-Show At VELVET REVOLVER's SUNDANCE Concert » 909 weeks ago
This really does sound like it could be game over for VR.
If that STP reunion comment from Weiland is true - seems like he forgot to tell his bandmates about his intentions??
If that's the case then tensions between him and the rest of the band must have been pretty bad. I am assuming that the rest of the band was already pissed about the DUI thing and canceling/rescheduling dates costing $$'s. Maybe the heat got too much and Scott's decided to take his bat and ball and go home.
#2715 Re: Guns N' Roses » Stolen Motorcyle (myspace bulletin) » 909 weeks ago
More than likely the bike wasn't found and this is damage control.
That's exactly what I thought!
I then reflected on it and thought - why am I this cynical. Then I considered all the secret squirrel games they have played and false starts and slight of hand and mixed signals, and stringing along etc etc etc that we have experienced.
So I forgave myself and decided my cynacism was justified.
#2716 Re: Guns N' Roses » Stolen Motorcyle (myspace bulletin) » 909 weeks ago
what`s so funny about his name by the way? i`m not a native speaker, that might explain why i don´t get the joke....
His name is Dan Druff - if you put the first and second name together you get Dandruff. Bascially Dandruff is an itchy annoying skin disorder of the scalp. Dry skin keeps flaking off and often if you look on the shoulders and upper back of a persons clothes who have dandruff, you can see all these white specks - which is bascially the dead skin.
#2717 Re: Guns N' Roses » Stolen Motorcyle (myspace bulletin) » 909 weeks ago
This really is vintage comedy! I would love to know who is writing the script for this never ending saga as it continues to be truly amazing. Just when you think they can't possibly piss in the face of fans any more than they have already, they manage to excel to a new level.
This really is gobsmacking, after cotinually whingeing and bitching about fans and the online community etc etc etc, knowing damn well people are waiting for some sort of update from the GN'R camp, instead the first peep in ages that we have from them they have the gall to ask fans for help finding some bloody motorcycle. No - update, no thanks, no nothing, just more take take take.
I'm sorry for the Dandruff Man or whoever the fuck the guy is that got his ride stolen, I'm also sorry for his unfortunate name - but really they are so overdrawn from the emotial bank account of fans I think they should be looking to make some sizeable deposits into the account before cashing any further cheques like this.
Who is running this circus?
#2718 Re: The Garden » Anyone interested or liking theatre here ? » 909 weeks ago
Aussie wrote:The ones I have seen and like are Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Les Misrables (I've seen that three times).
When I was little my mum used to play a lot of the music from those 3 on the stereo at home so I got to know the music and songs quite well (I can actually sing along to a lot of the lyrics - lol).
I can definitely appreciate the music and the voices of the singers.
I remember I first saw Cats when I was about 16 - that was fantastic all these fit girls in cat suits and I was 16 and a bag of hormones.
I can imagine.
I never got to see les mis..actually, we don't get many musicals in france as the french like canadian made musicals so we don't get the west end/broadway ones.
Thats a shame - I would have thought Les Mis would get a run in France - given that the musical is bascially set in France and about the politics and people of the time.
#2719 Re: The Garden » Anyone interested or liking theatre here ? » 909 weeks ago
The ones I have seen and like are Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Les Misrables (I've seen that three times).
When I was little my mum used to play a lot of the music from those 3 on the stereo at home so I got to know the music and songs quite well (I can actually sing along to a lot of the lyrics - lol).
I can definitely appreciate the music and the voices of the singers.
I remember I first saw Cats when I was about 16 - that was fantastic all these fit girls in cat suits and I was 16 and a bag of hormones.
#2720 Re: The Garden » Is Higher Education A Good Idea? » 910 weeks ago
I did - I studied Finance.
Uni was bascially a good excuse to do nothing for about 3 years - well for me a good excuse not to get a serious full time job. Plus it was bascially just a party - my contact time was 12 hours a week (assuming I went to all the lectures etc). I was basically out partying and drinking most days/nights. - Man I would love to do it again.
It all depends upon what you want to do. For me is was purely a piece of paper to get me in the door where I wanted to work and that's about all, (well what I learnt does have some relevance and practical application to my job surprisingly enough) but it's not like I got really high results or anything. When it came to job time it was basically "ok you have a relevant degree - good" and that's about it. Then it was more about who I was as a person that was important as to whether I got the job.
