a collection of things

"Beauty awakens the soul to act."
Dante Alighieri

"In the parlance of out times, FUCK YOUR SHIT THOMAS SCHAFFER"
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Mike Foster

"You don't stand for something, you fall for anything"
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Chuck D. and Public Enemy

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it."
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Michel de Montaigne

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"
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Charles Baudelaire

"Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened into the rose-garden"
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T.S. Eliot

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
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Edmund Burke

"Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."
- Simon Bolivar

"The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
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F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"And though you're heading slowly to some place I can't respect,
I'll keep you in my collection of regrets."
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Two Gallants "Las Cruces Jail"

A Canon

This is a cannon of the Progressive Rock Genre, I hope you enjoy it took me about 2 and a half hours of narrowing down from my original list.

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Yes - Yes

H to He Who Am the Only One - Van der Graaf Generator

Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta

Lark's Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson

Red - King Crimson

Metropolis, pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater

Side Three - Adrian Belew

The Equatorial Stars - Fripp & Eno

The Cheerful insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp - Giles,
Giles and Fripp

Still Life - Opeth (The singing kinda sucks)

Deadwing - Porcupine Tree

In Absentia - Porcupine Tree

Rockpalast - Porcupine Tree

Moving Pictures - Rush

In Search of the Lost Chord - The Moody Blues

Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

Octopus - Gentle Giant

Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes

Tormato - Yes

Moonmadness - Camel

Procol Harum - Procol Harum

Exotic Birds and Fruit - Procol Harum

Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italian Prog)

Peliculas - La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros (Argentine
prog)

The Kindness of Strangers - Spock's Beard

Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (a precursor to prog as we know it)

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (precursor to prog)

Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa

A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic
Band (admittedly it's and acquired taste, I used to hate this album)

On the Threshold of a Dream - The Moody Blues

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Ummagumma - Pink Floyd

Emmerson, Lake & Palmer - Emmerson, Lake & Palmer

In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson

The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - Van Der
Graaf Generator

The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

This represent what I think is the must have "starter collection" as far as Prog is concerned.

Top 20 guitar solo's of all time

My list of the top 20 guitar solo's of all time ranked by influence, technical ability, emotional content and "Bad ass quotient." It's a shame the list was originally supposed to be the top 30 but Itunes wouldn't let me publish some of the songs so I had to shorten it. the picture following the list is the original list of thirty.

As you can see iTunes omitted many of the best songs on the list, also if you noticed the list is actually 31 songs but you can thank Pink Floyd for splitting "shine on you crazy diamond" into two parts.

My personal favorite is number five "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic, it's ten minutes of what can only be described as Eddie Hazel in a drug-induced Guitar-coma, and I meen that in the best way possible.

Dear God

I want to preface this upcoming post with a few strong words!
DAMN EVERLAST!
DAMN HIM STRAIGHT TO HELL!
I was once a fan of the man, no joke! I have a copy of Whitey Ford Sings the Blues and all. In reality I get goosebumps every time that I listen to "What it's like." But covering a Johnny cash song by simply replacing a guitar solo with a synth organ solo? Adding a looped scrath effect? Seriously I don't understand why such a great and original musician had to stoop so low in order to resurrect a dying music carrier. This cover is an insult not a homage!

follow the link if you dare
http://www.crackle.com/c/Everlast

Chemtrails. No I'm Not Crazy Yes Beck is Back in Form

So There's a new Beck Album on it's ways and while the single has been out for a while I finally sat down and got a chance to listen and enjoy. The truth is that there is nothing that is abrasive about this song everything from the affected drum beat to the soft strumming is very pleasant albeit not very different or exciting. Take a look at it trust me it's good.