by Didact | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS? IRON MAIDEN’s very own Bruce Dickinson- who rabid MAIDEN fans like me generally prefer to as “the second coming of Christ”, or “GREATEST. FRONTMAN. EVER.”- is recovering after being treated for a cancerous lump on...
by Didact | Feb 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Question: What happens when you get a ridiculously tall musical genius in the same room as one of his greatest idols, Dave Brock from psychedelic sci-fi rock band HAWKWIND? Answer: A medley of the greatest songs HAWKWIND ever made over something like 40 years, given...
by Didact | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ironic, ain’t it? I know we’re supposed to be charitable and compassionate and all that, but there are times when schadenfreude is just too delicious to pass up. Like, say, when a church manages to solve its Gay Mafia problem by using the results of...
by Didact | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
A couple of fellow Androspherians have decided that today would be a good day to go full-on metal, so what the hell, why not get in on this… Here are a few of the best metal tracks that I’ve been listening to over the last few days: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD...
by Didact | Jan 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of my favourite bluegrass tracks, ever: A fair few people have tried to cover this classic. Most have failed to do it well. Here are a couple of the “less bad” versions: The really stupidly cheesy yet still highly entertaining Swedish dance mix...
by Didact | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Utter hilarity ensues: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram...
by Didact | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Classic: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Email a link to...
by Didact | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Classic 80s cartoon series (which I grew up with, by the way) meets ear-raping Viking heavy metal. Need I say more? Crank the volume WAAAAAY up on this one, and to Niflheim with the neighbours. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in...
by Didact | Dec 13, 2014 | HALO, Uncategorized
So Carey sent me a link to his latest post, knowing that, given my strong preferences for heavy metal, I’d get a kick out of it. He was right. It just so happened that while I was listening to the latest offering of highly technical melodic death metal from...
by Didact | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Something is plainly going very wrong in the MEGADETH camp (again). First their drummer quits- then, within hours of that, their lead guitarist quits. All we need now is for Junior to quit and, well, it’ll just be Dave Mustaine left (again). Now don’t get...
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