Morning all! New song uploaded.....it's the first thing I've done for quite a while, and I kinda like it so I uploaded it.

hi,

i have 2 questions... first why you didnt play crushing day on the dvd live in san fransisco? this song are on an antology and that my favorite!!!

last question, how many time do you pratice at 14 years old?? i am so curious...

Captain America's Big Shot

Spider-Man is about to get company--a lot of it--in makeup.

Marvel Entertainment, the Webslinger's corporate boss, announced plans Tuesday to produce as many as 10 new films based on 10 characters from its considerable comic-book collection.

Captain America, Black Panther and the supergroup known as the Avengers are among the crimefighters in line for their big-screen closeups.

As announced last April, Paramount will distribute the films, all of which are slated to be live action. The first made-by-Marvel movie is due out in summer 2008. Which tights-wearer will be the subject of that inaugural production is undecided.

"No character before its time," Avi Arad, chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios, told the Hollywood Reporter. "The scripts will dictate which is first."

The other characters jockeying for position: Nick Fury, the one-eyed agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Ant-Man, the ant-sized avenger from Coral Gables, Florida; Cloak and Dagger, a pair of vigilante teenagers; Doctor Strange, a neurosurgeon turned sorcerer previously immortalized in a 1978 made-for-TV movie; Hawkeye, a mere mortal with a costume and spot-on archery skills; Power Pack, a sort of kid-centric Fantastic Four; and Shang-Chi, a kung-fu fighting master.

There's nothing new in Marvel product becoming movie product. Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, Daredevil, Elektra, the Fantastic Four and Blade all hail from the comics giant, and all have recent big-screen credits. Next year will bring more Marvel releases: Ghost Rider, The Punisher II and X-Men 3.

What's new is the amount of control Marvel will exert over its legion of heroes--no small thing for a company that has wrangled in the past with producing partners. In the new set-up for the 10-picture slate, Marvel will set the budgets (approximately $165 million), secure prime release dates (the summer or winter holiday seasons) and keep the kitty from all film-related merchandising.

Additionally, Marvel will hire the writers, and decide which screenplays are ready to shoot, and when. In the Reporter, Arad dropped a heavy hint that a certain shield-baring, star-spangled superhero might have the inside track. "I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story," he said. "It's a doozy of a story." (Variations of the story have been told already, most ignobly in a low-budget 1991 feature that was dumped on video.)

Marvel's exclusive pact with Paramount also is new. In the past, the company's heroes have worked freelance for the likes of Fox (the X-Men franchise), Universal (The Hulk) and Sony (the Spider-Man movies). As a result, a project like The Avengers might present a lineup challenge to Marvel and Paramount since Avenger members such as the X-Men's Wolverine and Hulk already have appeared in films for rival studios.

Ethn, Kiko's solo album is outstanding plus I have another album by another Brazilian shredder dude that is produced by Kiko and features some of his scintillating solos... His signature axe (Tagima) is really cool looking too!!

Gotta love Paul Dianno, sounds like a fun interview....

RockSomething.com recently sat down with ex-IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno to discuss the vocalist's current activities and, naturally, his former band. The following is a brief excerpt:

RockSomething: What do you think about Maiden lots of your songs again with Bruce singing on them? On the Early Days DVD you say that Bruce is the better singer?

Di'Anno: "You must remember that interviews and filming usually end up highly edited, and I actually said (on various occasions) that Bruce is a better singer for Maiden as they became in their later years. I think Bruce's high operatic and theatrical type voice is better suited to Maiden's later material, but I honestly think he sounds like a fucking fairy when he is trying to fill my shoes on songs from the first two albums. My voice is aggressive and violent (kind of like me in a way) and it sounds like someone dragged me up from a low class background and I was used to having a regular fucking good kicking (in the bollocks) every now and then.

On the other hand, Bruce's voice is sung in The Queen's English. Very politely and with all the letters pronounced properly, and you can imagine him practising his sword fencing whilst practising his vocal exercises. He sound like a very nice public school boy (which he was) who used to sing in the local church choir after school and was an instant hit with all the old grannies. Meanwhile, I was getting my dick sucked by all the fanny in the park being the fucking animal that I have always been. Bruce is silver but I am gold, as simple as that really."

RockSomething: …did you ever listen to the Blaze era Maiden?

Di'Anno: "I try to not listen to shit."

RockSomething: Back to that DVD – what was it like to meet the old band mates again? Do you still get on with them all?

Di'Anno: "I purposely did not film my parts around anyone else, as I always think it is good to remember good things as they were. Also I did not want to bump in to a few old distant faces, quite frankly."

Gimme another shot of this beer..

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.

"Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry," said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider.

Schneider, who lives in southern Germany where beer is a tradition, said his beer fermented for 12 weeks for an alcohol content twice that of Germany's other strongest beers.

"People will only be able to drink two or three glasses, otherwise they'll drop like flies," he said.

Schneider expects the holders of the world's strongest beer, the Boston Beer Company, to put up a fight.

"I'm pretty sure the Americans have something up their sleeve."

Delfino, cool, thanks for checking it out dude! Thanks for the feedback :-)

DCK, i had figured that out I was playing along!!!

Angra guitarist suffering Brazilian Wormwood disease!!!

G'day been updating my site , some one reckons the background is just blue, it should have blue clouds with sparkles can u guys have a look and let me know if its just a blue back ground or the clouds, thanks

AussieRGman

Your site looks fine to me Jason, as does Pietersen's century as the ashes slowly but surely slip away from your lot back to the mighty mighty England (barmy army, barmy army)

Keep rocking

aussieRGman, nice car ya got there. To bad they put the steering wheel on the wrong side ;-)

ROAD TRIP !!

Disney Opens Theme Park in Hong Kong

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Disneyland threw open its gates to the public Monday, marking Mickey Mouse's biggest push into China — a market the U.S. company hopes will flood the theme park with splurging tourists from the world's most populous nation.

With the pink Snow White Castle behind them, Disney executives and a senior Chinese leader celebrated the opening with musicians clanging cymbals, Chinese lion dancers prancing precariously on tall poles and fireworks bursting in the sky.

The ceremony ended with a parade of skipping Disney characters old and new: Mickey, Donald Duck, Mushu the dragon, Lilo and Winnie the Pooh.

Robert Iger, president of the Walt Disney Co., said it was exciting being part of China's future. "As millions discover the wonders of Hong Kong and China — one of the most rapidly growing travel destinations in the world — the future is indeed bright," he said.

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong called the park, "Hong Kongers' eternal carnival."

Hundreds of visitors lined up outside the park's gate, waiting to get in amid muggy, sweltering heat.

Michael Kuzma, of Celebration, Fla., began queuing up a day early and was first in line. "I think for over 50 years, the American people have experienced the happiness of Disney theme parks. I hope the people of China can enjoy the happiness," the 36-year-old consultant said.

The attraction and its two resort hotels are surrounded by mountains on lush Lantau Island, just 30 minutes away by subway from bustling central Hong Kong. It looks much like the first Disneyland in California, with a Space Mountain thrill ride, a classic Cinderella Carousel and Sleeping Beauty Castle — which Disney predicts will be one of the most photographed buildings in Asia.

Hong Kong's government — the biggest investor in the $3.5 billion park — says the attraction will help turn this global financial capital into Asia's best family holiday spot.

Disney hopes the park, the 11th in its global empire, will be a magnet for increasingly wealthy Chinese tourists, who have a reputation for being big-spenders.

Iger said the park would create a media buzz and word-of-mouth excitement that would ignite interest in Disney films, TV shows and other products. Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television broadcast the Disneyland opening live to viewers across China.

Michael Eisner, Disney's chief executive officer, said China and Disneyland will be a perfect match because they both value families.

Hong Kong and Disney struck a deal to build the park in 1999 — just two years after the former British colony returned to Chinese rule. The city had been battered by the Asian financial crisis, and desperately needed a new project to boost its spirits and troubled economy.

Disneyland says it employs 5,000 people and will draw 5.6 million visitors in its first year.

So far, the biggest complaint among some of the thousands who got a sneak peak at the park during a soft opening period has been that Hong Kong Disneyland is too small. It's Disney's smallest park at about 100 acres.

The entire attraction — including the two hotels — is 298 acres, and there's room to expand to nearly 500 acres.

Chinese tourist Zhang Wei predicted the park would be a big hit with the mainland Chinese.

"Disney has a big name and it will definitely attract people and be a success," said the 38-year-old businessman from Beijing as he finished watching the daily parade of floats.

Hong Kongers have a reputation for being brusque and unsmiling, but the Disneyland staff — including cleaners and guards — have been trying to master the Disney tradition of giving guests a warm smile and hello.

has anyone tried the new Mountain Dew - Pitch Black II?

It was a grape flavor last Halloween time

I have seen it at the store - but haven't tried it yet -

Has anyone?

Is it any good?

from www.CNN.com

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A large portion of Los Angeles was blacked out Monday when electrical power was lost.

The power got knocked out shortly before 1 p.m. PT after two power surges.

Traffic lights throughout downtown and the San Fernando Valley were not working, causing major traffic problems, according to video from helicopter news crews.

Downtown highrises also were darkened.

The city's department of water and power said it was investigating the cause and extent of the outage.

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