http://cheevyjames.com Album Reviews, Concert Reviews and Other Great Stuff! Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:02:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Released: 1988 Tracks: Blackened; …And Justice for All; Eye of the Beholder; One; The Shortest Straw; Harvester of Sorrow; The Frayed Ends of Sanity; To Live is to Die; Dyers Eve Best track: could be any depending on my mood Track to skip: none I mentioned in the last review (Garage Days) about the ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/metallica-justice/ Released: 1987 Tracks: Helpless; The Small Hours; The Wait; Crash Course in Brain Surgery; Last Caress/Green Hell Best track: Helpless or Crash Course in Brain Surgery Track to skip: none You can hear the bass! Certainly a cause to celebrate being that it’s barely audible in the recordings after this EP. I ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/metallica-garagedays/ Released: 1981 Tracks: Over the Mountain; Flying High Again; You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll; Believer; Little Dolls; Tonight; S.A.T.O.; Diary of a Madman Best track: Diary of a Madman, barely edging out S.A.T.O. Track to skip: none Great album. Diary of a Madman is the second and unfortunately last studio album that ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/ozzy-diary/ Released: 1980 Tracks: Neon Knights; Children of the Sea; Lady Evil; Heaven and Hell; Wishing Well; Die Young; Walk Away; Lonely is the Word Best track: Heaven & Hell Tracks to skip: Lady Evil, Walk Away Damn, they’re not messing around here. Right out of the gate the revamped Sabbath comes storming out ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/sabbath-heavenhell/ I decided to do an experiment tonight and simply listen to my iPod on shuffle for an hour and make notes about the songs that pop up. Enjoy! 10:04 – Davíd Garza – Drone (alt. take) – Underdub This is an exclusive track to the vinyl issue of Underdub. The ... http://cheevyjames.com/blog/an-hour-of-music/ Setlist: Surrounded By Trees, Travelers Merchants & Masters, The Storm, Snow, She Waits By The Sea, Mr. Raleigh's Dilemma, Hanging Up the Dream, Abused’s Song, August, 10K Raleigh was a debut.  Also this was the first gig with Matt, first gig in Chapel Hill & first gig at the Cave.  Lotsa ... http://cheevyjames.com/blog/gig-thoughts111608-thecave/ Setlist: Lady Pilot, The Storm, Abused’s Song, August, 10K, Matte Kudasai, Travelers Merchants & Masters, Hanging Up the Dream, Snow, Surrounded By Trees, She Waits By the Sea August was debuted. I had a few nerves earlier in the evening before I headed out and also a bit on the way ... http://cheevyjames.com/blog/gig-thoughts-102908-marvell-durham-nc/ Released: 1978 Tracks: Runnin’ With the Devil; Eruption; You Really Got Me; Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love; I’m the One; Jamie’s Cryin’; Atomic Punk; Feel Your Love Tonight; Little Dreamer; Ice Cream Man; On Fire Best track: Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, I’m the One or Ice Cream Man. Or On Fire…or Running ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/vh-1/ Released: 1982 Tracks: Big Electric Cat; The Momur; Stop It; The Man in the Moon; Naive Guitar; Hot Sun; The Lone Rhinoceros; Swingline; Adidas in Heat; Animal Grace; The Final Rhino Best track: Lone Rhinoceros Track to skip: Animal Grace has cool sounds, but isn’t a very good “song” Lone Rhino is Adrian Belew’s ... http://cheevyjames.com/album_reviews/belew-lonerhino/ I mentioned this in the Protean Mean blog, but a few weeks ago Jenn & I were discussing the idea of structuring our free time in a better way.  Maybe toying with the idea of a set schedule in which to get the stuff done that we "need" to do.  ... http://cheevyjames.com/blog/an-introduction-to-square-one/