Late one, but Anne Burrell died in July 2025. Cause, suicide. Very sad, she was a fun person to watch cook food. RIP.

Ross the Boss. Still a fan of Fighting the World. Those metal anthems will follow me to the grave.

Man, I grew up with that first Dictators record. Manowar was another matter. RIP.

Ross The Boss was incredible. I got to open for the Dictators in Italy in 2015 and met him. My buddy asked him how he got his tone. He just shrugged and said "No pedals!"

Cheesy as it may be, that first Manowar record isn't bad.

As a kid I used to wander around a forest preserve with my walkman listening to anthemic and fantasy metal thinking I was a warrior or viking or some shit. Cheesy isn't in my vocabulary unless we're talking about comfort food.

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:29 pm As a kid I used to wander around a forest preserve with my walkman listening to anthemic and fantasy metal thinking I was a warrior or viking or some shit. Cheesy isn't in my vocabulary unless we're talking about comfort food.

LOL yes. I grew up on a dairy farm in northern WI and I'd listen to early Rush and Queen II on a generic cassette walkman while wandering through the woods or doing chores.

And now I'm perusing various versions of "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds because 1) it's awesome, and 2) the last Dictators lineup did a cover of it.

Krev wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 6:17 pm Cheesy as it may be, that first Manowar record isn't bad.

I like the first couple of Manowar records. They're fun!

Kyle Motor wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:03 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:29 pm As a kid I used to wander around a forest preserve with my walkman listening to anthemic and fantasy metal thinking I was a warrior or viking or some shit. Cheesy isn't in my vocabulary unless we're talking about comfort food.

LOL yes. I grew up on a dairy farm in northern WI and I'd listen to early Rush and Queen II on a generic cassette walkman while wandering through the woods or doing chores.

And now I'm perusing various versions of "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds because 1) it's awesome, and 2) the last Dictators lineup did a cover of it.

Krev wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 6:17 pm Cheesy as it may be, that first Manowar record isn't bad.

I like the first couple of Manowar records. They're fun!

When about 40 years younger, I would visit my cousins in Northern California, who were pretty much hippies. I once went on a walk around their property, which was a horse farm, found a nice spot with a view of the river that ran through it, and listened to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in its entirety on my first Walkman. At dinner, I related that experience, and one of my cousins said, "Try doing it without music."

At her 50th birthday about five years ago, I reminded her of that conversation, and she denied having said it.

fyi I've had big fun lip-synching and being expressive with Manowar songs in my bedroom over the past 48 hours. If only I had a loincloth and muscles...

Bo Lueders of Harm's Way, xWeaponx and Hardlore apparently commited suicide.
This took me bt surprise and hurts. I'm an avid listener of Hardlore and like his bands. Damn.