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Backing Tracks: Mike Portnoy Leaves Dream Theater and Rust In Peace: Live.

September 7, 2010

Megadeth – Rust In Peace: Live is released in CD, DVD and Blu-ray forms. Well, not counting the other digital download formats. Rust In Peace 2oth Anniversary Tour marks the return of David Ellefson to Megadeth.

September 8, 2010

Dream Theater announced that Mike Portnoy had parted ways with the band. After 25 years Portnoy decided to take an indefinite hiatus from Dream Theater while the rest of the band are carrying on.

Mike Portnoy has a unique style to drumming that is also a signature sound to Dream Theater. Fans can only wonder what directions Dream Theater will go without Portnoy.

Black Clouds & Silver Linings has now become the last Dream Theater album with Mike Portnoy on Drums. Well, until he rejoins the band sometimes in the future, as fans hope.

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Usual disclaimer:

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy these products, I can buy a Canon EOS Rebel T2i” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel (In Memoriam).

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One 500GB Seagate Momentus XT, please.

I’ve just placed an order for Seagate Momentus XT from Amazon.com. I have installed one of these on a MacBook Pro recently and it definitely gives some speed boost.

Seagate Momentus XT features 32MB Cache and 4GB SLC NAND solid state memory. (Specs)

Amazon is selling the bare-drive, that is sans the fancy packaging.

I will be installing this hard-drive on a 15-inch MacBook Pro Core i7 when it arrives.

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As you can see, I also ordered Megadeth – Rust In Peace: Live CD and DVD. I do not the Blu-ray version yet because I don’t have any Blu-ray player.

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Usual disclaimer:

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy these products, I can buy a Canon EOS Rebel T2i” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel (In Memoriam).

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Dave Mustaine mentions Lars Ulrich and The Big Four US Tour at Cow Place, San Francisco American Carnage Show.

As previously reported here, Lars Ulrich did attend American Carnage show at Cow Palace in San Francisco. A Megadeth Fan with handle TheSorrow posted a video of Megadeh ripping into “My Last Words” after Dave Mustaine mentioned The Big Four US Tour and Lars Ulrich in the middle of “Peace Sells.” Mustaine even mentioned that Lars was backstage requesting Megadeth to play the song.

Listen to Dave Mustaine starting at 3 minute mark.

Based on my sources they want The Big Four US Tour to happen. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are still working on the details.

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Lars Ulrich is reported to attend American Carnage in Cow Palace, San Francisco.

According to a really credible source whose name should remain unspoken here, Lars Ulrich will be attending Amaerican Carnage Show in Cow Palace, San Francisco this Tuesday evening.You heard it here first.

American Carnage is a month long tour featuring Slayer, Megadeth and Testament.

Robert Trujillo was spotted backstage at American Carnage Tour in Long Beach Arena Monday evening. Dave Mustaine gave Robert Trujillo a hug as he was leaving the venue.

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THE BIG FOUR: LIVE FROM SOFIA BULGARIA – CD, DVD and Blu-ray Details

Details on THE BIG FOUR: LIVE FROM SOFIA BULGARIA DVD is released. Thanks to Megadeth.com for bringing up the info first.

Universal Music will release “The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria” DVD and Blu-ray containing footage of the June 22, 2010 Sonisphere cinecast from the Sofia, Bulgaria leg of the touring rock festival featuring the “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. The DVD hits the streets on October 15 in Northern Europe, October 18 in most of the rest of the world, October 19 in North America and the full shows from all four bands will be included in the two-disc set along with behind-the-scenes and interview footage. In addition to the two-DVD set and the corresponding Blu-ray, there will be a limited-edition “super deluxe” box set including the DVD set, five CDs with ALL the music, a 24-page booklet, a poster, photos of each band, and a “Big Four” guitar pick.

METALLICA (Approx Durations 2 hours):

  1. Creeping Death
  2. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  3. Fuel
  4. Harvester Of Sorrow
  5. Fade To Black
  6. That Was Just Your Life
  7. Cyanide
  8. Sad But True
  9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  10. All Nightmare Long
  11. One
  12. Master Of Puppets
  13. Blackened
  14. Nothing Else Matters
  15. Enter Sandman
    Encore:
  16. Am I Evil? (with the Big Four)
  17. Hit The Lights
  18. Seek and Destroy

SLAYER (Approx Durations 1 hour):

  1. World Painted Blood
  2. Jihad
  3. War Ensemble
  4. Hate Worldwide
  5. Seasons In The Abyss
  6. Angel of Death
  7. Beauty Through Order
  8. Disciple
  9. Mandatory Suicide
  10. Chemical Warfare
  11. South of Heaven
  12. Raining Blood

MEGADETH (Approx Durations 1 hour):

  1. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due
  2. Hangar 18
  3. Wake Up Dead
  4. Head Crusher
  5. In My Darkest Hour
  6. Skin O’ My Teeth
  7. A Tout Le Monde
  8. Hook In Mouth
  9. Trust
  10. Sweating Bullets
  11. Symphony Of Destruction
  12. Peace Sells/Holy Wars Reprise

ANTHRAX (Approx Durations 1 hour):

  1. Caught In A Mosh
  2. Got the Time
  3. Madhouse
  4. Be All, End All
  5. Antisocial
  6. Indians/Heaven And Hell
  7. Medusa
  8. Only
  9. Metal Thrashing Mad
  10. I Am The Law

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Catching Up: Firefox, iOS, Flash, Bad Religion and Slayer.

When was the last time I posted anything here? It’s been quite a while. I want to post them now but I don’t remember most of it. Anyway here I go again.

Firefox 4 Beta 3 is out. It adds multi-touch supports for Windows 7. Download it here.

iOS 4.0.3 is available for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch; some exceptions apply. iOS 3.2.2 is also available for iPad. It includes the fix for PDF security flaw that is currently being exploited to jailbreak iOS 4.

Flash 10.1 Gala for Mac OS X is officially released. It adds support for hardware accelerated decoding for certain GPU’s.

Bad Religion new album “The Dissent of Man” is due out on September 28, 2010. The single “The Devil in Stitches” is now available for purchase and streaming. Get it at iTunes Store or Amazon MP3.

Slayer kicked off American Carnage Tour on Wednesday August 11th, 2010 in Glens Falls, New York. The American Carnage Tour First Leg features Megadeth and Testament.