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It is raining today, the first 2025 proper rain in Southern California.
It started raining at midnight, then it rained again in the afternoon and throughout the night.
I went to watch Alex Skolnick playing with Stu Hamm Band at The Baked Potato in Studio City. I said hi to Alex right before leaving the venue.
On December 7, 2025 Iron Maiden shared the news of Nicko McBrains’s retirement from touring.
While perusing Iron Maiden’s catalogue, I started listening to these records one after another for a reason.
These three records have two things in common and they are:
I went to the store, musing for a birthday gift and I decided to get another LEGO kit. Well, it’s not as expensive as the “Tuxedo Cat” LEGO, but it is still a cat one. As a matter of fact it is a kit to build Bird, Cat, or Dog.
Could this be magic…
Better save women and children first.
Van Halen sounds so good.
Currently I’m listening to:
These three records have two things in common, and you know what they are.
Coming up n the next post.
I was planning to go to Alex Van Halen event back in October, but due to my indecision on who’s going to with me, I didn’t get the ticket because it was sold out.
The next best thing was to watch the event online after the taping. As a bonus the “virtual event ticket” comes with a copy of the book; with signed plate.
I skimmed through the book and found some interesting tidbits about the Van Halen Brothers.
I also ordered the CD version of the book which is narrated by Alex Van Halen himself. It includes the unfinished music recorded by the Van Halen Brothers.
I’m going to read it later.
Well, package #3 was completely something we did not plan and did happen. To be honest, it’s supposed to be only one package, but plan changed.
At first, we’re planning only to acquire the Red, Black and White EVH Wolfgang Special Striped Series, thanks to a pretty nice discount offered by the vendor. Another vendor made an offer to us for the Yellow and Black 🐝 EVH Wolfgang Special Striped Series.
Late last week, the first vendor made another offer that really tempted us. Now we have completed the series.
We’re going to get these guitars inspected by our favorite luthier who is also a Fender/EVH authorized repair service provider.
Late last night I received an email containing the link to download Kerry King’s debut solo record “From Hell I rise”.
Just earlier today, Amazon delivered its exclusive Silver/Red Marbled Vinyl of the record.
I’ve listened to most of the songs prior to last night and the whole record obviously sounds familiar. I like SLAYER and I like this record too.
I also ordered a copy of the record direct from Kerry King’s official website. According to USPS, it is still en route.
…paragraph deleted because it sounds pretentious and pedantic. 😬
Anyway, I am looking forward to the next record from this lineup.