Recent content by stanski

2005 in Toronto, which introduced me to Mastodon as well. Had a fantastic time. Locked eyes with Janick just as somebody stomped on my toe (which was already injured), and I must've looked less than pleased about it. Maybe he thought I was in the throes of some kind of a weird catharsis. Had...

I was in high school and I remember my friend, who got me into Maiden in the first place and I, pulling an all-nighter the night before at one of those internet cafes, with another friend of ours. Then we went to the mall and got the CD once the store opened. We were pretty out of it, there was...

I just know I'd love to see my wife post a photo of us on social media, where I can barely recognize myself... Yikes!

I'm not opposed to long songs but this one feels artificially long because of the intro and repetitions. Close to perfection otherwise. I don't know how many times I rewound that last sung line when the album came out. Amazing.

Unfortunately the only inauthentic thing in this case is pretending that somehow you are the only person on the planet unaffected by age. But good to know that ego is spared by father time.