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Depends on what you mean by references. I mean, there's some indirect references to William Blake in Paschendale that someone found a while ago, but one would hardly say that it's based on it or anything. And on Death On The Road you have more quotes from Shakespeare's Othello and some Wilfred...

I've been thinking about getting Ross Halfin's book, but it's a tad pricey. And while I do enjoy picture-browsing, I'm not sure it'd serve much of a purpose in the bookshelf :p His website is my number-one stop for Maiden-pics though.

Yeah, the Clansman is a good one too. Unfortunately, the images I get are too tainted by Braveheart as my main source of medieval Scottish imagery :S Always felt kind of ambivalent about that song. It's about fighting for freedom, which I can agree with, but it also borders on the somewhat...

At first I was going to say High Fidelity. But the "having sex with his record-collection"-bit doesn't really sound too much like it :p

Wouldn't happen to be Canadian, would you? :p Edit: guess not :p Serves me right for being prejudiced ;)

I've always dreamt in colour, so I don't really understand the whole black & white thing. I guess some people do dream in black & white since it's such an established concept. Though I have  feeling that in Dream of Mirrors it's more to do with fitting in lyrically than how Steve Harris dreams :p

I was planning to read up on my Vonnegut this summer, but I never got around to it as Dan Simmons got in the way :p I've only read Slaughterhouse-5, but I loved it. So it goes. As for Simmons, I finished Ilium and went on to the sequel Olympos, which so far I'm enjoying equally. But in between...

Gothenburg 20/11 2006. I'm still kicking myself for missing them at Ullevi in 05, which was an amazing gig. The gig as such was quite great, though the crowd weren't too familiar with the new tracks so some chanting went a bit off :p And one time when Bruce came back onstage after some solos...

For me the war-songs are perhaps the best in terms of creating imagery. Especially since the music is really focused on portraying certain things. Nicko's drums on Longest Day and Paschendale are great for setting the mood. Obviously the easiest songs are those that are narrative, as many of...

One of the most insightful, yet gloriously wrong things I've ever heard on the subject of equality was said by a coursemate of mine a few months ago: "Women should get equal wages the day I don't have to pay the restaurant tab." Some of the force of the statement is lost in translation, but the...

It's pretty close for me. But it's definitely the one Bruce song that Blaze really nails. Haven't heard him sing Hallowed yet, though, really want to hear what he does with it. I was really hoping for AFTSS on the AMOLAD-tour. I have a feeling that Bruce's current vocals (clearer and darker...

Yeah, I've been at the IMC, I've got "breaking in bruce", but the audio is quite awful. So I was wondering if someone knew of a particular recording with decent audio. Guess I'll have to stick with what I got, though. As for Charlotte The Harlot, Bruce sang it on a B-side in '88. Great recording.

Anyone else reminded by the H2G2 exchange about the Babelfish as the ultimate proof of the non-existance of God? http://youtube.com/watch?v=dcncPpQ8loA In addition, I disagree with Onhell about agnosticism. I don't believe there is a God, but I've yet to see someone prove that God doesn't...

I did see the credits, hence that remark. Just didn't want to spoil it :p I don't think that's a confirmation though, it was a bit tongue in cheek. Regardless, though, Fox will want a sequel :p

Weee, semantics :p I'm assuming you read this article: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/ ... intro.html? I was browsing through it, but to be honest, it was too long for my current attention span. What I read I did agree with though. I used to call myself a believing atheist (when I was...

Saw it as well, and I was surprised at how solid it was. A bit slow in the second act, but that was more or less expected when turning Simpsons into a feature. Some really sharp writing in there. Way better than the actual show has been for the past... 8 or so seasons :p And that's coming from...

Re: Thingfish's Acoustic Maiden Covers (new track added : 26/07/07) I actually do think I mean the solos :p If there are two long solos before and after the first verse. Either that or my ears don't realise that the picking is from the same guitar. Either way the song is awesome, one of my...

Re: Thingfish's Acoustic Maiden Covers (new track added : 26/07/07) For some reason I can't find it, the upload might not have worked properly I guess. But I have an entirely unrelated question. Are there three quitar-tracks on Strange World? :p I always thought I could hear three different...

I never got into Harry Potter, because at the time they became popular I was very much the counter-culture-man and thought that they looked far too "kiddy". Having just come out of my Lord Of The Rings-phase I thought it seemed derivative, and the glimpses I saw of the films didn't help...