An Open Letter From Henry Rollins

Recently, I found a group on Facebook that is called (Don t Piss Off The Sound Guy) which is a funny look at how sound techs get treated by the musicians and artists along the way. On the group page I did find some great pics that people have already posted and I wanted to post one.

Here is an open letter written by singer Henry Rollins talking about the stage manager and the crew. Take a look:

Cheers!

Ron

100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs

The other night I watched a VH-1 program which was a countdown of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. The songs were a result of people going onto the VH-1 web site to cast votes for their top 10 hard rock songs from a selected list of music. Of course, the list was subjective to the songs listed on the web site. There were some omissions that didn't make the list depending on who's music you are a fan of. You should have seen some of the comments made about that on the VH-1 forum page. Anyhow, I am sure that all of us would not have the same exact top 100 list as we all are fans of different songs from that genre.

What songs would you have on your top 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs?

Feel free to post a few songs that are you personal favourites. There are no right or wrong answers here. Have fun with it.

Here are some of my personal favourites:

Tom Sawyer - Rush
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
Stone In Love - Journey
Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
Back In Black - AC/DC
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Still Of the Night - Whitesnake
Photograph - Def Leppard
Raise A Little Hell - Trooper
Fight The Good Fight - Triumph
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin

and so on.....

The Monkeyface Chronicles by Richard Scarsbrook 03/15/2010

Hello Friends, today I would like to announce to you a new novel that is being published in 2010 by my friend, and author, Richard Scarsbrook. The new novel will be titled "The Monkeyface Chronicles" and will published March 15, 2010. The book is available for pre-order at most online and independant bookstores. Richard Scarbrook is the author of "Cheeseburger Subversive", "Featherless Bipeds", and "Destiny's Telescope". I suggest that if you haven't yet read any of Richard's novels, that you owe it to yourself to go out and find this author's wonderful books. To find out more about the author please go to his web site at: http://www.richardscarsbrook.com/

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s DVD

This is a new DVD available called "Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music In The 1980s. This documentary originally aired over two Saturdays in September 2009, on the CBC network. Here is the web link on the CBC web site for more info about the program.

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2009/riseup/

Earlier today at my local Wal-Mart Supercentre, I saw the DVD for sale as a new release item. So, if you are a huge Canadian music fan from the 1980s, I suggest you pick this DVD up for your collection.

Cheers Eh,
Ron Behro

Sarnia Bayfest 2010 Country Acts Announced.

Just In! The organizers of Rogers Sarnia Bayfest have announced the big name acts for the country weekend of Bayfest 2010. Keith Urban - July 16, 2009 and Alan Jackson -July 17, 2009. For more information please go to the web site at: www.sarniabayfest.com for all of the details. The Rock weekend acts are still pending and we will have to wait a little while longer to find out which bands/artists will play this coming year.

Cheers!
Ron

View of Toronto Skyline at Night

Hello Everyone, it has been awhile since I have posted anything new on my page so here is a little something. I found this picture on the web of the downtown Toronto skyline at night. The water is so still with the city light reflecting off the surface. It almost looks like an ice surface. Very cool pic!

To me, this is cool site in the big city but, I wonder what a Torontonian would say if I showed them this picture? I am sure that most people who live in Toronto probably would never think too much about this kind of thing. Just like the way that most Toronto natives would take for granted that the CN Tower is just another tall building! Oh well, I can just admire it as an outsider. I just think that Toronto is really cool city!

RUSH Playing "Tom Sawyer" On Rock Band

Here is a video I found on YouTube of the band RUSH playing "Tom Sawyer" on Rockband on Expert Level. They failed the song and only got 31%! Even professional musicians can't get a perfect score on Rockband on their own song. Take a look!