Sykes?

No news of John Sykes' whereabouts.
Hope he's okay.

Best comedy show on tv!

It has to be Modern Family with "Al Bundy" (Ed O'Neill)  as the head of the family.
I don't remember when a show made me laugh as much - it's just awesome.

The casting is just on spot, everyone is perfect in their roles - it feels so real and when it's embarrassing, you can FEEL it. But it's not as tough as The Office (UK), I couldn't watch it cause I felt so bad for everyone. Modern Family however has the perfect mixture.

They call themselves THIN LIZZY...

Oslo - capital of No(r)way

Had a great weekend in Oslo, took the train to Gothenburg and a bus from there. Easy enough. Didn't get sick either, fabulous!

made 3 notes to myself:
1) No vegetarian food at Hard Rock Café. Is it possible? Yes, apparantly. Didn't try the Lynchburg Lemonade. There's a first for everything.

2) Japantorget, small but cute Japanese store. Got some great food supplies.

3) Jaipür. Probably the best Indian restaurant I have been to in YEARS. Everything was fantastic. I had my favorite dish, a Chana Masala (made hot to my liking) and a naan bread. It was perfect in every way. Couldn't stop eating and I would have licked the bowl if it wasn't so hot (placed on a tea light burner).

Supergroup... not this one!

Rumours about Sykes when he was fired/left Lizzy said he was going to join a (German) SUPERGROUP. Apart from it not being German if Sykes was in it, I was curious. Who would these Germans be? And why would they think they could handle Sykes?

Then all of a sudden Glenn Hughes released the news about he being part of a SUPERGROUP and of course I smiled to myself, thinking I knew everything. I'm soooo clever.

(I know I'm not clever I am a dreamer)

I am not very disappointed , reading the supergroup guitarist is Joe Bonamassa and not Sykes. I don't really wanna read all the negative stuff about Sykes when he and Glenn has verbal fights in public. But I am worried.

About Sykes.

Where the heck is he?

Is he alright?

Dennis Keeley R I P

A very good day just turned sad.

Dennis Keeley 30.08.32 - 01.01.10

Rest In Peace, you'll be with Phil now.

"And far away hills look greener still

But soon they'll all slip away

It's then I'll be returning

And I'll be coming home to stay"

(a song for while I'm away by Phil Lynott)

The stuff dreams are made of...

... I couldn't help but quote the beautiful, wonderful and poetic mr Mark Spiro. But the things is, his music is what dreams are made of and I can't believe I keep forgetting it.

Mark Piro has written a lot of songs that are unforgettable, but the one I keep coming back to is 'Now is then, then is now' released 1996 and I have listened to it so many times, endless nights when I still was at university and still living from time to time at my mom's. There were so many connections with London and I just swallowed it all. It helped me a lot. The other album I listened to then was of course John Waite's 'Temple Bar'. Still does, once a week is the minimum.

Off to bed now, time for reality tomorrow :-)

Here's a living proof on Mark Spiro's master skills when it comes to lyrics.

Giant's 'I'll See You In My Dreams'

g'nite

Yearbook of 2009

Best Book: I've read some books this year, Mari Jungstedt's books takes place in Gotland so naturally I read them all there. The one I waited for the most was Dan Brown's book of course, the Lost Symbol. I am reading it now. Had it since the day it was released but because of other matters I just couldn't start reading it, knowing I wouldn't be able to do anything but reading it. But the best book of this year has to be Rudy Sarzo's Off The Rail, with a lot of revealing on Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads.

Best CD: Alright, I've had some time to think about this. The album I've played the most is Constancia 'Lost & Gone' - but the most awaited album was Dare 'Arc Of The Dawn'. Loved both and I will keep playing them for a very long, long time :-) I hope to see both bands live at one point or another!

On The TV: finally gave in. Saw True Blood (click for a YouTube-clip). Fell in love. If you've read this blog you know I am a old school vampire romantic and I love Louis from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The new wave of vampire novels has completly passed

me by, until this year. I still haven't read the Vampire Diaries nor the Twilight-saga, but I have seen the show/movies. Not too impressed, these vampires has stupid rules. BUT the exception is True Blood. Interesting fact is that I got one of the Sookie Stackhouse books from my sis

ter some years ago and I didn't really liked it, too cheesy - and I have read more of the books now, and they won't be my first choice of litterature but it's not that bad. I came across the 'Tell Me You Love Me' first season dvds when we were in a great used CD & DVD-store in Princeton, NJ. I saw all 10 episodes over a weekend and they were really good. Food for thought. Thanx to my sister recommending it to me!

Best Concert: John Waite. This was the year when I saw John Waite live. For the very first time. I was impressed. Crazy fanatic, and impressed :-)
But also seeing Deep Purple in Japan! Awesome!

Best Song: Most played song on my iTunes/iPod/iPhone this year still is 'Life' with Brides Of Destruction. But I think the best song this year was the theme song 'Bad Things' by Jace Everett from True Blood.

The Sexiest Man: I really want to say John Waite. Please can I???

Best Moment: Standing on stage watching Journey playing SRF was a highlight. Being in Japan was probably the overall best experience. More than a moment :-)

My family, knowing they'll stand next to me whatever happens.

Worst Moment: Getting fired from my job, or really everything leading up to it.

Awesome Internet Experience: HardRockRadioLive.com - MadIan's show on Fridays!

Best Gig: John Waite. Again.

Drink of the Year: Water

Best Movie: Trying to remember what I have seen this year, hasn't been that many movies. But it's been a Harry Potter and 2 Stieg Larsson as well as the Ice Age 3. Don't think any of them really made it to the top for me. I liked 'It Might Get Loud' as well as 'Julie & Julia' but I haven't seen a film that made everything change or better...

Best Ian Gillan Tune of The Year: Loving On Borrowed Time

The Place of The Year: Japan.

Best Metal Club: The one we went to in Osaka, Crunch if I remember correctly :-)

Nicest Person: My family and friends. Easily counted.

Asshole of 2009: CENSORED

To summarize: Where should I start? This year has been more than strange. But hopefully it's all the beginning of something better.

John Sykes, went missing in action after being fired from Thin Lizzy (probably the only band in the world that could live with him, it is after all the band he's been in the longest). I don't expect him to read this, but I hope he's alright. I'll miss bumping into him every now and again. But I hope he'll turn around and come back, that he'll make another solo album or form a new band. When he quit there was rumours about him joining some 'supergroup' in Germany, but as far as I know that was just a rumour.

Final words: last year I said I owed it to myself to make the changes needed to go somewhere, now I didn't make it happen myself. But here I am. I have all the possibilities to make things happen now.

I am the only one drawing the lines...

Need to remember that.

I am happy now.

Stay tuned.