Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[herbertwest]

By the way, my wife has seen Guns n Roses a few years back in Glasgow. Axel was being an arsehole as apparently the concert started 3h later because he would have flown some food from London because he wanted it before the concert.
She managed to get her money back, but I hope that he wont be such an arse again...

Yes, apparently Axl's been behaving himself of late. My main issue with Axl having anything to do with ACDC is just that - their difference in rock attitude. ACDC are simple, no nonsense, "blue singlet" working class; and Axl is a primmadonna (though I love him). And yes - Malcolm, as you know, was the engine room, primary riff writer for ACDC - last year it was revealed he has dementia and is now in full time residential care. He doesn't even remember how to play a guitar. Very sad.

Be sure to review the gig for us!

The first concert was yesterday in portugal. i read mixed reviews, but people mostly seem OK with Axel's voice.
But one other thing : his leg is immobilised so he is singing... sitting.... wonderful.

Some videos from last night :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfrj1z7q3YI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihwxVXSxgK8

[peripheral]

By the way, my wife has seen Guns n Roses a few years back in Glasgow. Axel was being an arsehole as apparently the concert started 3h later because he would have flown some food from London because he wanted it before the concert.
She managed to get her money back, but I hope that he wont be such an arse again...

Yes, apparently Axl's been behaving himself of late. My main issue with Axl having anything to do with ACDC is just that - their difference in rock attitude. ACDC are simple, no nonsense, "blue singlet" working class; and Axl is a primmadonna (though I love him). And yes - Malcolm, as you know, was the engine room, primary riff writer for ACDC - last year it was revealed he has dementia and is now in full time residential care. He doesn't even remember how to play a guitar. Very sad.

Be sure to review the gig for us!

The first concert was yesterday in portugal. i read mixed reviews, but people mostly seem OK with Axel's voice.
But one other thing : his leg is immobilised so he is singing... sitting.... wonderful.

Some videos from last night :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfrj1z7q3YI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihwxVXSxgK8

I've read reviews praising his singing but watching these clips, it sounds 10% beyond his capacity and style. And sitting - just wrong. Did you see the extremely awkward interview with Cliff, Angus and Axl explaining Brian's departure? So staged for damage control...and so... awkward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbh_Tl8V64

[biomieg]

I just hope they're not going to release any albums with Mr. Rose. That would taint their legacy forever.

[peripheral]

I just hope they're not going to release any albums with Mr. Rose. That would taint their legacy forever.

Oh god yes, that would be a travesty, but I doubt they will. Malcolm gone, now Brian - I think they have enough insight to know, their glorious run is done.

And I just saw the set list with Axl. They played Rock N Roll Damnation! That's rare and huge. Powerage is probably my favourite album. I've seen them 8 times and I can honestly say that it's the same set list with a rotation of only 2-3 songs off the whatever album they're currently touring on. I've wished they would do a tour with a set list of all the NEXT level classics. Something from Fly on the Wall, Flick of the Switch, Powerage, etc. They've got enough greatness for 2-3 solid set lists. But alas - that day will never come.

[Rahfa]

I saw AC/DC last year with Johnson, and they were great - but yeah, it was the same setlist I saw the LAST time I saw them - in 2000, other than a couple changes. I love some of the songs off Fly in the Wall or Flick of the Switch, and it's like they never happened. I don't think they even played Who Made Who this time.

I didn't think Axl's voice was great for those songs, and the throne is just bizarre - the whole point of Axl was the dancing around. But whatever. I get that they didn't have a choice.

I doubt they'd ever do an album with him - but I would see this tour just for the heck of it. I don't think any of the rescheduled dates will be near me though.

I do want to see the GNR reunion, though.

[herbertwest]

From what I read, Brian will continue with the group to record new albums, and MAY do some more tour later in the future if his health allows it. I dont hold my breath for it though...

[ke7285]

Axyl is so-so, I have seen AC/DC numerous time in Detroit where they loved to play. I to a Gun's and Rose's show once didn't stay for the whole show. The warm up band was excellent Metallica and the halftime show was also good, they hired a few strippers to come to the show and panned live video to the big screens with these and other ladies showing there ta-ta's. This was the second time seeing Metallica, 1st was at a small bar inside a bowling in the Detroit area it was great!

[carlosdetweiller]

Do any of you "follow" anyone else on eBay or have someone "following" you? I'm not sure how it works and what you can "see" or not "see." A few years ago (but after eBay started partially obscuring bidders names) I won an auction for a men's magazine from the 1970's. It was in the adult or mature listings. It had a Koontz or Bradbury story or something but not a King story. Within an hour of winning the auction I had an e-mail from someone wanting to know if I had found some unknown King story in the magazine. I thought, WTF? How can someone even "see" the partially obscure bidders and know that it was me that won, especially in the adult (or private) section?

The other day I was looking for something under my eBay profile section and I found that I have five "followers." I recognize some of the usernames.

Do any of you do this? Can you follow someone's bids while they are bidding or can you just see completed auctions? Can anyone explain exactly how this works?

[Aronstg]

Bob,

I actually follow a few ebay sellers. By following them I am able to see their new listings on the Ebay homepage. I don't believe I am able to follow their bids though. I just use it for new listings.

Perhaps you have sold some King items in the past and some people decided to follow you so they could see future listings?

[Brian861]

I do follow several sellers (including our own RF) that I've good experiences with. I've never gone as far as to see what they're bidding on (didn't realize one could do that either). I only check to see what they're selling or to ask if they have something I'm looking for. May have to change some stuff in your privacy settings if folks are actually tracking your bids. Never have had it happen to me personally.

[carlosdetweiller]

Bob,

I actually follow a few ebay sellers. By following them I am able to see their new listings on the Ebay homepage. I don't believe I am able to follow their bids though. I just use it for new listings.

Perhaps you have sold some King items in the past and some people decided to follow you so they could see future listings?

Perhaps. That makes sense. But it doesn't explain (or at least I don't think it does) how someone knew I was the high bidder on an item (magazine) listed in the adult or mature section. Does it?

[Aronstg]

Bob,

I actually follow a few ebay sellers. By following them I am able to see their new listings on the Ebay homepage. I don't believe I am able to follow their bids though. I just use it for new listings.

Perhaps you have sold some King items in the past and some people decided to follow you so they could see future listings?

Perhaps. That makes sense. But it doesn't explain (or at least I don't think it does) how someone knew I was the high bidder on an item (magazine) listed in the adult or mature section. Does it?

Well not on the surface no.. but they could have gotten creative. I'm not sure what the transparency was back when this happened. If someone was already following you they could have matched up the item with feedback.. if you left feedback for the seller and the person was watching that auction they could have connected the dots. They might have contacted the seller and asked who bought it. That seller might have given them your ebay ID.

There are a few things that could have happened. I don't think it was due to followers though.

[carlosdetweiller]

It wasn't done by feedback because I was contacted by this person about an hour after the auction closed. I should probably just ask him as he is an infrequent poster on this site.

[Br!an]

I think that "following" you isn't necessarily the way they figured out it was you. Although that could have helped.

Interested parties could figure it out.

If they follow you as a seller then it's easy to see your feedback and they know your username. Or say you win an auction and you mention it on here. I can go to eBay and see who won that auction. I'll get a couple of letters of your username and your feedback score. If I happen to be watching a particular auction and your feedback score and a couple letters of your username is bidding then I can assume it's you.

[Br!an]

It wasn't done by feedback because I was contacted by this person about an hour after the auction closed. I should probably just ask him as he is an infrequent poster on this site.

What I meant by feedback is your feedback score.

[carlosdetweiller]

It wasn't done by feedback because I was contacted by this person about an hour after the auction closed. I should probably just ask him as he is an infrequent poster on this site.

What I meant by feedback is your feedback score.

Possibly. But the auction didn't mention King (or Koontz or Bradbury or whoever I bought the magazine for). So it would be highly unlikely the person was following that specific auction. How else could he have known I was the high bidder? And, as I said, he contacted me before I even had time to pay, let alone receive feedback. It had to have started with somehow searching or following me as a bidder/buyer. Add to that the fact that it was in the mature, adult section where, I think, bidders identities remain private. Oh well, it's not that big of a deal. It is just something that has puzzled me for a while now.

[Fsmdr]

I just looked and I have 6 follower in my ebay account. None of the username is familiar to me.

[herbertwest]

I have no idea about what happened. But you didnt give an answer to us about his question

[Tommy]

AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill Live Lisbon Portugal (With Axl Rose)

[Rahfa]

It wasn't done by feedback because I was contacted by this person about an hour after the auction closed. I should probably just ask him as he is an infrequent poster on this site.

What I meant by feedback is your feedback score.

Possibly. But the auction didn't mention King (or Koontz or Bradbury or whoever I bought the magazine for). So it would be highly unlikely the person was following that specific auction. How else could he have known I was the high bidder? And, as I said, he contacted me before I even had time to pay, let alone receive feedback. It had to have started with somehow searching or following me as a bidder/buyer. Add to that the fact that it was in the mature, adult section where, I think, bidders identities remain private. Oh well, it's not that big of a deal. It is just something that has puzzled me for a while now.

This won't be helpful because I can't remember how I did it, but I was able to determine a bidder even though the names were semi-private.

I can't remember what the work-around was...but it was possible with some effort.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill Live Lisbon Portugal (With Axl Rose)

Yeah that was...different. I really just think of it as "Axl Rose does karaoke"

[carlosdetweiller]

It wasn't done by feedback because I was contacted by this person about an hour after the auction closed. I should probably just ask him as he is an infrequent poster on this site.

What I meant by feedback is your feedback score.

Possibly. But the auction didn't mention King (or Koontz or Bradbury or whoever I bought the magazine for). So it would be highly unlikely the person was following that specific auction. How else could he have known I was the high bidder? And, as I said, he contacted me before I even had time to pay, let alone receive feedback. It had to have started with somehow searching or following me as a bidder/buyer. Add to that the fact that it was in the mature, adult section where, I think, bidders identities remain private. Oh well, it's not that big of a deal. It is just something that has puzzled me for a while now.

This won't be helpful because I can't remember how I did it, but I was able to determine a bidder even though the names were semi-private.

I can't remember what the work-around was...but it was possible with some effort.

I asked the person directly in an e-mail how he found out what I had bought. It was done via feedback and my memory (as is often the case) is likely wrong. I suspect I paid the seller immediately after the auction was over and the seller probably left feedback for me just as quickly. It was probably just fortuitous that the person searched my username shortly after feedback was left. He saw the recent feedback and went to the seller's ID and looked for a bidder with the same feedback number as me, found one and then knew the item I had just bought.

[peripheral]

Yeah, that's a good analogy Chad. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this to you before, but you know what I think they should have done? Different legend-status singer every night...

[amd013]

Ok, wasn't sure which thread to put this in, but this seems like as good a place as any, especially with all the talk about Axl Rose lattely.


So several months ago I bought a grab bag or book club from Cemetery Dance, and one of the books was "The Language of Fear" by Del James. I was recently looking for a new book to read, and picked this one up to consider. The first thing I do is read the dust Jacket and inspect the table of contents. I was immediately turned off by the fact the introduction was written by Axl Rose. I have very little respect for him. I have heard too many stories about starting concerts 2 or 3 hours late. Also his role in the riots in Montreal http://www.askmen.com/top_10/enterta...n-riots_5.html is shameful. At any rate, I was willing to just skip the introduction, but then I flipped to the back cover where the Author Bio/photo was. The photo is of the author flipping the bird. I guess that really turned me off, and I decided not to read it. I figured if the Author has no respect for his readers, why should I waste my time on him.

Just curious if any one else has ever decided not to read a book (especially one you already owned) due to a similar issue (i.e. you judged a book by its cover, so to speak).

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Yeah, that's a good analogy Chad. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this to you before, but you know what I think they should have done? Different legend-status singer every night...

I could've got behind that considering the circumstances (especially when the alternative is apparently Axl freakin' Rose). Honestly with having the commitments they had, I wish they would've just tabbed Sebastian Bach for a fill-in. As far as the future goes, If Brian can't continue then just call it a career for crying out loud.