Recent content by dslartoo

Since I was only at the pre-show party this year: 1. Theocracy 2. Circle II Circle 3. Circus Maximus 4. Leatherwolf cheers, Phil

Hey all, So I went up to Athens GA (for what turned out to be a two-hour drive in heavy traffic and pouring rain on a NASTY Friday night) last Friday to see my friend Matt Smith's band Theocracy play a kickin' 30-minute set to close out Athfest. Unfortunately the band didn't get to actually...

If anybody's still reading this thread, I just wanted to remark on the Theocracy show in Athens, GA on 6-23-06. Fantastic set (even if it was only half an hour, and even if it didn't start until 2 AM). Matt and company sounded EXCELLENT and put on a great show, very high-energy and full of...

Crap. Wish I'd seen this before Thursday (I went to both the Thursday and Friday shows). Show report's at http://www.livejournal.com/users/dslartoo/208800.html if anybody else cares. cheers, Phil

Krusty, were you actually there this year? I didn't see you anywhere, and let's face it, you're pretty distinctive. :) cheers, Phil

Hell, if you folks have a problem with too-large shirts, just wash 'em and run them through the dryer a few times. :) That's my main complaint about shirts: most concert shirts shrink like hell. I bought an XL Blind Guardian T-shirt a few years back which is now a small size. Annoying. I...

Once I got the sound working, it was a trip and a half. The crew stories and behind-the-scenes stuff kicked ass. Hell, it was almost worth the cover price to hear the story about John Macaluso and the drum heads. cheers, Phil

Disconnecting my digital coax cable, plugging in a standard RCA audio pair and running it to the receiver, switching my receiver's input to that particular audio input and finally switching the input type to "Stereo" does finally allow me to get sound out of this DVD. But if you'll pardon my...

Hey, thanks! I'm glad so many of you seem to be enjoying my pics. cheers, Phil

I would have paid my Gold Badge price just for hearing Conception play "A Million Gods". Add to that the rest of their great setlist, plus Therion's venue-destroying set, and I would have paid for those two bands alone. cheers, Phil

Hey all. Trying to give the new ProgPower USA DVD a spin today and immediately ran into trouble: I'm getting no sound from it at all. I checked the "DVD Easter Eggs" thread and saw that it's a stereo-only DVD, but my receiver is set to autoselect audio type based on the input it receives, so I...

Hey Kobi, Every year there's a band that surprises the hell out of me and turns me into a new fan. This year it was Orphaned Land, hands down. A fantastic set, very high-energy and very different musically from the many Dream Theater clones that make up the progressive metal world...

Oh, hey, cool. I've been away from these forums for too long -- didn't know Kobi posted here. I really enjoyed the Orphaned Land set, Kobi! cheers, Phil

Theocracy Sonata Arctica Hammerfall Rhapsody (yeah, I know I'm dreaming) Ayreon (again: yeah, I know I'm dreaming) cheers, Phil

They mentioned something about this in the interview that appeared in the program book. The orchestrations and keyboards are indeed controlled by computer (a Macintosh laptop offstage, if I remember right). Freakin' incredible set. I remember thinking during "To Mega Therion", "How can anyone...