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#1501 The Sunset Strip » Dio diagnosed with stomach cancer » 884 weeks ago
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Wendy Dio, the wife and manager of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:
"Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.
"Long live rock and roll, long live Ronnie James Dio.
"Thanks to all the friends and fans from all over the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up."
Ronnie James Dio, 67, has performed with ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, and his own band DIO. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser "Hear 'n Aid". He is widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice and for popularizing the "devil's horns" hand gesture in metal culture. He is currently involved with HEAVEN & HELL, a project which also includes former BLACK SABBATH bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. Their first studio album, "The Devil You Know", was released on April 28, 2009.
DIO cancelled its European tour last week after Ronnie was taken ill. The band's lineup for the trek was supposed to include WHITESNAKE/ex-DIO axeman Doug Aldrich due to the fact that the group's regular guitarist, Craig Goldy, had prior touring commitments with BUDGIE in Australia.
DIO's last release was the "Holy Diver Live" CD, featuring a performance of the classic "Holy Diver" album in its entirety, from start to finish, recorded live for the very first time in 2005 in front of a sold-out London crowd.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131004
Sad story, but they caught it in the early stages and I really hope he beats it as he has one of the most distinctive voices in heavy metal.
#1502 Re: The Garden » Who's ready for black friday? » 884 weeks ago
Yeah. I've seen some pretty insane stuff in my time. It definitely gets worse every year too.
You mind sharing some stories here? It always boggles the mind how people turn into an insane only to get a few items that are at the rock bottom price (I'm talking about the doorbusters or whatever you call them as the stores usually only stock a few of those per store).
I'm probably staying home as Amazon pretty much is going to be price matching most of the dvd sales from the other retailers and they offer a free trial for prime shipping.
Might go to a Target only because I have a $25 gc. Other than that I have a backload of dvds to watch.
Besides I suspect retailers will be cutting prices later in the month anyway, not worth going through the swarm of people and the cold weather either.
#1503 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 885 weeks ago
Chicago's big needs are at saftey, WR and another RB. If they have a chance for T.O. next year they need to take him. And draft Mike Williams if he's still around by the third round. Devin Hester is NOT a wideout, let alone your #1 reciever. They should also think about Larry Johnson to compliment Matt Forte, or snag Javaris James in the draft. Cutler isn't going to win this on his own.
I agree with most of this but I'd add an another OL lineman to the list too. I don't think the Bears have a pick in the first two rounds (traded away for Gaines Adams and Cutler). Mike Williams is the Syracuse WR who just quit the team after he got caught in a casino, right? I'd stay away from him. Matt Forte regression has been one of the keys in the Bears disappointing season, as I can't blame it all on the OL.
Eric Mangini... will be looking for a new job at the end of the year.
His tenure in CLE is approaching Rich Kotite level. I gotta admit though it was kinda entertaining how they lost in DET by committing a PI on the last play of the game and giving DET one final untimed play. And DET scored a TD on the gift. His team (CLE) hates him for a variety of reasons too.
Lovie Smith is average. He'll get you to the playoffs every 3 or 4 years. I think a team can do better, but as CC said, you can do worse. Same as the guy in Cinci, win this year, lose next year.
He reminds me of Jeff Fisher, with above average talent he excels. The issue is who are they going to hire to replace him-I guess they could look at the available coaches. I didn't get the Rex Grossman fascination either.
Cowboys are bad. Speaking of which I am so sick of Jimmy Johnson always on the pre-game show picking the COwboys & talking about how good Romo is. The Romo show is over. He's at best a marginal QB. Like a Trent Dilfer if he's lucky. He's not terrible, he'll probably remain in the league for a couple years but come on. He's far from the Troy Aikman the NFL wants him to be. And Aikman wasn't even that good, but he won games and kept them in them, he didn't lose games very often.
I think you're underating Aikman here: he was very accurate and precise especially in clutch games. I remember the play in 1992 NFC Championship (the pass to Alvin Harper) that sealed the game and sent DAL to the SB. I think they ran the ball a lot and his stats weren't as good as they should have been.
I've never believed in the Romo hype as well. Look it's a nice story and he's an ok player. But the guy has not delivered in the 2nd half of the season or the playoffs. I think his OL is pretty average too. Interesting to see if a WC comes from the divison and who actually wins this. I think the Giants have a shot after looking dead for a month.
But hey the Titans won and I'm very happy.
#1504 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 886 weeks ago
Yeah Buffalo may have to though, they have trouble attracting big name coaches. Jauron had a bad record when hired, Mularkey and Williams were co-ordinators, they just don't get interest from the Jon Grudens of the world. I hope they go for experience, but as long as the coach has some fire I'm ok with it. I would kill for Singletary as a coach, after years of emotionless failure I'd love to see someone get angry about mistakes. 10 false starts in a game and you can't even manage a loud word? The tolerance of failure has to go, and any age person can provide that.
The Bills will probably pursue a QB in the draft, there was even a rumor of benching Edwards for Fitzpatrick, which would be stupid but confidence in Edwards is at an all time low. 6 TDs, 7 INTs, happy feet in the pocket and poorly thrown deep balls and a yards per pass attempt average of 6.5 is pretty pathetic. The line is mostly to blame but he may be permanently damaged because of them, he's called "Captain Checkdown" in Buffalo because he only throws to the flats or to hook routes. The best pass the Bills have had all year was from Fred Jackson. Of course Edwards should be given the remainder of the season to prove his worth because clearly Fitz isn't a long term investment, but don't be surprised to see the Bills draft a QB in the 1st or 2nd round.
Gotta be honest here--Buffalo had a chance to win the game in the 2nd half but the d just wore down. And I have no idea why Jauron didn't accept the holding call in the 4th quarter to push the Titans out of FG range.
CC--would you have a preference toward an offensive minded coach? I think the Saints O-Coordinator Pete Carmichael could be an option here as the bigger market teams will go after the "name" coaches and bump the hot coordinators down the list a bit.
I think the Bills bungled the O-Line situation after they dealt Peters to the Eagles. In retrospect, the Bills should have taken Oher (the tackle prospect) instead of Maybin the De. Why did they release Langston Walker a few days before the regular season again? At the very least, he provided experienced depth. They've also been hit with a lot of OL injuries.
I think it's likely that a QB prospect might drop to the Bills depending on how many juniors enter the draft. Currently, the Bills are 9th in the draft standings. If Clausen, Locker, and Bradford all declare the Bills could have a chance at grabbing one of these guys. The Bills also desperately need to hire a football guy to run the orginization. The current COO is a financial guy.
CC, take heart man it could be worse. You could be a Browns or Raiders fan:lol:
#1505 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 887 weeks ago
Some really interesting results today. Congrats to the Tampa Bay Bucs for notching their first win. They also brought out the orange throwback unis which was nice. I think Josh Freeman might turn out to be a pretty good qb.
Arizona continued their Jeckyll and Hyde routine by beating the Bears on the road. Their offense looked unstoppable in the 1st half as they both ran and threw at will on the Bears. The pass rush was non existent allowing Warner to stand back and pick apart the secondary at will. The Bears are going to have to have a tough time making the playoffs now. I wonder whether or not Angelo or Smith (or both) get canned this year.
Miami hung tough again against the Pats. But they really need to get a number 1 wide reciever. Ted Ginn just blows as a wide out.
The Bengals are for real as they won a low scoring, ball control type of game against the Ravens. Cedric Benson has turned out to be the player that the Bears thought they would be getting when they took him fourth in 2005. Only he's doing it with CIN. They are a real threat to make the Superbowl and I'm gonna be cheering for them(if the Titans don't make it--which seems likely).
New Orleans has been winning with offense the past few weeks. I think they lose once or twice possibly against NE.
What has happened to the Giants? 4 straight defeats?
Big game on SNF later for NFC East bragging rights and playoff implications.
Titans 2-0 with Vince Young. Chris Johnson with 100yds again. Note to FF players: It appears that they've finally started giving Johnson some goal line carries and he'll finally start getting more tds to go with the yards. Vince Young will still "vulture" some of his goal line tds though.
#1506 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR.com on Strikeout as MLB Goes on Strike » 887 weeks ago
This is hogwash. There is a myspace page I know they can use to update the tour status. In addition, we know that Axl browses the forums. He could easily dispatch Beta or Fernando to provide info on the tour. Or he could do that himself. He could also set up a twitter account and tweet whatever he pleases on the upcoming tour. This is just laziness as usual.
#1507 Re: The Garden » H1N1 Vaccine » 887 weeks ago
I ended up getting a regular flu shot around a month ago. A couple of weeks later I came down with a really shitty case of the flu (infected throat, mucus, cough and all types of nasal problems). I'd just as soon avoid getting it since I'm not sure it makes that much of a difference to me anyway.
I'm still not sure how anyone differentiates between H1N1 and the regular seasonal flu both their symptoms sound the same.
#1508 Re: The Garden » The Phillies get to take on THE YANKEES!! » 887 weeks ago
If I see one more tv spot on A-Hole I'll puke......fuck A-Rod. All the praise and attention should go to Pettitte, Jeter, Posada and Rivera. Homegrown ball players who came up in the Yankee organization. Congrats to them on their fifth ring. A-Rod should be giving some of his overpaid bank account to those cats.
Spot on on Arod. I read parts of Joe Torre's bio a month ago at a Barnes and Noble. Arod comes off as a gigantic douchebag and phony in that book.
They do have a great young pitcher in the minors (Kyle Drabek, son of Pitt Pirate Doug Drabek) who will almost certainly be in the starting 5, and if Cole can get back we should be set there. There's a HR hitting OF in the minors too, for the bench (get rid of Matt Stairs). So all we need is 2 or 3 solid relievers, one being a closer.
Sucks the Yankees won, but they won it. I agree the Yankees Red Sox is played out. Although I sometimes do get into them. I think the Big 10 does get hype, but personally I think the SEC gets equal or more coverage. Although, admittedly I think the SEC is better than the Big 10 anyway.
Sigh. Doug Drabek a pitcher for the Pirates when they actually won division titles. Glad to see his son turn it around as I think he had problems a few years ago. Which HR hitting minor league OF are you talking about for the Phillies--Dominic Brown or Michael Taylor? They have the luxury of having two of them along with Jason Werth, Ibanez, and Victorino at the major league level. Ideally, one of them should replace Ibanez after his contract expires. There are several closers on the market--Soriano, Valverde, Gonzalez--and a few in the trade market too. The performance of relievers fluctuate, so I'm always wary of tossing big cash at middle relievers.
SEC is better than Big Ten though, they have won the last 3 National Championships. Big Ten always comes up short in Major Bowl Games (OSU
championship in 2002 withstanding) and their weaknesses always get exposed
(lack of athletes, explosiveness, speed etc.)
#1509 Re: The Sunset Strip » Illegal downloaders spend MORE on music than those who obey the law » 888 weeks ago
I don't download that much music but if the record and movie industry would make some of the stuff I like more accessible instead of cramming that mainstream stuff down the consumer's throat I would actually buy a bit more. Funny how they never mention how leaks of products leads to good word of mouth/reviews and help create a buzz. I think you guys were mentioning Paranormal Activity in a horrorshow thread and that movie definitely benefited from illegal downloaders spreading a good word of mouth on the product.
#1510 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Sahara Japan 5" CD SINGLE » 888 weeks ago
I listened to that youtube clip yesterday and thought it was pretty good. I'm looking forward to this album alot.
