I've just accepted that Helium/Mickey Mouse voice Axl is here to stay and it doesn't bother me as much.  What can you do, it's normal human aging?

Whoever came up with that intro, kudos.  It was cool as hell.

I sometimes hate following this band because on some rare occasions it seems like they have their shit in order and they make you excited again.  And then they'l go back to their usual ass clownish tendencies.

I always hated the intro from the title track that appeared on the album.  It just seemed so pointless.

And thinking back on 2001, he should just said fuck it and debuted some of those other CD songs during those live performances.  I think he underestimated how much interest there was in him and the band (even w/out Slash and Duff). 

And really he should have copied the Velvet Revolver method of playing a few GNR songs and devoting the rest to material produced by the project/current musicians.

Seen a bunch of movies lately:

One False Move.   From the same director of Devil in a Blue Dress.  This one is earlier.   Darkness all around.  Also I've realized that Billy Bob Thorton is born to play an asshole.   Fine film all around.  Quite gritty.  Kinda 70s ish where it's ambivalent all around with the characters.   They don't make movies like this anymore.

White Sands; 90s film featuring a pretty good cast:  William Dafoe (as the lead), Samuel L. Jackson, Mickey Rourke and Mary Elizabeth Mastromino.  I had a good time watching this one.  Jackson is doing his thing before Pulp Fiction.  Rourke plays an interesting bad guy and this is one of the few films with Dafoe as a lead.

Looker.  I had fun watching this again.  It's one of those 70s conspiracy style thrillers set in the early 80s.  And has that 80s vibe.  It's kind of goofy when you think about it.   But Crichton prophesized how we would all become slaves to the TV (now internet/smartphones).  Also there a nice dig at cosmetic surgery before it became en vogue.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.  Clive Owen movie.  This is perfectly fine, but there is one huge problem with it.  And I've think I've seen this before once.  But the ending (or part of it) is such a deflater.  It just doesn't make much sense.  Or I got a "that's it ?" reaction.  This is what happens when you don't hit the landing or nail the twist or reasoning. 

Bound.  I never really appreciated how great this film until I last saw it.  Great heist/noir film. I love the dialog in it.  You kind of have to pay attention.  It sounds like stuff from the 40s-50s.  Joe Pantoliano almost steals the film.  He goes nuts in the second half and it's a joy to watch.  This thing is beautifully shot too.  The budget wasn't much but it looks great.   There are some twists and turns to this thing I totally forgot.  Also worth it to see Chris Merloni as a villian in his pre SVU days.

I'm surprised the half arena syndrome has hit Europe pretty early, given that they don't tour Europe as much as the USA.