To culminate the month from HELL, my Mom just had a pacemaker put in.
My Father, may he rest in peace, had heart issues, as well as many other health issues, and now my Mom has a pacemaker.
The fun never ends.
But she is in better health over all than my Dad was at her age.
Her main issue is killer arthritis, but her heart isn't as strong as it could be...
I don't really feel like writing, but I did wanna say that one of the worst things about my damaged psyche is that I'm never happy. Nothing truly excites or motivates me. One definite aspect of this is with music. I'm addicted to music and buy CDs all the time. I get psyched about a CD that's coming and then, voila, I buy it and I'm all like, "well, ho hum". I wanna be blown away. I wanna feel like my life just changed when I hear one of these things, and it's just not happening. I know these are "the nonsensical ramblings of a lunatic madman", or thereabouts, so I don't blame the talented bands in question, but anyway...
Lamb Of God Sacrament, some of the music is pretty kicking, and I can even deal with most of the cookie monster singing, but after awhile, it all just sort blurs together...
Iron Maiden A Matter Of Life and Death, what can I say. i wanted to love this. I needed to. But in the end, I respect it but am not really all that moved. Sorry. Amazing band, amazing talent, but...sigh.
Mastodon Blood Mountain, some cool riffs and guitar exchanges but the songs as a whole and the vocals make me go "huh?"...
Trivium The Crusade, the futrure of heavy metal is in their hands, so young and so obviously talented, but the songs lack...something. Don't get me wrong, as a whole it's pretty damn good, and I'm very happy the singer has cut back the vocal aggression, even though now he sounds almost exactly like Hetfield at his peak, which is obviously not a bad thing, but they need something more. Still, I look forward to hearing what they're capable of in the future...
And of course, Cradle Of Filth Thornography, I was so looking forward to it, but after one complete sit through, it's hard to say where their last CD, Nymphetamine ends and this one starts. It sounds great, and Dani's playing with his vocals some, so it's not all incessant screeching all the time, but the two CDs sound a lot alike. More guitars / riffing than ever, which is always a good thing though. I need to really read all the lyrics to see what level of deparavity the boys have really reached though...
Um, I know, I know, maybe I shoulda just put all this in the music section...
Good for him though, I wish him well!