I have always thought of adding a FlashBack Friday Category here
to reminisce some of the music that I have played, and I realized that there are a lot.
They are not all worthy of reminiscing but they are still my versions and they were a part of me.

Plus, I want to try to change the music interface to support multiple browsers, including mobile platforms.

So, Let’s start with a Flashback to one of my favourite covers.

My version of Eric Johnson’s
Cliffs Of Dover.

Araw ng Maynila

Today we observe Manila Day in the Philippines.
This is the town where I was born,
where there lived a man, who sails the sea.
(Any reference to a Beatles’ song about a submarine is purely coincidental.)

This picture is from my good friend, Maita.
I was supposed to post that back in the celebration of Philippine Independence,
a couple of weeks ago.
I just never got around to it.

Seems like this would be another chance for me to post it
instead of waiting another year.

Another snake has been spotted around the house yesterday.

Right by our front lawn,
preying on the lizards.

I truly believe that this land is cursed.
I started thinking that, eversince those Jehovah’s Witness people
knocked on our door and ran away screaming.
Maybe because I didn’t have any pants,
but that’s beside the point.

This is the third snake we have seen since we moved here.
And quite frankly,
it’s getting to be very annoying.

It was fun the first time,
since it had that bragging rights that I have encountered a snake.

The second time was scary because,
I just saw the snake skin inside our garage,
realizing that it could enter the premises without my knowledge.

Now, it’s just downright embarrassing.

Even though I am scared of snakes,
it’s pretty embarrassing when people tell you,
that there are snakes around your house.

Either that, or because moments earlier,
I accidentally peed in my pants.

Date of letter:
Sometime in March of 2004

From:
Revenue Canada

Message:
We have an unclaimed check here in our agency
with an amount of $500 for your Child Tax Benefit.
It has been here since Oct. of 2003.
Please give us a call so we can update our files and mail you the check.

Sometime between that original date, and the present time,
that check has been mailed to us,
received,
mailed back to bank in Canada,
deposited,
and spent.

Date of letter:
June 18, 2004

Date letter received:
June 24, 2004

From:
Revenue Canada

Message:
We have determined that you were overpaid, with an amount of $300.
We may use all or part of any current or future entitlement to reduce this debt.
Please use the enclosed envelope for your payment.

Sometime between reading this letter, and writing this post.
I have this in mind,

This mistake was not seen between the months of Oct 2003 until June of 2004?
Probably done by someone who the government hired for the summer,
who can’t tell their 5’s from 2’s.

For crying out loud Canada, leave me the hell alone!
I am tired of getting stress from you!
You’ll get your money when I get it.

Isn’t it funny how the last hour of work on Friday is the longest?
Then in return, Sunday night is the shortest?

The weekend was gone faster than a pizza at a “Weight Watcher’s Convention”.

Anyways..
I just wanted to share how my (short) weekend went.

Tracy and I just watched some of our DVD Collections and
we decided to watch “ROCKSTAR” from Warner Bro’s.

It’s a story about a guy, played by Mark Wahlberg,
who was the lead singer of a tribute band to a legendary metal group called “STEEL DRAGON”.
He then became the band’s lead singer, he becomes popular,
he gets to bang all the girls, he became his lifelong dream,
he became a Rockstar.

I admit, I wanted to be him.
Didn’t we all?
Didn’t you scream on top of your lungs, singing your favorite tunes in the shower?
Didn’t you almost had a wreck because you sounded really good driving,
while the other “Rockstar” in front of you suddenly stepped on his brakes?

This movie has a very good soundtrack as well.
With songs from KISS, BON JOVI, MOTLEY CRUE,
INXS, TED NUGENT, THE VERVE PIPE and EVERCLEAR,
you know this CD is going to rock!
And I LIKE ROCK!

STEEL DRAGON was actually a band formed for this movie.
Consisting of:

• Jeff Scott Soto – (Yngwie/Talisman)
• Mike Matijevic – (SteelHeart)
• Jeff Pilson – (Dokken)
• Jason Bonham – (Ozzy/Black Label Society)
• Zakk Wylde – (Ozzy/Black Label Society)
• Nick Catanese – (Black Label Society)

Check out a review of this album here.
My favorite song is “We all die young.”
The song Mark Wahlberg sang for the audition in the movie.

I highly recommend this movie for those of you who grew up in the world of 80’s rock.
I am so inspired to play another tune and add it to “Chorus”.

But I want to play a song that has power in it.
A song that has an Umpfh!
A song with gutbucket riffs!
Faster than Yngwie, Crazier than Ozzy,
Louder than Guns N’ Roses, Scarier than Marilyn Manson,
Sexier than Britney Spears, More Catchy than KISS,
and More rebellious than Judas Priest.

Sexier than Britney Spears????