Wasn't there a band in the 1980's called Marillion?

Please God. Send Ace a nice girlfriend. He really needs one. Thanks.

Ace, that album shows it was released in 1999, so technically, they have a case against *you*.

I'm sure their lawyers will be contacting your forthwith.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Hm. Wow. They're really...not very good at all, are they?

Dave,

So what you're saying is... it's old?

Dave, I know we keeed, but at what point does "it's old" itself get, you know, old?

Re: Girlfriend

I do have a girlfriend. She's a 12th level half-fiend half-elf named Ezmeerylda, and she and my drow have been, how do I put this politely?, having crazy RPG sex since he rescued her from the illithid lair (see my other blog, recounting the campaign history of my character).

I take it your Drow saved her from the vile Illithids just in time, huh Ace? Very convenient. How much of Ezmeerylda's brain was left un-snacked on by that time?

What's your other blog site, Ace?

Rock on, my nerdly brother!!

What's your character class, Ace?

Also check out the band Blind Guardian. Very Tolkien-oriented.

Blob...I think you missed the second link in Ace's post.

Didn't Led Zeppelin already do this, like back in the Dark Ages?

Re: Girlfriend

I do have a girlfriend. She's a 12th level half-fiend half-elf named Ezmeerylda, and she and my drow have been, how do I put this politely?, having crazy RPG sex since he rescued her from the illithid lair (see my other blog, recounting the campaign history of my character).

And she lives in Canada. Which is why you never see her around here.

Hey, I love the Silmarillion as much as the next guy, but man -- you start getting into one of those Fingolfin vs. Finarfin debates in front of real live women, and it's all over. Trust me. You wanna be quiet about it.

And we may finally have found a band whose bass player is officially "too weird to get laid", even by crazy Goth chics.

Sad.

Uh, that was me.

I do have a girlfriend. She's a 12th level half-fiend half-elf named Ezmeerylda . . .

God, hurry!

Elves don't use katanas. Unless they're Jap elves.
Couple grenades takes care of the bastards, unless you can bring up a flamethrower.

Flamethrower. Heh heh heh ...

back in the 70s and 80s there was a fusion jazz band called Matrix that put out an album all inspired by Tolkien's LOTR series. Very cool stuff.

I think they were all U Wisconsin dudes. Their bassist, Randy Tico, is the best bassist I have ever heard in my life including Jaco. He did some incredible solos on Tale of the Whale, always played a fretless.

/jazzgeek

My family and I just had our power turned back on after 3 days of living like we were stuck in a real-life version of Little House on the Prairie. Hurricane Wilma was pretty much a direct hit (that makes 3 in 13 months ... move to Florida, they said ...)

I'm glad to know that, now that we've returned to civilization, things haven't changed around here. Saving throw versus rockin' out. Excellent.

"...move to Florida, they said ..."

What did you do to those people that they would say such a horrible thing?

My family and I just had our power turned back on after 3 days of living

So, in 9 months we can expect another little Phinn?

Damn, Dave. It's been twenty years since I thought about Matrix. Maybe if I weren't killing brain cells with Jack Daniels, I could remember shit like that.

Looks out for the orcs beware of trolls and look out for soron we nned protection from the dark forces we need a defense

So, in 9 months we can expect another little Phinn?

I'll keep you posted.

Glad you gots the juice back Phinn.

Michael, they were all Wisconsin boys, weren't they? Damn good band.

Track 17: Unicorns LA

Blind Guardian are a great band, and that's a great album.
Hmm...What is it with metal bands and Tolkien? I can think of a few more bands with Tolkien themes (Summoning for example).