RIP Dimebag Darrell and John Lennon

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the death of Dimebag Darrell and the 28th anniversary of John Lennon. Both of these men were highly talented musicians in there genres. Dimebag was known for his signature Dime squeals, guitar shred, and heart pounding riffs. On December 8, 2004 he was violently shot in the head multiple times by an enraged fan who came on stage during the opening song. Dimebag was shot dead right in front of his brother (Vinnie Paul), the rest of Damageplan, and a crowd of adoring fans. On that dreadful night, the world lost one of the greatest metal guitarists to ever live. Dime's name still lives on through fans and the many Dean signature guitars. We will miss Dimebag forever.
John Lennon was primarily the rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Although, he did play some lead guitar, harmonica, and bass on the song "Let It Be." Now that I have mentioned let it be, I have a little story to share. This morning at my school we had a liturgy. During communion the Liturgy Band played the famous Beatles song, "Let It Be." It was a great cover of the song and it included one of our teachers who has a phenomenal voice. After the liturgy I mentioned to my friend, the keyboard player in the band, that is was the 28th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. I asked him if they did this on purpose. His answer was, "We had no clue until after the liturgy that it was the anniversary of his death." Nonetheless, it was a great tribut to John Lennon.

May the souls of John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell rest in peace.

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Youtube of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 7

In memory of the death of Dimebag Darell, I have 2 videos to share. The first is probably my favortie guitar solo ever. The solo is from Pantera's "Floods." Each time I listen to this solo, I get chills. This has to be one of the most emotional guitar solos ever written/played. The second shows the comical side of Dimebag. In this video, Dimebag gets a phone man to come to his house. While he is there he keeps on screwing around with the guy. The phone man is cool with it, but Dime just makes this occurance so funny.

Enjoy!

Youtube of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 6

We have two videos this week! Yeah! So the first of the two is of the UK beatboxing champion, Beardyman. In this video Beardyman does a kitchen themed beatbox. I am still amazed by this video each time I see it. Check out his other videos while you are on youtube. The second video of the week is probably one of the most phenomenal rollerblading sections in the history of rolllerblading. The skater is Pat Lennen and in this edit from "Leading the Blind" he goes bigger than any rollerblader would dare to go. Even if you don't rollerblade you have to admit that this takes some serious skills. I would never be able to do this in my life.

Enjoy!

Youtube of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 5

Is Jesus a friend of yours? Well he sure is to these guys. This video is of the Christian band, Sonseed. This is possibly one of the funniest videos I have ever seen on the internet. Just look at the people, what they are wearing, the facial expressions, and of course the lyrics. Now without further-a-do, I present to you Sonseed performing Jesus is a Friend of Mine.



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Man Escapes Jail, Solid Snake Style

Yesterday, a 42 year old Turkish Man escaped from a German jail while inside a cardboard box. At the end of his shift of his prison job, the man hid in a box and was carried out by the courier service with other boxes. When he was put into the truck he escaped. He cut a hole in the tarp of the truck and jumped out of it when it was just outside of the prison grounds. The truck driver noticed the flapping tarp and immediately contacted the police. Most likely, the man had accomplices to help him when he was outside the prison. Now a manhunt has commenced in Western Germany. Warden Beate Peters says that the escape was "an embarrassing incident."

The Ledgendary Dummer, Mitch Mitchell, Dies at 61

Mitch Mitchell, former drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead today at 3 a.m. in his room at the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon. He was the last remaining member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Luckily, his death was of natural causes, unlike Hendrix whose death has been questioned for years. Mitch was there for all of the classic.iconic hendrix moments. Woodstock, Monterey, Isles of Wight, you name it and he was there behind his drum set letting Jimi feed off of his beats to create some of the most well known music of this century.

Mitchell's final performance was on Friday night at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. This was the last stop on the West Coast leg of the Experience Hendrix tour. According to Terry Currier, owner of the Music Millenium Shop, Mitchell was looking pale and tired. He only ended up playing one song before the sold-out concert.

May the soul of Mitch Mitchell rest in peace. May he be reunited with Hendrix and Noel Redding in heaven to play their music for all eternity. Mitch Mitchell, you will be missed dearly in the world of music just as we miss those like Dimebag Darrel, Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobain, and Freddie Mercury.



RIP MITCH MITCHELL

Rammstein Recording New Album

Yesterday, Rammstein entered the studio once again to record their next album. This industrial metal powerhouse from Germany released this message on their website:

"Now that the band has finished pre-production in Berlin for its new album, Operation "Album 6" is going forward full steam ahead. Christoph Schneider arrived in Los Angeles last week to meet with Jacob Hellner and production team (i.e., currently Ulf Kruckenberg and Florian Ammon) to undertake preparations for recording of all the drum tracks.

"Also to arrive in L.A. this week for the drum sessions, Paul and Richard. Finally, a studio has been rented near San Francisco for the bulk of the main recording work, and the band will go into retreat there for several weeks starting on November 9th, 2008. Clear the decks, the Rammstein tanker is once again under steam!"

If you have never heard of Rammstein before and would like to try out some of their music, I would suggest the single "Du Hast" or anything from the album "Mutter."

Youtube of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 4

From a series of dubbed videos comes my personal favorite of the series. This video is of the guitarist of Dream Theater, John Petrucci. The overdubs are hilarious. If you want to find more videos from the series, search for "John Petrucci Psycho Exercises." Now lets just hope that John Petrucci doesn't kill any more innocent lives with his uber fast playing and pedalboard of death while working on the band's 10th studio album.
Enjoy!

The Beatles Get a Video Game

The news is in and the beatles are going to be featured in their own game! The game will be produced by Harmonix, the creators of Rock Band. The game will not be titled Rock Band: The Beatles, although it will work with all of your Rock Band peripherals. A keyboard may even be introduced into the game. The game will feature sampling of music and imagery from throughout the band's career, from "Please Please Me" (1963) through "Let It Be" (1970). This game should help expose the generation to The Beatles, just like Guitar Hero: Aerosmith did, and Guitar Hero: Metallica will help do.
There are no official dates for the release as of yet, but the developers are saying that it should be ready by the 2009 holiday season.

David Tennant to Leave Doctor Who

After four years of fighting Cybermen, Daleks, Centaurans, the Devil, and many things supernatural and alien, David Tennant will retire his roll as the time lord on the popular BBC sci-fi show, "Doctor Who". (You may have known him as Barty Crouch Jr. from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire also) He announced this live at the National Television Awards. He said he will leave at the end of the production of the 2009 specials.

In a BBC news article, Tennant states that "I've had the most brilliant, bewildering and life changing time working on Doctor Who. I have loved every day of it,It would be very easy to cling on to the TARDIS console forever and I fear that if I don't take a deep breath and make the decision to move on now, then I simply never will. ... I'm still the Doctor all next year but when the time finally comes I'll be honoured to hand on the best job in the world to the next lucky git - whoever that may be." Tennant added that he "always thought the time to leave would be in conjunction with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner who have been such a huge part of it all for me. Steven Moffat is the most brilliant and exciting writer, the only possible successor to Russell and it was sorely tempting to be part of his amazing new plans for the show. I will be there, glued to my TV when his stories begin in 2010." He furthermore says that he feels "very privileged to have been part of this incredible phenomenon, and whilst I'm looking forward to new challenges I know I'll always be very proud to be the Tenth Doctor."

This is some pretty sad news to many, but we still have 5 more hours of Doctor Who with David Tennant as our beloved time lord. One a good note, Russel T. Davies says that they are planning "the most enormous and spectacular ending." Which should be expected for this great time lord.

I wish Tennant my luck in all the other things in which he has worked, and i would like to thank him for giving us one of the most amusing time lords in Doctor Who history. David Tennant, you will be missed.

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Slipknot Releases a New Music Video

Two days ago on October 25th, Slipknot released the video for "Dead Memories", one of the more mellow songs on their new album "All Hope is Gone." There have been mixed feelings about this video, but overall, the concept and video itself are pretty good. The video is not as good as other videos such as "Psychosocial" or "Left Behind", but is a great addition to Slipknot's arsenal. It has some great scenes where Corey Taylor a.k.a 8, the lead singer, encounters different band members. The best/most epic of those are probably when he meets with Seven a.k.a. Mick Thomson and Paul Gray a.k.a. 2.
Enjoy the video.

Youtube Video of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 2/3

We have a bonus in this week's youtube video of the week. Our first video gives us another reason to not mess around with William Shatner. This clip is taken from the ABC show "Boston Legal." When I saw this for the first time I nearly died laughing.


Our second video is a take on my favorite System of a Down song, sugar. This video is entirely in lego stop animation. It is quite an odditie, but is amusing.

Photoshop Attempt!

Finally, I have come around to getting back on my lazy ass and getting back into photoshop. I was never that great at it, but i had a lot of fun with this. Thanks to RazortheAwesome, from ultimate guitar, for the picture.

Enjoy!

Rock Band and Guitar Hero: Have they gone too far?

We all know and love these games, even though you look like a dork rocking out on a plastic "guitar." Now you can look like even more of a tool! Just recently, the guys down at EA Games released the merch store which allows Rock Band users to make posters, t-shirts, pins, and even action figures of their Rock Band band. WTF!!! Your band isn't even real, but you are spending real money to get merchandise that you will feel too embarrassed to wear in the future. The only thing that seems awesome to buy would be an action figure, but still that would put you back $60 or $70. Another thing that is getting on my nerves are those guitar controlles made of real wood and built to scale and design specs of a real guitar. JUST BUY A REAL GUITAR AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY!! Finally, although it is bringing kids these day into good music that isn't rap, kids are starting to think that guitar hero is so much harder than real guitar. These kids dont even have a clue. They think that beating Through the Fire and Flames will make them cool. I laugh at all those who think that. All that that does is make you look like an even bigger nerd.
So to sum this all up. Play Guitar Hero or Rock Band for fun, don't be a nerd and don't take it seriously. That is what I do. There is one thing I do thank guitar hero for. That is introducing me to such great music and convincing me to pick up the real guitar.

Japanese Game Shows: insanity or just plain awesome?

Japanese game shows are among the crazy things that we humans do. A number of you may have heard of that show "Ninja Warrior" that appears on G4 TV, that is just the beginning. IF you search the bowls of youtube, you can find some pretty hilarious clips from these Japanese game shows. We Americans have tried to replicate these shows, but lets face it, WE FAIL!!!!
The first clip is from a game show in which people must go through a wall that is moving towards them while in a position stated on the wall. The second clip is from a show called "Rock Fujiyama." In this clip, guitarists Paul Gilbert and Marty Friedman go head to head in a guitar riff duel.


Too bad American TV isn't as entertaining as this. Japanese game shows get a heaping helping of win!

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Fable II: A Must Have for any Xbox 360 Owner

The original Fable which was released on the Xbox in September 2004 became the number one selling action RPG. The sequel lives up to that title. Today, I bought the Limited Collectors edition. This version came with a 48 hour xbox live card, a dvd of bonus content, a pretty nifty outer sleeve for the actual game case, the game, and a card that allows you to get bonus in game content. The bonus ingame content includes a special area, a sword that you must get from that area, and *drums roll* ,to please all of you Halo fanatics out there, the have Master Cheif armor and an energy sword. Sadly you can't has recon, but you can be the Cheif. You can even get the title of Master Cheif from a town crier.
Now onto gameplay. The game plays pretty much like the old game. You have the simple one button attack system and the magic menu has been changed for the better. In addition to guns, swords, and bows, this time around you can have guns. They are quite effective, but not my taste. I would rather go aroun hacking and slashing until my thumb falls off. Another aspect of the game that has changed is that you have to choice of being a boy or a girl. Pretty cool I guess, but I don't know what effects your sex will have. A new addition to the game this time around is your dog. You can do many things with your dog. You can teach it tricks, it can attack, it can sniff treasure, show you hidden items to dig for, and they can make for some good entertainment. Finally there are many changes to the game this time around. You can get jobs to earn money, you can level up anywhere, you can interact with people even more, and you don't have as many of those long loading screens. Oh yeah, one more thing, main quests don't give you money. 10/10
Now on to visuals. The graphics are great for such a massive game, although they could be better. I haven't plugged my xbox into my nice HDTV system, but once I do, I am sure it will be epic. 9/10
Now onto story line. So far the story seems great. *****Semi Spoiler Alert****** You start off as a young boy, just like the last game. You are in Bowerstowne, where you live with your sister. A trader comes into town with an assortment of "magical goods." One of the people in the crowd tells you to buy the music box that the guy has. So, you go around the town getting some gold and you buy the box. When you turn the key on the box, it begins to glow and suddenly dissapears. Later that night, people from the castle come and take you to the castle. The lord who lives their end up killing you and your sister, because you are the "fourth" hero. You, the main character, are cast out of the window and land on the street. While you are "dead" the lady who told you to buy the box and takes you to the hero camp. ******Spoilers Done*****
That is the intro. I cant wait until i get farther in the game. 10/10
Overall, this game is a great improvement to its predecessor and is a game that any RPG player should have in their collection. Go buy it today, but remember, get the Limited Collectors edition. You can be teh cheif!!!! 9.5/10

LHC delayed until spring 2009...

After the "failure" of the maiden voyage of the Large Hardon Collider (LHC) on September 10th of this year, CERN has scheduled a date for the relaunching of the LHC. That date will most likely be in April. Now, the failure was the fact that there was a helium leaking cause by a faulty connection between two of the magnets of this $10 billion dollar science experiment. It also had major overheating of the magnets which are scattered accross the LHC. The LHC will have to come back to room temperature before any maintanence can be done. This should take about a month becase the opperating temperature is -456.3 degrees Farenheit. That is pretty damn cold. After maintanence is done, the LHC will have to be brought back down to that same temperature.
Surely one of you is thinking "what in the world is the LHC?" The short answer to that is that it is super powered atom smasher. What this device does is send particles around a 17 mile (located under France and Switzerland) ring at close to the speed of light. Then, they make the particles collide. Scientists are hoping that it will bring us insight on how the universe was created and what exactly is dark matter. IF they get results, it will take close to a decade and the data will fill 10,000 CDs a day. Many think that there will be catastrophic events from the LHC. Some of these are a black hole engulfing the earth, alien races coming through a vortex and destroying mankind, and a huge explosion. The most realistic thing that could happen is the 17 mile ring exploding causing that part of France and Switzerland to explode. The reality is that the chances of anything bad happening are less that 0%. The number is somewhere around 0.00000000024%. Don't worry about the world ending or any catastrophic events ruining you weekend.
I can't wait for the project to be set off and will post on the blog about what happens.

Youtube Video of the Week: Vol. 1, Episode 1.

Lets get things started. Here is the first youtube video of the week!
This shows how no dress code can lead to kids sneaking in weapons to school. I think this is fake. I mean, look at the guy! He pulls out 12 guns, one of them being a shotgun. How would he be able to sit down in glass without being completely uncomfortable? Who knows. Maybe some things are better left unanswered. Although, this video does make a decent laugh if you haven't seen it before.

Welcome to The Pit!

Hey all! I am Harvester of Sorrow, but you can call me Nick.
Welcome to my first blog. I will try to get a new post every day or very other day. Now, onto the naming of this blog. You may be wondering "why is this blog called "The Pit"?" Just think of the name for a second. Now think about a pit. Anything can fall into a pit. So, in conclusion, this blog could get pretty random. I will try to keep the random under a few subjects. Some subjects that you should expect are random internet videos, fails, all things mac, video games, media, politics, science, technology, music, or anything that I see in my countless hours on "teh interwebz." I will also be doing a youtube video of the week. You guys are free to send me emails and messages, but please, DON'T spam my gmail account.

So without further a do! The Pit is officially open for blogging. *throws bottle of champagne against iMac*