Sounds,,,,

just gonna forwarn ya,,, this is a drunken post,,, Started kinda early in the eve,, was fletching a couple of shafts for the upcoming weekend, and cracked a can,,,

I get drunk, I get LOUD!!! And the little system I has gets plenty loud,,,

But as I was soberin’ up, (EVILZZZ) I was jammin on some Toadies. that band out of Texas back in the ninties,,, Possum Kingdom was thier real hit, but the entire album was something of a masterpeice in mindfuck,,,

sorry, not gonna elaborate on that, ya just gotta find a full version and dive in,,,

BUT,,,

My enebriated mind and ears,,, was jamming out to “possum kingdom” and ‘tyler“,,, holy forks to the nines batman,,,, I really dug on that ‘texas sound’ back when this first came out, but man,,, with age and some experiance under my belt, I TRULY appreciate the effort of production that went into that recording. NOTHING is missed,,, its all there,,, nothing muddying up the mix: focus on the bassline, its IN YOUR FACE with that low string hieght to give the fret buzz of the 60’s’ Listen for the hat, china , crash, they are there right on top where they should be, listen for the snare: you can tell its a porkpie chromed out BEAST,,, And that Strat with some Blues man distortion just hovering there in the background, being the icing on the cake, feeding the emotions of the vocals,,,,, And the vocals,,, near dry, no hall verb or over the top effects except at first with the reverse delay,,,

this ‘session’, IMO, is right up there with the Steely Dan sessions of ‘Hey Nineteen” and Bostons Intro Albums.

Yah, I’s a music GEEK,,,, Some recordings are just PERFECT,,, Toadies Rubberneck should be up there in your “listen to this” list of “WOW” albums. Granted, there is that “MindFuck” aspect of it. It can be read, complete album-wise, as the story of a serial killer. or it could be defined as the confessions or someone just frustrated enough to imagine such,,,, You decide,,, BUT artistically speaking WOW,, JUST FUCKING WOW,,,,

And this is how a Dio spends his off time between wrenches and arc spatter,,, or at least when the keyboard muse isn’t calling my name with teasing breathy erotic tones.

i really, truly miss the entertainment world. i just don’t have the ears I need. The skills are still there, but I don’t trust me ears in that sort of environ any longer. Maybe a studio, but I don’t think most studios run the wattage i want to “Hear” like I do here at the “stead. LOL even my neighbors get to listen and ain’t nun-o’-em close to me.

its gettin’ late, I have to sober up a bit before bed, and guzzle nuff H2O to not be a fuckin mess tomorrow morn.

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