TealaRose

Any time this century would be good.

I do not play guitar... well my BF is trying to teach me the into to SCOM.... not going well.

So don't shoot me if I am totally wrong, but isn't most of GNR's stuff played a half step down?

Oh And I think you need about a million $$$ to buy pedals.

What I want to know is what happened to bands that actually played and sang live, fuck ups and all?

with all the changing seasons of my life maybe I'll get it right next time.

and

If you need a shoulder or if you need a friend, i'll be there standing until the bitter end.

and

I won't be told anymore that I have been brought down in this storm.

Yes there is a law against it, I swear, its the same thing as with doctors and teachers

It is called the confidentiality act up here in Canada and it is the LAW. The only time they can tell anyone anything is if

a. some perv admits to child abuse/pedophelia

b. the patient threatens to seriously harm themselves or anyone else.

Just for the record Axl is NOT nuts. He is bipolar. This is a fact that he admitted to in an interview (that I saw with my own eyes) several years ago. Take it from someone who is in the "know" with this disorder, there are days when getting out of bed is more than you can deal with when you are in a down cycle. When the manic cycles hit you feel like you want to jump out of your own skin and can conquer the world. There is NO happy middle ground for bipolar people. Unless you take serious (put you in a coma) drugs. I am sorry for all of you who had shows cancelled at the last minute ( I was one of those people TWICE in the 2002 tour), but I still say KUDOS to Axl for doing what he has done. He could just as easily said to hell with it and lived out his life in his mansion with his millions of dollars, but he didn't he still continues to write awesome music. Yes his fans are who "made" him a rock star .... but it was Axl and his talents who made us fans. It is a catch 22 situation.

I maintain that I will still buy tickets to any show he schedules and if he goes on stage then lucky me, if he doesn't, well he really doesn't owe me a dam thing.

Further, bipolar people are some of the MOST creative and artistic people born. We have our good days and our bad days. In the end we are just trying to live our lives the best we can given the hand we were dealt.

As for the spirituality thing Axl has going, that too is quite normal for bipolar people. It does get tiresome listening to "conventional doctors" tell you to take this pill take that pill. Oh it makes you so sick you feel like you are going to die. Oh well take them anyway. Slip into a nice little drug induced coma and stop bothering me. Trust me it happens. I have been there, done that, have the t-shirt and the ticket stubs to prove it.

Final note: Please understand bipolar does NOT = crazy!

Rant mode off... sorry for the long post.