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What is Mayweather's problem? Seriously.

Homosexuality.

Manny Paq agreed to a 60-40 split. Manny agreed to the drug testing.

Why is Floyd so opposed to making the fight of the decade?

Power game bullshit and an unhealthy obssession with making people look small in comparison to him. Degrading people and making them look foolish, making them clamour after him and hang on him to make a desicion. It just so happens he does it the most with Governor Emmanuel because he's the biggest threat to him, on every level, in terms of popularity, legacy, the real actual threat of getting his arse handed to him (which i don't think he will), all these things put together.

Word is that it's HBO that's the holdup. They don't need Pac-Floyd this year the way CBS/Showtime does.

Interview made for the french Slash forum The Pit

Niko : Who is the rythm guitarist with whom you enjoyed the most when recording?

Slash : I would have to say for a 2 guitar team, Izzy sounds the most interesting at the end of the day.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slash-cant-remember-current-guns-n-roses-guitarist-dj-ashbas-name/

Hmm,

During Appetite..., Lies and Use Your... I had to put up with Izzy the whole time. I never liked playing with him. It was wonderful to escape him on this record. It sounds tighter and so much cooler than anything we've done before. I always got irritated over Izzy's way of playing. It didn't sound right. Before "Spaghetti", we erased his guitar and Gilby put on a new one. It sounded perfect!

- Slash, Okej November? 1993, http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=13.

I've said this before but I've never bought that older Slash interview as legit. It doesn't sound like Slash's "voice", and doesn't even match up with other interviews where he was critical of Izzy.

He was using at the time and towing the company line

I'm not saying he wasn't critical of Izzy during that time. That one particular interview however has stuck out to me because it just doesn't seem like Slash's "voice". Whether that's due to translation difficulties or the interviewer going into business for himself is up to interpretation.

Interview made for the french Slash forum The Pit

Niko : Who is the rythm guitarist with whom you enjoyed the most when recording?

Slash : I would have to say for a 2 guitar team, Izzy sounds the most interesting at the end of the day.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slash-cant-remember-current-guns-n-roses-guitarist-dj-ashbas-name/

Hmm,

During Appetite..., Lies and Use Your... I had to put up with Izzy the whole time. I never liked playing with him. It was wonderful to escape him on this record. It sounds tighter and so much cooler than anything we've done before. I always got irritated over Izzy's way of playing. It didn't sound right. Before "Spaghetti", we erased his guitar and Gilby put on a new one. It sounded perfect!

- Slash, Okej November? 1993, http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=13.

I've said this before but I've never bought that older Slash interview as legit. It doesn't sound like Slash's "voice", and doesn't even match up with other interviews where he was critical of Izzy.

Gonna call Obama.

Should have been part of the IRS chorus.

Ha ha. I like IRS, it's kinda catchy. I know the chorus is a bit corny but I still like it.

It's one of the songs on the album I kinda like too. I just every time it gets to the chorus.

I think people are too hard on the IRS chorus myself. Just because something's simple that doesn't make it bad. Unless we're prepared to shit on "My Sharona" or "She Loves You", in which case I will simply say good day.

My reaction would be "I get it. Thanks for the memories."

I thought it was funny enough. Think certain people might be getting a little defensive. It's just poking a little fun. My favourite point was the continuous lines about jumping through the cake, the lines about Seymour licking the cake knife and "wedding ring stolen by asshole bass player".

Shit, there was a decent fight on last night in Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado, did you catch it?

That was brutal. Should have let Alvarado keep his guns IMO.

I have assurances from JB that this is a genuine interview and that all information reported within can be taken on good faith.

It's easy to be skeptical (if not cynical) about news on such matters, but the interview should considered valid unless proven otherwise.

He is fuckin´with you. Think, a woman who needed translation for the interview wouldn´t be working in big Vegas Hotel Casino if she can´t speak English.

And at the end of the interview when she says "Axl told us..." Well if she doesn´t understand English she can´t possiby know what Axl said. Unless someone translated to her. If that´s the case Axl never told her anything. I can´t imagine that kind of dialogue with a translator in the middle.

Usually the maids don't speak English.

Dude we´re not talking about a house. This is a very important Vegas Hotel. Besides she says she has been in the U.S. since 1991. And she doesn´t speak English?

I'm guessing you don't go to hotels much.

He was in Montreal playing for the first time since the riot. People don't know why the riot happened (other than Axl is a suck etc) He was referring to the fact that the fans deserve the truth about what happened but can't say it right now.

Axl has never said what happened, other band members gave a view of it and of course Metallica did as well.

Alot of things happened that night that was never public. Perhaps it is to this day in litigation, maybe that is why he can't say?

You think something like that is still being litigated almost 25 years after the fact? I know the wheels of justice move slow, but c'mon.

When Axl said the truth would come out about the Montreal riot, what did he mean? Didn't he walk off complaining off voice problems and was seen backstage drinking champagne & smoking?

When did he say that?

At some gig last year or year before.

Montreal 2010, skip to 45 seconds in:

Thanks. Wonder what he means.

That's really interesting. I wish he stopped making those stupid hints or suggestions and spoke open language instead

All of his fuck-ups seem to have a "wait until the real truth comes out!" element to them that inevitably never gets told.

You asked for fat Olympians; I gave them to you.

Except for the part where you didn't.

And why do I call them fat? Because: if they were walking down the street in normal clothes, most people would consider them fat and judge them accordingly.

So you admit it has little to nothing to do with them being actually fat?

If they went to a doctor with that heigh and weight and the doctor knew nothing about them, they'd get the "fat person lecture."

What kind of doctor would not ask about things like athletic background?

So again, sitting there and saying that "diet and exercise" are the magic bullets is bullshit.

No, it isn't. Except for the rare medical conditions, people who are overweight that change their diet and put effort into exercise lose weight and become healthier. I'm shocked anyone would even argue this point.

And I in no way endorsed BMI; I pointed out a flaw. Unfortunately BMI is used as a general measure of health and weight, and it was never intended to be used that way. It's not an accurate measure of anything. Point remains, though, that doctors, insurance companies et al will use it as such; when one looks at athletes' BMI it's clear how inaccurate it is as a benchmark.

There's so much contradictory in there that I have literally no idea what you're trying to say.

Every time you sit there and accuse someone of being a "fat apologist" for bringing up the complexities of obesity and weight gain, - and also pointing out that it's possible to be athletic and large - you contribute to ignorance and prejudice. Period. End of discussion.

Having a large frame doesn't equal fat. If you're athletic and have muscle underneath, you're not obese. There's no ignorance and no prejudice. There's also no conflating of two completely different things. Unless you're convinced the average NFL O-lineman is the same as Monty Python's Mr. Creosote, in which case is (again) completely disingenuous.

You're taking on more water here than Gunga Din.

but his weight does show a lot about his character in that it shows he does not give a shit about his well-being and fitness. Likely directly contributes to his lack of effort, lack of energy, and degradation of his voice.

Except that there are about a million things that contribute to weight gain that have absolutely fucking nothing to do about "giving a shit about well-being and fitness." There are "fit and fat" people (like some professional baseball and football players...are you going to tell a guy who plays a professional sport that he doesn't care about fitness?). There are people who are fat because they are taking medications that are obesigenic. Prednisone is a huge one, and is given to a lot of singers to cut down inflammation in their throats. There are people who are fat because they have some sort of illness that slows down their metabolism and bloats them up, like lupus, forms of cancer, PCOS, insulin resistance, etc. There are those who are fat because they have another illness or injury that stops them from exercising. There are people who have food addiction (which should really be treated with the same compassion and understanding that we give to narcotics or alcohol addiction, but we don't...we would never tell an alcoholic "hey, just drink less" and expect it to stick, but we will tell a food addict "just eat less" without offering any other help). There are people who are fat because they are depressed or have another psych issue and use it as a coping mechanism.

And yeah, there are also people who are fat because they sit on their asses and eat too much, but the point is, given all of the above, when you look at an overweight person you have no bloody idea what their deal is.

Don't be a fat apologist. Diet and exercise works for pretty much everybody without a glandular issue.

I'm not being a fat apologist. I'm actually educated and have worked with people with all sorts of eating disorders. There are plenty of medical journals that back it up, as well. Anyone who has the opinion you do has no idea what they're talking about. If diet and exercise work for everyone, please explain why some Olympic and professional athletes, who train for six hours a day or more, are fat and perform at the top of their game.

I'm actually well-educated on the topic, but thank you. Point me to the fat olympians please.

EDIT: After saying that, I have a weird feeling you'll post pictures of female powerlifters. But we both know that's disingenuous, so this is my pre-emptive strike.

The opinion you have that diet and exercise are the magic bullet for almost everyone and your use of the term "glandular disorder" (which hasn't been used for what, 30 years?) are all I need to know to tell me that you really don't know anything valid about this. Again, it doesn't explain how so many baseball/football/cricket etc. players are heavy and play professional sports, does it?

Male and female power lifting are valid sports and those athletes train for hours every day, but you can also Google boxers, basketball players, baseball players, judo competitiors, cricket players and come up with plenty of players who are overweight. Look up just about any Olympic judo competition on YouTube or Google; they competition categories for judo go so high that a 154lb woman or a 198lb man would only be considered a middleweight. http://www.olympic.org/judo Swimmer Leisel Jones wasn't so svelte in 2012. Let's see...plenty of track and field folks, like Jillian Camera-Williams and Reese Hoffa, too.

Also, there have been studies done that if we're looking at BMI, many top level athletes are technically considered obese because BMI is just a straight height/weight calculation and does not take muscle mass, which is heavier than fat, into consideration. http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/obese-olympians

You criticize me for being out of date with using glandular, but you bring up BMI? Okie dokie.

Also, I'm willing to be everything I have that I have more experience training judo than you do. Cherry-picking weight class names or judokas from Guam do nothing to prove your point. Neither does classifying shot-putters as "track and field". Shot put is a straight strength sport. You need to be large to heave a giant steel ball that far. The fact that you classify them as fat while discounting the muscle it takes once again proves that you're simply out of your depth here.

Large frame does not equal fat. A guy that has powerlifted his entire life can wear the wrong shirt and look like a fat guy. That doesn't automatically discount his efforts. Compare that with "couch fat", and we're talking about two completely different animals.

I'm sure you're a very nice person, but you're just wrong on this one.

but his weight does show a lot about his character in that it shows he does not give a shit about his well-being and fitness. Likely directly contributes to his lack of effort, lack of energy, and degradation of his voice.

Except that there are about a million things that contribute to weight gain that have absolutely fucking nothing to do about "giving a shit about well-being and fitness." There are "fit and fat" people (like some professional baseball and football players...are you going to tell a guy who plays a professional sport that he doesn't care about fitness?). There are people who are fat because they are taking medications that are obesigenic. Prednisone is a huge one, and is given to a lot of singers to cut down inflammation in their throats. There are people who are fat because they have some sort of illness that slows down their metabolism and bloats them up, like lupus, forms of cancer, PCOS, insulin resistance, etc. There are those who are fat because they have another illness or injury that stops them from exercising. There are people who have food addiction (which should really be treated with the same compassion and understanding that we give to narcotics or alcohol addiction, but we don't...we would never tell an alcoholic "hey, just drink less" and expect it to stick, but we will tell a food addict "just eat less" without offering any other help). There are people who are fat because they are depressed or have another psych issue and use it as a coping mechanism.

And yeah, there are also people who are fat because they sit on their asses and eat too much, but the point is, given all of the above, when you look at an overweight person you have no bloody idea what their deal is.

Don't be a fat apologist. Diet and exercise works for pretty much everybody without a glandular issue.

I'm not being a fat apologist. I'm actually educated and have worked with people with all sorts of eating disorders. There are plenty of medical journals that back it up, as well. Anyone who has the opinion you do has no idea what they're talking about. If diet and exercise work for everyone, please explain why some Olympic and professional athletes, who train for six hours a day or more, are fat and perform at the top of their game.

I'm actually well-educated on the topic, but thank you. Point me to the fat olympians please.

EDIT: After saying that, I have a weird feeling you'll post pictures of female powerlifters. But we both know that's disingenuous, so this is my pre-emptive strike.

but his weight does show a lot about his character in that it shows he does not give a shit about his well-being and fitness. Likely directly contributes to his lack of effort, lack of energy, and degradation of his voice.

Except that there are about a million things that contribute to weight gain that have absolutely fucking nothing to do about "giving a shit about well-being and fitness." There are "fit and fat" people (like some professional baseball and football players...are you going to tell a guy who plays a professional sport that he doesn't care about fitness?). There are people who are fat because they are taking medications that are obesigenic. Prednisone is a huge one, and is given to a lot of singers to cut down inflammation in their throats. There are people who are fat because they have some sort of illness that slows down their metabolism and bloats them up, like lupus, forms of cancer, PCOS, insulin resistance, etc. There are those who are fat because they have another illness or injury that stops them from exercising. There are people who have food addiction (which should really be treated with the same compassion and understanding that we give to narcotics or alcohol addiction, but we don't...we would never tell an alcoholic "hey, just drink less" and expect it to stick, but we will tell a food addict "just eat less" without offering any other help). There are people who are fat because they are depressed or have another psych issue and use it as a coping mechanism.

And yeah, there are also people who are fat because they sit on their asses and eat too much, but the point is, given all of the above, when you look at an overweight person you have no bloody idea what their deal is.

Don't be a fat apologist. Diet and exercise works for pretty much everybody without a glandular issue.

Yeah, it would be cool if Axl weren't a total fucking douchebag to his fans. That would be great.

How is he a douchebag to his fans?

Oh dude. This is not the hill to die on.

Estranged didn't come off as "surreal" or "out there" though. Just pompous and overblown.

This is like seeing someone that looks kind of like a friend of yours, then accusing them of being identical twins.

The timing of BBF's new solo album could also be due to his songwriting contributions not being used on a forthcoming album too, i.e. 'fuck you then, I'll put them out myself'.

That sounds oddly familiar.....

On topic, I believe kaneda if he says he was told a new album this year. But if the timeline matches up that he was told by Dizzy, well that really doesn't mean much to me. I'd be shocked if Dizzy learned about a release date before it was released to the media.

how would a band member knowing about a release date for an album by his band before the media does shock you?

Because it's Dizzy and like the other tertiary members of the band, he seems completely clueless about what happens before it happens.

right, silly me for thinking that axl, dj, dizzy, and richard know anything about new music. they're only band members afterall, i'm sure forum members know a lot more.

Point out where I said that. And seriously, if you want to cupcake - you need to up your game, kid.

What gimmick is WFA running now? I've lost track.

On topic, I believe kaneda if he says he was told a new album this year. But if the timeline matches up that he was told by Dizzy, well that really doesn't mean much to me. I'd be shocked if Dizzy learned about a release date before it was released to the media.

how would a band member knowing about a release date for an album by his band before the media does shock you?

Because it's Dizzy and like the other tertiary members of the band, he seems completely clueless about what happens before it happens.

On topic, I believe kaneda if he says he was told a new album this year. But if the timeline matches up that he was told by Dizzy, well that really doesn't mean much to me. I'd be shocked if Dizzy learned about a release date before it was released to the media.

Maybe he didn't sign the prenup under duress.

Perla made it known that she wouldn't be coming to the altar if Slash tried to push the pre-nup through and held the wedding hostage until Slash gave in.

Source?

Couple of things:

-DJ did a good thing by taking time to get some hungry people some food

-DJ comes off like a douche for filming and editing that video to come off as it did

-The ALS ice bucket challenge raised over $100M, anyone that bitches about it deserves a pop in the sneeze bump

-SoulMonster (who I usually enjoy) comes off as douchier than DJ in this thread

Thanks, but my contributions to this thread have all been sarcastic.

That was painfully obvious.

Tim Sylvia retires after being denied a license to fight... at a whopping 371lbs! Crazy!

They had to bring in a cattle scale to weigh him because the commission's scale only went to 350. Not even joking.

ALS really THAT important? When half of the African continent didn't get enough drinking water or food?

God, you people are so naive as fuck

So, you're bitching that people didn't donate to the cause of your preference?

As an aside, you should stop using words like naive if you don't know what they mean.