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On 3/18/2024 at 8:59 AM, Sisyphus said:

I wouldn't say better than Chinese but certainly not far behind it. What a record Ain't Life Grand is! Far superior to It's Five O'Clock Somewhere for me. I go back and forth whether Contraband or Ain't Life Grand is the best Slash's post GN'R album. I'd lean towards Contraband bacause I absolutely love Scott Weiland but man Rod Jackson was the shit. I wish they had done more together.

Supposedly jackson was difficult to work with, according to slash.

I’ve never read any of the source material, but I did skim through the plots of all 8 main books on Wikipedia, and also watched the previous adaptations from 1984 (including the 1988 extended cut) and 2000 (including the sequel from 2003).

That said, this new 2021/2024 two-parter version blows all of those out of the water. Some of the best cinema ever, as far as I’m concerned. A lot of changes made from the book, but they’re all for the best. If you want to see a book-accurate version though, check out the 2000 miniseries. It looks like shit and the acting is terrible, but it’s the most accurate adaptation. Avoid the Lynch version (either cut) unless you like Lynch.

If you don’t care about book-accuracy though and just want a good movie, then just stick to this new stuff. I’m personally really excited about the adaptation of the next book, Dune Messiah. Not sure how they’re gonna adapt anything after that, though (if they even do). The books get REALLY weird after Messiah. There’s also a prequel show about the origin of the Bene Gesirit sisterhood coming out later this year. Looking forward to that too!

Might go see Weezer later this year

2 hours ago, Rickodez said:

Slash with the self-awareness of a potato just to keep his cartoon look. I would be very conflicted if i was there, Slash is ruining my view at the Oscars, but Slash is sitting in front of me at the Oscars!

I wonder if these days his hat already comes with a bit of hair to look a bit fuller and to have a stronger grip on his head using clips to tie everything together even when he is upside down or if he just wears his hat really really tight.

It definitely comes with extra hair now. He’s been balding since VR.

Slash just played with Ryan Gosling at the Oscar’s (had a feeling he would). Wolf Van Halen was there too.

Compiling those old demos of mine has inspired me to make some more new music: https://nunohenrysilva.bandcamp.com/album/the-orange-e-p 

@CosmoFYI in case you’re still interested.

Dune 2 is my new favorite film of the decade.

I just released another album of old demos I had lying around (a "sequel" to my album from last month): https://nunohenrysilva.bandcamp.com/album/scrapbook-ii
 

@Cosmo figured I’d tag you since you enjoyed my last release ^^^

1.This I Love, 2.I.R.S., 3.Better, 4.There Was a Time, 5.Sorry, 6.Prostitute, 7.Perhaps, 8.If the World, 9.Hard Skool, 10.Street of Dreams, 11.Shackler’s Revenge, 12.Madagascar (the audio collage part ruins it for me), 13.Oh My God, 14.Absurd, 15.Riad N’ the Bedouins (would be higher without the intro), 16.Chinese Democracy (same thing), 17.Catcher in the Rye (Brian May demo was much better), 18.The General (remind me to never listen to Baz again), 19.Scraped

Monsters would be somewhere in the Top 10, but I’m leaving it off since it’s not officially released (yet). Not sure where other stuff like Atlas or SoG would land. Need to hear the final versions of those first (assuming they even exist).

5 hours ago, Cosmo said:

Some pretty cool ideas there, dude!

Thanks!

I’m slowly starting to get back into music, so I compiled a bunch of old instrumental demos of mine into a new album called Scrapbook:

https://nunohenrysilva.bandcamp.com/album/scrapbook
 

Enjoy.

Remember when slash did the Super Bowl with the black eyed peas and they made him play the SCOM riff and wear a glitter suit/hat? I’m still trying to bleach that night from my brain, 13 years later…

1 hour ago, Rindmelon said:

Aside from individual members playing at sports based stuff like Slash doing US national anthem, DJ doing the same (but not as good) & Mellissa & Brain, I don't think GNR have ever done something at a sporting event of any kind, and if they had wanted to the time to do it would have been 2016 I think. So I doubt it.

They did a pre-Super Bowl thing with Snoop Dogg in 2020, but it wasn’t televised.

It puts the lotion in the basket or else it gets the hose again…

16 hours ago, DeNfr said:

a little disappointed that he didn't shit on Ashba 

He did say that the only guitarist he got along with the entire time was Finck, so he did shit on Ashba indirectly (and everyone else, for that matter).

Whats interesting is that Slash, Duff, Matt, and now Stinson have either directly or indirectly shat on Paul Tobias. That dude must be really difficult to get along with…

It’d be funny if Chris Chainey really does end up being the new bassist for a few reasons:

1.Just like Axl and Matt Laug, he’s also worked with Slash in the past (for the 2010 album).

2.When Taylor Hawkins first recruited him for Alanis Morrisette’s band way back in 1995, he didn’t even like rock, and now he’s about to join the biggest rock band of them all.

3.Duff almost got this gig instead it seems, and he and Duff both had stints in Jane’s Addiction.

13 minutes ago, EvanG said:

Yeah, I think most nights they only did one song off of I’m With You, but at least they mixed it up. Raindance Maggie, Look Around, Ethiopia, Factory Of Faith and Did I Let You Know all got rotated during the The Getaway tour. Shame they never did Monarchy Of Roses anymore. I love that song.

Exactly. I bet if Josh never got fired, the only Getaway songs they’d be playing still now are Dark Necessities and Goodbye Angels anyways, and maybe others like Dreams of a Samurai and Encore on occasion.

13 minutes ago, EvanG said:

I don’t think many people would disagree that John isn’t the best fit. They created a musical language with him and no one can compete with that. Not even a great guitarist like Dave Navarro or an allround musician like Josh Klinghoffer. That doesn’t mean everything they do with John turns into gold and there are some people who prefer the songs they did with Josh over the last two records with John, which are not bad, but sound somewhat uninspiring. 
 

Plus, it’s shitty they ignore I’m With You and The Getaway and are back to ignoring One Hot Minute. At least Josh got them to play Aeroplane.

To be fair, by the time they were touring The Getaway, they already weren’t playing as many I’m With You songs. When I saw them in 2017, the only IWY song they did was Raindance Maggie, if I recall correctly.

I agree that it was cool of them to bring back Aeroplane around that time, though, and it’d be nice if John played at least one Josh song out of respect. I think John is a much better fit for the band chemistry-wise, but I do miss all of Josh’s teases of the deep cuts.

Both new RHCP albums hit #1 on the charts and the tour was very successful. So at least from a financial standpoint, the RHCP reunion was not a “failure.”

Faith No More’s reunion run from 2009-2016 was also good. Great live shows where they performed a lot of deep cuts, and a solid new album. Shame that the 2020-2022 tour plans fell apart due to Covid, and Patton’s issues. Sounds like FNM is done for real this time :/

4 minutes ago, -W.A.R- said:

Would be cool if Axl replaced Brian, Slash replaced Angus, and they brought in Izzy to play rhythm.

They’re already using a drummer from Slash’s Snakepit, and Axl has already replaced Brian before, so might as well…

It’s only been a few days, and I think I already give up on dating again. I genuinely think I’m happier alone (however weird that may seem).

Maybe first single in March?