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Has anyone?

Is it possible to purchase this online?

Hi ..

This goes out to fans that are living in Japan and those who know how to book tickets for the concert dates in Japan.

I live in Singapore and would like to know if there is a way to book these tickets online or something.

Please help .. would really really love to see GnR perform live!!

Thanks.

it is now 18.30, 21st of November, Tuesday, in Singapore and none of the music shops, HMV, etc. sells Chinese Democracy. I think we've been had!

i think the one of the main reasons why GnR has 3 guitarist is this below, and I can see why because it plays to the strengths of each of the players.

Robin - solos for new songs .. if you observe closely, he plays in most of the solos in the CD songs ..

Fortus - he nails the solos in AFD and UYI songs .. he's good at this

Ron - he provides rythm guitars when the above 2 perform solos .. and sometimes puts more metal/aggresive solo rendition of the old song ...

there you go ..

Hi ..

I noticed that Brain plays all the AFD & UYI songs without cowbells, ie they're noticebly replaced by cymbal rides during songs like Its So Easy, etc.

Did anyone notice whether Frank uses cowbells?

ROCK ON!

I noticed that in Madagascar they have a new keyboard tune overlay .. sounds cool

in The Blues, the beginning is also a little different .. the drums didn't come in where it used to

The short story was posted here one or two weeks ago, in case you want to read it.

Where can I find this 'short story' ?

Here's what I think, breaking them down by instruments:

1. Drums - pretty good by rock n roll standards, but I would have prefered to hear some new types of rythms. NIN's With Teeth untraditionals rythms or Radioheads Kid A album rythms comes to mind. (note: I'm talking about rythms & beats not sound).

2. Bass - here's where I think the band is lacking. The bass is nothing more than providing foundations for rythm, unlike Duff's bass lines where you hooks & melodies can be heard.

3. Rythm Guitars - pretty standard too. I would have preferred chords that moved more, like Izzy's and Keith Richard's. The standard-one-key rythms reminds me more of Metal bands like Metallica or Megadeth.

4. Solo Guitars - pretty cool but every line is rehashes of all other rock bands' solo tunes based on blues. I would have preferred to hear new tunes & hooks.

Update: I've just finished a chapter about Arthur C Clarke's impression of working with Kubrick. He states that Kubrick is one of the most difficult but intelligent person he's ever worked with.

Sounds like what Buckethead would say about Axl.

http://www.stair-of-juno.blogspot.com/

2001 is one of my all time favorite movies, partly because you discover something new at every watch, and party also due to Kubrick's genious and perfectionism (something absent in today's Gen-X directors).

I picked up a 'making of' book of this movie and remember reading something about Kubrick spending over $10m (an astronomical stash of cash in those days), 5 years making it, and sucking all of MGM's resources including all of their stage studios, etc. And one of his collaborators said that if MGM didn't 'force the movie out of Kubrick's hands', he would still be perfecting, editing, reshooting the scenes today (if he were still alive today).

Doesn't that sound like how Axl? And the way he is 'building' his Chinese Democracy?

Well, I hope so .. for the sake of the fans .. let's hear something this year.