Among my very favorite songs, sung by two of my favorite singers:
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I’m probably in the minority, but George was my favorite Beatle.
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So moving. Very talented men.
The song that came up next on the auto was Tom Petty. Just as talented.
This one gets me every time. The little movie/video is kinda fun to watch.
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Going in a different direction, the Black Pumas never disappoint.
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Interesting to see Paul take the higher melody in Artie’s abcense.
Also Paul is underrated as a picker. George is no slouch as a player, but stayed with double/triple pick strokes.
The JT that followed was mana from heaven.
Great site sir.
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The new Panopticon album “Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet” is a truly stunning piece of work. I can’t quite find the best words to describe it, so I’ll just steal a paragraph from Angry Metal Guy’s review instead.
*Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet’*s conclusiveness is tangible, its every note suffused with nostalgia and closure—even opener, “Woodland Caribou,” feels like a resolution. Drums boil and crash with anguish, tremolos are effervescent with feeling, and strings are more prominent and more stirring than ever before. But even in its finality of reprising themes and devastating climaxes, Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet reveals that everything does not truly end after all. With a chorus of guest vocalists, Austin Lunn tells a story of a life coming to a close in chapters that reflect not only on one person’s experiences, but those of a culture and a wilderness extending beyond them. It’s the most immediate Panopticon has ever been: lacking any preamble, moving faster and with assured ardour through every blackened arc, reaching deeper into your soul with every singing string refrain. Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet sees an infusion of characteristic folk, black metal, and magical atmosphere in a way that’s at once so heart-wrenchingly intimate and viscerally overwhelming it can hardly be described as less than perfection.
My only minor gripe is that the vocals sometimes feel a little too low in the mix, but that could be an intentional choice to highlight the musicianship (which is incredible). This album has already jumped to the top spot on my “Best of” list for 2026.
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Currently headed into my first show at the 4-day Maryland Deathfest. Wish me luck, y’all.
Most excited to see these guys for the first time on Saturday.
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Somebody just got knocked the hell out. 
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There were a couple of these aholes tonight. They were…dealt with rather quickly.
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While Death Metal is not my cup of tea, I will certainly put it ahead of Techno, Gangsta Rap, most Pop, and Pop County . I certainly admire your passion and knowledge of that genre. I took a ride over to the Maryland Deathfest website and got a kick out of the creative band names. My personal favorites were Hemorrhoid, ■■■■■■■■■■ Maesmatic Necrosis, and Witch Vomit ( My favorite).
That being said, have a blast and stay safe !
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Torsofu€k
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Yeah, the names are are often completely ridiculous (and highly amusing and/or offensive).
I’m mostly bugged at that last one though because it means I can’t buy this year’s festival shirt that lists all the band names on it. Mrs SkinyUte would definitely not approve wearing it around the house.
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Yeah, back in the 1980s when I’d attend punk concerts at venues like Alice’s, the Speedway and the Indian Center, we’d have modest but energetic mosh pits. The general “rule”, if there was such a thing, was to keep your arms down, only using them in a defensive fashion. Is that GIF presenting what mosh pits are supposed to look like today? That’s terrifying. I was just a small teenager back in the mid-80s, and would have been demolished in an environment like that.
As an aside, stage diving was also a frequent perk at those shows, but only if the crowd was big enough to handle such activites. I remember one time I tried an ill-advised stage dive into a crowd of about 12-15 widely spaced moshers, and was only saved at the last moment when my much bigger and stronger pal saw me plunging head first towards the cement floor, and quickly reached out and caught me with his arm around my waste. That was a moment I’ll never forget!
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Depends on what kind of show you go to. At any “core” show (hardcore, metalcore, deathcore, etc), for sure. Which is why I avoid the core kid shows like the plague.
Death metal shows, absolutely not. You’ll typically get checked by the 6’4” Viking in the pit (there’s always a 6’4” Viking in the pit) if you try pulling that crap. Which is exactly what happened last night. The two guys doing that got yoinked out pretty quickly by a couple of massive dudes and didn’t come back.
Don’t see much stage diving anymore, unless it’s a really small venue show. There’s typically a gap between the stage and the front barrier, which is where security stands to catch the crowd surfers. Which, I may add, are the bane of every concert’s existence. I’ve had way more injuries from crowd surfers coming down unexpectedly on my head than I ever have from a mosh pit.
Crowd surfers should all get punched in the dick.
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Back in the heady 1980s, stage diving was pretty regular, as there was literally no barrier to the stage. I remember the singers of the bands often doing stage dives, which was always amusing. In one particular instance, my buddy and I were actually crouched down over on the corner of the stage at Alice’s when Youth of Today was playing a show in 1987. We were rather vociferously singing along to one of the songs when Ray Cappo, the singer, looked over and then proceeded to hand me the microphone. After that, he dove off into the mosh pit and disappeared into it, leaving me to sing the rest of the song. That was my most glorious moment as a “punk rock star”. Afterwards, Ray sat down with me and my pals and gave us an interview for a crude little fanzine we were publishing. Good times!
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