[QUOTE=Bartender]:eek[font=verdana]:[/font] Nice. In London?

I would really like to see him live, actually. The few live tracks I've heard have been soo cool. I need to get In Tune.., I think :([/QUOTE]

Yep at Brixton Academy, twas very cool. There's a good dvd out of a live show aswell.

Long post / story time:

Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the Windy City in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was his lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good; in fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but also Eddie got special dividends.

For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocities that went on around him.

Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had the best of everything: clothes, cars and a good education. Nothing was withheld, and price was no object. And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was. Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name and a good example.

One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al "Scarface" Capone, clean up his tarnished name and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified.

Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he would ever pay.

Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine. The poem read:

[i]The clock of life is wound but once / And no man has the power / To tell just when the hands will stop, / At late or early hour. Now is the only time you own, / Live, love, toil with a will / Place no faith in time / For the clock may soon be still...[/i]

II:

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.

One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank. He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.

His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet. As he was returning to the mothership he saw something that turned his blood cold: a squadron of Japanese aircraft were speeding their way toward the American fleet.

The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger.

There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes.

Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now-broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault.

He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible and rendering them unfit to fly.

Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction. Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival he reported in and related the event surrounding his return.

The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had destroyed five enemy aircraft.

This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29.

His hometown would not allow the memory of this WWII hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man. So the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, you will see Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.

So what was the point of this?

Butch O'Hare was Easy Eddie's son :eek:

Any favourite songs, by the way?

Six Days and Organ Doner were my songs of the summer.

why the changing of the name of the thread?

Nice story, Antihero :)

[QUOTE=Holyed]Any favourite songs, by the way?

Six Days and Organ Doner were my songs of the summer.[/QUOTE]

I've had a soft spot for Building Steam With a Grain of Salt since I first got Endtroducing. Hard to pick favourites really though.

I'm off for a break - food, drink, that sort of thing - so I'll see you all later.

Interesting story, Jim.

[QUOTE=GurS]why the changing of the name of the thread?[/QUOTE]
It was requested to be changed... it was getting a bit outdated :)

What inspired that story, Jim?

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=315894[/url]
Hey Bartender, this has been reported a few times in site but no one's done anything...basically the threadstarter's posts consist solely of racial slurs and it's inane and offensive :)

[QUOTE=Cain]What inspired that story, Jim?[/QUOTE]

Oh, you know, just me contributing to my spamming ways before I have to take a back seat to more "intellectual" discussion :)

[quote=Med57]Where is SubtleDagger?[/quote]

I was going to guess spring break, but he's been gone for two weeks... maybe he got busy?

Bobo just pwned Dargon's "clan" big-time in the "YOUR deifinition of heavy" thread.

I regret not doing it myself, as they were being this ***-kissing tag team from the very second they posted.

They're pretty pathetic...If you go into the Thrash is Dead thread neither of them could give a good enough reason on anything...yet I'M the poser

[quote=Cain]Bobo pwned Dargon in heavy thread.[/quote]

I read that. Bobo is, what, four years older than Dargon? It probably didn't take much to pwn him, since Jason is such an astute individual.

Dargon and his little clan thing is going to get out of hand I bet.

He calls any one that is respectful to people's musical tastes a "liberal", which I find absurd.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]I read that. Bobo is, what, four years older than Dargon? It probably didn't take much to pwn him, since Jason is such an astute individual.[/QUOTE]

We're all about four years older than Dargon. It shows with his latest venture, with this clan thing.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Dargon and his little clan thing is going to get out of hand I bet.

He calls any one that is respectful to people's musical tastes a "liberal", which I find absurd.[/QUOTE]

He called me one. :lol:

[QUOTE=Cain]He called me one. :lol:[/QUOTE]


Yes, he called me that as well on soulseek multiple times just because I listen to more then just metal and respect peoples opinions, that is if they are being reasonable about it.

I can only imagine what he'd have said if he saw my list of all the genres I've on in iTunes that I posted in that one thread about musical taste. :lol:

When hes about my age (in about about 5 or 6 years) he'll realize, as Bobo said, that he was an immature little boy. I know that my musical taste has changed drastically over the last few years


edit:fixed

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Yes, he called me that as well on soulseek multiple times just because I listen to more then just metal and respect peoples opinions, that is if they are being reasonable about it.[/QUOTE]

Personally, I was a bit surprised by this "clan" thing. Perhaps I shouldn't have been due to Dargon's notoriety, but he's always sounded very knowledgeable before, and somewhat mature. But when he came in here talking about his clan, he seemed every inch the buffoonish gimmick poster.

In my opinion, Eleventeen was the worst thing that happened to him. Everyone backed Dargon up on his extreme hatred for him at the time (which primarily dealt with Eleventeen's fondness for Korn, although I just hated him for being an idiot), so maybe Dargon felt he had liscense to take his stupid "anti-mallcore" crap to an extreme.

[QUOTE=\m/Pete\m/]When hes about my age (about 5 or 6 years) he'll realize, as Bobo said, that he was an immature little boy. I know that my musical taste has changed drastically over the last few years[/QUOTE]

You'd better edit that to say "5 or 6 years from now." :lol:

haha...thanks cain i didnt even see that

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Dargon and his little clan thing is going to get out of hand I bet.

He calls any one that is respectful to people's musical tastes a "liberal", which I find absurd.[/QUOTE]

He probably looked it up in a dictionary and thought, "Hmm, that's a good word to describe things."

You mean an adjective?

"Yeah, one of them things. SODOM 4 LYFE!"

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]He probably looked it up in a dictionary and thought, "Hmm, that's a good word to describe things."

You mean an adjective?

"Yeah, one of them things. SODOM 4 LYFE!"[/QUOTE]


:lol: :lol:


And yes, I was some one close minded and immature when it came to music back in the day, but now I realize how asinine it was to be like that. And I may have been like that in the past, but to inform others to not be like that is better then to continue on saying "we all have our stages like that".

But now, I have matured, my music tastes have changed and I have learned about a thing called respect.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/frozeninshadows/Cartoons_Comics/piratepenguins.gif]omg random army (useless post)[/url]

"Harr !," says the pirate !

Has anyone seen Ring 2 yet??? Is it good???

[QUOTE=btoto]Has anyone seen Ring 2 yet??? Is it good???[/QUOTE]
Sucked a[I]s[/I]s

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314][url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/frozeninshadows/Cartoons_Comics/piratepenguins.gif]omg random army (useless post)[/url]

"Harr !," says the pirate ![/QUOTE]


That ruled.

Where the hell did youn find it?

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]:lol: :lol:


And yes, I was some one close minded and immature when it came to music back in the day, but now I realize how asinine it was to be like that. And I may have been like that in the past, but to inform others to not be like that is better then to continue on saying "we all have our stages like that".

But now, I have matured, my music tastes have changed and I have learned about a thing called respect.[/QUOTE]

'Tis a beautiful thing.

No i havent...i probably wont watch it.

This will probably make me sound like a puss, but the 1st scared me more than anything ever. I dont know what it was, but it got in my head.

I think its cuz i hate movies with people moving all sketchy since i had dreams like that when i was younger