Big doodoo

The Big Four shows may just be the most overhyped thing in the history of metal (anyone who says Metallica are actually more overhyped should cry because they are wrong), but that doesn't stop me from picking apart the setlists for them.

Anthrax

Caught in a Mosh
Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover)
Indians
Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath cover)
Antisocial (Trust cover)
Madhouse
Only
Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
I Am The Law

Not too bad, could do with more off Persistence Of Time, but the main problem is their short slot, which is a bit mean, and should be longer.

Slayer

World Painted Blood
Jihad
War Ensemble
Hate Worldwide
Angel of Death
Dead Skin Mask
Disciple
South of Heaven
Raining Blood

Well that's pretty shit isn't it? Ruined by the high proportion of post Seasons poo.

Metallica

Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fuel
The Four Horsemen
Fade To Black
That Was Just Your Life
Cyanide
Sad But True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
All Nightmare Long
One
Master Of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Stone Cold Crazy (Queen cover)
Hit The Lights
Seek & Destroy

Predictably (and deservedly I say) Metallica get the longest set. Again, another set ruined by early masterpieces being sacrificed for less spectacular newer material.

Megadeth

Holy Wars… The Punishment Due
Hangar 18
Take No Prisoners
Five Magics
Poison Was the Cure
Lucretia
Tornado of Souls
Rust in Peace… Polaris
Headcrusher
Sweating Bullets
Symphony Of Destruction
Peace Sells

Even though Megadeth are probably my least favourite band in the "Big Four" (hate the term), they probably pulled off the most consistent set. Rust In Peace is by far their best work, so it is appropriate that they are playing all of it (apart from Dawn Patrol, which will be sorely missed). They've got the right idea. Although Sweating Bullets and Symphony of Destruction can feck off.

Overall, this news is disappointing. They really shouldn't have played anything post 1990. These shows are supposed to be celebrating the big four of THRASH, not the big four of hard rock or weak attempts at thrash recreation. But then again I don't really care for the whole "Big Four" hype. The "Big Four" is just a convenient term for people who know nothing about thrash, and it excludes so many bands who are just as influential.

Shit nobody cares about 17/6/2010

So... I made a blog. In this I will be rambling about various shit going on in the world that nobody cares about. Because the internet really needs another cynical teenager who thinks people should care about their opinion.

Because economic mishaps make baby Jesus cry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/10334757.stm

Yeah, because the Church knows so much about dealing with money. Oh wait, I forgot, they are actually masterminds behind the most ingenious money making scheme in human history, other than the wars in Afghanistan/Iraq, Christianity. Oh, how unoriginal of me…

It's 1984 mannnnnnnnnnnn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10337961.stm

I’m as liberal as the next smarmy ass 17 year old, but do people really care about being watched by security cameras? Unless of course you’re aboriginal, or from East Anglia, which causes you to have an irrational fear of your soul being captured and given to Theresa May by the wonders of modern technology, I don’t see what there is to worry about. What is the man going to do with grainy images of you walking down to your local Premier? I know this may sound naïve of me, but if you have nothing to hide, why worry about? It seems people just whine about security cameras and "big brother" (as well as all the other assorted clichés) just to have an excuse to whine at the powers that be. Well, I could give you many more significant things to rant about, but that would be boring wouldn’t it?

If these cameras were installed by your local Tesco ultra-megastore I doubt you would really care, but because the guv’ment has done it, it just HAS to be so they can detain you for 7 days and torture you with the works of Glen Benton (reference that only my metal brethren would understand). You are already watched 100 times a day, according to some advert (yes, how consumerist of me), and how many times have you been encountered by an M15 agent whispering in your ear: “I know what you did last night. You bought milk. Full fat. You naughty devil”.

But when these security cameras, god forbid, actually help combat crime, we’ll hopefully forget about these things.

Stereotypical anti-Israel rant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10338199.stm

Now let’s get serious. Some of you may’ve loaded up BBC News to be greeted with the following headline: “Israel cabinet votes to ease Gaza Strip blockade”. “Hooray, about bloody time!” would probably be your first reaction, and now with the knowledge that all is well in the world, you can get back to surfing the internet for inappropriate content. But when reading this article, hopefully some of you would realise the word ‘ease’ is used in a similar manner to saying your erection “eased” a little bit when you noticed a nude Adriana Lima’s (google her) breasts were very slightly unsymmetrical. I mean, it would still be fucking raging wouldn’t it?

Anyway, enough of such crude analogies. So let’s see the amazing humanitarian effort made by the Israelis, which will be applauded by all the talking heads in the West: “The new Israeli-approved product list includes all food items, toys, stationery, kitchen utensils, mattresses and towels”. Ok that’s pretty cool, but what about maybe lifting the damn blockade and all that?

To some of you “in the know”, this may sound reminiscent of the Camp David Summit of 2000, in which Israel was reported by the Western media as being extremely generous in returning some of the land they had been illegally occupying for the last 30 years to the Palestinians, but with a lot of small print in the terms and conditions which allow them to continue the quasi-enslavement of 3 million people. How nice of them. It's like a generic yoot stealing your life savings (which you just happen to be walking to the bank with), and then giving you a few quid back, with the elderly Judge then praising him as "such a nice lad" for doing so, whilst lalvishing him with Waitrose's finest digestive biscuits, or whatever old people are into thesedays. Today’s news seems like a reoccurrence of that case; the Western World will undoubtedly still applaud Israel in their ‘generosity’, even though they are still being tight bastards, and condemn Palestinians if they dare make any more complaints. Why? Because we need father Israel if we want to stay “great”, just like David Cameron needs old people (Sorry golden oldies, but you get on my nerves).

I might just be being overly cynical, because it’s actually great that Israel are allowing all food items to be imported (or so they say), as Gaza has bloody needed far more of them during this blockade. But these “easings” of restrictions have been tried before. When Israel ‘eased’ the blockade in 2008, it wasn’t long before they accused the Palestinians of attempting to smuggle weapons to defend themselves with. This was rather convenient for Israel, it meant they could say “Hey look, we gave you a chance, and look what happened! Looks like we shouldn’t try it again! *coolface*” Don’t be surprised if the same conveniently happens again in the coming weeks/months. The question is, do we really trust Israel? Conclusion: probably not.