Gay Marriage

Lori and I attended a Unitarian Church service today that celebrated the fact that beginning Monday May 17 - gays will be able to marry in Massachusetts. About twenty lesbian couples stood up and told the congregation how long they had been together. It was quite amazing. These woman were not stereotypical lesbians. Many were much older than I ever would have expected. They looked like sweet old grandmothers - in fact they were, but they also had lesbian partners for twenty plus years. In a world with so much hatred, why would we ever dare to outlaw love between two adults.

I must admit that I've had a problem with gay marriage based solely on semantics. Months ago I looked up marriage in the dictionary and it said "the legal union between a man and woman as husband and wife." Now I am ready for that definition to be updated. When so many heterosexual marriages end in divorce -- why not let homosexuals be able to legally marry. Are we afraid that they will do it better?

Fake KISS

Well KISS is doing it again. They are going on tour this summer - but don't fall for it. Last year they toured with someone dressing up as original guitarist Ace Frehley. This summer they've topped that by adding someone pretending to be original drummer Peter Criss. Don't waste your money of this over priced cover band. Paul and Gene, stop the charade!

Metallica Starts Tour

METALLICA kicked off their "Madly In Anger with the World Tour" last night in Arizona. Opening for this leg of the tour are Boston's own GODSMACK. As of yet there are no dates scheduled for New England. Since its been too long since I've seen them last and I'm not willing to wait and see when they'll finally get out here - I'm headed out west to San Francisco to see them Monday March 8th. More..

They have also just launched a new web site http://www.livemetallica.com/ where you can download the audio from each night of the tour.

Another Grammy for Metallica

A big shout out for METALLICA for winning their 7th Grammy Award this past Sunday for 'Best Metal Performance' for St. Anger. The Grammy folks seem to still be trying to make up for giving Jethro Tull the first Metal Grammy instead of Metallica, as METALLICA has won every year since. I'll be seeing them next month in San Francisco. YEAH!

Time for some AF recommendations: Dave Grohl's long incubating all star metal project "Probot" is finally out and is getting raves. It is quite ironic that a guy from Nirvana, the band the pretty much single handily killed off metal, is now paying tribute to it. Also just discovered that one of the best TV shows ever is now available on DVD. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you "Freaks and Geeks".

Patriots Celebration

Because you just can't get enough of a good thing -- more Patriots Super Bowl and Victory Parade photos have been posted.