I’m gonna be on DVD!

Yes, I know what you're thinking - I've already been on DVD. I've played 'speck in the crowd' on a couple of discs, including Deep Purple's Total Abandon. I had that beautiful 'hair flowing in the wind' full-frame close up on Paicey's Not for the Pro's. It's also possible that I'll be on the Wacken 2006 DVD, we'll see when I can get my hands on that one.

Now it seems I may be able to get my face on TV again, in possibly my most controversial role yet:

From justsayrock.com.au...

"We are honoured to advise you that both Marduk and Just Say Rock have agreed and decided to film the band performing live in Australia. To ensure that METAL will never be censored in any way at all, the Friday 17th August Melbourne show will be filmed and later officially released on DVD. Would be great to have the title something like; "Marduk - The CONTROVERSIAL Australian Tour LIVE 2007", but that's just our opinion!"

Woo!

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If you don’t like it... FUCK OFF!

From fasterlouder.com.au...

"Marduk have never before been to Australia, and every time they try to get here, something gets in their way. In the latest chain of events, a great deal of controversy has arisen as the band touched down in Australia..."

From justsayrock.com.au...

"Although we are restricted in detailing all events surrounding this matter, we will, and we feel obliged to inform you all on the CONTROVERSY surrounding MARDUK'S entry into AUSTRALIA.

Due to massive external powers, there was a mini lobby group set up to ensure that MARDUK not be allowed into the country and perform their shows as outlined for their tour. There was pressure coming from conservative groups, religious groups, politicians and certain Government Ministers*. All these groups banded together to try and stop MARDUK getting into Australia - THEY FAILED!

The extent of the drama and pressure placed on Just Say Rock and MARDUK was, at times, unbearable. The obstacles we were both made to overcome were completely unrealistic and incomprehensible. Never once did either party stray from the path and all either party wanted to do was bring what promises to be a great show from one of the biggest Black Metal bands in the world to Australia. All MARDUK wants to do is perform in Australia. All we at Just Say Rock wanted to do is make sure that every fan of the band, every fan of METAL, and in the end, for every fan of music in general, be given the opportunity to see live music in Australia..."


To all those who would try and stop MARDUK (or Snoop Dogg, or whoever) from visiting this country, let's make a deal... If you don't like it, don't go. They're not coming to play in your house, you don't have to see them. Just stay at home, sit there and look stupid. When Billy Joel comes out I promise I won't try and stop you from seeing him.


See ya at Marduk, or if not probably see ya at Darkzone the next night for Nick's party. After seeing Marduk, I'm gonna be a killing machine... Good luck.
Rhys.

(*These groups are now ON NOTICE)

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Islam vs Christianity

Haven't blooged... Uh, blogged... in yonks and ages so here's a debate between Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell: Islam vs Christianity...

Colbert: Tonight's topic, Islam versus Christianity - which is right?

Carell: Islam.

Colbert: Christianity

Carell: Is-LAAAAAAAA-LALALALALAM! There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet. Stephen?

Colbert: Steve, this debate is about religion, lets discuss it rationally. Now, think about it, if you were God would you manifest your divine glory to a shepherd in a cave in Saudi Arabia in the 7th Century, or as the son of a carpenter in a manger in Judea in the year zero? Come on, use your mind!

Carell: Stephen, what part of "there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet" don't you understand? Look, lets assume for the sake of argument that your God is the one true God. That would mean that Allah is not the one true God, which we know he is. Don't you see, your logic eats itself!

Colbert: First off, it's not my logic, Steve, it's God's logic, as written in the Bible, every word of which is true. And we know every word is true because the Bible says that the Bible is true, and if you remember from earlier in this sentence every word of the Bible is true! Now, are you following me here, or are you some kind of mindless zealot?

Carell: You know, there is one way of settling this.

Colbert: Crusade!

Carell: Alright, there are 2 ways of settling this. The one I was thinking of, a pray-off. You pray to your God, and I will pray to mine, and we will see which one of us gets smited.

Colbert: Great, lets do it!

Carell: Is your God ready?

Colbert:My God was born ready. Or….er….not so much born as begotten, not made, as one with the father, ready.

Carell: Alright, on your mark. Get set. Pray.

(Praying ensures)

Colbert: Done!

Carell: Nooo-no-no-no-no, I-I am, I am done too, and I appear to be unsmoted!

Colbert: Yeah, for now, but let me tell you, when you die and go to hell, you're going to wish you weren't dead!

Carell: Hmm….interesting. Now am I going to be doing that after I go to paradise to join my bevy of spotless virgins for all eternity? You know, 'cos I want to give them the heads up where I am going for E-TER-NITY!

Jon Stewart: Guys, er….I'm sorry, I just starting to think that this religion thing, we're not going to settle it in 3 minutes, so, if you can just wrap it up and find some common ground, that would be great.

(Colbert and Carell look at Jon. Then they turn around and start thinking)

Colbert: Hmm….

Carell: Hmm….

Carell: Maybe the Jew is right….

(Laughter)

Colbert: Yeah….maybe so….which is funny 'cos normally I don't care for Jews.

Carell: We don't either.

Colbert: Really?

Carell: We seem to find them kinda….scheming.

Colbert: We're very big on that too!

Carell: Really?!

Colbert: Yes!

Carell: Heh-heh-heh. We're not so different after all!

Both laugh and grab hands, then suddenly stop laughing and glare at Jon Stewart.

PS - Friday 29th at the Tote, come see some dirty, filthy metal bands. Possibility of going to Amber Lounge afterwards for a bit of a dance... Or whatever everyone wants to do.

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Frodo's from Sunday

First up, I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to all that have helped me with my campaign so far. We've done an awesome job so far, and money is still coming in steadily. We've got $1,500 so far, and it's looking like we'll crack 2k before all's said and done. So thanks a lot, without you guys I'm just a jerk who cut his hair off.

We had a great day at the shave on Sunday. Great turn out, and Jesus only sent a little rain. We all got caught up in the spirit of the day, and ended up shaving three other heads along with my own.




Just chillin'.




Rhys with hair.




Tate the barber.




Hey, that's not too bad.




A couple of Harry Hardasses.




We're gonna go camping...


I'm not minding the new look, but it's one day later and I have stubble already. I don't know how Stone Cold does it, he must shave his whole head every morning... So yeah, thanks again to everyone, you're awesome.

See ya when I'm lookin' at ya!

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WORLD'S GREATEST SHAVE

SHAVE IS THIS SUNDAY

2pm onwards
5 Valley Road, Seville.

(for those of you in the Ringwood/Croydon area just follow Maroondah Hwy through Lilydale, and turn Right onto Warburton Hwy as you're heading out of Lilydale. Just follow the Warby straight for 10k's and you're in Seville. Left at the roundabout, stay left as the road splits and the first street on the right is our street - Valley road.)

Hope to see you there.






For those who don't know, my little bro has leukemia. He's doing alright, he's a little trooper - but he's bald as a lemon.

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A Question of Conscience

Hey gang, what's news?

I recently visited the website of the good people at Moribund Death Cult, in search of some new "Weapons to herd the feeble sheep of Christ" (that's what the MDC people call CD's). I'll just start by saying that this music is the real grim stuff, you can't get it at JB, you can't even get it at Metal Mayhem - so I really need Moribund, who make it pretty easy and even inexpensive to get this stuff.

Anyway, lets just say I'm impressed. They have an awesome range, great prices, fast delivery, the staff switched on and the whole store has a gimmick that makes it really fun to use. They even sent me out a free sampler CD.

What they also sent me though, is a CD with an invoice that says someone else has paid for it. Now curiosity got the better of me and I chucked it into the CD player for a listen - and it's fricken awesome!


The question is do I keep it or send it back?? Initial reaction is of course to keep it, but let's look at the pro's and con's.

PRO's:
I got an awesome CD for free.
I get turned onto a band I probably never would have heard of otherwise.
I can now help the scene by spreading word of this band on to others.
Sending it back to the US is gonna cost me a few $$.

CON's:
Someone has paid for this CD and won't get it.

Now when old Rupert Tingle, or whoever actually ordered this CD, emails MDC saying he never got it, they're gonna look it up and say "Yeah, we sent it out to... Oh shit, wrong address. We sent it to Rhys by accident!"

Then they're gonna know I'm a dishonest bastard who steals CD's - and I don't know if they'd do this, but I need them more than they need me and they could blacklist me... I guess I could come up with an honest-sounding alias and continue to order from them.  "Hi, my name is Trustworthy Jones, and I'd like to order..."

So please give me your thoughts - to return the CD or not to return?

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Opening the Black Book

Opening the Black Book

Monday, first day of sin
Tuesday, knocked me back
Wedneday, close the feeding hand
Thursday, a day to sin again
Friday shall decide
Fail me on Saturday
And try to cross a burning bridge

3 days left...

I know I'm right
Is he insane?
Tripping over mountains
But he's got problems

This is a Godless country
And I don't believe in Spanish people
This is my gift
To a girl named Delta

3 days left...
But he's got problems

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Valhalla! Deliverance!...

With nothing better to write about, I'm just gonna reply to a few quizzes and junk that have come my way recently.

FINISH THE SENTENCES (From Brad):

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss...
was too long ago

2. I am listening to...
And Then There Was Silence!

3. I talk...
when I've got nothing better to do.

4. I love...
Theatrics.

5. My best friend...
Is just a phone call away.

6. My first real kiss...
was an awkard affair outside P-Block at Norwood.

8. I hate it when people ask....
me to carry a slab of Vic to their car, to find hubby sitting in the car drinking... Get your own f*cking beer, don't waste my time.

9. Love is...
All.

10. Marriage is...
A long way away.

11. Somewhere, someone is thinking...
"Hey, wha' happened?"

12. I'll always...
be a jerk.

13. I have a secret crush...
on a girl named Delta.

14. The last time I cried was because...
My sody was too cold and my teef hurt.

15. My cell phone is...
battered.

16. When I wake up early in the morning...
I tug.

17. Before I go to bed I...
tug again.

18. Right now I am thinking about...
How I had so much fun at Blind Guardian on Saturday night ("You guys can finish the song, but we're all gonna keep singing - VALHALLA! DELIVERANCE!...")

19. Babies are...
precious. They have soft spots on their heads.

20. I get on Myspace...
to check on all my dogs.

21. Today...
I intend to finish the Silverchair video I'm working on.

22. Tonight I will...
(hopefully) see Joelle.

23. Tomorrow I will be...
Moving Nick's stuff then going to werk.

24. I really want to be...
in Europe for the Summer festival season again. Hopefully with some mates next time.

TOP 20 GIGS I'VE SEEN (from Bec):

1. Deep Purple - Melbourne 04
2. Kanye West - Melbourne 06
3. Edguy - Earthshaker 06
4. Opeth - Melbourne 06
5. Satyricon - Hole In The Sky 06
6. Evergrey - Earthshaker 06
7. Emperor - Wacken 06
8. Deep Purple - Melbourne 01
9. Satyricon - Melbourne 06
10. Moonsorrow - Day of Darkness 06
11. Nevermore - Melbourne 06
12. Nightwish - Melbourne 06
13. I - Hole in the Sky 06
14. Hypocrisy - Party San 06
15. Blind Guardian - Melbourne 06
16. Children of Bodom - Melbourne 06
17. Enslaved - Party San 06
18. Korpiklaani - Wacken 06
19. Turisas - Party San 06
20. Template/Voyager - PBS Benefit 05

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM DANNI:

If someone comes to your front door and says they are conducting a Survey and then asks you to show them your bum, DO NOT show them your Bum. This is a scam; they just want to see your bum.

Best, Worst, Last, Today, Tomorrow, Favorite, Currently:

Best
001. Male friend: Nick, Bro or Bread
002. Female friend: Joelle, Niki
003. Vacation: Backpacking Europe

Worst
001. Time of day: Halfway through an eleven hour shift.
002. Day of the Week: Tuesday
003. Food: Rat poison
004. Memory: I forgot

Last
001. Person you saw (not parents): Lisa from werk.
002. Talked to on the phone: Bro
003. Text: Niki
005. Message over myspace: Bro

Today
001. What are you doing now: GaySpace
002. What are you wearing now: singlet and boxers
003. Better than yesterday?: Hope so

Tomorrow
001. is: Lots of werk.
002. Got any plans: Werk werk werk.
003. Dislikes about tomorrow: werk.

Favorite
001. Number: 1
002. Song: Hmmm... Perfect Strangers, Deep Purple
003. Colour: White
004. Season: Spring

Currently
001. Missing someone: A little.
002. Mood: Lethargic
003. Wanting: Healthy Hobbits sandwich and a Boost Juice.

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Like a Jerk

Hey Cracker. What's up?

Lately I haven't seen a lot of my dudes as much as I'd like to, so I'm throwing out a feeble attempt at staying in touch.

For those that don't know, my little brother Tate was diagnosed with Leukemia a few weeks ago. In short, he's got a long fight ahead of him but he'll come through alright. He's a tough kid.

He's so brave, he hasn't complained once. He's going through a lot of blood, he's had three or four transfusions now. He also needs a bone marrow transplant. I don't know if this is the case or what the story is, but it seems like bone marrow is harder to get - so me, my sister and mum and dad were all given blood tests to see if we'll be compatible donors. I'm a bit of a girl when it comes to needles and stuff, so I admit I wasn't looking forward to blood test, but it's my bro. I'd pump his blood with my heart if I could.

So me, Shelley (my sis) and Jo (my miss) were at the hospital to give blood. Shelley went up first, she has no problem with needles - she works at a vet clinic se she sees them every day (she was also just accepted into a vet course at uni, so big congrats). Shelley gives her blood, all smiles - no problems, then it's my turn. I sit down and the lady asks me if I'm okay with needles. "We'll soon find out" was my way of replying negatively.

She jabs me in the arm and I felt fine. She starts taking blood. I'm looking across the room at Shelley and Jo, trying not to be a wuss. The nurse finishes drawing blood and asks me if I'm okay. "Sure, I'm fine." I could feel my whole body slowing down. My eyes were getting heavy. The nurse offered me a glass of water. I leaned forward to accept the drink and...

The next thing I remember is waking with two nurses in my face trying to hold me up in the seat. Shelley and Jo are laughing at me. Joey even got a photo of me just after regainging conciousness and I'm a sickly green colour. Anyway, long story short, my twelve year old brother gets stabbed with needles every day, I take one and pass out like a jerk.

And as if feeling like a jerk for fainting isn't bad enough, lately I've also felt like a dick for loosing my licence. We've just moved out to Seville ("Seville?" I hear you ask - it's a town out past Lilydale, we're not even in Melbourne anymore. We have a phone number that starts with a 5 for god's sake!). Anyway, I"m driving home from work one night on the Warby highway. It's late, I'm the only car on the road, 80k speed limit... 80k's, 110k's, what's the differnce, hey?

The difference, my friends, is a one month licence suspension. Luckily I had 28 days notice before I lost my ability to drive - or living in Seville, my ability to do anything other than stare at cows in a paddock. Being newly single this also meant 28 days notice to find a girl who'd put up with my shit and drive me around. That's where Jo fits in.

Young Joey had just run into a shortage of work, and I into a shortage of mobility, so we made an excellent team. I put food on the table (or drinks more accurately, the girl doesn't mind a quiet one or two) and she drove me around.

Now Jo has just come back into some cash, and having paid my debt to society I'm now free to drive again - so we'll see what happens. She's a real fun chick to be around, we have stacks in common and she has my number one trait - honesty. She just so happens to be brutally honest. That's why she tells me I'm a fat piece of garbage.

That's been the last few weeks in the life of Rhys. Hope to see y'all around some time. Word on the street is that Smokiin' Joes is now rat infested so we may need a new parma joint... But the parma's so good there. Okay, if anyone else is willing I'm up for a rat infested parma.

Till then.

RB

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Rhys Questions - Answer 'em bitches!

I'm posting this in answer to Danni's blog. Go ahead, let me know what you think of me.

1. Who are you?

2. Are we friends?

3. When and how did we meet?

4. Do you have a crush on me?

4.5. Have u ever had a crush on me?

5. Would you kiss me?

6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.

7. Describe me in one word.

8. What was your first impression?

9. Do you still think that way about me now?

10. What reminds you of me?

11. If you could give me anything what would it be?

12. How well do you know me?

13. When's the last time you saw me?

14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?

15. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?

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