Download Festival 2010. Day One - Friday 11th June

In a move that suprised many this year, Download Festival organizer Andy Copping managed to secure AC/DC to be the headliners for the first night of this years festival. Notorious for never doing festivals, the band seemed to be wanting to play by their own rules as the days music time got shorter, and eventually as the festival drew closer the compromising seemed to intensify, going so far that the announcement was made that AC/DC would be having their own stage which would be sat next to the mainstage where Them Crooked Vultures would now 'headline'.

So how did this all play out?

We arrived in the main arena in time for Anathema (****) who seemed to be totally at odds with the rest of the Ronnie James Dio stage that day (for a start they were a decent band) and did seem to make a good impression on the crowd who had formed to watch. An amazing performance of 'A Natural Disaster' seemed to definitely find the band some new fans.

After that we made a stop in at the Red Bull tent for Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders (**) mainly for the off-chance that Dave Grohl may put in an appearance. That didn't happen but we did watch the whole set, and even though Foo Fighters drummer Hawkins makes a great frontman in his own right but the songs (with the exception of final track 'It's Over') just did not cut the mustard. They played...

1. Not Bad Luck
2. Louise
3. Get Up I Wanna Get Down
4. Sunshine
5. Way Down
6. It's Over

Swapping one tent for another we moved over to the Pepsi Max tent for a suprisingly brilliant set from AOR Gods Tyketto (****1/2) who rolled back the years with an amazing greatest hits set which also must have created some new fans in the crowd. In fact, it did. I was stood next to one of them. They were superb and the only reason it didn't get the full five stars is that it wasn't long enough! They played (I think, may be a song missing here)...

1. Lay Your Body Down
2. Wings
3. Strength In Numbers
4. Burning Down Inside
5. Seasons
6. Forever Young

Next we moved over to the mainstage that didn't house AC/DC and were met with a slew of people. We found a spot sort of in the middle of the two stages but as time went on we discovered we had to move in front of the empty stage to watch Them Crooked Vultures (**) - a band whose album I really dig, and as it was to see the legends that are Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones live, and as well as they played the outdoor scenario and the endless noodling, unintelligible lyrics and jamming the band did rendered them very boring, and we grew increasingly restless during their set. Shame really. They played...

1. Elephants
2. Gunman
3. Scumbag Blues
4. Dead End Friends
5. No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
6. New Fang
7. Bandoliers
8. Spinning In Daffodils
9. Mind Eraser, No Chaser
10. Warsaw Or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

Throughout the day it seemed that the AC/DC dominance over the festival was getting a bit silly. Apparently the band opted out of appearing on ANY festival merchandise which meant if you wanted a lineup shirt this year it wouldn't have AC/DC on it so you would have to buy another shirt. They also didn't appear on the programme or the lanyard stating band times.

What really left a bad taste in my mouth was this. Due to the sad loss of so many people in the music business this year, Andy Copping came out to introduce a short video package that would be followed by a few minutes of applause for Mike Alexander (Evile), The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold), Paul Gray (Slipknot), Peter Steele (Type O Negative), Stuart Cable (Stereophonics and Killing For Company), Ronnie James Dio and the man whose idea it was to run a rock festival at Donington Park back in 1980 - Maurice Jones.

But by this point the AC/DC's crew had started piping the blues music they have pre-gig over their P.A. system totally drowning out what should have been a respectful moment. I hope words were had.

From a music standpoint though AC/DC (*****) were brilliant, faultless. The rumored full run through of the Back In Black album never materialized and, in fact, they played almost the exact same setlist they played when I saw them at the 02 in the April of last year. But it's AC/DC and they are just brilliant! We got the giant bell for 'Hell's Bells', the inflatable woman for 'Whole Lotta Rosie' and the cannons for 'For Those About To Rock'...what more could you want (apart from what I've mentioned already...) They played...

1. Rock N' Roll Train
2. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
3. Back In Black
4. Big Jack
5. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
6. Shot Down In Flames
7. Thunderstruck
8. Black Ice
9. The Jack
10. Hells Bells
11. Shoot To Thrill
12. War Machine
13. High Voltage
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. T.N.T.
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let There Be Rock
18. Highway To Hell
19. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Also worth mentioning was the poor organizing that pervaded the entire festival. I have never seen as many people as I have seen watching AC/DC (I have probably been to outdoor shows where there have been more, but it never looked like it) and the exits to get out were a joke. Hundreds of us had to clamber over 2 very tall barriers just to get forward and the gates to let people out were tiny holes in fences. It was a longer walk back to campsite than some of the bands played. This bad organization was to continue...

The Rage Factor - Finsbury Park, London. June 6th, 2010

After successfully upending last years X Factor effort to become Christmas number one with their 1992 song 'Killing In The Name' Rage Against The Machine promised a free outdoor show in London in the Summer to celebrate and yesterday's 'Rage Factor' event at Finsbury Park in London was the result.

The tickets were assigned by lottery. Well it was more refreshing the SeeTickets website for about 3 hours if I recall correctly, but I managed to secure a pair and Andrew and I traveled on down.

After the support bill was revealed to be less than stellar, we opted to go and get some food first and finally arrived as opening band Gallows were finishing up. Second act Roots Manuva was also largely missed what with shirt buying and that.

We found a nice spot however for 'gypsy punks' Gogol Bordello who were an absolute riot. Always good to see an accordion player in a band! They had the entire place jumping and dancing like idiots which can only be a good thing.

A short time passed after Gogol, and you could just feel the crowd heaving...a sign of things to come! Just after 9pm, after a hilarious animated Simon Cowell parody, Rage Against The Machine hit the stage and the entire park came unglued. I've been to a lot of gigs in the past but can't remember anything as crazy as that!

Before they came on I was very much in the mindset that I was just going to step back and be an observer, not wanting to get caught up in all the jumping around and pits and all that but the moment Rage hit the stage and launched into 'Testify' it was like a switch had been flipped - I just totally went for it, losing Andrew almost immediately! And carried on for the entirety of their 80 minute set.

I had been told by a friend beforehand that they were an amazing live act and they weren't wrong - the setlist for the night was superb starting with the opening tracks from their first 3 albums and carrying on into a 'best of' set and even included a cover of The Clash's 'White Riot'.

Halfway through the show frontman Zach De La Rocha introduced the couple that made it all possible - the campaign organizers Jon and Tracey Morter to a huge response and presented them with a cheque which was the combined total of the amount made from the downloads of the single and the separate amount donated to SHELTER by people when downloading. I couldn't see the amount on the cheque but I know the latter amount was £70,000 at Christmas time last year and the single shifted over 500,000 copies so you do the math!

Continuing after that (they also played my favorite Rage song 'Sleep Now In The Fire') it all started to build to the inevitable final song of the evening.

After a brief break, a video played mentioning all the quotes in the media about how unlikely it was that Rage would secure the number one, hilariously with Joe McElderry's (the kid who won X Factor if anyone has forgotten already) 'The Climb' - which, quite pathetically is a Miley Cyrus cover (!) , which swiftly was cut off by the final sales tallies and Rage launching into a victorious 'Killing In The Name' to end the night. And this caused even me to get involved in a circle pit...and I never do them!

The show was great, as was quite unexpectedly the atmosphere (for a free gig I thought the place would be teeming with douchebags and bandwagon jumpers who only knew 'Killing In The Name') but everyone seemed to be on the same page, having a laugh with and looking out for each other - in fact I saw a guy pass out and a complete stranger carry him out of the crowd!

It's a shame I cannot extend the same praise for the organization of the show. I've been to a few outdoor shows in London on a Sunday now and have never experienced such a shambles in trying to get home. After leaving the park itself thousands of people took to the roads walking to the tube station, and at one point a couple of people climbed on top of a moving bus as it drove off!

Getting to a tunnel just near the tube station hundreds of us were stopped by police on horseback for about quarter of an hour then let past where we were stopped again by more police at the other side and then we were eventually allowed to move towards the tube station where by some complete fluke we just got on the final tube night heading through Bourne where we needed to change.

I have never been on a tube so packed in my life. There was no room to move, people were being crushed and people were still trying to get on at the stops it made (this caused people on the train to start physically preventing people from getting on!) We finally got to Bourne and arrived at the next platform with a minute to spare for the next train (which was also the last of the evening) to take us to Stratford.

We got to Stratford at quarter past midnight, almost 2 hours after Rage had left the stage.

But looking past the terrible organization it was a great day and has raised a bit of a quandary for me. I was going to see Michael Monroe on the third stage at Download on Saturday...but Rage are headlining the main stage at the same time. I think I may have to see them again!

And if you get a chance this weekend or in the future - you must see them. As good as their albums are even they don't represent what a amazing live band they are ...and jumping around like a crazy person at a Rage gig is something for everyone's 'Bucket List'

Rage Against The Machine destroyed Finsbury Park with...

1. Testify
2. Bombtrack
3. People Of The Sun
4. Know Your Enemy
5. Bulls On Parade
6. Township Rebellion
7. Bullet In The Head
8. White Riot
9. Guerrilla Radio
10. Sleep Now In The Fire
11. Freedom
12. Killing In The Name

*photo above not mine, but from the BBC.

Gig Review: KISS at Wembley Arena. May 13th 2010.

When I first saw KISS 2 years ago at Download 2008 it seemed like a total one-off. A singular date, no plans to record any new material and a set relying on the seminal Alive album. It was a hell of a show but I was left with the feeling that was the one and only time I would see the 'Hottest Band In The World' in a live environment.

Fast forward 2 years and not only have KISS just completed the UK leg of their new European tour they are doing it on the back of a new (and acclaimed by both fans and critics) album in 'Sonic Boom'.

When KISS first announced the tour though myself and friend Andrew sort of just left it. We had heard the album and knew how brilliant it was and obviously we knew what an amazing live act KISS were but we just sort of left it. Until about 2 months ago when we realized how annoyed and miserable we would feel if we were sat at work or at home knowing KISS were playing live in our country!

So off we headed to the sold out Wembley Arena on the last night of the UK leg of the (deep breath) 'Sonic Boom Over Europe: From The Beginning To The Boom Tour'.

After getting there we were pleasantly suprised to find the merchandise stand outside the arena, which would save valuable time in getting a good spot at the front. After getting our shirts we waited just under 2 hours outside and were let in about quarter past six.

But before we could see KISS there was the small matter of the support band Taking Dawn. While this were OK, their music was quite average and generic and you could plainly see the only reason they got this slot was due to the influence of their record company the ever powerful Roadrunner Records. Not even the singer jumping off the stage into the crowd at the end of their set (which closed with a painful cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain') could keep the interest up.

A few minutes after they had vacated the stage the huge KISS curtain dropped and we had the agonizing wait for the band to hit the stage...then the lights went down and this happened...

Launching into the first track from 'Sonic Boom' Modern Day Delilah was a fantastic opener that sent the crowd into a frenzy with the entrance over Eric Singer's drumkit.

Proving it was from 'The Beginning' they continued with a song from the self titled first album - Cold Gin and followed that with other early gems Let Me Go, Rock N' Roll and Firehouse.

It was back to the Boom for the album closer Say Yeah which was then followed by another cut from the debut album with the brilliant Deuce.

Then it was suprise time. A song that the band aren't massive fans of (and this was proved by Gene Simmon's rather bored backing vocals) but it is KISS' biggest selling single in this country. Of course I mean Crazy, Crazy Nights. A song also that hasn't been played on any tour since the Hot In The Shade Tour of the late 80s or possibly the Revenge tour of the early 90s. It went down a storm.

After another 70's era highlight in Calling Dr. Love it was Tommy Thayer providing vocals for Shock Me which led into Tommy's guitar solo and Eric Singer's drum solo. Which included both of them being levitated on platforms and shooting rocket launchers. Brilliant.

The final new song of the evening was I'm An Animal and then it was Paul Stanley's brilliant vocal display in the "song we always play...because it's good!" 100,000 Years.

Instead of going up to the rafters for 'God Of Thunder' Gene Simmons now goes up to I Love It Loud after his blood spitting bass solo. Our position was such that we would have got cramp if we looked up at him for too long. It's a great song though from the often forgotten 'Creatures Of The Night' album.

The hits kept rolling with Love Gun, Black Diamond (which included a segment of Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin) and the main set closed with the ubiquitous Detroit Rock City.

After a brief break KISS returned promising "the longest encore you've ever seen". It wasn't but it was the most brilliant!

Kicking off with the title track from 1983's Lick It Up they carried on the one of rock musics ultimate party tracks Shout It Out Loud before Paul Stanley got on the zip line to the back of the arena for the always fantastic I Was Made For Lovin' You.

Another big suprise was the inclusion of God Gave Rock And Roll To You a song not heard on these shores since the early 90s! I remember this song when it first came out (Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey!) and it was just mind blowing to hear it live. I may have welled a bit.

What else could KISS finish with but Rock And Roll All Nite? And that they did, blasting the arena with confetti cannons...I swear I must have ingested a couple of pounds of the stuff.

It was a hell of a show, and surpassed the Download 2008 performance by a mile! Paul did promise they would return and I hope they do. He is 58 now (you wouldn't know it from the nights performance) so they can't leave it THAT long!

Although to be honest I never thought I'd see KISS once let alone twice, and the second time sop close so I can always live with that.

That setlist in full...

1. Modern Day Delilah
2. Cold Gin
3. Let Me Go, Rock N' Roll
4. Firehouse
5. Say Yeah
6. Deuce
7. Crazy, Crazy Nights
8. Calling Dr. Love
9. Shock Me (with Tommy and Eric solo's)
10. I'm An Animal
11. 100,000 Years
12. I Love It Loud (With Gene's solo)
13. Love Gun
14. Black Diamond
15. Detroit Rock City
16. Lick It Up
17. Shout It Out Loud
18. I Was Made For Lovin' You
19. God Gave Rock N' Roll To You
20. Rock And Roll All Nite

There's A Fever!

No, not that one.

Election Fever is upon us like never before. For the first time that I can remember the race is actually interesting for once and could be won by anyone! Which actually gave me interest in the whole matter. A foregone conclusion is not interesting and more importantly not what this country needs.

In one corner we have Gordon 'Gripper' Brown. A politician not afraid to beat the shit out of his staff and call his supporters such things as "bigots" "tossers" "cock-noses" and "cuntstains"*. A man who no one actually voted for at any point. At all. Ever. A man who truly defines the old saying "ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag".

In the second corner we have David Cameron. Who does look a bit more like a politician than Brown. I'm sure he has some other stuff going for him. Like his hair maybe. Seems indecisive, and I still physically shudder when I think of the last Conservative government we had. But it's got to be better than what we have now right? Right?

In the final corner (I'm imagining the three main ones in a triangle, alright?) is Nick Clegg. The subject of the current wave of Cleggmania. There are many things that sound good when you add 'mania' to the end of. Clegg is not one of them. Not wanting to put forward my opinions too much - as I strongly believe voting is YOUR decision to make - but I think he has my vote.

On the subject of being influenced, it actually scares me sometimes how much hold the media has on this thing. After last Thursday's debate (the second one) The Sun declared the winner (although it's not actually something you win, that would be the election itself) was David Cameron, who to put it kindly put forward a shoddy performance in my opinion.

But seeing as Rupert Murdoch is for Cameron that means The Sun is for Cameron. He could have got his dick out and bashed one out over the front row and The Sun would have still awarded it to him.

But the startling reality is that a lot of the general public are clueless about this sort of thing and go to media sources such as The Sun or The Daily Mail (get to them in a minute) and take whatever they say as the God's honest truth and will base their votes on that. That isn't someone voting - thats the media controlling someones vote. I honestly believe that people who aren't intelligent enough to make their own decision about this sort of thing should not be allowed to vote.

But yes, The Daily Mail. They always seem to go that extra mile in the ways of bad journalism. Check out this story from last week > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/election/article-1267921/GENERAL-ELECTION-2010-Nick-Clegg-Nazi-slur-Britain.html

Yep The Mail actually say "his Nazi slur". Based on what? Saying this country was living in the past about the War? I'm not trivializing the Wars for one second but it ended in 1945. That's 65 years ago. Literally a generation. A generation of Germans who want fuck all to do with that part of their history, hell probably 2 generations now. And here we are. Every St.Georges Day, out come the old war songs. As we continue to cling to it. Kids continue to make Hitler 'taches with their fingers. Where do they get that from exactly?

Same shit applies for the 1966 World Cup. I know England isn't the most winningest country but to cling on to these like they didn't happen all that time ago is something truly sad.

A rant about Politics these days isn't anything without mentioning the BNP. You may not have agreed with all I have said in this, but I think we can all get together on the BNP being a bunch of bigoted pieces of shit. Check out this Party Election Broadcast that was shown the other night...

OK let us bullet point all this...

• The War! There was a war on! Yeah, it was 2 generations ago but cor blimey, love a duck, apples and pears, we'll meet again, rub a dub etc. Yeah I made that point. But it's a cheap way to go for votes. From a cheap individual
• Where did he get the medals from behind him?
• "We don't hate anyone" Er...yeah you do. Anyone who is even tanned by the sounds.
• What would Churchill think? I don't know but I'm pretty sure the immigration problem is not caused by a sudden influx of Germans.
• We may have not been fighting for political correctness in 1945, but thats no excuse not exercise some.
• All these 'everyday folk in the street' are actors. Painfully bad actors.

And a final point on that...they only abuse Nick Griffin because he "refuses to toe the political line"? Huh. It's probably more that he's a small minded ignorant cunt.

Till next time - don't forget to vote, you won't be able to bitch about ANYTHING till next time if you don't!

*He may have only said the first one.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Hyde Park 28-6-09

A look back to my Facebook blog from last Summer...

Managed to cross another 'must see band' from my list (which doesnt have much left on it now!) at the 'Hard Rock Calling' festival in Hyde Park - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!

Had a pretty patchy support lineup to get through first...

Opening the show was Beauvoir/Free who I had no godly idea who they were. Some post research shows they are Jean Beauvior who was an ex member of the Plasmatics and produced albums for the Ramones, and has written songs for KISS, The Pretenders and Lionel Richie! Micki Free was in Shalamar! Anyway they played for a while and were quite entertaining but ultimately pretty forgettable.

Next up were The Gaslight Anthem who were fantastic, the crowd loved them and they played their arses off. And then they brought Bruce out to join them on 'The '59 Sound', a great set and a great atmosphere throughout.

Following that sadly was James Morrison. Imagine you had just seen a great set from an up and coming band which had generated a great atmosphere. Then imagine someone comes onstage after and shoots a puppy. He was fucking shit and I have no idea whose dick he sucked to get on the bill because he had no business being there. One dreary 'not quite indie' song followed another with only a few pockets of support from the obvious housewives. It also rained from when his started to when it ended. Which couldnt come soon enough. Urgh. What a twat.

So it was up to Dave Matthews Band to turn things back around which they eventually did. I really liked them and will have to get their albums. Matthews is a great frontman and by the end they had the crowd loving them too. Good stuff. They played...

Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel
Don't Drink The Water
Why I Am
Funny The Way It Is
Crash Into Me
You Might Die Trying
Alligator Pie
Two Step
Ants Marching
All Along The Watchtower

Then it was time...Boss Time! I do not have enough superlatives for how amazing it was. Songs I never thought I would hear live...ever! Over 3 solid hours. The singer from The Gaslight Anthem joined the band for No Surrender. The place going mental for Born To Run, the atmosphere for Racing In The Streets and Jungleland. I may sound like a Vietnam vet but you had to be there maaaan. The only downside I read is that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were gonna come onstage for a song but the curfew meant it had to be axed! Never mind, doesnt detract from the show. The heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking legendary E Street Band played...

London Calling
Badlands
Night
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
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Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark

Half Ton Stunned

For the last couple of weeks now I have been staying with my Mum in Thetford.

As I don't have TV at home in Norwich (over 1000 DVDs in the flat - is there any need?) I really don't see that much on it.

Since being here I have got slightly addicted to the documentaries of the grotesque and obscene.

The first of these was Half Ton Dad. I had already seen Half Ton Son with my friend Stacey last year and we wowed as he was towed out of his house, shat himself and how his arse turned chair shaped when he sat down.

Bu that was (dare I say it) small fries compared to Half Ton Dad. Who weighed it at 73 stone or 1032 pounds.

By far the best bit of the documentary was when they had to cut the large fatty deposits off that had grown on his thighs. These required cleaning beforehand, and the cleaners discovered wounds on these deposits. And shit had got into the wounds and dried. That's bound to be worse than salt.

I may start saying that: "There's no need to rub dried shit in the wound!"

But HTD did lose a lot of weight - in fact he lost 12 stone in 2 weeks! Bear in mind that's what I weigh. He lost a Thom.

But nothing could prepare me for this evening. I saw the title of the show - Embarrassing Bodies, but its a Sunday evening at 7pm on Channel 4 what would it be about? A big nose maybe, a bit of stomach podge, stubby fingers...

Well no.

First up was a woman with a massive vagina. Bit racy to say 'vagina' at 7pm on a weekend evening. Well all bets were off when they showed you a closeup of the wizards sleeve in question. The fact you could back in a petrol tanker, with 2 Ka's either side and have all 3 vehicles open their doors as wide as possible was almost trivial!

Isn't Songs Of Praise on the other side?? What if someone aiming for 1 hit the button below? Expecting the Antiques Roadshow and get a good old look at what could only be described as a clowns pocket!

Next up was a woman with one boob bigger than the other. She got them out almost instantly. I know the shows excuse is that its medical, its educational, who would find this sort of thing attractive...but some people like amputee porn. Just putting that out there.

So the woman with a slightly bigger (or smaller, I'd say the former I'm a cup half full kind of guy and that pun was meant with extreme prejudice) nork. Cue the graphic surgery as they stuff in the implant then cut off her nipple and move it up a bit!

Then came a gentleman who had to piss 20 or 30 times a day. He had a hand shoved up his arse and had his prostate massaged. Guys - if anyone ever offers to massage your prostate...fucking run.

I guess the shows writers felt there had been a lot of female nudity so there was literally a penis montage. One guys was so small he could neither have sex or masturbate. I don't know what happened to him, but I probably would have suggested suicide. Or switching sides.

We also had one of the shows presenters having a wank to see how is sperm was. I had pretty much tuned out in shock by this point.

I turned off before the end, but not before we saw the woman with the massive vagina again - I think they had just seen Madeline McCann in there, but she disappeared beneath a giant beef curtain.

I'm going to be staying in Thetford for another couple of weeks and I think in a sick way I'm going to miss these trashy documentaries (others included Tourettes and I Want Fake Boobs and Dirty Pervs online pay for them if I get my tits out in photos) when I go back to Norwich!

Till next time (and with the rate of these shows that will be very soon).

Dad

On Tuesday March 9th 2010 my father John sadly passed away.

I had been thinking of the ways possible to cover this on here as Dad was a reader of my blog (I remember his reaction when my brother showed him the one about prostitutes...he thought I was creative yet mental).

I was going to talk about him at length but the wonderful talk the Humanist minister did at his funeral far surpassed anything I could ever write. So I am simply going to publish a poem he wrote many years ago that we found the day after he died that has been such a help and comfort to me. I hope you like it.


When time has come for us to go
And leave our loved ones behind,
Let not their hearts be filled with woe
And life to them unkind.

For when we sleep this dreamless sleep
And venture on beyond,
In our hearts our love will keep,
Their troubles will be gone.

Then we meet our loved ones
Who left us in days gone by,
And joyous will be the meeting
With tears of joy in every eye.

To the dear ones whom we have left
With sorrow and heartbreak pain,
Do not weep for us, for we are but asleep,
To be born again.

By John Downie.

Quite simply I wouldn't have the sense of humour I have today if it wasn't for Dad, and will continue posting stupid, random things on here in his memory because I know wherever he is out there, he is shaking his head and laughing at me.

Thanks for reading.