Sunday Sunday Sunday… today.. slack off.

Tomorrow, my day off… go nuts and work on all IHL and Rorschach.

Maybe I’ll even give you edit updates as to what.

That will be fun, won’t it?

First off - Happy Holidays to all of you.

Second off - I did this last year to much chagrin, and I’m going to do it again!

This is just a fun holiday toy for you all. Take the code at the bottom and post it where ever you want. Your Myspace, Facebook, Livejournal, etc. Whatever you have - you post this up and tis the season - each day the picture will remove the associated box. How does it do it? FRIGGING ELFIN MAGIC! Don’t worry HOW it works. Just enjoy it. By Christmas, you will have an all original IHL scene.

Anyway, enjoy, mazeltov, salud, and cool beans.

COPY AND PASTE:
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There’s only so many ways I can tell you that I’m a fan of showmen. I’m a fan of those types of people that go out in the middle of a crowd and stand apart. The type that the crowds tend to form around instead of the other way around. Almost every single person I’ve listed has distinguished themselves in their field (as far as I’m concerned.)

Why should music be any different?

I don’t remember which one of my siblings owned Queen’s Greatest Hits. At least one of them did. So when the recraze of Queen happened in the early 90s with the rerelease of Bohemian Rhapsody due to the popularity of Wayne’s World, it wasn’t altogether unfamiliar. Shortly thereafter I went and bought my own copy of their Greatest Hits (and ‘Classic’) and knew half the songs already. I went Queen crazy. Within a few years I owned all of the albums, knew their entire discography, and could sing as many B-sides as I could hits.

Freddie Mercury was a showman, if not a touch flamboyant. (Silver jumpsuits, who didn’t know, really?) Add in Bryan May’s frenetic guitar riffs and once again, I was hooked by another set of folks who help define eras. Now, whether or not you agree that Queen was an era defining band or not is actually completely secondary to the fact that they did. (See what I did there?) Distinct guitar, a singer with a voice that ranged from rocking to operatic, and stage presence that even watching on old videos carries with it a certain electricity.

To this day, when I’m in a horrendous mood, even with my ever expanding musical tastes, I can still throw in Stone Cold Crazy and feel awakened, Seven Seas of Rhye and feel empowered, or Who Wants To Live Forever and find myself introspective and reflective. If that can’t qualify as a major influence on my life, what can?

“Listen all you people, come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground
Just give me what I know is mine,
People do you hear me, just give me the sign.”