Dime.

Current Musical Selection: Pantera - The Floods

and im not sure how i feel. i never met the man... i never knew him at all... i heard him play one time, a long time ago. but i own every cd. i waited anxiously for the Damageplan record to come out. posters on the wall. and now Dime is dead. i dont play guitar. that doesnt mean i dont understand a few things about the instrument, or how its played. and i know enough that he was different. very different. he had an undeniable talent. he had a desire to be the best. and he carried the attitude of any real man as he did it. being a rock star meant he had time for what he wanted to do. it went to his head, and it never left his mind about what he did. this is a guy that would sit down and sign autographs for hours, hand out his own beer to people waiting in line; just because he wanted it that way. he didnt need to convice people to be a fan of his. it just happened that way. then i come home today, and read in the news that hes dead. and i dont understand it. i cant cry over it. and yet i cant feel the opposite extreme of nothing. its... somewhere in between. im just not sure how i feel. im not happy about it. this is a guy who should still be shredding for another 40 years. and now hes gone. he is the tony iommi of this generation, when it comes to talent, recognition, and innovation; he is The Man of heavy metal guitar work. everyone copied a lick or two from him. and he just smiled and laughed about it. his passion was just to one up them all on the next record. god. isnt that the way to be? so. Dime. as a fan i listened to youre stuff since i was 14. i cant even count how many times i drove around listening to Trendkill, or Vulgar just killing time. i dunno how many times ive been pissed off to the max, and just fucking blared Fucking Hostile, Sandblasted Skin.. songs i know every riff to, every note. and they all meant something. wherever you are man.... keep shredding. someday well all get to hear that next lick you came up with...

Damageplan website
Vinne and Dime's website
Pantera website

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seems as though ive fallen into a ramen noodle kick again... this time its the cup format... especially this particular variety; "lime chili with shrimp". ive heard from several people how this sounds terrible, but ive got to say.... its quite tasty. much more so than the "hot and spicy" ramen... which wasnt... the plain chili ramen isnt bad... but this does have a bit of lime flavor. its spice-full... not spicey as in hot... its just got several flavors. all in all... it tastes like it ought to cost more than 18 cents for this thing.... it has to... doesnt it? some fucking china based company cant really be making these things and selling them for 18 cents a cup at a PROFIT, can they? with import fees, taxation and shipping costs... how can this be 18 cents and still profitable... and retain the qualities of deliciousness..... i dont see how. i just dont. i mean, i can walk down the street, barter with some corn growing local man; whose field i can seen from my windows.... and couldnt get him to give me a cup full of corn for 18 cents, no way! and thats just raw corn. one commodity, no processing, just throw corn in a cup. how can this ramen thing get made in japan or wherethehellever, packaged, shipped, importated, warehoused, distributed, marked up at retail price, and sold.... for 18 cents.. 18 cents! its maddness. fruit costs about a buck a pound.... maybe a bit less.... but to do that, it goes through hell... tomatoes have to ripen in trucks on the way to the supermarkets.... they get grown in such volume, soaking up chemical fertilizer to grow quickly enough that they become worth more than the water they have to invest in growing them, and rush them to market to sell at a buck a pound or less. and during 99.9% of the year, they sell at like 3 dollars per pound because of the growing season. ramen cant have a growing season. so how? how is ramen always cheap, always in season, and always changing? its got to be a miracle. it has to be the answer to the hunger shortage of the world.... why are we giving starving africans sacks of flour and wheat... give them crates of ramen! imagine if the volumed consumed worldwide would triple, over night... what if the price of ramen went through the floor! 3 cents... 7 cents... its rediculous to think that if they can make it this cheap, why not 3 cents or 7 cents... and how could that be any more expensive than a sack of corn... that we give away.... if all these starving people just ate ramen... they wouldnt starve!!! and they could afford housing... medicine... sewer systems... and shit like that. why??? what could be wrong with this????