Alter Bridge III

For those unaware Alter Bridge are my favourite band of all time and the most musically talented band out there right now. Their new single 'Isolation' from their upcoming third album 'AB III' was released yesterday and is the most amazingly constructed and delivered piece of music I have heard in a very long time. I have been with Alter Bridge from their very beginnings and fondly remember their appearance on WWE Raw backstage with Edge playing an acoustic version of their hit single 'Open Your Eyes' from their debut album 'One Day Remains'.

'Isolation' has a powerful and very melodic riff joined with vocals from the best man in the business of vocals - Myles Kennedy. Alter Bridge appear to be keeping with their liking of providing an underlying theme of hope throughout their music with the amazing lyrics presented to us in 'Isolation'. I don't have a bad word to say about these guys and if you've never heard of them or listened to them you are missing out on an awesomely talented band.

You can Pre-Order a copy of the sure to be brilliant AB III right here from Amazon!

The Pretty Reckless - Light Me Up

I was very surprised when I first heard the single 'Make Me Wanna Die' from this album on Scuzz. With the recent success of Hayley Williams fronted 'Paramore' and now the debut of 'The Pretty Reckless' we be seeing a new era of female fronted bands. Taylor Momsen brings the kind of attitude towards music that is every middle class parent's nightmare - a tear-away, you can't tell me what the hell to do attitude. That my friends is AWESOME and a definite positive fist to the face of Justin Bieber lovers everywhere.

While you couldn't compare Taylor to Marilyn Manson, she certainly brings to the table the kind of attitude that has long been vacant in music over the past few years. Stale and boring are two words that I'd regularly use to describe most bands that are in their prime nowadays but The Pretty Reckless have a taste that is now very rare. With sharp vocals, catchy riffs and a headline catching front-girl The Pretty Reckless do have what it takes to be a lot more than a one hit wonder. Miss Nothing is my favourite track on the and catches the attitude and aura of the band perfectly. 

Not sure if you want the album? Download The Pretty Reckless' EP right here, featuring three of the best tracks from Light Me Up, from Amazon:

Hostage Situation At Discovery Channel

The recent hostage situation at Discovery Channel has been resolved with the gunman being shot. However, it looks like that there is a lot more to this situation than meets the eye. The hostage taker appears to have taken his actions in protest against the programming choices of the Discovery Channel and issued a rather extreme 'manifesto'. For those easily angered by anti-human messages you may want to cease reading the continuation of this post and for those not familiar with the 'anti-human' movement allow me to explain in a simple sentence:

People that believe humans should cease to exist on Earth in order to preserve the Earth's natural state.

The hostage taker made posts demanding that the Discovery channel do things such as:

'Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution'

'Stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants'

'Talk about ways to disassemble civilization'

'Find ways so that people don’t build more housing pollution which destroys the environment to make way for more human filth!'

To many of you these statements will not only appear as shocking but also as disgusting, unwarranted and totally wrong. People that believe in and push the anti-human agenda are without doubt the true global criminals. Anyone who thinks they have the right to stop anyone else from having a child is breaking the most natural of all laws of nature. I am not for any second defending habitat destruction, deforestation or pollution but to say that the only way to fix these issues is by ceasing the human species is idiotic.

You will find these people quick to point out how un-natural a city, dam or farm is but then forget to mention beehives, bird's nests and termite mounds. Cities are just as natural as a termite mound or ant nest; it could even be argued that an ant nest is more complex in design than a city. To suggest that human activity is un-natural is to detach us from having a place on this Earth.

The thing that separates us from other animals is that we can appreciate what is around us. We can look in awe at a sunset or smile at the colours of a rainbow. If there's nobody here to appreciate the beautiful things on Earth, then what's the point in it all?

Lance Cade Dead

Lance Cade in 2007

News has just broken that Lance (McNaught) Cade has died aged just 29. Yet another loss to the Wrestling world and at such a young age this is sure to come as a massive shock to all. My thoughts go to the family of Lance Mcnaught. No more details are currently available but I will add them into this post as soon as they become available.

UPDATE:

Lance Cade is now said to have died from heart failure. In a side note both Test and Cade died on a Friday the 13th - suspicions?

Black Ops Special Edition

Well this is it! The prestige edition of Call of Duty Black Ops! I thought the NV Goggles were a step too far but what you are looking at is the next level. That RC car contains a colour camera and microphone and with an effective range of 200ft it will make spying on your neighbours a whole lot easier. You will also get a Black Ops Medal, exclusive Avatar outfit, four exclusive COOP maps, steel case and very large box.

The Hardened version is coming too with all of the above - minus the RC car and large box. I think I'll be grabbing a Hardened as I am a sucker for added extras, but not as far as an RC car! The Avatar outfit is a nice addition as I find that I always end up putting any added digital content to much more use than the medals etc. No official prices but estimates are at $150 and $80 respectively.

What do you think? Going for the big one or just going for a boring old DVD case with a disc in it?

Longboarding

While I don't think Longboarding will ever over take Skateboarding in popularity, it is certainly gaining ground. Taking the line of surfing on concrete to a whole new level are companies like Original and Loaded that are pushing the sport to the limits. With professional riders now Longboarding as their primary extreme sport and more new tricks being developed the sport is going places never before thought possible.

I have three longboards and am currently progressing into more trick oriented riding. Starting out with an Original Torpedo 40 I've had a load of fun cruising and carving on the board. Next I stayed with Original and managed to grab one of their hard to find, due to their popularity, Apex 34's. Now as I'm quite a tall guy, this board was just a little too short for my liking, but I have managed some cross-stepping and hippy jumps on the rather small deck.

The Loaded Tan Tien is my latest board which I chose as it has been specifically designed to advance freestyle and trick riding on longboards. I haven't had a chance to ride it yet but plan on spending most of next week on it! I'll be sure to let you guys know how it rides and will be posting a video review on YouTube! Stay rolling!

DiRT 3

This is the first teaser trailer for DiRT 3 and simply put - it's awesome! Showing seamless transitions between extreme weather effects and Ken Block pulling some of his signature moves this could be the definitive racing game of 2011. The game will boast a strong selection of 50 cars ranging from the new to the old and much like DiRT 2 the game will feature a wide variety of event types. DiRT 2 was one of the best games out of the blocks (no pun intended) last year and the most fun I've had in a racer in years. I loved driving in the cockpit view in DiRT2 so I can only imagine the fun that's going to be had with the amazing weather detail shown in that trailer!