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It's somehow appropriate that the 13,000th CD added to Heavy Harmonies is Night Ranger - Somewhere in California. Night Ranger has been a mainstay on the American melodic rock scene for almost 30 years now (although I still think their debut is the best work they ever did). This would be an appropriate time to thank Mike (whiplash1972) for doing yeoman's work on keeping up with the submissions and pictures. I'm so busy these days that the time I actually spend on the site is tiny compared to what Mike has been doing. I also want to thank Mike, Ty, and Pete for the moderator work they do here on the board. Lastly, thanks to the HH community members who continue to enjoy the world of AOR, hard rock, and melodic metal! Now, on to the next 13,000... -Dan

Wow. That Styx rating shocks me. They must have really fallen off in recent years. They came through here on the Cyclorama tour back in 2004 (?) and they put on a great show. They sounded great... at least back then. -Dan

Ugh. That 1.5-minute intro is a guy who's in love with himself. Reminds me of a modern-day Wayne Newton, or the character Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Listened to a couple tracks from this last night. Definitely on my MUST NOT BUY list for 2011. Sickeningly bad. -Dan

Ugh! Too much work. I'm more of a "set it and forget it" kinda guy... -Dan

Available on U.S. Amazon as mp3 album for immediate download for $7.99.

Jaded Heart's cover of The Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" ftw.

I've updated the radio feed to all 2011 releases. I'm going to be running into a bit of a problem later in the year though. By increasing the quality to 96kbps, the number of tracks I can upload is much lower. I'm at 93% of capacity and we're not even at the half way point in the year. That means either removing existing tracks with each update, or moving to a higher package. The problem with the latter approach is that the radio feed generates zero revenue and moving to a package with a meaningful increase in diskspace means at least tripling the current monthly cost. I don't think there are enough cumulative listening hours to justify that expense... http://www.live365.com/stations/151867?play At any rate, here is the new lineup: Alyson Avenue - Always Keep On Loving You - Changes (2011) Alyson Avenue - Liar - Changes (2011) Alyson Avenue - Somewhere - Changes (2011) Benedictum - Beautiful Pain - Dominion (2011) Benedictum - Dark Heart - Dominion (2011) Benedictum - Epsilon - Dominion (2011) Black 'N Blue - Falling Down - Hell Yeah! (2011) Black 'N Blue - Hell Yeah! - Hell Yeah! (2011) Black 'N Blue - World Goes Round - Hell Yeah! (2011) David Roberts - Eighth Wonder - Better Late Than Never (2011) David Roberts - I Still Believe - The Missing Years (2011) David Roberts - Love Waits For No-one - The Missing Years (2011) David Roberts - Never Gonna Let You Go - All Dressed Up (2011) David Roberts - She's Still Mine (That's My Girl) - All Dressed Up (2011) David Roberts - The Sun Will Rise Again - The Missing Years (2011) David Roberts - This Is How I Say Goodbye - Better Late Than Never (2011) Divinefire - Bright Morning Star - Eye Of The Storm (2011) Divinefire - To Love And Forgive.mcf.mp3 - Eye Of The Storm (2011) Farehaven - Caught in Your Trap - Upside Down (2011) Farehaven - The Black Heart - Upside Down (2011) George & G. - Don't Give It Up - So Much To Say (2011) George & G. - Mystery Girl - So Much To Say (2011) George & G. - Touch The Sun (feat. Alex Ligertwood) - So Much To Say (2011) Hard - I wanna rock you - Even Keel (2011) Hard - Scream out to be heard - Even Keel (2011) Hard - Speeding into slow - Even Keel (2011) If Only - Forever My Love - No Bed Of Roses (2011) If Only - Rock And A Hard Place - No Bed Of Roses (2011) If Only - Shotdown - No Bed Of Roses (2011) John Waite - Better Off Gone - Rough & Tumble (2011) John Waite - Mr. Wonderful (Bonus Track) - Rough & Tumble (2011) John Waite - Skyward - Rough & Tumble (2011) King Kobra - Crying Turns To Rain - King Kobra (2011) King Kobra - Screamin' For More - King Kobra (2011) King Kobra - You Make It Easy - King Kobra (2011) King Of Hearts - Everyday - 1989 (2011) King Of Hearts - Under The Gun - 1989 (2011) King Of Hearts - Was It Good For You - 1989 (2011) Lionville - Dreamhunter - Lionville (2011) Lionville - Over And Over Again - Lionville (2011) Lionville - The Chosen Ones - Lionville (2011) Mr. Big - Around The World - What If... (2011) Mr. Big - I Get The Feeling - What If... (2011) Mr. Big - I Won't Get In My Way - What If... (2011) Myland - Fire Burns Desire - Light of a New Day (2011) Myland - Shattered Dreams - Light of a New Day (2011) Myland - Stand Up TOnight - Light of a New Day (2011) Rob Moratti - I Promise You - Victory (2011) Rob Moratti - Jennie - Victory (2011) Rob Moratti - Standing On The Top Of The World - Victory (2011) Scheepers - Before the Dawn - Scheepers (2011) Scheepers - Saints of The Rock - Scheepers (2011) Scheepers - The Pain of the Accused - Scheepers (2011) Shadowman - Party Is Over - Watching Over You (2011) Shadowman - Stop Breaking This Heart Of Mine - Watching Over You (2011) Shadowman - Whatever It Takes - Watching Over You (2011) Sixx A.M. - Deadlihood - This Is Gonna Hurt (2011) Sixx A.M. - Goodbye My Friends - This Is Gonna Hurt (2011) Sixx A.M. - Help Is on the Way - This Is Gonna Hurt (2011) Strange Karma - Indian Sun - Volume 1 (2011) Strange Karma - Mind Games - Volume 1 (2011) Strange Karma - Young and Free - Volume 1 (2011) Ten - Centre Of My Universe - Stormwarning (2011) Ten - Endless Symphony - Stormwarning (2011) Ten - Invisible - Stormwarning (2011) The Poodles - Action! - Performocracy (2011) The Poodles - Don t Tell Me - Performocracy (2011) The Poodles - Vampire's Call - Performocracy (2011) Tora Tora - Living a World Away - Revolution Day (2011) Tora Tora - Me and You - Revolution Day (2011) Tora Tora - Memphis Soul - Revolution Day (2011) Tora Tora - Rescue Me - Revolution Day (2011) Warrant - Show Must Go On - Rockaholic (2011) Warrant - Tears In The City - Rockaholic (2011) Warrant - What Love Can Do - Rockaholic (2011) Whitesnake - Crying In The Rain - Live At Donington 1990 (2011) Whitesnake - Here I Go Again - Live At Donington 1990 (2011) Whitesnake - Kitten's Got Claws - Live At Donington 1990 (2011) Within Temptation - A Demon's Fate - The Unforgiving (2011) Within Temptation - Faster - The Unforgiving (2011) Within Temptation - Iron - The Unforgiving (2011) Within Temptation - Shot In The Dark - The Unforgiving (2011) Within Temptation - Sinéad - The Unforgiving (2011) http://www.live365.com/stations/151867?play

Just added samples over on the main site from all tracks of the following albums: St. Warren - Honest Planet (2009 reissue - FnA Records) St. Warren - Rock of Eden (2009 - FnA Records) Dirty Looks - S/T (2010 - FnA Records) Rumbledog - S/T (2010 reissue - FnA Records) Scarlet - S/T (2010 - FnA Records) Alyson Avenue - Changes (2011 - Avenue of Allies Records) Black N Blue - Hell Yeah! (2011 - Frontiers Records) David Roberts - All Dressed Up (2011 reissue - Avenue of Allies Records) David Roberts - Better Late than Never (2011 - Avenue of Allies Records) David Roberts - The Missing Years (2011 - Avenue of Allies Records) George and G - So Much to Say (2011 - Avenue of Allies Records) Hard - Even Keel (2011 - BLP Records) If Only - No Bed of Roses (2011 reissue - Avenue of Allies Records) King of Hearts - 1989 (2011 reissue - Avenue of Allies Records) Lionville - S/T (2011 - Avenue of Allies Records) Myland - Light of a New Day (2011 - Point Music) Rob Moratti - Victory (2011 - Escape Music) Shadowman - Watching Over You (2011 - Escape Music) Strange Karma - Volume 1 (2011 - FnA Records) Tora Tora - Revolution Day (2011 - FnA Records) Warrant - Rockaholic (2011 - Frontiers Records) Whitesnake - Live at Donington (2011 - Frontiers Records) http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/audio.cgi

Apparently not just here. Quite a few people on Andrew's board calling the rating bollocks as well...

I listened to this album again today. Completely not memorable. I think Andrew has seriously jumped the shark with his 100% rating. Not even close, to these ears.

Hold that thought. I need to give the station lineup an overdue overhaul. Maybe this extended weekend is the time for it. -Dan

My 2 cents: Not a horrible album, but won't be in my top 5 of the year. Gone are the over-the-top choruses that one used to associate with "Journey" and it seems more of a vehicle for Schon's noodling than anything else. It's almost as if the vocals are an afterthought. Maybe Schon should just cut to the chase, call it a prog album, and be done with it. -Dan

Way better than I was expecting... excellent chorus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lReDM62Jqsg

pls wud u ship my cd to red lion, pa. i send u munny laters. kthksbai

Reminds me of something George Carlin said: "You know how I define the economic and social classes in this country? The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there... just to scare the shit out of the middle class! Keep 'em showing up at those jobs!" Let's not spoil a good rant with facts, eh? The fact is that at least in the United States, the top 5% of taxpayers pay 95% of the tax revenue the government collects. On a PERCENTAGE basis, the rich pay lower than you or I due to the ceiling on SS contributions and the greater availability of tax shelters and writeoffs, but in terms of dollars paid into the government by econmic strata, it's not even close... -Dan P.S. The RIAA can suck my left testicle.

*shudder* That's one of my worst nightmares. I haven't done a formal job interview in over 15 years. I wouldn't know what to say or do. I'd probably come off sounding like Mongo: "Uhh... me know computers. Me write web pages and do end-user support and do desktop publishing and... uhh... stuff." Yeek. -Dan

Actually, even though the singer is an unknown, the sound samples on Amazon sound really good. I'll have to pick this one up. As for Victory discs, I've reassmbled most of their discography except for the 2 most recent discs and the S/T (which I had originally). Regarding the difference in audio quality between the two pressings of Don't Get Mad..., what exactly is the difference? I have the Mercenary pressing. -Dan

Now THAT was awesome. Be sure to watch all the way to the end. Now if, you'll excuse me, I need to go spin some Marduk and Emperor...

Journey? No. U2? Yes. Purchase? No.

Personally, I like Mark Cuban as a team owner. Pro sports could use more owners like him, rather than a bunch of stodgy old coots. I'd like to see Dallas finally get one. -Dan

Ok, but doesn't do a whole lot for me... lotsa other Finnish bands I prefer... -Dan

Zoning aka blocking, facing, or recovering is when the store associates go through and straighten the products on the shelves and racks in their designated areas. You pull items to the front of shelves to fill in gaps and make the shelves look full & neat, and also gather any out of place merchandise to return to its proper location in the store. Or at least that's what it was 13 years ago when I last did it. Ahh, ok. Now it makes sense. I've had a lot of different jobs, but never anything store-related.

According to what was said on the radio this morning, the body was in possession of U.S. forces, and then once positively identified, was buried at sea. That seems odd to me, given the tendency of Muslim media/governments/groups to deny things that actually occurred... I hope there was video documentation, otherwise we'll be back to "He's not really dead, the American infidels are liars." -Dan

While I'm thrilled that the bastard finally got his just reward, hopefully we can now start to pull back some of our presence in the Middle East and stop bleeding billions and billions of dollars over there that could do a lot of good at home. I'm sure the folks in Alabama and North Carolina could use some assistance. -Dan