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Writer Hunter S Thompson kills himself Hunter S Thompson, the renowned American journalist and novelist who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, has fatally shot himself at his Colorado home, police said. He was 67. "We do have confirmation that Hunter Thompson was found dead this evening of an apparent self-inflicted wound," said Tricia Louthis, spokeswoman for the Pitkin County Sheriff'sOffice. Thompson was found dead at his home outside the ski resort of Aspen. The Sheriff's's Office was unable to provide any further details. -Reuters r.i.p.

just came in on the late breaking news on nz tv channels...hunter s thompson has committed suicide at his ranch... :( :(

JOURNEY GUITARIST NEAL SCHON SET TO ONCE AGAIN BRANCH OUT ON HIS OWN WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS SIXTH SOLO ALBUM, ‘i on U,’ DUE OUT FEBRUARY 22, 2005 ON FAVORED NATIONS November 23, 2004 -- What could be next for a musician who’s done it all? As the lead guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum band Journey, his work with guitar legend Santana and composer Jan Hammer, NEAL SCHON has lived the life of several rock gods. Still, he continues to reinvent himself, taking his own musical vision to new heights with his sixth solo outing, i on U, a dazzling collection of guitar instrumentals. It’s due out February 22, 2005 on Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label. Playing with modern sounds and flavors, yet always staying true to his signature guitar sound, i on U pulls it all together. Says SCHON, “this is the first album that encompasses everything and makes it brand new.” “Since I joined Santana,” he continues, ”I’ve always tried to go into every album in a different way. i on U is taking me to a new place and new sounds, but you can hear my years of work throughout the whole album. Sitting back and listening to it now, the history with Santana and Jan Hammer really shines through.” For i on U, SCHON teamed up with keyboardist and songwriter Igor Len as co-producer, and drummer Omar Hakim. “When I was on tour and trying to put the first stages of this record together,” he says, “I called Igor Len, who I had worked with on my ELECTRIC WORLD solo album, and asked him to be involved. He sent me some tracks that he was working on, and they were going exactly in the direction I wanted to go with my music. So I took his hooks, added all of the guitar parts and synthesizer solos, and embellished and tweaked them from there. Although I wrote ‘Father,’ ‘Moondust,’ and ‘Highland’ on my own.” Each listener will experience the album differently. From the majestic opening of “Blue Passion,” and the soaring melodies of the title track, the songs suggest wide open spaces, an overview of what’s to come, with tracks like the driving, passionate “Burning Bridges.” Then it’s on to the far off reaches of the imagination, with the arpeggiated rhythms of “Timeless Motion,” the spicy funk of “Loner’s Dream,” and the eastern flair of “It Will Happen.” “The guitar is one of the most expressive instruments of our time,” proclaims SCHON. “I want the listener to be able to imagine whatever they want since there are no lyrics. And have the music take them to any place they want to be.”

he`s a very cool guitarist...i have a copy of the " hendrix set "..a live set put out by neil schon and paul rodgers......very nice.....

oh gawd...don`t remind me...i was looking in the mirror at my greying whiskers this morning..... :(

it`s not vincent van gogh`s ear is it.....i hear that they`re still looking for it...it`s nearly past its cut -off date......

has ted nugent seen this???? :bigsmile:

yep...bottom line...cheaper labour....cost savings...service delivery.....

as long as they take the really big splinters out of it......

used to watch those old gidget movies when i was a kid...sad to hear... r.i.p.

this is my personal favourite guys....... :bigsmile: “It should be called Dogshit in the Doorway.” —Keith Richards retitles Mick Jagger’s solo album, Goddess In The Doorway.....gotta love that keith

Bob Dylan and Elton john ain`t the only ones bad mouthing their fellow artists....... :bigsmile: Love Me Don’t: Berating the Beatles “Fucking Paul McCartney’s a gay bastard. He’s like, ‘Look, I found somebody with one leg.’” —Sharon Osbourne “I’d swap two Pauls for a George.” —John Lennon “Paul…No, just joking.” —Yoko Ono after being asked who, after John Lennon, was her favorite Beatle “Who?” —Britney Spears after being asked if she was ’N Sync’s Yoko Ono Better Dead Than Fred: You know that guy everyone likes? He’s not Fred Durst “He’s an asshole; he’s burned a lot of bridges. Nobody likes him. I mean, his guitarist left the band because Fred is such a cock.” —Scott Stapp “If I just sat there and pointed, maybe I could be a producer, but if it required any technical proficiencies, I’d be an utter failure. But maybe not — who knows? Doesn’t Fred Durst produce things? How much skill can he have?” —Dave Matthews "Two words for Fred Durst, okay? Bret Michaels.” — Courtney Love Get in the Ring: And Insult Axl Rose “They’re really talentless people, and they write crap music, and they’re the most popular rock band on the Earth right now. I can’t believe it.” —Kurt Cobain on Guns N’ Roses “I just wish the fucker would get the fuckin’ record out so I could see why he took something so cool and systematically destroyed it.” —Slash “If I was as ugly as Axl, I’d be pissed off about cameras going off in my face too!” —Ted Nugent The Passion of the Christina: We love Christina Aguilera. Other people…Not so much “She has an amazing voice, undeniably, but that doesn’t change the fact that she’s one of the world’s biggest cunts.” —Kelly Osbourne “I’ve seen drag queens who look better” —Kelly Osbourne, again "She’s an ungrateful, spoiled-rotten asshole.” —Fred Durst Playa Hatas: Hip-hoppers Put the “Rap” into “You’re Crap” “[R. Kelly] has problems with the love people give me — he’s insecure.” —Jay-Z “He can’t fuck with me. I’m bigger than him and he’s mad. The reason is, he’s a bitch and that’s what bitches do.” —Ja Rule on DMX “He has a great, unique talent and smooth, white hair. Just like a beagle’s nut sack.” —Triumph The Insult Comic Dog on Eminem “He ain’t but a buck and some change. Stuart Little–looking motherfucker.” —DMX on Ja Rule “I respect everybody — Except Vanilla Ice.” —Ice Cube Live Through This: Courtney Love Reaps What She Sows, Insult-wise “That’s wonderful, although you are the worst guitarist I’ve ever heard.” —Joe Strummer to Courtney Love in the late ‘80s, after she informed him she was starting a band “She needs shooting, and I’ll shoot her.” —The Teardrop Explodes’ Julian Cope “Nine inches? I don’t think so! Four inches is more like it!” —Courtney Love on Trent Reznor “In her professional dealings, Love is irrational, mercurial, self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable.” —Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in court comments Sticks and Stones: Even the Rolling Stones Can’t Get No Respect “[Mick Jagger’s] always been chickenshit to get onstage with the Beach Boys.” —The Beach Boys’ Mike Love “It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He’s pathetic. It’s like a monkey with arthritis trying to go on stage and look young.” —Elton John on Keith Richards “[His writing is limited to] songs for dead blondes.” —Keith Richards on Elton John “It should be called Dogshit in the Doorway.” —Keith Richards retitles Mick Jagger’s solo album, Goddess In The Doorway Chart Attack: Who Could Dislike Our Lovely, Fluffy Pop Stars? Everyone! "Madonna’s got this gold tooth in her mouth all the time and all this shit around her eyes. She looks like Beetlejuice or something.” —Mark Wahlberg “It scares the hell out of me — so imagine what it does to 5-year-olds.” —The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor on Michael Jackson’s face “Nick and Jessica — lovely people, but they’re not really all that smart.” —Jack Osbourne “I thought it was the most obnoxious moment in television history.” —Stevie Nicks on Madonna kissing Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards Rock of Rages: My Rock Band’s Better Than Your Band. Nyaaah, Nyaaah, Nyaaah-nyaaah, Nyaaah “Metallica have turned into a bunch of fucking corporate pigs. Suck my dick.” —Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx “Chris Martin looks like a fucking geography teacher.” —Oasis’s Liam Gallagher “I went to see U2’s film Rattle & Hum and afterwards I just thought, ‘How can you not be horrified with yourselves? How can you actually let this thing be released when it makes every single person in it look like the biggest asshole ever?’” —The Beastie Boys’ Mike D “They make me not want to play music.” —The Strokes’ Albert Hammond on Jet “We’re down-to-earth, real motherfuckers, and any band with their background can kiss my arse.” —Jet’s Chris Cester on the Strokes......

one more......a pensive mood...neither were feeling cooperatve when i got this one..you wouldn`t believe the trouble i had getting those two on to the same couch for about a minute

my 7 year old jessi as alice in wonderland at the bottom of our garden.....

my two darlings jessi and sam..... :bigsmile:

kia ora Dawgbytez...welcome to beatking...... :)

nice one.....

kia ora moonman...nice to see you..... :)

incredible stuff..those doctors did very well....i hope that the little one survives....

well no, not really ken...perhaps the general vision appears to those living in the united states to be an exaggerated one but the wholesale killings, the privatisations of other countries infrastructure, the replacement of sovereign governments, and major asset and resource transferral has taken place and is taking place..it all depends on which part of the world that one views the situation from...from where we sit it doesn`t look good..

more than likely red.....

what crap...a quick google of the name lacy mason, Weekly World News and hillary clinton leads to surprise, surprise..the following website.... :bigsmile: http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm

kia ora nate..hows it going? long time no see mate..

what with those wild statements and elton john running off at the mouth you`d be excused for thinking that it`s mid-life crisis time for aging rock stars...i find a lot of it to be negative (and dare i say it elton you old queen).....just plain catty.. :bigsmile: