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Review: Raw nostalgia fuels Triumph’s Rock and Roll Machine as it rolls into Calgary’s Saddledome
It was half-a-dozen songs into their concert at the Saddledome Friday night when Triumph launched into the nine-minute…
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Another Day
Today is Wednesday and it is my third consecutive day in the office. The traffic was bad. I want to go home. It’s not even 9:00am yet and I already want to go home. I am going to have a super busy, super stressful work day today. I just don’t feel up to it. Ugh.
As I walked in this morning the guy who sits next to me said good morning. I said good morning in return, but the thought that went through my head was something like good morning apart from the usual soul crushing existential dread. Another day, another walk through the shadow of the valley of emotional wreckage. You know how it is. Of course I exaggerate a little, and I also… ya know… edited my thoughts… like you do.
That lead to another thought. A lyric from a Triumph song. “Another day, another dollar, another pretty face. Another chance to lose yourself in this endless race.” That’s from the song Hold On from the album Just a Game. It’s a good record.
I think I am feeling gloomy for a physical reason. Let me tell you all about it.
When I was a high school brat I had a period where I dealt with some pretty bad acne. Not as bad as some of my classmates, but for a little window of time there it was bad. Bad enough that we asked a doctor about it. They put me on some Retin A (or whatever it was called) and it helped a little. Mostly, just getting through puberty is what resolved the issue. Fast forward to yesterday and I felt like something was in my eye. Weird. My right eye kept getting watery and that would blur my vision just a tiny bit. I thought maybe it was the start of a little conjunctivitis. Yippee for me. This morning I discovered the truth. It’s not pink eye or anything like that. It’s a pimple… on my lower eye lid. No, let me rephrase… it’s a great big muther of a zit and it’s on my lower eye lid. What the hell?
A zit on my eye that is big enough to cause my eye to water a little and I can just about almost see it. Again I ask, what the hell?
So if you’re wondering why I am in a weird funky mood today, that is probably it. Chalk it up to teenage acne coming back for another round of fun in my 50’s and punching me right in the freakin’ eye. Stupid zit. Stupid, stupid zit.
#acne #commute #emotionalTurmoil #existentialDread #health #holdOn #justAGame #pimple #puberty #RikEmmett #Stress #triumph #work #zit
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Another Day
Today is Wednesday and it is my third consecutive day in the office. The traffic was bad. I want to go home. It’s not even 9:00am yet and I already want to go home. I am going to have a super busy, super stressful work day today. I just don’t feel up to it. Ugh.
As I walked in this morning the guy who sits next to me said good morning. I said good morning in return, but the thought that went through my head was something like good morning apart from the usual soul crushing existential dread. Another day, another walk through the shadow of the valley of emotional wreckage. You know how it is. Of course I exaggerate a little, and I also… ya know… edited my thoughts… like you do.
That lead to another thought. A lyric from a Triumph song. “Another day, another dollar, another pretty face. Another chance to lose yourself in this endless race.” That’s from the song Hold On from the album Just a Game. It’s a good record.
I think I am feeling gloomy for a physical reason. Let me tell you all about it.
When I was a high school brat I had a period where I dealt with some pretty bad acne. Not as bad as some of my classmates, but for a little window of time there it was bad. Bad enough that we asked a doctor about it. They put me on some Retin A (or whatever it was called) and it helped a little. Mostly, just getting through puberty is what resolved the issue. Fast forward to yesterday and I felt like something was in my eye. Weird. My right eye kept getting watery and that would blur my vision just a tiny bit. I thought maybe it was the start of a little conjunctivitis. Yippee for me. This morning I discovered the truth. It’s not pink eye or anything like that. It’s a pimple… on my lower eye lid. No, let me rephrase… it’s a great big muther of a zit and it’s on my lower eye lid. What the hell?
A zit on my eye that is big enough to cause my eye to water a little and I can just about almost see it. Again I ask, what the hell?
So if you’re wondering why I am in a weird funky mood today, that is probably it. Chalk it up to teenage acne coming back for another round of fun in my 50’s and punching me right in the freakin’ eye. Stupid zit. Stupid, stupid zit.
#acne #commute #emotionalTurmoil #existentialDread #health #holdOn #justAGame #pimple #puberty #RikEmmett #Stress #triumph #work #zit
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Another Day
Today is Wednesday and it is my third consecutive day in the office. The traffic was bad. I want to go home. It’s not even 9:00am yet and I already want to go home. I am going to have a super busy, super stressful work day today. I just don’t feel up to it. Ugh.
As I walked in this morning the guy who sits next to me said good morning. I said good morning in return, but the thought that went through my head was something like good morning apart from the usual soul crushing existential dread. Another day, another walk through the shadow of the valley of emotional wreckage. You know how it is. Of course I exaggerate a little, and I also… ya know… edited my thoughts… like you do.
That lead to another thought. A lyric from a Triumph song. “Another day, another dollar, another pretty face. Another chance to lose yourself in this endless race.” That’s from the song Hold On from the album Just a Game. It’s a good record.
I think I am feeling gloomy for a physical reason. Let me tell you all about it.
When I was a high school brat I had a period where I dealt with some pretty bad acne. Not as bad as some of my classmates, but for a little window of time there it was bad. Bad enough that we asked a doctor about it. They put me on some Retin A (or whatever it was called) and it helped a little. Mostly, just getting through puberty is what resolved the issue. Fast forward to yesterday and I felt like something was in my eye. Weird. My right eye kept getting watery and that would blur my vision just a tiny bit. I thought maybe it was the start of a little conjunctivitis. Yippee for me. This morning I discovered the truth. It’s not pink eye or anything like that. It’s a pimple… on my lower eye lid. No, let me rephrase… it’s a great big muther of a zit and it’s on my lower eye lid. What the hell?
A zit on my eye that is big enough to cause my eye to water a little and I can just about almost see it. Again I ask, what the hell?
So if you’re wondering why I am in a weird funky mood today, that is probably it. Chalk it up to teenage acne coming back for another round of fun in my 50’s and punching me right in the freakin’ eye. Stupid zit. Stupid, stupid zit.
#acne #commute #emotionalTurmoil #existentialDread #health #holdOn #justAGame #pimple #puberty #RikEmmett #Stress #triumph #work #zit
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Another Day
Today is Wednesday and it is my third consecutive day in the office. The traffic was bad. I want to go home. It’s not even 9:00am yet and I already want to go home. I am going to have a super busy, super stressful work day today. I just don’t feel up to it. Ugh.
As I walked in this morning the guy who sits next to me said good morning. I said good morning in return, but the thought that went through my head was something like good morning apart from the usual soul crushing existential dread. Another day, another walk through the shadow of the valley of emotional wreckage. You know how it is. Of course I exaggerate a little, and I also… ya know… edited my thoughts… like you do.
That lead to another thought. A lyric from a Triumph song. “Another day, another dollar, another pretty face. Another chance to lose yourself in this endless race.” That’s from the song Hold On from the album Just a Game. It’s a good record.
I think I am feeling gloomy for a physical reason. Let me tell you all about it.
When I was a high school brat I had a period where I dealt with some pretty bad acne. Not as bad as some of my classmates, but for a little window of time there it was bad. Bad enough that we asked a doctor about it. They put me on some Retin A (or whatever it was called) and it helped a little. Mostly, just getting through puberty is what resolved the issue. Fast forward to yesterday and I felt like something was in my eye. Weird. My right eye kept getting watery and that would blur my vision just a tiny bit. I thought maybe it was the start of a little conjunctivitis. Yippee for me. This morning I discovered the truth. It’s not pink eye or anything like that. It’s a pimple… on my lower eye lid. No, let me rephrase… it’s a great big muther of a zit and it’s on my lower eye lid. What the hell?
A zit on my eye that is big enough to cause my eye to water a little and I can just about almost see it. Again I ask, what the hell?
So if you’re wondering why I am in a weird funky mood today, that is probably it. Chalk it up to teenage acne coming back for another round of fun in my 50’s and punching me right in the freakin’ eye. Stupid zit. Stupid, stupid zit.
#acne #commute #emotionalTurmoil #existentialDread #health #holdOn #justAGame #pimple #puberty #RikEmmett #Stress #triumph #work #zit
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Another Day
Today is Wednesday and it is my third consecutive day in the office. The traffic was bad. I want to go home. It’s not even 9:00am yet and I already want to go home. I am going to have a super busy, super stressful work day today. I just don’t feel up to it. Ugh.
As I walked in this morning the guy who sits next to me said good morning. I said good morning in return, but the thought that went through my head was something like good morning apart from the usual soul crushing existential dread. Another day, another walk through the shadow of the valley of emotional wreckage. You know how it is. Of course I exaggerate a little, and I also… ya know… edited my thoughts… like you do.
That lead to another thought. A lyric from a Triumph song. “Another day, another dollar, another pretty face. Another chance to lose yourself in this endless race.” That’s from the song Hold On from the album Just a Game. It’s a good record.
I think I am feeling gloomy for a physical reason. Let me tell you all about it.
When I was a high school brat I had a period where I dealt with some pretty bad acne. Not as bad as some of my classmates, but for a little window of time there it was bad. Bad enough that we asked a doctor about it. They put me on some Retin A (or whatever it was called) and it helped a little. Mostly, just getting through puberty is what resolved the issue. Fast forward to yesterday and I felt like something was in my eye. Weird. My right eye kept getting watery and that would blur my vision just a tiny bit. I thought maybe it was the start of a little conjunctivitis. Yippee for me. This morning I discovered the truth. It’s not pink eye or anything like that. It’s a pimple… on my lower eye lid. No, let me rephrase… it’s a great big muther of a zit and it’s on my lower eye lid. What the hell?
A zit on my eye that is big enough to cause my eye to water a little and I can just about almost see it. Again I ask, what the hell?
So if you’re wondering why I am in a weird funky mood today, that is probably it. Chalk it up to teenage acne coming back for another round of fun in my 50’s and punching me right in the freakin’ eye. Stupid zit. Stupid, stupid zit.
#acne #commute #emotionalTurmoil #existentialDread #health #holdOn #justAGame #pimple #puberty #RikEmmett #Stress #triumph #work #zit
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'You're Toast': Triumph's Rik Emmett Reveals How Grunge Affected 'a 40-year-old Guy With Arena Rock History'
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Today In Metal History 🤘 July 10th, 2024🤘 RONNIE JAMES DIO, RIK EMMETT, KIM MITCHELL, CRADLE OF FILTH -
As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 507 on The List, submitted by Almoehi.
Based on the fact that this album was submitted for The List more than once, chances are a lot of you know already this one. I, for one, did not, and so I wasn’t sure what I was in for. As soon as I put it on though, it sounded so familiar. Not in terms of the music itself, but the feeling, the energy, the vibe – whatever the right word is for that magic that a fantastic live music recording captures, particularly when the event that is captured is clearly a celebration of music. Like, we all obviously love when a musician is excellent at what they do and plays beautiful music. But when it is obvious that the musician absolutely digs what they do and are just as ecstatic as the audience is to hear the music they and their bandmates are playing?! Now that is something incredibly special to witness, absolute bliss.
And, because the night captured in this album was the meeting of three spectacular guitarists and their different specialties, this album distinctly reminded me of a concert I attended 14 years ago that featured the guitar trio of Pavlo (Greek-Canadian, specializes in romantic Mediterranean style of guitar), Rik Emmett (former lead guitarist of the Canadian hard rock band Triumph), and Oscar Lopez (Chilean-Canadian, specializes in Latin acoustic guitar). Though I didn’t know it at the time, the creation of the Pavlo/Emmett/Lopez trio was inspired by Di Meola/McLaughlin/De Lucia, and the concert was in support of the one album they put out together, Trifecta (which went on to be nominated for a Juno Award that year, i.e., essentially a Canadian Grammy). Just as it seems the audience had the pleasure of witnessing that Friday night in San Francisco, that night was an unforgettable, joyful meeting of three guitarists who loved playing their guitars.
So, all that is to say – if you dig guitars, excellent guitarists, and excellent guitarists who love what they do, listen to Friday Night In San Francisco, and maybe also check out Trifecta. I also highly recommend checking out Pavlo’s discography, particularly Fantasia.
- Songlink: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia – Friday Night In San Francisco
- Discogs: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia – Friday Night In San Francisco
*My surveys are getting a bit out of hand, so I’ll put the choices/results at the bottom of posts from now on. The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “Here in my car”, “Where the image”, and “Breaks down”, with the first being the winning selection. The survey result was translated as picking the first album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “in”.
#1001OtherAlbums #1980s #acousticGuitar #AlDiMeola #guitar #jazz #JohnMcLaughlin #LatinMusic #liveAlbum #OscarLopez #PacoDeLucia #Pavlo #RikEmmett
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Rik Emmett says Eric Clapton’s guitar playing is fairly narrow
https://rockandrollgarage.com/rik-emmett-says-eric-claptons-guitar-playing-is-fairly-narrow/
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TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT On Crossing Music Genres: 'TAYLOR SWIFT Can Pretty Much Do Whatever She Wants To Do' -
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TRIUMPH Guitarist RIK EMMETT Reveals OZZY OSBOURNE's Band "Was One Of The Best Rock Bands I Ever Saw. Ever. In My Life" (Video)
In the VRP Rocks clip below, guitarist Rik Emmett reminisces on his experience with Triumph at the iconic US Festival in 1983, where they performed alongside rock luminaries like Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, and Judas Priest. He reflects on feeling like an outlier but proving Triumph's prowess as a band... -
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TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT Says His Prostate Cancer 'Is Under Control And Being Treated'#Triumph #RikEmmett #ProstateCancer #UnderControl #BeingTreated
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RIK EMMETT Reacts To People Comparing TRIUMPH To RUSH: 'We Were Never A Band On That Level'
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TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT Opens Up About Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: 'It Doesn't Freak Me Out'
...Rik Emmett confirmed that he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. "I don't mind if it's on the record," ... "I have to take medications and stuff.#ProstateCancer #RikEmmett #Triumph #CancerDiagnosis #Testing #HealthCare
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RIK EMMETT Talks New Memoir In Career-Spanning Interview; Looks Back On TRIUMPH Break-Up And Reunion, 1983 US Festival Performance, And More (Video)#RikEmmett
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RIK EMMETT - Legendary TRIUMPH Guitarist / Vocalist To Release Then Again... Album In September; "Magic Power" Streaming Now#RikEmmett
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Rik Emmett: “If I wrote a pop tune, the guys wanted to make it heavy. I’d put more power chords in and Townshend it up. For a while, it worked”https://www.guitarworld.com/features/triumph-rik-emmett
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Today In Metal History 🤘 July 10th, 2023🤘 RONNIE JAMES DIO, RIK EMMETT, KIM MITCHELL, CRADLE OF FILTH
Talent We Lost R.I.P. RONNIE JAMES DIO (real name Ronald James Padavona: BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF) - July 10th, 1942 – May 16th, 2010 (aged 67) Ronnie would've turned 81 today! Remembering the last time he was in...#RonnieJamesDio #RikEmmett #KimMitchell #CradleofFilth #TodayinMetalHistory #July10th2023