Hellfest - Shanghai, China: Stratovarius, Turisas, and Negative

I recently saw a documentary film "The Cove" on the flight to Japan.I don`t really consider myself an animal activist but what I saw completely disturbed me.There are people who slaughter thousands of dolphins a year in Japan even though the entire world knows it illegal.Take 30 seconds out of your life to check out this link and spread the word.This is a far crazier scenario than you can ever imagine:

http://www.thecovemovie.com/what_can_you_do/letter_writing.htm

Just go already you stupid fat fuck!! Nobody cares about you or your bullshit nonsense!!! I`ll put up $100.00 for your plane ticket, bitch!!

It has come to my attention from a good source, that the upcoming documentary on Randy Rhodes by Dakota Films, is planning on NOT using the original tracks recorded with Bob Daisley on bass and Lee Kerslake on drums. Instead, they will be using the counterfeit versions with Rob Trujillo on bass and Mike Bordin on drums.

This is an absolute disrespect of Randy's musical history and a complete bunch of garbage.

For those of you unfamiliar, Sharon Osbourne had the bass and drum tracks re recorded a few years ago under the radar to avoid having to pay royalties to Bob and Lee.

She just re-released the albums as "remasters" and passed them off as real deal.

Well, the tour is now over - it was so much fun and went by very fast. So for your convenience, here's a recap of the last few days...

From the Montreal Gazette,February 12, 2010

It's a little chilling to read, in 2010, of a community expelling certain people in effort to protect its bloodline from dilution. It smacks of the kind of odious race theories that most of thought had been consigned to the dustbin of history.

And yet Joe Delaronde had both Canadian law and Canadian custom on his side when he used just that reason to explain why the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake had decided to evict 25 non-Mohawks from the reserve, just across the river from Montreal. He also had a point. "We're very concerned about protecting our identity," he told The Gazette's Hubert Bauch, "because, at a certain point, the Canadian government will come along and say, 'You're not even Indian.'"