145 days of Nostra
Soze
played 145 days in a row everyday, let alone one this long ( or this
bad...sorry, couldn`t resist! ).
Friday, November 7, 2008 will mark the 145th straight day Cleveland,
Ohio JUDAS PRIEST fan Jim Bartek has listened to PRIEST's "Nostradamus",
a double-disc concept album based on the mysterious, world-known 16th
century French prophet Nostradamus, in its entirety from start to finish
since the initial release. To put his obsession in better perspective,
this translates to approximately 249 hours or one-and-a-half weeks of
his life listening to the album. There have even been some days when
Bartek has listened to the entire album multiple times so the numbers
are higher than reported. He owns all the various configurations
released and mixes between listening to the 2-CD and 3-LP sets.
Asked why this album has made such an impact in his life, Bartek
responds, "I wish I could answer that! I don't know, it just grabs me
and I enjoy listening to it. I honestly wish I could pinpoint and give a
rock solid answer but I can't." Bartek adds "The flow of the record and
the way you can just feel what the guy (Nostradamus) was going through
from the way PRIEST play and sing it. Rob's [Halford] vocals tell you
exactly how the guy is feeling at a particular moment. It all just fits
perfectly. I'm not tired of it yet. It's an epic record about a very
interesting subject."
kev...@gmail.com
It's a great double cd that lends itself well to repeated listens (if
you like it to begin with), but once a day for 145 days is too much.
Where does he find the 2 hours every day to devote to this?
CHUCK_key
> Where does he find the 2 hours every day to devote to this?
Probably not until he lost his job and wife from playing the album way
too much.
tom.m...@gmail.com
And now he's got as much time as he wants.
Couldn't imagine 145 times listening to Nostra, I've not even
completed a full 4 times. Which reminds me, I did sort of promise
myself I'd work another listen in before the year ends. Maybe I will
go ahead and do so tomorrow.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> played 145 days in a row everyday, let alone one this long ( or this
> bad...sorry, couldn`t resist! ).
Probably more than Servo has.
> Friday, November 7, 2008 will mark the 145th straight day Cleveland,
> Ohio JUDAS PRIEST fan Jim Bartek has listened to PRIEST's "Nostradamus",
> a double-disc concept album based on the mysterious, world-known 16th
> century French prophet Nostradamus, in its entirety from start to finish
> since the initial release. To put his obsession in better perspective,
> this translates to approximately 249 hours or one-and-a-half weeks of
> his life listening to the album. There have even been some days when
> Bartek has listened to the entire album multiple times so the numbers
> are higher than reported. He owns all the various configurations
> released and mixes between listening to the 2-CD and 3-LP sets.
>
> Asked why this album has made such an impact in his life, Bartek
> responds, "I wish I could answer that! I don't know, it just grabs me
> and I enjoy listening to it. I honestly wish I could pinpoint and give a
> rock solid answer but I can't." Bartek adds "The flow of the record and
> the way you can just feel what the guy (Nostradamus) was going through
> from the way PRIEST play and sing it. Rob's [Halford] vocals tell you
> exactly how the guy is feeling at a particular moment. It all just fits
> perfectly. I'm not tired of it yet. It's an epic record about a very
> interesting subject."
As I said, I couldn't imagine it. I am sure I've not reached even
half that number, or even combined listens of Demo, Jug, AoR and
Nostra all together.
Now, PK, now we are talking.
Tom
Bomber
"tom...@juno.com" <tom.m...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I need to dust it off as well. I haven't played it since July. Played RiD
today though. It's been a while.
Ritchie
I've probably listened to Nostradamus about 60 to 70 times and AOR
hundreds of times. Then again I have limited taste in what I like to
listen to so its easier for me to give them more listens than most of
the posters here.
Ritchie
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
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I was listening to RID today also, I cant get enough of the title
track, BRS and HAI.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > And now he's got as much time as he wants.
> > Couldn't imagine 145 times listening to Nostra, I've not even
> > completed a full 4 times. Which reminds me, I did sort of promise
> > myself I'd work another listen in before the year ends. Maybe I will
> > go ahead and do so tomorrow.
>
> > Tom
>
> I need to dust it off as well. I haven't played it since July. Played RiD
> today though. It's been a while.
What, last week?
Tom
poke
tom.m...@gmail.com
> played 145 days in a row everyday, let alone one this long ( or this
> bad...sorry, couldn`t resist! ).
It's that days in a row thing. I never listen to music all that
often on the weekend. Not full CD's anyway. So that would be a killer
there.
Occasionally I will like an album by some band and give it a lot of
repeated listens everyday at work, but I've never ever worked 145 days
in a row. I'd have to be paid a lot of extra cash to work every
weekend.
Tom
kev...@gmail.com
Yea it's kind of disturbing that this guy has the 2 hours every day
hat he can devote to listening to the same cd. I mean couldn't he
find anything else to do? I guess he is a Priest fan (although he
might just be a fan of Nostradamus) but he must be a boring guy.
Soze
He looked slightly unhinged in the photograph.
kev...@gmail.com
>
> > Yea it's kind of disturbing that this guy has the 2 hours every day
> > hat he can devote to listening to the same cd. I mean couldn't he
> > find anything else to do? I guess he is a Priest fan (although he
> > might just be a fan of Nostradamus) but he must be a boring guy.
>
> He looked slightly unhinged in the photograph.
If you listened to Nostradamus all the way thru for 140 days straight,
you would come unhinged too!!
Soze
I started gibbering after the third listen...*poke*
Anyway, here he is in all his wide eyed, staring glory
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108371
I suspect his house reeks with all those dead bodies under the floorboards.
kev...@gmail.com
> kev...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Nov 7, 3:32 pm, Soze <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >>> Yea it's kind of disturbing that this guy has the 2 hours every day
> >>> hat he can devote to listening to the same cd. I mean couldn't he
> >>> find anything else to do? I guess he is a Priest fan (although he
> >>> might just be a fan of Nostradamus) but he must be a boring guy.
> >> He looked slightly unhinged in the photograph.
>
> > If you listened to Nostradamus all the way thru for 140 days straight,
> > you would come unhinged too!!
>
> I started gibbering after the third listen...*poke*
>
> Anyway, here he is in all his wide eyed, staring glory
>
>
> I suspect his house reeks with all those dead bodies under the floorboards.
He look's like he is on something, but I am not sure what. I don't
think I want to know.
Bomber
"Ritchie" <Ritch...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The solo in the title track is still jaw dropping.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> >> Occasionally I will like an album by some band and give it a lot of
> >> repeated listens everyday at work, but I've never ever worked 145 days
> >> in a row. I'd have to be paid a lot of extra cash to work every
> >> weekend.
>
> >> Tom
>
> > Yea it's kind of disturbing that this guy has the 2 hours every day
> > hat he can devote to listening to the same cd. I mean couldn't he
> > find anything else to do? I guess he is a Priest fan (although he
> > might just be a fan of Nostradamus) but he must be a boring guy.
>
> He looked slightly unhinged in the photograph.
Who isn't unhinged?
Tom
Especially metal fans?
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > > might just be a fan of Nostradamus) but he must be a boring guy.
>
> > He looked slightly unhinged in the photograph.
>
> If you listened to Nostradamus all the way thru for 140 days straight,
> you would come unhinged too!!
I did manage a listen at work today. It was ok at best. Not sure
when I will really want to hear it again. Surely never 145 days
straight.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > > And now he's got as much time as he wants.
> > > Couldn't imagine 145 times listening to Nostra, I've not even
> > > completed a full 4 times. Which reminds me, I did sort of promise
> > > myself I'd work another listen in before the year ends. Maybe I will
> > > go ahead and do so tomorrow.
>
> > > Tom
>
> > I need to dust it off as well. I haven't played it since July. Played RiD
> > today though. It's been a while.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
> >I was listening to RID today also, I cant get enough of the title
> >track, BRS and HAI.
>
> The solo in the title track is still jaw dropping.
Of course it is. It's Glenn and KK, they usually always kick ass.
Tom
CHUCK_key
> I was listening to RID today also, I cant get enough of the title
> track, BRS and HAI.
I like Hard As Iron a lot. It reminds me so much of Andrew WK though.
kev...@gmail.com
why is this fuck posting in a regular thread?
kev...@gmail.com
oops I misread the author... I got you mixed up with the guy with who
posts those crazy spam mshgs all the time.... my apologies...
tom.m...@gmail.com
HaI is what, 15 years preceeding Andrew WK? So which should really
remind you of which?
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
I wondered about your reaction to him, I mean he has been posting in
the regular threads occasionally for some time now.
Tom
CHUCK_key
> HaI is what, 15 years preceeding Andrew WK? So which should really
> remind you of which?
>
> Tom
I just hear a bit of that style in some of AWK's work, but I can't
place which song. I figure he more than likely got some inspiration
from Priest at some point, anyway.
CHUCK_key
> oops I misread the author... I got you mixed up with the guy with who
> posts those crazy spam mshgs all the time.... my apologies...
I didn't even realize it was directed at me; No prob.
I assume you're talking about the "piggie" bullshit that keeps getting
posted?
kev...@gmail.com
Yea I can't stand that shit.. not sure why it bothers me since I don't
actually click on the threads... but it does. Why does that guy
post on these groups? I don't get it.
Soze
He crossposts them to several groups. To my knowledge no-one from here
has ever responded or acknowledged them. Hopefully one day he`ll get the
message and give up. I don`t even know who it is he and his cronies have
it in for so god knows why he thinks I should care.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > HaI is what, 15 years preceeding Andrew WK? So which should really
> > remind you of which?
>
> > Tom
>
> I just hear a bit of that style in some of AWK's work, but I can't
> place which song. I figure he more than likely got some inspiration
> from Priest at some point, anyway.
I've heard Children of Bodom do a cover of a AWk song, but I've not
really heard AWK at all.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
I wish there was a way to stop it. I don't see how, though.
Tom
kev...@gmail.com
the thing is, this guy he hates who he writes the posts about... Does
this guy even care about some random posts on Usenet? Does anyone
really care? The whole thing is ridiculous.
CHUCK_key
> I wish there was a way to stop it. I don't see how, though.
>
> Tom
If you're using google groups through Firefox there's something called
the "Greasemonkey" filter that has a decent killfile and ignore
script. It works rather well, and I think all the info about the
proper scripts can be found here. It's been a while since I installed
it, so I wouldn't be the one to come to for any advice, but it's
pretty easy to set up:
http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html
I already have the "Piggy" in my killfile, and I seldom see anything
he posts anymore unless there is a reply to his threads.
Soze
Cool, I didn`t realise this...my only problem with Firefox before now
was it`s lack of a killfile...
CHUCK_key
> Cool, I didn`t realise this...my only problem with Firefox before now
> was it`s lack of a killfile...
It'll make the newsgroups much easier to navigate when you don't see
shitposts all over the place. Of course, you'll see a lot less posts
too, but at least they'll all be relevant.
kev...@gmail.com
I had no idea about this. Thanks!
tom.m...@gmail.com
It looks like he changes his posting name all the time, so I don't
know that a killfile with just a user name will work. I usually just
ignore it, so it's not a big deal, but his postings makes legit
threads fall off the opening page pretty quick.
Tom