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We in Fort Collins had a small repeat of the flood of '97. Not as devastating, but it was a jarring experience for those of us who saw the Big Flood. It rained harder than I've ever seen it rain. I've always lived in arid climes, so this was a strange glimpse of the Gudalacanal style super-soaker rains. Tonight is much more normal. low humidity and cool.

Megadeth. Always liked Dave and the rest better than Metallica. Trust, the song in my ears right now, is a great later song. Dave Mustaine can be a prick. But I feel some of his pain. I've never done the drugs, but I know the pain of being the Other Guy, the one who doesn't quite fit in. Dave was treated badly by Metallica, despite his own self-destructive tendencies. He was better off forming his own band, but there are better ways of making the change. And the reality is that Dave Mustaine is a much, much better guitarist than whatsiname, Kirk Hammett. Kirk is a hack. Pure and simple. His lead work is simplistic and his rhythm work is not as good as Hetfield's.

In fact, Hetfield and Cliff Burton were the biggest talents in Metallica. And Jason Newsted was the third best in that band. Lars is a mediocre drummer, and I already talked about Kirk. Metallica capitalized on the tendency for the populace to glom onto mediocrity. The So Called Black Album is a lesson in tedium. It's flat, it's formulaic. It's banal. And yes, it was a monster chart buster. Blech!

Their best album was Master of Puppets. It was a nut cruncher. It pushed the enveleope. It took me some time to fall in love with it. But, as is the case with many great works, it grew on me. It is comfortably in my list of Best Albums Ever. So, what happened? Why did they cave so easily to the corporate mindset of sucking the tit of the masses? I have no respect for that.

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