I used to be really into Prick. I've lost touch with my old industrial tastes. I have Prick's second album, autographed. I was trying to sell it and the first album the other day. Not really looking for much more than a couple bucks. If anyone else is into Prick, let me know. Sometimes they're hard to come by...

Best CD era lineup: Robin Finck, Buckethead, Paul Huge, Tommy Stinson, Brain, Dizzy Reed & Chris Pitman. We're down to three, two of whom are really expendable (and one of those two almost completely unnecessary). Isn't it ironic that NOW we stand to finally see this album released? Looks like Axl will be touring behind it with CD Phase IV. Finck was the heir to Slash's throne, not Bumblefoot. Buckethead took the CD recordings to mythic levels, not Fortus. I'm glad for the update, but sad at the current state of my favorite band.

I tried to get tickets during the pre-sale all week long, starting Tuesday morning. I'm a writer and usually try to do a piece on a big show like this. It's very important to me I get as close to the stage as possible, ie pit tickets. I won't go to a rock show without a GA pit. Sucks because the nearest six or so venues to me with the Crue sold out of their pit tickets miraculously BEFORE the FAN CLUB pre-sale. So yeah, I got royally fucked. I made some phone calls, explained my situation, even tried to waive my being in the press in their face. No luck. These cocksucker venues only dish out the "secret" tickets to those few of their choosing long before either the public onsale or the pre-sale. I thought, well maybe, just maybe, more pit spots will open up during the public onsale this morning. I'm willing to travel between six venues to experience this show right. No luck. Funniest thing? At 10AM, when my closest venue was already all but sold out, eBay was literally stocked to the brim with tickets to the show. So were other scalper-friendly sites. There were more tickets available elsewhere than the actual ticket seller had available at the time of the public onsale. Well now, I try my best, but I can't afford $500-1000 for a fucking concert. Greedy sons of bitches. You know, there should be laws ... oh wait, there are. Needless to say, my day started off shitty and never quite recovered. After missing the reunited Crue on their last tour and been really dying to see Sixx:A.M. and a post-success Buckcherry (I loved them when they'd come play our tiny clubs here), I can't go at all. I'll be fixing my sig soon to reflect that. Up yours Ticketmaster, scalpers, and the lucky fucks who got good tickets and aren't me.

He looks 100% better, especially with the naturally gray beard and now that he's stopped trying to hide the fact that he's obviously lost his hair. I'll never get the intense, and I mean INTENSE, vitriolic hatred I see directed towards this guy. One minute the media and MTV helped to elevate and stroke his ego to monumental proportions, then disowned him as a prick and laughed as he dropped off the face of the earth. The sad thing is, Limp Bizkit actually made some catchy music, Durst always seemed likeable enough to me. As I said before, who wouldn't get a big head the way TRL paraded him around as his generation's fucking Jim Morrison. I'd like to see him concentrate more on directing, his videos were never half bad, especially his clip for Deadsy's "The Key to Gramercy Park."

Bring on -- barring the unexpected release of Chinese Democracy -- the best album of '08. The Crue kicks ass, now and forever.