Tag Archives: Iron Maiden

Heavy Metal Yoga Adventure in Atlanta

by on July 28, 2013 in Ear Candy

Ommmmm \m/ Metal Yoga. Laugh if you will. Say it defies logic and must defeat the purpose. Call it the mother of all oxymorons. You know what I call it? Freakin’ awesome. If you’re any kind of music fan, you must know that thrill – you know, that chill you get the minute the lights […]

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S is for… Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen

by on April 22, 2013 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Eye Candy

We’re heading into the final stretch of our A to Z journey through the Music-Fan Connection, and so I thought I would highlight the men responsible for bringing several great music documentaries to the fans in recent years. Sam Dunn is a heavy metal anthropologist. How cool is that? That’s got to be fun to […]

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B is for… Bruce Air

by on April 2, 2013 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge

A Dane, a Brit and an American walk into an airport. Sounds like the beginnings of a great joke, right? What if I told you they were all looking for Flight #666? That’s not the punchline, it’s the true story of three lucky guys I know who have boarded the friendly skies via Bruce Air, […]

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Like Father, Like Son – a Mother-Daughter Adventure

by on July 21, 2012 in Ear Candy

I took my ten year old to her first metal show last week. Yes, I subjected her 100+ decibels and 10,000+ rowdy, sweaty (and a few inebriated) fans. But before you snatch away my Mom-of-the-Year Award and stomp it to bits with your sensible shoes, hear me out. There were earplugs involved. And backstage passes. […]

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Summer Tour 2012

by on June 11, 2012 in Ear Candy

Hello cats and kittens! Miss me? I’ve missed all of you. It appears I took the month of May off. Hmm. More like I blinked and it was gone. April was a fun blur. I am still getting a lot of traffic here due to the Herculean Blogging from A-Z Challenge, which is all kinds […]

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It’s All in the Details

by on April 4, 2012 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy

D is diverse, indeed. Decisions, decisions! After much deliberation, I’ve determined that today’s blog post will be dedicated to my DH. In some people’s cute little corners of the net, that stands for Dear Husband. In my case, I like to affectionately refer to him as my Dirty Hippie. My husband is a Deadhead. By […]

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Random Ramble – never too old to rock and roll

by on March 12, 2012 in Ear Candy

Today is Steve Harris’ birthday – the bassist and founder of Iron Maiden was born in 1956, so that makes him…56! Here in the States, he’d qualify for AARP. Yet here in the States, we’re gearing up for a 29-date summer tour from Steve and the other “boys” in the band (ranging in age from […]

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