Posts Tagged: iron maiden
And Now He's Dead
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Clive Burr, 1957-2013

| March 14th, 2013

“I first met Clive when he was leaving Samson and joining Iron Maiden. He was a great guy and a man who really lived his life to the full. Even during the darkest days of his M.S., Clive never lost his sense of humour or irreverence. This is a terribly sad day and all our thoughts are with Mimi and the family.” —Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson mourns his old drummer Clive Burr, who died Tuesday night after an 18 year battle with multiple sclerosis. Burr played on the band's first three albums, including their 1982 masterpiece The Number of the Beast. Born in East London, he died [...]

What a World
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Skyscrapers Bad

| January 11th, 2012

"Often the world's tallest buildings are simply the edifice of a broader skyscraper building boom, reflecting a widespread misallocation of capital and an impending economic correction." —A Barclays Capital analysis report tells us what we've known since at least the 1970s: Man's hubris in reaching towards the sun will lead to downfall. It's like we have to learn the lessons of Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden and Ovid over and over and over again. (This time it looks like China, which is currently building 53 percent of the world's skyscrapers, is in trouble.)

Culture and TV
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Bad Company In Good Company Till The Day They Die

| July 7th, 2010

Everybody makes eponymous albums. Rock bands with eponymous songs are rare. Bad Company has reunited for a summer U.S. tour. Who will go see them? Very, very old people.