I've seen Halestorm 16 times over the last dozen years, in 8 cities and 2 countries. Last night's show (Sioux City, Iowa) promoting their latest record Everest is among my favorites. They're definitely one of the great live rock acts of the last 20 years, in my (correct) opinion).

I bought the Apocalyptica Plays Metallica on 4 Cellos CD nearly 30 years ago when it came out. This is the first time I've been able to see them live. This time opening the Halestorm and Lindsey Stirling and playing all Metallica. Hopefully I'll be able to catch a headline show soon. Very cool.

Houses of the Holy is a great, unique Led Zeppelin record. What can we can learn from it when making our own stuff? Leaning on fundamentals, embracing influence, and keeping authentic, human connection is more vital than ever in the era of generative AI.
www.rockandrollreclaimed.com/led-zeppelin...

Tried out Sora today. Apparently I'm a masochist as I had it make someone pouring a bottle of whiskey out on a vinyl record (my two favorite things). It's pretty wild what you can do with a single prompt. Needs work. I used about half my credits for the month getting it (mostly) right.