There have been some magical moments in my backyard. It's a pretty cool spot and part of what makes it so cool is the music. We live on the lake's edge and have a stage there. For years we have been having these great… more »

Somebody finds something that gives their life value and they exchange their life for it. Guitar players like Pete Townsend and Malmstem play until their fingers bleed. Sax players like Charlie Parker or Dexter Gordon play until blood comes gushing fro… more »

Can you have it all and do what you want? Yes, you can! Of course, it all depends on what you think is important. If you think money and fame are what it's all about, and if you happen to get that, well, the more power to… more »

After a chilly night and yet again very little sleep – this time due to other campers playing Trash Bin Jousting (think... medieval jousting but using trash cans instead of lances – and no horses – resulting metallic thunk of trash cans followed by sh… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois You know the bully? Sometimes it's a thug, pushing you in the schoolyard, and sometimes a pinch-faced balding pseudo-intellectual trying to make you look stupid in class. Or at work. more »

Obituary handed out some epic volume despite initial problems with the singers microphone for mid afternoon - the US death metallers were the loudest and heaviest of the day so far. Many people were either flagging by this time or simply fed up with t… more »

Awakening from very little sleep due to the night’s downpour and a fellow campmate’s snoring through a Marshall amp cranked up to 11 it was a late start to the day. Breakfast was accompanied by rain and the distant ‘Nightwish-ish’ sound of Leaves Eyes f… more »

Made it back across the arena in time to catch Cathedral who brought the metal back to mainstage after Ensiferum. The stages at Bloodstock are all on one large field so it was easy enough, despite the mud, to get from one stage to another in a few minute… more »