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Into the Flood Again

Here is the video "Would" - the song from the great Cameron Crowe movie, Singles.

A future Alice in Chains fan?

Because she has such discerning taste, Daddy decided to hook Audrey (who may have been named Layne if Daddy got his way, or Picabo) up with a new shirt today.  Audrey got her first rock T today - not just any T, but a shirt adorned with the name of the greatest Alternative band of all time - ALICE IN CHAINS!  Represent, babies!

Aud was only somewhat amused by her new gear.  Here is a photo of the Doodle fresh out of her bath tonight.

Daddy looks forward to the day he can play the great songs from AIC, such as Rooster, We Die Young and of course - Angry Chair.

Bleed the Freak

Mike cup runs over, like blood from a stone.

Man, I still loves me some Alice in Chains.  Sirius Satellite Radio has a new channel -  #24.  Lithium is a channel devoted to Alternative and Grunge music from the 1990's.  You'll here an AIC song every hour, or your eggrolls are free.

Them Bones

Here is a great live performance by Alice in Chains and Layne Staley.  The song is Them Bones from May of 1993.  Check it out and let me know what you think:

Tribute

Cobain.  Corgan.  Cornell.  Reznor.  Vedder.  Great artists from the 1990's.  However, one stood above them in my humble opinion.  Layne Staley.  Here is a tribute to a man who destroyed his life with heroin, but documented the descent in words better than anyone else could.  It's hard to believe that it will be five years that he has been gone.

Angry Chair by Alice in Chains

The best song from the 90's Grunge era.  Alice in Chains with Layne Staley at the helm, was the darkest of the Seattle bands.  Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam were all great, but AIC was in a much darker place than all of them, largely due to Layne's heroin addiction.  MTV didn't give this video much airplay, so here is a chance for everyone to get view of my favorite song's video.

Where have you gone, Layne Staley?

With MTV reporting that the surviving members of Alice in Chains are reuniting for a tour, I want to take a minute to remember my hero - Layne Staley.  He sang about feeling angry, depressed, the good and bad times related to drug use and did it with a haunting voice.   Layne died in his Seattle home in April of 2002, at the age of 34 of a long-time addiction to drugs.

Alice in Chains 1992 Dirt album changed my life.  The song Angry Chair, in my opinion is the best put to wax.  The lyrics still resonate in my life today - "Corporate prison, we stay.  I'm a dull boy, work all day."  "Lonliness is not a phase.  Field of pain is where I graze.  Serenity is far away."

While I've never stuck a needle in my arm, and can't truly appreciate the Hell that Layne introduced to his mind and body, I know that life isn't always a big bowl of happy-happy.  The thought of Alice in Chains playing together again is bittersweet to me.  While the rest of the band is solid, and Jerry Cantrell is an affable genius and guitar super-pimp, Layne made that group what it was.  I hope that the band is successful in their new project, but there will never be another Layne.

With Kurt Cobain murdered by that bitch wife of his, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder are the remaining voices of the Seattle Grunge Sound.  Pearl Jam continues to play the music that made them great, while Cornell joined the guys from Rage Against the Machine to form Audioslave.  It's nice to have that early 90's sound still evolving and being heard today.  Just makes me pissed and bitter to think what AIC could have sounded like today, if Staley would have been able to put the needle down.

One can only hope that he's playing Texas Hold 'Em in Hell with Hendix, Morrison and taking Cobain's money.

Respect the dead: