Here's a Judas Priest Set

Today I learned that the first song on the first released Judas Priest Album is "One For The Road".

The Ripper - Sad Wings of Destiny, (1976)

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Diamonds & Rust - Sin After Sin, (1977)

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A Joan Baez cover. Here is hers..

Better By You, Better Than Me - Stained Class, (1977)

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This is the song that brought Judas Priest to court - The James Vance vs. JP court case regarding alleged subliminal messages resulting in two teens' attempted suicide, and the death of Ray Belknap. The plaintiffs lost the case. James Vance died three years later of an intentional overdose of pain meds. (Source)

Beyond The Realms Of Death - Stained Class, (1977)

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Truly the band's masterpiece without any doubt, this is. Rather odd that those teens were so perplexed by the last song, and its silly "Do it" sounds, but this one is so much more touching, and powerful. A very underrated rock song.


1980's British Steel was regarded as Judas Priest's masterpiece album, but I disagree. It contained the hits Living After Midnight, Breaking The Law, and United. It was rather "mainstream", and the result was SUPER publicity in the United States. No doubt it's great but they had already released some seriously good stuff by this time, and would go on to do so afterward.

This was followed by Heading Out To The Highway, and Hot Rockin' from 1981's Point of Entry - furthermore a breakthrough into the mainstream in the States and Worldwide.

But back to the good stuff.

The Hellion/Electric Eye - Screaming For Vengeance, (1982)

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Screaming For Vengeance was the Platinum album which also contained You've Got Another Thing Comin'.

The Sentinel - Defenders Of The Faith, (1984)

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Love Bites - Defenders Of The Faith, (1984)

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Some Heads Are Gonna Roll - Defenders Of The Faith, (1984)

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Then came Turbo, 1986, which spawned several more hits. The most popular of which was Turbo Lover. But the album's gem was Parental Guidance, in my opinion.

Ram It Down - Title track, (1988)

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Backtracking a bit.. but for a reason. Last but not least is the hit that began it all for Judas Priest, (other than the controversial Rocka Rolla). Another masterpiece:

Victim Of Changes - Sad Wings of Destiny, (1976)

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Once she was wonderful
Once she was fine
Once she was beautiful
Once she was mine.. she was mine

Buddy - At the Eye Nose Doc's

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Some Amazing Eye Pictures

from Suren Manvelyan Photography



And he also has other wonderful stuff, as you'll see if you click on the link under the title.

For the eye gallery, click the image above.

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Eyesight Color Test

Click the image above to take a short test that will tell you how well your color vision is.

I scored a 16.

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The Eye Doctor Experience

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Before & After Bird's Eye Views Of Joplin, MO

Before and after photos of Joplin, Mo., have been floating around the Internet since the tornado swept through on [a week ago] Sunday — and one of the more striking comparisons is attributed to Aaron Fuhrman. We reached out to him and he shared several more photos, as well as his story. Combined with screen grabs from Google street view, these interactive images show just how devastating the damage has been.

Click the banner image above to see the before & after images, and be sure to click the "as seen from the street" link from that page, as well as the first link in the text above.

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Back To The Future

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That's Just Crazy

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Sight and Vision

Available here..

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Eye Floaters

(I thought it was just me..)



Today I found out what causes “eye floaters”.

For those who’ve never experienced this phenomenon, eye floaters are little oddly shaped objects that appear in your vision, often when one looks at bright light such as a blue sky. Their shapes vary greatly, but will often appear as spots, cobwebs, or randomly shaped stringy objects. These are not optical illusions, but rather something your eyes are actually perceiving. There are a few different things that can cause this, but in most cases these eye floaters are caused by pieces of the gel-like vitreous breaking off from the back portion of your eye and then floating about in your eye ball.

The vitreous humor, or often just “vitreous”, is a clear gel that fills the gap between your retina and lens, helping maintain the round shape of your eye in the process. This gel is about 99% water and 1% other elements; the latter of which consists mostly of a network of hyaluronic acid and collagen. Hyaluronic acid ends up retaining water molecules. Over time though, this network breaks down which results in the hyaluronic acid releasing its trapped water molecules. When this happens, it forms a watery core in your vitreous body.

As you age then, pieces of the still gel-like collagen/hyaluronic acid network will break off and float around in this watery center. When light passes through this area, it creates a shadow on your retina. This shadow is actually what you are seeing when you see the eye floaters.

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Tattooed Eyeballs

Saw this on msnbc's "Lockup: Raw" the other night. These guys used a hypodermic needle to tattoo the whites of their eyeballs. This guy did red. His "cellie" did his blue, because he had blue eyes. The only follow-up that was reported was another guy did his black. And the images were intense! Painful?? Holy cow.. Trend? We'll see..

iCandy: Tech Gifts Beautiful Inside and Out

Good-looking gadgets emphasize style and luxury despite the recession.

Pogoplug

The new Pogoplug arrives in a colorful and whimsical package. This cutting-edge device has ports for four USB drives. The Pogoplug makes the drives' contents available to family and friends, PCs or Macs, around the home and across the Internet. The Pogoplug service makes networking possible without a computer science degree.

Samsung Pebble

Rocks are a popular theme with this year's beauty tech. The Samsung Pebble's case looks like it was sculpted in a flowing stream and comes in a stack of colors. The 1.5-inch-wide Pebble looks natural hanging from a neck on its lanyardlike earbuds. No screen means limited control over playback, but buttons allow switching between shuffle mode and a playlist.

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