Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, the Monsters of Rock: The Lost Weekend cruise is fast
approaching with a little more than a week away now. For those of you joining me for the first
time here with my “Views of the Cruise” blog articles, I am commonly known as
the Meister and I was fortunate enough to take part in last years adventure, Monsters
of Rock: The Voyage. If you have not already done so, please feel free to head over to my first blog in this
series to read all about my adventures and mishaps aboard the ship, the MSC
Poesia during last year’s cruise. (2012 RECAP).
I am from just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and will be abandoning my
snowy homeland and making the trek down to sunny Florida, arriving on March 13th. The first order of business upon arrival, after securing my hotel room of course, is to meet up with some cruise friends, some of whom I've chatted extensively with on Facebook, but never met in person and some of whom I met on my trip to Memphis this past November for Tora Tora's 25th anniversary. There is a group of us that are trekking from Fort Lauderdale to Edgewater, about four hours away, to catch Faster Pussycat on the night of the 13th. Look at the promo poster for the event that I attached here: there certainly are a few things going on that look fun and interesting, but the "Cornhole w/bud girls" scheduled for Tuesday raises some questions! I will also get to see Faster Pussycat play Toronto shortly after the cruise on March 31st with the incredible local band Diemonds opening, who would also be an excellent addition to the cruise (DIEMONDS).
MEISTER'S "VIEWS OF THE CRUISE" - VOLUME #10 - PLANNING THE DEBAUCHERY
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There’s nothing like the feeling of live music, I'm a music junkie and I love this genre of music, it's my passion! While I do appreciate some select artists or songs from other genres, it’s hard rock and metal that powers my life and makes me who I am. So, to free up even more breathing room for the band schedule I'll be catching Queensryche in Toronto this coming Thursday, March 7th as well. While I've seen Queensryche several times over the past years, this will be the first experience for me sans Geoff Tate after all the drama surrounding his departure from the band. I saw reported somewhere that they, with new front man Todd LaTorre, will only be performing material from the first five albums of their catalogue Thank God as this is the far superior of their work and they lost me along the way with some of the more recent releases.
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So, now I wait (impatiently) for the band schedule to be released so that I may pour over it and plan out my shows and events aboard the MSC Poesia for this year's voyage. Last year the schedule came about a week before cruising, so that's any time now! The cruise documents and official paperwork have already been received and my packing of the important stuff has begun. CD covers, record sleeves, concert tour books, silk band flags, DVD slipcases and band photos are all sorted and ready to go, hunting for autographs, you know...the important stuff! Two pair of shorts and a couple t-shirts and my clothes are packed, anything else I need, I'll buy there....lol
Rest assured, however that even though I will be on holidays I will still be working hard for Decibel Geek and plan to bring you a daily diary of my experiences aboard ship, if I'm coherent enough to type that is….lol.
Cheers,
The Meister
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