Man, lemme tell you about the luck I have!  For those of you who know about the whole headphone incident, I had the phones under warranty so Rebecca sent them in for a replacement pair.  It took a while, but they finally came in on Thursday and the delivery guy, being the total genius he must be, dropped the box inside her fence where her dogs were on a rainy day.  Needless to say, when Rebecca got home, the soaking wet box had been torn to shreds along with its contents!  So, apparently I need to get yet another replacement pair - this time at a certain anonymous company’s expense!

Well, thankfully after a long, hard and frustrating week, Rebecca had managed to swindle tickets to see Jeff Dunham at the Bi-Lo Center Friday night which was AWESOME!!!

Opening the show was his counterpart, Guitar Guy who did a great job warming up the crowd with his storytelling laced with some impressive guitar shredding.  At the end of his story, he brought us to present day talking about one of his sons who now plays lead guitar in a band you MAY have heard of:  AVENGED SEVENFOLD!!!  I guess I see where Sinister Gates (or would it be Zacky Vengeance?!) gets his mad skills!

Jeff Dunham hits the stage for a brief solo intro before bringing out Walter, Achmed, Peanut, Jose and then encoring with some old school Bubba J to which the audience echoed with familiarity.

A large portion of the show were actually a bunch of new Christmas jokes Jeff is working on for a Christmas dvd which begins filming in June.  And you thought Christmas in July was absurd!  LOL!!!

Yesterday was a fun-filled day with the day-long Insain Metalfest at the Cellar.  The show started at noon with TEN GRAND LEG taking the stage.  I got there a bit late but just in time to catch the second band WELLS OF ELIM finish their set.  MIND CRISIS took the stage next followed by RESTLESS OBLIVION from Charlotte.  RELENTLESS played next then handed the spotlight to SILVER JUDAS from Wilmington, NC.  TASTING VERENA (who you can hear in the studio tonight on Upstate Unsigned) gave their performance and made way for GHOST IN THE MACHINE.  Wrapping up the night was my friend and fellow bandmate, Robbie making his first live appearance with his other band, STRINGBONE and then I gave out and headed home before INSIDIOUS DEMISE concluded the festivities!  Sorry guys, it was almost one in the morning and I’m getting old!  LOL!!!

So, now that I’ve shared my Twisted Thoughts with you, I’m not doing a damn thing for the rest of the day!  You’ll hear from me at two tomorrow!

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