Star Wars: The Last Command. Review

I finished the Thrawn series a few weeks ago but something came up and I was unable to review it. But here I am.

The book was very good, suspenseful and action packed. I felt this book was a very good ending to the hole series. With the empire seeming to be winning in a war against the New Republic. My favorite part of the novel was at the end when Grand Admiral Thrawn discover the Republic plot and attempted to foil it. I will not tell the outcome, but I can tell you it is a very suspenseful one. Even as Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker confront C'Boath the action never stops. There are quite a few sudden twists and turns throughout the novel. I hope my reviews of the Thrawn series will encourage you to pick them up and read them. The Star Wars series doesn't have to end with the end of the movies.

I am now proceeding to read the first of 3 books in a series called The Bounty Hunter Wars and as you are probably guessing, yes they are books about Boba Fett.

Star Wars: Dark Force Rising review

The second book in a series by Timothy Zhan is Star Wars Dark Force Rising. This book was not as compelling as the first one but I felt most other elements of the book were very interesting. Thought this book has very few of the suspenseful moments the first one did, it had an equally compelling story as the first. I am glad to have read this book.

review:
I found this book leaned more to the information and diplomacy area while action was saved mostly for the end. Thankfully I like a wealth of information so this book was particularly interesting to me. I found when Leia free the Noghri people on their planet a very interesting and compelling act. If this book were a movie I would gladly pay $11.99 to see it in 3D.

I have begun reading the last book in the 'Thrawn' series and will post that review hopefully before next friday

Review of Star Wars: Heir To The Empire

I have recently been reacquainted with my love to the Star Wars universe by a friend after watching 'Return Of The Jedi'. But have you ever wondered what happened after that iconic battle of Endor? Well this book shreds light on it, exactly 5 years after the Emperor is killed by Darth Vader a new threat rises out of the small sector of the galaxy controlled by the empire. This book introduces many new characters such as Grand Admiral Thrawn, Jedi master Jorus C'Baoth, and shows the return of past characters such as: Luke, Leia, Lando and many others.

Review:
I found the novel very interesting and suspenseful. From the moment I read those first few lines to the moment I saw To be continued at the end of the book. Many parts kept me on the edge, I couldn't put the book down because I wanted the books conflicts to be resolved. The introduction of force repellent creatures made me very anxious to see how Skywalker would get out of the shtick he was in. But the book doesn't just represent battles and suspense, but also it has quite a phenomenal amount of information about the empire and the new republic (Formerly the rebel alliance) I encourage all to read this novel to appreciate what could happen if Lucas decides to make movies 7,8,9.

As promised I have decided to post my own personal review of Joe Perry's new album Have Guitar Will Travel. Sorry it took me so long to finaly get around to making this. I learned that the cd was supposed to be released on October 6th 2009, but that was in the U.S. only. So since I live in Canada it came out two weeks later on October 20th 2009.

I really like the feeling this album gives me. The combination of blues(My favorite genre) and Rock and roll create a perfect mixture of good songs and amazing guitar. The songs are pretty long averaging about 5 to 6 minutes in length, but I guess thats what music is all about(if it sounds good extend it a bit). Starting off the album is We've Still Got a Long Way To Go. This song is the first single of the album and is a very hard hitting song. This is a very rock and rolly song. Next is Sling Shot - the first song on the album that Joe sings on. You really need to have liked Joe's last album called Joe Perry because he sings very monotone and therefore if you prefer higher voices this song you will definitely not like this song. Third place is Do You Wonder. This song was writen by Joe's wife Billie Paulet Perry. Mrs Perry is a poet so the song is very down to earth. It is about a young man who keeps returning to his girlfriend through thick and thin. Fourth is another song Perry sings called Somebodies Gonna Get(Their head kicked in tonight). This song is a cover that is fast paced. It is basically about a bar fight. My favorite song on the album is called Heaven and Hell. Don't think because of the title it will be all 'beleive in this or beleive in that.' No. This song is about thinking about what you beleive in from the knowledge you already have about the religion. sixth place is reserved for No Surprise. This is not one of my favorite songs on the album, but it is still a pretty good rocker. Seventh is for an instrumental dedicated to Les Paul called Wooden Ships. It is very awesome it doesn't have the pirate sound you are probably thinking of right now. Next is Oh Lord(21 Grams) I like the song because it is very bluesy and features everyone else that was recording singing in the background plus a women I don't remember who she is(not Joes wife). next is Scared The Cat, I don't really like this song so I won't say anything about it. Last is freedom which once again is sung by Perry. This song is a fast kick ass rocker, very awesome solo in the middle

Long Way To Go 5
Sling Shot 4
Do you Wonder 5
Somebodies Gonna Get 4
Heaven and Hell 5+
No Surprise 3
Wooden Ships 4
Oh Lord(21 Grams) 4
Scared the Cat 3
Freedom 4

The Joe Perry Project is Joe Perry(Vocals, guitars), Hagen Grohe(Vocals), David Hull(Electric Bass), Paul Santo(Keyboard and effects) and there were a large number of drummers.


I hope this short stub about the album will encourage you to buy it.

Joe perry's new album

Well everyone Joe Perry, or should I say, The Joe Perry Project is on the road to releasing a brand new album titled "Joe Perry... Have Guitar Will Travel" set to be released on October 13th, right after Thanks Giving if your a fellow Canuk. I will be rating all the songs on a 1-10 scale basis. I may be a tiny bit Biased due to the fact that Joe is my Favorite guitarist and Aerosmith is my favorite band. He is going to be releasing a single soon called "Long way to go" it is here on youtube.
It's pretty good, I give it a 7 out of 10, because it has good guitar and singing but Hagen's voice is a tiny bit too young. Oh well, the song really sets the bar high for Joes new album, lets all hope we are not disapointed.

Michael Jacksons 'Thriller'

Yesterday as a tribute to the king of pop I bought this album. It is actually quite good. I am an Aerosmith fan so I was a bit skeptical about buying this album but it was $20 well spent, with three really good songs beat it, thriller and Billie Jean plus a few other good tracks followed by 2008 remakes and remixes by artists like the black eyed peas, Akon and Kanye west the album proved to be worth it. I this version has a DVD with it as well featuring the music videos Billie Jean, Beat it and Thriller plus a live performance of Billie Jean at Motown 25. I recommend this album to anyone, even if you are really into screamo emo music this album is still great.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

first A380 in Toronto

Today I witnessed an amazing event in Canadian history when the giant Airbus A380 landed at Toronto's Pearson international airport. We all anticipated too soon, however, when a KLM 747-400 landed three planes before it. The former queen of the skies led us all to beleive that it was the A380 as it arrived from Amsterdam. The A380 now lands every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


photo: On june first, 2009 the airbus A380 landed at Toronto's Pearson international airport bringing nearly 600 people to Canada from the airlines base at Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.