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The Best Metal Albums of 2016
It’s nearly unanimous… Fates Warning crushed it in 2016 with Theories of Flight
After a long hiatus, Mike and MetalBrian are back. 2016 was a legendary year for obvious reasons, but what many aren’t talking about is how epic of a year it was for music and heavy metal.
So here’s our respective Top 15 Albums of 2016, starting with MetalBrian:… Read the rest →
What the SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Success Means to America
Yesterday morning, SpaceX successfully launched their Falcon 9 rocket and accompanying Dragon capsule into orbit, and safely brought Dragon back home. This was COTS Demonstration I, which means they are proving to NASA that they are capable of launching and maneuvering cargo (and eventually astronauts) into orbit and to the International Space Station.
This mission is paramount because the Space Shuttle program is being decommissioned and we’re going to have to rely on Russian Soyuz … Read the rest →
If You Like “All” Music, You Like NO Music
On my last day in Hong Kong, I had the honor of being the worst-dressed person at a Chamber of Commerce business networking luncheon and speech. The speech was about Hong Kong, so I didn’t learn anything applicable to my business, but I did learn a valuable lesson on how I should network.
We sat at a table with other members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. The typical conversation went like … Read the rest →