Shiroyama [https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_of_Shiroyama] was the final battle of the Satsuma rebellion [https://infogalactic.com/info/Satsuma_Rebellion]: > Saigō and his remaining samurai were pushed back to Kagoshima where, in a final battle, the Battle of Shiroyama, Imperial Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and marines under the command of Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi outnumbered Saigō 60-to-1. However, Yamagata was determined to leave nothing to chance. The imperi…
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Whilst the Didact has been posting more epic Manowar [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/08/if-youre-not-into-metal.html] (seriously, my cousin was listening to it back in the 80’s or 90’s but somehow I completely missed it even as I got into Yngwie, Maiden, etc. and ended up listening to lots of Dragonforce alongside my Sabaton and Nightwish habits…) I was on the road for the weekend. Good and bad stuff, but on the way back the rental had XM, and I had it tuned to the 90’s channel. OK. The…
About the rise, and fall, of Detroit.…
Next up, as I started digging into the Cruxshadows – and no, not all sources were originally legit, though iTunes already existed so I started buying the albums once I was satisfied with a few songs – “Seraphs” caught my eye. Especially the Revox Lost Souls mix. My body's made of fire black and deep and cold burning for the choice i made so many years ago And love will keep me tethered for my wings are stripped of flight but into my mad deluded world they cross the battle lines into their end O…
I first heard of this song shortly before it became popular in the states when someone said the song title refers to how he thinks of a borderline/narcissist they’d flushed out of their lives. “Just someone I used to know.” Leo’s cover is fun. Just because – the original – some nifty use of paint/etc. for effect.…