Die All Bats

So Shelley and I went again to see the bats last night. We were convinced that their inadequacy as a performing "troupe" last time was a fluke. We told ourselves that they simply had an off night. Wrong.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have disturbing news. The bats under the Austin Congress Bridge are a hoax perpetrated by Austinites who, as we all know, hate tourists and people that look like they don't really belong in this fine city. Look at Real World, as an extreme example. We broke a guy's face just because. So, they all decided to band together and play a trick on everybody, spreading false stories about the Amazing Bats. Hell, they even set up boats, which upon being paid vast sums of money, will take you to the bridge to see them. If you take one of these boats, you are being swindled.

The video in the post below this one chronicles one man's run through Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" coming soon to Guitar Hero III. The video shows the first and last minute of the song. It's a little hard to see the scorebox, but he managed to five-star it and score over 400,000 points over the course of the seven and a half minute song. I have two points in rehashing the previous post:

1. Wow.
2. Dragonforce, as a band, is incredibly awesome.

I bought their album soon after seeing the video. If you enjoy metal, you will absolutely love this album. They are so technically proficient it scares me. Plus, they sing about brandishing steel, riding light, and fighting demons, all in the name of freeing man from some terrible curse. And then they bring the rock.

Case in point:

Flying over darkened skies the battle will call.
Distant angels crying into the eye of the storm,
And the world falls under the starlight
Shining from heavens below.

Long years of pain and sorrow, searching for more.
Cry for the touch of angels never before,
And the stars fall on the horizon
Onwards and up through the pain.

Ride the wind and fight the demon,
Steel is shining bright.
Standing together forever onwards,
Flames burning strong.
Hot wind in hell of pain and sorrow,
Now and ever onwards.
We stare into the dawn of a new world.

Cry out for the fallen heroes
Lost a time ago.
In your minds they still belong
When the sands of time are gone.

Rise over shadow mountains, blazing with power.
Crossing valleys, endless tears,
In unity we stand.
Far and wide across the land, the victory is ours.
On towards the gates of reason.
Fight for the truth and the freedom.

-- Dragonforce, "Revolution Deathsquad"