L is for LOVE, baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything that you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do
R is for RAPE me
M is for MURDER me
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman’s going to be the answer to all of yours

I’ll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby
O is for OH yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain’t gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
and
A is for ANY old how, darling
and
N is for ANY old time

The complete transcription below, over & out…

(Originally recorded by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

There’s a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?)
There’s a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?)
And he’s bucking and braying and pawing at the floor (How much longer?)
And he’s howling with pain, crawling up the walls (How much longer?)
There’s a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?)
And he’s weak with evil and broken by the world (How much longer?)
And he’s shouting your name and asking for more (How much longer?)
There’s a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?)

Loverman! Since the world began
Forever, amen, till the end of time, yeah
Take off that dress, oh
I’m coming down, yeah
I’m your loverman, yeah
’cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am

L is for LOVE, baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything that you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do
R is for RAPE me
M is for MURDER me
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman’s going to be the answer to all of yours

Loverman! Till the bitter end
While the empires burn down
Forever and ever and ever, ever, amen
I’m your loverman
So help me, baby
So help me, baby
’cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am
I’m your loverman

There’s a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?)
There’s a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?)
With a trembling heart, he’s coming through your door (How much longer?)
With his straining sex in his jumping paw (How much longer?)
Ooh, there’s a devil crawling along your floor (How much longer?)
And he’s old and he’s stupid and he’s hungry and he’s sore
And he’s blind and he’s lame and he’s dirty and he’s poor
Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, gimme more (How much longer?)
There’s a devil crawling along your floor

Loverman! Haha! And here I stand
Forever, amen
’cause I am what I am what I am what I am, hey
Forgive me, baby
My hands are tied
And I got no choice, no, no, no, no
I got no choice, no choice at all

I’ll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby
O is for OH yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain’t gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
and
A is for ANY old how, darling
and
N is for ANY old time

Loverman! Yeah, yeah, yeah! I got a masterplan, yeah
To take off your dress, yeah
And be your man, be your man, hey
Seize the throne, haha
Seize the mantle
Seize that crown, yeah
’cause I am what I am what I am what I am, that’s I am
I’m your loverman

There’s a devil laying by your side (How much longer?)
There’s a devil laying by your side (How much longer?)
You might think he’s asleep, but take a look at his eyes (How much longer?)
And he wants you, darling, to be his bride (How much longer?)
Yeah, there’s a devil laying by your side (How much longer?)

Loverman! Loverman! Loverman!
I’ll be your loverman!
Till the end of the time!
Till the empires burn down!
Forever, amen
I’ll be your loverman
I’ll be your loverman
I’m your loverman
I’m your loverman
Yeah, I’m your loverman
I’m your loverman
Loverman
I’m your loverman
I’m your loverman
I’m your loverman
Yeah, I’m your loverman
Yes, I’m your loverman
Loverman
Loverman
Loverman
Forever, amen
Loverman
Loverman (How much longer?)

I fell asleep during the Megadeth bit – sorry Dave. Not to be nasty, but I think Megadeth would have done a lot better with another vocalist. Everything else was good, it’s just that the vocals did not work for me at all.

And then Metallica. Man, they are simply in a class of their own. Good show, and “Am I evil” with all the guys playing together was magnificent. You’ll be hard pressed to ever find a fuller, fatter sound than the drums, bass & rhythm of four of the all time great metal bands put together on one song.

Two not so lekker things: 1 – I left my earplugs at home thinking it won’t be that loud. Big mistake. The sound quality inthe theatre is excellent so you don’t really realise how loud it was until you walk out. It’s 14 hours later and I can still feel the after effects. Heard the same from the guys in the other theatres. Heard….mwahahaha.
2: Although 75% full there was not much energy to be felt from the other people there. I heard it was a lot better in Brooklyn, but where I was I started feeling awkward tapping my feet to the beat. Everyone just sat while I thought we were going to be jumping on seats…

All in all a good show, finished at 1am. I thought I was going to be spread a bit thin today, but all is good. The boss is gone so it’s going to be an early afternoon

This weekend:
Delivering on my pet project tomorrow morning. Then entertain myself for a coupl of hours until Landmine Rock starts. Sunday looks like it’s going to be and my slackline. I might go check out some bouldering too – 2 spots I’ve been meaning to go see. Nothing new, but both spots seems to have stayed under the radar despite being close and safe. Hopefully not because it’s shit….

Other than that, it’s Friday afteroon – what are you still doing here?!

…..makes Jack a dull boy ( that’s a bad thing, I think ). Sooooo, I finished up my little private job despite some, shall we say, “challenges” wrt to my work environment - tonight it’s me and the boys from Metallica.

My project entailed updating software I wrote some 6 years back called “Problem Solving and Decision Making” for my friend Louis of RDM fame who created the problem solving methodology. Now for anyone not familiar with software life cycles, 6 years is like 175 in software-years – I’m quite proud of this simple but effective little program.

Updating was needed as it was written in (VB) .Net 1 based on an MSDE database engine. MSDE in order to scale to SQL servers of course, no puny Access db’s for the BigBadWolf thank you very much. Seriously though, at the time and to this day most if not all potential clients run Microsoft sites, so there’s no sense in trying to do it in something like MySQL.

Installing it on newer operating systems like Vista and Windows 7 became more and more problematic to the point where I decided an upgrade was in order. Converted it to C# and upgraded it to .Net 3.5, running on SQLExpress 2008.

Ok, that wraps up the consultant-speak section of this post. Back to the important stuff: