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Monday, 25 August 2008 20:30 |
 Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update:
"I am writing this while sitting in my studio, and Justis and his
friend from school, Ryan (a drummer) are in the lounge room blasting
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and now RUSH for songs for their band, and I have
some rare "extra time", so I wanted to make a post about last week and
what we are doing next week.
I had a barbecue at my house in Fallbrook after service on Sunday
and met some of Pam's new friends, and got ready for something that I
never thought I would do in my life. That is my adult life. But first
comes Monday - a dreadful day for me.
I have been struggling with my back for some time,
and have been doing yoga, stretching, acupuncture, faith healing,
"laying" on of hands, injections, chiropractic, and everything else you
can imagine. Two years ago, almost, I went out to my friend in Ohio and
went to the OSU Medical center and had MRI's done on my neck and spine
for 1 3/4 hours.
The next day the Doctor (and I say that reluctantly) said that I
had stenosis, and acted like it was just indigestion and went on
talking to someone else. Needless to say I was pissed by his cavalier
attitude and when he told me that there was nothing I could do except
take two Aleve and get used to it I felt doomed.
After two more years of destroying my neck and back on tour and
ruining my liver from the medication I finally went to the Kieran Jobe
Clinic in Anaheim and my Dr. Orr Limpisvasti did more x-rays, and
requested I get another series of MRI's done. I was also to be fitted
with a brace, and a traction unit, and Physical Therapy. AGAIN WITH THE
FUCKING PT! This time it’s for six months. I went there on Thursday to
find out the results of the MRI. This was the day that I find out if I
go under the knife or not.
Now, back to Electra getting the acting bug, and this is even with
her brother started acting before her. You see when I was a kid my mom
used to take us to the Costa Mesa Repertory Theater to see plays and
acting. I know this is where Electra got her bug from, and consequently
ended up with her as the co-host with her friend Wanda Goldberg from
their show "Faithful Friends", which is a show about animals that is
aired on the Animal Planet channel on cable TV for its second season
this year.
Anyway, I went out to Las Vegas on Tuesday with Pam to see the play
"Mamma Mia". I thought it was going to totally suck when we went to see
the movie and I actually liked it, so I easily agreed to the invitation
to come see the play in L.V. and again I had fun. Except for the obese
troglodyte woman that kept kicking the back of my chair, it was very
enjoyable; not as good as the movie, but good just the same.
I flew home on Wednesday and got back to work in the studio.
Thursday was the day I found out the damage. And oddly enough, ever
since I went to the dude Todd Bentley that everyone is saying is a
healer; my back has been feeling better. It could be psychosomatic, but
I digress. The Doctor came in the room and turned on the lightbox (what
they use to view x-rays) and gave me the news.
I have been diagnosed with degenerative disk disease and arthritis
in my neck and that is what's causing all of the problems in my back.
But don't despair, because I am in a great place and am very happy.
I get to listen to my little boy just shred! in the other room and
I am so glad that he isn't going to inherit my reputation and that he
is going to be better than me.
Friday and the work week is through, but not before I made another
trip up to LA to film a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for VH-1's
Rock Autism, and I also filmed a segment for the greatest 100 Hard Rock
songs of all time and we were on it. I just hope that we stay on it!
Lastly, I got to play the video game "Rock band" and was filmed
playing against someone online, and this will all be aired in the near
future, so we will text you a notice if you are signed up for
TheLiveLine for me, and if not we will just post it here.
I came back to the studio and stayed here until 12:30 AM with the
Storekeeper and we went over all kinds of great stuff and we are going
to be listing a DV-8 soon. This is one of my last ESP's and definitely
a great guitar.
Now, as I finish this post, I can't help but laugh about James
Lomenzo coming over here this morning and setting off the silent alarm,
and how Brooklyn it is of him to be gone when the Sheriffs all swooped,
which was right when I pulled up
I am finishing up the day here and getting the studio ready for our
album and the private clients that come in here, which will be screened
so that it is Droogies First :-)
The rest of the weekend is going to be spent in Nashville with
Justis, playing golf in a tournament, and although I asked good buddy
Shawn Drover if he could make the drive up and it is just too much
right now, so I wont see him for a few weeks still, but I may see some
of you at the tournament, or at the airport coming and going Sunday and
Monday with my son.
Lastly, please say tuned for more developments from our official
site here and our MySpace.com/megadeth page and the official Gigantour
site and MySpace.com/gigantour page for details. We are going to be
uploading a lot of films, podcasts, news, pictures and delivering out
the fanclub packages.
A big thank you goes out to Dave McRobb for his tireless efforts
here at the Official site, and now he will also be running our MySpace
pages. So, there should be a hell of a lot of stuff popping up all over
soon."
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