Blog Make-Over!

I was considering a blog redesign this morning before I went to sleep, and the next thing I know I have a whole new blog!! Yes, its all new, all fresh, and just what I needed right now for my come-back. Within the next few days I will be adding more pages to the blog, and announcing new sections too...

This isn't the usual face-lifting I always did, this is big! I have restored the evilness of the blog after my friend Khalilson pointed out that the last face-lift was way too happy with the pink and light green colors, so we're back to red and grey for a while, hope you like it...

And another announcement, Thanks to Rebellious Arab Girl for reminding me, I finally moved to Wordpress! I got sick of the blogger, and its not like I can't design a whole blog for myself, I'm just way too busy to maintain it... so I go with the ready made stuff. I've already had a wordpress account with the name but I never used it, and here comes the time when I actually do. The old blog will remain there, but this post will be the last on it...

So goodbye blogger, although it had awesome features like changing the font without having to edit the CSS or HTML codes everytime (while the heading font is unchangeable in Wordpress so don't blame me for that), and its awesome speed in browsing the dashboard and writing posts... But hello Wordpress with all the aweosome widgets and themes, I'm loving it already!

So wait for a new Moey's Blog Infliktora...

The new blog will still havw the same address... www.moey.co.nr

Spotlight: Rock Report

After the ride we took together on Mission:Metallica, ever since Day 1 of that website until Death Magnetic was out, I thought of talking it further and as I got inspired by Ass Buster!!! , I will be posting my own music news section, Rock Report...

Gathered and updated every once in a while with everything fresh about Metal, Hard Rock, and Rock music... but of course I will be leaving the interviews to Ass Buster or linking back to him when its something that can't be left unposted in here =D

Here are some of the news I just got:

1. Did Zeppelin Find A New Singer? And Is It Someone We Already Know?

Well, it's another week, and here we go again with another Led Zeppelin rumor. This one comes courtesy of Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, whose manager apparently also works with Robert Plant.

Snider has told MMM's Matt Wells that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have tapped Alter Bridge singer Myles R. Kennedy to sing with them on the road tour if Plant refuses to join them for the much-rumored Zeppelin reunion tour.

"They're saying [to Robert], 'We're all rehearsed, we're ready to go, here's a gazillion dollars on the table," Snider told MMM. "If you don't do it, we're going out with this kid. And he can sing the shit out of Zeppelin.'"
Source: MuchMoreMusic

2. Linkin Park Injury Kills Tour Plans

Linkin Park is canceling its China tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has suffered a back injury.

A statement posted on Linkin Park's official Web site said the band was canceling shows scheduled for October in Beijing, Shanghai, the central city Wuhan and the southern gambling enclave Macau.

The band also canceled its show in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The band didn't say Tuesday how Bennington suffered the injury.

Source: Linkin Park's official website

3. Scar Symmetry Reveals Two New Vocalists

Swedish melodic death metal band, Scar Symmetry, have issued the following update welcoming their two new singers:

"When things went from bad to worse and we realized that it wasn't going to work out with Christian, we were faced with two options; either calling it quits, or seizing the opportunity to take the next logical step in the evolution of our sound. We chose the latter."

"We've used both growls and clean vocals in our music since day one, and with each album we've pushed the envelope of what you can do vocally in a metal band to the point where a lot of the songs on 'Holographic Universe' would be hard if not impossible to sing live. So the question is: Is it really possible to push the vocals even further and manage to perform everything live?"

"The answer is YES! Instead of hiring a new singer, we decided - some of you might already have figured it out by now - to recruit TWO singers! The idea of having two vocalists in the band is something that's been in the back of our minds for a long time, and after auditioning and rehearsing with two of Sweden's best vocalists we're thrilled, excited, stoked-beyond-belief!"
Source: Ass-Buster's blog & Scar Symmetry's Myspace

Just one of those days...

Its just one of those days when I don't feel productive at all... One of those days when I'm really bored and I have nothing to do, the feeling of not being useful especially when I'm bored all alone with no one in the house to kill time with can be very painful...

And the only one thing I was excited about for today didn't work out and was moved a couple of days, I didn't really study because I really didn't have anything to study, neither did anything else...

I wanted to get my new Fujitsu Siemens laptop up and working, but I'm still on the search for the right windows, and its a long way for me to customize it to make it the "Second Infliktora Workstation", so yeah, nothing...

Even the episode of How I Met Your Mother that I downloaded wasn't that good, its one of those episodes that have not ending and keep you waiting for next week for no good reason, its really frustrating... I actually killed some more time roaming in the supermarket and an O'neil Jeans store nearby, and I even went to the car accessories shop just for the sake of it...

Other people did things, Khalilson did the final recording for our new song "Bullet" and Ahmed made changes to the drum line, and what did I do? Listen to it... Plus I broke my Sony MDR-NC22 headphones' clip today in the bus on the way back from university, and now I can't attach it to anything...

I think I just need to sleep and wake up in a new day, because this Tuesday has been just wrong...

Metal Accord IX: Halloween Night Special.

Yes, Metal Accord, the greatest heavy metal concert in Egypt is back, bigger and better!
Featuring a line up of the best bands in Egypt and the Middle East, this concert is sure to blow you away... There will be a lot of surprises and this concert will be like no other!!

The line up:
- Headcase: Originals/Porcupine Tree
- Yesterday lied: Tool/Disturbed/Adema
- Amulet: Metallica/Machine Head/Slayer/Originals
- Invaders: Iron Maiden/Originals
- Worm: Originals and more
- Crescent: Originals and more
- Shadowthrone: Dimmu Borgir/Emperor/Limbonic Art
- Featuring a guest appearance of Dark Philosophy with their new line-up, don't miss that!

When?
October 31st, Halloween Night. Doors open 5PM.

Where?
Villa Hassan Fahmy, Mansouria (from Haram Street) Giza, Egypt.

Ticket Price?
50LE Paid at the gate, no booking available.

Where to RSVP?
Facebook Event

Need More Info?
email us at em.2kool@hotmail.com / egyptmetalgates@hotmail.com
Or call 0112567800 / 0101514535

I am working with the organizers on this one too, like that past number of concerts, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Spotlight: Ass Buster!!

Ass Buster the a specialized Heavy Metal blog that I discovered recently, and it has everything!
Its written by the hidden identity of "Horns". Is it just another heavy metal blog? No!
This guy just doesn't stop! The blog has hundreds of interviews with members of the biggest bands around, added almost daily... Dozens of playlists and videos, news and more...

You read interviews with your favorite bands, listen to their latest music, know about new bands that you never heard of, and read detailed reviews of the newest albums around.

You always know whats the word around in the worldwide and local Heavy Metal scene. Its a daily routine for me check out the blog daily, and even if you're not a metal head you might wanna check out the blog, it has music that will definitely make you fall in love with the music.

No I didn't write this because its my friend's blog, its just pure awesomeness!!

Here you go:
Ass Buster's Blog

New Concert: Metal Accord is Back!

Yes! We're cookin up Metal Accord's comeback concert... Metal Accord IX is gonna be different, gonna be in the desert like the old times, and its gonna be huge!!!

And guess what, its on Halloween!! I'll be revealing more details as soon as I am authorized to do so, but for now... I wanted to leave you with the flyer, it would have been the only piece of useful information in this post, but I can't for now... Not until its approved by the organizing team...

Its not far away, you won't be waiting much...

Welcome Back?

I haven't been blogging for ages. I don't' need to mention why but I will, simply becuase I have been having so much fun! No time to blog since I left Ukraine! traveled to Egypt, KSA then back to Egypt, and everyday has been full to the maximum! I enjoyed this summer like never before...

A lot of stuff has happened, yeah, SHIT LOADS! Will I go on and list them all or mention them, probably no. I'll resume blogging from now on, about now and the future. A lot of stuff to be said, one lonely blog, and one blogger that over thinks everything. Welcome back to the world of INFLIKTORA.

I'm thinking of a re-design, not sure about it yet. Stay tuned for there are a lot of stuff going on =)

More Words, Less Money??

I haven't been free all summer to write anything, although a lot of stuff is going on and happening around me, I don't find the time or energy to put anything down.

Now this is a guest post by my friend Ahmed Fetait. This is the first time he makes sense, and that's why I'm posting it here.

I'm not really related to business administration related issues like market researches and stuff like that, but I actually managed to randomly do one !

What causes a seller to raise prices when selling something? and what causes a person offerin services like a plumber or a taxi driver to raise prices on some people but shut the fuck
up when dealing with some one else ??

I always thought it would be awesome for me to learn simple tips when dealing with some one I never met before.. how to react to all possible reactions of this person.. a simple word would sometimes help u win a loosing battle.. understanding how a brain works seemed to decrease the chances of being ripped off by assholes, randomly convince someone to buy something, convince a police man that ur blind enough to see 80 as 60,decrease the
number of females coming to u and asking u out then rejecting u the next day, and even getting an idea that makes u a 100 SR from no where !!

I never lived in Cairo, but I ve been there a lot.. it was too late for me to discover that I havent seen the pyramids until I was 17, so I once decided to go there , see them and even take a photo with the camels over there .. one thing I had to put into account is where exactly those pyramids are located, and how can I get there..(with the least physical effort and the least amount of money to be paid on stuff like taxis..)..

I am a proper Egyptian with a proper Egyptian accent, tried stopping taxis to get me there and noticed something:

1. Only 40% of the taxis agreed to negotiate a price and take me there
2. 100% of this 40% wanted me to pay 50 pounds to get there (this is a lot
for an egyptian citizen ..)

My fat brain wasn't really convinced with the idea of paying this amount of money for a non-air-conditioned taxi .. thought I should change the way of asking the taxi.. like saying "take me to the building xxx in street yyy near the pyramids" and not "take me to the pyramids ! " .. which actually worked !! I had to pay like 30 pounds only.. re-adjusting my way of speaking with the driver made him interpret me as a poor citizen and not a rich tourist who is willing to pay any sum of money..

Yesterday I kept staring at my phone and noticed that , although it was clean, expensive, had a good camera, and had a huge memory, I HATE IT.. its fat, ugly, slow and boring..
What am I waiting for ? Its still a new one, so if I sell it it should make some good
money that I can use to get a nicer phone... yalla beena .. I went to a mobile mall in Jeddah .. saw a guy who stared at me, smiled, and called me to go to him.. the guy agreed to buy the phone.. i didnt really have an idea about what other phone i would get instead .. and normally the guy noticed that, showed me a lot of the new ones, and told me that I could just ex-change my ugly one with the one i like.. sounds good ? but the guy seemed dodgy .. i just didnt wanna buy from him just like that.. i went to around 3 other shops and had a good idea about the phone prices .. went to the the last one who agreed to exchange the phones and give me a 100 SR cash back .. AND went and got me a drink!!!! Why ? I dunno .. I think its just simple maths.. it sounds cooler to go to the seller and tell him "I wanna buy a t650 Sony Ericsson" and not " i wanna buy a Sony Ericsson, which ones are cool?? " ..

The human brain is working in some complex way ..sometimes u need to talk more to get more money..am still trying to understand body language better, cuz i have one new aim .. i wanna marry the singer Elissa !! Any hints anyone ????

I have a hint... take any chick from any street (preferably Lebanese so have a constant base) to Elissa's plastic surgeon and apply the template... Tadaaaa!

Dude, I salute you!!