Blind Idiot God

SFNE Cyclone RMC treatment, because really, this thing's beyond saving in its current form. -Heighten lift hill by 25-30 feet. -Greatly steepen first drop and the subsequent turn and make it an overbank. -A much sharper dip and turn on the first large turnaround. -Turn drop from first large turnaround into a double-down. -Turn crest of hill into second large turnaround into overbank and reduce its height. -Make second large turnaround deeper and make the crest of the hill leading out sharper. -No major changes to the final section, just make alterations as needed to make it wild again. That should probably be enough unless I'm missing something.

Nile - Churning the Maelstrom

"Phish has a pretty crazy fog machine setup... wait, never mind, those are just their fans."

Skinless - Overlord

People have stopped giving a damn about Mind Eraser; seriously, I haven't seen it with anything more than a ten-minute wait in years, and that includes times when the park was getting slammed beyond belief. It's not like the park has an active incentive to spruce it up. Hell, it probably won't even be there in five years at this rate. Really because every time we go the queue house is completely filled. That's really odd, then, as it's been practically deserted every single time I've been there in the past three years. As for why I even still ride it, well, being 6'0 has its perks, namely not having to worry about your head getting tenderized.

Almost took a temporary Screemfest actor job at Canobie in '11 (the plan was for me to crash on a friend's couch in Haverhill while I was working there), but various things came up and I was eventually forced to back out after I had more or less been hired.

People have stopped giving a damn about Mind Eraser; seriously, I haven't seen it with anything more than a ten-minute wait in years, and that includes times when the park was getting slammed beyond belief. It's not like the park has an active incentive to spruce it up. Hell, it probably won't even be there in five years at this rate.

The audio sucked to begin with. Also, they've torn out the audio box, so there's absolutely nothing in that spot now. Whether they'll put back the seats that were taken out for it in the first place is beyond me.

I didn't go this year, but JfaC are my boys and some of the nicest people I've ever met. It's funny how they're technically based in AZ but have been accepted as honorary Massholes thanks to Al and Tony.

Hate Eternal - King of All Kings

Spawn of Possession - No Light Spared

Aeon - Inheritance Damn shame that their first US tour is just a twenty-five minute slot on the Summer Slaughter opening for a bunch of awful djent bands. Also, Ash Avildsen can eat a dick; dude's got a SERIOUS attitude problem.

Although I'm quoting you, this is not a knock on you. I find SFNE clientele to be rudest customers in the chain. That's because the Pioneer Valley is a pretty scummy area in general, and the clientele of a park reflects its location.

Dawnbringer - V

Top ten in no particular order: Killing Joke Immolation Swans Faith No More Suffocation Origin Talking Heads Gaza Vektor GY!BE

Had a somewhat similar incident happen to me the last time I drove to SFNE, though I wasn't the one merging onto the highway. No, it was some other cat, and I was trying to move to the left lane to let him merge, which would have gone off without a hitch if it wasn't for the braindead ratchet in the left lane who just had to try and close the small gap I was going to merge into on me and refused to let me merge into the left lane despite the fact that I had had the goddamn blinker on for a good 8-10 seconds. I finally said "**** it", accelerated, and barely made it into the left lane just in time to avoid a crash. Dumb cow started to lay down on her horn despite the fact that SHE caused all of this, and I gleefully took the opportunity to roll down the driver's side window and flip her off. Juvenile? Yes. Cathartic? Also yes.

Bumped into Dave from Revocation in the Xtreme Frisbee queue at Canobie. Beyond the typical "holy **** you're Dave from Revocation" fawning from me, it was pretty mundane. Mostly just small talk about music, though he said that he was alone in the queue because Phil and the other random people he went to the park with were grabbing food.

Yeah, Time Warp was fun on the ever-so-rare occasions when the stars were aligned and it was open. Chaos, however, was weaker than light beer at a strip club.

Blood Red Throne - Soulseller

A good portion of the flats that were removed were early-run models that were maintenance nightmares, particularly Nightwing and Time Warp.

It has been closed and removed from the rides listing, which seems like pretty damning evidence to me. Not that I care; the only thing that it ever accomplished was hurting like hell. The only saving grace was the fact that it was always a walk-on, and with the horrible program that it was running, I can see why.

Ade - Divinitus Victor Roman war metal; to hell with Ex Deo, THIS is how a band themed around the Roman Empire should sound.

Abdicate - Beyond Your Grasp

Immolation - God Complex Still one of the most consistent bands in metal. Damn, this rules.

DC's just not a nice place in general. Also, the worst part of Boston is easily the roads. No matter how bad you think they'll be, they're going to be ten times worse.