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Jurassic old habits die hard8/8/2023 ![]() The most Angel-sounding moment on the album is the slower, more dramatic “Tears Will Fall,” which ought to send shivers up the spines of quite a few Angel fans. Listen to “Rockin in the City” for a good snapshot of what Old Habits Die Hard is all about. Everyone involved seems to be having a blast, and that energy really comes through in these songs. As you might expect, the guitar playing on this album is first rate. He sounds a bit like Biff Byford of Saxon, actually, which isn’t a bad thing. DiMino’s voice is a bit deeper, a bit rougher, and is absolutely perfect for this kind of music. Opening rocker “Never Again” puts an end to that idea in seconds flat, and sets the tone perfectly for this electric, blues-infused rocker of an album. You can tell from the very start that Old Habits Die Hard is not a tired nostalgia effort. It would be a shame though, as you’d miss a really solid album that has to be considered an “all star” melodic rock release. If that’s all you want to hear, you’re better off simply revisiting those classic Angel LPs. Let’s answer the burning questions right off the bat: no, Old Habits Die Hard doesn’t sound like an Angel album and no, DiMino doesn’t still sing in the same high-pitched style he did back in the ’70s. DiMino is joined here by guitarists Oz Fox (Stryper), Paul Crook (who also produced the album), Pat Thrall (Hughes-Thrall), Punky Meadows (Angel), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister) and Ricky Medlocke (Blackfoot), as well as Meat Loaf supporting musicians Justin Avery (keys), John Miceli (drums) and Danny Miranda (bass). Former Angel (yes, that Angel, whose last release was in 1979) frontman Frank DiMino returned after a very long absence this year with his very first solo album. * Ann Macbeth is a futurist and principal of Annimac Consultants.Old Habits Die Hard may just be the most unexpected release of 2015. Old habits may die hard now they must die quickly. You might have been saddened by the bullyboy practices, the schoolyard tradeoffs, and the very, very low moral level of the whole process.Īnd the mainstream media apparently blocked attempts by its journalists to present an honest and open debate on the PCEC – their stories were not printed. Had you heard those discussions, you may have been embarrassed for the participants by their inept ability to look at the big picture and make the wisest decisions for the good of all. Their jurassic habits say we do not need to know what is going on even though it is our $100m they are spending.Īmazingly, the so-called privileged information leaks out the attitude shift obviously includes workers for those old habit government and media heavies. We grew more aware, more sophisticated in our seeing and thinking, and more demanding that our delegated authorities – government and media – be more responsible in reflecting our evolving awareness, our growing sophistication, our changing values.īut the old habits of being the boss and telling us what is best for us – those jurassic habits – continue.Ī current example of a jurassic habit is the Perth Convention and Entertainment Centre.īehind closed doors, our government officers and the big developers are fighting like kids in the sandbox over the proposed PCEC. Us good little Vegemite citizens travelled more, stayed in education longer, consumed more foreign TV, films, music and science. Until the late 70s and early 80s when the pace of life stepped up, technology expanded our operating arena, and all those foreign nations became mere neighbours in our global village. This system worked rather well for the 200 years of settled history. ![]() We, in turn, would be good little Vegemite citizens working diligently Monday to Friday, nine to five, to pay our taxes, buy a home in the ’burbs, raise our kids to love football and cricket, and vote in all elections – content to let the big guys get on with the bigger stuff. The deal was that these institutions would make the wisest decisions about the big stuff of life, like education, health, justice, and business development, and what we needed to hear about them, for the good of us all. Our State Government and our mainstream media gained the habit of unbridled power through the traditional social contract whereby the citizens of WA happily delegated the authority and responsibilities for governance and for the dissemination of information to these large and powerful institutions. Our mainstream government and our mainstream media are living proof of John Dryden’s words, written in the late 1600s. ![]() WE first make our habits, then our habits make us.
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