Greetings from Phaonica

Palace and residence of Pellaz, Tigron of Immanion

Site last updated November 18th, 2008

ProgPower USA pics (not too many, though) are coming...after I find them!

My Dragon*Con videos are all up now on YouTube! Click here for the playlist and choose "view in high quality" if you can.

My email address: pellaz1 -at- comcast -dot- net.

The Transporter Log says you are unique entity number to teleport into my site since about 1996. Welcome!

Upcoming Event Date(s) Comments

Dragonforce, Turisas Friday November 21st at The Tabernacle I hope to go to this show, primarily for Turisas

The Cruxshadows, Ayria, I: Scintilla Friday December 5th at The Masquerade Yeah, somehow I figure I'll be at this show, since I'm pretty good friends with CXS.....

Cradle of Filth, Satyricon, Septic Flesh Friday February 20th at The Masquerade Wow! Just.....wow!

Upcoming Event	Date(s)	Comments
Dragonforce, Turisas	Friday November 21st at The Tabernacle	I hope to go to this show, primarily for Turisas
The Cruxshadows, Ayria, I: Scintilla	Friday December 5th at The Masquerade	Yeah, somehow I figure I'll be at this show, since I'm pretty good friends with CXS.....
Cradle of Filth, Satyricon, Septic Flesh	Friday February 20th at The Masquerade	Wow! Just.....wow!

Updated Past happenings, news, and updated pages

28 October 2008 SeismicRadio playlists updated!

18 November 2008 Reading list updated!

18 November 2008 DVD list updated; 367 total.

18 November 2008 CD list updated; 2,264 total.

17 November 2008 WREKage playlists updated. I was on the air from midnight 'til a little after 3:30am, just me deejaying this week.

22 August 2008 Blue Hole page updated!
Underwater videos (taken with a Pentax Optio W30) and some videos from my new camcorder are now available on YouTube! Also, numerous pics from 2008 are now posted on the Blue Hole page.

20 October 2008 All of my Dragon*Con videos, mostly of the bands, are now available in this playlist on YouTube. The Cruxshadows videos came out particularly well. Enjoy!

9 May 2008 My beliefs updated, after a 5-year hiatus! More to come!

March 19 and March 5, 2008 I added memoriams for author, futurist and visionary Arthur C. clarke, and for E. Gary Gygax, the father of role-playing. R.I.P. day before.

7 January 2008 Condolences -- and yet, congratulations -- go out to two people I know, Kynt and Vyxsin, who were one of the teams competing on CBS's popular show The Amazing Race. (They were the "dating goths" couple.) Although they were eliminated on the 12/30 broadcast, they still got to see parts of the world most of us will never see, and will have amazing stories to tell of their journey.

23 November 2007 After-show pics from Nightwish at the Masquerade on 11/17 are now available!

28 October 2007 All of my Progpower USA VIII pics and videos are now available!
ProgPower USA VIII videos are here on YouTube.
Photos from Thursday night are posted here!
Photos from Friday night are here!
Photos from Saturday night (Pt 1 of 3) are here!
Photos from Saturday night (Pt 2 of 3) are here!
Photos from Saturday night (Pt 3 of 3) are here!

3 October 2007 After-show pics from Cradle of Filth -- including a severed pig's head! -- on Sept. 29th are posted here!

24 September 2007 Dragon*Con 2007 pics and videos index now complete! 3 gigs of videos and photos, largely from the band and Concourse acoustic performances, so dig in!

30 August 2007 Revised list of newly-added photo galleries:

The Birthday Massacre's show back in 2006 (!)
Scar Symmetry/Into Eternity/Haunted/Dark Tranquillity in March 2007
Godhead's show in May
Dimmu Borgir's show in June
two pics from my first roadtrip to Blue Hole in June
Eclipsed By Sanity/Halcyon Way/Alexandria/Novum Organum on June 23rd
A few more pics from my second trip up to Blue Hole in Tennessee
To/Die/For, Virgin Black and Halcyon Way on June 29th at Sidelines Live!
Pics from Dearest Azazel, my friend Alexi's band, performing at the Masquerade
Blue Hole pics from fourth roadtrip
Pics from the 'secret' BBQ at Glenn Harveston's house in Rome, GA
Symphony X (also pics of Halcyon Way opening) at the Masquerade, August 7th
Blue Hole pics from August 22-23) (mostly showing the very slow flow, due to the drought)
Pics taken all throughout the summer at Blue Hole, using a disposable underwater camera

25 July 2007 I've posted several new videos on YouTube, from Glenn's barbecue up in Rome, to the recent Dimmu Borgir show at the Tabernacle, from Blue Hole in Tennessee, the Georgia Renaissance Festival, and Symphony X at the Masquerade.

Updated	Past happenings, news, and updated pages
28 October 2008	SeismicRadio playlists updated!
18 November 2008	Reading list updated!
18 November 2008	DVD list updated; 367 total.
18 November 2008	CD list updated; 2,264 total.
17 November 2008	WREKage playlists updated. I was on the air from midnight 'til a little after 3:30am, just me deejaying this week.
22 August 2008	Blue Hole page updated! Underwater videos (taken with a Pentax Optio W30) and some videos from my new camcorder are now available on YouTube! Also, numerous pics from 2008 are now posted on the Blue Hole page.
20 October 2008	All of my Dragon*Con videos, mostly of the bands, are now available in this playlist on YouTube. The Cruxshadows videos came out particularly well. Enjoy!
9 May 2008	My beliefs updated, after a 5-year hiatus! More to come!
March 19 and March 5, 2008	I added memoriams for author, futurist and visionary Arthur C. clarke, and for E. Gary Gygax, the father of role-playing. R.I.P. day before.
7 January 2008	Condolences -- and yet, congratulations -- go out to two people I know, Kynt and Vyxsin, who were one of the teams competing on CBS's popular show The Amazing Race. (They were the "dating goths" couple.) Although they were eliminated on the 12/30 broadcast, they still got to see parts of the world most of us will never see, and will have amazing stories to tell of their journey.
23 November 2007	After-show pics from Nightwish at the Masquerade on 11/17 are now available!
28 October 2007	All of my Progpower USA VIII pics and videos are now available! ProgPower USA VIII videos are here on YouTube. Photos from Thursday night are posted here! Photos from Friday night are here! Photos from Saturday night (Pt 1 of 3) are here! Photos from Saturday night (Pt 2 of 3) are here! Photos from Saturday night (Pt 3 of 3) are here!
3 October 2007	After-show pics from Cradle of Filth -- including a severed pig's head! -- on Sept. 29th are posted here!
24 September 2007	Dragon*Con 2007 pics and videos index now complete! 3 gigs of videos and photos, largely from the band and Concourse acoustic performances, so dig in!
30 August 2007	Revised list of newly-added photo galleries: The Birthday Massacre's show back in 2006 (!) Scar Symmetry/Into Eternity/Haunted/Dark Tranquillity in March 2007 Godhead's show in May Dimmu Borgir's show in June two pics from my first roadtrip to Blue Hole in June Eclipsed By Sanity/Halcyon Way/Alexandria/Novum Organum on June 23rd A few more pics from my second trip up to Blue Hole in Tennessee To/Die/For, Virgin Black and Halcyon Way on June 29th at Sidelines Live! Pics from Dearest Azazel, my friend Alexi's band, performing at the Masquerade Blue Hole pics from fourth roadtrip Pics from the 'secret' BBQ at Glenn Harveston's house in Rome, GA Symphony X (also pics of Halcyon Way opening) at the Masquerade, August 7th Blue Hole pics from August 22-23) (mostly showing the very slow flow, due to the drought) Pics taken all throughout the summer at Blue Hole, using a disposable underwater camera
25 July 2007	I've posted several new videos on YouTube, from Glenn's barbecue up in Rome, to the recent Dimmu Borgir show at the Tabernacle, from Blue Hole in Tennessee, the Georgia Renaissance Festival, and Symphony X at the Masquerade.

Music Stuff

In 2005 I sponsored Sweden's amazing for ProgPower USA VI in September!
In September 2006 I sponsored Denmark's excellent technical death metal band Mercenary for ProgPower.
Most recently in 2007 I sponsored Finland's power-metal masters Sonata Arctica for ProgPower USA VIII.
ProgPower USA IX will again be in September, in 2008!
Pics from all of my ProgPower sojourns are indexed here!
I'm a deejay and on-air host here, every Friday night: WREKage (official site). Friday nights, 91.1 WREK-FM, Atlanta's longest-running "tr00" metal show.
My archive of older WREKage radio-show playlists, plus a history of the show and my involvement with it
I'm also a deejay online: Click here for my SeismicRadio show details and playlists
My CD List -- well over 2,000 and growing!

At the old WREK-FM studios, deejaying at WREKage
Mickey Mouse, Mike Miller of Godhead and me :)
At ProgPower USA III in Atlanta, with Devin Townsend, who I co-sponsored for the event

You can also click here, here, here, here and here (in Rennfaire garb), here (at Blue Hole in Tenn.) or here (wearing a suit ?!) for additional photos of me.

Thanks for stopping by!

Paul W. Cashman <pellaz1@comcast.net>

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And now, a sad wrap-up for the bottom of the page. I helped sponsor the amazing Finnish metal band Nightwish at the ProgPower USA IV festival back in September, 2003. This marked my second consecutive year as a festival co-sponsor, my third year of being involved in some aspect of the planning (I helped hook founder/promoter Glenn Harveston up with the Earthlink Live venue in 2001) and my fourth year attending the event in the States.
Why sponsor? Why help out the festival? Because it's the finest and best-run progressive music event in the Western Hemisphere, if not the world. Glenn and his crew run a tight ship and deliver a quality festival for fans and bands alike. I'm proud to be an ongoing part of the festival now for 8 years.
And now, the sad part.... I'm even more proud to have helped fulfil the dying wish of one very special Nightwish fan: to see them perform live...a magical, yet sad event that has since been immortalized by the band on their CD Once. R.I.P., Marc Brueland! May the ships carry you West to the Undying Lands.

At the old WREK-FM studios, deejaying at WREKage	Mickey Mouse, Mike Miller of Godhead and me :)	At ProgPower USA III in Atlanta, with Devin Townsend, who I co-sponsored for the event
You can also click here, here, here, here and here (in Rennfaire garb), here (at Blue Hole in Tenn.) or here (wearing a suit ?!) for additional photos of me.