RUMPLATIONS: Awesome Honky Tonk and Cyber Bar How Y'all Are?

Good morning! Wet one here.

Ape's been writing (kind of, more just playing around with various projects) and rocking out to a new goth metal act, Cemetery Skyline. It's a supergroup whose members come from a range of Nordic metal bands. Lead singer Mikael Stanne of Sweden's Dark Tranquility has a lovely baritone voice and uses it exclusively on this album, leaving his equally impressive growling for his "day job". The video could be inspiration for a comp story, really.

Morning or Night Ape

Let this ancient lion try getting the morning started

Big Beautiful Bertha filled

with Bad Ass Coffee

Copper Tea Kettle filled

Assortment of sweets placed on side bar with sprinkle doughnuts hidden for Sara

Back with a few tunes to start the Week in a minute

There even cookies to enjoy

Mama' and Papa'

Monday Monday

Deep Purple

Smoke On The Water

Boz Scaggs

Little Miss Night and Day

What will your Monday be

Lion Out

Good morning, O mighty Lion. Nice to see looking lively again. An English Breakfast tea, please.

Holiday here. Our Thanksgiving. No plans, just a relaxing day.

Simone Simons usually has a loud, heavy band behind her lovely mezzo voice. Here, however, she just has a piano and strings. It is gorgeous and one of two ballads from metal sirens that are guaranteed spots on my year's favourites list.

The other is from her friend and onetime roommate Floor Jansen. The closing track of Yesterwynde, the latest album from Nightwish, offers Floor with a similarly minimalist accompaniment.